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"Trump is like a Bond villain who can't help but tell us about his plan to rig the election." -- (link) - mud Sep 23, 07:53 3
- the fact that a *pandemic* has 'closed' our borders for a while and that this feels like a silver lining is a heart-breaking tragedy. It really is. - Andie Sep 23, 08:34
- I dont think anyone here is prepared for what is coming: -- (link) - Jovian Sep 23, 08:09 1
  - I read this article earlier today - it's a true nightmare -- nm - decline Sep 23, 08:10
Early voting begins tomorrow in Illinois. Instead of attending my father's funeral in Ohio, I'll be casting a vote for Biden. - TWuG Sep 23, 07:52 2
- I know exactly how you feel. Mercifully, my dad and I never talk politics because I don’t want to be more disappointed in him than I am. -- (edited) - znufrii needs to cancel his gym membership Sep 23, 07:55
- All the Spawn Points -- nm - Spawn Sep 23, 07:54
I do not remember this line from any Mad Max film -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 23, 07:51 3
- It's from Fury Road, but not sure when. - Roger More Sep 23, 07:55 1
  - Ah, thanks :) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 23, 07:56
- "Angharad used to call them antiseed. Plant one and watch something die." -- nm - TWuG Sep 23, 07:54
Uncle Ben's is now Ben's Original -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 23, 07:40 5
- I like this name better. -- nm - Roger More Sep 23, 07:52 1
  - ha-ha! -- nm - Diva Sep 23, 07:58
- With great power, comes great... - Spawn Sep 23, 07:44 2
  - With great power comes perfect rice every time. - Diva Sep 23, 07:46 1
    - Sweeeet. -- nm - Spawn Sep 23, 07:48
Since Masked Singer is premiering tonight, I'm tinkering with my panelist scoring system I used last year. Happy to take suggestions. - The Masked Baron Sep 23, 07:35 2
- are the judges the same? -- nm* - prayformojo Sep 23, 07:54
- I have a hard time giving them credit when I think there's some producer interference involved.... - Hero Murphy Sep 23, 07:42
Hopefully this Johnson and Johnson vaccine works -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 23, 07:35
Tropical Storm Beta (now downgraded to depression) dropped 16 inches on me. And I am not a size queen. -- nm - Qale Sep 23, 07:13 1
- everything is about sex with you isn't it? - mud Sep 23, 07:16
THR: Inside the dramatic showdown to get Showtime's politically explosive 'The Comey Rule' on the air - mud Sep 23, 07:08
Halifax gives green light to ride-hailing services such as Uber, Lyft -- (link) - Beaker Sep 23, 07:07 1
- meh. -- nm - Reagen Sep 23, 07:24
Beto banging the drum for Biden in Texas, “You can win this!” -- (link*) - znufrii needs to cancel his gym membership Sep 23, 06:45 49
- Remember when Hillary was in Arizona mere days before the election even though polls showed her down (but close-ish) there? -- (edited) - ty97 Sep 23, 07:03 47
  - If polling says he’s good in the Rust Belt, he should run up options elsewhere. Targeting 271 is fine...but that’s a threaded needle. - Will Hunting Sep 23, 07:42 6
    - Fwiw, electoral-vote.com has PA as the tipping point with Biden +5, and four more blue states after that, so there’s some room to work with. -- (link*) - znufrii needs to cancel his gym membership Sep 23, 07:48 3
      - I want a needle wide enough Trump’s ego can walk through it. “America supports me over Biden!” “You lost fucking TEXAS! Sit the fuck down!” -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 23, 07:52 2
        
        I really want the eye to be big enough that he gets held to account and spends time in prison. - TWuG Sep 23, 07:58
        
        From your lips... -- nm - znufrii needs to cancel his gym membership Sep 23, 07:57
    - Agreed. And then there's this: I want the bastard crushed. - pmb Sep 23, 07:48 1
      - Also the bigger the EV margin the less chance Trump - eag Sep 23, 07:52
  - I don’t expect the Biden campaign to go all-in for Texas, no. -- (edited) - znufrii needs to cancel his gym membership Sep 23, 07:21 5
    - and Beto’s assertion that Texas is somehow a “must have” instead of a “nice to have” is laughable. -- nm - znufrii needs to cancel his gym membership Sep 23, 07:22 4
      - Of course you're going to say that for motivational purposes though. -- nm - Dano Sep 23, 07:29
      - Beto is wrong about his importance? - spamlet Sep 23, 07:26 2
        
        Lol. - znufrii needs to cancel his gym membership Sep 23, 07:33
        
        THIS. -- nm - MDH Sep 23, 07:32
  - This. He shouldn’t be anywhere near Texas. MI/PA/WI/MN and if you stretch NC or FL. -- nm - MDH Sep 23, 07:17 24
    - Why is North Carolina and Florida stretches? Biden leads in the polls in both. -- nm - Inigo Sep 23, 07:22 23
      - FL is close I think. -- nm - Diva Sep 23, 07:26 22
        
