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Other political prediction I've heard: Hilary will step down after the midterm elections and challenge Obama in the primary. -- nm - Dano Nov 18, 09:54 16
- Not happening. Guaranteed, It's someone's wishful thinking. -- nm - MDH Nov 18, 10:00
- Yeah...there's less chance of that than Palin winning the GOP nomination. - Will Hunting Nov 18, 09:55 12
  - The interesting question there, is will Biden still be the VP nom in '12, or will they want to hand it off to a designated successor? -- nm - znufrii Nov 18, 09:57 11
    - What makes you think Biden wouldn't be the designated successor? -- nm - Ender Nov 18, 09:58 6
      - No way he runs in 2016 (assuming re-election) its Hilary or someone new -- nm - MDH Nov 18, 10:01 1
        
        Russ Feingold! -- nm - Dano Nov 18, 10:02
      - age & gaffe-proneness -- nm - Roger More Nov 18, 10:01 1
        
        oh, for VP? Just age -- nm - Roger More Nov 18, 10:02
      - He might very well be. - znufrii Nov 18, 09:59 1
        
        Not enough to look like you made a mistake. If Dan Quayle didn't get replaced, Joe Biden ain't. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 18, 10:00
    - He'll be the nominee barring death. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 18, 09:58 3
      - Biden isn't intended to be the president. He's the polished veteran helping out the less experienced guy. - David Nov 18, 10:00 2
        
        and as such he could walk away from a second term but the party wouldn't make the decision for him -- nm - z6rk Nov 18, 10:02
        
        He isn't intended to be President; but the only way he's replaced as VP in 2012 is if he's dead or dying. - Will Hunting Nov 18, 10:02
- can I have some of whatever they're smoking? -- nm - znufrii Nov 18, 09:55 1
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st has taste: any good recipes for hot cider (appropriate for a work gathering)? -- nm - b. Nov 18, 09:54
Poll question 2: Right now, w/o knowing any other candidates, what percent chance do you give Palin to win the GOP nom in 2012? - prayformojo Nov 18, 09:49 19
- I'm pretty sure she's smart enough not to run. - Dr.Vermin Nov 18, 10:03 1
  - She's certainly acting like she's planning to run -- nm - Roger More Nov 18, 10:04
- assuming that the GOP is smart enough to see through her shtick, 15%. - Beryllium Nov 18, 10:01
- 0%. -- nm - b. Nov 18, 09:55
- 0%. She is entirely incapable of running a national campaign. He reaction to criticism is hostility. - Mop (231 lbs) Nov 18, 09:53
- 40% -- nm - the nubbyphone Nov 18, 09:53
- It won't happen. She has Dubya's brains without his charm. -- nm - David Nov 18, 09:52 2
  - heh - prayformojo Nov 18, 09:54
  - (0.1%.) -- nm - David Nov 18, 09:53
- 1%...unless the GOP decides to forfeit another 4 years until someone else is ready. - Jim Nov 18, 09:51
- 6% -- nm - Ender Nov 18, 09:51
- Zero. She'll get creamed as being a quitter. And that's just for starters. -- nm - Remlik Nov 18, 09:51
- 5%. It'll be one of the boring dudes with good hair. -- nm - Reagen Nov 18, 09:50 1
  - I can't stand that guy Mitt Romney. Hope it's not him. I want to beat him with a hairbrush. -- nm - Loyola Nov 18, 09:52
- Less than 10% -- nm - Roger More Nov 18, 09:50
- 10% -- nm - Dano Nov 18, 09:50
- 0%. She gets absolutely torched by Romney, Pawlenty, Huckabee and at least 1 or 2 candidates we don't know yet. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 18, 09:50 1
  - e.g. I wonder if Jindal is still viable... - con_carne Nov 18, 09:58
- 45% -- nm - Loyola Nov 18, 09:49
Has there ever been back to back 2 term presidencies other than Clinton and Bush? -- nm - Loyola Nov 18, 09:47 15
- Jefferson, Madison, Monroe -- nm - Max Nov 18, 09:49
- Jefferson and Madison? -- nm - Remlik Nov 18, 09:49
- Ummm.......yeah? Reagan, Nixon, Eisenhower, (Truman had majority of 2 terms), FDR won 4...Wilson, Teddy Roosevelt had most of 2 terms - Will Hunting Nov 18, 09:49 12
  - I ask because I wonder if people got fatigued of 2 eight year rulings so much that the guy following them only lasted one term. -- nm - Loyola Nov 18, 09:51 6
    - recently it gets complicated because you have Truman and Johnson both taking over part way in terms. -- nm - Reagen Nov 18, 09:53 4
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        point of order: Truman was grandfathered into the 22nd amendment, and could have continued on like FDR. -- nm - Reagen Nov 18, 09:57 1
        
