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Do you remember not caring what the president did every day or what their motivations were and just trusting them to do the job? Good times. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 19, 17:13 1
- Someone had a line a while ago that the winning slogan for the Dem candidate would be "You will go *weeks* without remembering I exist" -- nm - Reagen Sep 19, 17:16
US Rep Lucy McBath (D-GA) will not be seeking Johnny Isakson's vacant Senate seat. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Sep 19, 17:08
Federal Judge Sides With Trump’s Campaign in Blocking California Law Requiring Release of Tax Returns -- (link) - budice Sep 19, 17:05
some pretty outstanding drone footage of a tornado near Highlands, TX tonight -- (link) - prayformojo Sep 19, 17:05
I suspect the [-4, 0, 1, zip, ditto] responders below would give the same answers if donnie shot someone on 5th Ave. or .. - mud Sep 19, 16:53 10
- He’s already an underdog to win in 14 months. What type of game-change do you expect? If anything, you should hope it doesn’t since Pence might - Will Hunting Sep 19, 17:07 5
  - There have been two recent statewide polls of California for various contenders vs Trump in 2020 - Reagen Sep 19, 17:13 3
    - It really is the *one* thing I'm curious about though, not like whether he colluded or not or what have you--what IS he hiding in those returns? -- nm - JackDawson Sep 19, 17:18 2
      - Oh hell yes. I'm talking here about - Reagen Sep 19, 17:20 1
        
        Oh yes yes I got you, I was non sequitur-ing -- nm - JackDawson Sep 19, 17:24
  - ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -- nm - mud Sep 19, 17:09
- I dunno. Even my racist uncle is like I don’t think we should do this again when it comes to Trump. I tried to sell him on a Warren/Beto ticket. -- nm - Qale Sep 19, 17:02 2
  - how'd that go? -- nm - mud Sep 19, 17:03 1
    - He doesn’t like Biden and agreed with me that Yang was probably okay until he pulled that stunt in Houston. So... mediocre? -- nm - Qale Sep 19, 20:23
- Unquestionably. And we'd be right just like we have been every single other time that the "this is it!!!" scandal du jour broke and turned out...not t - JackDawson Sep 19, 16:59
This is a fascinating and hilarious series of polls about brand preference and the 2020 race -- (link) - Reagen Sep 19, 16:23 7
- That Hallmark Channel one is very damning information in the Mumpower household for sure. -- nm - Qale Sep 19, 16:59 1
  - Don't make me rescind the visitation invite, bub. -- nm - David Sep 19, 17:28
- "Among the frontrunners, Sanders supporters are the youngest, while Biden supporters are the oldest. Warren’s supporters are most likely to be female - budice Sep 19, 16:50 1
  - Big, if true. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Sep 19, 16:58
- I’m boycotting warren over the fact that she attracts the most brand boycotters, ugh -- nm - JackDawson Sep 19, 16:46 1
  - My only boycotts are Amazon and Walmart though! -- nm - Qale Sep 19, 16:59
- that is something - do you think the methodology at the bottom means 5-10K people out of 13K are undecided or support someone else? - b. Sep 19, 16:32
PTI was so nice when Wilbon wasn't being "Old Man Yells at Cloud". -- nm - Beaker Sep 19, 16:11 1
- Weekly Sports Reporters fine, daily PTI nah -- nm - budice Sep 19, 16:25
Disney Plus is up and running in the Netherlands.... -- (link) - Remlik Sep 19, 16:11
I came home. Had some lunch. I finally did it. I just said, what the fuck and did it. - Bacon Sep 19, 15:47 4
- /r/MadLads -- nm - Qale Sep 19, 16:18
- And? -- nm - Amoxy Sep 19, 15:49 2
  - Solid A -- nm - Bacon Sep 19, 15:53
  - He's feeling woolly. -- nm - Baron Universe Sep 19, 15:51
"'Silicon Valley' star Thomas Middleditch says swinging 'saved' his marriage" -- nm - David Sep 19, 15:46 10
- I hope he told her he was going to share that before he did it. otherwise *shrug* - consenting adults, on we go. -- nm - b. Sep 19, 15:53 6
  - Wasn’t it Jeri Ryan’s husband who broke up their marriage do to swinging? -- nm - Pippy, Dipping the dip Sep 19, 16:14 5
    - More Six of Nine than Seven of Nine -- nm - budice Sep 19, 16:24
    - Well, he apparently pushed her into it. Didn't play well when he ran for governor. -- nm - pmb Sep 19, 16:18 3
      - Senator! -- nm - Reagen Sep 19, 16:22 1
        
