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Huge Asteroid to Fly By Earth in November -- (link) - mara May 5, 07:51 3
- wait for it - 2012! -- nm - Epiphany May 5, 08:26
- by that time Ben Afflect and Bruce Willis won't be around to save us! -- nm - Beaker May 5, 07:54
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Pakistani officials calling Osama's death "cold blooded" -- (link) - Beaker May 5, 07:49 9
- F them. Everything we warned them about us going in and taking someone out they warned the targets. They are not our allies. -- nm - lileve May 5, 07:54 1
  - We need to stop pussy footing and get real with people. -- nm - lileve May 5, 07:55
- *sheds a tear* -- nm - loosilu May 5, 07:54
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- Keep talkin, we'll show you hot-tempered next. -- nm - Will Hunting May 5, 07:51
- I'm not sure that's inaccurate. We went after him with a cold-blooded desire to get and kill him, we basically admit that. -- nm - ty97 May 5, 07:51
- You know what else was cold-blooded? -- nm - Reagen May 5, 07:51 2
  - Hitler's Lizard? -- nm - JaxSean May 5, 07:56 1
    - heh -- nm - Epiphany May 5, 08:25
So my next country of employment is....... - Hotkiss May 5, 07:48 7
- very very cool -- nm - Epiphany May 5, 08:26
- lucky dog! -- nm - loosilu May 5, 07:56
- "The time to act is now!!" -- nm - Peruvian Revolutionaries May 5, 07:51 1
  - Props to Beaker too, but this one if funnier. -- nm - Inigo May 5, 07:53
- *buys up Peru revolt futures* -- nm - Beaker May 5, 07:50
- Cool! My parents went there ages ago. - lileve May 5, 07:49
- Pakistan! -- nm - ty97 May 5, 07:49
After my drive in today, I think the state should deputize me and equip my car with a rocket launcher to take out all the asshole drivers (especially - pmb May 5, 07:47 2
- and don't even get you started on the bikes! -- nm - ty97 May 5, 07:55
- I'd like the ability to paintball another car. If it's been paintballed by too many people, the cops can pull them over. -- nm - JaxSean May 5, 07:55
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- is Pippa coming? -- nm - Beaker May 5, 07:51 1
  - damn your IM. -- nm - JaxSean May 5, 07:54
- oh goodie! -- nm - ty97 May 5, 07:48
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- Post-Modern -- nm - Beaker May 5, 07:43 2
  - same here -- nm - tRuMAN May 5, 07:56
  - samesies -- nm - Gwaahjo May 5, 07:50
- I'm sure it's designed this way, but in many cases, both choices are awful. -- nm - ty97 May 5, 07:42
- SOLID LIBERAL -- nm - nubby May 5, 07:41
- I wonder if Reagen has seen this ? - decline May 5, 07:41
- I'm with Mara (sorry Kelly), it was too simplistic. -- nm - Will Hunting May 5, 07:41
- Didn't like it. Not everything is that black and white. -- nm - mara May 5, 07:40 20
  - People waffle if they're given the option. This method forces their hand. -- nm - Reagen May 5, 07:50 2
    - It forces me to lie. -- nm - mara May 5, 07:52 1
      - It's not asking you to pick the one you agree with, it's which do you agree with MOST. Unless you're really 100% in the middle about it then it's not a lie. -- nm - Ender May 5, 07:56
  - Yeah, my answers to many questions are much different than the options offered -- nm - ty97 May 5, 07:45
  - Ditto....I was not opposed to the result I got but a number of questions were hard to make a choice on. -- nm - Walt_Disney May 5, 07:43
  - Same here. -- nm - pmb May 5, 07:42 14
    - "Even if neither statement is exactly right, choose the response that comes closest to your views." -- nm - nubby May 5, 07:43 13
      - "There are no racists" OR "Everyone is racist" -- nm - ty97 May 5, 07:46 1
        
        (oh crap, cue the Avenue Q quotes) -- nm - ty97 May 5, 07:46
      - But when the scoring is very likely +1 or -1, you go from centrist to liberal or conservative very quickly. -- nm - Will Hunting May 5, 07:46
      - I get that, and I did, but I think that makes it overly simplistic. In many cases I believe it's a combination of both sides of the equation. -- nm - pmb May 5, 07:45 9
        
        In statistical analysis, that kind of thing washes out pretty quickly. - nubby May 5, 07:47 8
        
        But I don't think stats are analyzed on the basis of 11 questions. - Will Hunting May 5, 07:50 2
        
        But I doubt going from 6-5 to 5-6 takes you from solid conservative to solid liberal. -- nm - Reagen May 5, 07:57 1
        
        I just changed 1 answer on racial situation and went from liberal to Post-modern. - Will Hunting May 5, 08:00
        
        Statistical analysis isn't really going to apply when its result is to define my views on the political spectrum. I get it as a poll, I just think - pmb May 5, 07:49 4
        
        Has anybody taken it and disagreed with their answer? -- nm - nubby May 5, 07:52 3
        
