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Pompeo is about three cheeseburgers away from becoming Chris Christie - crash davis Apr 8, 15:02 2
- he is a disgusting vile human being. -- nm - Jovian Apr 8, 15:22
- he's sooo sweaty -- nm - colin Apr 8, 15:09
Hang on. These J! college contestants didn't get Red Bull? How is that possible? -- nm - B-A-ron Apr 8, 15:01
I (blind optimism again) think the tactic of Sanders remaining on the ballot to influence the platform gives the bros a buy-in for the Democrats -- nm - crash davis Apr 8, 15:00 2
- Potentially. At a minimum, it allows him to try to influence the platform like in 2016 without dragging the race out. -- (edited) - ty97 Apr 8, 15:01 1
  - Not dragging it out should reduce hostility (fingers crossed) -- nm - crash davis Apr 8, 15:05
(In case I get mistaken for a fatalist) Five national polls out today with an average margin of Biden +6 -- nm - Reagen Apr 8, 14:52 7
- And on April 8, 2016, the polls had Sec. Clinton leading the Malevolent Cheetoh by ... (spoilers) - ReluctantCynic Apr 8, 15:17
- Why pay any attention to national polls though? Of course he’ll win the popular vote. -- nm - Mara Apr 8, 15:12 1
  - a margin of 6 would point to easy wins in the battlegrounds. -- nm - Reagen Apr 8, 15:13
- Just as long as Sleepy Joe doesn't become Sloppy Joe -- nm - budice Apr 8, 14:57
- too close for comfort, but there is still a long time until the election -- nm* - crash davis Apr 8, 14:54 2
  - An incumbent shouldn't be that far underwater this far out, and the only "positive" he can tout is about to fall apart. -- nm - Tim Apr 8, 14:57
  - Yeah. In a world that hadn't gone insane, that lead would be easily double digits. -- nm - pmb Apr 8, 14:56
Disney+ Hits 50 Million Paid Subscribers -- (link) - budice Apr 8, 14:49
Probably my favorite discovery of all time as a festival programmer is Make Out With Violence. It’s available for rental at Amazon/Vudu etc. - Dano Apr 8, 14:48
Adam Schefter: Details on the 2020 NFL Draft -- (link*) - Strongbad Apr 8, 14:48 1
- I missed where they are raising the revenue for this? -- nm - crash davis Apr 8, 14:52
oh god, it's happening again, this daily recurring nightmare. GET YOUR BINGO CARDS READY! -- (link) - colin Apr 8, 14:47
Does ST have baseball card collectors? A mutual friend of mine has started selling some of his on eBay to support his coworkers -- (link*) - Strongbad Apr 8, 14:42 4
- Those look like charity auction prices so far. - Will Hunting Apr 8, 14:56 3
  - Cool. (I had no idea whether they were reasonable or not) -- nm - Strongbad Apr 8, 15:00 1
    - They got bids so they're 'reasonable' in the context of real action but those prices are clearly "benefit someone" - Will Hunting Apr 8, 15:03
  - Baseball isn't my specialty and I've been out of the game for a while, but i thought they seemed a bit high. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Apr 8, 14:57
Oh. I missed the nobody loves this movie except me poll. - Dano Apr 8, 14:33 17
- Speaking of which, Indican Pictures had the number one film two weekends ago. -- nm - David Apr 8, 15:13
- Dano heart Dogville -- nm - Max Apr 8, 15:05
- that silent Hungarian one, even the silence was in Hungarian -- nm* - crash davis Apr 8, 14:47 6
  - No love for Hukkle -- nm - Dano Apr 8, 14:49 5
    - I liked it OK. -- nm - Reagen Apr 8, 14:52
    - I’m pretty sure I forced Inigo to watch that. -- nm - Dano Apr 8, 14:50 3
      - I like teasing you about it, but I've never actually seen it. :) -- nm - crash davis Apr 8, 14:54 2
        
