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Who to root for in the NL Pennant race....... - the liioulu with street squash Oct 8, 13:36 2
- Cubs -- nm - peglegpete Oct 8, 13:38 1
  - ;) - the liioulu with street squash Oct 8, 13:40
Argentina DWTS clip...very NSFW -- (link) - peglegpete Oct 8, 13:34 1
- *votes for her* -- nm - Beaker Oct 8, 13:46
seattle slackers, I'll be doing a wedding at some fancy west lake chinese restuarant this afternoon, afterwards was thinking of going to the OWS and . - zeitgeist Oct 8, 13:07
FYI: It's gorgeous outside. -- nm - Dano Oct 8, 13:03
can you name 5 out of 100 ACDC songs? by hearing a 3 sec rif? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Oct 8, 12:59 10
- Yes. -- nm - Spawn: 4-0 Oct 8, 13:39 1
  - this -- nm - Beaker Oct 8, 13:46
- Maybe. Depends which three seconds. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 8, 13:03 1
  - start -- nm - Danedukenuuk Oct 8, 13:04
- no.. but probably yes if it was the Beatles -- nm - peglegpete Oct 8, 13:02 5
  - also at age 13? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Oct 8, 13:03 4
    - yup. that was 1969 for me -- nm - peglegpete Oct 8, 13:05 3
      - after a 3 sec intro???? randomely between 100 beatles songs? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Oct 8, 13:07 2
        
        yes -- nm - peglegpete Oct 8, 13:09 1
        
        well the kid can't win money so he got one of Angus Young's guitars -- nm - Danedukenuuk Oct 8, 13:11
So is there anyone left to really root *against* in the baseball playoffs? -- nm - Dano Oct 8, 12:57 2
- Texas, just because it's Texas. ;) -- nm - the liioulu with street squash Oct 8, 13:37
- All of them. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 8, 12:58
Penn State officials reportedly have reached out to former Florida coach Urban Meyer to express interest in his taking over for Joe Paterno -- (link) - Don Homer Oct 8, 12:44 1
- (He's dirty, you know.) -- nm - David Oct 8, 13:11
Okay, clearly today is a slow day. Maybe we *should* start a Dead Pool for trifecta completion. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 8, 12:41 6
- Richard Anderson -- nm - peglegpete Oct 8, 13:01
- Kirk Douglas, Zsa Zsa. -- nm - mara Oct 8, 12:53 3
  - ZZ was taken to the hospital today -- (link) - zeitgeist Oct 8, 12:54 2
    - Yup, I went to Google to check on her condition and found the same thing.. -- (link) - MojaveMeg Oct 8, 13:00 1
      - even though I've lived in the suburbs of Tacoma for over 14 years now, I still have the San Fran chronic as my home town news, its a side bar alert -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 8, 13:05
- Hugh Hefner -- nm - Bacon Oct 8, 12:51
While I still am not sure how I feel about the Occupy Wall Street protestors, I think we can all agree the Drum Circles are an abomination. -- nm - Qale Oct 8, 12:39 2
- I also find it confusing that Drudge can have headlines on one side vilifying the protests and on the other ones mentioning BoA's 6 million sendoff to - Qale Oct 8, 12:46 1
  - OWS isn't against the bailouts per se' they/we object to the fact that the banks are not passing on the peace and love - zeitgeist Oct 8, 13:04
Here we go...GO IRISH!!! -- nm - Fighting Stephen! Oct 8, 12:36 5
- Floyd! - Fighting Stephen! Oct 8, 12:48 4
  - Eifert! -- nm - Fighting Stephen! Oct 8, 13:00 3
    - Toma! -- nm - Fighting Stephen! Oct 8, 13:14 2
      - Gray! -- nm - Fighting Stephen! Oct 8, 13:35 1
        
        Wood! -- nm - Fighting Stephen! Oct 8, 13:49
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- I thought he did that 15 years ago. -- nm - nubby Oct 8, 12:23
Ron Paul wins straw poll at Values Voters, Herman Cain in second. -- (link) - mara Oct 8, 12:15
Photos of Teabagger signs showed a lot of illiteracy in spelling, grammer and logic, have Wall Streeter's signage brought such funny stuff? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 8, 12:12 8
- Someone on FB posted that they'd seen a picture of a sign that said "I don't need oil, I ride the bus" - Stephen Oct 8, 12:33 7
  - Natural Gas beyotch! -- nm - Qale Oct 8, 13:47
  - Brought to you by the same electorate that said, "Keep Government Out of My Medicare!" -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 8, 13:27
  - Maybe it's a hemp bus. :) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 8, 12:35 4
    - Electric - Epiphany Oct 8, 12:37 3
      - Heh. - Beryllium Oct 8, 12:40 2
        
        buses in my county run on natural gas (and we had a major fire/explosion last year a few blocks from here that made national news) others are bio - zeitgeist Oct 8, 12:53 1
        
