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I think I’ve said this before, but I probably enjoy WWE more when I don’t watch it all live. I’m still working on Elimination Chamber. -- nm* - Qale Feb 19, 11:41
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- I would love a god-like view into some candidates brains to see how much ill-informed belief in their chances vs "I should run regardless" - Max Feb 19, 11:49
- Imagine how New Hampshire feels, bombarded with politics this far out. -- nm - budice Feb 19, 11:42
- He finished second in a controversial primary in 2016. The idea that he wasn't going to run was more hope than reality. -- nm - Inigo Feb 19, 11:42 1
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- I won't vote for him period. Yes, I am THAT guy -- nm - Bacon Feb 19, 11:40 6
  - which is why trump has a great shot if the nom is bernie. gah. -- nm - amanda Feb 19, 11:44 1
    - I can't do it. He is way way way too far left for me. -- nm - Bacon Feb 19, 11:45
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    - Are you the pot or kettle in this example? I am fine with whichever you aren't. -- nm - Bacon Feb 19, 11:43 2
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        At least I am self aware and not in denial, but you will figure it out someday. -- nm - Bacon Feb 19, 11:48
- ugh, I guess I would vote for him too. but I would hate myself for it. I would do it because it's marginally more right for the country. - amanda Feb 19, 11:37 2
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  - Remember Clint Eastwood's chair? - Spawn Feb 19, 11:40
I just had lunch with my mom at a pizza place. as our waiter was walking our pie to us, he slipped and fell and the pizza landed cheese down all over - amanda Feb 19, 11:35 3
- We were at Bongos (Cuban restaurant at Downtown Disney) and a guy dropped a HUGE tray of food & drinks. We felt bad, and thought that - JaxSean Feb 19, 11:50
- half price! -- nm - groiny Feb 19, 11:35 1
  - We'll even throw in a free shirt! -- nm - Ender Feb 19, 11:36
I'm in a mental loop of thinking about tomorrow's snow day interrupting work which is distracting me from doing the work before the snow day. -- nm - Max Feb 19, 11:34 4
- how much are you getting? we are getting "mary is buying a snow blower." -- nm - amanda Feb 19, 11:35 3
  - "5 to 8 inches" from dawn to mid afternoon though I expect it'll be 2-3 and then washed away by the rain. -- nm - Max Feb 19, 11:38 2
    - we are getting 10-16 per dark sky, 5-7 per lesser prognostication. we're hitting 40 tomorrow too so I'll barely shovel past getting my car out. -- nm - amanda Feb 19, 11:43 1
      - Did we get an Ikea report? -- nm - Max Feb 19, 11:49
Winners and Losers from the Machado mega-deal -- (link) - Beaker Feb 19, 11:33 1
- groiny -- nm - Spawn Feb 19, 11:42
prolly sitwap. alabama, why you gotta have people like that? -- (link) - tRuMaN Feb 19, 11:29
So glad there's only 9 months until the elections. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 19, 11:29
Bernie's CNN Town Hall on Monday will be hosted by none other than Wolf Blitzer! guaranteeing that .. - mud Feb 19, 11:26 1
- Happening now... - Wolf Feb 19, 11:39
Politico: Bernie’s pollster dishes on the path to beat Trump -- (link) - Strongbad Feb 19, 11:26 4
