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Posted without comment. -- (link) - David Mar 15, 09:38 1
- This is what happens when you only debate easy opponents for YouTube likes. -- nm - Roger More Mar 15, 09:40
ICYMI: Vox has a pretty good, survey-of-the-field-level article on the 2020 Democratic Presidential primary contenders. -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Mar 15, 09:16 19
- 12 debates? Wow. That feels like a lot. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 15, 09:19 18
  - 13 (though the last one was canceled) for the Republicans in 2016, 20 (!) in 2012. Dems had 9 in 2016, 26 (!!) in 2008. -- nm - Roger More Mar 15, 09:27 2
    - Wow. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 15, 09:29 1
      - I suppose you have to have a dozen just to give each candidate an opportunity to be heard/shine and to cover off all the issues - Roger More Mar 15, 09:34
  - One for every candidate! -- nm - Spawn Mar 15, 09:26
  - The DNC adopted the new format a couple months ago -- after months of conversations with party and progressive leaders around the country. - ReluctantCynic Mar 15, 09:25 2
    - Strongbad's opinion - Strongbad Mar 15, 09:28 1
      - Hhhhhhhmmmmmm ... - ReluctantCynic Mar 15, 09:48
  - They heard how excited you were about them. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Mar 15, 09:22 2
    - I've already got the 1st one on my DVR Schedule! -- nm - Strongbad Mar 15, 09:24
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  - At the end of each debate, there will be a quiz regarding the actions of the mole and the lowest scoring contender will be eliminated. -- nm - Baronan the Accuser Mar 15, 09:21 3
    - Will the scoring be determined using a multi-faceted rubric? Will super delegate scores count double? -- nm - Strongbad Mar 15, 09:25 2
      - Anderson Cooper will be doing all the scoring so you'd better suck up to him. -- nm - Baronan the Accuser Mar 15, 09:28 1
        
