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QUOTE (bmags @ May 5, 2016 -> 09:57 AM) The politiking of Puerto Rico as some sort of "other" is really making me sad. US should really sell or grant independence to their non-state properties and just buy land for military bases on them. US Samoa, Marshall, Guam, etc. Not fair these places can get so railroaded by crises because out of sight out of mind, and then when they do need help, there is incentive for a party to punish them for their home voters. I thought that there's overwhelming support in PR against independence? Statehood is always going to face a huge uphill battle because it'd be a guaranteed 2 more Senate seats for Democrats and several House seats as well at the expense of other states.

QUOTE (illinilaw08 @ May 5, 2016 -> 09:34 AM) Not to hijack this thread, but aren't most current high speed rail proposal regional? High speed rail makes a lot of sense in the northeast, and in the Midwest (linking Minneapolis, Chicago, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Detroit, Columbus, etc.). The infrastructure would be really expensive, but that's how high speed rail reasonably makes sense in the US. I think the major projects being pushed right now are high-speed lines between LA-San Fran and LA-Las Vegas.

A look at the uphill battle the GOP was facing this year, with or without Trump at the top of the ticket: That's giving ®'s a bunch of states that they would struggle to win anyway. The paths to 271 for Republicans are pretty limited.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 4, 2016 -> 06:10 PM) She wants to avenge her family and saw how awesome Jaqen was when he saved her life and wore other faces to pull it off. she also didn't really have anywhere else to go

we had a coyote in our backyard the other night

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ May 5, 2016 -> 07:54 AM) I start at 7:25 and get out at 2:15. It sucks to have to wake up at 5:45, but at least I get home pretty early compared to some other schools. Just 9 more full days and I'm done. Praise the lord. Ha, my wife was saying the same thing last night (she's a teacher).

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 26, 2016 -> 11:28 AM) http://jezebel.com/i-hope-you-get-raped-ag...sten-1773096108 Julie DiCaro and Sarah Spain have mean tweets read to them by some guys who weren't aware of what they were going to read Sarah Spain was on NPR this morning with some commentary on the video, audio available at the link: http://www.npr.org/2016/05/05/476844444/vi...have-become-the

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 4, 2016 -> 04:00 PM) Then why the hell have we had MEN and WOMEN bathrooms forever? We haven't! These sorts of laws really came into vogue in the late 19th and early 20th century.

What's weird about the people melting down over this issue is that I've definitely seen parents bring opposite-sex small children into the bathroom with them. If you're a dad with a toilet-training 3 year old daughter, you've got to either bring her in the men's bathroom with you or go into the women's bathroom with her.

Let's go back to Roman times. Non-segragated, open bench-style washrooms where you're looking the other person in the eye while you drop a duece.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ May 4, 2016 -> 01:59 PM) I can't agree with these more. I'm currently seeing my hardcore Berner friends pining for a Sanders/Kasich ticket. Or Jill Stein. Or Gary Johnosn. It is so clearly not about the issues with them anymore. It's about being special. Eh there were plenty of Hillary PUMA's after the primaries in 2008. They came around. Sanders/Kasich though, lol. That makes no sense.

lol at this cartoon from last year.

That's implicit in "coalition within the Democratic Party," SHillary supporter!

Day 1 of the General Election campaign: Trump to stick with Muslim ban

Kasich to announce he's ending his campaign. It's all Trump now. http://www.cnbc.com/2016/05/04/john-kasich...atest-news.html

watching the highlights, that breaking ball to Big Papi, fantastic.

If he falls short of the nomination (he will) but manages to build a stronger left-liberal coalition within the Democratic Party, it's still a win for his ideology.

a compilation of Nate Silver headlines regarding Trump:

I think I've already watched more innings of White Sox baseball this year than I did all of last year. Keep winning, and the fans will come.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ May 4, 2016 -> 05:54 AM) Don't use that hashtag ever again, please. #WeAreGoodest

QUOTE (lostfan @ May 3, 2016 -> 11:45 PM) Carly Fiorina managed to lose twice in the same race. Nobody has ever done that before. I'm impressed. Maybe Trump will name her his VP and make it a hat trick? Ted Cruz knew he was going to have to fire a bunch of people very soon, and he picked the right person for the job! Even though trump essentially has the nomination locked up at this point, there could still be some interesting shenanigans at the convention over the party platform and the VP nomination. Delegates are unbound for both of those, and Cruz did manage to weasel in a lot of his supporters.

Right, the rest of the states for the Democrats are proportional whereas a lot of the Republican states have been winner-take-all or at least winner-take-most. So even if Bernie keeps winning each state, he's not going to win enough to make up the delegate gap, superdelegates or not. edit: I've basically been ignoring the dem primary since I voted because: 1) I accepted that Hillary was almost assuredly going to be the nominee 2) I remain baffled by anyone who is enthusiastic about her candidacy 3) both the Hillary and Sanders hardcore supporters camps have been insufferable for months.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ May 3, 2016 -> 02:30 PM) Sure, the margins are pretty high, but they are full with state of the art technology. Want to see a high profit margin? Check out HDMI cables. Its insane Anything in the "audiophile" market is just bonkers. $250+ for solid copper power cords (what's the wiring in your wall and from the nearby transformer, lol), thousands of dollars for a single interconnect, hundreds of dollars for wooden knobs, etc.

The Dorne storyline is such a mess in the show. Hopefully they find a way to quickly write that out.