        They're both very close, but calling visiting those states to campaign a stretch confuses me. -- nm - Inigo Sep 23, 07:27 21
        
        I would definitely focus on FL and NC in addition to WI/MI/PA/AZ. No question. Perhaps ME-2/NE-2 as well. - ty97 Sep 23, 07:32 4
        
        Yeah i was just gonna mention OH -- nm - eag Sep 23, 07:42 3
        
        OH can go eff itself. This statement does not include STers from OH. Or Columbus. -- nm* - Diva Sep 23, 07:47 2
        
        Hey, I got y'all one less Trump vote in Ohio! I did my part! -- nm - TWuG Sep 23, 07:48 1
        
        ohmygoodness... -- nm - Diva Sep 23, 07:51
        
        Does he need FL and NC to win? No, so they are stretches. Also new polls show Biden down but close in FL. -- nm - MDH Sep 23, 07:29 10
        
        So, you really expect Biden to just travel to only those 4 states over and over? -- (edited) - Inigo Sep 23, 07:39 3
        
        That's not what I said. But any states need to be carefully determined. With less than 50 days, you don't waste them. Michigan has a Senate race... - MDH Sep 23, 07:42 1
        
        To that extent, Texas has a Senate race too. -- nm - ty97 Sep 23, 07:44
        
        Of course not - ty97 Sep 23, 07:41
        
        I'm struggled for a few minutes on how to word this correctly so know I'm not trying to pick on you, it's more of a general observation - Reagen Sep 23, 07:38 5
        
        Regardless of the poll results, every single poll (I believe) has FL in MOE. So it's anyone's game there. No reason to not play. -- nm - ty97 Sep 23, 07:40 4
        
        absolutely, as I said. - Reagen Sep 23, 07:42 3
        
        Absolutely. - ty97 Sep 23, 07:43 2
        
        Absolutely. - Diva Sep 23, 07:53 1
        
        Absolutely - rollo Sep 23, 08:01
        
        Because he wins without them. -- (edited) - znufrii needs to cancel his gym membership Sep 23, 07:29 4
        
        Correct. Focus only on what you need to win. -- nm - MDH Sep 23, 07:30 3
        
        Focusing on more than one path in case something goes wrong is not a bad thing. -- nm - ty97 Sep 23, 07:33 2
        
        If Biden wins MN and MI, Path 1 is WI/PA, Path 2 is WI/AZ, then comes NC/FL. AZ is more important. -- nm - MDH Sep 23, 07:37 1
        
        Paths 1 and 2 both include WI. If WI falls, both paths fall. -- nm - ty97 Sep 23, 07:38
  - Texas is a big prize, they can waste a little time there. -- nm - mud Sep 23, 07:11 3
    - If he wins TX, he's already won multiple other states to put him over 270, so Texas's EV count is irrelevant in this case -- nm - ty97 Sep 23, 07:34 2
      - They also have like 500 mil in the bank. They can spread it around and still paper Wisconsin with ads. -- nm - Reagen Sep 23, 07:40 1
        