        Oh, that's right. It's usually our governors that suck. -- nm - pmb Sep 19, 16:27
      - yah, their stuff was said to be coerced, not fully engaged consent from her. -- nm - b. Sep 19, 16:21
- and you believed him? -- nm - mud Sep 19, 15:49
- His wife is beautiful. -- nm - Bacon Sep 19, 15:49 1
  - yup -- nm - Beaker Sep 19, 16:02
Remember when we discussed maybe 18 years ago how kids from around then would have political repercussions given that everything is documented and pho - JackDawson Sep 19, 15:02 5
- Some athletes got teenaged racist posts dug up. Fine young men getting reminded of that girl they raped with the video they passed around. -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 19, 15:26
- Jihadi Justin -- nm - budice Sep 19, 15:10
- we've had people on FB for almost a decade self posting themselves doing crimes. go figure :(( -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 19, 15:08
- Trudeau/Blackface? -- nm - FactoFail Sep 19, 15:06
- Absolutely. wait till the kids of 2009 or so when the decent video camera phones started getting all over the place -- nm - Remlik Sep 19, 15:05
So I just bit the bullet and pre-ordered Stadia. -- nm - Shaun Sep 19, 14:55
Am I perhaps a little overzealous in my righteous indignation that #SharpieGate may have led to the non-forecasted TS Imelda? Perhaps. -- nm - Qale Sep 19, 14:52
Ye gods. More blackface, but this time from 2016. -- (link) - Shaun Sep 19, 14:50 3
- Looks like its "Black Peter" in this case? No OK. Just observing. -- nm - Mop Sep 19, 15:09
- At this point it's becoming this SNL sketch. -- (link) - pmb Sep 19, 15:07 [youtube]
- how do people not know this isn't ok? -- nm - Remlik Sep 19, 14:59
Do they teach students about plagiarism at UCONN? -- (link*) - Krusty Sep 19, 14:47 1
- Where do you think they learned it? -- nm - Mop Sep 19, 15:08
BAH! -- (link*) - Remlik Sep 19, 14:28
So, I didn't have time to fool with the Kavanaugh thing last week. What's the best link to read for the cliff's notes? - David Sep 19, 14:28 46
- I apologize for this thread. -- nm - David Sep 19, 16:24 8
  - no need. the subthread woulda happened elsewhere for sure -- nm - mud Sep 19, 16:48 6
    - Yeah: Jack/Strongbad gonna Jack/Strongbad. -- nm - Qale Sep 19, 17:00 5
      - heaven forbid, the horror! -- nm - JackDawson Sep 19, 17:01
      - I'm honestly surprised it took this long. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Sep 19, 17:00 3
        
        me too, there is typically an indefensible position you are glad to defend almost every day coming out of the admin, I can't believe they're losing th - JackDawson Sep 19, 17:02 2
        
        Yes Jack, I am a huge Trump supporter. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Sep 19, 17:04 1
        
        are you? Huh, I didn't realize. Good to know! -- nm - JackDawson Sep 19, 17:07
  - fwiw, I think most of it is good/worthy. the "correction" is going to get a lot of attention, likely some giving it more meaning than it has. anything - b. Sep 19, 16:38
- New York Times issues correction on Kavanaugh story -- (link) - Strongbad, Champ Champ Sep 19, 15:45 32
  - Very poor reporting by the Hill here. There are two separate allegations of misconduct in the Times story, not one "the" incident. - JackDawson Sep 19, 15:53 1
    - yah, it would have been good for them to include more about the others. -- nm - b. Sep 19, 15:55
  - that's not a correction as much as adding a new piece of information. it doesn't actually change anything, as she wasn't the accuser - if she was - b. Sep 19, 15:51 29
    - Right. I don't understand why Kavanaugh's supporters are jumping all over that. There is still corroboration of the other event and as you say, the - pmb Sep 19, 15:55 1
      - there's been a lot that's felt surreal about recent years; but having sides re: multiple sexual assaults by a supreme court justice is right up there. - b. Sep 19, 16:07
    - I agree that it absolutely doesn't mean it didn't happen, and that it doesn't lessen the bad if it did. - Strongbad, Champ Champ Sep 19, 15:54 9
      - what's behind that last part? she wasn't interviewed, and I wouldn't expect her current friends would be. - b. Sep 19, 15:58 6
        
