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Another Biden +14 poll -- (link) - ty97 Oct 6, 13:26 7
- I don't want Drumpf to see the polls. I want him to stop with the antics and wait for his removal from the WH. -- nm - Pippy's Brew Oct 6, 13:30
- five day poll, two days before 46-41, then: "In the three days of polling after the coronavirus diagnosis, Biden held a 55-34% lead." -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 13:29 5
  - That....whoa -- nm - ty97 Oct 6, 13:30 4
    - But also that could dissipate? Maybe? If it was news-driven? 2418 news cycles between now and election day -- nm - ty97 Oct 6, 13:30 3
      - Maybe, or maybe just the final straw. From the CNN poll what's also shrinking is the number of undecideds and the number of "leaners" who say that - pmb Oct 6, 13:35 1
        
        "I'll say I'm disappointed this week and then right back to voting for Trump by November." -- nm - The 11% Oct 6, 13:36
      - you're right, I don't think October is done with us yet -- nm* - crash davis Oct 6, 13:32
There's really a Super Mario Bros. 35? -- nm - JD Oct 6, 13:20 1
- In that it has been 35 years since original SMB. -- nm - Reagen Oct 6, 13:42
"in July 1985, Eddie was referred to former Montrose singer Sammy Hagar by a mechanic working on his Ferrari." -- nm - ty97 Oct 6, 13:17
Oh my yes -- (pic) - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 6, 13:14 [Attachment] 1
- clever -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 13:25
I don't think I knew Eddie was sick :( -- nm - ty97 Oct 6, 13:12 1
- He's been battling cancer for 10 plus years -- nm - eag Oct 6, 13:16
Joe Biden: Still negative for the Coves -- nm - decline Oct 6, 13:08 2
- He should ride his bike around neighborhoods for a photo op every day, waving at everyone. -- nm - Max Oct 6, 13:09 1
  - Sunglasses and Mask on -- nm - eag Oct 6, 13:15
I noticed on the COVID list that assistant press secretary Chad Gilmartin is sick. I nominate Chad Gilmartin to the GOP Name Hall of Honor -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 13:04 6
- Sounds like a golfer. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 6, 13:39
- I used to have a partner named Skip Gilmartin. Better or worse? -- nm - pmb Oct 6, 13:36 2
  - How did Skip vote? -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 13:38 1
    - Every second election. -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 6, 13:39
- I don't think so, buddy. -- nm - Reince Priebus Oct 6, 13:05 1
  - there is room for silver and bronze amongst the gold standard -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 13:08
Ah, the Coast Guard commandant that tested positive was at a Gold Star event last Sunday, the day after the Rose Garden event. Photos show no masks or -- (link) - marum scarum Oct 6, 12:51 9
- This is why I asked about what day the rose garden event was a couple days ago - I had noticed the gold star event photos of the 27th on their Flickr - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 6, 12:56 7
  - Where are the masks??? -- (link) - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 6, 12:57 [flickr] 6
    - YOu know how this works. DOnnie doesn't want to see masks. -- nm - 👽 Scully 👽 Oct 6, 12:59 5
      - That photo documents attempted murder of the families of vets. -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 6, 13:01 4
        
        I have a hard time understanding people willing to go along with it. -- nm - 👽 Scully 👽 Oct 6, 13:02 3
        
        Indoors, without masks, more than 6 people ... yeah. It's ludicrous that it happened. -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 6, 13:05 2
        
        this is more of a legal question, but couldnt the person who setup that event be charged if someone died? - tRu🦇aN Oct 6, 13:11
        