        I disagreed with mine. - pmb May 5, 07:56
        
        yes -- nm - ty97 May 5, 07:54
        
        I did. -- nm - Will Hunting May 5, 07:54
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'The X Factor' adds Cheryl Cole as judge -- (link) - LMS May 5, 07:21 5
- who? -- nm - Americans May 5, 07:23 2
  - [5 seconds after she speaks] What? -- nm - Americans May 5, 07:24 1
    - She's no Mary Murphy. -- nm - Strongbad May 5, 07:29
- "fight fight fight fight, fight for this love...." -- nm - MDH May 5, 07:22
- I'd heard rumors that she wanted this. It's huge for her. - ty97 May 5, 07:21
gaming sitmop: 'Mass Effect 3' is delayed till 2012 (from technoblog facebook post) -- nm - decline May 5, 07:18 5
- Any chance Diablo 3 in 2011? -- nm - Strongbad May 5, 07:20 1
  - i have been waiting FOREVER for this! -- nm - Gwaahjo May 5, 07:40
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  - It's okay. It will be the most awesomest game ever so we'll all forget about the delay when it comes out. -- nm - Guigue May 5, 07:20 1
    - Yes. If more time means more quality yes. As long as it's not like the delay of Duke Nukem -- nm - lileve May 5, 07:38
Can I ask - how much credit should bush get for the obl kill? - kelly May 5, 07:17 34
- I think both presidents deserve a lot less credit than the CIA operatives and analysts and soldiers who actually did the work. -- nm - Ender May 5, 07:59
- He is quoted as saying capturing bin Laden is "not a top priority." - con_carne May 5, 07:42
- If we're supposed to give Bush a tremendous amount of credit for the framework here (arguable), then we gotta turn - Will Hunting May 5, 07:39
- Some. Intelligence gathered under Bush got the guy that got the guy that got bin Laden. - Stephen May 5, 07:38 2
  - I think that's fair... - Mel Profit May 5, 07:39 1
    - Word. -- nm - Jim May 5, 07:45
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- Don't know. I am assuming W put a lot of the framework in place that allowed it to happen now;. -- nm - loosilu May 5, 07:19
- I think much of it is (currently) not measurable by the general public because we don't have the details of the work that went into finding OBL. - ty97 May 5, 07:19 18
  - Well, we do know that Bush pretty much stopped mentioning publicly the hunt for Osama and shifted most focus to Iraq. -- nm - psilotum May 5, 07:21 15
    - Did you really believe that meant they quit looking? -- nm - Stephen May 5, 07:31 7
      - So, give the "credit" to intelligence forces. Giving credit to GWB just smacks of politics. -- nm - con_carne May 5, 07:50 2
        
        Then Obama doesn't get any credit either...other than for giving the go. - Stephen May 5, 07:58
        
        intel forces don't operate without direction. -- nm - loosilu May 5, 07:51
      - this suggests a very intriguing line of reasoning... - znufrii May 5, 07:34 2
        
        Well, I don't think Iraq was a diversion of any sort, but I do believe that was designed to get Osama to drop his guard. - Stephen May 5, 07:42 1
        
        it could be seen as an "excuse" to keep lots of troops and operatives in the region when things were stagnant in Afgh. -- nm - zork May 5, 07:54
      - I don't think anyone thinks they quit looking, but they certainly made it less of a priority when they diverted most of their resources to Iraq. -- nm - pmb May 5, 07:32
    - AND, we know Congressmen followed suit by saying capturing Osama really didn't matter. - Strongbad May 5, 07:24 5
      - When conservative commentators line up to give Pelosi credit for killing OBL, then we can talk about this. -- nm - con_carne May 5, 07:51
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        Which is why I replied to psilotum, not the original post. Carry on. -- nm - Strongbad May 5, 07:34
      - Not that I really want to go down this road, but: Commander-In-Chief. Congresswoman. Different. -- nm - ty97 May 5, 07:25 1
        
