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Context: it's 2017.

(I don't actually know, but after Charlottesville I'm less surpised by the question)
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I thought I signed up, whoops...I want in!

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12/13/2017
TWITTER - Adrian Gray (Center-Right Strategist. George W. Bush admin)

Trump favorability among Fox viewers (%):

Jun: 90
Oct: 74
Dec: 58

(Suffolk) https://t.co/qioNBOEVYm

https://twitter.com/adrian_gray/status/940998614293401600

Let's not fall for the myth that Donald's base cannot shrink further. We've talked about this for a year and we've seen that not be the case yet.

8/2/2017
TWITTER - Nick Gourevitch (Democratic pollster, partner at Global Strategy Group)

1: Some thoughts on new Quinnipiac poll: Trump hits low approval in part due to drop w/ base non-college whites (43% approve/50% disapprove) https://t.co/TiumFvUiqo

*BEGINNING OF THREAD*

https://twitter.com/nickgourevitch/status/892822081917857792

Rasmussen's had Donald drop 16% since his Inaugeration too, from 56% to 40% -- over a percent a month.

There may be a bottom to this barrel, but Donald hasn't proven he's hit it yet. I don't know what impact Net Neutrality's vote or his accusers unified will do to him next...and then there's Russia and this tax bill too, whatever they do.

Have faith in people to change their mind. Don't wait on them, but believe in them.
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CaptainOfCrush posted...

I've been wanting to make a "general money and investment" topic for a while, but it probably wouldn't generate enough interest to stick around long.

I'd lurk!
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Not that I count on Mario-games for story, but Super Mario Sunshine's ending was a sham -- both for beating it and for collecting 120 Shines.
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Up.
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Lots of comments and funny looks, halfway for the 'stache and halfway for the costume.
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Spoiler-tags would be appreciated in a topic comparing endings across an industry because we don't know what games will be mentioned or cared about by other people. Please don't assume that for other people.

They're barely any work to add spoiler-tags anyway.
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That guy's catching shit for that blank stare the rest of his life, but also there will be moments where he'll get to share that knowledge with someone unaware like "Dude, did you know not everybody swears on the Bible? I KNOOOOOW, me either!" and he'll get to feel smart again.
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ESPN NFL 2k5

Terrible ending for a wonderful series.
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Some people rock it better than me, but nobody's rocking it better than me today.

Let's do this.
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Can't wait to finish the job tomorrow...definitely not keeping this.
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I laughed way too hard at that.

Okay video time:
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The Massac'hair

https://imgur.com/a/ySyfk
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LOLIAmAnAlt posted...

you better keep the mustache after friday

This is my "yeah right" face until tomorrow.

https://imgur.com/gallery/dOTfy

Video uploading.
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That's so Dr Disrespectful.
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Good job sharing, thanks!
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Barber immediately stopped talking to her customer to say "Wow, look at that beard!"

Can't tell if picking it out this morning was a next positive or not.
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It'll grow back.

Time for a haircut.
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Finally, the time for GameFAQs Gold membership has come.

All part of the plan.
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12/14/2017
LA TIMES - FCC votes to repeal net neutrality rules, a milestone for Republican deregulation push

The 3-2 party-line vote by the Federal Communications Commission tears down the controversial utility-like oversight of internet service providers that was put in place by Democrats in 2015 to try to ensure the uninhibited flow of data online.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-net-neutrality-fcc-20171214-story.html

Best arguement Republicans can make to save face is it shut up liberals after Doug Jones just won.
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I'm gonna take a controversial stand: I can respect someone still doing the Harlem Shake in 2017.

But not those people. Fuck Ajit. He's destroying everything Al Gore worked for.
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Just heard "you and your ole' wooly beard."

Not for long, not for long.....
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What a story, damn.
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I've wondered since puberty.
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I picked my beard out today because it's my last chance so why not. A co-worker just greeted me with "get a little older and you could be Santa Claus."

I'll take it.
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I sure liked Employee of the Month, don't care what the haters say.

To transition back to containment, how has Andy Dick not been eaten alive by #metoo?
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That's funny. I also have a fat suit so I could go the Louie Anderson route.

Steve Harvey's the host nowadays though, so that's the connection most people are gonna make. Plus I have a bald cap! Absolutely no blackface though, won't go there.....
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I think Dane got it worse. Amy gets a lot of sexist shit though, sure.

I've not even heard of Dane Cook in a long time. What happened to him...

https://www.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/2hntbr/what_happened_to_dane_cook/

...oh.
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I'm hosting my office party's game of Family Feud Friday, so I'm going down to a Steve Harvey-style moustache for fun...and then I'm immediately getting rid of that ferret on my lip afterward to finish the job.

Before-shots:

https://imgur.com/gallery/rmu3E

Biggest beard I've had to date. It'll be missed! It's long outgrown my trimmers' max settings though to keep it in its best shape so it's time to do something about it.

Also, if there's great music to shave to I'm open to suggestions. The occasion must be honored.
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I was thinking it was even sooner than that...turns out it was a little longer (June 20th's death to September 10th's performance, 2011).

Regardless, yeah, incredibly too soon. I laughed and the joke's as fair game there as anywhere else, but I wish she would have chosen to pull that punch. That was deeply personal.
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I agree Amy's joke was too far and too soon -- I won't judge anybody for judging her harshly there. That remains at odds though with it being a professional roast, and there's no limits there unless you ask for a boundary before hand. I assume Steve-O didn't ask for his friend to be "too far," though I don't blame him for thinking that wouldn't be joked about either.