        Indeed, the benefit of a centralized transportation system like busses is that new technologies can be rapidly adopted and bring immediate benefits. - Beryllium Oct 8, 12:56
David Brooks makes the claim that kids today lack the vocabulary and insight to grasp "moral dillemas"; can you articulate a moral dillemma? -- (link) - landbeck Oct 8, 11:46 15
- you misspelled dilemma...twice -- nm - peglegpete Oct 8, 12:33
- This doesn't surprise me. They example they have is how the generation that raised them has lived. -- nm - ty97 Oct 8, 12:02 3
  - Which brings me to a second article! Britain's chief Rabbi asserts the moral disintegration started in the '60s. -- (link) - landbeck Oct 8, 12:24 2
    - It depends how you define what's moral and/or how you ranks which moral are important. - ty97 Oct 8, 12:37
    - (I'm not sure that links goes where you think it goes) - ty97 Oct 8, 12:33
- Wow, you'd think they'd have at least encounted the notion of how we don't do things that harm others. Plus that whole "do unto others" thing... -- nm - mara Oct 8, 11:56 8
  - "If it makes you happy, it can't be that bad" - ty97 Oct 8, 12:06 6
    - If it makes you happy and doesn't harm anyone else, sure. -- nm - mara Oct 8, 12:11 5
      - That should come into play, yes, but clearly does not all too often. - ty97 Oct 8, 12:15 3
        
        Reported/found-out adultery may be higher now. I'm not convinced that adultery itself has increased. -- nm - mara Oct 8, 12:22 2
        
        Really? I would think it a not-great intuitive leap to presume any acitivity increases once it is decriminalized. -- nm - landbeck Oct 8, 12:26 1
        
