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also, note, i could never vote for cain. he reminds me of my boss too much. - tRuMaN Dec 3, 10:38 3
- also, is anyone else waiting for him to announce his new line of Chicken restaurants? -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 3, 10:38 2
  - Los Pollos Hermanos? -- nm - nubby Dec 3, 10:39 1
    - Muy Pollos Caliente -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 3, 13:13
"999! Oh, I get it." -- nm - Reagen Dec 3, 10:34 2
- OMG. He just said he's in "the final four". -- nm - nubby Dec 3, 10:37 1
  - (fourth place in 2008, Ron Paul) -- nm - Reagen Dec 3, 10:38
sorry, pet peeve, take off the effin sunglasses when giving a speech -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 3, 10:31 4
- he's a terrible speaker. -- nm - Remlik Dec 3, 10:33 3
  - i swear to god its like someone said - tRuMaN Dec 3, 10:35
  - His voice sounds out of place to me. I blame Bad Lip Dubbing. -- nm - nubby Dec 3, 10:35 1
    - like Morgan Freeman doing a Sam Jackson impression. -- nm - Reagen Dec 3, 10:36
"13 More Years!" -- nm - Reagen Dec 3, 10:30 2
- The very first sentence, he referenced "how far we've come". He's so totally out. -- nm - nubby Dec 3, 10:32 1
  - I still can't decide which way it will go. -- nm - loosi lou who Dec 3, 10:32
and what is this hideous song? his campaign theme? -- nm - Diva Dec 3, 10:29 2
- Yep. The lyrics are... something. -- nm - nubby Dec 3, 10:30 1
  - they're basically "when I'm in charge, boy you'll see." -- nm - Reagen Dec 3, 10:31
eff these people. -- nm - Diva Dec 3, 10:28 1
- really. Every word out of their mouths is just rage-filling. -- nm - Reagen Dec 3, 10:29
Cain taking the stage with his wife. -- nm - nubby Dec 3, 10:28 4
- what channel? -- nm - loosi lou who Dec 3, 10:29 3
  - CNN, MSNBC at least. -- nm - nubby Dec 3, 10:29 2
    - cnn was on cormmercial. God, I thought I would have to watch Fox. - loosi lou who Dec 3, 10:31
    - all the 24 hour news stations -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 3, 10:30
This guy speaking (Mike Steel) is so... ick. - nubby Dec 3, 10:26
"and despite what Barack Obama says, hot dogs still taste good!" -- nm - Reagen Dec 3, 10:24 1
- Al Qaeda will never take that away from us -- nm - jingle pixie Dec 3, 10:25
according to fox news analyst, cain is going to suspend his campaign, but still travel the country promoting his 9-9-9 plan and other stuff - tRuMaN Dec 3, 10:22 3
- speaking engagements? -- nm - loosi lou who Dec 3, 10:34
- Translation: "My wife has thrown me out." -- nm - mara Dec 3, 10:31
- so not a full mccain. just a cain. -- nm - jingle pixie Dec 3, 10:25
Houston, we have a problem. -- nm - Dano Dec 3, 10:18
i love that fox news is trying so hard to always refer to them as "sexual allegations" and that americans really dont care about sexual harassment or - tRuMaN Dec 3, 10:12 9
- *To be fair...isn't that exactly what was said by many on the left with regard to Clinton? - Stephen Dec 3, 10:17 7
  - i dont know what you are quoting. i was just paraphrasing what one fox analyst was suggesting. - tRuMaN Dec 3, 10:22 2
    - Oh, not quoting anyone, the * was to indicate there was a followp-up opinion (of mine)... -- nm - Stephen Dec 3, 10:25 1
      - oh, k, cool. can i just add - tRuMaN Dec 3, 10:28
  - I will say that the sexual harassment/affair stuff is waaay down the list of why I wouldn't want Cain to be President. -- nm - Reagen Dec 3, 10:19 3
    - Oh, I don't disagree -- nm - Stephen Dec 3, 10:22 2
      - it speaks to his character, but has nothing to do with his politics, so i agree. -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 3, 10:23 1
        