        Woo!! I already have a connection with him!! -- nm - Strongbad Mar 15, 09:29
  - Allows all of the 144 candidates to get into one of them each. -- nm - Reagen Mar 15, 09:21 3
    - You're not too far off ... -- (edited) - ReluctantCynic Mar 15, 09:26
    - Ah, even better. -- nm - Spawn Mar 15, 09:26 1
      - If you folded all of the democratic candidates in two... -- nm - Reagen Mar 15, 09:31
Beto O'Rourke was a member of the hacker group Cult of the Dead Cow -- (link*) - decline Mar 15, 09:15 10
- Everyone has an agenda. Who is this Joseph Menn guy and what's his agenda? Is he just looking to sell his book? -- nm - Mop Mar 15, 09:45 1
  - Which, btw, great job. It'll be top 10 NYTimes next week. -- nm - Mop Mar 15, 09:45
- Just glancing it, it sounds like they were hacktivists, and weren't malicious about it. I'll reserve judgment on this until I get more info. -- nm - Inigo Mar 15, 09:36
- Man, that kinda reads like a hit piece, but I don't see the alarm here. -- nm - Mop Mar 15, 09:30 5
  - there is no alarm. they are terrified of him. Soon a video will appear of him dancing on roof tops. -- nm - Jovian Mar 15, 09:43
  - It reads like "please buy my book" -- nm - Roger More Mar 15, 09:34
  - 30% of the population is going to shit a panic-brick over it. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 15, 09:32 2
    - oh the Trump Cult? Thats who this message was designed for. -- nm - Jovian Mar 15, 09:43
    - because they have no clue what it means -- nm - decline Mar 15, 09:42
- Cool! I like him more now. -- nm - Mop Mar 15, 09:24
Assuming it were possible to do so, how many times would you have to fold a standard thickness piece of paper in half until it was thicker than - Reagen Mar 15, 09:03 14
- mythbusters did an episode where they made one sheet the size of an airplane hanger, final folds were made using forklifts...64? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 15, 10:47
- Trick question - Super Daddy Princess Mar 15, 09:23
- 100 -- nm - decline Mar 15, 09:20 2
  - That's close enough - Reagen Mar 15, 09:26 1
    - I told Logan to prove it, and he did pretty well. - Spawn Mar 15, 09:27
- 1,024? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 15, 09:17
- 95, one for each of Luther's Theses. -- nm - Baronan the Accuser Mar 15, 09:13
- your mental -- nm - mud Mar 15, 09:11 1
  - He is. Logan already had this discussion with me a few weeks ago. - Spawn Mar 15, 09:13
- 312.50 -- nm - Spawn Mar 15, 09:08
- 1! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 15, 09:07
- 64? -- nm - prayformojo Mar 15, 09:05 1
  - You're both low but closer than I expected people to be off the bat. -- nm - Reagen Mar 15, 09:08
- ... 18? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 15, 09:05
A little Arabian horse prancing around - Nature is amazing -- (link) - Amoxy Mar 15, 08:49 3
- Show off. -- nm - Mop Mar 15, 08:52 2
  - One day, you will prance. -- nm - Spawn Mar 15, 09:02 1
    - or else -- nm - mud Mar 15, 09:15
How about some Beto-relevant trivia? Two gentleman have gone from US House to US President without an intervening political office. Name them. -- nm - Baronan the Accuser Mar 15, 08:46 9
- I have one useless bit of trivia about a particular President, and it’s that he’s the only sitting house rep to be elected pres. - mafic Mar 15, 08:55 2
  - “You said I could be ambassador to France!” *bang* -- nm - Charles Guiteau Mar 15, 09:10
  - That's a bingo! -- nm - Baronan the Accuser Mar 15, 08:59
- Guess on one - Super Daddy Princess Mar 15, 08:52 2
  - Good guess, but he went the other way President -> Back to the House -- nm - Baronan the Accuser Mar 15, 08:59 1
    - Yeah, knew that, was hoping he’d also gone the other way. :) -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Mar 15, 09:09
- Lincoln? -- nm - Roger More Mar 15, 08:51
- Lincoln is one. -- nm - Reagen Mar 15, 08:51 1
  - Correct. US Rep -> Lawyering -> President -- nm - Baronan the Accuser Mar 15, 08:58
So just one hour after tweeting about his 'Warmest Sympathies to New Zealand", the Nazi President is already ranting about Mueller again. - Jovian Mar 15, 08:44 6
- he also said 'best wishes.' Which is traditionally what you say to brides at weddings. -- nm* - Andie Mar 15, 08:44 5
  - We know that's one he wrote. -- nm - jnine Mar 15, 09:02
  - best wishes... Like what?!? -- nm - Jovian Mar 15, 08:47 3
    - “My warmest sympathy and best wishes goes out to the people of New Zealand after the horrible massacre in the Mosques. 49 innocent people have - Andie Mar 15, 08:57
    - I wish you thoughts and prayers. (NM) - Marlowe Mar 15, 08:52
    - Break a leg New Zealand! -- nm - Beaker Mar 15, 08:50
Welp, this dumb thing is apparently done -- (link) - ty97 Mar 15, 08:24 9
- I thought I was relatively informed about Hudson Yards for someone on the opposite coast. - ReluctantCynic Mar 15, 09:21
- Speaking of which: NYT: Hudson Yards Is Manhattan’s Biggest, Newest, Slickest Gated Community. Is This the Neighborhood New York Deserves? -- (link) - MDH Mar 15, 08:45 2
  - I'll refrain from discussing the impacts of the project. But I'm fascinated by where it was placed. - Mop Mar 15, 09:50
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- and. i will of course climb it next time i am NY. - Andie Mar 15, 08:43
- Check out the My Content section in the terms and conditions. They appear to claim ownership for any photos or videos you take. - GregW Mar 15, 08:43
- And you need a (free) ticket to even climb the dumb thing -- (link) - ty97 Mar 15, 08:25 1
  - Meh - given demand + free, it's probably for the best. -- nm - Roger More Mar 15, 08:31
- Not if ty97 hasn't climbed it. -- nm - Spawn Mar 15, 08:25
And then there's this asshole -- (link) - Reagen Mar 15, 08:23 10
- "Does anyone still dispute the link between Muslim immigration and violence?" That's some circuitous thinking right there. -- nm - Mop Mar 15, 08:51
- Yeah, he’s the ‘final solution’ speech guy who also attended a white supremacist rally. This is unsurprising. - mafic Mar 15, 08:30 3
