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Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to shut down the census early. - pmb Oct 13, 14:26 6
- Only Sotomayor dissented from the stay so it wasn’t partisan. -- nm - spamlet Oct 13, 14:46
- News like this just makes me dislike the press more. What does "allowed" mean? Was the vote 7-1? -- nm - Max Oct 13, 14:42
- Conservatives hate data (well, certain kinds of data) because data reflects reality, and reality has a well-known liberal bias. -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 13, 14:35 2
  - So why did Kagan approve the stay? -- nm - spamlet Oct 13, 14:47 1
    - Fair, fair. Although I was mostly thinking of the Canadian Conservative party when I posted; their 10 year reign was notable for an attack on data -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 13, 17:44
- link -- (link*) - Bud S. Pumpkins 🎃 Oct 13, 14:28
UF Gators have shut down all team activities due to positive COVID tests. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 13, 14:06 2
- The day after the head coach repeatedly stated he wanted 90,000 fans in the stadium on Saturday. -- nm - New, Better David Oct 13, 14:13 1
  - Isn't it ironic? -- nm - Alanis si Oct 13, 14:21
Vote for the best albums of 90s by 8pm Eastern Time tomorrow. Results Thursday. -- (link) - ty97 Oct 13, 14:01 100
- Done! -- nm - Krusty The Anarchist Oct 13, 14:45
- The lack of support for Big Shiny Tunes 2 is an indictment of my fellow Canadians on this board. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Oct 13, 14:41 2
  - *snork* - Reagen Oct 13, 14:44 1
    - Definitely a bit forward in the playlist, but once passed, it's clear sailing until the Lady Picture Show closer. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Oct 13, 14:47
- Also, F*ck Metallica -- nm - BloodyAxeSean, Anti-Pumpkin 🚫🎃🚫 Oct 13, 14:37 2
  - Napster bad! -- nm - New, Better David Oct 13, 14:38 1
    - At this point in my life, is it resume worthy to include "Banned From Napster By Metallica"? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Oct 13, 14:39
- Wrong Hip, guys. -- nm - Reagen Oct 13, 14:34 1
  - I'm coming to a place in life where I debate if it's their fourth or fifth best of that decade. - Name Withheld By Request Oct 13, 14:38
- can each of my multiple personalities vote? -- nm - tRu🦇aN Oct 13, 14:32
- Okay, so, now, this is sort of a quick litmus test, basic questions designed to tell whether you were fundamentally good or bad. - Roger More Oct 13, 14:20 13
  - Fuck No -- nm - The real Pippy Oct 13, 15:04
  - No. -- nm - 👽Scully👽 Oct 13, 14:40
  - Never live, but I admit I do love Blood Sugar Sex Magik. -- nm - Dark Callisto Oct 13, 14:33 2
    - (I did not nominate it, though.) -- nm - Dark Callisto Oct 13, 14:33 1
      - Yes. I did. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 13, 15:51
  - Nope, not even a festival where they played -- nm - Krusty Oct 13, 14:24
  - People who take off their socks and shoes on airplanes, Eleanor! -- nm - New, Better David Oct 13, 14:24
  - nm -- nm* - Strongbad Oct 13, 14:23
  - I *hate* the chili peppers. one of my most hated bands. -- nm - amanda Oct 13, 14:22 1
    - how you doin? -- nm - groiny Oct 13, 14:23
  - I would if it would be Mother’s Milk era. - spamlet Oct 13, 14:22
  - seriously one of the most overrated bands of my lifetime. - ty97 Oct 13, 14:21
  - I would pay money not to. - groiny Oct 13, 14:21
- I like eight of these more than the rest. Sorry, Liz Phair. :( -- nm - New, Better David Oct 13, 14:18 3
  - Link for you -- (link) - spamlet Oct 13, 14:19 [Backboard] 2
    - You get one vote. You don't like it? Hire William Barr as your patsy. -- nm* - New, Better David Oct 13, 14:21 1
      - We’ve just proven that democracy doesn’t work. -- nm - spamlet Oct 13, 14:38
- The wrong Phair album is on there. - spamlet Oct 13, 14:14
- 👏🏻👏🏻 -- nm - Krusty Oct 13, 14:14
- No love for BNL or crash test dummies? Hmmmmmmm. -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 13, 14:11 5
  - mmmm.mmmm.mmmm? -- nm - ty97 Oct 13, 14:14
  - I mean, I like CTD as much as the next guy, but they do not belong in there over like Blink 182 or anything -- nm - groiny Oct 13, 14:14 3
    - Apparently neither belong in there. - ty97 Oct 13, 14:25 1
      - To be fair, I love Blink, but I do not think they would make the top 10 - groiny Oct 13, 14:27
    - Who? - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 13, 14:19
- 1) spammy, don't look. 2) None of you nominated The (Dixie) Chicks. Shame on you. -- nm - ty97 Oct 13, 14:06 37
  - I was surprised Hole, Live Through This wasn't there. -- nm - Andie Oct 13, 14:17 3
    - No Distillers albums, no Hole albums. Fair -- nm - JD Oct 13, 14:18
    - One of many, many, many albums to get one nomination -- nm - ty97 Oct 13, 14:17
    - I thought that was my other obvious nom but apparently I’m the only one. -- nm - spamlet Oct 13, 14:17
  - Ha! -- nm - spamlet Oct 13, 14:15 21
    - Literally the first album nominated by anyone AND you threatened people. - ty97 Oct 13, 14:16 20
      - I can’t help the terrible taste of people. - spamlet Oct 13, 14:18 19
        
