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STIS: Can you name the 6 candidates already announced for the Democrat 2020 nomination? - MDH Jan 31, 08:12 21
- The 6 (that are of note): Julian Castro, Gabbard, Harris, Delaney (first to announce), Andrew Yang, and Marianne Williamson. -- nm - MDH Jan 31, 08:22 1
  - 3 Exploratory committees: Buttigieg (hi ty97), Gillibrand, Warren. -- nm - MDH Jan 31, 08:22
- I knew Harris, Delaney and Castro. Missed Gabbard. But went to Wiki to check on the 5th & 6th and found out that 159 are actually registered already. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 31, 08:19 1
  - Link to FEC. -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Jan 31, 08:21
- Harris, Gabbard -- nm - Roger More Jan 31, 08:16 3
  - Yes, Yes. That's 2 of 6. -- nm - MDH Jan 31, 08:16 2
    - Sanders -- nm - Roger More Jan 31, 08:17 1
      - Nope. -- nm - MDH Jan 31, 08:18
- uh, let's see... - Usnavi Jan 31, 08:13 10
  - No, Yes, No. -- nm - MDH Jan 31, 08:15
  - one more - ty97 Jan 31, 08:14 8
    - Also no. -- nm - MDH Jan 31, 08:15 5
      - child pls -- (link) - ty97 Jan 31, 08:18 4
        
        Gurl bring receipts: "announced today with a launch video and a Washington press conference that he’s forming an exploratory committee" -- nm - MDH Jan 31, 08:18 3
        
