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QUOTE (StrangeSox @ May 17, 2016 -> 09:29 AM) It's been pointed out to greg several times that there are like maybe two people on this board who could even by called hillary fans with most of the rest of the liberals offering lukewarm support, but facts never stopped a greg argument before so The 2008 version of the Democratic thread was a Barack Obama love-fest, very anti-Hillary, I remember it vividly. I've warmed on her since then because I was being pretty unfair back then, but I'm still not what anyone should consider a "fan." I don't even dislike Bernie, aside from confusing decisions his campaign has made and thinking his campaign manager is bad at his job. I just know how to count!

I just lol'd at my desk.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ May 17, 2016 -> 09:06 AM) I hate it. Change it back or I do something about it. I don't know what. But I will do something. I still log in with the same name, FWIW.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ May 17, 2016 -> 09:03 AM) Change your name back now. It's been about a week and I'm still not used to it.

By the letter of the rule, Westbrook traveled, but I really don't wanna hear whining about it from Golden State, they blew a 16-point lead and put themselves in the situation where they had to hope Westbrook f***ed up.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ May 9, 2016 -> 11:49 PM) If my ISP has emailed me about illegally downloading tv shows, is there a way to hide from my ISP that I am downloading things? Get an Amazon fire stick and put Kodi on it, and then load Exodus onto Kodi. You can watch literally anything.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ May 17, 2016 -> 07:37 AM) For me, it was Bernie's NY Daily News interview that finally pushed me over to Hillary. I don't think that interview was really as bad as it was made out to be. Like his answers on the banks, they weren't eloquent, but on substance he was mostly correct. Hillary came off much more prepared citing specific sections (she actually always does this) and Bernie sounded like he was annoyed he even had to answer, and to do so was beneath him. It's not like when she ran against Obama, he knew policy inside and out just like she did so he wasn't intimidated by her, or McCain, despite his "lack of experience"

I'm really not a Hillary fan, everything I said about her on this board in 2008 still applies. I was voting for Sanders right up until about 2 days before the Maryland primary when he started openly demonizing even the concept of fundraising for the rest of the Democrats down the ticket - that was it, I can't support that, it's a bridge too far. His sanctimony is the highest priority, not actually accomplishing anything. That doesn't mean I voted for Clinton though, I voted uncommitted and voted the rest of the ballot. But seriously, Clinton against Trump? Come on, that's easy.

Typical Trump supporter on Twitter right here - his profile is like the Oppressed White Male starter pack. https://twitter.com/bluskadooshbag2

When they lose games, it's not like they are getting their ass kicked, they are losing in the way that a baseball team loses games. Like they scored 7 runs, but couldn't hold a lead late in the game and lost by 2. Or they held the opponent to 2 runs but just weren't hitting that day against a good pitcher. Things like that. Last year, if the opposing team got to 4 runs, you pretty much knew it wasn't happening, if you were even bothering to watch.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ May 16, 2016 -> 11:18 AM) Did she? Trying to put the timeline together but how well was Ramsey known before he took over Winterfell? Osha ran away when Theon took the castle. Depending on where her character has been, it's conceivable she was truly unaware how sadistic he was. The Boltons were already known for that, Ramsay was just known for it in the extreme.

My best guess is that Michael B. Jordan will be Erik Killmonger (rumor had that he was cast as a villain). Some dudes I know were arguing in a Facebook group that he wasn't big enough to be Killmonger, I had to remind them that comic book characters aren't real.