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      - I count Truman almost since FDR died 3 months into his term. Johnson ... not so much. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 18, 09:54
    - I think the fatigue is more often associated with party than longevity. -- nm - Max Nov 18, 09:53
  - no, he means back to back terms, then another president with back to back terms right after. -- nm - Reagen Nov 18, 09:50 4
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      - if you go strictly by full 8 year terms followed by 8 year terms, it's Max's answer. -- nm - Reagen Nov 18, 09:55 1
        
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    - Yeah exactly. -- nm - Loyola Nov 18, 09:51
Poll question 1: Right now, what percent chance would you give Obama to get reelected? -- nm - prayformojo Nov 18, 09:42 28
- most of you guys are way more optimistic than i am about this. right now i'd say about 10% -- nm - prayformojo Nov 18, 09:51 1
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- about 80-85%. -- nm - Reagen Nov 18, 09:49
- 98%. While the far right while continue to throw stuff up against the wall to see what sticks, his success/failure will be determined by the economy. -- nm - David Nov 18, 09:47
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  - just go ahead and speculate based on the merits of his administration so far. i'd particularly like to hear your answer on this -- nm - prayformojo Nov 18, 09:46 1
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    - heh -- nm - Zombie Ronnie Nov 18, 09:46
- 80% if the election were held today, a lot lower if there were a six-month or so campaign for the GOP to get behind a candidate. -- nm - znufrii Nov 18, 09:44
- Against Palin? He's toast. -- nm - mara Nov 18, 09:44 7
  - I think Palin is valuable to the Republicans because she is a lightning rod who will allow a more viable candidate to emerge in the primaries. -- nm - Dano Nov 18, 09:46 1
    - She makes a sexy shield. -- nm - Spawn Nov 18, 09:47
  - L3! -- nm - Spawn Nov 18, 09:45
  - Seriously? -- nm - Jim Nov 18, 09:44
  - don't anticipate poll question 2, mara -- nm - prayformojo Nov 18, 09:44
  - sarcasm? I don't think she has a chance in hell. -- nm - loosilu Nov 18, 09:44 1
    - Lots of voters in hell though. -- nm - Loyola Nov 18, 09:45
- 65% - Will Hunting Nov 18, 09:43 4
  - Which means whoever runs against him will have to make the election about something other than the economy. -- nm - Inigo Nov 18, 09:45 3
    - Which typically doesn't work in the absence of a huge issue (war/economy) - Will Hunting Nov 18, 09:47 2
      - I think it's really the appearance of the economy that drives voters than the economy itself. - Inigo Nov 18, 09:51 1
        