        Have you met my friends Crash, Spawn, and decline? You may get along. -- nm - ty97 Oct 13, 14:31
        
        Here's my opinion of Elastica. - ty97 Oct 13, 14:18 11
        
        actually though - ty97 Oct 13, 14:19 10
        
        You know Connection. -- (link) - spamlet Oct 13, 14:20 [youtube] 8
        
        I've never heard of them and I follow music. Though I've always thought the 90's was as close to a lost decade of music as I had. Car rides were - pmb Oct 13, 14:25 7
        
        I didn't know them either but they were near the top of many lists I saw. -- nm - Krusty The Anarchist Oct 13, 14:48
        
        Car Song is the other one that broke big -- (link) - Reagen Oct 13, 14:38 [youtube]
        
        Nirvana killed music for years. And then I lived in College Station which has at least three country stations and one 'mix' station. So... -- nm - ty97 Oct 13, 14:26 3
        
        I probably listen to more music from the 90's than any other era -- nm - groiny Oct 13, 14:28 2
        
        Definitely. I was a teenager then though so it follows. - spamlet Oct 13, 14:28 1
        
        80s forever! - Dark Callisto Oct 13, 14:38
        
        this hurts my heart -- nm - groiny Oct 13, 14:26
        
        4 seconds into the opening guitar riff is all you would need. -- nm* - groiny Oct 13, 14:20
        
        Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend. - groiny Oct 13, 14:18 5
        
        Nominations have been open for like 5 days. (but it takes 2 noms to make the cut) -- nm - ty97 Oct 13, 14:20 4
        
        I BEEN BUSY TY!!!!!! -- nm - groiny Oct 13, 14:20 1
        
        I'm just saying it would not have made a difference - ty97 Oct 13, 14:24
        
        and Sweet got zero -- nm - ty97 Oct 13, 14:20 1
        
        HEATHENS -- nm - groiny Oct 13, 14:20
  - I was into 90s country, but realize I don't like it at all anymore. - BloodyAxeSean, Anti-Pumpkin 🚫🎃🚫 Oct 13, 14:09 2
    - You nominated Tool so your taste is suspect - ty97 Oct 13, 14:11 1
      - but nowhere near as good as Tool. -- nm - BloodyAxeSean, Anti-Pumpkin 🚫🎃🚫 Oct 13, 14:12
  - in the 90s didnt they only have Earl? -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 13, 14:08 4
    - Wide Open Spaces had four fantastic and successful singles - ty97 Oct 13, 14:10 3
      - Fly had like 7 singles right? That album had bangers. -- nm - MDH Oct 13, 14:11 2
        
        "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." -- nm - BloodyAxeSean, Anti-Pumpkin 🚫🎃🚫 Oct 13, 14:15
        
