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"I'm A Mormon" PR Campaign Launched in Atlanta, Other Cities -- (link) - Strongbad Oct 12, 09:18 [Image]
More fun with NFL Odds: MVP - Strongbad Oct 12, 09:15 10
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  - Not on their list. Highest listed is Mark Sanchez at 66/1. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 12, 09:20 1
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- How does Vick still have odds on a team that is in complete disarray? -- nm - Jim Oct 12, 09:18 4
  - Alex Smith should be above Vick -- nm - amoxy Oct 12, 09:21
  - Sportsbook post odds to reflect money coming in. If people stopped betting on him, his odds will increase. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 12, 09:19
  - Or AP, for that matter. -- nm - Jim Oct 12, 09:18 1
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- Sexy Rexy? -- nm - MDH Oct 12, 09:15 1
  - Google to 1? -- nm - Strongbad Oct 12, 09:16
GM announces Chevy Spark fully electric car -- (link) - ty97 Oct 12, 09:14 2
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- that's a cute name. -- nm - amanda jones Oct 12, 09:16
we're debating jessica's pregnancy in email. jaime found this as another example of a celebrity who's gotten .. thick. -- (link) - amanda jones Oct 12, 09:10 18
- Seriously, what the hell happened there. - pmb Oct 12, 09:15
- Blocked at work, but between the weight gain (since Burlesque) and the album flop, I feel bad for her -- nm - MDH Oct 12, 09:15
- xtina is just fat. Jessica, I think pregnant. you? -- nm - loosilu Oct 12, 09:12 14
  - if you look at the gold dress photo from july and try to guess how knocked up she is, I would say 3 or 4 months, right? - amanda jones Oct 12, 09:15 1
    - yeah, she would be very pregnant now. But she sure is consistent with those big clothes, open jackets, and huge handbags. - loosilu Oct 12, 09:20
  - i'm not sure i'd call her fat, though clearly she's gained weight. I thought for sure she was prego after seeing her at an awards show last winter/ - kare Oct 12, 09:14 11
    - I can't see that particular pic, but from what i've seen i'd call her *bloated*. like she's drinking and eating crap way way too much. -- nm - Andie Oct 12, 09:15 1
      - this. ever since she's been dating that guy. (who is that guy?) -- nm - loosilu Oct 12, 09:15
    - no, you are right. definitely gained a lot. -- nm - loosilu Oct 12, 09:15
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      - wow. - kare Oct 12, 09:16 6
        
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        From that picture I'd honestly say she's like a 10 or 12. - pmb Oct 12, 09:18 3
        
        I agree with this ... and I agree with Andie, looks like it's from lots of alcohol and bad food. -- nm - loosilu Oct 12, 09:21
        
        she's pretty petite to begin with. the outfit just doesn't do her any justice. -- nm - kare Oct 12, 09:20
        
        and she's a little tiny short person. that would be entirely different if she was 5'10". -- nm - Andie Oct 12, 09:20
        