        (In some ways reporting on the hearsay view of friends is irresponsible) - JackDawson Sep 19, 16:10 5
        
        my first thought was wondering about the friends. - b. Sep 19, 16:18 4
        
        I think they were corroborating the story of someone who said he was there. She wasn't the one who made the claim, but they investigated the claim - pmb Sep 19, 16:22 1
        
        thanks! I'd seen the rest, just not that first part. -- nm - b. Sep 19, 16:24
        
        Well if they were at the gathering they surely can if they want (with the constraint you note) discuss what THEY remember - JackDawson Sep 19, 16:19 1
        
        oh yah, I agree about that. I was just wondering how the friends content even originated. -- nm - b. Sep 19, 16:22
      - It was definitely a poor editing choice (it was apparently in the story originally and edited out). -- nm - pmb Sep 19, 15:57 1
        
        ah - still, though, that could be because it didn't make a difference vs. intentionally trying to hide it. - b. Sep 19, 15:59
    - It changes perhaps some people's ability to tell themselves they can sleep at night in exchange for good 5-4 rulings for the causes they hold dear?? -- nm - JackDawson Sep 19, 15:54 16
      - Like this 5-4 ruling? -- (link) - Strongbad, Champ Champ Sep 19, 15:55 15
        
        (sometimes the straws you grasp at are really something, I must say--it must be something else to have to continue to try to defend this while being a - JackDawson Sep 19, 15:57 7
        
        (and here comes the attacks) - Strongbad, Champ Champ Sep 19, 16:01 6
        
        Your implication that Kavanaugh is liberal because he sided with 4 liberals on one inconsequential ruling is simply too offensive to the brain of a no - JackDawson Sep 19, 16:03 5
        
        Your assumption that I believe Kavanaugh is a liberal is 100% incorrect. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Sep 19, 16:07 4
        
        Seriously though, there is a reflexive response (a sort of "what about-ism") that is suggested here that because he was capable of taking a position - pmb Sep 19, 16:17 1
        
        I do not follow enough SCOTUS cases to know whether this was a meaningless case as Jack has suggested or not - Strongbad, Champ Champ Sep 19, 16:40
        
        Then the point of your post was...? -- nm - JackDawson Sep 19, 16:07 1
        
        I thought it was funny to mention. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Sep 19, 16:16
        
        I don't know, do you think that ruling is worth having a likely "privileged trust fund" and perhaps serial abuser on the Court? I do not. Do you? -- nm - JackDawson Sep 19, 15:56 6
        
        Do you think we should bar "privileged trust fund babies" from seeking positions like SCOTUS Justice? -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Sep 19, 16:00 5
        
        (the point being it all sort of exposes the entire sham as just very insecure mediocre men who will say anything to get away with their tantrum - JackDawson Sep 19, 16:05
        
        Not at all, I find it highly hysterical though that the GOP is full of people SUPER bitter about privileged elites (have you READ today's WSJ Op-Ed, m - JackDawson Sep 19, 16:01 3
        
        No, I have no idea what today WSJ Op-Ed is about - Strongbad, Champ Champ Sep 19, 16:06 2
        
        I’m not talking about you, I’m talking about what conservatives in power or leaders or advocates portend to believe in and stand for. Down with the - JackDawson Sep 19, 16:08 1
        
