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Sorry Pippy, Hawaii beat Texas to be the first state to surpass their 2016 vote total. -- nm - MDH Oct 29, 13:38
I voted today - Todd Manning Oct 29, 13:37 2
- And Shiva Ayyadurai has been running ads on the radio for a write in campaign for the Senate. -- (edited) - Todd Manning Oct 29, 13:43
- VNV! -- nm - crash davis Oct 29, 13:38
Looking at Timex watches on Amazon, find one I like, and "You last purchased this item on July 18, 2016." :) -- nm - Meg Oct 29, 13:34 1
- And Costco.com has Amanda jeans on sale on Valentine's Day. I could probably replace my old light blue ones? -- nm - Meg Oct 29, 13:41
LIR when I was going through storage recently I found a lot of my old GI Joes, Transformer, MUSCLE men, MASK car, etc. - Psycor Killer Oct 29, 13:25 1
- i have a lot of those in boxes in my basement from when I was a kid. someday I am going to go through them and put them in better containers. -- nm - tRu🦇aN Oct 29, 13:31
Poll porn. -- (link) - Volnelk Oct 29, 13:25
Here's Paul Rudd handing out cookies to voters in Brooklyn. -- (link) - 🧹 Broom 🧹 Oct 29, 13:19 7
- (That's good!) -- nm - 🧹 Broom 🧹 Oct 29, 13:23 6
  - The cookies have weed. -- nm - 🧹 Broom 🧹 Oct 29, 13:23 5
    - That woosh you heard was Krusty... -- nm - 🧹 Broom 🧹 Oct 29, 13:27
    - That's ... also good! -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 29, 13:25
    - and deadly nuts -- nm - Max Oct 29, 13:25 2
      - And Pym particles -- nm - eag Oct 29, 13:29
      - Oh no! -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 29, 13:25
Oh wow. the Coyotes have released their first pick in the most recent NHL draft over bully allegations. -- (link) - Reagen Oct 29, 13:12 6
- I was just coming to post *this* - spamlet Oct 29, 13:19 1
  - That was a part of the deal for his previous team letting him leave for the job. -- nm - Todd Manning Oct 29, 13:34
- Imagine not getting a pick until the 4th round and then... oops! Someone needs to get fired. -- nm - 🧹 Broom 🧹 Oct 29, 13:13 3
  - Supposedly a lot of other teams had him on their "never" list. -- nm - Reagen Oct 29, 13:14 2
    - And 4th rounders are such a low-chance prospect to develop that this is a whole lot easier. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Oct 29, 13:15 1
      - There's a bigger % of undrafted players in the league than Rs 3-7 combined. -- nm - Reagen Oct 29, 13:18
Tottenham - Bud S. Pumpkins 🎃 Oct 29, 13:04 3
- Yeah that was bad. Lots of second team guys blew their chance. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 29, 13:24
- is it wrong that I dont want them to win cause I dislike the coach? -- nm - tRu🦇aN Oct 29, 13:22 1
  - Nah. That’s fair. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 29, 13:34
Task force: Colon cancer screening should begin at 45. Me: You shut the hell up. -- (link) - Bar N Furter 🧛‍♀️ Oct 29, 12:56 1
- Me? Colon Cancer? Fake news. -- nm - 45 Oct 29, 13:00
Glenn Greenwald quits The Intercept after they refuse to publish one of his articles critical of Biden. -- (link) - spamlet Oct 29, 12:49 8
- Yay? -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 29, 12:59
- “The narrative Glenn presents about his departure is teeming with distortions and inaccuracies — all of them designed to make him appear as a victim, - The Intercept Oct 29, 12:51
- He clearly is taking his Bernielove a bit too far. (NM) - Marlowe Oct 29, 12:51
- Was just about to post this. - Reagen Oct 29, 12:50 4
  - Here’s the website’s response -- (link*) - spamlet Oct 29, 12:58 2
    - “We have great respect for the journalist (he) used to be.” That’s a kill shot. -- nm - Tim, not a doctor Oct 29, 13:38