  - Though never underestimate the weirdness of Australian Senate election outcomes -- nm - Roger More Mar 15, 08:33 2
    - Yeah, but eh doesn’t have One Nation anymore, and hopefully his Maxim Bernier party goes nowhere. -- nm - mafic Mar 15, 08:38 1
      - "So you believe in an immigration ban, no sex outside of marriage and mandatory coal power. That's insane. Wanna swap Senate voting preferences?" -- nm - Roger More Mar 15, 08:43
- Yet he probably doesn’t appreciate the concurrent logic of “If someone punches you in the mouth, it’s your fault for being an asshole!” -- nm - Roger More Mar 15, 08:26 1
  - I mean, when Piers Morgan thinks you’ve gone too far... -- nm - Roger More Mar 15, 08:28
- *likes* - Trump Mar 15, 08:24 2
  - Why can't it be both? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 15, 08:28 1
    - Achievement Unlocked: Trump Master -- nm - Spawn Mar 15, 08:31
the CW appears to have quietly renewed The 100 for a seventh season ahead of its sixth season premiere -- nm - Beaker Mar 15, 07:37 5
- 2nd best scifi show on television. -- nm - Jovian Mar 15, 08:06 4
  - I only have 2 episodes left in Season 5 - so they need to hurry up with 6. -- nm - The Wardog Mar 15, 09:03
  - What do you think is best? -- nm - David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero Mar 15, 08:42 2
    - The Expanse of course -- nm - Jovian Mar 15, 08:45 1
      - such a great book series. -- nm - Beaker Mar 15, 08:52
Ha Ha Clinton Dix to the Bears 1 year $3.5M -- nm - Beaker Mar 15, 07:29
Body found under 900 pound safe after suspected break-in at Marion home -- (link) - Remlik Mar 15, 07:26 3
- Homeowners don't need guns. They just need heavy safes. -- nm - Mop Mar 15, 07:32
- poor Wile. E. Coyote. -- nm - Andie Mar 15, 07:31 1
  - He should've known that ACME makes a very solid and heavy safe. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 15, 08:19
nm -- nm* - Roger More Mar 15, 07:18
Kareem Hunt gets an 8 game suspension -- (link) - decline Mar 15, 07:17 4
- available in Caveman for the right offer. -- nm - Beaker Mar 15, 07:22
- So, he probably won't be be getting the majority of the carries until week 11 or 12. - Inigo Mar 15, 07:21 1
  - Chubb had a very good 1st season. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 15, 07:26
- That probably just took Duke Johnson off the trade market. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 15, 07:18
TGIF. Weekend plans, please. -- nm - Andie Mar 15, 07:09 44
- St Pat's at Doyles (a lot more bluegrass/americana than rock, jazz funk this year) yard work, corned beef in the SV -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 15, 10:54
- Work tomorrow. Attending a friend's wedding anniversary party on Sunday. Collapsing in a puddle of exhaustion and existential angst. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 15, 09:18
- Board meeting and helping organize our new curation facility tomorrow. Museum tour Sunday. -- nm - Meg Mar 15, 08:47
- Mom is in town, so we will hang out. -- nm - David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero Mar 15, 08:43
- Not sure. Something outside. And after that, maybe swimming. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 15, 08:39
- Sleepover party for Dragonina (11) and 4 friends tonight, day trip to the farm for FIL bday Sat, church and leading middle school youthgroup Sunday - SyrDragon Mar 15, 08:10
- Bob Seger in Tampa tonight, Lighting game tomorrow, house work Sunday -- nm - JaxSean Mar 15, 07:48 1
  - I heard he's still really good. I'm jealous. -- nm - Inigo Mar 15, 07:51
- Colleague's retirement party, haircut, dinner with a friend/his wife, drinks for a friend's birthday -- nm - MDH Mar 15, 07:33
- Having a going away "party" for my brother on Sunday. He's getting deployed to Afghanistan for a year in a few weeks. -- nm* - Inigo Mar 15, 07:22 8
  - what is the appropriate thing to say here? safe travels? - Andie Mar 15, 07:32 4
    - Good luck? I wanted to say "best of luck" but that phrase has been turned to other things. -- nm - Spawn Mar 15, 08:20
    - I actually looked it up and found only what people say to spouses. -- (edited) - Krusty Mar 15, 07:39
    - No idea but I get and appreciate your intention. :) -- nm - Inigo Mar 15, 07:37
    - Inappropriate, given the news above. -- nm - Roger More Mar 15, 07:33
  - I hope he has a safe deployment. -- nm - Krusty Mar 15, 07:26 2
    - He's in JAG. so, he should well away from the fighting. Still, it's scary. -- nm - Inigo Mar 15, 07:27 1
      - That's good but being anywhere close to a war has to be nerve racking. -- nm - Krusty Mar 15, 07:31
- start rewatching GOT season 7 with the wife, Bohemian Rhapsody with the kids; Spring cleanup in youngest's bedroom - Beaker Mar 15, 07:20
- *sigh* my roommate is back today. A bit of spring clean tomorrow. I might go hang at a pub for a bit on Sunday -- nm - decline Mar 15, 07:19
- Paella tonight. Little Manila tomorrow. Corned beef and Murphy's Irish Stout for Sunday (beef is corning right now) -- nm - Roger More Mar 15, 07:18
- Church stuff mostly. Might have a bit of free time on Saturday which would be nice if combined with me feeling better. Sunday is church, maybe Bronx - oblique Mar 15, 07:14
- All misc. house things like groceries, laundry, etc. Wife got her prospectus committee approved yesterday so the next 6 weeks will be tough. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 15, 07:14
- Headed to the Cape this afternoon after work. Celebrating a couple of bdays tomorrow. Making a meatloaf on Sunday evening - I know, exciting! -- nm - Diva Mar 15, 07:13 11
  - hmmm. meatloaf actually sounds like an excellent plan -- nm - decline Mar 15, 07:17 1
    - any special things you like to do to it? -- nm - Diva Mar 15, 08:48
  - Real meatloaf or fake meatloaf. Feetloaf. -- nm - Baronan the Accuser Mar 15, 07:17 5
    - please explain yourself. -- nm - Diva Mar 15, 07:45 4
      - I love meatloaf. It's delicious. I assume you're making a real one and not some abomination pretending to be meatloaf. -- nm - Baronan the Accuser Mar 15, 07:54 3
        