        Both were great, I would have chosen Wide Open Space but both are worthy -- nm - ty97 Oct 13, 14:13
  - I feel like Take off Your Pants and Jacket should be on there too. -- nm - groiny Oct 13, 14:06 2
    - Zero nominations -- nm - ty97 Oct 13, 14:07 1
      - heathens -- nm - groiny Oct 13, 14:07
- Dammit. 6/7. - BloodyAxeSean, Anti-Pumpkin 🚫🎃🚫 Oct 13, 14:05 6
  - 6/7. The one that didn't get included was a Tom Petty album -- nm - 🧛 pfm in a Prince mask 💀 Oct 13, 14:11 2
    - Ah, I should have gone with Into the Great Wide Open instead of Wildflowers. - Dark Callisto Oct 13, 14:17 1
      - I would have voted for Wildflowers if it'd been on there. -- nm - New, Better David Oct 13, 14:23
  - 3/7 -- nm - Dano Oct 13, 14:06 1
    - Me too. -- nm - Dark Callisto Oct 13, 14:30
  - you did not see the Sign? -- nm - groiny Oct 13, 14:05
- No Ray of Light by Madonna - makes total sense considering the lack of taste on ST. - MDH Oct 13, 14:04 18
  - I *almost* tossed it a vote. Was in my final three. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Oct 13, 14:43
  - In our defense, that album's trash. -- nm - New, Better David Oct 13, 14:21
  - What, no Craig David? -- nm - Roger More Oct 13, 14:14 1
    - You remember!! -- nm - MDH Oct 13, 14:19
  - Madonna looks like she would taste like Cigarette Butts and Plastic -- nm - groiny Oct 13, 14:05 3
    - *laughing* -- nm - Dark Callisto Oct 13, 14:32 1
      - maybe with a side of pennies too. -- nm - groiny Oct 13, 14:36
    - this is accurate -- nm - BloodyAxeSean, Anti-Pumpkin 🚫🎃🚫 Oct 13, 14:11
  - Was a little surprised it did not make it - ty97 Oct 13, 14:05 9
    - I just can't get over Britney got nominated instead of Madonna. Those people have not listened to the full album. - MDH Oct 13, 14:07 8
      - This is a weird bit. -- nm - New, Better David Oct 13, 14:26
      - That's because Madonna died in 1989 and was reincarnated as Britney ten years later. -- nm - BloodyAxeSean, Anti-Pumpkin 🚫🎃🚫 Oct 13, 14:11 2
        
        Her best 2 albums came out in the late 90s and mid 00s. And they were not Britney albums. -- nm - MDH Oct 13, 14:12
        
        then her voting post is voter fraud?? -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 13, 14:11
      - That's...a song title? - ty97 Oct 13, 14:08 1
        
        Linked. -- (link) - MDH Oct 13, 14:09 [youtube]
      - she was just mailing it in by then -- nm - groiny Oct 13, 14:08 1
        