    - I really love the tantrum line. (NM) - Marlowe Oct 29, 13:06
  - There are so many Bernie stans who re-emerge as right wing ideologues during a Biden administration. -- nm - Tim, not a doctor Oct 29, 12:54
Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost Married in Private Ceremony -- (link) - Bud S. Pumpkins 🎃 Oct 29, 12:41 11
- Has he seen Under the Skin? -- nm - Dano Oct 29, 13:42
- What is it called when both people in a marriage are beards for one another? -- nm - Qale Oct 29, 12:59 3
  - Saffron Burrows was once engaged to Alan Cumming. -- nm - Reagen Oct 29, 13:27 2
    - AND dated Fiona Shaw (Petunia Dursley) -- nm* - Andie Oct 29, 13:39
    - so, four bisexuals ..BFD -- nm - mud Oct 29, 13:39
- 2 years -- nm - Booooooker Oct 29, 12:58
- Don't care. She's staying on the laminated list. -- nm - Bar N Furter 🧛‍♀️ Oct 29, 12:52
- NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! !!!!!! -- nm - Kevin Durant Oct 29, 12:47
- so it is now Colin Jost Johansson ? -- nm - tRu🦇aN Oct 29, 12:46 1
  - Scarlett Jost-hansson -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 29, 12:58
- those crazy kids! -- nm - Andie Oct 29, 12:44
It's been raining steadily - at times really hard - all day. A) There's been a steady hour+ line of voters at the gov't center next door. B) Our side - 🧛 pfm in an Banksy mask 💀 Oct 29, 12:41
wow. Texas ~8.5 mil. voted, 2016 total ~9mil. -- nm - mud Oct 29, 12:33 7
- Leo DiCaprio on TX voting -- (link*) - Bud S. Pumpkins 🎃 Oct 29, 12:39 1
  - I would say that lawsuit about curbside voting was from the 27th and already ruled in favor of voters, but they keep changing the rules so much... - Qale Oct 29, 13:03
- Overall, Im just simply encouraged by more people voting -- nm - Bud S. Pumpkins 🎃 Oct 29, 12:38 2
  - I'm also encouraged because the people who tend not to vote tend to be people who skew democrat. I expect both sides to gain, but hopefully trends - pmb Oct 29, 12:43
  - So far I know of three people (over 50) who had NEVER voted before who have voted this election. - BloodyAxeSean, Anti-Pumpkin 🚫🎃🚫 Oct 29, 12:40
- hmm, that feels like texas flippin blue -- nm - ⏲👻 Oct 29, 12:37 1
  - Ssshhh don’t jinx it. Let’s act surprised if it does -- nm - Pippy’s Brew Oct 29, 12:38
American man not patriotic enough to vote in upcoming election -- (link) - Booooooker Oct 29, 12:32
At lunch, Army Surplus Store huge reader board above sign flashes: - 💀SPAWN💀 Oct 29, 12:24 2
- So, how's the food at the Army Surplus store? -- nm - decline Oct 29, 12:25 1
  - Heh, after that it said, "SUPPLIES/FOOD" -- nm - 💀SPAWN💀 Oct 29, 12:26
Chargers are canceling practice today after a player tested positive for COVID-19. -- nm - Bud S. Pumpkins 🎃 Oct 29, 12:14
Peacock's adaptation of Brave New World has been canceled after its first season, with Universal seeking other homes for the show -- nm - Booooooker Oct 29, 12:12 4
- Universal's own streaming service doesn't want it... -- nm - 🧹 Broom 🧹 Oct 29, 13:03 1
  - man if only Quibi had lasted another month or two, seems like something they would of jumped on... -- nm - Booooooker Oct 29, 13:09
- that sucks. -- nm - mud Oct 29, 12:23
- bastards -- nm - decline Oct 29, 12:12
Wait, is this correct? Trump has started replacing the US Flag with a black, white & blue version at his rallies? -- (link) - decline Oct 29, 12:07 19
- the President of the United States is now flying a different flag. That's insanity. -- nm - Andie Oct 29, 12:32 1
  - If Obama had done that.... -- nm - Pippy’s Brew Oct 29, 12:39
- I did notice one picture with that flag in a place of prominence at one of his rallies, and meant to investigate further. - znoooooooo!!! Oct 29, 12:16