        Meaning, he is not yet in the race. -- nm - MDH Jan 31, 08:18 2
        
        child pls, splitting hairs -- nm - ty97 Jan 31, 08:19 1
        
        They are very different things, and regardless I specifically pointed that out in my question. -- nm - MDH Jan 31, 08:20
    - Oh yeah - forgot him. And I guess also, - Usnavi Jan 31, 08:15 1
      - Not even an exploratory committee -- nm - MDH Jan 31, 08:16
- There are only 6 so far? -- nm - ty97 Jan 31, 08:13 1
  - 6 in the race, and 3 exploratory committees. This is much harder than you thought. -- nm - MDH Jan 31, 08:16
Hooray, it's new Good Place night! - David Jan 31, 08:10 4
- The seasons are too short. This isn't the UK. -- nm - Krusty Jan 31, 08:22
- I can't wait to read your fan fiction! -- nm - Brrrn of Omicron Persei 8 Jan 31, 08:12 2
  - It's not fan fiction! Eleanor and Tahani being soul mates in at least one timeline is canon! -- nm - David Jan 31, 08:14 1
    - not canon. Hasn't existed in the current timeline. -- nm - Remlik Jan 31, 08:26
Initial Budget to host the Francophone Games $17M (everyone happy); Revised Budget to host $130M (wait what?); Revised again Budget $62M (fuck you) -- (link) - Beaker Jan 31, 08:09 3
- TBH who would believe that you could host a two-week mini-Olympics for 4000 athletes at a cost of $17 million? -- nm - Roger More Jan 31, 08:15 1
  - the runnerup was like $50M so yeah it was definitely pie in the sky...again the theory being low ball to get it and then reap the profits through - Beaker Jan 31, 08:27
- (this has been big news here the last week or so. Really driving home a couple divides: English vs French and drunken sailer spenders vs common sense) - Beaker Jan 31, 08:11
Verizon came to hook up Fios yesterday. Tech didn't have a bucket truck and it was too windy to work on the pole without it - prayformojo Jan 31, 08:00 3
- That they have workers out in that weather for non-emergencies is crazy. -- nm - Krusty Jan 31, 08:05 2
  - People have to work. -- nm - Spawn Jan 31, 08:09 1
    - Not in this weather and not for something trivial. It can wait a couple of days. -- nm - Krusty Jan 31, 08:15
I don't like my job today. -- nm - Krusty Jan 31, 07:48 9
- I feel for you. Our dog walker came yesterday. I told her to just take them outside to the bathroom and back in. She then just hung out and played - pmb Jan 31, 08:08 1
  - Nice! I'd stay and play with the dogs but then I'd have to unwrap all these layers and that's annoying. -- nm - Krusty Jan 31, 08:16
- big warm HUGS -- nm - Epiphany Jan 31, 08:07
- I can imagine. At least it'll be in the high 50's by Tuesday -- nm - decline Jan 31, 08:06 1
  - I know, this is ridiculous weather this month. A rollercoaster of temperatures. -- nm - Krusty Jan 31, 08:07
- yeah. i can't imagine. -- nm - Andie Jan 31, 08:02
- yeah, that's gotta be tough -- nm - prayformojo Jan 31, 08:01
- eek, I can imagine :( -- nm - ty97 Jan 31, 07:54 1
  - It's bathroom walks today. Fun times can wait until Monday when it'll be nearly spring-like weather. Fucking climate is a mess. -- nm - Krusty Jan 31, 08:06
Venezuela's Juan Guaido recognized as head of state by EU -- (link) - Beaker Jan 31, 07:33 2
- Well this is.....not going to end well -- nm - ty97 Jan 31, 07:40 1
  - Dictatorships rarely do. -- nm - Brrrn of Omicron Persei 8 Jan 31, 08:10
In the office today and I have to say the second half of the roughly one block walk from the garage to my office got pretty brutal. Only thing - pmb Jan 31, 07:26
ST: Are you having a special Super Bowl meal? If so what is on the menu? -- nm - Beaker Jan 31, 07:18 13
- KIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIM!!! -- nm - David Jan 31, 08:09
- I have a matinee earlier so I ain't cooking. We're planning to order Indian takeout from our fave spot. -- nm - Diva Jan 31, 07:49
- possibly chicken enchiladas - I'm only watching the half time show/commericals -- nm - Epiphany Jan 31, 07:47
- MEAT -- nm - Jovian Jan 31, 07:46
- Nope and if I watch it it'll likely be on mute while I watch something else on my computer. -- nm - Krusty Jan 31, 07:32
- I’m hoping Bethesda fixes their latest patch so I can have all the Cram and Blamco Mac and Cheese I can eat. - Qale Jan 31, 07:32
- I'm actually going to be out of town, booked a while ago, and didn't even think of the super bowl. -- nm - MDH Jan 31, 07:25
- We're having a family game night on Sunday. Fuck the Super Bowl. nm - Usnavi Jan 31, 07:24
- not sure yet, still working out plans -- nm - decline Jan 31, 07:22
- Clam chowder, Korean beef tacos, St Louis Gooey butter cake (hi Jim), Sam Adams + California grapefruit IPA -- nm - Roger More Jan 31, 07:20 2
  - You need some pork steaks and toasted ravs to complete the StL trifecta! -- nm - Usnavi Jan 31, 07:23 1
    - And square-cut pizza. (I can only eat so much, and St Louis has disavowed the Rams, so...) -- nm - Roger More Jan 31, 07:24
- Chicken wings, mozza sticks and a meatball/sausage combo in beer sauce the wife found; plus assorted chips and dips -- nm - Beaker Jan 31, 07:19
Supreme Court of Canada rules that energy companies cannot abandon/shirk cleanup costs on old wells -- (link) - Beaker Jan 31, 07:01 17
- It's a huge problem out west. - Reagen Jan 31, 07:17 11
  - word -- nm - budice Jan 31, 08:00
  - The article describes an abandoned well organization that is industry funded to deal with them. That doesn't work? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 31, 07:23 9
    - It might be one of those things where the solution encourages more of the problem. - Roger More Jan 31, 07:28 6
      - Right, which is why I think the Court made a good ruling. I'm just wondering how the existing "solution" is working. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 31, 07:40 4
        
        Sure, and I'm spitballing as to why the system doesn't seem to be working. -- nm - Roger More Jan 31, 07:49 3
        
        A lot of these guys are fly by night operators. -- nm - Reagen Jan 31, 07:55 2
        
        Oh yeah. I imagine there's a bunch of that. But is the sense that the Alberta Abandon Well Whatever It Is Called isn't working? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 31, 07:57 1
        