        If a buckle on that outfit breaks, the people in the first 3 rows need to duck shrapnel. - Will Hunting Oct 12, 09:18
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Family lost in corn maze calls 911 for help. -- (link) - bc/nc Oct 12, 09:05 1
- Lost in Maze? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Oct 12, 09:07
Psych Season 6 starts tonight. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 12, 09:03 1
- thanks for the reminder! -- nm - amanda jones Oct 12, 09:05
Paste cover story on Felicia Day, titled "Queen of the Geeks" (oh, how original) -- (link) - Mop (198 lbs) Oct 12, 09:02
It does crack me up, a little, that the Red Sox news is probably going to trump what's going on in the playoffs for the next few days -- nm - prayformojo Oct 12, 08:50 2
- Well, it is the Red Sox. It's WAY more important than, ya know, the World Series. Besides...no one watches baseball in the middle of the country. -- nm - Jim Oct 12, 08:52
- Not in my news feed. -- nm - mara Oct 12, 08:52
ok, so I saw a link for this and could not help clicking. May be objectionable to some. The Daily Mail published Jackson's autopsy photo. -- (link) - loosilu Oct 12, 08:50
"Vernon Wells had the lowest on-base percentage for an outfielder in more than 100 years." - Will Hunting Oct 12, 08:50 4
- I can do worse! Put me in, coach! -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Oct 12, 09:04
- AA gets passes on Napoli, Rauch, whomever the fuck he screws up with this offseason & at least one more offseason after that b/c he got rid of Vernon. - Name Withheld by Request Oct 12, 08:55
- wasnt he completely awesome for a time?? -- nm - Jovian Oct 12, 08:50 1
  - He was pretty good about 5 years ago. Right at the time he signed a laughably bad contract. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 12, 08:59
This is totally WPP, but how does this make sense? My family is planning on a vacation to the Outer Banks next August - prayformojo Oct 12, 08:49 8
- Put yourself in the owners' position. Maximize profit. -- nm - nubby Oct 12, 09:16
- i could see how that could happen. it sucks for you though, fo sho. -- nm - TFox Oct 12, 08:56
- Thank you Hank Hill. - Trish Oct 12, 08:54 1
  - heh, i need to hire out a Rage Proxy for situations like this - prayformojo Oct 12, 08:57
- poor management company - I'd write a strongly written letter. seriously. I suspect someone else is renting it. - Epiphany Oct 12, 08:52 2
  - or the owner is not the greatest at communicating with the mgmt co... -- nm - kare Oct 12, 09:04 1
    - but that's the thing - how does the management company not have some system in place where they have to get the owner's guarantee that the house will - prayformojo Oct 12, 09:08
- That sucks, but glad you found another suitable place. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 12, 08:50
Hey ML, guess who has been named NFC Defensive Player of the Week... - Stephen Oct 12, 08:48 2
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- Was gonna say Vick -- nm - budice Oct 12, 08:50
Why are there still checkers tournaments? The perfect gameplay was discovered in 2007. -- (link) - mara Oct 12, 08:47 5
- So what is the perfect play? I'd love to show that to my son. He loves checkers -- nm - oblique Oct 12, 08:51 4
  - Here's a link explaining it but you can't play the perfect game, it's a computer program that can do it. -- (link) - Krusty Oct 12, 08:54 3
    - So basically it's not that there is a "winning set of moves" that cannot be beat but that there is now a database of all combinations - oblique Oct 12, 08:57 2
      - Yup. Basically the computer can't lose and can only be brought to a draw. - Krusty Oct 12, 09:01
      - like tic tac toe, with a much more complicated set of possible results. -- nm - TFox Oct 12, 08:57
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- Popeyes destroys KFC. Bojangles is awesome, but haven't been there byt twice. -- nm - MDH Oct 12, 09:21
- Bzzzzt!! -- nm - kelly Oct 12, 09:12
- It's a good thing no one's accusing Carl Crawford of eating the fried chicken. The ramifications would be horrific. -- nm - Diva Oct 12, 09:03
- word. -- nm - decline Oct 12, 08:48
- how do people feel about Popeye's vs KFC? there's a Popeye's at the mall. i never go there. -- nm - TFox Oct 12, 08:47 14
  - Los Pollos Hermanos is the best. -- nm - samara Oct 12, 09:10
  - depends on the specific location of Popeye's the one by me sucks, but the one 5 miles away is terrific -- nm - Remlik Oct 12, 09:03
  - Popeyes is spicier. It's not for everyone. I like Popeyes a lot more, though. -- nm - con_carne Oct 12, 09:00
  - dang, alright. Popeye's on the next food court trip then. -- nm - TFox Oct 12, 08:53
  - Not much difference to me. Both make good chicken and biscuits. - Krusty Oct 12, 08:50
  - Popeyes is superior to KFC - better chicken and they got red beans & rice -- nm - Epiphany Oct 12, 08:50
  - well Popeye's biscuits are certainly waay better -- nm - Jovian Oct 12, 08:49
  - Popeye's is way better than KFC. -- nm - Jim Oct 12, 08:48
  - Down here it's Bojangles. I don't go there though. I really do need to find a locally owned place with great fried chicken. -- nm - bc/nc Oct 12, 08:48 2
    - +20 SB Points -- nm - Strongbad Oct 12, 09:24
    - Love me some Bojangles. We don't have them here though. We have Lee's, which is sorta close, but not near as good. -- nm - Jim Oct 12, 09:08
  - They are both far down my list of places to eat at, generally, but I prefer KFC. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 12, 08:48
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  - Popeye's hands down -- nm - budice Oct 12, 08:47
i wish i could do this - *amazing* deals on 13 night transatlantic cruises: -- (link) - Andie Oct 12, 08:44 13
- I think the transatlantic cruise is something that sounds better in theory than practice. You're on the boat for a long part of the trip without - pmb Oct 12, 08:51 1
  - Yes, much as I enjoy 'at sea' days, the port visits are really a highlight. - MojaveMeg Oct 12, 08:58
- can someone cut/paste the dates - it is giving me a pop up -- nm - Epiphany Oct 12, 08:48 2
  - voila - Andie Oct 12, 08:50 1
    - thanks - sounds amazing -- nm - Epiphany Oct 12, 08:54
- This is why you get married. You tell him, you likey. -- nm - budice Oct 12, 08:46 1
  - yes. this is *exactly* why. -- nm - kare Oct 12, 08:48
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  - There are dates you can't take vacation on? What are these dates? -- nm - mara Oct 12, 08:50 4
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      - So because you won't be able to for the next 3 years, due to your circumstances, those who can must be old people. -- nm - mara Oct 12, 08:53 2
        