        Unconscionable. -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 6, 13:06
- That's why the Joint Chiefs are in quarantine. -- nm - 👽 Scully 👽 Oct 6, 12:52
WA state unemployment hacking is looking like an inside job, notification emails of change of add, email, banking was disabled internally -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 6, 12:47
heh, news comment about Biden speaking at Gettysburg today: "It is not exactly subtle" -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 12:42
FDA withdrawing approval of the only (until today) approved treatment for prevention of preterm delivery. - Baron Someday🎩 Oct 6, 12:40
TMZ report: Eddie Van Halen has died -- (link) - decline Oct 6, 12:39 33
- Sad. One of the best ever. -- nm - zunkskunk scared stupid ♻ Oct 6, 13:15
- RIP :( -- nm - Boooooooker Oct 6, 13:09
- this is awful. -- nm - Pippy's Brew Oct 6, 12:59
- :-( I'm thinking that this must be for Spawn like if Fripp or Hackett passed for me, so: sorry, bub -- nm - mud Oct 6, 12:57
- I had just been listening to Human Beings from the soundtrack Twister which he is on -- nm - eag Oct 6, 12:55
- That will be the last time he does something for the first time -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 6, 12:52 1
  - Clearly wasn't driving 55 on the Highway of Life -- nm - 🎃 Bud S. Pumpkins 🎃 Oct 6, 12:55
- He gave me a TON of great music that I listen to frequently. I wish he'd been a better person, but he was one of the greatest artists ever. -- nm - New, Better David Oct 6, 12:50
- :( -- nm - 🎃 Bud S. Pumpkins 🎃 Oct 6, 12:48
- This still sounds amazing and alien 42 years later -- (link) - Inigo Oct 6, 12:46 [youtube] 5 1
  - It's my EVH go-to, and I have a lot of VH go-to's -- nm - con_carne Oct 6, 13:08
  - My go-to is always Mean Street. -- (link) - Max Oct 6, 12:56 [youtube] 1
    - Atomic Punk -- nm - mud Oct 6, 12:58
  - "Silence, Earthling! My name is Darth Vader. I am an extraterrestrial from the planet Vulcan!" -- nm - Max Oct 6, 12:51
  - yep -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 12:47
- Oh no. Damn. -- nm - pmb Oct 6, 12:43
- oh wow -- nm - 🧛 pfm in a foodchem mask 💀 Oct 6, 12:43
- oh, that sucks. -- nm - Candieman, Candieman, Candieman Oct 6, 12:42
- Surprising but it's been known he's been ill for a while. -- nm - Reagen Oct 6, 12:41 4
  - is it oral cancer? -- nm - 👽 Scully 👽 Oct 6, 12:43 2
    - It’s in the article as throat cancer. -- nm - Will Hunting 🧠’s Oct 6, 12:45 1
      - Damn. -- nm - 👽 Scully 👽 Oct 6, 12:50
  - yeah, fuck cancer -- nm - decline Oct 6, 12:41
- 2020 just keeps piling on. -- nm - BloodyAxeSean, Anti-Pumpkin 🚫🎃🚫 Oct 6, 12:40
- Motherfucker! nm - Arby Oct 6, 12:40
- omg, I had a dream that he died last night....RIP, Eddie -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 12:40 5
  - I fell asleep with the TV on. Is it possible he passed away earlier? -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 12:43 4
    - I think it was only just released. -- nm - 👽 Scully 👽 Oct 6, 12:50 3
      - I'm totally serious. I dreamed it last night. I was thinking maybe it was on the news on TV and it made my way into my dreams. I was bummed out. - crash davis Oct 6, 12:53 2
        
