1 hour ago, Gamebreaker said:

Just finished watching Into The Spiderverse with my two sons. Surprised there isn't more talk in here about it. Question for those who saw it. 

 

 

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Was the Peter parker who died the Toby Maguire version from the first Sony trilogy? I say that due to the origin story montage in the beginning that went over events that happened in the original trilogy. And since each Spider-Man did an origin story montage when they were introduced.

 

Spiderverse was awesome.  Even knowing about the good reviews going in I have to say, it far exceeded my expectations.  Great animation style, voice actors, story...definitely worthy of the hype.  

Re your question:

19 hours ago, Elessar78 said:

I can’t eat eggs and chicken together, something perverse about the whole idea.

you anti-mixing meat people are crazy.  And, for the anti-CFA people, i would add that the chicken egg and cheese on a biscuit from CFA is the best fast food breakfast out there.

Last Crusade is better than Raiders of the Lost Ark.

I really don't hate the Patriots that much at all.  No more than any other decent non-NFCE team.

James Cameron is a hack.  He hasn't written a compelling character since Sarah Connor.

Let me summarize the bombshells in the memo:

1 hour ago, redskinss said:

But how does that heal society? 

Just time? 

Basically what I'm saying is,  I have way too many people I used to consider friends before all this trump nonsense that I now either despise or would rather not associate with. 

How do I get back to calling them friends? 

by doing the little things.

Don't take politics too seriously.  Try to unplug from it from time to time.  It's good for you mental health.  

You didn't become friends with them for their political beliefs in the first place, I assume.  If you can't have civil conversations about politics, talk about something else, and don't engage on that topic if they bring it up.

If they post a lot of crap on FB that is getting in the way of your friendship, unfollow them.

It's good to have friends with varying political positions.  Helps you remember that people who disagree with you aren't a bunch of monsters who want to destroy this country.  Just good people with differences of opinion on issues that are infinitely more complex in the real world than we treat them in conversation.  

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An Australian school has covered a statue from view because of its "potentially suggestive" depiction of a saint handing a loaf of bread to a boy.

 

 

2 hours ago, skinsmarydu said:

I remember that story now, I just didn't know who told it!  I've passed on the wisdom to my male friends on occasion, just so you know. 

Lol just to clarify I have never made that mistake myself.  It was a piece of advice given to me by the guy who gave me his bacon wrapped jalapeno poppers recipe ?

10 hours ago, stevemcqueen1 said:

Used all of my Hatch chiles tonight.  Made a big pot of chile verde and a pan of chile corn bread.  It was so good.  But I had to roast the chiles one by one on my gas range and that was a real chore.  So was peeling them.  My fingers were burning for hours after I finished.

At least you didn't go to the bathroom halfway through...

Capt. Hindsight says, invest in some disposable plastic gloves 

I made some pulled turkey and Alabama-style white sauce last night.  Damn good eating

Seen on my way in to work this morning:

14 minutes ago, FanboyOf91 said:

 

 

That is tremendous.

Impressive by any standard...except the only one that matters

6 hours ago, SkinsPassion4Life said:

 

The government can put a cap on increases, can't they?  

Okay.  Same hypothetical but this time you want to move to a new state for a job or to care for a relative or for one of the many other reasons people move.  Your current insurer does not sell policies in your new state.  The folks who do sell there won't sell to you because you had cancer.  

Or your insurer decides to get out of the private health market altogether.  

Now what?

13 hours ago, SkinsPassion4Life said:

Someone needs to explain to me why insurance companies should cover pre-existing conditions?

 

 

Because if they don't, then any insurance purchased on the market (not through your employer) is illusory.

Let's say you have a privately purchased plan.  You've always been insured your whole life, and paid your premiums every year.  Then this year it turns out you have been diagnosed with cancer.  When it comes time to renew, your insurance company can (and will) jack your rates to something astronomical.  Way more than you could possibly afford.  You can't go to another carrier because you have a preexisting condition and they won't cover it.  Now you've lost your coverage, permanently.  

Non-employer based coverage, without a mandate to cover pre-existing conditions, is little better than emergency-only coverage.  

Unless my eyes are deceiving me, Ted Cruz is proposing a...compromise?  Is that still a thing?

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/6/29/15890954/senate-health-care-bill-insurance-regulations-ted-cruz

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Enter Cruz. Here’s how the Texas senator described his plan, in his own words, on Wednesday:

If an insurance company offers at least one plan in the state that is compliant with the (Obamacare) mandates, that company can also sell any additional plan that consumers desire.

What that does is it maintains the existing protections, but it gives consumers additional new options above and beyond of what they can purchase today.

