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i snuck flaxseed on my boy's oatmeal this morning. you should have seen the commotion. - kare Nov 4, 15:25 7
- Ypu should ahve used the ground stuff. - the liioulu iwth caffeine Nov 4, 15:29 1
  - actually it was ground, but he was right there guarding his bowl. -- nm - kare Nov 4, 15:31
- flaxseed is cool - tell him to live a little :) -- nm - crash davis Nov 4, 15:27 2
  - "it's good for you! omega 3s!" -- nm - kare Nov 4, 15:28 1
    - And for building muscle mass. (nm) - Barry Bonds Nov 4, 15:29
- Healthiest-sounding euphamism ever. -- nm - Candidate Vermin Nov 4, 15:26
- kare had a kid? Damn, that was a fast pregnancy. (nm) - musubi Voted For Change 2 weeks ago Nov 4, 15:26
I'm at the next susburb south because the comuters where I live and farther north are all down. - the liioulu iwth caffeine Nov 4, 15:24 1
- They should have stopped at those stop signs -- nm - rollo Nov 4, 15:25
My plot to disenfranchise the absinthe-making, goat daube-eating demographic is proceeding quite well. -- nm - crash davis Nov 4, 15:23 2
- nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo....nm - x Nov 4, 15:24 1
  - oooh, I like what you called me on the inside - makes me feel all Rommel-y -- nm - crash davis Nov 4, 15:26
"they're given provisional ballots" .. -- nm - M Nov 4, 15:21
from bbs - aren't there only a handful of states that do the initiative/proposition thing? that may be why most people haven't seen the ballot books - citizen b. Nov 4, 15:20 4
- Your IM: For better or worse, that's why there's endorsements -- nm - con_carne Nov 4, 15:22 3
  - They form those groups with the names that are exactly opposite of what they stand for just to put them down as an endorsor. Utility companies form - jnine voted last week Nov 4, 15:24 2
    - I was thinking of newspapers and politicians -- nm - con_carne Nov 4, 15:28
    - those are nuts, and i wish people would just ignore them and the party-line ick. at least most newspapers give their reasons.. - citizen b. Nov 4, 15:28
LYC: We've been having *actual* weather here in LA. I like it - con_carne Nov 4, 15:17 4
- Effective tomorrow, 80 degrees and sunny. There, you happy now? -- nm - CrankYanker Nov 4, 15:18 3
  - Can't tell. Too busy staring at Jackie Johnson's boobs -- nm - con_carne Nov 4, 15:20 2
    - C'mon, be classy, they're called sweater puppies. (nm) - musubi Voted For Change 2 weeks ago Nov 4, 15:22 1
      - shiba inu sweater? -- nm - CrankYanker Nov 4, 15:23
wow...CNN has some sweet election technology there -- nm - Stewie Nov 4, 15:17 7
- Does it give you a massage while you vote? -- nm - psilotum Nov 4, 15:19 2
  - Gives you a massage *with* a happy ending! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 4, 15:20 1
    - Obama wins? -- nm - nubby Nov 4, 15:21
- yep. -- nm - M Nov 4, 15:19
- ...that just froze, haha - Stewie Nov 4, 15:18
- Yeah, I'm kinda marvelling at it this moment as well. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Nov 4, 15:17 1
  - Until it stops working. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Nov 4, 15:18
i just saw a facebook pic of an old friend as Amy Winehouse for Halloween. But she didn't have the hair. WTF? - Andie Nov 4, 15:15 1
- I just saw a picture of my little brother, who was dressed as Robin. (his friend was Batman) - kelly Nov 4, 15:17
DYWTTM? Amazon Fresh is now delivering some Amazon.com items. - psilotum Nov 4, 15:14 3
- What's "Amazon Fresh"? -- nm - Mop Nov 4, 15:20 2
  - Context clues tell me it's grocery shopping via Amazon.com. -- nm - nubby Nov 4, 15:22 1
    - Yeah. It's a beta service there are trying out locally. -- nm - psilotum Nov 4, 15:28
My new boss is cool, he told me I could leave early to vote. -- nm - ceregon Nov 4, 15:14
*starts exit-polling ST* -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 4, 15:08 6
- I think I'm at the wrong polling place. -- nm - the liioulu iwth caffeine Nov 4, 15:20
- Easy there, cowboy! - psilotum Nov 4, 15:16
- 46% of voters turn to the left when leaving the building -- nm - M Nov 4, 15:15
- FB still 100% for Obama! -- nm - David Nov 4, 15:12
- Hello, sailor. -- nm - nubby Nov 4, 15:09 1
  - *polls your exit* -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 4, 15:15
Meaningless exit polls say Obama by a large margin. -- nm - Inigo Nov 4, 15:07
damn I wish I wasn't working tomorrow, I want to go to grant park -- nm - dogbert183 Nov 4, 15:05
-- Both white women and white women are going for McCain. - Exit Poll Data Nov 4, 15:00 2
- Only 2 of them? -- nm - not2fast Nov 4, 15:08
- Not where I live. -- nm - the liioulu iwht caffeine Nov 4, 15:03
Wow, Palin's response to the Stevens question is classic. -- nm - nubby Nov 4, 14:55 16
- link? quote? summary? -- nm - dogbert183 Nov 4, 14:56 15
  - "I am also exercising my right to privacy, and I don't have to tell anybody who I vote for -- nobody does, and that's really cool about America also." -- (link) - nubby Nov 4, 14:58 13
    - "I voted for all of them. Any of them that were in front of me on the ballot" -- nm - Sarah Palin Nov 4, 15:16 1
      - "I could see Russia from my booth!" -- nm - CrankYanker Nov 4, 15:17
    - Though, also, too, if I were her campaign manager in 2012, I would ban her from saying those first three words. -- nm - Loyola Nov 4, 15:13 3
      - if I were her campaign manager, I would quit -- nm - dogbert183 Nov 4, 15:14 2
        