        I just like that ST knows the movie exists. -- nm - Dano Apr 8, 14:55 1
        
        I do now. And I'm intrigued. (NM) - Marlowe Apr 8, 15:08
- Our Venn Diagrams aren't perfect but there's a solid overlap. -- nm - Reagen Apr 8, 14:36 1
  - I assume we diverge somewhere around Step Up -- nm - Dano Apr 8, 14:38
- Tuvalu? -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 8, 14:36 2
  - People don’t love that movie? Hukkle on the other hand -- nm - Dano Apr 8, 14:37 1
    - Oh, that's what I meant. The one with the pigs... -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 8, 14:39
- I've never heard of that movie. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 8, 14:34
- oh god. -- nm - colin Apr 8, 14:34 1
  - let me guess. River of Fundament? -- nm - colin Apr 8, 14:38
Work done for the day. What are your exciting plans tonight? -- nm - ty97 Apr 8, 14:23 39
- Promoting the podcast, cleaning the house, making dinner -- nm - Mr. Havens Apr 8, 15:14
- Just left a video on FB slackertalk group thread - stopped down town on my way home and the Hemingway statue made me laugh! -- nm - JenBro Apr 8, 14:57
- Well, late afternoon - I have a grocery pickup!!! - Meg Apr 8, 14:56
- Sleeping. -- nm - Todd Manning Apr 8, 14:55
- picking up takeout from a Mexican place we haven’t been too but that our friends speak highly of. Ooooh exciting -- nm - kelly Apr 8, 14:55
- I might watch Modern Family -- haven't for 5-6 years, but that show's peak was as good as network comedy has been in decades. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 8, 14:54
- Bonfire with hot dogs and marshmallows and shit. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Apr 8, 14:51
- Survivor, Modern Family (series finale), Who...Millionaire? with Kimmel. -- nm - zunkskunk with the bad take Apr 8, 14:43
- Anything but work for $200 Alex -- nm - budice Apr 8, 14:42
- Need to find something to watch.. -- nm - Marlowe Apr 8, 14:40
- Survivor - Lego Masters ! -- nm - Jovian Apr 8, 14:40 1
  - Adam has to go tonight, right? -- nm - Turd Ferguson Apr 8, 14:48
- hope it rains -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 8, 14:34
- The same thing we do every night, Pinky. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 8, 14:32
- Chrono Trigger. 🍺 perhaps. Maybe a movie. -- nm - Shaun Apr 8, 14:31
- I have band practice! - pmb Apr 8, 14:30 15
  - oh, what instrument you playing? -- nm - colin Apr 8, 14:31 14
    - I play guitar and sing. - pmb Apr 8, 14:34 11
      - nice! were you asking about me pedal? - colin Apr 8, 14:35 10
        
        I did ask you about it. I've got a Taylor 314CE acoustic, a Fender American Standard Strat and a Gibson Les Paul ES (semi-hollow Les Paul). You? -- nm - pmb Apr 8, 14:39 9
        
        the Taylor is too, but I never liked the really bright sound.. I always liked something a little more muted. - colin Apr 8, 14:46 3
        
        I actually like the bright sound, but it's totally a personal preference thing. I've mostly been playing the Les Paul (I just got it about 6 months - pmb Apr 8, 14:54 2
        
        Les Pauls are, for me, really slippery. you gotta be really on point with your playing. - colin Apr 8, 15:00 1
        
        I'm strictly a rhythm guitar player at this point for similar reasons. The band I play in is essentially a class put together at the Old Town School - pmb Apr 8, 15:08
        
        that Les Paul is pretty sweet. i've got a few classical guitars (from over the years) and just got a 2002 Ibanez S370 - colin Apr 8, 14:42 4
        
        I like that Ibanez. I get pretty into the gear as well, but I wouldn't even venture to make a pedal. - pmb Apr 8, 14:50 3
        
        is that the one with the OMG switch?? cool multipedal board. - colin Apr 8, 14:56 [youtube] 2
        
        Yes, that's the one. Simple to use with enough to play with. I'll let you know on the pedal. I would definitely consider it, but I need to figure - pmb Apr 8, 14:59 1
        
