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I should be in bed. *pours another glass of wine and dicks around for another hour or two* -- nm - znufrii Feb 4, 20:55
I got home 5 hours ago and Iowa was at 62%. They are currently at 62% -- nm - Bacon Feb 4, 20:38 3
- For some reason can't develop an app to simply tally and report votes? Simple spreadsheet could do that. Million other apps have more complexity -- nm* - budice Feb 4, 20:55
- Reporting partial data was their second mistake. If I recall, the Census doesn't report specific %. We get the numbers when they're done. - Max Feb 4, 20:42 1
  - They are doing so because they have been largely locked out of the process. -- nm - Qale Feb 4, 20:44
What it boils down to, for me, is that it's okay to be uncivil in response to intolerance. Tolerance dies if intolerance isn't met with disdain - TWuG Feb 4, 20:38 1
- Look, Pelosi is white. She can’t get away with the eye roll and purse snatching while getting up like Viola Davis in HTGAWM. -- nm - Qale Feb 4, 20:40
Doc who first warned about new outbreak of SARS like flu (and got censored) now is a patient of it. -- (link) - zeitgeist Feb 4, 20:38
The commander of the Navy Seals is stepping down after clashing with Trump -- (link) - Mop Feb 4, 20:13 2
- I'm trying hard not to react to this, because I fear I would overreact. But this situation sickens me. -- nm - crash davis Feb 4, 20:30
- Ooooh Navy Seals!!! -- nm - Flamboyant Video Customer Feb 4, 20:23
MLB is broken if the Red Sox can't afford to pay their players. There's no reason for them to be trading away Betts. -- nm - Krusty Feb 4, 20:08 4
- They have a really high payroll and going over the cap causes an additional amount they have to pay the league. And that goes up if they do it 2 - pmb Feb 4, 20:25
- They know he’s gone in a year. They got something for him. - Will Hunting Feb 4, 20:15 1
  - But they're giving the Dodgers $50 million, so they aren't saving that much. -- nm - jnine Feb 4, 21:17
- Yup. -- nm - David, Troll Summoner Feb 4, 20:08
heh -- (link) - Jovian Feb 4, 19:51 1
- Haha! -- nm - Krusty Feb 4, 20:01
The next Galaxy phone will be the S20. Here’s a picture. -- (link) - Mop Feb 4, 19:49 5
- The new Flip Z ain't bad either. -- (link) - Mop Feb 4, 20:16
- I hate non symmetrical backs. -- nm - Spawn Feb 4, 19:53 2
  - Jerk!! -- nm* - The Hunchback of Notre Dame Feb 4, 19:56 1
    - *snork* -- nm - Spawn Feb 4, 20:01
- "accidentally revealed" Do people still fall for that shit? -- nm - Bacon Feb 4, 19:50
Ummmm. So why isnt Gov Whitmer running for President?? - Jovian Feb 4, 19:35 4
- Next election, the response/rebuttal choice is the party's way of raising someone up to the national podium -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 4, 19:49
- she looks like Bellamy Young from Scandal. -- nm - Remlik Feb 4, 19:40 2
  - she is strikingly attractive. -- nm - Jovian Feb 4, 19:43
  - That's a strange reason. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 4, 19:42
Pelosi tearing up her copy of Trumps speech upon completion: -- (link) - mud Feb 4, 19:29 61
- I wouldn’t have even attended and asked my entire caucus to do the same. -- nm - Qale Feb 4, 20:37
- It's become a schoolyard playground. What a joke, all of them. -- nm - Bacon Feb 4, 19:32 59
  - Petty political theater is the cultural currency of our times. - znufrii Feb 4, 20:14 5
    - Look it's going to play to her base, and him not shaking hands will play to his. Theater is correct. - Bacon Feb 4, 20:19 4
      - I think she knows exactly what she is doing. - znufrii Feb 4, 20:22 3
        
        She does. She is already reviled, this changed nothing except what people will recall from the speech. - Qale Feb 4, 20:38 2
        
        True. I didn't watch the speech (because I am sane) but the headlines I know are, he didn't shake her hand (saw the video too) - Bacon Feb 4, 20:40
        