        Not necessarily - adulterers gonna adulterate, but it might have already hit max occupancy before decriminalization. - Beryllium Oct 8, 12:29
      - As you harm none, do as thou wilt -- nm - Pagan Golden Rule Oct 8, 12:14
  - I recall there was something in the bible about what happens when societies turn down that road. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 8, 11:57
- No, I can only articulate moral quandaries. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 8, 11:47
Breaking Bad finale speculation for posterity (spoilers, obvie) - Reagen Oct 8, 11:43 7
- spoils - Flavorize Oct 8, 13:22 1
  - Yeah I'll buy all of that (except I spent all my cash for that blue crystal meth) -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 8, 13:28
- .... - zeitgeist Oct 8, 12:20
- my predictions..... - Remlik Oct 8, 12:01
- Spoils - Beryllium Oct 8, 11:46 2
  - something else. -- nm - Reagen Oct 8, 11:48 1
    - Spoils - Beryllium Oct 8, 11:56
Geek Girl Con this weekend in Seattle.... -- (link) - Remlik Oct 8, 11:34
Michelle looks as usual yummy tonight -- nm - Danedukenuuk Oct 8, 11:28
Oklahoma/Texas is a beatdown. -- nm - David Oct 8, 11:16 3
- Expected, mostly though, wasn''t it? - ty97 Oct 8, 11:21 2
  - I expected it but there were some ESPN pinheads this week saying Texas "is back". -- nm - David Oct 8, 11:28 1
    - Anything for ratings, I guess. Though this is a bit more of a tarring now than even I expected. -- nm - ty97 Oct 8, 11:33
Um, if this is true, the library will close for the rest of the day, right? - mara Oct 8, 11:04 5
- I would think, unless it's a murder scene and the body is blocking the only entrance, the library wouldn't need to close. -- nm - landbeck Oct 8, 11:17 4
  - Looks like our victim - Horatio Caine Oct 8, 11:21 2
    - Damn you for making me laugh at a Horatio Caine joke. -- nm - mara Oct 8, 11:22 1
      - Would you say that it was - Horatio Caine Oct 8, 12:26
  - Oh, right, I think cop shows make me assume it would be a murder scene. Heh. If true, they'll probably just cart him away. -- nm - mara Oct 8, 11:19
heh, sign on an Austin, TX bar ..."OU, keeping ugly girls out of UT since 1883" -- nm - CrankYanker Oct 8, 11:01
so where *is* everyone????? -- nm - i'm not spooked...yet ! Oct 8, 10:52 9
- It's thanksgiving weekend in Canada -- nm - Beryllium Oct 8, 11:28
- rochester, ny -- nm - znufrii Oct 8, 11:08
- wetten dass soon -- nm - Danedukenuuk Oct 8, 11:06
- On a conference call. -- nm - ty97 Oct 8, 11:02
- It's Saturday. -- nm - mara Oct 8, 11:00
- Yom Kippur...temple? -- nm - peglegpete Oct 8, 10:53 3
  - in my sukkah -- nm - mud Oct 8, 11:01
  - didn't realize so many Jewish folk hung out around here -- nm - i'm not spooked...yet ! Oct 8, 10:57 1
    - I used to be -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 8, 12:07
She mistyped AB List as in ABnormal. :) - The H-Mogul Clipper Oct 8, 10:50 1
- And I forgot how to post. Supposed to be way down at the bottom of the page. :) -- nm - The H-Mogul Clipper Oct 8, 10:51
BAD, Mecum starts at 11 -- nm - peglegpete Oct 8, 10:47 1
- I'm watching, I'm watching....until the race comes on. -- nm - BAD Oct 8, 11:18
Argh...we have a member in our Weight Watchers' group that has to be manic-depressive. She spends some meetings crying over.....whatever. This morning - MojaveMeg Oct 8, 10:42 7
- I have a friend like this. Refuses to seek help for it. It's frustrating. -- nm - Epiphany Oct 8, 12:33
- was there any powder on her nostrils when she came out of the bathroom? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 8, 12:08 1
  - I was trying to avoid looking at her :/ -- nm - MojaveMeg Oct 8, 12:27
- I wonder if she is? -- nm - ty97 Oct 8, 10:46
- post video! -- nm - CrankYanker Oct 8, 10:44 2
  - Join me as a guest...you can see for yourself ;) -- nm - MojaveMeg Oct 8, 10:46 1
    - is it an unisex restroom?????? - Danedukenuuk Oct 8, 11:10
UFC to air 4 fights on Facebook.... - Remlik Oct 8, 10:40
Someone bought a potato peeler? THat thing looks awesome! -- nm - Buzz Oct 8, 10:17
"polling the occupation" ... Interesting results. -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 8, 10:06 5
- I agree with all of that. I want to go to the protest next weekend. Do I need to bring my own sign? -- nm - Epiphany Oct 8, 10:33 4
  - Looks like yes -- (link) - ty97 Oct 8, 11:05
  - I thought I saw you in the crowd with a sign....... "I'm so angry I made a sign". -- nm - CrankYanker Oct 8, 10:40 2
    - here's more funny......... -- (link) - CrankYanker Oct 8, 10:44 1
      - Jump, you fuckers has a certain ring to it -- nm - Epiphany Oct 8, 12:36
Your singing dog video of the day. -- (link) - mara Oct 8, 09:55 [youtube] 1
- That's great! -- nm - CrankYanker Oct 8, 09:57
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- civil disobedience eventually has to be both civil and disobedient - moles Oct 8, 10:26 3
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    - hence the "eventually" it's the next logical step -- nm - moles Oct 8, 13:35
    - The Brooklyn Bridge march (depending on your read) was civil disobedience and/or entrapment. -- nm - ty97 Oct 8, 11:06
- That is a big mistake. Not sure where they should go but a public park isn't going to work. - Krusty Oct 8, 10:06 3
  - Gramercy isn't going to happen. It's gorgeous and they would never let them in. -- nm - Krusty Oct 8, 10:11
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    - That's a better plan than Washington Square. - Krusty Oct 8, 10:16
- We watched a bit on how they are causing problems demanding to use merchants' restrooms but don't want to buy anything, then they mess up the place - CrankYanker Oct 8, 09:55
Michael Bloomberg: Occupy Wall Street is trying to destroy jobs - stewie Oct 8, 09:36 8
- like 672 laid-off teachers -- (link) - moles Oct 8, 10:16
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  - I mostly agree with this. - ty97 Oct 8, 10:11
  - Remember remember the fifth of november -- nm - budice Oct 8, 10:09
- And how many jobs did the Honorable Mayor Bloomberg create after the Bush tax cuts before becoming mayor? - Trish Oct 8, 09:55 1
  - I agree there's an unacceptable level of apathy - ty97 Oct 8, 09:58
- awww one of the kings of the 1%'ers speaks out. thats cute. -- nm - Jovian Oct 8, 09:53 1
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Curious, has anyone here ever been hypnotized? I've always been extremely curious about this but never wanted to spend the money to experience it. -- (link) - CrankYanker Oct 8, 09:30 2
- Tried once. I'm not very suggestible. -- nm - nubby Oct 8, 09:36 1
  - hmmm, do they know that during the session and maybe give you a refund? -- nm - CrankYanker Oct 8, 09:41
Int'l Relations are also influenced by Corporations.... - budice Oct 8, 09:27 1
- "We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex" - Trish Oct 8, 09:44
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- It seemed like it probably worked better on the stage. -- nm - Dano Oct 8, 11:05
- Not an A+ then? -- nm - ty97 Oct 8, 09:31
Remlik = bad list -- nm - Trish Oct 8, 09:21 1
- you mistyped A List -- nm - Remlik Oct 8, 10:13
Portrait photographers remember Steve Jobs. -- (link) - mara Oct 8, 09:21 6
- This is eye-opening. I shouldn't be surprised though, knowing how different my clients are when not in public. -- nm - CrankYanker Oct 8, 09:51
- The more we learn about Jobs, the easier it is to accept his dramatic ways. - OAE Oct 8, 09:40
- Steve Jobs, Al Davis.... -- nm - budice Oct 8, 09:23 3
  - Now now, let's not start a Dead Pool. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 8, 09:29
  - spoilers - Trish Oct 8, 09:28 1
    - that would be a Death Match I'd PPV -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 8, 13:25

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