It reminds me of Jeff Ross's joke about how Courtney Love looks worse than Kurt Cobain now...except that joke had more time pass after his death first. I'd get judging harshly there too, but you gotta expect a roast to have at least one joke that goes too far for your personal sensabilities.
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Amy Schumer totally deserved to blow up -- she had been great for years before getting her show and movies.

Her latest Leather Special sucked though.

Also, she's related to Chuck Schumer and started speaking against guns (because a shooting happened during a Trainwreck screening, maybe opening night?) so that could explain some political ill will against her.
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That's the closest Mike Huckabee's been to a joke since he interviewed Donald Trump.
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^ One of the coolest things about MM5 -- getting all the letters was fun. I wish more MM-games incorporated a secret power or two like MM4 and MM5.
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https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/13/opinion/contributors/salma-hayek-harvey-weinstein.html

It's not clear to me if Salma already spoke up against Harvey or not, but this seems to go into detail about her battle with him.
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I still don't get the defcon jokes.
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12/12/2017
VOX - Doug Jones?s win just vastly improved Democrats? chances of retaking the Senate in 2018

Once Jones is sworn in, the 52-48 Republican majority will shrink to just 51-49. This means that Democrats will have to gain, on net, just two seats, rather than three, to retake control of the chamber.

It might not seem like this makes much of a difference, but it?s an enormous help for Democrats ? because they face such a horrifically bad Senate map in 2018.

Democrats have to defend a massive 26 Senate seats next year, while a mere eight Republican seats are up. And in addition to having fewer targets to aim at, Democrats are on defense in difficult territory ? they?re defending 10 seats in states Trump won. (Five of those are in states Trump won overwhelmingly.)

Furthermore, of those eight Republican-held seats on the ballot, just one is in a state Hillary Clinton won (Dean Heller in Nevada). There?s also an open seat in Arizona, a state where Clinton came relatively close to winning. But the other six GOP-held seats are in deep-red territory.

With both of those points in mind, it?s been very difficult to plot a plausible path to a three-seat Democratic gain. The party would have had to pull off the very challenging task of holding on to all of their own seats, and they?d probably have to win the GOP-held seats in Nevada and Arizona, and then ... they?d need one more. (Beating Ted Cruz in Texas or winning an open Tennessee seat are two possibilities, but both are long shots.)

Jones?s win changes this math. Now, defending all their incumbents plus winning just Nevada and Arizona would give Democrats a 51-49 majority in the Senate. That?s still a very heavy lift ? but it?s the most plausible the party?s chances have looked all year.

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/12/12/16766892/alabama-senate-election-2017-doug-jones-wins
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That tweet's saying if this same statewide vote was for Representatives instead of the Senate, Alabama would have six Roy Moores and one Doug Jones now in the House of Representatives.

Assuming there were seven Roys and seven Dougs running, but you get the point.
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That's been posted at least three times and it is so worth it each time.
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kevwaffles posted...

Anagram posted...

I can't say no to my parents because I suck.

So you omit the obvious best option in real life as well?

...nice.
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Zigzagoon posted...

4 is my favorite followed by 9 so I like this list :D

Cheers!

Mega Buster feels good and is necessary, you get a good selection of RMs with Pharoah Man being the star of them, and you have secret powers you can find too! It's dope.

pjbasis posted...

Where's 7 and 8

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CNN calls it for Doug Jones.
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ExThaNemesis posted...

Jones wins.

Sad. The people who will be happy about this do not deserve to be happy. They are awful.

Since you just started paying attention, you may have an opinion on this interview.


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I beat Splash Woman the other night and I hear ya: MM9 feels better and I'm not precisely sure why just yet.

That Wall-based Devil-type boss was mean and I didn't much appreciate it, so I understand.
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Set-up to high jump
Set-up to long jump
Repeat

Balls home in when they hit the ceiling

It was hard, but I liked it with the Mega Buster.
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MM9 >= MM4 > MM2 >= MM5 > MM10 >> MM3 > MM6 >> MM1

MM10's legit, but I'm gonna pick on it: some of its enemy patterns didn't feel intuitive, its powers were disappointing after seeing how effective MM9 was with them, and as much as I love Protoman the game doesn't feel designed around the little bit I've played of him or Bass. I'll play this again on Hard Mode later as Mega Man and see what that's like.

Also, eff Blade Man. I had to trick his AI on that left wall to survive.

Unique takes on the soundtrack though, and I thought it had some nice RM fights along the way (Strike Man comes to mind).
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I beat MM10 the other day.

Hype reignited.
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charmander6000 posted...

Exit polls show Moore winning 56-37 among voters who decided in the last few days perhaps a sign of the GOP base coming home to him.

If so, this lines up with how Donald had a similar break in his final stretch.

Except that's not the whole picture. Some of the polls were wrong to a degree, yes, but there was also something at work in the final days of the election: People who decided late broke strongly for Donald Trump in the states that mattered, according to exit polls. And without this apparent late surge, Hillary Clinton would be our president-elect not Trump.

In fact, if you look at the four closest states where Clinton lost or, in the case of Michigan, where she's expected to lose exit polls show late-deciding voters in each of them went strongly for Trump in the final days. In Florida and Pennsylvania, late-deciders favored Trump by 17 points. In Michigan, they went for Trump by 11 points. In Wisconsin, they broke for Trump by a whopping 29 points, 59-30.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/the-fix/wp/2016/11/17/how-america-decided-at-the-very-last-moment-to-elect-donald-trump/
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Roy Moore's gonna get the ASV in this analogy, isn't he?
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