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Westminster spoiler - Krusty Feb 11, 21:19 3
- I seem to have a double posting problem -- nm* - crash davis Feb 11, 21:23
- the problem is (spoiler) - crash davis Feb 11, 21:23 1
  - I'm so disappointed -- nm - Krusty Feb 11, 21:26
After reading the baseball news on the bbs, I think I'm ready to quit baseball. - . Feb 11, 21:16
I knew I'd get Boston Bobert. hah -- nm - Beryllium Feb 11, 21:07 2
- double post -- nm* - crash davis Feb 11, 21:09
- Unless the Red Sox hire him as part of their new ethical coaching staff. nm - crash davis Feb 11, 21:09
Fuck politics, let's talk Survivor. Part 4 of my Winners at War preview is up over at BOP!!! -- (link) - Turd Ferguson Feb 11, 20:47 7
- Damn, I missed the draw. -- nm - jnine Feb 11, 21:01 1
  - This. :( -- nm - Strongbad Feb 12, 03:46
- since I drew Kim, is she one of the first ones out? -- nm - crash davis Feb 11, 20:54 4
  - If the other players are smart, she should be the first or second player to go. Her game is perfect for an All-Star season. -- nm - David Feb 11, 20:55 3
    - Spoiler alert: I have her going out at 5. Nm - Turd Ferguson Feb 11, 20:59 2
      - Oh, I think that if I only bet on one player this year, I'd pick her. That's why she *has* to go out early. -- nm - David Feb 11, 21:06 1
        
        I'm curious to see how she looks when she is not surrounded by morons who didn't play the game worth a dang -- nm - crash davis Feb 11, 21:12
NYC City Council Leader and presumed mayoral candidate next cycle -- (link) - ty97 Feb 11, 20:45 2
- Auto-correct is the demon -- nm - crash davis Feb 11, 20:52
- for those curious about the math - ty97 Feb 11, 20:46
Leon, baby!!!!! -- nm - Shaun Feb 11, 20:36
Poor Beto -- (link) - ty97 Feb 11, 20:28 2
- I needed him to beat Cruz. -- nm - Pippy-with a side eye Feb 11, 20:36
- Yes. -- nm - David Feb 11, 20:29
Oh man, Illinois just lost to Michigan State in *brutal* fashion. - David Feb 11, 20:21 2
- I just overate a huge plate of spaghetti with a giant glass of milk and am ready to pop. Now I'm going to look for this footage! -- nm - Max Feb 11, 20:29
- Oh man. That’s awful. -- nm - pmb Feb 11, 20:23
You know, I like people having multiple choices in elections. But man trying to figure out where this is going is giving me heartburn. - ty97 Feb 11, 20:19 21
- Don't get too much heartburn. It doesn't matter as Trump will win anyways. - crash davis Feb 11, 20:40 15
  - It's genuinely strange to me that people see the most disliked POTUS in the history of polling as likely to win re-election. - David Feb 11, 20:53 12
    - Well.. McConnell is refusing to vote on protecting the voting process for one. -- nm - . Feb 11, 21:18
    - I would be curious to know what the largest amount is you could win the popular vote and still lose the electoral college. 6-7 million? -- nm - jnine Feb 11, 21:10 3
      - Heh. -- (link) - David Feb 11, 21:14 [Backboard] 1
        
        Reagen's suggestion would amount to about 4 million. -- nm - David Feb 11, 21:16
      - The mathematical possible is much much larger than that. You may be right about the practical possible. -- nm - crash davis Feb 11, 21:14
    - The math of it should be fascinating to you. If 30 million Californians hate him, its not as key as long as 10 million people spread across other - crash davis Feb 11, 20:59 6
      - We were just referencing this yesterday (or the day before...I don't know what day it is). There's a practical limit on winning the electoral vote... - David Feb 11, 21:02 5
        
        Here’s the thing though (and I say his as a generally optimistic person): if we’ve learned anything about this guy, it’s that the rules don’t seem to. -- (edited) - pmb Feb 11, 21:15 2
        
        That's totally valid. It's hard distinguishing realism from paranoia with this garbage human being. -- nm - David Feb 11, 21:22 1
        