        The only reason I don't go higher is the potential it'll already have dropped south again...but that's about the only way I think the GOP gains a good - Will Hunting Nov 18, 09:53
- If the election were held today? 90% -- nm - con_carne Nov 18, 09:43
- 0% -- nm - Loyola Nov 18, 09:43
- Right now? n/a. -- nm - Spawn Nov 18, 09:43
- 75% -- nm - amoxy Nov 18, 09:42 1
  - I'd say this, too. -- nm - b. Nov 18, 09:56
Economic stimulus money helped upgrade what is now the world's fastest supercomputer. -- (link) - mara Nov 18, 09:38 3
- *laughs* -- nm - Batman Nov 18, 09:41
- WTF, isn't stimulus spending supposed to INCREASE jobs? That upgrade will put 100 people with slide rules out of a job! -- nm - Ender Nov 18, 09:40 1
  - a lot of the calculations done to get Apollo 13 back to Earth were done on slide rules. Also, not of of that work was done at NASA (some was at UofTor - z6rk Nov 18, 09:44
Some things are worth fighting for. Some feelings never die. I'm not asking for another chance. I just wanna know why. -- nm - David Nov 18, 09:37 5
- i had never seen the Living in America number before. That was just embarrassing. - prayformojo Nov 18, 09:41 3
  - It was very 80s. When it came out, Rocky IV -torched- box office records. - David Nov 18, 09:46 2
    - It mirrors the Die Hard series somewhat because in the first film the main character is an unlikely hero. - Inigo Nov 18, 09:48 1
      - And Rambo to an extent as well. Die Hard is hard to judge in that it's intended to mock films yet accidentally became the standard bearer. -- nm - David Nov 18, 09:52
- I was living for a dream, loving for a moment. Taking on the world, that was just my style. -- nm - Spawn Nov 18, 09:39
"the coffeemaker isn't working!" ah! ahh! ahhhh! "but the espresso maker is" phew. - b. Nov 18, 09:37
Kevin McKidd talks about the Rome movie and Call of Duty movie.... -- (link) - Remlik Nov 18, 09:37 4
- *splurt* (Rome spoilers) - znufrii Nov 18, 09:41 3
  - spoilers - Roger More Nov 18, 09:44 2
    - more spoilers - Roger More Nov 18, 09:53 1
      - I honestly figured that was the case already. - znufrii Nov 18, 09:54
Haloers: Any advice at getting better with aiming, moving and shooting at the same time? - Inigo Nov 18, 09:37 6
- There really isn't. Bungie never has focused on player training enough. - David Nov 18, 09:51 2
  - Thanks. Lots of practice then. My friend and I were dying on easy mode last night. -- nm - Inigo Nov 18, 09:53 1
    - If you're in a fire fight, find cover...your shields will regenerate. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 18, 09:56
- Play the campaign. that should help quite a bit. -- nm - Remlik Nov 18, 09:42 2
  - Oh, I am. Just wondering if there's anything besides that. -- nm - Inigo Nov 18, 09:43 1
    - If Halo had Batarangs, I would be unstoppable. -- nm - Spawn Nov 18, 09:44
Toronto in the running for Wrestlemania 26 at the Rogers Centre...could bring 40 million into the local economy. -- nm - Remlik Nov 18, 09:34 2
- The WM26 destination ain't already announced? I thought they always finalized that like 8 months in advance. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 18, 09:36 1
  - I know. -- nm - Remlik Nov 18, 09:41
AMC lied! - z6rk Nov 18, 09:33
Socialize with a friend while watching NBC shows, using the most awful web interface since AOL came to the web. -- (link) - Mop (231 lbs) Nov 18, 09:30
Heh. A guy at Merriam-Webster tweets the most-looked-up words in their online products every day. Yesterday's was "rogue" at #1 and "rouge" at #2. -- (link) - mara Nov 18, 09:27 4
- what's the difference between a hockey mom and a politician? -- nm - loosilu Nov 18, 09:33 1
  - politicians have more corporate sponsors -- nm - Beryllium Nov 18, 09:41
- my eighth level rouge attempts a backstab on the ogre (I actually came across some D&D players who pronounced it that way) -- nm - z6rk Nov 18, 09:31