        I don't have personal experience with it but I have heard lots of stories. There's just too much volume. -- nm - Reagen Jan 31, 08:04
      - *ding* -- nm - Beaker Jan 31, 07:32
    - I wondered that too but in 2014 there were 200; now all told looks like over 4700 so I'd say no - Beaker Jan 31, 07:26 1
      - Well, the explosion is occurring at the same time the sector is weak, so no real surprise there.(Though the story didn't suggest they were... - Name Withheld By Request Jan 31, 07:41
- Reading the article, it looks like this is less about getting them cleaned up and more about which costs are handled first in a bankruptcy. - Name Withheld By Request Jan 31, 07:12 4
  - It'll create an interesting bit of calculus for lenders going forward. Environmental obligations will play a large role in the prospectus. -- nm - Mop Jan 31, 07:40
  - Seems like there's a bit of Michael Scott's philosophy of bankruptcy involved here. -- nm - Roger More Jan 31, 07:17 1
    - I DECLARE BANKRUPTCY!!! -- nm - Mop Jan 31, 07:43
  - yeah I didn't get into the details in the initial post :). but yes it does make sense and something the banks should of considered in their risk - Beaker Jan 31, 07:15
"We are writing to inform you that the UltraViolet service is planning to shut down on July 31, 2019." - David Jan 31, 06:49 8
- Damnit Milla Jovovich! -- nm - Qale Jan 31, 08:20
- I will totally refrain from an, "I toldja so." -- nm - Spawn Jan 31, 07:27
- Disney ruins everything. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 31, 07:12 1
  - This. Thanks Disney you greedy fucks. -- nm - Bacon Jan 31, 07:13
- yeow -- nm - prayformojo Jan 31, 07:00
- as someone who doesn't use this, what does this mean? Are all the movies saved on it now toast? Have to move them somewhere else? is this what you - Beaker Jan 31, 06:58 1
  - “Customers who use Vudu to watch, rent, or buy movies and TV shows will not be impacted by the discontinuation of the Ultraviolet platform,” said Vudu - Epiphany Jan 31, 07:05
- Details here... -- (link) - David Jan 31, 06:52
So, who should play Batman next? I vote for Anthony Mackie. - LMS Jan 31, 06:44 24
- I would be fine if no one played Batman for a while. -- nm - Diva Jan 31, 07:51
- Gal Gadot should play Wonder Woman, Batman, Superman and Aquaman. -- nm - Bacon Jan 31, 07:14
- No one working right now. They should just stop with Batman for a while. nm - Usnavi Jan 31, 07:05
- Louie Anderson. - pmb Jan 31, 07:04 1
  - YIL: He won an Emmy for his work on Baskets. -- nm - Brrrn of Omicron Persei 8 Jan 31, 07:11
- Stephen Amell -- nm - Beaker Jan 31, 06:59 4
  - Actually, he'd be good...but I don't think people would be able to separate him from Oliver Queen. -- nm - Usnavi Jan 31, 07:12 3
    - the show averages around 1.7M viewers, I'm sure the other 300M people have never even heard of Oliver Queen -- nm - decline Jan 31, 07:22 1
      - Don't underestimate how many people have found it on Netflix. nm -- (edited) - Usnavi Jan 31, 07:23
    - the last few seasons have been such a slog. Crappy villains and so.much.brooding. -- nm - Beaker Jan 31, 07:17
- Carrot Top. He's familiar with wacky gadgets and is super buff. -- nm - Brrrn of Omicron Persei 8 Jan 31, 06:48
- Isn't the idea that his roles are going to bulk up in Phase IV as they shift to the newer Avengers? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 31, 06:47 12
  - I doubt his will be one of the roles that bulks up. -- nm - Roger More Jan 31, 06:58 11
    - Really? Potential spoils - pmb Jan 31, 07:03 10
      - spoils - Roger More Jan 31, 07:14
      - you forget - spoilers - Beaker Jan 31, 07:04 8
        
        Yeah, I guess it could be either. - pmb Jan 31, 07:14 7
        
        spoils/question - Roger More Jan 31, 07:19 6
        
        No idea. I'm not a comic guy. Just an assumption based on things I've read here. -- nm - pmb Jan 31, 07:22
        
        in the comics he doesn't didn't anyway unless something changed - Beaker Jan 31, 07:21 4
        
        How did he get bird-powers? Left for dead on a battlefield and bitten by a radioactive buzzard? -- nm - Roger More Jan 31, 07:29 2
        
        spoilers - (but I like your way better) -- (edited) - Beaker Jan 31, 07:31 1
        
        Ha ha, that seems pretty random. I like my idea better. -- nm - Roger More Jan 31, 07:32
        