        Yeah, fine, throw some loose change at Texas. Just..know it's a big stretch and treat it as such. - ty97 Sep 23, 07:42
  - Voting is already underway. Texas starts Oct 13th. There are 41 days left overall. It’s fine. -- nm - Qale Sep 23, 07:11
  - They can do all of them. It's not like Biden is ignoring Wisconsin, PA and Michigan. He's been to all three. - Inigo Sep 23, 07:08
  - with Beto being from there it makes sense for him to do it. Let beto go nuts while Joe focuses on other places. -- nm - Beaker Sep 23, 07:06 2
    - definitely, let Beto do that. I just mean I don't want to see Joe (or any significant money) going to Texas. -- nm - ty97 Sep 23, 07:30
    - Right. Beto wants to be a relevant voice in the party going forward? Deliver Texas, then we can talk. - znufrii needs to cancel his gym membership Sep 23, 07:24
- Politico had an article describing the RNC as wiring money to TX. -- (link) - Diva Sep 23, 06:56
Single media corp now owns THR, Variety, Deadline and Indiewire -- (link) - budice Sep 23, 06:36
I like that the Yankees scored 12 runs yesterday and didn't hit a HR. - Diva Sep 23, 06:30 3
- Whitey Herzog approves. -- nm - Sam SeaBaron Sep 23, 07:05 1
  - Earl Weaver does not -- nm - prayformojo Sep 23, 07:07
- It's annoying because they can play small ball well with this team but even the smaller guys swing for the fences. Looking at you Gio! -- nm - Krusty The Anarchist Sep 23, 06:58
Road Warrior Animal has passed away. -- nm - Shaun Sep 23, 06:29 1
- double fuck you 2020! -- nm - Beaker Sep 23, 06:30
Wow. Our district invited parent feedback on choosing remote learning to continue for 2nd quarter or go to 2 day in person hybrid. 70% voted, - oblique Sep 23, 06:15 3
- "we said we'd take it under advisement...not that we would follow your stupid, shitty advice fool." -- nm - Beaker Sep 23, 06:27
- So only K-3 is going back? My sister is still in the district too. -- nm - spamlet Sep 23, 06:23 1
  - Yes with the actual plan TBD. Everything else pushed to January. In theory, the super could put K-3 in all the empty schools for full day for Q2 -- (edited) - oblique Sep 23, 06:25
Chicago Bears legend Gale Sayers passed away :( -- (link*) - budice Sep 23, 06:12 8
- Still holds the NFL record for kickoff return average. -- nm - Sam SeaBaron Sep 23, 07:03
- That's sad. I have a picture of me with him at my office (and an autographed mini nerf football). -- nm - pmb Sep 23, 06:38
- fuck you 2020 -- nm - Beaker Sep 23, 06:30
- Oh man -- nm - spamlet Sep 23, 06:28
- :-( -- nm - Krusty The Anarchist Sep 23, 06:27
- :( -- nm - Diva Sep 23, 06:27
- He is my favorite player of all time. I knew he hadn't been well for years. Sad news. -- nm - zunkskunk+ Sep 23, 06:26 1
  - I'll be wearing my #40 jersey today. 8-( -- nm - zunkskunk+ Sep 23, 06:31
Bill Belichick this morning -- (link) - budice Sep 23, 06:07 6
- I’m guessing he watched tape of that last game non-stop, for the last 24 hours -- nm - Flavorize—Mr Unliiiiiiiiimited Sep 23, 07:44
- Sorry ladies, he’s taken! -- nm - Mopsy Sep 23, 06:51
- Coach, what'd I tell you about spending all your money on clothes? -- nm - prayformojo Sep 23, 06:36 1
  - Boy needs a raise. -- nm - Spawn Sep 23, 07:45
- This is why we don't turn on video for zoom meetings. -- nm - Dano Sep 23, 06:36
- "Can you account for your whereabouts for the last 24 hours?" -- nm - Reagen Sep 23, 06:34
*notes date* - I guess it's time to find a Halloween themed mask. Holiday-masks are the new holiday-sweaters. -- nm - Andie Sep 23, 06:03 3
- ohhh good idea. -- nm - amanda Sep 23, 06:53 1
  - I ended up ordering 2. The cats, and the bats, from here. -- (link) - Andie Sep 23, 07:14
- I know Hot Topic has some, not sure of their quality though. But I'm sure you can find better and cheaper elsewhere. -- nm - sycor Sep 23, 06:39
I can't decide if I want to order an absentee ballot or just vote in person to know for sure my vote is counted. My voting place is right up the - sycor Sep 23, 05:55 18
- I'm doing early voting and taking the usual precautions. I'm not taking a chance with mailing in my ballot. -- nm - Krusty The Anarchist Sep 23, 07:01 5
  - I'm volunteering because my ballot in the primary got lost despite being dropped off at a lockbox (with another ballot that was counted). I'm not - amanda Sep 23, 07:13 4
    - How did you know it wasn't counted? This is my first time not voting in person. -- nm - pmb Sep 23, 07:28 1
      - In PA they should send an email notification when your ballot is received. You can also check your status online. -- (edited) - znufrii needs to cancel his gym membership Sep 23, 07:38
    - nice -- nm - mud Sep 23, 07:18
    - I'd be so angry about that and I'm upset with you that it wasn't counted despite it being in a lockbox. Thank you for volunteering to help - Krusty The Anarchist Sep 23, 07:16
- My plan is to do the mail in ballot and drop it in lockbox drop off at one of the early voting sites. -- nm - pmb Sep 23, 06:37