        are you discussing Classic vs. Italian style or something else entirely? (I make both based on what's in the house) - Diva Mar 15, 08:00 1
        
        I'll be right over, fork in hand. :) -- nm - Baronan the Accuser Mar 15, 08:41
        
        I would put down money that Diva knows her meat - oblique Mar 15, 07:57
  - a weekend on the Cape doesn't sound UNexciting. -- nm - Andie Mar 15, 07:14 2
    - (i meant the meatloaf part :)) -- nm - Diva Mar 15, 07:16 1
      - :) -- nm - Andie Mar 15, 07:16
- Hanging at a friend's tonight. Movie tomorrow. Packing for camp the following weekend. Weird charity art sale at my SIL's mother's on Sunday. -- nm - Andie Mar 15, 07:13
- Parade tomorrow, solo daddy duty all weekend. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Mar 15, 07:13
- Visiting my mom, sneaker shopping and cleaning my apartment. -- nm - Krusty Mar 15, 07:12
- Driving home from Port Hope. -- nm - Shaun Mar 15, 07:10 5
  - Which Port Hope? I assume one closer than Ontario... -- nm - Andie Mar 15, 07:12 4
    - Ontario. We're stopping in Levis for the night tomorrow to break up the drive. -- nm - Shaun Mar 15, 07:12 3
      - nice! You were relatively close! -- nm - Andie Mar 15, 07:13 2
        
        Very at certain points. Had a wedding to go to in Port Credit last Saturday. Took the kids to the aquarium Sunday morning. - Shaun Mar 15, 07:23 1
        
        nice! -- nm - Andie Mar 15, 07:32
zoom zoom -- nm - oblique Mar 15, 07:05

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