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another thing i learned about LA this week: all the "Star Tours" buses apparently just drive around nice neighborhoods in Beverly Hills and - moles Sep 13, 12:37 5
- the death tours are better -- nm - peglegpete Sep 13, 12:41
- "I used to bang Sharon Stone in that garage." -- nm - Max Sep 13, 12:40 2
  - the Max Hotel should start something like this for its DC guests - moles Sep 13, 12:44 1
    - "Did your wife cheat on you in that gym? Only Anthony Weiner knows." -- nm - Max Sep 13, 12:45
- "That's where MJ overdosed. That house used to belong to Gene Simmons." etc -- nm - Beryllium Sep 13, 12:40
Fall TV cancellation forecast -- (link) - Beaker Sep 13, 12:37 1
- On Unforgettable: "It�s The Mentaladyist! Which is to say, it' getting renewed" -- nm - Beaker Sep 13, 12:40
Changing the subject from the frustrations of politics, Consumer Reports has a story on this product. -- (link) - David Sep 13, 12:37
Elizabeth Warren officially launching Senate campaign against Scott Brown... -- (link) - Don Homer Sep 13, 12:36 3
- I kind of want to strip naked and wrap myself around her brain. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 13, 12:42
- awesome. -- nm - znufrii Sep 13, 12:38
- hells yes -- nm - moles Sep 13, 12:38
2 adults, 2 kids for Lion King 3D on Sunday: $47 -- nm - oblique Sep 13, 12:34 8
- Mine were $12. I ebayed Fandango codes for this and Moneyball. -- nm - David Sep 13, 12:39
- i wish i had some people to go see it with. - tRuMaN Sep 13, 12:36 1
  - ask the neighbors. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 13, 12:40
- that's not bad -- nm - prayformojo Sep 13, 12:35 1
  - No, it's not. -- nm - Jim Sep 13, 12:38
- by 3d, you mean the stage show, right? -- nm - loosilu Sep 13, 12:35 2
  - Sadly, no. The movie -- nm - oblique Sep 13, 12:36 1
    - Where at? -- nm - budice Sep 13, 12:37
Pixie hunted by the po-po: "Hollywood/Highland Red Line Sta closed due to nearby police activity." -- nm - budice Sep 13, 12:34 1
- you'll never take me alive, coppers -- nm - moles Sep 13, 12:35
Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon grows: On the set of R.I.P.D. with Ryan Reynolds -- (link) - budice Sep 13, 12:32 1
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JLo spotted at dinner with Bradley Cooper -- (link) - Beaker Sep 13, 12:31 2
- this is just so *obviously* a publicists set up. there are such posed photos of them. -- nm - Andie Sep 13, 12:33 1
  - yeah, I thought posh restaurants that are about "privacy" wouldn't divulge any details. -- nm - loosilu Sep 13, 12:35
Amanda - yes VW tattoo and wow that memory of yours is scary -- nm - Capstern (41 Days) Sep 13, 12:31 28
- And whoever made the steak comment, that was funny. I cut up her steak or chicken when I cook dinner because she - Capstern (41 Days) Sep 13, 12:33 18
  - weird, it's like your her father. -- nm - lileve Sep 13, 12:42 1
    - Hence one of the reasons this died. Will never do that again. Its exhausting -- nm - Capstern (41 Days) Sep 13, 12:47
  - Now you're just elving with us -- nm - Go Ducks! via droid Sep 13, 12:41
  - *headdesk* -- nm - znufrii Sep 13, 12:36
  - omg, you shouldn't admit this stuff. -- nm - loosilu Sep 13, 12:36 13
    - overlooking all the *obvious* daddy-issues here, i'd be pissed because my food would get cold faster. - Andie Sep 13, 12:40 4
      - "Dave will you cut that up for me?" Why? "Well I am on the couch and I dont want to spill by trying to cut it when I am sitting here" - Capstern (41 Days) Sep 13, 12:43 3
        
        replace Dave with Dad, that's the only way it's not messed up. -- nm - loosilu Sep 13, 12:44 2
        