        Also true. -- nm - znufrii Feb 4, 20:39
  - Please don't "both sides" this shit. -- nm - TWuG Feb 4, 19:34 52
    - Let me explain. Tearing up the speech is something Trump would do. Don't counter Trump by acting like Trump. It's an exercise in self control -- nm* - Bacon Feb 4, 19:36 51
      - FWIW, I agree with your wording completely. -- nm - David, Troll Summoner Feb 4, 20:08 12
        
        Note: His response above is edited. It is his original statement that we're responding to. -- nm - pmb Feb 4, 20:10 11
        
        This is why the edit function needs to include a link to the unedited post. - TWuG Feb 4, 20:18 5
        
        Though I don't remember the exact wording of Bacon's post, I think this is my error. When I read it again I was reading the wrong post that I was - pmb Feb 4, 20:21
        
        Oh fuck I am already busy enough!!! -- nm - Bery si Feb 4, 20:20 3
        
        Not untrue. But what Twug said is true, too. And I do have the data, I just haven't exposed an interface for it. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 4, 20:21 2
        
        It really isn't a priority. This group is not in the habit of using edit to maliciously change the look of the discussion. - TWuG Feb 4, 20:26
        
        FWIW, not exposing the interface also makes it possible to "delete" accidental image uploads or bad links. So I'd have to have a separate mechanism - Beryllium Feb 4, 20:23
        
        the edit was done immediately there and it was a grammar error if I remember correctly. That didn't change much if I remember -- nm - Bacon Feb 4, 20:13 2
        
        I was about to edit my post because I didn't see the lower about "all of them" and thought you edited it out. But David responded before I could edit - pmb Feb 4, 20:15 1
        
        It's all good. I saw your post below. I get it. All of them is the issue, I got that -- nm - Bacon Feb 4, 20:16
        
        Okay. Then, I agree with his modified comment. -- nm - David, Troll Summoner Feb 4, 20:11 1
        
        Let me check that. What we're responding to is the "All of them" language. Not his disapproving of what she did. -- nm - pmb Feb 4, 20:12
      - and it also gives the right another new attacking point. who do you think is already getting ripped to shreds on Twitter? Pelosi -- nm - Jovian Feb 4, 19:58 4
        
        Enough with the "it just gives them something to attack", too. They will attack EVERYthing. ANYthing. You do A, they attack A - TWuG Feb 4, 20:02 1
        
        Yeah, and I agree here. Don't do or not do something because the other side will attack you. They will do that either way. Do the right thing, and - Bacon Feb 4, 20:03
        
        ie Classless is trending. And its not because of the handshake snub. -- nm - Jovian Feb 4, 20:00 1
        
        After the 2016 election I can safely say I don't put any stock into what is trending on Facebook, or Twitter. The bots were locked and loaded to fire - Bacon Feb 4, 20:02
      - Don't I remember you making jokes about the "You lie!" guy like it was not that big a deal? Why is it so much worse when Democrats do it? -- nm - con_carne Feb 4, 19:50 18
        
        Bery, we really need a way of getting to a backboard by date. -- nm - Roger More Feb 4, 20:22 5
        
        Bery can we have avatars? - Bacon Feb 4, 20:24
        
        What might that look like, in your mind? - Beryllium Feb 4, 20:24 3
        
        (Non-serious post but...) a box on the search page where the user enters a date and is taken to the first (or last) board of that date. - Roger More Feb 4, 20:35 2
        
        I'll mull it over. I think it's interesting. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 4, 20:47 1
        
        Alternative - enter a date and get a list of boards for that date -- nm - Roger More Feb 4, 20:57
        
        First of all I am not making jokes in this thread. Second I don't remember the You Lie guy you are referring too -- nm - Bacon Feb 4, 19:52 11
        
        He is rather famous for shouting that shit at Obama, mid-SOTU. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 4, 20:25 10
        
        Trump? Or a different guy? I only remember Trump going after his Republican rivals, Lying Ted etc. I mean he went after Obama for the birther thing -- nm - Bacon Feb 4, 20:26 9
        
        Rep Joe Wilson -- (link) - TWuG Feb 4, 20:28 [Backboard] 1
        
        Ah this answer the question I just asked Bery. I don't remember that, interesting -- nm - Bacon Feb 4, 20:30
        
        We're talking about Republican incivility here. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 4, 20:28 6
        
        I am still trying to find out who was shouting You Lie during the Obama SOTU. A gallery member or a congressman, or Trump? -- nm - Bacon Feb 4, 20:29 5
        