        The other thing is that while last time his haphazard campaign basically stumbled into victory by a series of improbable events, this time, from all - pmb Feb 11, 21:37
        
        I try to actively avoid politics at work. But on Sunday, I got trapped and drawn into the most astonishing conversation that I should type up someday - crash davis Feb 11, 21:07 1
        
        It generally does. -- nm - pmb Feb 11, 21:16
  - I don't live in the dystopian world where he is unbeatable. - ty97 Feb 11, 20:45 1
    - You're right of course. -- nm - crash davis Feb 11, 20:50
- I don't think anything really matters until super tuesday, especially with CA there this time. - mafic Feb 11, 20:34 3
  - IA/NH can provide momentum, so to that extent they matter - ty97 Feb 11, 20:37 2
    - yeah, I think that matters a lot less than people think. they're not the springboard they were for like Carter anymore. -- nm - mafic Feb 11, 20:46 1
      - like if you're Yang and you get a surprise few delegates there it can impact your future prospects, but if I'm Biden or Bloomberg and missing I'm not - mafic Feb 11, 20:48
- And honestly Nevada feels like a wild tossup at this point. - ty97 Feb 11, 20:21
I really like Bob Hearts Abishola. It has a great deal of heart. -- nm - David Feb 11, 20:12 9
- You'd never guess that from the title. -- nm - crash davis Feb 11, 20:14 8
  - Ask me how long episodes of 60 Minutes last! -- nm - David Feb 11, 20:22 7
    - i must have a problem ... it usually takes me 2 hours to watch -- nm - call me Ishmael Feb 11, 21:16 1
      - Time zones are tricky. -- nm - David Feb 11, 21:17
    - What was How I Met Your Mother about? -- nm - crash davis Feb 11, 20:23 4
      - Fucking the ‘aunt’. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 11, 20:51 2
        