- We have early voting and I'll do that in person. Chances are it won't be as crowded as on election day. -- nm - zunkskunk+ Sep 23, 06:28 2
  - Yeah I'm thinking this will be what I probably do. I just don't have faith in the postal system or the government for an absentee ballot. - sycor Sep 23, 06:40
  - this is my plan as well. I won't go the first day of Early Voting or the last, but I do plan to vote early. -- nm - Diva Sep 23, 06:33
- Por que no los dos? -- nm - con_carne Sep 23, 06:24
- I'm going in person for early voting, then checking online daily to make sure it gets processed. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 23, 06:23
- Which state do you live in again? - ReluctantCynic Sep 23, 06:16
- I’m planning on voting “by mail“, as there will be a drop off location right in town so I won’t actually have to mail it in. -- nm* - znufrii needs to cancel his gym membership Sep 23, 06:03 2
  - this is what we are doing as well -- nm - oblique Sep 23, 06:16
  - this is what I'm doing as well -- nm - decline Sep 23, 06:11
- in person. wear a mask, bring hand santizer. easy peasy (hopefully, our election here went smooth as silk for the most part) -- nm* - Beaker Sep 23, 05:57 1
  - Yeah I'm hoping for this. I have two early voting places pretty close to me. -- nm - sycor Sep 23, 06:40
Good morning. I hope that everyone has an awesome and frustration free day! -- nm - sycor Sep 23, 05:47
Conway The Machine: Tiny Desk Concert from a chicken joint down the block from me. :-) He kills it and his new album is my favorite this year. -- (link) - Krusty The Anarchist Sep 23, 05:40 [youtube] 2
- is the chicken good? -- nm - decline Sep 23, 05:47 1
  - It's really good but very expensive. Nas is one of the owners but I've never run into him in the place. -- nm - Krusty The Anarchist Sep 23, 05:52
Continuing to refresh the Teddy spaghetti models has put a fake children's show theme in my head. -- nm - Reagen Sep 23, 05:03 4
- I have family in Truro, Pictou and Sydney; all say not near as bad as the weather reports have made them expect...so far -- nm* - Beaker Sep 23, 05:07 3
  - I'm seriously considering going out for a run. -- nm - Reagen Sep 23, 05:08 2
    - don't run on the black rocks at Peggy's Cove !! (although I bet some dumbasses are there trying to take pictures) -- nm - Beaker Sep 23, 05:15 1
      - That would be a hell of a run, from here - Reagen Sep 23, 05:24
TV PSA: NHL, The 100, AEW Dynamite, Big Brother, America's Got Talent, House of Payne, Masked Singer, Property Brothers, WWE NXT, Agents of Chaos, -- nm - Beaker Sep 23, 04:06 3
- Archer, Coroner, Assisted Living, Dodgeball Thunderdome, Love Island, NOVA, Real HW, I Can See Your Voice, Samantha Bee, Hacking Your Mind, -- nm - Beaker Sep 23, 04:08 2
  - Enola Holmes (Netflix), Console Wars (CBS All Access), other stuff -- nm - Beaker Sep 23, 04:09 1
    - 4: Archer, The 100 (eventually, on season 3 right now), Enola Holmes...Big Brother for the wife. Maybe some hockey. -- nm - Beaker Sep 23, 04:54
I mean almost half of those are actually strikes to be fair.... -- (link) - spamlet Sep 23, 03:51 8
- I need to see what he called balls. I see 8 missed vs the Sox, 2 vs the Indians but he was missing wide on both. - Will Hunting Sep 23, 05:00 1
  - Some context - spamlet Sep 23, 06:22
- MLB doesn't care, the umps don't care and their union doesn't care that he's the worst umpire in the game. And with him suing MLB there's no - Krusty The Anarchist Sep 23, 04:56 2
  - It was so bad last night the twins announcers were joking about it during their game. - spamlet Sep 23, 04:57 1
    - Yeesh. And we'll hear nothing from MLB. They never have anything to say and there's never any repercussions for the umps. He'll still get playoff - Krusty The Anarchist Sep 23, 05:01
- before being outraged, I'd want to see the calls going the other way. If the Ump has a big strike zone for both then no big issue... -- nm* - Beaker Sep 23, 04:23 2
  - Do you know Hernandez? He's the worst ump I've ever seen. Not hyperbole either. He's the worst year after year. You can't have a strikezone that wide. - Krusty The Anarchist Sep 23, 04:58
  - It’s in the thread. -- (link*) - spamlet Sep 23, 04:34
Sounds like things are getting gusty in Nova Scotia. I wonder how sable island is handling things. (In particular, the horses ...) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 23, 01:55 3
- “Hi this is Frankie MacDonald from Nova Scotia... What the fuck guys?” -- nm* - Qale Sep 23, 06:53
- It's not that bad a storm here to be honest, though they did cancel school. -- nm - Reagen Sep 23, 02:42
- A live feed -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 23, 01:59 [youtube]
Joke isn't funny, but I cant stop watching the video -- (edited) - flavorize Sep 23, 00:21 1
- Is this Martin Scorsese's sequel to Gangs of New York, Hooligans of Yorkshire? -- nm - JaxSean Sep 23, 00:57
My mother said, to get things done... -- nm - David Sep 23, 00:19 1
- You'd better not mess with Major Tom -- nm - flavorize Sep 23, 00:22

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