        OK. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Sep 19, 16:16
- Direct from the authors of the book -- (link) - Max Sep 19, 14:31 1
  - Okay, thank you. -- nm - David Sep 19, 14:40
- Honestly - the nutshell is that this waste of sperm couldn't seem to stop rubbing his junk on any girl in the same room with him. -- nm - Chamberlain Sep 19, 14:28 1
  - Well I’d add that it seems Sen coons of Delaware passed on corroboration for the Yale story to FBI and Judiciary Committee but they did not follow up - JackDawson Sep 19, 14:42
Colt is suspending production of the AR15 for the civilian market -- (link) - Reagen Sep 19, 14:23
UCLA athletic director Dan Guerrero will retire June 30, 2020, per a UC system document. -- nm - budice Sep 19, 14:19
Rollo, that’s fantasy news. Welcome to the club. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 19, 14:07 4
- The entire time I was grinning like an idiot... uh moreso. The spontaneous kismet nature of it made it all the more special. And ... delicioso!! - rollo Sep 19, 14:11 1
  - Yes. The hugely oversized MedBread is the underrated side dish that really makes it amazing. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 19, 14:18
- Speaking of which, everyone should go check/set their lineups. It's stupid football night in America! -- nm - David Sep 19, 14:09 1
  - Haha. I meant fantastic news. But yes. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 19, 14:11
Nominee for DHS position is being investigated for using his former govt position to funnel business to a private energy company. -- (link) - budice Sep 19, 14:02 1
- And that’s ....wrong -- nm - Pippy, Dipping the dip Sep 19, 14:57
NXT Debut on USA Network Draws Over 1.1 Million Viewers, Ranks No. 4 for Cable Top 150 in Key Demo - Remlik Sep 19, 13:59 6
- For comparison, that's similar to an episode of The Purge, which eventually got renewed after some hesitation. -- nm - David Sep 19, 14:01 4
  - and probably didn't cost as much to make -- nm - Remlik Sep 19, 14:10 1
    - Sure but this number is barely half of Smackdown/Raw. They need strong holdover ratings next week. Otherwise, it's in trouble. -- nm - David Sep 19, 14:21
  - Cable Ratings:"Fuck if we know! Better than static!" -- nm - Reagen Sep 19, 14:03 1
    - "Too late fuckheads, we already have your money" -- nm - rollo Sep 19, 14:06
- That's because all the viewers wanted to make sure they saw the penultimate episode of Suits. -- nm - Max Sep 19, 14:00
Brittany runs a marathon B+ spoilers - Amoxy Sep 19, 13:59 2
- you mean Run, Fat Boy, Run? -- nm - colin Sep 19, 14:10 1
  - He runs marathons! - Shaun Sep 19, 14:21
How'd the Torys miss this in 2015, or hell, 2012? - Reagen Sep 19, 13:59 1
- I don't think the nut of it is "Is Trudeau racist?" It's "Is he an entitled lightweight?" -- (edited) - Name Withheld By Request Sep 19, 14:15
ST “Is this anything?” Poll — On a scale of 1 to “Treason!”, how important will this intelligence whistleblower thing turn out to be? -- (edited) - Super Daddy Princess Sep 19, 13:53 16
- Sadly, won't make a blip. If we've learned anything during this administration, it's that nothing he does matters. nm - Chamberlain Sep 19, 14:24 2
  - ~Anyone can see~ -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Sep 19, 17:14
  - That's publicaly though. The discussions that are going on right now behind close doors have to be off the charts crazy. -- nm - Jovian Sep 19, 14:28
- Treason -- nm - TWuG Sep 19, 14:19
- -4 -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Sep 19, 14:11
- Probably 1, but it should go, again, to the ongoing obstruction of justice of the administration that really demands impeachment. -- nm - pmb Sep 19, 14:09
- 10 - Jovian Sep 19, 14:08 3
  - You "believe it will be" or you "really really want it to be?" -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Sep 19, 14:11 2
    - I believe it will be. - Jovian Sep 19, 14:15 1
      - I tend to agree it's unprecedented, though I think Znu's view that it will be swept away as "within the President's authority" is a strong likelihood. - pmb Sep 19, 14:20
- I don't care I just hope this becomes a rallying point for the election ... "But His Whistleblower" -- nm - rollo Sep 19, 14:05
- I'm boggling at the concept of John Bolton having a conscience. -- nm - Reagen Sep 19, 14:02
- Should be treason, but will be met with a shrug. At least by his supporters -- nm - Amoxy Sep 19, 14:01 1
  - His supporters are hopeless. He could institute a Final Solution for Illegal Immigrants - Jovian Sep 19, 14:09
- 0 -- nm - JackDawson Sep 19, 13:54 1
  - ditto -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 19, 13:57
Justin is going to have step down. -- nm - Remlik Sep 19, 13:52 9
- A lovefest with Chrissy Teigen on twitter will wash this all away. -- nm - Max Sep 19, 14:11
- That doesn't happen during an election in our system. - Reagen Sep 19, 14:00 4
  - I think that might be in the cards no matter what. His personal numbers have been hurting well before this instance. - Name Withheld By Request Sep 19, 14:10 3
    - To clarify, I was taking only in the case of him winning - Reagen Sep 19, 14:13 2
      - Right. But I'm suggesting that even if he gets to 175 seats & a slim majority, I think he was only a couple of years away from being asked to depart. - Name Withheld By Request Sep 19, 14:16 1
        
        Is there a Chretien-Martin type fracture in the party? -- nm - Roger More Sep 19, 14:47
- I cannot envision what that would look like at one month until the election. The party brand is his brand. - Name Withheld By Request Sep 19, 13:54 2
  - Actually, at this point it looks like black/brown face is his brand. -- nm - pmb Sep 19, 14:09
  - I get it. But it's something he's going to have think hard about.... -- nm - Remlik Sep 19, 13:58
All we are is dust in the wind, dude. -- nm - David Sep 19, 13:51 2
- Who sings that song? -- nm - Dark Callisto Sep 19, 14:39
- In Franklin's Tower, there hangs a bell -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 19, 13:58

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