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And now out west to Seattle! -- (link) - ty97 Nov 2, 21:25 3
- Defund the Police was defeated soundly tonight. -- nm - MDH Nov 2, 21:28 2
  - that's going to sting in about four years -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 21:56 1
    - The events of last Sumner are already in the distant past. -- nm - Max Nov 2, 22:29
Murphy to speak in NJ -- (link) - ty97 Nov 2, 21:22 2
- Murphy spoke -- (link) - ty97 Nov 2, 21:43 1
  - Closing the gap 49.7-49.5 4000 plus votes between them -- nm - eag Nov 2, 22:00
Like most of the baseball world I'm happy the Atlanta Baseball Club are MLB champions and the Astros are not. -- nm - zunk xometimes Nov 2, 21:07
Sounds like Jon Moxley is in rehab, or going soon. - the wrong element Nov 2, 21:07
And congrats David, but the timing isn't good, couldn't you have done this tomorrow night? - ty97 Nov 2, 20:52 1
- YOU WILL TAKE THIS GIFT, AND YOU WILL BE HAPPY ABOUT IT!!! -- nm - The Allfather Nov 2, 20:53
World Series in 2020 with the Dodgers. World Series in 2021 with the Braves. Joc Pederson just went back-to-back -- nm - Remlik Nov 2, 20:52 1
- Sixth player ever to do this, first to do it in pearls. -- nm - The Allfather Nov 2, 22:17
Progressive Dem elected as Dearborn's first Arab-American Mayor -- (link) - ty97 Nov 2, 20:52
Twitter thinks Nick offerman should have been Garfield -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 20:51
Mail ballots might not be included in Jersey yet? -- (link) - ty97 Nov 2, 20:51
The one thing YTLM has going for it is the cinematography. -- nm - Max Nov 2, 20:49
Thank you so much, my many loves. - The Allfather Nov 2, 20:44
It is currently 52° in my house and I am sweating from extracting my old sound system and ps4 from my entertainment center. So many wires... -- nm - Ender Nov 2, 20:43
Congrats David! -- nm - Jovian Nov 2, 20:38
Is it safe to say Congrats to David yet, or do I have to wait until the actual trophy is presented? -- nm - Bacon Nov 2, 20:37
Update: NJ is gonna be close one way or the other. -- nm - ty97 Nov 2, 20:37 1
- Oh god -- nm - Tim Nov 2, 20:45
Congrats David. What an improbable run. -- nm - Tim Nov 2, 20:36
Congrats to the Braves and their fans!!! -- nm - Krusty Nov 2, 20:35
Gratz Braves fans.. -- nm - Marlowe Nov 2, 20:33 1
- nice -- nm - budice Nov 2, 20:35
the main item for my stalking victim should be here by friday. the minor item, it's coming from China. maybe I'll see it this month. -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 2, 20:03 13
- Sheesh, I haven't even started stalking yet. -- nm - Meg Nov 2, 20:41 11
  - *gulp* -- nm - The Allfather Nov 2, 22:28
  - YGM -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 2, 22:27 1
    - :) -- nm - Meg Nov 2, 22:30
  - I need some polls for a little help before I start shopping. -- nm - Krusty Nov 2, 20:43 7
    - If you don’t know us assholes by now… -- nm - Qale Nov 2, 22:57
    - every so often fate gives you someone you know what to buy, the moment you open the email and see who you are stalking -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 2, 22:29
    - CHAMPIONSHIP GEAR FOR CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS!!! -- nm - The Allfather Nov 2, 22:17 3
      - (I'm talking Rubik's Cubes, thumbtacks, disposable enemas, and oven mitts. I mean fucking EVERYTHING!) -- nm - The Allfather Nov 2, 22:17 2
        