        drop me an email if you want, we can chat... - colin Apr 8, 15:01
    - The triangle. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 8, 14:32 1
      - put a bucket on muh head, hit it with a spoon. -- nm - colin Apr 8, 14:34
- Wednesday Night is Masked Singer Night. -- nm - B-A-ron Apr 8, 14:30
- D&D.. got a good friend who's a pretty talented DM, putting together a family and friends game for the foreseeable future. -- nm - colin Apr 8, 14:29 1
  - and working on a bbq sauce... got 5 lbs of frozen heirloom tomatoes that need to be used up. - colin Apr 8, 14:31
- Getting stuff together for the kid’s 16th birthday tomorrow. - spamlet Apr 8, 14:29
- Finish Avenue 5, watching Modern Family finale and AEW. -- nm - David Apr 8, 14:26
- Doing laundry and then catching up on some shows on the DVR. Theresa might wfh so I'll make us dinner as well. -- nm - Krusty Apr 8, 14:26
- I made the commute from the spare bedroom to the living room, no traffic luckily, and now... make a pizza I guess. Then maybe walk the dog. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 8, 14:25
- Drinking. Eating. More drinking. -- (edited) - znufrii Apr 8, 14:24
Maybe Britain should put Wimbledon's decision-makers in charge of the country. -- nm - David Apr 8, 14:14 8
- ain't no way i'm backboarding for this.. what's the TL;DR here? -- nm - colin Apr 8, 14:29 6
  - Wimbledon were fully insured for pandemics. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 8, 14:34 5
    - Which, I think, speaks to why insurance is essentially bullshit. - Cuzzin Todd Apr 8, 14:47
    - and will actually profit by $100 million -- nm - David Apr 8, 14:34 2
      - I don't know if it technically counts as a profit. But that's definitely their ROI. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 8, 14:37 1
        
        The best way to think about it is that they've funded their next 50 years of pandemic insurance -- nm - rollo Apr 8, 15:03
    - whoa. nice. -- nm - colin Apr 8, 14:34
- Meanwhile, some underwriter's favourite big fish story just got ruined. -- nm - Reagen Apr 8, 14:18
I wonder what the breakdown on Bernie Bros is for "disappointed if Biden wins" vs "disappointed if Trump wins". -- nm - Reagen Apr 8, 14:09 24
- ‘I Congratulate Joe Biden, A Very Decent Man,’ Says Bernie Sanders In Unprovoked Attack On Democratic Party Unity -- (link) - budice Apr 8, 14:21
- I think they've learned what the consequences are of "F**k Hillary, I'll vote for Trump...what is the worst that can happen/" -- nm - crash davis Apr 8, 14:12 21
  - Bernie himself was the first one to react differently this time around. So I expect a vast majority this time around. -- nm - crash davis Apr 8, 14:49 3
    - My experience thus far is purely anecdotal, but I am not seeing any reason to believe the Bernie bros will behave differently this time. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 8, 14:51 2
      - I agree 100% and that's why I'm so scared about this election and Biden's candidacy. nm - Turd Ferguson Apr 8, 14:57
      - I have no statistical basis to contradict you, just blind optimism that started to return to me after the South Carolina primary -- nm - crash davis Apr 8, 14:56
  - no. no they haven't. -- nm - Remlik Apr 8, 14:32
  - I don't think they voted in 2016 which was an issue. They'll probably stay home again. It's what 20-30 somethings do. - zunkskunk with the bad take Apr 8, 14:27
  - Susan Collins? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 8, 14:24
  - It's a mixed bag. I would guess the majority (51% 85%? who knows) of Bernie voters will go Biden. - ty97 Apr 8, 14:18 1
    - This goes back to the math equation I've talked about (probably more than you all care for me to) - ty97 Apr 8, 14:22
  - Nope, like apocalyptic Christian sects they believe things have to get worse before they get what they want. They WANT Trump. -- nm - spamlet Apr 8, 14:16 6
    - The difference being they want things to get worse so they can make it better, where the other doesn’t give a shit about that because they’re “saved”. -- nm - znufrii Apr 8, 14:37 2
      - It’s not what I was aiming for but most Christian sects would be happy if everyone gets saved. That’s sort of the point of it all. - spamlet Apr 8, 14:46 1
        