        I agree. -- nm - Strongbad May 5, 07:26
    - "publicly" being the key. Gitmo never went away. -- nm - loosilu May 5, 07:22
  - Didn't they track the courier for 2-2.5 years? If so, that means it all started around the end of Bush's time. -- nm - Hotkiss May 5, 07:20 1
    - they got the information from prisoners who were captured and interrogated (tortured) under W. -- nm - loosilu May 5, 07:21
- I don't follow either - and I have no answer for the question - Epiphany May 5, 07:19
- hmm, max 25%. - tRuMAN May 5, 07:18 4
  - You're giving Max way too much credit. -- nm - Reagen May 5, 07:19 3
    - do any of really *know* what Max does in Washington? maybe we aren't giving him *enough* credit. -- nm - Andie May 5, 07:21 2
      - True, he hasn't fully explained his recent absence. -- nm - Reagen May 5, 07:34
      - I totally gave them the google map address. -- nm - Max May 5, 07:26
- 20% -- nm - Hotkiss May 5, 07:18
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- Welcome to American, Dignan. -- nm - Inigo May 5, 07:22 2
  - Here...have Mel Points for the funny. -- nm - Mel Profit May 5, 07:41
  - L4 -- nm - nubby May 5, 07:28
- *checks the URL* oh. Australia. -- nm - loosilu May 5, 07:17 2
  - what I want to know is how he managed to surrender to WV police! -- nm - Reagen May 5, 07:18 1
    - heh, just read it. and the police office was a Corporal ... Snuffer? -- nm - loosilu May 5, 07:25
Are you between 25 and 35 and wondering if you made the right life choices? Therapist says it's okay to totally change your life. -- (link) - mara May 5, 07:12 12
- *checks the calendar* 10 months left... -- nm - znufrii May 5, 07:36 2
  - Coupon is good for one time use and must be surrendered at purchase. -- nm - Hotkiss May 5, 07:38
  - *head slap* you already did it. -- nm - loosilu May 5, 07:37
- Age 38 get married, age 38 get mortgage, age 40 have kid...hmmm -- nm - Amy May 5, 07:24
- Doesn't it get infinitely harder to change your life if you have a kid in tow? -- nm - Hotkiss May 5, 07:16 3
  - People do this often. I don't even get the issue, really. Just have a good support network, make sure you can put food on the table, and go for it. - Amy May 5, 07:29
  - sure, it's harder. but it's not impossible. -- nm - Andie May 5, 07:19
  - I don't know about infinitely, but the more commitments you make, the harder. Marriage, house, kids, advanced degrees. -- nm - loosilu May 5, 07:16
- Well, obviously. -- nm - nubby May 5, 07:15 3
  - right? i mean, god, i hope so. -- nm - Andie May 5, 07:15 2
    - Well, I think a lot of people would say, no, just try to make your life work, don't throw it all away. -- nm - mara May 5, 07:17 1
      - I threw mine away twice, and it was worth it. -- nm - loosilu May 5, 07:18
A friend came back from a vacation to Lebanon and gave me a bright yellow t-shirt with this on it. I wonder if I'll ever be able to wear it. -- (link) - Hotkiss May 5, 07:12 17
- I think it could cause some people pain, so no. -- nm - Amy May 5, 07:31
- pair it with your swastika armband. -- nm - Reagen May 5, 07:18
- in theory, it would be possible to get away with wearing it ironically, but I can't imagine you'd find an appropriate audience in which to do so. -- nm - znufrii May 5, 07:18 10
  - spray paint a big red circle with a line through it over the image and wear it anywhere -- nm - decline May 5, 07:24
  - Berkley -- nm - ty97 May 5, 07:23
  - Halloween, at a good friend's house party. -- nm - Andie May 5, 07:22
  - like Prince Harry and his Nazi uniform. - loosilu May 5, 07:20 6
    - a perfect illustration of how hard it would be to pull off. - znufrii May 5, 07:22 5
      - it was a private Halloween party, IIRC. pictures got leaked. -- nm - loosilu May 5, 07:23 4
        
        he's a British Royal, of *course* pictures are going to get out, private party or no. -- nm - znufrii May 5, 07:25 2
        
        you never know what you're going to do in the future. -- nm - loosilu May 5, 07:27 1
        
        agreed -- (link) - znufrii May 5, 07:29 [Backboard]
        
        and honestly, this makes me think, don't wear it to a party. It's the kind of picture that comes up 10 years later. -- nm - loosilu May 5, 07:24
- Definitely wear it when getting on an international flight. -- nm - loosilu May 5, 07:15
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- Heck no. -- nm - lileve May 5, 07:14
- Jesus no. Ask her to get you a Taliban shirt next time -- nm - Beaker May 5, 07:13
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- Yea -- nm - zork May 5, 07:51
- Not in a business context. -- nm - Max May 5, 07:27
- i don't like it. i always wonder if it's missing something. -- nm - Andie May 5, 07:22
- Has to be used very rarely and for something that needs nothing more....our office uses only subject line for "John is sick today" etc -- nm - Walt_Disney May 5, 07:22
- Nay. I would always put something explanatory in the body to explain why I'm asking. - mara May 5, 07:14
- No - I do it for my boss on a specific item cause she specifically requested we do so -- nm - Epiphany May 5, 07:14
- Ney -- nm - Strongbad May 5, 07:12
- nay. -- nm - loosilu May 5, 07:11
- versus sending it in the body with no subject, yea. -- nm - znufrii May 5, 07:11
- I'd usually add in the body: Thanks. -- nm - Beaker May 5, 07:10
- I do not like doing this. -- nm - decline May 5, 07:10
TV PSA: Community, The Office, 30 Rock, CSI, Wipeout, Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice, The Mentalist -- nm - Beaker May 5, 07:09 2
- Vampire Diaries -- nm - Epiphany May 5, 07:14
- Preds/Canucks too IIRC -- nm - Beaker May 5, 07:09

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