        Wasn't during SotU, but an address by Obama to a joint session of Congress on Sept 9, 2009 -- (link) - znufrii Feb 4, 20:31 4
        
        Oh, my bad. Such a quirky approach to governing is hard to keep track of. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 4, 20:34 1
        
        I would've gotten that wrong too if I hadn't been looking it up to remember the guy's name in the first place. -- nm* - znufrii Feb 4, 20:40
        
        I just watched Youtube of it. I don't remember that, but yeah that's fucked up! -- (link) - Bacon Feb 4, 20:32 [youtube] 1
        
        Wow, though there was an apology issued after. Imagine that happening now. - Bacon Feb 4, 20:34
      - But it isn't remotely true. - pmb Feb 4, 19:43
      - Shredding the Constitution, rule of law, etc., etc., isn't even in the same universe as tearing up a horrible, divisive, hateful speech. - TWuG Feb 4, 19:41 12
        
        And where exactly has self control gotten anyone? Fuck him...shoulda thrown it in the trash and lit that shit up. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Feb 4, 19:42 11
        
        Guys I respectfully disagree. I respect your opinion though. I get it, tensions are running high in politics. I just disagree with her there. - Bacon Feb 4, 19:44 9
        
        And that's fine, but it doesn't make it equally bad. It isn't close to equal. Equating the two is part of the problem we have. What Trump and the - pmb Feb 4, 19:56 3
        
        I am pointing out without bias when I see someone do something I don't like. Oh she' has a D next to her name, so it's fine. - Bacon Feb 4, 19:59 2
        
        You are completely missing the point. My response is to your comment that they're all the same. I specifically said it's ok to not like it. It's - pmb Feb 4, 20:09
        
        He's not saying it's fine. He's saying it isn't the same. Because it isn't. -- nm - . Feb 4, 20:03
        
        Tea Party Republicans set this up, from You Lie to Trump's denigrating nicknames and personal insults. This is the environment they wanted. - Max Feb 4, 19:52
        
        That just goes to show the state of disunion. (NM) - Marlowe Feb 4, 19:45 3
        
        It's a shit show -- nm - Bacon Feb 4, 19:47 2
        
        Well, I'm used to having members of the cabinet go to congress and exchange punches with representatives, so I'm glad we are exporting this. - Marlowe Feb 4, 19:51 1
        
        The world is a shitshow. I cannot disagree with that. -- nm - Bacon Feb 4, 19:53
        
        Maybe with some miniature American flags for kindling. I bet that would go over great. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 4, 19:43
My Mom, and step parent are leaving for - Bacon Feb 4, 19:06 3
- Good luck Momma Bacon -- nm - Pippy-with a side eye Feb 4, 19:19 2
  - BTW I would have cancelled. But, I respect they weighed the risks and are going. - Bacon Feb 4, 19:21 1
    - I’d have canceled too. I’m too paranoid for my own good -- nm - Pippy-with a side eye Feb 4, 19:24
Here comes the jews are the enemy portion of the program -- nm - Jovian Feb 4, 19:00
Jesus, Ovechkin has 14 goals in the last 7 games. -- nm - Shaun Feb 4, 18:48 3
- Slowing down a bit. -- nm - Mop Feb 4, 19:20
- It really is shocking how much he still scores from his office. - Will Hunting Feb 4, 19:00
- I wonder what horrific shit he's putting into himself, other than that pasta monstrosity. -- nm - Reagen Feb 4, 18:50
Oilers had a pretty shite 1st period, but it's scoreless. That's a win. - Shaun Feb 4, 18:44 1
- And there it is. Another Ethan Bear cough-up, another goal. - Shaun Feb 4, 19:17
was that "we have purchased the finest planes, missiles, rockets, ships" or planes, missiles and rocket ships? -- nm - Max Feb 4, 18:31 1
- Pretty sure it was Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. -- nm - Qale Feb 4, 19:04
Dodgers have agreed to a deal with the Boston Red Sox that would send star outfielder Mookie Betts and starter David Price to the Dodgers, sources fam -- (link) - budice Feb 4, 18:26 9
- nm -- nm* - budice Feb 4, 19:01 1
  - That’s several years old. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 4, 19:07
- Minnesota Twins are the third team in the blockbuster deal -- (link) - budice Feb 4, 18:30 6
  - Dodgers sending RHP Kenta Maeda to Twins for RHP Brusdar Graterol, who will be part of package going to RedSox -- (link*) - budice Feb 4, 18:41 5
    - Check with your doctor to see if Brusdar Graterol is right for you. -- nm - Tim Feb 4, 19:05 1
      - If the effects last for more than 4 hours, head to an emergency room. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 4, 19:41
    - Alex Verdugo to the Red Sox as well -- nm - budice Feb 4, 18:44 2
      - Joc Pederson would go from Dodgers to Angels if blockbuster is completed, (Dodgers get Luis Rengifo in return) -- (link*) - budice Feb 4, 18:49 1
        