- It has always been around, I think it is the Blue Lives Matters flag. Whether it has totally replaced the American flag, dunno. I haven't gone to too - crash davis Oct 29, 12:10 1
  - It's also possible that after all the times Trump has publicly sexually assaulted the American Flag, it refuses to show up anymore. -- nm - pmb Oct 29, 12:32
- Isn't that flag supposed to represent "The Blue Line" (i.e. Police Support)? -- nm - BloodyAxeSean, Anti-Pumpkin 🚫🎃🚫 Oct 29, 12:09 13
  - The Thin Blue Line, yes. Which is a problematic enough idea on its own, but has been given extra racism being adopted by the Black Lives Don’t Matter movement -- nm* - znoooooooo!!! Oct 29, 12:13
  - it's supposed to. but it's been co-opted by white nationalists. Since they can't use the COnfederate Flag anymore -- nm - Remlik Oct 29, 12:11 11
    - Welcome to the American Swastika. -- nm - pmb Oct 29, 12:30
    - good grief -- nm - mud Oct 29, 12:22
    - I've got one neighbor who used to fly the Confederate flag and one neighbor who drives Mini Coopers and just installed solar panels on his roof - crash davis Oct 29, 12:13 2
      - are they friends? -- nm - decline Oct 29, 12:14 1
        
        I've never seen them interact, so not sure -- nm - crash davis Oct 29, 12:15
    - huh. That's a weird co-opting. -- nm - BloodyAxeSean, Anti-Pumpkin 🚫🎃🚫 Oct 29, 12:13 4
      - read that guy's twitter thread. It explains a lot. -- nm - Remlik Oct 29, 12:15 3
        
        I just went down a rabbit hole. I knew there was some opposition to it, but ... wow, didn't realize why. - BloodyAxeSean, Anti-Pumpkin 🚫🎃🚫 Oct 29, 12:38 1
        
        yeah it's a crazy rabbit hole. -- nm - Remlik Oct 29, 13:06
        
        Yup. -- nm - znoooooooo!!! Oct 29, 12:18
    - this I did not know. OUCH -- nm - PumpkinheadPete Oct 29, 12:12
Apparently Trump fans at his rally in Tampa are passing out from the heat. -- (link) - znoooooooo!!! Oct 29, 12:05 8
- Would they rather be in Omaha? -- nm - 🧹 Broom 🧹 Oct 29, 12:13
- Leave em, the buses will be there soon. Oh wait.... -- nm - Pippy’s Brew Oct 29, 12:12 1
  - I hope the water trucks spraying down the crowd got paid in advance. -- nm - znoooooooo!!! Oct 29, 12:13
- 87 ain't bad, but since its Tampa it probably has a humidity of 10,000 quadrillion -- nm - crash davis Oct 29, 12:07 1
  - Also proximity to Tom Brady has an impact -- nm* - Bud S. Pumpkins 🎃 Oct 29, 12:08
- Maybe its from the hot air -- nm - Bud S. Pumpkins 🎃 Oct 29, 12:06
- And he bitched about Arizona! - 💀SPAWN💀 Oct 29, 12:06 1
  - We were at 66 yesterday 82 today -- nm - eag Oct 29, 12:27
I counted at least three movie references, at least, in that asteroid story. The Core, Inner Space, Star Wars... -- nm - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 29, 12:00
Thai Airways is selling bags made from recycled lifevests and emergency slides. I kind of like them. -- (pic) - Andie Oct 29, 11:59 [Attachment]
~4.5 days to get your entries in to the election contest -- nm - Reagen Oct 29, 11:58 2
- But my online Master's in Game Theory won't be complete until this time next week! -- nm - 🐺Rollooooooooooooo🌕 Oct 29, 12:14 1
  - and your sensei told you it would be dangerous to go out untrained! Alas alack. -- nm - Reagen Oct 29, 12:18
RC....you are a very kind man - crash davis Oct 29, 11:55 4
- Excuse me? -- (edited) - aRCynic (and Old Lace) Oct 29, 11:57 3
  - the Kentucky thing I hope to use a little bit for the first time Tuesday night :) -- nm - crash davis Oct 29, 11:58 2
    - Excellent! - aRCynic (and Old Lace) Oct 29, 11:59 1