        he's been very high profile recently in the comics too -- nm - Beaker Jan 31, 07:23
Trump on a Twitter blitz this morning. Same old crap - Amoxy Jan 31, 06:44
So we were closed yesterday at work for weather for the first time I can remember in my 12 or so years here. They sent out the notice we would open - oblique Jan 31, 06:28 1
- Ugh -- nm - Epiphany Jan 31, 07:06
Ok, so let's roundup Masked Singer again after last night (spec-spoils) - Usnavi Jan 31, 06:28 4
- Police badge has me thinking Steven Seagal. -- nm - Max Jan 31, 08:18
- rumer willis denied it. -- nm - amanda Jan 31, 08:11
- I will confess that the level of celebrity for this show is higher than I expected. - Brrrn of Omicron Persei 8 Jan 31, 06:39 1
  - They're about right on with what I expected. nm - Usnavi Jan 31, 06:42
yeow, I'd missed Brokaw's comments from this weekend -- (link) - prayformojo Jan 31, 06:26
"Unlikely", you say? -- (link) - Reagen Jan 31, 05:58 2
- she'll need to consent to full frontal nudity before she returns! -- nm - Beaker Jan 31, 06:13
- That Whig traitor will never work in this town again! -- nm - Suits creator Jan 31, 06:01
One comment on Elseworlds: - Reagen Jan 31, 05:53 2
- kinky -- nm - decline Jan 31, 06:03
- how better to hide your secret identity! -- nm - Beaker Jan 31, 05:58
Jose Canseco talking Aliens and Time Travel -- (link) - budice Jan 31, 05:52 5
- Maybe he needs to be hit in the head with a home run again. -- nm - Reagen Jan 31, 06:18
- is there some kind of - Strongbad Jan 31, 06:16
- he's got some valid points there -- nm - decline Jan 31, 06:03
- Look buddy, we can’t all have Mark McGwire inject us in the butt. -- nm - mafic Jan 31, 05:59
- these steroid excuses are kinda getting out there -- nm - Beaker Jan 31, 05:59
The Isolation of Theresa May and Donald Trump -- (link) - Beaker Jan 31, 05:39
It's going to be a cold day in hell before UV dies...oh... -- (link) - oblique Jan 31, 05:39 2
- They were the "library sharers," right? So, we're hosed in that regard, I think. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 31, 06:50 1
  - oh man - so we are stuck on our own for sure now? that sucks so much. I liked Crash's MOVIES!! -- nm - Epiphany Jan 31, 07:07
Ariana Grande's new single to be "BBQ Grill Finger *heart*"? -- (link) - Reagen Jan 31, 05:32 1
- Sounds like a KC Masterpiece -- nm - budice Jan 31, 06:13
eek. -- (link) - ty97 Jan 31, 05:32 2
- Turns out some idiot stored gallons of highly flammable material in them! -- nm - Reagen Jan 31, 05:33 1
  - they were specifically told it was *In*flammable! -- nm - prayformojo Jan 31, 05:49
The University of Oklahoma regents made Lincoln Riley one of the top 10 highest-paid coaches in college football yesterday -- (link*) - Beaker Jan 31, 05:29
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- I repeat my earlier assertion that I'm not smart enough to appreciate it beyond the pretty pictures. -- nm - Brrrn of Omicron Persei 8 Jan 31, 06:09
- You know I didn't connect to it, for whatever reason, though I respected it. (spoilers) - ty97 Jan 31, 05:44
- I loved it. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jan 31, 05:00
- It feels like a real "had to be there" kind of film - Reagen Jan 31, 04:56
- I'd give it a B-, it might have been a tad higher had I seen it on the big screen and if I had better knowledge of the political situation at the time - LMS Jan 31, 04:38 3
  - Yeah, I think the visuals weren’t made for the small screen. -- nm - David Jan 31, 06:07
  - I was wondering more about (spoils) - Roger More Jan 31, 04:55 1
    - It was things like this that took me out of the movie. -- nm - LMS Jan 31, 05:10
TV PSA: Ex on the Beach, Gotham, Grey's Anatomy, NBA, Siren, Supernatural, Big Bang Theory, Titan Games, Top Chef, Brooklyn 99, Flip or Flop, Legacies -- nm - Beaker Jan 31, 03:33 6
- Swamp People, Orville, Million Little Things, Floribama, Million Dollar Listing, Mom, Fam, Will & Grace, Broad City, HTGAWM, L&O SVU, SWAT, Other Two, - Beaker Jan 31, 03:35 5
  - Star Trek Discovery -- nm - Beaker Jan 31, 03:35 4
    - Zero -- nm - Spawn Jan 31, 05:53
    - 3) Nine-nine!, BBT, Broad City -- nm* - Krusty Jan 31, 05:21
    - 2 -- nm - Strongbad Jan 31, 04:56
    - 3: Grey's for the wife, Supernatural for moi, BBT for us both -- nm - Beaker Jan 31, 04:50
Little one has influenza A and had the flu shot. They don’t give tamiflu automatically here, but they decided she needed it 12 hours later. -- nm - Karl_s Jan 31, 03:31 4
- Oh no :( get well soon, little one -- nm - Beryllium Jan 31, 07:08
- very good thoughts for you guys -- nm - Beaker Jan 31, 04:28
- Oh sorry. -- nm - Andie Jan 31, 04:02
- Get well soon little one. -- nm - . Jan 31, 03:37
Masked spoiler - . Jan 31, 02:55 2
- Everyone's going to be shocked when one of the singers turns out to be Ryan Reynolds. -- nm - Brrrn of Omicron Persei 8 Jan 31, 06:10 1
  - Obama! -- nm - Beaker Jan 31, 06:13
Oh, let me see your beauty when the witnesses are gone Let me feel you moving like they do in Babylon Show me slowly what I only know the limits of -- nm - dance me to the end...of love Jan 31, 02:22

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