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Do you remember those dark meat McNuggets? Yum!

Or, perhaps, since it's someone like Ellen, enough people pushing back at the complainers will help us become a little less of a reactionary society. Anyone who sees this as racist is looking for a fight to pick. I'm sure she would have Photoshopped herself onto Phelps if it made sense to swim to stores.

I've watched The Force Awakens a few times recently (background while working out) and it's grown on me a bit. However, I watched A New Hope today and I definitely still prefer the original trilogy (well, at least IV and V.) Think I'll watch Empire next. I am definitely looking forward to both Rogue One and Episode VIII.

Honestly, I think the guy just makes a lot of (often off the cuff) one-liner jokes that (right or wrong, given the position) are taken (too) seriously. That helped him in the primaries with the people that you're referring to, but it's part of what's killing him in the general. I remember him saying something right after Cruz stepped down about someone telling him that he needed to be more presidential. He replied (and I'm going off of memory here) that he'll be presidential when he's elected president, but that he'll continue to do what he did in the primaries when going up against Clinton. That's looking like a bad choice.

What's his status after that two years, though? Isn't he a UFA? If so, they can't ship him off. They can sign him to new contract (up to 8 years), trade his rights (which expire when free agency opens up) or let him walk. Either way, he gets to choose where he goes (or stays, if Chicago wants him.)

Man, I don't particularly like Trump or long to see him as President, but seeing Hillary with a lead (much less one that big) over anyone this close to election literally makes me :sick:

There is only one. Anything else was just bad YouTube fan fiction.* * That's what I keep telling myself about Star Wars trilogies, too.

Well, it is a nice version of a "sharpen your swords" based logo. I'm not a big fan of that look on the Sabres' page, but it is what they are using. I guess that I'd liken it to having a nice black and red logo in 2005.

What, nobody YouTubes anymore?

In a compilation of 34 mock drafts, Nylander: Went 4th in 1 Went 5th in 2 Went 6th in 11 Went 7th in 7 Was available at 8 in 13.

I took one of those long quizzes that matches your policies with candidates' and despite having many of the original Republican and all three of the original Democrats in it, the top-2, by far, were Libertarian candidates (btw, Hillary was second-to-last.) However, even if they get on the NY ballot, I know that voting for them (Johnson, most likely) would be symbolic, at best. Unfortunate, but true.

Me, too. Which reminds me ... I will be unhappy if/when they put ads on the jerseys ... I will stop watching if they put them on the front of the helmets:

Probably been posted before, but ... NHL to Test Uniform Ads During 2016 World Cup.

Damn all those sororities that wouldn't let me join because I'm not a woman. I just wanted to join in their pillow fi ... uh ... lifelong bonds of sisterhood.

You really want a cause to get behind? There have been an estimated 17,000 deaths this year (88,000 annually) related to the 21st Amendment. Unlike guns (you can argue the extent, but the example above shows that it's more than zero), there is no other benefit (assuming you aren't cleaning wounds with scotch, vodka, etc) of alcohol than entertainment (and/or self-medication.) Bring back the 18th, I say! I'm not saying that one can't argue for both; just pointing out that you are picking your cause for other reasons than the numbers and benefits. Also note that there are on the order of 100 million gun owners in America, who own hundreds of millions of firearms. The New York Safe Act resulted in a very small percentage of the estimated number of "assault weapons" in the state being registered and many (most?) of those were by law enforcement personnel, who really had to register (and had less reason not to.) Law enforcement agencies are refusing to enforce it. Most (81%) of the Safe Act related arrests are in New York City, which already had stronger laws in place before it was enacted. Additionally, many of the related arrests were for things that were already illegal (for example, the AW rule used to have a two-feature test, but now has a one-feature test, so having a full-featured AR-15 was already illegal here.) What do you think will happen if they repeal the 2nd Amendment? At best, you'll get wide-spread disobedience (with likely many 10's of millions of otherwise law-abiding citizens choosing not to comply and instantly becoming felons); at worst, well ...

That might be true if she were to stick to them after receiving the nomination. However, if she's willing to swing left to beat him, what's to say that she won't swing back towards center to win the general? I have a feeling that she and Trump will be meeting in the middle this fall.

It's kinda like the 2-point system in the NHL. Hate it on principle, but with 82 games and adjusted strategies, it's not really going to change the ranking much. Of course, a 3-point system wouldn't take a constitutional change, so ...

^ Looks like Toronto. Charts updated.

If I'm not mistaken, Risto had already been out there for most/all of the 4-on-3 up to that point and then was put right back for the last 2 seconds.

That pretty much covers it.

Puttin' on the Ritz!

Yes, I always update the first post with the current charts.

I come here a bit ... I'm here ... uh ... you know ... from time to time.

Yup. Right-Left doesn't do a good enough job categorizing people, but more-and-more is does a good job defining the promises (as noted, most unlikely to happen) of politicians. No Republican candidate could hope to win the nomination, even with the most fiscally conservative policies, if he/she were to say something even remotely left socially like, say, "you know what, allowing same sex couples from entering into a legal contract that happens to be called 'marriage' does not affect any faith's right to determine who they marry 'under God', so I say let them do it." Yet, I know a lot of 'the People' who feel that way about both policies. The closest you can get is a Libertarian, because they often reach the same end, socially, even though they do it for different reasons.

Reagan nominated Kennedy in November of 1987 -- he was confirmed in 1988 -- and that was after two nominees were not confirmed. As noted, Fortas was a justice in 1965 and was nominate for Chief Justice in 1968. Brennan was a recess appointment and was also a Democrat (Eisenhower was a Republican up for reelection.) Murphy was nominated January 4, so yes, but just barely. Cardozo was a Democrat appointed by a Republican up for reelection. Not exactly a strong history (assuming Obama isn't going to nominate a right-leaning candidate) in the last 100 years.