        You watch too much Pornhub. -- nm - David Feb 11, 20:53 1
        
        You could have said this to him in any thread. -- nm - crash davis Feb 11, 21:00
      - A slap bet. -- nm - David Feb 11, 20:28
Also, Blues-Ducks game postponed tonight as D Jay Boumeester collapses on the bench. Scary stuff. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Feb 11, 20:00
Spawn...you're the man. Thanks for grabbing me a #...AND it's one of the favorites. I have him in my predicted final 4!! -- nm - Turd Ferguson Feb 11, 19:59
Got a 4K Sharp Roku tv 58" at Best Buy and it looks great. $279 - Bacon Feb 11, 19:41 3
- Sharp is no featherweight. -- nm - Mop Feb 11, 20:34
- I still think back to the first plasma TV I ever saw. It was listed at 12 grand. - crash davis Feb 11, 19:50 1
  - I remember at Frys seeing the first hdtv for $20,000 and it looked beautiful. No stations were broadcasting yet in HD however - Bacon Feb 11, 19:57
my kid loves mango and yells "MAGA!" whenever she sees one, which is fun in grocery stores. -- nm - mafic Feb 11, 19:15 2
- Mango Apple Grape Avocado -- nm* - crash davis Feb 11, 19:28
- Mangos Are Good A'ight! -- nm - mud Feb 11, 19:17
Pete down just 2% now. Gonna be close. -- (link) - Tim Feb 11, 19:04 7
- It’s impressive how well he is doing vs. Bernie. And the fact that he and Klobuchar combined are lapping Sanders does not bode great for him. - pmb Feb 11, 19:41 5
  - This was my point the other day. Sanders had 60% last time. Talking heads are going to miss the point here that he's actually slipped. -- nm - David Feb 11, 20:06 2
    - Pete beat Sanders in the town where the University of NH is located. But the real question for a Pete is if he can make a dent with people of color. - pmb Feb 11, 20:20
    - Maybe but a few months ago most people felt his time had come and gone -- (edited) - eag Feb 11, 20:20
  - I just saw the stats, it's amazing. also amazing, if I live to see 100% heh. here's the latest. nm but: -- (link) - b. Feb 11, 19:55 1
    - also this from 20 minutes ago re: sanders. more candidates in the race only explains part of this, same as iowa. nm but: - b. Feb 11, 19:58
- Also gap between Warren and Biden shrinking -- nm - eag Feb 11, 19:13
Remember this morning when “Bloomberg is a racist!” was a thing? -- nm - Mop Feb 11, 19:00 1
- my bad -- nm - mud Feb 11, 19:02
I'm having a moment. (latest results) nm but: -- (link) - b. Feb 11, 18:57
What about scarves bro? -- (link) - Beaker Feb 11, 18:52
Even though they both dropped out months ago Julian Castro shouldn't be loosing to Marianne Williamson - eag Feb 11, 18:45 4
- looks like he's pulled ahead, but they're both losing to Kamala. -- nm - mafic Feb 11, 18:51 1
  - That part isn't surprising also I'd had expected the write ins to be more just cause of Bloomberg -- nm - eag Feb 11, 18:55
- would-be Castro voters would be pragmatic enough to move on to another candidate -- nm - crash davis Feb 11, 18:47 1
  - They're bringing drugs, and *some * ..I assume, are taking them -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 11, 19:32
Here is some more non-news -- (link) - Jovian Feb 11, 18:38 4
- You. Must. Chill. -- nm - David Feb 11, 18:41 3
  - also don't follow that account/give it engagement. follow this one instead. nm but: -- (link) - b. Feb 11, 18:55 2
    - agreed -- nm - JaxSean Feb 11, 20:10
    - I do this. -- nm - zunk lake county Feb 11, 19:55
what color does this jacket look like to you? -- (link) - crash davis Feb 11, 18:35 10
- Greenish black -- nm - . Feb 11, 19:36
- black on my monitor, but I see the green tinge on my iphone. -- nm - b. Feb 11, 19:03
- I could see it actually being black IRL. I suspect it's bad lighting causing the greeniness. -- nm - mafic Feb 11, 18:38 3
  - the shame is that I think I would actually prefer the jacket in the green I'm seeing on my monitor -- nm - crash davis Feb 11, 18:43 1
    - Right? That would be fantastic. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 11, 19:57
  - Ladies Princess Jacket Black is black but the lighting gives it a green tinge -- nm - Beryllium Feb 11, 18:43
- dark British Racing Green -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 11, 18:36 3
  - so its not my monitor, thanks! -- nm - crash davis Feb 11, 18:37 2
    - this went thru meetings and senior staff approval. dozens must have seen it before publication. nobody mentioned the lighting made it green??? -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 11, 18:41 1
      - I think you're probably giving the site more credit than it deserves. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 11, 18:45
Only 34% reporting so far so we will see if this is representative or not, but Klobuchar in third doesn't shock me, she was surging. BUT - ty97 Feb 11, 18:21 3
- holding still with 56% in. No idea how this site is lapping everyone else. -- (link) - Tim Feb 11, 18:22
- I did it! - Cuzzin Todd Feb 11, 18:22 1
  - Good man. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 11, 18:51