        Hey, you got one team blanket, that's your limit! :) -- nm - Meg Nov 2, 22:28 1
        
        I -just- told Kim I'm gonna need a World Series blanket! -- nm - The Allfather Nov 2, 22:29
    - Poll: what do you want for xmas? - zeitgeist Nov 2, 22:09
- I'm on day 28 of waiting for a delivery from China. On the 12th it said it was accepted by the airline. No update since then. - Krusty Nov 2, 20:10
I’d like to pass an amendment here in Texas that you can only place amendments on the ballot on even-numbered years, thank yew. -- nm - Qale Nov 2, 19:58 1
- We'll vote on this in 2023 -- nm* - ty97 Nov 2, 20:13
Michelle Wu becomes 1st Asian American elected Boston mayor -- nm - Remlik Nov 2, 19:56 2
- 1st woman elected as well. - Diva Nov 2, 20:51
- woo! -- nm - budice Nov 2, 20:10
Justin Bibb wins Cleveland Mayor -- (link) - ty97 Nov 2, 19:55
Falcons 7, Texans 0 -- nm - budice Nov 2, 19:47
NJ counting slowly, Dem incumbent Murphy sliding a bit further behind but still tons of vote to count and can't really read anything into it yet. - ty97 Nov 2, 19:42 3
- theyre several key counties still to be counted: Essex and Passaic -- nm - Jovian Nov 2, 19:44 2
  - Did you even read my IM?! -- nm - ty97 Nov 2, 19:45 1
    - lol oops. Im watching WS, texting, switching to Godfather 2 during commercials, and diddling on ST -- nm - Jovian Nov 2, 19:51
So I went to the CVS by my old place where some of my prescriptions keep getting sent in order to pick up today. - ty97 Nov 2, 19:35 6
- when you consider that 2/3rds of people getting prescriptions, its shocking to me there's no chairs -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 2, 22:10
- The only CVS I can tolerate going to is within the Target. -- nm - Qale Nov 2, 19:36 4
  - Agreed. No line ever. Please you can shop for cute things -- nm - Pippy Nov 2, 20:04
  - In Manhattan, our Targets don't have CVS in them. In Manhattan our Targets are barely larger than suburban CVS stores -- nm - ty97 Nov 2, 19:37 2
    - In Manhattan, can’t you see I’m walking here? -- nm - Qale Nov 2, 19:49 1
      - Somehow they can never see it, no -- nm - ty97 Nov 2, 19:50
Oh. We’re also reuniting Real World Season Two’s cast too huh. -- (link) - Qale Nov 2, 19:29
Larry Krasner easily re-elected as DA in Philadelphia -- nm - ty97 Nov 2, 19:26 2
- But I was told he would let all these criminals out who would take over the city -- nm - Tim Nov 2, 19:39 1
  - And they all voted for him in thanks, obviously! - ty97 Nov 2, 19:43
PA Supreme Court race is tight: MCLAUGHLIN, MARIA (DEM) Votes: 582,460 - BROBSON, KEVIN (REP) Votes: 574,017 -- nm - Dano Nov 2, 19:24 3
- What % reporting? -- nm - ty97 Nov 2, 19:24 2
  - It doesn't say -- nm - Dano Nov 2, 19:26 1
    - And some counties reported mail in ballots first and other counties don't start counting mail in ballots until the polls close. -- nm - Dano Nov 2, 19:27
The person I voted for for NYC mayor is coming in a strong third - ty97 Nov 2, 19:17 10
- The person I voted for has 0.2% of the vote so far. -- nm - Krusty Nov 2, 19:32
- name? -- nm - loosilu Nov 2, 19:22 8
  - Last name: Vote. First name: Protest. -- nm - ty97 Nov 2, 19:24 7
    - How bad is this guy? -- nm - loosilu Nov 2, 19:26 5
      - She's in third place! -- nm - ty97 Nov 2, 19:31 4
        
        Ha ha, I meant Adams. -- nm - loosilu Nov 2, 19:32 3
        
        He’s pretty centrist for a Democrat. -- nm - Tim Nov 2, 19:34
        
        We'll see I guess. He's way too centrist and police-happy for me (he was himself a cop) -- nm - ty97 Nov 2, 19:33 1
        