QUOTE (Deadpool @ May 16, 2016 -> 09:46 AM) This one is particularly contentious on the Dem side. I think Bernie is a decent man, but his followers are desperate now that he won't be the candidate. I am seriously tired about hearing how crooked the DNC or Hillary is. Bernie supporters are pretty annoying on social media when you are doing anything other than carrying water for Bernie, but my worst run-ins have been with Trump supporters. Those are a whole other breed of people I've never seen before. Conservatives, at least, think and behave in pretty predictable ways. These guys are something else.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ May 16, 2016 -> 09:30 AM) I really don't like Dhanery's and that ending was meh. Footage looked so hokie. Liked the whole rest of the episode but literally enjoy the show best when she isn't on it. Easily the character I least enjoy (I mean I can't stand sersei or ramsay but it is for different reasons, they are actually really interesting characters). Daenerys has been an insufferable twit for the past 2 seasons, mainly cuz she has a simplistic approach to everything which leaves a mess everywhere she goes (I had taken to calling her Daenerys W. Bush). Having Tyrion there, who actually knows something about ruling, was going to help before she was chased out of Meereen, but since he did that deal in her absence I'm sure she is gonna clash with him over her moral purity. That was part of her problem and I'm not sure she knew it. It was just good to see her being a BAMF again, though.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ May 16, 2016 -> 09:37 AM) This is the election of people complaining about candidate supporters. Every time someone does something crazy it has to be a reflection of that supporters whole base. Maybe every election is like that and I just never noticed. They are, but this one more than normal.

I went to Best Buy this weekend to go get that Uncharted collection and the $20 sale was over... damn.

Ramsay a rapper, and that letter he sent to Jon is Hit 'Em Up, Ether, and The Warning all wrapped in one.

Sale just felt like making it interesting at the end. Allow a couple base runners to see if he can stay under 100 pitches.

To this extent that this silly "media conspiracy" is a thing, if anything, the media made it seem like Obama was in danger of not being re-elected which never was actually true at any point in 2012. His actual approval rating didn't really change that much then. Obama's approval rating doesn't really matter, it's held within the same narrow range the past few years. Democrats adore him, Republicans despise him, a handful of people go back and forth depending on how their own lives are going, that's all. When he leaves office, it will go up even higher, it always does. Bush had the worst approval rating of any modern president when he left, and after a couple of years they basically forgave him. Obama will leave office much more popular and they will cut him some slack, too.

QUOTE (bmags @ May 13, 2016 -> 12:06 PM) This should be terrifying to everyone, and an example of why the presidency is a serious job, as the republican establishment bucks in line to support this guy: http://www.ibtimes.com/donald-trump-slams-...t-taxes-2368589 That's actual fascism, not like the internet "I don't like that guy's policies" fascism. QUOTE (StrangeSox @ May 13, 2016 -> 12:30 PM) This is why we can't have nice policy arguments: Also a bunch of people think the deficit's gone up but it's actually gone waaaaaaaaay down. (I think this is cuz people don't know the difference between deficit and debt.)

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ May 13, 2016 -> 12:06 PM) Trump, the "self-funding" man who is going to get money out of politics, actually just loaned his campaign money and is now courting major donors whose donations will be used to pay back the loan. http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-elect...r_feed_politics He's been doing that the whole time actually.

This video about "Bernie Math" is sooooo apt.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 12, 2016 -> 02:32 PM) I read what really eats into NFL attendance is fantasy football, which is supposedly also a reason the NFL's popularity vs. other sports. A huge amount of people want to watch multiple games at the same time. It's good for bars. The TV is where the big money is at, though. (same is true of baseball, actually). That's the main reason CFL players make so much less than NFL players despite the fact that the CFL is pretty popular in Canada and has strong attendance.

QUOTE (Deadpool @ May 12, 2016 -> 01:37 PM) Ahh yes. The lost art of bad fake bunting. Awesome username, BTW. heh, I should've changed it years ago

QUOTE (Kalapse @ May 12, 2016 -> 01:42 PM) Yep, PS4 and there are actually EXTRA trophies for the PS4 version! It's like $34 on Amazon right now. Yeah I'm copping that. Good looking out. I make more money now than I did last gen so I can actually have both consoles, lol. Uncharted was one of the ones I missed out on that I wanted to play really bad, this is back in the days when Mass Effect was still a Xbox 360 exclusive.