        Proves my point. They want to make it “better” for people in the next world, instead of this one. - znufrii Apr 8, 15:02
    - I think "they" is being used too broadly here. As ty says, the majority of Bernie voters will support Biden. The question is how big is the minority - pmb Apr 8, 14:29
    - "I put the fires out!" "You made them worse!" "Worse ... or BETTER?" -- nm - Beryllium Apr 8, 14:18
    - I Rooted For Things To Get Worse So I Could Get Bernie And All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt -- nm - Susan Sarandon Apr 8, 14:17
  - Yeah... No. -- nm - TWuG Apr 8, 14:16
  - I... do not. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 8, 14:14 3
    - Same. Although I have a longer response in mind, full of insults and deprecatory phrasing, I'll hold back. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 8, 14:17 1
      - I had to hold back this AM when my berniac nephew made a really stupid tweet -- nm - mud Apr 8, 14:22
    - I am hopeful -- nm - crash davis Apr 8, 14:15
- largely if trump wins (80/20) -- nm* - budice Apr 8, 14:09
Odds to be Joe Biden's VP: Kamala Harris: +188 Amy Klobuchar: +300 Stacey Abrams: +400 Catherine Cortez Masto: +550 Whitmer: +1000 Warren: +1400 -- nm - budice Apr 8, 14:09 16
- i have and continue to want Amy as his #2 -- nm - Jovian Apr 8, 14:22 1
  - Well, I wanted her as #1 but since that didn't work out, #2 will have to do. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 8, 14:28
- I like Whitmer especially in this Corona world we live in -- nm - eag Apr 8, 14:20
- Harris because a Dem would picked her replacement. Warren is probably out because a Republican would pick hers. - TWuG Apr 8, 14:17 2
  - (MA will just change its rules again if it happens) -- nm - Reagen Apr 8, 14:20
  - Don't some states hold special elections instead? I can't recall which though -- nm - ty97 Apr 8, 14:19
- I like Kamala but she offers no electoral benefit whereas Amy can speak Midwest -- nm - crash davis Apr 8, 14:14 9
  - Biden is a white man, that's all the "speaking Midwest" ya need. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 8, 14:29
  - I think Bernie needed that representation more than Blue Collar Joe. -- nm - spamlet Apr 8, 14:19
  - The last VP that made a geographic electoral difference was... -- nm - Reagen Apr 8, 14:16 5
    - The presidential candidate spoke midwest fine. -- nm - . Apr 8, 15:15
    - Biden? -- nm - mud Apr 8, 14:23 3
      - Did he? -- nm - Reagen Apr 8, 14:31 2
        
        I would say he did. It gave comfort to people who thought Obama was too inexperienced. -- nm - pmb Apr 8, 15:17
        
        [kicks sand] ..no -- nm - mud Apr 8, 14:42
  - Yeah, the concern I think is another moderate. Have to weigh that. Otherwise yeah, Amy is definitely a strong pick I'd say -- nm - ty97 Apr 8, 14:15
If I can't find Diamond and Silk on Twitter, where am I going to get all my medical information? -- nm - pmb Apr 8, 14:08 1
- Isn't there a Trump briefing starting? -- nm - ty97 Apr 8, 14:14
Big jump in cases (US) so far today - 45.8K today vs 33.3K yesterday -- nm* - prayformojo Apr 8, 14:07 3
- It's a data entry/import error for Nevada. They have Nevada gaining 22k cases today. The real total number for Nevada is 2.2k. -- nm - Inigo Apr 8, 14:12 2
  - ah. that's better -- nm - prayformojo Apr 8, 14:13 1
    - there, it's been corrected -- nm - prayformojo Apr 8, 14:20
I walk softly and carry a six foot long stick. -- nm - Qale Apr 8, 14:05 1
- and you like to poke, if ya know what I mean and I think ya do! -- nm - mud Apr 8, 14:08
ST Poll: You can only keep 3...Nic Cage version -- (pic) - Flavorize—father of Kraken Apr 8, 14:03 [Attachment] 9
- Raising Arizon and Peggy Sue. -- nm - Mara Apr 8, 15:15
- The Rock, Con Air, Gone in 60 Seconds -- nm - Beryllium Apr 8, 14:41
- The Rock, Con Air, National Treasure -- nm - Beaker Apr 8, 14:39
- EX-TER-MIN-ATE!! EX-TER-MIN-ATE!!! EX-TER-MIN-ATE!!!!!!!! -- nm - Dalek Apr 8, 14:33
- Con Air, Raising Arizona, Face Off -- nm - VMan Apr 8, 14:24
- No Left Behind (I think) makes the list invalid. -- nm - spamlet Apr 8, 14:11 1
  - I am not clueing in on Racing the Moon either. -- nm - VMan Apr 8, 14:25
- Fast Times, Raising Arizona, and sorry Leaving Las Vegas, The Wicker Man is just too glorious -- nm - crash davis Apr 8, 14:06
- 8, 12, 13. -- nm - mud Apr 8, 14:05
wow, Linda Tripp has passed -- nm - Jovian Apr 8, 14:02 3
- RIP. And condolences to her family and loved ones. -- nm - ty97 Apr 8, 14:15
- I don't wish this on anyone. RIP -- nm - crash davis Apr 8, 14:05
- sorry. unintentional first -- nm - Jovian Apr 8, 14:02

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