        No, really? -- nm - Loyola Nov 4, 15:15 1
        
        yes, really -- nm - dogbert183 Nov 4, 15:16
    - I feel she was showing that the question, put to any voter, is inappropriate. And as such it was the appropriate response any voter should feel free - Loyola Nov 4, 15:06 4
      - Probably one of the few intelligent thigs she's said. - the liioulu tihw caffeine Nov 4, 15:11 1
        
        :) -- nm - Loyola Nov 4, 15:15
      - No, no... she's dumb and weaseley. Can't you *read*? -- nm - Candidate Vermin Nov 4, 15:08 1
        
        finally, you see it! -- nm - dogbert183 Nov 4, 15:08
    - At various times in the not to distant past, the Republican party has counted women as a minority too. - the liioulu iwht caffeine Nov 4, 15:01
    - ...maps, and." -- nm - Mel Profit - Votetastic! Nov 4, 14:59
  - Anything? Bueller? -- nm - mara Nov 4, 14:57
well. so i gave it a shot. i really did.... - x Nov 4, 14:55 26
- call 1-877-gocnn08 -- nm - M Nov 4, 15:11
- Are you going to make an official complaint? Our ballot had like 6 people running for president, I hadn't heard of half of them. - Trish Nov 4, 15:11 1
  - we'll have to go to the voter registrar ourselves to fix their screwup, so chances are someone will get an earful...nm - x Nov 4, 15:12
- Now you can't complain about politics at all for the next four years. -- nm - con_carne Nov 4, 15:07 3
  - i pay my g-d taxes, i'll say whatever the hell i want...nm - x Nov 4, 15:08 2
    - Easy, killer. Only joking -- nm - con_carne Nov 4, 15:13 1
      - s'ok, so was i!....nm - x Nov 4, 15:17
- That's two! -- nm - GOP Nov 4, 15:02 1
  - massachusetts, mop. if the gop wins this state there'd be no saving the democrats nohow...nm - x Nov 4, 15:05
- That sucks. There was no provisional ballot option? (nm) - musubi Voted For Change 2 weeks ago Nov 4, 15:02 1
  - they wouldn't give us one there. we'd have had to go to the other location....nm - x Nov 4, 15:03
- they didin't have a contested ballot option? That's what I had to do under similar circumstances. -- nm - the liioulu iwht caffeine Nov 4, 14:58 2
  - they said all we could do was vote at the ward where we didn't live....nm - x Nov 4, 15:00 1
    - Something sounds fishy. - the liioulu iwht caffeine Nov 4, 15:03
- South Attleboro? - Mel Profit - Votetastic! Nov 4, 14:57 5
  - yeah. i live in attleboro proper. if you see the voter registrar, let him know that's where i'm at!..... - x Nov 4, 14:59 4
    - Huh. - kelly Nov 4, 15:06 2
      - yup. it's practically more rhode island than massachusetts....nm - x Nov 4, 15:07 1
        