        But hey, let's see what he does -- nm - ty97 Nov 2, 19:35
    - Nice. -- nm - loosilu Nov 2, 19:26
Murphy down just slightly early BUT lots of votes to come including from the more Dem norther counties. A lot of votes from Ocean/Monmouth so far - ty97 Nov 2, 19:14
Pirates of the Caribbean broke down and - surprise surprise - did not eat the guests. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 19:10
White women are the worst -- (link) - ty97 Nov 2, 19:10 16
- does that break down by county? If it's in NoVA, ugh. -- nm - loosilu Nov 2, 19:23
- schools. moms didnt want to hear that their kids could be stuck home again. -- nm - Jovian Nov 2, 19:19
- Shocking and sad—not sure what issue Republicans are hammering to make this happen, but it doesn’t bode well for future elections -- nm - flavorize Nov 2, 19:18 10
  - it's all about education and taking over the school boards and banning crt. -- nm - Remlik Nov 2, 19:26 7
    - Also: You may have been hearing recently about Loudon County. It is literally one of the richest counties in the US. -- nm - loosilu Nov 2, 19:28 1
      - oh look, it's number 1! -- (link) - loosilu Nov 2, 19:30
    - Ah...CRT, the new bogeyman. It's not even taught in K-12. Anywhere. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Nov 2, 19:27 2
      - The term's been co-opted to mean 'teaching about racism and its impacts'. We're supposed to pretend racism is over. - ty97 Nov 2, 19:52 1
        
        It just frustrates the shit out of me that a curriculum that's not really taught until graduate level courses is being used - Turd Ferguson Nov 2, 19:56
    - And CRT is not taught in VA schools. At all. -- nm - loosilu Nov 2, 19:27 1
      - right? it's a boogeyman concept that gop operatives are using to get the base stirred up and voting -- nm - Remlik Nov 2, 19:43
  - "it's not Trump, so it's ok again." -- nm - mafic Nov 2, 19:25
  - Karens gonna Karen. -- nm - Qale Nov 2, 19:19
- :-( -- nm - Meg Nov 2, 19:13 2
  - Our white women exempted! -- nm - ty97 Nov 2, 19:15 1
    - Fuck this state. -- nm - loosilu Nov 2, 19:23
Jorge Soler is now -550 to win World Series MVP -- nm - budice Nov 2, 19:05 2
- No, he isn't. Shut up. -- nm - The Allfather Nov 2, 19:46
- Glorious! I’m so glad I jinxed this into existence with my previous comment - flavorize Nov 2, 19:14
Competition is tight -- (pic) - Dano Nov 2, 19:02 [Attachment] 2
- If ST moved to Dano's area, they could run the town -- nm - budice Nov 2, 19:03 1
  - But then Jack Reacher would show up and our plans would be dashed -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 19:05
Now watching: The Great Canadian Baking Show S1. If there isn't a maple week I'll be greatly disappointed. -- nm - Krusty Nov 2, 18:59 3
- what service? -- nm - loosilu Nov 2, 19:24 1
  - Sadly, it's not available on any in the US. My friend has it on his Plex and I'm watching it there. -- nm - Krusty Nov 2, 19:45
- maple is always assumed. -- nm - mafic Nov 2, 19:04
Meanwhile, Austin had a prop to set as minimum number of officers per resident, supported by Gov Abbot. Prop is getting crushed. -- nm - ty97 Nov 2, 18:59
Hmm, I can't access slackertalk.com on my phone because I've used slickertalk so much that Chrome thinks I'm being phished. -- nm - Ender Nov 2, 18:57
I thought for a minute I forgot about Survivor and had The Challenge ready to watch after game 6. And then I realized it was Tuesday. -- nm - Jovian Nov 2, 18:55 10
- We're four or five episodes down on The Challenge. Did it ever get good? -- nm - The Allfather Nov 2, 18:56 9
  - I mean.. this is the first season I ever watched and I am completely enthralled. - Jovian Nov 2, 19:04 8
    - Oh, good lord. You really ought to go back and watch like season 28-32. This is the worst season in 10 years. -- nm - The Allfather Nov 2, 19:12 7
      - which I guess is the trend. Considering Big Brother and Survivor this year. -- nm - Jovian Nov 2, 19:18
      - To be fair, his comparison seems to be this season of Survivor. - the wrong element Nov 2, 19:15
      - BBC shows: In production for 5 seasons, has 8 episodes and worldwide acclaim. American TV: in production for 33 seasons, 400+ episodes, and - Beryllium Nov 2, 19:15 1
        