        He did a video this week about EVH. -- nm - 👽 Scully 👽 Oct 6, 12:55 1
        
        maybe I saw the video title and it worked its way into my subconscious -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 13:11
- What? -- nm - 👽 Scully 👽 Oct 6, 12:39 1
  - EDDIE VAN HALEN DIED! -- nm - Will Hunting 🧠’s Oct 6, 12:41
The University is doing COVID testing for research and I was gonna go today. Ironically: I’m not feeling well. - 🧹 Broom 🧹 Oct 6, 12:36
Pence should have an interesting time at the debate tomorrow night -- (link) - decline Oct 6, 12:28 4
- He won’t talk about their troubles, he’ll attack Kamala and Biden like a prim junkyard dog. -- nm - Will Hunting 🧠’s Oct 6, 12:40 1
  - But he won't look at her because Mamma Pence would be mad. (NM) - Marlowe Oct 6, 12:47
- "No, the voter fraud task force I headed didn't find anything." -- nm - Max Oct 6, 12:29 1
  - "But his viral load." could be the new "But her emails." -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 6, 12:30
Wow. The William & Mary Athletic Director resigned. Don't piss off swimmers. - Dano Oct 6, 12:27 3
- I love these people who make the hard choices and then say “F*@& this shit! I’m out!” - 🧹 Broom 🧹 Oct 6, 12:38 2
  - In the corporate world, this is a sub-specialty. -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 6, 12:48
  - The reinstatement efforts have seemed to focus on the Board of Visitors the most. -- nm - Dano Oct 6, 12:44
I'm wondering if Trish is seeing someone else. She gets a lot of cell phone calls she won't answer when I'm around. The dude's name is Scam Likely -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 12:21 7
- nothing to see here -- nm - S. Cameron Likely Oct 6, 12:28
- Heh. I add those numbers to a contact called "Spammer, Inc." -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 6, 12:27
- "You're going to get arrested." "Ooh talk dirty to me." "Gonna put the cuffs on you." "Ooh what else." "Please call us so the IRS can get you." -- nm - Max Oct 6, 12:26
- Sounds like an excellent way to trick an unsuspecting spouse. *adds lover as Spam Likely in contacts* -- nm - kilboooooo 👻 Oct 6, 12:22 3
  - she gets calls from both Spam Likely and Scam Likely. I'm wondering if she is seeing brothers. -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 12:24 2
    - Spam sounds like a sister. -- nm - 👽 Scully 👽 Oct 6, 12:51
    - is she also getting calls from; Name Not Provided? he hits on everyone -- nm - PumpkinheadPete Oct 6, 12:27
Gotta be KD, except for this ... -- (link) - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 6, 12:17
My mother: You know how I look nice, fun movies where the detectives solve murders? - New, Better David Oct 6, 12:15 8
- I think the more surprising part of this story is someone actually watching broadcast TV :) -- nm - kilboooooo 👻 Oct 6, 12:21 5
  - No, it was either Netflix or Amazon Prime or Vudu. Or some combination of the three. -- nm - New, Better David Oct 6, 12:22 4
    - Well, in that case, you know there's a history. You need to treat this like you're a detective in a fun movie - kilboooooo 👻 Oct 6, 12:23 3
      - I would but they outlawed dancing in my town. -- nm - New, Better David Oct 6, 12:43 2
        
        That is my favorite part, turning on Footloose :) -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 12:45 1
        
        I'm used to following along with mom, but that one definitely caused a head tilt of confusion. - New, Better David Oct 6, 12:52
- I will guess The Mountain Between Us. -- nm - Max Oct 6, 12:19
- I'm laughing, but it sounds like she saw a good show :) -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 12:16
The August Complex Fire in Northern California has now burned an area larger than Rhode Island. -- nm - marum scarum Oct 6, 12:07
The Dow after the President's tweet saying no COVID relief talks until after the election: -- (link) - mud Oct 6, 12:04 17
- Also, just a couple of hours ago Fed Chairman Powell said the US faces ‘tragic’ risks From doing too little to support the economy... -- nm - decline Oct 6, 12:33
- Wheee!!! -- nm - znoooooooo!!! Oct 6, 12:33
- AAAHHHH!!! It lost 90% of its value! -- nm - ty97 Oct 6, 12:19
- Also, Goldman Sachs and Moody's just Biden better for the future economy -- (link) - Max Oct 6, 12:16
- Is he presidenting against medical advice again? -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 6, 12:11 2
  - MARKET SMASH! (NM) - Drumpf Oct 6, 12:22
  - [nods] -- nm - mud Oct 6, 12:12
- Genuinely, if he was TRYING to lose, what would look different? -- nm - Volnelk Oct 6, 12:10 3
  - I've been considering this more and more this morning. -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 12:10 2
    - Ditto. I’ve said before that I was afraid that even if Biden won, it would be close and nothing would be resolved... - 🧹 Broom 🧹 Oct 6, 12:33
    - It's like he's been Brewster's Millions-ing for 5 years, and somehow won last time. -- (edited) - Inigo Oct 6, 12:13
- Billionaires... come get your boy. -- nm - Reagen Oct 6, 12:09 1
  - They’re all self-isolating. -- nm - 🧹 Broom 🧹 Oct 6, 12:38
- Heh... and the stock market is one of the few things he could regularly point to as a success. -- nm - Dano Oct 6, 12:08
- So the President is basically holding relief plans hostage? -- nm - 🧹 Broom 🧹 Oct 6, 12:06 2
  - Shoot the hostage. -- nm - Dano Oct 6, 12:09
  - The hostages are dead. We've moved on to the gunfight with the SWAT team. -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 12:08
I totally had my day sidetracked. I have no idea what to start working on :) -- nm - kilboooooo 👻 Oct 6, 12:04 2
- hmm, I've got nothing. so pron. -- nm - tRu🦇aN Oct 6, 12:07
- Closing the tab with the photos of Sapphire Reserve would be the first step. -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 12:06
"he literally saved Christianity." -- (link) - mud Oct 6, 11:59 19
- This fundamentally offends me. -- nm - New, Better David Oct 6, 12:22 5
  - I don't see how it doesn't offend every Christian. - ty97 Oct 6, 12:24 4
    - because many of them have put him up as a golden statue beside the cross and think thats fine. -- nm - tRu🦇aN Oct 6, 13:15
    - Hey, he kept the fifth Commandment, because "bone spurs" -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 12:29
    - As with pretty much everything ele, there's a lot of "The end justifies the means" thinking going on. People who know he's not a Christian don't mind - marum scarum Oct 6, 12:28
    - oh it's just eric, everyone knows he's an idiot. -- nm - mud Oct 6, 12:26
- wowzers -- nm - ty97 Oct 6, 12:19
- "If you think he tweets a lot - *oh my Dad* - he prays all the time. Not Melania though, she's cranky AF around my birthday." -- nm - Jesus Oct 6, 12:11
- I'm sure he meant Cristiana Tee, a Vegas stripper. (NM) - Marlowe Oct 6, 12:11
- *holds up a Bible* - 💀SPAWN💀 Oct 6, 12:04 6
  - upside down. -- nm - 😈💀 Deevil 🤡👻 Oct 6, 12:14 4
    - Sorry to be pedantic, but this one bugs me. It wasn't upside down; the bookmark goes from top to bottom. There are photos showing the spine print. -- nm - marum scarum Oct 6, 12:18 3
      - Good to know. He definitely seemed to be holding it weirdly, though. -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 6, 12:21 2
        