        Yeah, I always thought of it as an extension of RI. :) -- nm - kelly Nov 4, 15:19
    - that sucks. -- nm - Mel Profit - Votetastic! Nov 4, 15:00
- You have a GF? Congrats! More info is required. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 4, 14:57 4
  - um....we've been going out for 15 years?...nm - x Nov 4, 14:57 3
    - Wow, that's like... double commonlaw! -- nm - Candidate Vermin Nov 4, 15:28
    - Shows how much you meniton her here. ;) -- nm - the liioulu iwht caffeine Nov 4, 14:58
    - Oh, i thought it was new, my bad. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 4, 14:58
- *kicks you in the gut* -- nm - nubby Nov 4, 14:56
the robocall from McCain about Obama and Castro is hilarious -- nm - M Nov 4, 14:52 1
- I vote for "robocall". -- nm - nubby Nov 4, 14:53
Hee! Michael Medved is going apoplectic. -- nm - Dano voted Nov 4, 14:51 3
- he's a dick. I had to do some stuff for him once and he's a dick. -- nm - Remlik Nov 4, 15:06
- English. This is an English-speaking country -- nm - con_carne Nov 4, 14:52 1
  - the dude's having a cow, man -- nm - zeitgeist, at least my ticket is straight Nov 4, 16:41
New Puppy Slide Show... - Mel Profit - Votetastic! Nov 4, 14:51
Can I get the details of Reagen's election competition? I want to add it to the wiki. -- nm - Max Nov 4, 14:51 3
- Here (with the correct answers) - psilotum Nov 4, 14:54
- He started his political career as Governor of California... -- nm - con_carne Nov 4, 14:52 1
  - then he had an operation, became a girl who was possessed by the Devil and starred in that movie. -- nm - CrankYanker Nov 4, 14:54
Guess how long I hadto wait to vote? -- nm - the liioulu iwht caffeine Nov 4, 14:51 7
- con carne wins! Prize is a new president! Though Vermin's answer is also correct. - the liioulu iwth caffeine Nov 4, 15:19
- Long enough to OD on caffeine? -- nm - TaurusII - I voted (early) Nov 4, 15:05
- One minute -- nm - con_carne Nov 4, 15:02
- 4 years? -- nm - dogbert183 Nov 4, 14:58
- Seems like about 18 months now. -- nm - Candidate Vermin Nov 4, 14:57
- 312.5 seconds -- nm - psilotum Nov 4, 14:54
- 23 hours -- nm - secretslacker Nov 4, 14:54
monkeys are watching. -- nm - truman mobile Nov 4, 14:47
We've had 1 hit (just one) using the phrase "baseball hat with ear flaps" ... in quotes. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 4, 14:47
kilbo, your "first" made me think of April 15th, when the goverment has workers standing outside the Post Office to collect your tax forms, and they - CrankYanker Nov 4, 14:45
sorry to miss the election ST hijinks...but playing poker... - Beaker Nov 4, 14:43 1
- *dogpiles on you* -- nm - con_carne Nov 4, 14:45
Research states that Dems are more willing to answer exit polls - GJOSHVOTED Nov 4, 14:38 4
- They're statistically useless (exit polls, I mean, not democrats, although arguments could be made ... ;-)), so I treat them as entertainment. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 4, 14:55
- elitists -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Nov 4, 14:50
- Republicans are more likely to shoot the interviewer and drag his body home. -- nm - CrankYanker Nov 4, 14:42 1
  - not after the libs repeal the 2nd Amendment; abortion will be the only legal form of homicide -- nm - GJOSHGREEN Nov 4, 15:29
Wow, that sucks... been dying to see the SNL skits from last weekend... - secretslacker Nov 4, 14:37 4
- Try this. Probably works just as well for hulu -- (link) - oblique - I voted! Nov 4, 14:39 3
  - Does anonymouse work for stuff like this? Or what about just changing your proxy server? -- nm - Mop Nov 4, 15:10 1
    - Oh, I see. This is all about proxy settings. So long as you've got a browser, you can do this (not PC or Mac specific). -- nm - Mop Nov 4, 15:10
  - Thanks, but this looks PC only.. guess I can wait until I get home on Friday -- nm - secretslacker Nov 4, 14:55
I had a ballot initiative that sort of underscored the rural nature of the area I live in. To set up a mosquito abatement district in my county. -- nm - crash davis Nov 4, 14:37 7
- Can I ask how you voted? Or how they propose to abate the skeeters? - Candidate Vermin Nov 4, 14:44 6
  - I voted for it. I'm very anti-skeeter. There going to try a combination of fish that eat the larvae (can't remember the fish name) and releasing - crash davis Nov 4, 14:54 4
    - Nice. Part of me definitely cringes at the idea of purposefully messing with an ecosystem, but I also hates dem skeeters. -- nm - Votin' Vermin, torn Nov 4, 14:59 3
      - Yeah, but to borrow a popular current political phrase, West Nile virus in skeeters became a "game changer" -- nm - crash davis Nov 4, 15:06 2
        