- so...there plan is to win more States...a bold maneuver... -- nm - Beaker Feb 19, 11:34
- Riiiiight. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Feb 19, 11:31
- "We hope Trump dies so that we can win" -- nm - Bernie's Pollster Feb 19, 11:27 1
  - "But not too early, because we're not sure we can beat Pence." -- nm - Bernie's Pollster Feb 19, 11:45
Mike Colter (Luke Cage, The Good Wife) rejoins Good Wife creators for new show... -- (link) - Remlik Feb 19, 11:19 1
- Catholicism vs. science is a little on the nose but they have good pedigree so I'll watch. -- nm - Max Feb 19, 11:24
Don Newcombe, one if the all time greats has passed. He was 92. -- (link*) - jnine Feb 19, 11:16
Editor of Alabama newspaper calls for the Ku Klux Klan to 'night ride again -- (link) - Remlik Feb 19, 11:07
John Astin (Gomez) proto-rapping back in the day about Wallflower Pete! -- (link) - Remlik Feb 19, 10:58 [youtube] 3
- "Hey teens!" -- nm - Reagen Feb 19, 11:55
- That choreography. -- nm - Max Feb 19, 11:00 1
  - then check out this with Lola Falana and Adriano (and italian star) -- (link) - Remlik Feb 19, 11:11 [youtube]
Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao set up meetings with Kentucky business interests at the request of her husband, Sen. Mitch McConnell. -- (link*) - Super Daddy Princess Feb 19, 10:54 2
- All a part of the grand bargain with Trump keeping top houses of Gov't aligned. -- nm - budice Feb 19, 10:56 1
  - House Tortuga is no match for the Queen of Thorns -- nm - Max Feb 19, 10:58
From the Department of Not Helping: Farrakhan comes out in defense of Rep. Omar/Women's March, blaming a certain group.... -- (link) - Baroon 5 Feb 19, 10:49 3
- dance my puppets -- nm - Trump Feb 19, 10:51
- Dude's been a racist forever. Not surprising. -- nm - Inigo Feb 19, 10:51 1
  - Indeed. You can't even parody him because he does it himself. -- nm - Baroon 5 Feb 19, 11:00
Arya Stark Funko Pop incoming. -- (link) - Shaun Feb 19, 10:48 1
- oh I like that one with the arm behind her back. They should of done a two-fer with her fighting Brienne -- nm - Beaker Feb 19, 10:51
Latest Poster for Captain Marvel -- (link) - budice Feb 19, 10:42 8
- It being set in the past is the biggest problem I have with it. Much like Captain America. -- nm - Spawn Feb 19, 11:41 1
  - the very very very recent past. -- nm - mud Feb 19, 11:45
- I have to say - I don't have good feelings about this movie. If it wasn't so huge in a 10 year story line that I'm heavily invested in... - The Commander Feb 19, 10:50 4
  - Brie in a jet fighter looks like young Anakin in a pod racer. But I'll still see it. -- nm - Max Feb 19, 10:56 1
    - ...in bed. -- nm - budice Feb 19, 11:00
  - I thought similar about a lot of these 2nd tier marvel movies and apart from the sequels (Thor 2, Guardians 2) the entry movies do tend to be - oblique Feb 19, 10:54
  - I tend to agree -- nm - Beaker Feb 19, 10:50
- why does she have to be a girl? It is ruining my childhood! -- nm - Beaker Feb 19, 10:44
"the president soon soured on Mr. Whitaker .." -- (link) - mud Feb 19, 10:35 2
- "Why can't you be more crooked?" -- nm - David Feb 19, 10:36 1
  - remember the reports, back during the campaign, of several Trump lawyers in the 90s that would never meet with him alone. - mud Feb 19, 10:54