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        True for me. After some 40 years of planning my life around the accounting and payroll schedule, I enjoy looking at a calendar and saying - MojaveMeg Oct 12, 09:02
So, this is the big stink in our town lately. Sears' HQ is technically in our district and they want to extend tax breaks given to them 20 years ago - oblique Oct 12, 08:40 42
- Sears is really Kmart anyways -- nm - budice Oct 12, 08:47
- Corporate blackmail is great! - Mop (198 lbs) Oct 12, 08:45 11
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    - But it's also a bit of blackmail. They're threatening the town with the loss of income and jobs if they don't do what they tell them to do. - Krusty Oct 12, 09:05 9
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        I understand leverage but there seems to be a fine line between leverage and extortion in some cases. - Krusty Oct 12, 09:17 2
        
        When I have leverage, it's leverage. When the other person has leverage, it's extortion - Roger More Oct 12, 09:19 1
        
        Psych! -- nm - con_carne Oct 12, 09:20
        
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      - It's a negotiation. Blackmail is is when I say that I will reveal something embarrasing about you, unless you meet my demands. -- nm - Roger More Oct 12, 09:07 1
        
        Apparently it also means coercion involving threats for the purpose of taking someone's property or money. - Krusty Oct 12, 09:11
      - that's extortion, not blackmail, iinm. -- nm - znufrii Oct 12, 09:06 1
        
        That's the word I was looking for. I knew blackmail wasn't exactly right. - Krusty Oct 12, 09:09
- They're extorting the community. On that alone I'd call their bluff. -- nm - TWuG Oct 12, 08:44
- Sears ain't going anywhere. And if they do, so what? They'll be gone within 15 years anyway. -- nm - ty97 Oct 12, 08:44 6
  - (by gone I mean bankrupt or bought out) -- nm - ty97 Oct 12, 08:44 5
    - (spoilers) - znufrii Oct 12, 08:47 4
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        did I say something incorrect? - znufrii Oct 12, 08:51 2
        