        I would imagine! We don't get that up here... yet! - Candidate Vermin Nov 4, 15:12 1
        
        I remember one summer in Bethel, a Yupik pointed out to the bush and said "white boy like you shouldn't go out there, mosquitos kill you" :) - crash davis Nov 4, 15:16
  - Giant bug zappers -- nm - oblique - I voted! Nov 4, 14:45
18 boards ... 19, depending on your timezone ... and the polls haven't even closed yet. Yikes. - Beryllium Nov 4, 14:33 6
- *berymanders* -- nm - David Nov 4, 14:36 5
  - I run Sitemeter and Google Analytics at the same time, and I'm considering ditching sitemeter because of that site you found about it. However, - Beryllium Nov 4, 14:38 4
    - Like I told you the other day, I was burned out on site stats by 1999. - David Nov 4, 14:43 2
      - google's interface is a *lot* slicker than I initially gave it credit for, now that I've figured it out. Could be quite useful. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 4, 14:47
      - *weeps* -- nm - rollo Nov 4, 14:46
    - It's like your 401k, why do you need to check it in real-time? -- nm - oblique - I voted! Nov 4, 14:39
interesting article on photography in the election -- (link) - M Nov 4, 14:32
LIR: Votes only seem to not matter in retrospect. Prior to counting them, they matter as much as every other -- nm - oblique - I voted! Nov 4, 14:32 28
- Sheesh, it's like NOBODY saw 'Swing Vote'! - Candidate Vermin Nov 4, 14:35
- it's like the guy who shoots the goal in a game that makes a team win 3:2 - M Nov 4, 14:33
- Then why do the candidates spend weeks some states and never visit others? -- nm - Stewie Nov 4, 14:33 16
  - Because voting is by state and states that ride close to 50/50 require more attention - oblique - I voted! Nov 4, 14:35 11
    - I never said pointless...I said they don't count the same - Stewie Nov 4, 14:38 10
      - No, because each state is itself a separate election. Each vote in that state matters as much as the next -- nm - oblique - I voted! Nov 4, 14:40 3
        
        Agreed...but state to state they don't count the same - Stewie Nov 4, 14:43 2
        
        Your individual vote isn't considered nationally. Your state decision is. I call shenanigans for trying to make the comparsion when they are not the - oblique - I voted! Nov 4, 14:44
        
        Which ours is. -- nm - Inigo Nov 4, 14:44
      - I've always been in favor of dumping the electoral system and going to a popular vote. -- nm - crash davis Nov 4, 14:39 5
        
        Abolish the US Senate! -- nm - psilotum Nov 4, 14:52
        
        you unamerican bastard! - dogbert183 Nov 4, 14:41
        
        me too -- nm - Stewie Nov 4, 14:41
        
        so you have an unpopular vote now? -- nm - M Nov 4, 14:40 1
        
        unpopular with some -- nm - crash davis Nov 4, 14:40
  - strategy - they are trying to change the most minds as possible in their time frame. and, they have to be *somewhere*. -- nm - Andie Nov 4, 14:34 3
    - if it was about changing the most minds they'd go where people most disagreed with them - Stewie Nov 4, 14:36 2
      - If it was a popular vote, maybe, but it's not. It's 50 state elections -- nm - oblique - I voted! Nov 4, 14:38
      - hey, i think your system needs revamping, don't try to convince me of that. :) -- nm - Andie Nov 4, 14:37
- Which indicates that the the way they seem prior to the count is just an illusion. -- nm - mara Nov 4, 14:32 8
  - What if Monty Hall offers a third candidate after you've already voted? -- nm - Max Nov 4, 14:41 1
    - I kick him in the nuts. Next question. -- nm - mara Nov 4, 14:54
  - Schroedinger's Electoral College? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 4, 14:35
  - Not to belabor, but if you run a stop sign and nothing happens, it had no effect. However, what if everyone did this? -- nm - con_carne Nov 4, 14:35 4
    - What-if's are theoretical constructs that have nothing to do with reality. I don't run stop signs because I'm trying not to get hit, not because of a - mara Nov 4, 14:51
    - I would get to work quicker? -- nm - dogbert183 Nov 4, 14:37 1
      - depends on how many others run over red lights .. -- nm - M Nov 4, 14:38
    - are you trying to encourage or discourage voting, by alluding to traffic accidents? :) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 4, 14:35
No polls by my exit -- nm - oblique - I voted! Nov 4, 14:31 1
- *golf clap* -- nm - dogbert183 Nov 4, 14:32

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