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- It's a mockery of our (your) justice system to use our justice system? -- nm - Reagen Nov 18, 09:35 2
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  - (I think these guys think they live in an episode of 24) -- nm - Reagen Nov 18, 09:36
- as far as Weekly Standard articles go, that's barely a patch on this gem -- (link) - znufrii Nov 18, 09:33
- The Conan O'Brien bit last night where he strung together clips from the Oprah interview was really funny. -- nm - pmb Nov 18, 09:32 1
  - Is he trying to be Jon Stewart now? -- nm - Mop (231 lbs) Nov 18, 09:34
- I wish she would just go away -- nm - amoxy Nov 18, 09:29 3
  - Robots never give up, never surrender. -- nm - Spawn Nov 18, 09:31 1
    - Neither do we. -- nm - Bears Nov 18, 09:31
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who here knows geological eras and periods? what was the period of the last ice age? - Elf Andie Nov 18, 09:23 29
- and didn't you go to beringia when you were in whitehorse? -- nm - mafic Nov 18, 09:52
- figures I'd miss this. period would be quaternary/neogene (they're more or less the same thing), epoch you could argue either pleistocene or holocene - mafic Nov 18, 09:46
- I would describe the Beringian period as a North American developmental era, rather than a geological period. - MojaveMeg Nov 18, 09:32 1
  - excellent, thank you -- nm - Elf Andie Nov 18, 09:33
- "It was during the Pleistocene that the most recent episodes of global cooling, or ice ages, took place." -- (link) - mara Nov 18, 09:29 1
  - But Pleistocene is an epoch, while Quaternary is a period. -- nm - loosilu Nov 18, 09:33
- Another link...... -- (link) - MojaveMeg Nov 18, 09:28 1
  - thanks i was looking at the wiki one, and it's not there either, but if you google Beringian Epoch, you get hits -- nm - Elf Andie Nov 18, 09:30
- I believe Quaternary period (same one we are in now). -- nm - loosilu Nov 18, 09:27 5
  - and the geologic time scales I have found do not refer to anything Beringian (example). -- (link) - loosilu Nov 18, 09:28 4
    - re: Beringia. The Beringia land bridge existed at various times during the Pleistocene era (according to wiki). -- (link) - loosilu Nov 18, 09:30
    - Beringian would refer to a period in which there was a land bridge across the Bering Strait. -- nm - Reagen Nov 18, 09:29 2
      - or the cold-hearted rule of Bery the Mad. -- nm - Max Nov 18, 09:31
      - (I know) -- nm - loosilu Nov 18, 09:30
- I think it's this one - Will Hunting Nov 18, 09:26 1
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- Last Ice Age wasn't that long ago - it ended 10,000 years or so? - Roger More Nov 18, 09:26
- *lights up the mafic signal* -- nm - z6rk Nov 18, 09:26
- ( i think it's pleistocene, but where's mafic??) -- nm - Elf Andie Nov 18, 09:26 5
  - pleistocene covers the last (almost) 2 million years and the last ice age was only 20,000 years ago -- nm - z6rk Nov 18, 09:28 4
    - err, *peaked* 20,000 years ago -- nm - z6rk Nov 18, 09:29 3
      - Yes. We are technically still in an ice age. -- nm - Reagen Nov 18, 09:33 2
        
        but in an interglacial period of an ice age, right? -- nm - loosilu Nov 18, 09:35 1
        
        Yes. -- nm - Reagen Nov 18, 09:36
- Yesteryear and the Days of Yore! -- nm - oblique Nov 18, 09:26 1
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- Dawn of the Dinosaurs . -- nm - 21996 Nov 18, 09:24
- The Cold Times. -- nm - Spawn Nov 18, 09:24
Rates inverse grading polls very low (or high) on the ratings scale. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 18, 09:22
amoxy, can you try publishing your winning result from the boxoffice game to your feed and tell me if you get a pop-up that prompts you to do it or if - oblique Nov 18, 09:22 3
- Just did - amoxy Nov 18, 09:24 1
  - ah, yes. that I saw -- nm - oblique Nov 18, 09:25
- I see it now. Thanks! -- nm - oblique Nov 18, 09:24
Skin!!! -- nm - Spawn Nov 18, 09:21

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