        And until a while back I didnt think about it. Just figured you help when asked thats what husbands were supposed to do. - Capstern (41 Days) Sep 13, 12:48
        
        for a brief brief second, because this was to me, and in quotes, i thought it was a reference to me and my Dave - Andie Sep 13, 12:45
    - It was what it was. I am in the kitchen and it seemed like a nice thing to do. Sue me. Not like it was that much effort - Capstern (41 Days) Sep 13, 12:38 1
      - the effort is not the point. adults don't do that. -- nm - loosilu Sep 13, 12:43
    - it's not like he chewed it for her too. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 13, 12:36 5
      - are you sure? -- nm - znufrii Sep 13, 12:36 4
        
        No that would be germy for her. -- nm - Capstern (41 Days) Sep 13, 12:39 3
        
        you are a living. breathing, Sitcom. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 13, 12:39 2
        
        I really sometimes agree with this. Now that I look back with perspective. -- nm - Capstern (41 Days) Sep 13, 12:49
        
        more like black black comedy. - Andie Sep 13, 12:40
- And on the car she found it, but I have to help with making the deal since the A4 is mine and I have to cover the neg equity, - Capstern (41 Days) Sep 13, 12:32 8
  - so you were going to be on the hook for 1k, and now you are on the hook for 1.5k - groiny Sep 13, 12:34 3
    - Also in the end I am keeping what equity I have in the house - about 10K - Capstern (41 Days) Sep 13, 12:40
    - Yeah...but before, he was on the hook for the $1k AND his name was still on her car. Now, he'll be free and clear. -- nm - Jim Sep 13, 12:40
    - Well actually I put 1000 out there for her. I will pay 500-1000 o this deal and she can roll the difference -- nm - Capstern (41 Days) Sep 13, 12:37
  - oh, you're going to do a dealer-trade-in with the A4? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 13, 12:34 3
    - Also working where I do I know eactly what my car is worth and what its wholesaling for nationally -- nm - Capstern (41 Days) Sep 13, 12:37
    - Yes I found that I am less upside down than I expected on my A4. Expect the deal to have - Capstern (41 Days) Sep 13, 12:36 1
      - re: the last sentence of your IM ... I do agree with that. Cutting all dependencies should be the goal. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 13, 12:41
i have no idea whose fb name is whose sometimes, so I cannot challenge the znu to words with friends. -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 13, 12:31 6
- there is a list of TT Handles to Real Names in the SlackerTalk fb group -- nm - znufrii Sep 13, 12:33 5
  - that seems like work. -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 13, 12:34
  - or I'll just challenge you once I get home tonight -- nm - znufrii Sep 13, 12:33 3
    - no, no .no. i challenged you sir. - tRuMaN Sep 13, 12:35 2
      - *picks up the thrown gauntlet and smacks you across the face with it* -- nm - znufrii Sep 13, 12:35 1
        
