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  1. Squirrel
    I don't read it regularly, but The Onion is something I do read from time to time.
  2. Squirrel
    Lol ... is that my Christmas present?
  3. Squirrel
    I like the elaborate 'candid camera' type ones where they scare people.
  4. Squirrel
    Uh yeah, if that isn't completely oxymoronic I'm not sure what is.
  5. Squirrel
    I bought it for their rendition of 'Hallelujah' which I find funny that people think is super religious because I don't think it truly is. But I was in a Christmas music mood, so clicked on the download album and not just that one track.
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    Exactly, I think there is room for both sides of this discussion. What I find interesting is that they aren't being brought in for just one specific thing, as I think most former players are, and that they will also be doing a lot of learning. I see them more as a liaison between on-field and FO, and maybe more specifically between players and FO. I can see that being a good thing for defining needs and direction to have both sides ... in-field and off-field working together to find the best course. That said, I understand the voices saying 'outside opinions.' I've also been a strong proponent of this in the past and it's difficult to not also be skeptical as well as interested. So ... time will tell. I want to see what Falvey and Levine are building first before I come to any real bias for or against,
  7. Squirrel
    I bought/downloaded the new Pentatonix Christmas album, but haven't played it yet.
  8. Squirrel
    He plays way better than me. I'm not even sure I could be a moderate player. I don't know all the lingo and conventions and just bid according to what I think I can take, so real players are annoyed with me.
  9. Squirrel
    Geez, I hope not! I mean the leaving part. But then I could come back and haunt you!
  10. Squirrel
    Yes, three of them, plus Sudoku and Kenken. But no Jumble. Oh, and the bridge column!
  11. Squirrel
    I do have my iPad, I could but it's charging right now
  12. Squirrel
    A lady just came by with the SunTimes and Redeye newspapers
  13. Squirrel
    One of my friends who knows I like music boxes brought me a tiny little wind up box that plays Silver Bells. It's a nice little thing to play while I lie here in boredom
  14. Squirrel
    Hospitalized over the weekend with pancreatitis. They still don't know the cause so I'm a medical mystery!
  15. Squirrel
    Better. Hoping to go home today but the decision isn't up to me. Thanks for asking.
  16. Squirrel
    Or make it with spiked eggnog while drinking spiked eggnog. We've covered it now.
  17. Squirrel
    Use eggnog as the batter.
  18. Squirrel
    I think he was being 'punny.'
  19. Squirrel
    There is a thread in the main forum that has that and there has been some discussion. Check it out here: http://twinsdaily.com/topic/24357-rule-5-draft/
  20. Squirrel
    If I see one of these stories liked or shared by friends, I hide the source. I hide more from one side than the other, I will admit, but hiding the sources has really been useful. Whether it's a friend of a friend or a group/page, it limits the 'new' stories to the pages I actually follow like 538, NPR and BBC. I don't need to see stories shared from places like 'The Patriot Conservative.' They are gone and hidden. Part of the problem with the proliferation of these stories is that people don't actually read them. And maybe that wouldn't even matter if they did, dunno. But either way, people just aren't thinking anymore. I also wish FB would bring back the option of not seeing the things that your friends like and have commented on. We used to be able to turn off those things from appearing in our news feeds. That would also go a long way in helping to stem proliferation of these things.
  21. Squirrel
    Yeah ... you still owe me a couple beers ... I'm waiting ...
  22. Squirrel
    I never watched the first go 'round, I think I'll miss the second.
  23. Squirrel
    Right. Google has refused this, but if you read the article, this guy said it was easy to fill their slot. If more would do as Google did, it would be better. But the bottom line are those who click in and why. We want to believe the worst in our opponents and spread the word in order to win. At least in terms of this election where this stuff really escalated. It requires more effort than simply 'ignoring' it on FB. And, the beginnings of this in terms of this person's involvement in fake news is interesting ... his initial target were those most susceptible to 'conspiracy theories,' particularly those on the far right fringes.
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    I know you were but I don't think it's quite that simple. Maybe you and I, in our own little FB bubbles can do that, and for the most part I have on FB by hiding sources not people, but it is more widespread than that. We'd have to teach the whole of society to not do that, and right now, everyone is so concerned with hating the other side and winning, critical thinking and evaluation is out the window because we have become so habitual in our click baiting anything that 'agrees with our side' on every level. For me it's a huge ethics issue ... and not the ethics of those creating this stuff and those supporting it through advertising ... but my ethics, yours, and all of society. I see this stuff from people who are truly decent people, from both sides of the aisle and I don't think 'turning them off' so to speak changes anything.
  25. Squirrel
    I can do that ... very easily ... click, click and it's done. But I won't just because he's inconveniencing my thread. You know ... it's better the devil you know than the devil you don't. Plus Brock would just have to go in and undo it all and I really don't want to put more on Brock unnecessarily as I do that enough already.
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