The Trump administration sought to rush the transfer of American nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia in potential violation of the law, a new report fr - NPR Feb 19, 10:32
Star Wars: Dark Side take on "Shallow" -- (link) - budice Feb 19, 10:26 [youtube] 2
- awesome -- nm - Beaker Feb 19, 11:00
- Two thumbs way up! -- nm - Baroon 5 Feb 19, 10:39
Anthem's 8 Biggest Problems So Far. -- (link) - Shaun Feb 19, 10:22 5
- As a non-gamer, I'm kind of amazed that EA is responsible for both the mess that is Anthem and the seemingly successful Apex Legends -- nm - JD Feb 19, 10:37 1
  - Cause Apex is mostly ReSpawn with very little input from EA -- nm - eag Feb 19, 10:42
- I think I'm a 'no' on Anthem -- nm - decline Feb 19, 10:31 1
  - Same. I've found myself going back to more casual fare at this point. I am not open to starting another grind-fest, especially a bad one. -- nm - Shaun Feb 19, 10:36
- Those are Commodore-64 load times. -- nm - David Feb 19, 10:31
Bernie's gotten more donations in four hours than any other Democrat thus far. -- nm - David Feb 19, 10:18 19
- I think he's a misogynist. Not only has he written rape fiction fantasy, he also wrote this essay claiming women who don't have enough orgasms get - jnine Feb 19, 11:38
- He should run as an independent like that Schultz guy. ;-P -- nm - Baroon 5 Feb 19, 11:01
- He can't win, but he can make sure Trump wins. Republicans love this guy more than his own fans. -- nm - Bacon Feb 19, 10:45 3
  - agreed. though I will also add, that even if he won - tRuMaN Feb 19, 11:22
  - This right here. If the only thing you can do is help Trump win - get the fuck out of the way. nm - The Commander Feb 19, 10:47 1
    - for sure. he is just showing how much he doesn't care about the country or how nonanalytical he is. -- nm - amanda Feb 19, 11:34
- they all think it is the dead guy from Weekend At Bernies and they are making a third movie -- nm - Beaker Feb 19, 10:44
- Except now everyone is running similar positions, and he's an old white man. He's getting no support from women etc. -- nm - MDH Feb 19, 10:38 2
  - Why, this post comes across as somewhat negative against Senator Sanders! -- nm - David Feb 19, 10:44 1
    - More so an echo of Havens below. -- nm - MDH Feb 19, 10:46
- And Bernie is going to run in to the same roadblocks he hit in 2016 plus a new slew - Mr. Havens Feb 19, 10:29
- But none of my FB friends have started whining yet about how the 2016 nomination was “stolen” from him. -- (edited) - Super Daddy Princess Feb 19, 10:26 3
  - a couple of mine have -- nm - Remlik Feb 19, 10:27 2
    - You need better Facebook friends. -- nm - Mr. Havens Feb 19, 10:30 1
      - HA! -- nm - Remlik Feb 19, 10:56
- Go away Bernie. -- nm - Amoxy Feb 19, 10:25
- oh great. The Bros are back. -- nm - Diva Feb 19, 10:20
- Machado wasted no time to go on a spending spree. -- nm - Max Feb 19, 10:19 1
  - #BernieMachados -- nm - David Feb 19, 10:21
White Sox Management: "We could not go that $300M level.” -- (link*) - budice Feb 19, 10:11 9
- I do not blame them for not going there. - groiny Feb 19, 10:12 7
  - Pujols being a prime example -- nm - decline Feb 19, 10:21 4
    - Pujols was also 5-6 years older than Machado is now when he signed. - Will Hunting Feb 19, 10:29 3
      - Sidenote: Pujols has 100 WAR. That's...good. -- nm - David Feb 19, 10:32 2
        