        you hit like a girl. -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 13, 12:39
UMd will name its basketball court at Comcast Center for Coach Gary Williams -- nm - moles Sep 13, 12:29 3
- Is he out of college basketball forever? Or is he going to re-appear somewhere else in a few years ala Lefty Drizzel? -- nm - Strongbad Sep 13, 12:30 2
  - i dunno. he doesn't seem to have the heat of a top recruiter like Pitino, Calipari, etc. - moles Sep 13, 12:32
  - He holds some position in the athletic department, some sort of athletic director advisor I think. -- nm - Don Homer Sep 13, 12:32
NY towns pulling their deposits from Chase after it fails to live up to mortgage mod expectations in wake of government bailouts. -- (link) - znufrii Sep 13, 12:28 3
- Now look here, New York, you've got it all wrong. Your money isn't in our bank. It's in his house, and her house! -- nm - Chase Bailey Sep 13, 12:30 2
  - it's in that stockbrokers fees for making obscure securities derivatives based on the shoddy mortgages we sold him on! -- nm - znufrii Sep 13, 12:31
  - What the hell are you doing with money in your house, Fred? (nm) - Moe Sep 13, 12:31
Hollywood Walk of Fame now down to NPH(9/15) and Jon Cryer(9/19) -- (link) - budice Sep 13, 12:27
Nice. "Attempts at social consciousness on Facebook ... gone wrong." -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 13, 12:27 2
- [love] -- nm - Dr.Johnny Vermin Sep 13, 12:36
- the 8th one is great. -- nm - HPV McGee Sep 13, 12:30
C'mon season end....Zenyatta's closing...I mean ML's closing. - Will Hunting Sep 13, 12:25 3
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  - I've put my team under the whip and pulled away to 5. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 13, 12:27 1
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IKA question - Action points....If I occupy a port, then move my ships to another town, does that release the action point in the originating town? -- nm - CrankYanker Sep 13, 12:15 2
- clarification - I occupy town A. from there, I occupy the port of town B using an action point of town A. When does the action point become avail? -- nm - CrankYanker Sep 13, 12:20 1
  - I'm not sure, but I think when the boats occupy they use that town's AP as soon as they take the town (as opposed to defend) -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 13, 12:29
time to buy pumpkin futures -- (link) - znufrii Sep 13, 12:15 3
- I always figured pumpkins to be a local product, at least within the multi state region -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 13, 12:31
- ...and if this trend continues.....ayyyy! -- nm - Disco Stu Sep 13, 12:16
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The New Jersey Devils missed a September 1 payment on a $100M loan and may be headed for bankruptcy (nmbl) - Brian Sep 13, 12:12 4
- team ownership is such a joke these days -- nm - budice Sep 13, 12:14
- Greece said they were going to pay that -- nm - moles Sep 13, 12:13 2
  - I can pay it -- nm - Frank McCourt Sep 13, 12:15 1
    - *Whips out the A-Rod Amex Card* -- nm - Tom Hicks Sep 13, 12:17
UPS just delivered new music: Grace Jones and Blondie - CovingtonCat Sep 13, 12:09
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- Former Maryland Terp, right? -- nm - Strongbad Sep 13, 12:18
- He sounds like he should fight crime. -- nm - David Sep 13, 12:17 2
  - It's hard to see "K Nick Novak" without reading it as "Kick Novak" -- nm - prayformojo Sep 13, 12:19
  - It's hard to see " -- nm - prayformojo Sep 13, 12:18
- I can just see the line of kickers waiting outside the chargers door waiting to get signed -- nm - budice Sep 13, 12:15
Heh, I just noticed the library book on my bed..... - MojaveMeg Sep 13, 12:08 1
- I want to start a pool to predict when (if?) Administration sends an email to the staff about this. -- nm - mara Sep 13, 12:11
I ithnk Steve Pearlstein pretty much nails current Republican economic thinking - Brian Sep 13, 12:01 13
- I agree with this generally. I'm always amazed that there's never any thinking beyond "a therefore b". For instance, we have to cut spending, but - pmb Sep 13, 12:19 3
  - they want no part of helping the economy right now. -- nm - Don Homer Sep 13, 12:22 2
    - If you can't be part of the solution, there's plenty of money to be made in prolonging the problem. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 13, 12:27 1
      - yes -- nm - Epiphany Sep 13, 12:28
- I really miss how they used to rail against American jobs going overseas. I wonder what changed their minds. -- nm - mara Sep 13, 12:10 5
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    - Sure, let's go with that -- nm - Koch Brothers Sep 13, 12:17
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  - the tinking people in the GOP's job where shipped overseas -- nm - Danedukenuuk Sep 13, 12:13
  - It's a mystery -- nm - Chamber of Commerce Sep 13, 12:12
- Ignoring party lines for a moment, lesser regulations move us into an era where corporations are functional nations. - David Sep 13, 12:07 2
  - I said this yesterday, and someone said "welcome to 20 years ago". I don't think he understood how much worse it can get. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 13, 12:12
  - Umbrella Corp! -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 13, 12:09
nmb Andie regarding Canada mail - - Epiphany Sep 13, 12:01 4
- by all accounts if i don't get it for some weird reason, it should go back to you. we'll wait a bit longer. -- nm - Andie Sep 13, 12:02 3
  - okay. I feel horrible - ugh. It will be two weeks Thursday. -- nm - Epiphany Sep 13, 12:18 2
    - don't feel bad! it'll turn up. it's all good. -- nm - Andie Sep 13, 12:25 1
      - Can I spank Pippy anyway? -- nm - con_carne Sep 13, 12:28
Even though it's disappointing this email made me kind of chuckle. - Qale Sep 13, 12:00 4
- "We're not sorry you didn't win, but we are sorry we have to tell you you didn't win." -- nm - znufrii Sep 13, 12:01 3
  - Well you didn't have to tell me I didn't win! -- nm - Qale Sep 13, 12:04 2
    - We're still sorry! -- nm - znufrii Sep 13, 12:05 1
      - Not as sorry as I am that I didn't win a free box of Innistrad! -- nm - Qale Sep 13, 12:06
I love ESPN. - Will Hunting Sep 13, 12:00 1
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- Team Dems! Team GOP! Team Dems! Team GOP! -- nm - Strongbad Sep 13, 12:02 28
  - Any substantive critique of political developments will be instantly dismissed at purely partisan rhetoric! -- nm - znufrii Sep 13, 12:03 20
    - That's just because most of the "substantive critiques" boil down to "Hah, look! The Republicans are stupid and evil!" -- nm - Ender Sep 13, 12:19 18
      - Ender, you are not paying attention if you believe this -- nm - con_carne Sep 13, 12:33 4
        