        RED SOX receive: Graterol, Verdugo DODGERS receive: Betts, Price + cash, Rengifo TWINS receive: Maeda ANGELS receive: Pederson -- nm - budice Feb 4, 19:01
The Los Angeles Dodgers have a deal in place to acquire star outfielder Mookie Betts and David Price from the Boston Red Sox -- nm - Beaker Feb 4, 18:25
why does one of the politicians have a stack of $20's in his outer jacket lapel pocket?? -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 4, 18:13 1
- bought and paid for. hes trolling prob -- nm - Jovian Feb 4, 18:14
In positive viewing news, I found the first episode of McMillion$ riveting. FBI SA Doug Mathews's personality really makes the show go. -- nm - crash davis Feb 4, 18:13
Handshake denied -- nm - Jovian Feb 4, 18:06 2
- vid: -- (link) - mud Feb 4, 18:22 1
  - you stay classy...oh...nev'r mind -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 4, 18:54
the men need fashion advisors. they all have blue/black/charcoal suits, white shirts and either a red or blue tie. -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 4, 18:03
BigHill: A great use of your next hour: Double-check your voter registration and ask two friends to do the same. -- (link) - budice Feb 4, 17:59
and the President's High Comman-- I mean Cabinet! -- nm - Jovian Feb 4, 17:59
who is the Designated Survivor tonight -- nm - Jovian Feb 4, 17:58 3
- AOC! -- nm - Tim Feb 4, 18:30
- Putin -- nm - mud Feb 4, 18:01
- Sandra. CBS paid a small fortune for it. -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 4, 18:01
You too can have the Chidi calendar. Well, at least you can see it all here. -- (link*) - Andie Feb 4, 17:52
A story about the caucus app. -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 4, 17:50
So, even the advanced excerpts of the SOTU contain lies. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 4, 17:43
Question: how is Buttigiege pronounced? It seems I had the complete wrong idea of how it should be. (NM) - Marlowe Feb 4, 17:42 11
- the edge like sledge -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 4, 18:56
- boo-dee-chay -- nm - Dano Feb 4, 18:11 1
  - I heart you. -- nm - amanda Feb 4, 19:18
- Bud Ice -- nm - TWuG Feb 4, 18:02
- Booty-judge -- nm - Strongbad Feb 4, 17:55
- Pete -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 4, 17:48
- boot a judge -- nm* - Jovian Feb 4, 17:44
- Boot. Edge. Edge. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 4, 17:44
- butt-edge -- nm* - Smudge the cat Feb 4, 17:43
- butch-egg-egg? something like that. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 4, 17:43 1
  - epic faiL -- nm - mud Feb 4, 17:50
Coronavirus might have a name soon. -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 4, 17:39 3
- Captain Trips! -- nm - Diva Feb 5, 02:22
- Oh boy! Place your bets! -- nm - Mop Feb 4, 18:34
- Budlightseltzeritis? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 4, 17:56
Dana Bash trying to talk to the processing senators is like walking onto a highway and asking a car to slam on the brakes to talk. -- nm - Max Feb 4, 17:36 1
- Im sitting here just shaking my head - Jovian Feb 4, 17:37
Mainly for Tony... - David Feb 4, 17:33 1
- ha! that's excellent. I need to go back and watch that -- nm - prayformojo Feb 4, 20:04
NYT: 7 things that went wrong with the Iowa Caucus -- (link) - budice Feb 4, 17:22 2
- Nevada’s Democratic Party says Tuesday that it will not use the use app that has caused the Iowa caucus results fiasco. -- (link) - budice Feb 4, 17:27 1
  - that they paid $50,000 for -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 4, 18:57

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