        . -- (link) - ty97 Oct 13, 14:12 [youtube]
Fly on ACB too -- (link) - Bud S. Pumpkins 🎃 Oct 13, 13:50 1
- More people ought to have watched RIPD -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 13, 13:53
this is an az lightning deal for me right now. these kits make great gifts. -- (link) - amanda Oct 13, 13:49
TN moved into 9th place for active COVID-19 cases today. -- nm - Dark Callisto Oct 13, 13:45
sitwap: Conchata Ferrell dies at 77. -- (link) - kelly Oct 13, 13:44 2
- aww -- nm - BloodyAxeSean, Anti-Pumpkin 🚫🎃🚫 Oct 13, 14:02
- oh man. She was great. :( -- nm - Pippy's Brew Oct 13, 13:48
Travis County Texas has 97% voter registration -- (link) - TWuG Oct 13, 13:37 3
- that is great. -- nm - Andie Oct 13, 14:07
- Austin for those who don't know -- nm - ty97 Oct 13, 13:54 1
  - “It’s comparable.” - znoooooooo!!! Oct 13, 14:04
From Facebook... a friend's voting experience in Georgia - Dano Oct 13, 13:33 3
- Yeah, that's pretty awful. - Strongbad Oct 13, 13:42
- good lord -- nm - Pippy's Brew Oct 13, 13:40
- yikes -- nm - BloodyAxeSean, Anti-Pumpkin 🚫🎃🚫 Oct 13, 13:38
ST poll: Have you ever had Aplets & Cotlets? -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 13, 13:30 7
- Yes. - aRCynic (and Old Lace) Oct 13, 14:08
- yes -- nm - crash davis Oct 13, 13:36
- no, and have no idea what that is. -- nm - BloodyAxeSean, Anti-Pumpkin 🚫🎃🚫 Oct 13, 13:35 4
  - This -- nm - Krusty Oct 13, 13:42
  - It's an eastern Washington state excuse for candy. I've never had it, but I learned about it yesterday while looking up the origins of almond roca. -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 13, 13:37 2
    - Googling, looks like a fruit cake disguised as "candy." -- nm - BloodyAxeSean, Anti-Pumpkin 🚫🎃🚫 Oct 13, 13:40 1
      - Yeah pretty much, you boil down apple juice and apricot down like rice starch -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 13, 15:16
ST poll: what piece of candy or candy bar have you eaten? - Pippy's Brew Oct 13, 13:28 31
- Last night a couple squares of a fancy dark chocolate with almond in each chunk -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 13, 15:21
- Tony's Chocolonely dark chocolate -- nm - aRCynic (and Old Lace) Oct 13, 14:10
- I am not sure - haven't had candy for a good little while. -- nm - Dark Callisto Oct 13, 13:45
- Apple pie Kit Kat yesterday. (Do not recommend) -- nm - kelly Oct 13, 13:45 1
  - *laugh* -- nm - JD Oct 13, 14:17
- Hershey Kisses yesterday. 2 regular, 1 dark. -- nm - 😈💀 Deevil 🤡👻 Oct 13, 13:44
- Today? No candy yet but I had a chewy granola bar with little chocolate chips -- nm - Krusty Oct 13, 13:43
- may or may not be eating a school of swedish fish right now. -- nm - amanda Oct 13, 13:42
- Werther's with chocolate middle - chewy -- nm - Pippy's Brew Oct 13, 13:42
- Just had a piece of Ghiradelli "Sea Salt Soiree" dark chocolate. -- nm - pmb Oct 13, 13:42
- Idaho Spud. -- (link) - landbeck Oct 13, 13:37
- Atomic fireball was my last. Just finished. -- nm - spamlet Oct 13, 13:34
- We are gonna need a bigger board. -- nm - 💀SPAWN💀 Oct 13, 13:32
- coffee crisp -- nm - PumpkinheadPete Oct 13, 13:32
- mini-Aero was the last -- nm - Boooooker Oct 13, 13:31
- Most recently? Twizzlers. -- nm - znoooooooo!!! Oct 13, 13:31 2
  - Update my answer to candy corn -- nm - znoooooooo!!! Oct 13, 13:33 1
    - Re-update my answer to Reese’s peanut butter cups. -- nm - znoooooooo!!! Oct 13, 13:35
- Almost all of them? Lately it was hershey chocolate bar with almonds. -- nm - Max Oct 13, 13:29
- Are there any additional criteria? -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 13, 13:29 7
  - sorry - I meant - eaten last - -- nm - Pippy's Brew Oct 13, 13:41 5
    - oh! In that case, pirouline. These things. They're delicious! -- (link) - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 13, 13:50 3
      - That's not candy. That's a cookie! -- nm - BloodyAxeSean, Anti-Pumpkin 🚫🎃🚫 Oct 13, 14:03 1
        
        I was counting it as a candy bar, but yeah. -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 13, 14:05
      - Yum - I'd buy the small packs at the dollar store -- nm - Pippy's Brew Oct 13, 13:55
    - Ah, well, not the Spud then, that was years ago. Almond Joy. -- nm - landbeck Oct 13, 13:43
  - I guess I'll answer .. Nestle Crunch. -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 13, 13:30
- Since when? The answers vary in volume. Like in the last month is a lot more than last week which is only slightly more than last hour. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 13, 13:29
- Orange Slices nearby -- nm - Bud S. Pumpkins 🎃 Oct 13, 13:29
- like, ever? -- nm - BloodyAxeSean, Anti-Pumpkin 🚫🎃🚫 Oct 13, 13:29 1
  - We bought a box of 30 full size Hershey's candy at Costco for Halloween, and have been good to not open them yet. - BloodyAxeSean, Anti-Pumpkin 🚫🎃🚫 Oct 13, 13:41
it looks like Russia had an eco disaster last month -- (link) - PumpkinheadPete Oct 13, 13:26
The problem with having Remlik on is that he'd get soooo much wrong about comic book-related streaming offerings. -- nm - New, Better David Oct 13, 13:23
Dustin Johnson got the covids. -- nm - 😈💀 Deevil 🤡👻 Oct 13, 13:22
Could be... -- nm - 💀SPAWN💀 Oct 13, 13:19

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