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        and? - znufrii Oct 12, 09:03
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  - I know 2K jobs is 2K jobs, but that seems kind of a small number to be bending over so much for - con_carne Oct 12, 08:50 1
    - Think of it in terms of %. There are 50K people in the town, so this is (presumably) a large % of jobs there - Roger More Oct 12, 08:58
  - This is true. Plus, if there's one thing I've learned from my work, it's that companies will say anything to get preferential gov't treatment -- nm - Roger More Oct 12, 08:49
  - yes. -- nm - TFox Oct 12, 08:45
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- god I am a beotch today - if we can pay more insurance premiums than by god the corporations can pay their taxes - everyone must sacrifice -- nm - Epiphany Oct 12, 08:42 14
  - Ha ha. Or you can pay more insurance premiums AND we can go on paying no taxes -- nm - Corporations Oct 12, 08:44
  - Yet then the company leaves, goes to another state and those 6000 workers are out of jobs, homes, and not putting money into the local economy -- nm - oblique Oct 12, 08:43 12
    - It's not that simple for a company to up and move and replace its employees - ty97 Oct 12, 08:48 6
      - One of these days a city may actually force the company's hand. But so far, the companies always get what they want. - Jim Oct 12, 08:52 3
        
        Just look at Los Angeles. Whether a city can weather the loss of a huge employer depends a lot on how diversified the local economy is. - con_carne Oct 12, 08:56 1
        
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        I'm not against the concept of municipalities and corporations working together to mutual benefit, mind you. - ty97 Oct 12, 08:55
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      - so what you do, as a municipality, is come up with an estimate as to how much it would cost them to move, and tax them $1 less. -- nm - znufrii Oct 12, 08:49
    - or the company can make the sacrifice and stay and pay their taxes - be part of the solution - not part of the problem - Epiphany Oct 12, 08:46 4
      - how many individuals are going to choose to voluntarily pay more taxes to be part of the solution? like 9 people? -- nm - TFox Oct 12, 08:47 3
        
        we don't have a choice on paying higher premiums - they can bite the bullet - they are in a better position to do this - Epiphany Oct 12, 08:50 2
        
        what i'm saying is, expecting corporations to be substantially more philanthropic than we ourselves would be is probably a waste of time. -- nm - TFox Oct 12, 08:52 1
        
        you are right - the whole thing is a waste of time - it's profits over state of economy - and THAT is never going to change -- nm - Epiphany Oct 12, 08:56
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- he has the face of a quiet and violent southern dullard. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 12, 08:44
- Nah, I could definitely see him going late night gordita runs after games though. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 12, 08:39
speaking of preggo celebs, do we believe the rumors that Jessica Simpson is? I do. -- (link) - loosilu Oct 12, 08:37 12
- (I like this one -- thanks very much.) -- (link) - amanda jones Oct 12, 08:44 1
  - sure, fringe can be added. Hope it works out. I do recommend the fine yarn as it says in the pattern. -- nm - loosilu Oct 12, 08:49
- if she is, she's *pregnant* not 'delicate'. does she really need 'help' if she's not even showing. that was strictly for the paps. -- nm - Andie Oct 12, 08:42 6
  - oh, she's showing. -- nm - loosilu Oct 12, 08:51
  - well, she could be pukey, to be fair. and dizzy. (but I'm still totally on your side.) -- nm - amanda jones Oct 12, 08:43 4
    - this. because yeah, it can be effin' horrible. though something about that pic feels like it's for show. -- nm - kare Oct 12, 08:47 3
      - more pics of maybe-pregnant Jessica. -- (link) - loosilu Oct 12, 09:00 1
        
        IMF. the second to last photo there is ... wow -- nm - amanda jones Oct 12, 09:02
      - I agree -- staged. (what animal is her mom looking like in that first photo?) -- nm - amanda jones Oct 12, 08:51
- I can't tell from that - but her mom appears to be a goober -- nm - Epiphany Oct 12, 08:40 2
  - they're been printing pics of her for weeks, always in loose clothes. I'll try to find more. I was distracted by Michael Jackson's autopsy photo. -- nm - loosilu Oct 12, 08:49
  - *also* pregnant or not, that look is *awful* for her. -- nm - amanda jones Oct 12, 08:42
thanks. -- nm - amanda jones Oct 12, 08:37

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