        Yeah, and kind of fumbled around with it before holding it up. The whole stunt was idiotic, and the fact he thought it looked good would be hilarious - marum scarum Oct 6, 12:26 1
        
        Yeah, the gassing of the protesters to make a religious farce was especially heinous. -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 6, 12:29
  - yay! -- nm - mud Oct 6, 12:06
- and spray on tanning. -- nm - tRu🦇aN Oct 6, 12:04
- he's pretty shaken after that deposition -- nm - colin 👻💦🍆 Oct 6, 12:01
- Pope Francis, you frikkin slacker -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 12:00
Paul Krugman - Bidencare Would Be a Big Deal Don’t dismiss it because it isn’t Medicare for All. - crash davis Oct 6, 11:56
Additional Coronavirus Stimulus talks have broken off. Dow -200 on the news -- (link*) - 🎃 Bud S. Pumpkins 🎃 Oct 6, 11:56 7
- I think someone's political instincts have totally failed. -- nm* - crash davis Oct 6, 11:58 2
  - "Fuck you! Vote for me!" -- nm - Reagen Oct 6, 11:58 1
    - Somehow I think this will all end up as bad examples in a political science textbook. -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 12:10
- it's like he could buy votes, but doesn't want to buy votes -- nm - colin 👻💦🍆 Oct 6, 11:57 3
  - when you plan to try to steal the election anyway you don't care about the votes -- nm - decline Oct 6, 11:59 2
    - He clearly likes playing on hard mode. -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 6, 12:05
    - oh no... -- nm - colin 👻💦🍆 Oct 6, 12:00
I’ll care about the Libertarians (or Greens) when they start running a candidate in every single Congressional seat in the midterms. - Tim Oct 6, 11:56 1
- I don't understand why they don't cherry pick a few friendly Congressional Districts and put all of their resources there. -- nm - Dano Oct 6, 11:58
From B-whatever. The evolution of Steph Curry in NBA 2K -- (link) - decline Oct 6, 11:54 2
- Scary Steph is scary. -- nm - Baron Someday🎩 Oct 6, 12:05
- tbf that is actually what he looked like in college. -- nm - Reagen Oct 6, 11:58

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