stolen from twitter: "One big question is whether Trump has succeeded in replacing the judiciary sufficiently to get away with what comes next." -- nm - Jovian Feb 11, 18:17 1
- 🙄 -- nm - mafic Feb 11, 18:31
While Fox News starts hammering home the 'Stone deserves a Pardon' lines, CNN is just blithely reporting on the NH primary and nothing else. -- nm* - Jovian Feb 11, 18:16 2
- Well, one is a story and the other isn’t so, go CNN. - Will Hunting Feb 11, 18:18 1
  - settle down Francis -- nm - Jovian Feb 11, 18:20 1
This really isn’t my thing but Pokemon Home is now available on Switch. (It’s a means to migrate Pokemon from older games via the Bank to new games.) - Qale Feb 11, 18:14 3
- Eventually you can migrate pokemon from PoGo to Home to Switch reportedly (but not back to PoGo). That isn't live yet though -- nm* - ty97 Feb 11, 18:31 1
  - I look forward to starting Pokemon Red with a LVL 40 100% IV Metagross. -- nm - Mop Feb 11, 19:04
- How far back can you go in the Pokemon series? -- nm - Mop Feb 11, 18:18
This account apparently has almost half the vote already. -- (link) - Tim Feb 11, 18:06
There are five different counters for things just in this one chapter of Japanese! - spamlet Feb 11, 18:05
There is someone In the hotel room next to mind snoring so loudly I can hear it. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 11, 18:04
Biden's lackluster numbers in Iowa and NH don't surprise me. Warren's do. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 11, 18:04 4
- Hers had been telegraphed the past couple of months. - spamlet Feb 11, 18:05 3
  - Will Buttigieg and Klobuchar continue to split the non-Bernie vote moving forward, or will 1 drop to give the other a fighting chance? -- nm - Strongbad Feb 11, 18:09 2
    - Neither is gonna drop yet. Both have a shot they didn’t have before. - spamlet Feb 11, 18:49
    - "hold my billions" - Bloomberg -- nm - Tim Feb 11, 18:11
Ugh, Ethan Zohn -- nm - Roger More Feb 11, 17:59 9
- If he makes it to Jury, people would be stupid to want to sit next to him in the end. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 11, 18:21 4
  - yup - Jovian Feb 11, 18:24 3
    - The only way the megahuge targets stick around is aligning with each other early on -- (edited) - Strongbad Feb 11, 18:30 2
      - Rob is going to have a harder time treating these guys as idiots. -- nm - . Feb 11, 19:38
      - don't tell me Kim is a target, I was happy to draw her :) -- nm - crash davis Feb 11, 18:31
- What about him? -- nm - David Feb 11, 18:06 3
  - Survivor draft on B2 -- nm - Beaker Feb 11, 18:19 1
    - But at least it’s one of the winners from when I was watching Survivor. Thanks Beak! -- nm* - Roger More Feb 11, 18:25
  - I hope he's the runner-up. What a story. -- nm - mud Feb 11, 18:07
coworker just said to me a friend of her family says "keep boys preppy, girls plump." (so they won't get pregnant.) - b. Feb 11, 17:55 2
- If she doesn’t want the girls to get pregnant, maybe she shouldn’t encourage the boys to be so preppy -- nm - Roger More Feb 11, 18:02 1
  - I didn't even get that part. she started talking about encouraging her son to not blow his nose so much, - b. Feb 11, 18:05
Steyer out. -- nm - mud Feb 11, 17:54 6
- That would be surprising considering South Carolina is his strongest state in polling. -- nm - Dano Feb 11, 18:20 2
  - Yeah, didn't make any sense for him to drop before SC -- nm - ty97 Feb 11, 18:31 1
    - I mean, with how up in the air it all is, Steyer could beat Bernie in SC because nothing makes sense -- nm - ty97 Feb 11, 18:32
- or not -- nm - mud Feb 11, 18:10
- Apparently untrue. -- nm - Tim Feb 11, 17:58
- *Bloomberging intensifies* -- nm - Tim Feb 11, 17:56
Dammit. I was looking forward to President Yang making Pi Day a Federal Holiday. -- nm - Qale Feb 11, 17:54 1
- Mole Day >>> Pi Day -- nm - Strongbad Feb 11, 18:11
The news on Iowa: Pete and Bernie neck and neck! Biden in fourth! The news on NH: Klobuchar in third! -- nm - Tim Feb 11, 17:50
It's like a bunch of people exhaled when they realized that Biden wasn't inevitable. -- nm - Tim Feb 11, 17:49
hey America, will you have to change all your dictionary definitions .. for "subpoena"? "justice"? "president"? .. "democracy"?! -- nm - mud Feb 11, 17:45 5
- Nope. Based on Article II of the Constitution the core function of the executive branch execute the laws which would include prosecuting violators. -- (edited) - Cuzzin Todd Feb 11, 18:13 4
  - you appear to assume I'm merely commenting on the Stone case, rather than the other 99 things this year alone -- nm - mud Feb 11, 18:18 3
    - Well, we also aren't a democracy, so there's that. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 11, 18:21 2
      - Truth. -- nm - Andie Feb 11, 18:38
      - I didn't say yo- oh fuck it -- nm - mud Feb 11, 18:22
New Hampshire update: I'm doing just as well as Roque de la Fuente III is so far, and I'm only 14 votes behind Kamala Harris. -- nm - mafic Feb 11, 17:45 1
- update: Roque de la Fuente III has pulled ahead of me by 3 votes. -- nm - mafic Feb 11, 18:47

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