        what WAR does he have since arriving in Anahiem? -- nm - groiny Feb 19, 10:40 1
        
        13 -- nm - David Feb 19, 10:41
  - Atlanta apparently offered 3 years, $90 million. - David Feb 19, 10:16 1
    - well, if they would not go 300 for Machado, they are not going 300 for Harper. - groiny Feb 19, 10:21
- My opening bid was five million for twenty years. -- nm - Rick Harrison Feb 19, 10:12
Some people just want to watch the world bern. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 19, 10:06
Man in the High Castle season 4 will be it's last... -- (link) - Remlik Feb 19, 10:05
Moon over Manhattan -- (link) - decline Feb 19, 10:00 1
- Moon Over Parador -- (link) - Max Feb 19, 10:03 [youtube]
"We have got to look at candidates, you know, not by the color of their skin, not by their sexual orientation or their gender and not by their age," - MDH Feb 19, 09:56 15
- LOL. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 19, 11:22
- The worst part of Bernie's running is another 18 months of MDH complaining about him. - David Feb 19, 10:08 1
  - Oh I'm basically staying out of convo on him I've decided now. But that quote was a gem. -- nm - MDH Feb 19, 10:45
- For fuck's sake - have we seriously learned nothing? nm - The Commander Feb 19, 09:58 2
  - He's not wrong with the message in and of itself. He's wrong in the implication of the message. - Mr. Havens Feb 19, 10:36
  - nope and Hilary will announce soon too - just to prove that very fact. -- nm - Epiphany Feb 19, 10:02
- Well, let's make sure they're of age. -- nm - Max Feb 19, 09:58
- Yeah, I'll vote for him if he gets the nom, but Dems damn well better show him the fucking door early and iften -- nm - TWuG Feb 19, 09:58 3
  - I honestly think it's the only reason Biden might run now. Eliminate Bernie from competition, and let it be Biden and [insert female] -- nm - MDH Feb 19, 10:04 1
    - Lock him up! Lock him up! -- nm - Max Feb 19, 10:05
  - Right now he’s the only candidate I would need to hold my nose to vote for in the general election. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Feb 19, 09:59
- Poor, persecuted old straight white men! -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Feb 19, 09:57
- the Independent looking for the Dem nomination. -- nm - Diva Feb 19, 09:57 2
  - I tried watching his announcement video. I couldn't finish. It's an 11 minute ramble. -- nm - MDH Feb 19, 10:07 1
    - ugh -- nm - Diva Feb 19, 10:09
Tim: Unless this is the version of 7 Rings at #1, I don't need it (I laugh harder every single time). Also, sigh streaming. -- (link) - MDH Feb 19, 09:43
I am beyond annoyed at that news. - groiny Feb 19, 09:43 22
- Looks like there's an opt-out after 5 years. -- (link) - Inigo Feb 19, 10:02
- I think this means the Phillies will land Harper for a very similar deal -- nm - decline Feb 19, 09:48 1
  - Don't give up hope yet! -- nm - David Feb 19, 09:49
- I don't get that signing for either side. Machado will end up demanding a trade because of losing so much because... - Inigo Feb 19, 09:46 3
  - SD has a nice young group of hitters in the pipeline, but who is gonna pitch???? - groiny Feb 19, 09:53 2
    - The guys they trade Machado for in a few years. - the wrong element, bad guy Feb 19, 09:56
    - Let's be real -- market value deal in San Diego....sign me the eff up. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 19, 09:54
- Can't wait for the trade deadline in 2022 when Diego looks to unload him to the Red Sox. -- nm - The Commander Feb 19, 09:45 14
  - Oh, I think it'll be before then. -- nm - David Feb 19, 09:49 13
    - Sports are broken. nm - The Commander Feb 19, 09:49 12
      - How? He got a reasonably fair market value -- you can't spend all winter complaining that no one's spending; then get pissed when a - Will Hunting Feb 19, 09:55 11
        
        First, I didn't complain about shit. The Cardinals did the smart thing and got Goldy. But when the huge free agent signs a historic deal... - The Commander Feb 19, 10:02 4
        
        Y'all need to get Goldschmidt extended. -- nm - David Feb 19, 10:06 3
        
        No shit, dude. Course, if I'm him - I'd want to see what playing in St. Louis is like first. nm - The Commander Feb 19, 10:08 2
        
        Related - thank god the Blues started winning some games - I was already tired of the local sports guys obsessing over getting him locked up long term - The Commander Feb 19, 10:13 1
        
        He's like Freddie Freeman, a really good guy who quietly rakes. - David Feb 19, 10:14
        
        10 years and 300 million is not really fair market value though. -- nm - groiny Feb 19, 09:56 5
        
        Sure it is based on 7-8mil per WAR. You're buying 40 WAR over a decade. He's done 33 WAR in 6 1/3 years - Will Hunting Feb 19, 10:00 4
        
        I do not believe in that figure for per WAR value. -- nm - groiny Feb 19, 10:02 3
        
        Until the last 2 years, it's been the benchmark for years. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 19, 10:26 2
        
        I do not believe in that figure for per WAR value. -- nm - groiny Feb 19, 10:40 1
        
        What are you trying to say? -- nm - The Commander Feb 19, 10:41
How the Hell does Drake have 192 songs? -- nm - Beaker Feb 19, 09:41 6
- He's been around a decade + he gets into feuds + he's a featured artist as often as he is a lead -- nm - Roger More Feb 19, 09:43
- They're all the same monotone crap - how hard can they be to write? -- nm - The Commander Feb 19, 09:43 4
  - Now you know how he has so many damn songs - Mr. Havens Feb 19, 10:33
  - good point -- nm - Beaker Feb 19, 09:51 2
    - So how come we don't have *any*? -- nm - Max Feb 19, 09:51 1
      - We should write a parody of Happy called "Slackin" -- nm - Beryllium Feb 19, 09:52
*signs 10 year $300 contract with ST* -- nm - Beaker Feb 19, 09:40 2
- and the award for Most Overpaid Poster goes to... -- nm - oblique Feb 19, 10:57 1
  - TV PSA gotta eat! -- nm - Beaker Feb 19, 11:00

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