        Oh, come on, there are non-stop attacks on republicans here, calling them crazy and whatnot. Just see the boards from the night of any Republican debate. - Ender Sep 13, 12:37 3
        
        Some republicans are crazy and what not. Every single policy is not ridiculed. One B2 alone Perry's HPV vaccine stance is defended. - musubi Sep 13, 12:44
        
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        What position is undertaken when the candidates are barking like trained seals to gain the approval of people applauding to let an uninsured patient - Will Hunting Sep 13, 12:39
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      - They also hate puppies and cheer for old people to kick the bucket. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 13, 12:21 6
        
        well, nobody asked a question about kicking puppies last night anyway -- nm - moles Sep 13, 12:22 5
        
        They also secretly wish for higher unemployment, to harm Obama's chances of winning in 2012. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 13, 12:25 4
        
        They want to cut government jobs across the board. We can all do math. -- nm - con_carne Sep 13, 12:35 1
        
        Government workers don't count because.....well, just cause. (nm) - musubi Sep 13, 12:39
        
        Can't imagine where they would have gotten that idea -- nm - Mitch McConnell Sep 13, 12:26
        
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      - when your crowd is cheering out loud for someone to die, how do you substantively critique that? -- nm - moles Sep 13, 12:21 4
        
        That was one of the lowest moments for politics in my lifetime. -- nm - David Sep 13, 12:22 3
        
        it was fairly chilling. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 13, 12:24
        
        There are so many to choose from though. -- nm - Don Homer Sep 13, 12:23 1
        
        Not like that. Partisan politics is one thing. That's no different than a nazi cheering for a gas chamber. - David Sep 13, 12:25
    - You're just playing politics! -- nm - con_carne Sep 13, 12:15
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    - nmbl -- (link) - Strongbad Sep 13, 12:04 [Backboard] 5
      - I'm not sure I meant what you think I meant. -- nm - TFox Sep 13, 12:39
      - So you support TFox's suicide? You ARE bloodthirsty! -- nm - Qale Sep 13, 12:05 1
        
        *cheers* -- nm - The Party of Life Sep 13, 12:24
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        It's the best point he's made in months. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 13, 12:05
We need to deregulate the banking industry. - Go Ducks! via droid Sep 13, 11:59 1
- Don't get me started on that....... ;) -- nm - MojaveMeg Sep 13, 12:01
Thanks, guys -- nm - prayformojo Sep 13, 11:59 1
- mammary glands. -- nm - loosilu Sep 13, 12:00
prostate. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 13, 11:59
PSA: Big Bang Theory Season 3 DVD's were released today -- nm - Strongbad Sep 13, 11:58 2
- I hope you mean S4. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 13, 11:58 1
  - Yes. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 13, 12:00
Regulators... mount up. -- nm - Vermin G Sep 13, 11:58

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