      - I hadn't heard of them. I'll have to look for them. -- nm - crash davis Oct 29, 12:01
Classic toys: Here kids, an Atari 2600!! -- nm - 🐺Rollooooooooooooo🌕 Oct 29, 11:55 4
- I had the Eagle from Space: 1999 -- (link) - JD Oct 29, 12:04 1
  - Yes! And you could take the pod and the rockets off and make the mini. -- nm - 💀SPAWN💀 Oct 29, 12:05
- Clyde's Car Crusher - Jovian Oct 29, 12:02
- PFM: I had Chutes Away and looooved it. I also had this -- (link) - 🐺Rollooooooooooooo🌕 Oct 29, 12:00
I am seriously crushed with that LaRussa signing. - groiny Oct 29, 11:54 6
- Current mood -- (pic) - spamlet Oct 29, 12:07 [Attachment]
- it really seems like a horrible decision and it makes you wonder if he has videotape on someone. -- nm - 😈💀 Deevil 🤡👻 Oct 29, 11:56 1
  - I would have lost a TON of money if anyone would have bet me on it. -- nm - groiny Oct 29, 11:57
- LaRussa has so many notches on his belt, he needs a new one. -- nm - Bud S. Pumpkins 🎃 Oct 29, 11:55 2
  - I mean, I make no secret that I hate the "new" baseballl, where you take starting pitchers out after 3 or 4 innings.... - groiny Oct 29, 11:56 1
    - Anderson is gonna get benched for bat flipping day one. -- nm - spamlet Oct 29, 12:08
ST Poll: What game do you think you've put the most hours into in your lifetime (could be video, sport, whatever)? -- nm - kilboooooo 👻 Oct 29, 11:54 25
- That’s a tough one. Probably Skyrim. But it could be Diablo 2. -- nm - Qale Oct 29, 13:08
- Civilization in a walk. -- nm - Booooooker Oct 29, 12:59
- FF 14 for sure -- nm - Strongbad Oct 29, 12:36
- Probably LOTRO. (NM) - Marlowe Oct 29, 12:33
- Baseball -- nm - Krusty Oct 29, 12:25
- ST...hsx...ika...fb -- nm - ⏲👻 Oct 29, 12:24
- Pretending this time the White Sox weren’t a terrible franchise. -- nm - spamlet Oct 29, 12:20 2
  - you should see my FB feed right now. - groiny Oct 29, 12:23 1
    - White Sox twitter is...displeased -- nm - spamlet Oct 29, 12:45
- Lord of the Rings Online. -- nm - landbeck Oct 29, 12:10
- HSX if counts, Candy Crush -- nm - Pippy’s Brew Oct 29, 12:05
- Procrastination. - Graveman ⚰️💀 Oct 29, 12:01 1
  - yes! -- nm - mud Oct 29, 12:02
- HSX. I remember port-cleaning for hours on no commisssion Saturdays. -- nm* - 😈💀 Deevil 🤡👻 Oct 29, 12:00 2
  - resetting stocks, selling and buying again in 'coded' amounts so I'd look at each one every 3 to six months -- nm - ⏲👻 Oct 29, 12:26
  - this -- nm - Andie Oct 29, 12:01
- Other than HSX (if that counts), I played soccer from age 6-16 or so, so probably that. - BloodyAxeSean, Anti-Pumpkin 🚫🎃🚫 Oct 29, 11:59
- In no particular order: Chess, Madden, Halo, Destiny. -- nm - 💀SPAWN💀 Oct 29, 11:58
- World of Warcraft. - Tim, not a doctor Oct 29, 11:57
- football, then baseball, then basketball, then D&D -- nm - crash davis Oct 29, 11:57
- snooker!, crossword puzzles (if those count), chess, Risk, Trivial Pursuit, Monopoly. -- nm* - mud Oct 29, 11:56
- Barely have to think about it ... (spoilers) - aRCynic (and Old Lace) Oct 29, 11:56
- Sid Meier’s Civilization 1-6 -- nm - znoooooooo!!! Oct 29, 11:55
- pretty sure I played Skyrim the most. 2 full playthroughs and a lot of tinkering around otherwise. -- nm - groiny Oct 29, 11:55
- No Man's Sky - decline Oct 29, 11:54
Katie Porter - "Since March, 150 Orange County workers have been urging @ATT to let them work from home. The company has yet to oblige" -- (link*) - Bud S. Pumpkins 🎃 Oct 29, 11:53
Just the tip. -- nm - 💀SPAWN💀 Oct 29, 11:52 2
- *throws a Jart straight up into the air and runs away* -- nm - aRCynic (and Old Lace) Oct 29, 11:57 1
  - It was simpler time. -- nm - 💀SPAWN💀 Oct 29, 12:15

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