 

The article goes on to talk about how they're proposing trimming the Medicare cuts and increasing opiate funding.

Obviously the devil is in the details, particularly the detail of exactly how much of the Medicaid reduction is being left in place, but that first part at least seems like a good idea, and maybe one of those elusive "fixes" to Obamacare everyone has been pining for, with one caveat:  IMO they should have to offer plans at each tier if they also want to offer non-compliant plans.  Offering only a bronze catastrophic plan, or only a platinum plan, doesn't really further the goals here.  

5 hours ago, DogofWar1 said:

Yeah, I was gonna say (but I got sleepy before saying it last night, haha), I could see that scenario but for Trump's seeming love affair with Putin/Russia, his meddling in the investigation, AND his seemingly lack of curiosity about how Russia attacked us.

 

There are too many circumstantial data points suggesting that the TrumpRussia thing is beyond mere coincidence to not at least suspect he knew something.

T is a 30k foot guy, not a details guy in any respect.  And if you're part of the team and having these convos with Russia, there are a few good reasons to keep T in the dark about it (he's a blabbermouth, plausible deniability, etc.).  Whatever was going on there, I don't think he knew the full scope of it.  But he's plainly concerned about SOMETHING that Flynn knows, and has gone to great lengths to try to stay in touch with him, end the investigation, etc. to keep him from flipping and spilling the beans.

42 minutes ago, Kilmer17 said:

 

 

BUt the bottom line is that in the end, Ossoff spent about 220 dollars per EXTRA vote (over Stooksbury) and Handel spent about 200 per extra vote (over Price).

 

 

 

This is not correct.

Handel got 57k fewer votes than Tom Price (134k to his 192k).  That's about $420 spent per vote under Price.

Ossoff got about 5k more votes than Stooksbury (124k to his 119k).  A big achievement to get no dropoff in a congressional election, but at a steep price of $6,300 per extra vote.

https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/georgia-congressional-runoff-ossoff-handel  

https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/georgia-house-district-6-price-stooksbury

10 hours ago, stevemcqueen1 said:

 

LOL Trump's a ****ing anchor.  He's the reason these races have been close.  The actual truth is that Democrats haven't yet figured out how to pry away Republican strongholds.  It's going to take a lot more than spending a ton of money on ads and mailers and attracting national attention to your campaign for a few months.  Democrats are literally going to have to go into these places and engage with the voters and recruit quality local Democrats for candidacies at the municipal and state level.  It's going to take a long term effort to establish lines of communication with these polities and change hearts and minds.

A smart take on that subject:

http://steveschale.com/blog/2017/6/20/one-big-lesson-from-ga-06.html

59 minutes ago, @SkinsGoldPants said:

 

If Trump was - 20. Then I'm confused how this is polling 50/50. 

Compared to Romney . Romney won the district by like 20+ points.  T won it by 1

Weather update - just drizzle in Cobb county as of about 530.  After work crowd should be fine

3 hours ago, visionary said:

 

Update:

It actually turned out to be a pretty heavy in spots, and a lengthy storm.  Still going at my office, a few miles southwest of the district.  For people who were planning on voting at lunch or after work, there is a definite possibility this is a deterrent.  The question is, who does that harm the most?  I seem to remember reading that expectations were Ossoff would be performing better in early voting and Rs get a lot of Tuesday voting and would be relying on great turnout today to overcome the difference, but that may be apocryphal.  Maybe it comes down to who's more motivated to vote, and enthusiasm numbers should definitely be favoring dems.  On the other hand, maybe all that enthusiasm only translates to early voting.

I would be surprised if we know the winner before early morning.

2 hours ago, @SkinsGoldPants said:

 

Because I believe a lot of people are buying a myth on why they are getting screwed over. Just like the folks who buy the story that coal is coming back. You tell me. Are illegal immigrants stealing jobs in GA-6? Did Unions make labor too expensive and force jobs away? Are corporations overregulated there?

 

If all those things changed....would jobs and opportunity show up? Or would the folks who are already profiting, just keep whatever more they make by automating and never hiring more? 

A number of those are Trump questions, and I would posit part of the reason why he was -20 in this district compared to Romney.  

We have plenty of jobs and opportunity in this district already.  Some of the ones who are already profiting live in places like Ga-6.  Like I said, it's a pretty wealthy district, and iirc one of the top 15 house districts in the country in terms of % of adults with a college degree.  A lot of these people want tax cuts for the rich, a low regulatory environment, etc. because that's what benefits their pocketbook.