        Oh, I see that it changed names a few times. - Beryllium Nov 2, 19:18
      - Probably because CT is focusing on his acting career. -- nm - Dano Nov 2, 19:14
      - (And I mean this in a good way. If you like that, you'll be *amazed* by past years.) -- nm - The Allfather Nov 2, 19:14 1
        
        You should jump back in. An agent who I could not stand and was effecting my enjoyment got booted a few weeks ago. easy money you do to? (spoilername) - Jovian Nov 2, 19:42
Jax, I sent S a gift. She can open when she likes. I was on a call when you responded before. -- nm - Andie Nov 2, 18:55
The incumbent mayor in Buffalo is about to win a write in campaign for re-election. -- (link) - Tim Nov 2, 18:53
good news. a 4-year-old girl who went missing from a campsite almost 3 weeks ago has been found. -- (link) - mafic Nov 2, 18:52 5
- Holy shit. -- nm - loosilu Nov 2, 19:25
- The scenario sounds creepy af, but the outcome is excellent. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 19:04
- Wow. -- nm - Andie Nov 2, 19:00
- I was just coming to talk to you about this. I’m pleasantly stunned that this had a happy ending. Nm - ralph wiggum Nov 2, 18:57 1
  - yeah. me too. the whole thing is kind of bananas. -- nm - mafic Nov 2, 19:03
Narrator: There were indeed stubborn idiots. -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 2, 18:52 [Backboard] 1
- Oh, yeah. -- nm - The Allfather Nov 2, 18:54
Minneapolis police referendum narrowly losing currently -- (link) - ty97 Nov 2, 18:48 1
- Seems to have widened and likely to fail -- nm - ty97 Nov 2, 18:54
I am glad we can finally stick it to kids. -- nm - Qale Nov 2, 18:42
Democrats keep the mayorship of Manchester, New Hampshire's biggest city. -- (link) - ty97 Nov 2, 18:41
Never seen this. Cincinnati Council at Large. 9 spots open. THIRTY FIVE CANDIDATES. -- (pic) - Volnelk Nov 2, 18:34 [Attachment] 8
- One of the NYC City Council districts in Queens had 26 candidates in the Dem primary for the *1* seat. - ty97 Nov 2, 18:42 7
  - That was my district and it was 16 candidates. Not AOC country but nearby. -- nm - Krusty Nov 2, 18:50 3
    - I think this is a different district that my friend lives in but I'm not sure of her exact whereabouts -- nm - ty97 Nov 2, 18:56 2
      - I don't see one with more candidates than my district but there were a couple that came close. A few had 14 or so candidates. - Krusty Nov 2, 19:29
      - (But AOC is her rep AFAIK) -- nm - ty97 Nov 2, 18:56
  - I want run-off elections until somebody gets >50%! -- nm - mafic Nov 2, 18:46 2
    - Granted! (The primary used ranked choice aka instant runoff voting) -- nm - ty97 Nov 2, 18:47 1
      - not good enough! single choice, lowest eliminated, repeat! if the primary doesn't take six months is it even democracy? -- nm - mafic Nov 2, 18:50
ty97: Miami on B2, yeah I was confused at first, I was like clubs definitely serve past 2am ha -- nm - MDH Nov 2, 18:29
Danica Roem seems to be favored to be re-elected to her seat in the Virginia House. She’s cool. -- nm - Tim Nov 2, 18:28 1
- Thank God something in VA isn't embarrassing. -- nm - loosilu Nov 2, 19:27
I thought Genshin Impact was a soccer team. Apparently it's a video game. What soccer team was I thinking of? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 18:28 3
- the Manly Sea Eagles? -- nm - mafic Nov 2, 18:50
- Tottenham Hotspur obviously -- nm - ty97 Nov 2, 18:30
- CF Montreal, formerly Montreal Impact, most likely -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 18:30
Meanwhile the Dems in DC dither and argue about SALT. -- nm - ty97 Nov 2, 18:27 2
- I mean come on. we can all agree that was a terrible movie. -- nm - mafic Nov 2, 18:49
- Bernie seems to have the best approach here. Compromise the cap to a point, but don't just get rid of it completely. -- nm - ty97 Nov 2, 18:32

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