1 minute ago, nonniey said:

No but you may get exit polls later in the day. Hope Handel pulls this off so we can avoid the over reactions in the media.

Overreactions are guaranteed no matter the outcome. 

15 hours ago, @SkinsGoldPants said:

Until we see something different happen. Never underestimate the ability of people to vote against interests of themselves and their communities. 

GA-6  resident here.

I'm interested to hear why it is you think that people voting for Handel in this district would represent a vote against the interests of themselves and their communities.

fwiw, I despise Trump, voted Ossoff this morning, and think Handel is a terrible politician who deserves to lose this ruby red district because her campaign was just atrocious...but for a highly educated upper middle class community that is somewhat socially conservative (i.e., more liberal than much of Georgia, but not "liberal") a chamber of commerce republican would probably reflect a lot of the interests of this community.  I think you see that reflected in how Ossoff styled his campaign also.  

This is not a DIY question, but a home maintenance question about hvac.

In short, my house is about 20 years old and the units are original.  One has been leaking refrigerant for a few years.  We've had it refilled twice, but it's a band aid not a solution.  After spending $400+ on a refill last year, that unit went again yesterday.  (bonus - they're phasing out the old R-22 refrigerant, so each time it gets dramatically more expensive to refill).  So we're going to bite the bullet and replace the units.  here's the question:

How essential is it to replace the furnace with the A/C units?  Those things are 20 years old also, but we haven't had any problems with them yet.  Obviously more cost effective to replace everything at once than do it piecemeal, and I know the HVAC guys like to talk about the harmony of the system and whatnot...but is it really in my best interests as a consumer to do both, even if the furnace isn't clearly on the brink of dying?  I'm financially able to if that's the best thing to do, but not looking to drop an extra couple grand that I don't have to.

Thanks!

On 5/6/2017 at 11:53 AM, Sacks 'n' Stuff said:

I'm honestly thinking about pulling all of my money out of the market. There's just no way this is sustainable right? Even if there wasn't a complete dolt in the oval office.

 

Thoughts?

I think it depends on how old you are and what you are planning on doing with the money that you have in the market?  

Timing it right, both when to pull out and one to get back in, is extremely difficult.  Very easy to leave too early and get back in too late and end up losing more at the end of the day.  

Eventually the market will go down.  Maybe a lot.  But then it will eventually come back up again.  

5 hours ago, Sacks 'n' Stuff said:

Explain please. From initial descriptions, I'm wondering if I wouldn't be owed royalties. I invented something very similar around age 12. Put in a lot of hours over that summer between 7th & 8th grade.

Congrats on being a future billionaire!  (you did remember to patent it, right?)

On 4/18/2017 at 8:07 PM, RedskinsMayne said:

 

 

Out of curiosity, what about saying "Obama wire tapped me" is cause for resignation? What kind of repercussions should there be? What precedences are there for ousting an American politician for attacking a political opponent? Seems like petty squabble to me. It was stupid for Trump to say but you are over reacting.

On 4/19/2017 at 4:37 PM, Why am I Mr. Pink? said:

 

Trump accused a former president of a felony. 

 

Exactly so.  And not just any felony, but a felony that would have constituted one of the most severe crimes/abuses of power ever committed by a President.  

Recklessly accusing someone of a felony is libel per se.  Is libel a "high crime and misdemeanor"?  Well that's a vague phrase and I don't know.  But I'll tell you this - if perjury meets the bar then I see no reason why libel wouldn't also.

Dismissing that as a "petty squabble" is giving short shrift to the gravity of the allegation.

35 minutes ago, Larry said:

Saw a thing a while back. Disney has applied for a patent. Guests can wear a kind of VR headset, that allows CG images to be shown on top of reality, and will carry a light saber hilt with position and motion sensors. The VR will display a light saber blade coming from the hilt. Stations and drones around the park will "fire blaster bolts" (projected by the VR), which will be deflected by the light saber beam. 

That's called AR (augmented reality).  Sounds pretty awesome.  That's where FB and Google and all the big players are focusing.  Going to have a much bigger effect on our lives than VR will.  The possibilities are endless.  

10 minutes ago, dfitzo53 said:

A new gaming computer, or play make believe in a hotel for 2 days?

 

Hmmm....

 

Ever been on a Disney vacation before?  The Mouse has sticky fingers.

Hotel room for 2 nights at call it $250/night.  2 days of passes to an amusement park (over $100/day).  You're already over $700, and it's not clear if "all inclusive" in that article means food too.  Granted, if it is literal when it says $900-$1k/person so that a couple would be paying $1,800-$2k, that's a bit much.  But since the hotel room is part of it I'm assuming that would not be the case.