        i meant this to be a reply to reagen, sorry -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 3, 10:23
- and yes i am watching fox news. - tRuMaN Dec 3, 10:16
NFL: Suh drive car, Suh hit tree morning 1:15am. -- (link) - budice Dec 3, 10:09 3
- Portland police are investigating a Saturday morning car crash involving NFL player Ndamukong Suh. -- nm - Bacon Dec 3, 10:16 1
  - Officers say Suh was polite and cooperative. He was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol, police said. -- nm - Bacon Dec 3, 10:27
- "Obviously I was just trying to use the tree to help keep me on the road." -- nm - nubby Dec 3, 10:12
I assume that the lunch lady episode will be the Emmy submission for Chopped. -- nm - Dano Dec 3, 10:03 1
- Wasn't that a great episode? -- nm - amoxy Dec 3, 10:04
5 Mind Blowing Things found Underwater -- (link) - amoxy Dec 3, 09:55 2
- Not funny. nm - Robert Wagner Dec 3, 10:00 1
  - ouch.... laughing... but ouch -- nm - Dano Dec 3, 10:01
hmm....Gareb Shamus resigns from Wizard World as President, CEO and Director -- (link) - Remlik Dec 3, 09:43
SOA question. So why did (spoilers) - James Bond (aka Igor) Dec 3, 09:43 4
- spoils... - J Dec 3, 09:46
- i think it has to do with (spoiler) - prayformojo Dec 3, 09:45 2
  - This. Jax is doing it for Tara's reasons, not Gemma's. -- nm - Remlik Dec 3, 09:48 1
    - That makes sense. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Dec 3, 09:50
Cain announcement in 30-90 minutes -- nm - nubby Dec 3, 09:32 20
- Over/Under on an Occupy Mic Check: 3/1. -- nm - nubby Dec 3, 10:24 1
  - (Yes, I know.) -- nm - nubby Dec 3, 10:25
- Holy shit, that sounds like Dave Chapelle. -- nm - Reagen Dec 3, 10:12
- "Attendants will moving through the rows shortly with Dixie cups, now please drink the contents without questioning." -- nm - Reagen Dec 3, 10:09
- @pourmecoffee: Cain reportedly consulted with his closest friends, Papa John, Little Caesar and The Noid." -- nm - Tim Dec 3, 10:04
- He apparently has arrived to the venue. -- nm - nubby Dec 3, 10:00
- "You the best around!" they're playing that song! -- nm - Remlik Dec 3, 09:57
- Will someone text me, please? I have to work at 1:30 so no real web except in the bathroom. Thanks. -- nm - amanda Dec 3, 09:49 2
  - Your work has internet in the bathroom? - eag Dec 3, 09:52 1
    - For the cams, of course. -- nm - Spawn Dec 3, 09:58
- "This battle station is now fully operational!" -- nm - Reagen Dec 3, 09:35
- *drop out, drop out, drop out, drop out, drop out* -- nm - Stephen Dec 3, 09:35 8
  - it's the only thing that makes any sense. Which, because it's Cain, means it's probably not that. -- nm - Reagen Dec 3, 09:36 7
    - "I did not have sexual relations with that woman..." - Stephen Dec 3, 09:46 3
      - I'm betting on announcing an album of soul classics with the lyrics changed to be pizza related. -- nm - Reagen Dec 3, 09:52 2
        
        He will be offereing free pizza for life to any woman he has slept with or given money too -- nm - eag Dec 3, 09:54 1
        
        "But, like, from a good place, not our crap." -- nm - Reagen Dec 3, 09:56
    - The main question is who will he blame? - amoxy Dec 3, 09:46 1
      - Canada -- nm - Epiphany Dec 3, 09:55
    - "Let me tell you what other woman ive been giving money too that my wife doesnt know about" -- nm - Hermain Cain Dec 3, 09:39
I've never seen a dog take a bath like this. -- (link) - mara Dec 3, 09:30 [youtube]
In Carmax waiting to hear how much they'll pay me for my '96 Ford E-150 van (226K miles); what should my lowest acceptable price be? - landbeck Dec 3, 09:30 6
- $956.32 -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 3, 10:11
- truecar.com -- nm - nubby Dec 3, 09:41 1
  - That is only for new cars. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Dec 3, 09:42
- They obviously won't sell that car themselves. So they will auction it. I found carmax to be very generous with their offers (better than the regular - James Bond (aka Igor) Dec 3, 09:39 1
  - True about the scrap value. We just uysed that car up. -- nm - landbeck Dec 3, 09:55
- $1200? -- nm - mara Dec 3, 09:33
Interesting article on the game footage the NFL won't show you. -- (link) - mara Dec 3, 09:09 1
- It used to drive me crazy, but I have finally accepted that is all we are going to get. -- nm - GregW Dec 3, 09:38
"Do you know how many sitcoms have done the "secretly replace a broken priceless item" bit? Because Abed does." -- nm - Reagen Dec 3, 09:08 2
- none of them have ever done it so awesomely though - jingle pixie Dec 3, 09:18 1
  - notice how they never have any priceless Superman objects - Reagen Dec 3, 09:19
Anna Benson is *nuts*. -- nm - nubby, watching Baseball Wives on VH1 Dec 3, 09:08 3
- Is she the one who promised her husband that if he ever cheated she would sleep with the whole team? -- nm - Fuzzy Dec 3, 09:22 2
  - Ryne Sandberg's wife did that just for fun. That's why he retired the first time. -- nm - spamlet Dec 3, 10:20
  - Yup. -- nm - nubby Dec 3, 09:23
awesome Black Widow cosplayer -- (link) - Remlik Dec 3, 09:07
Dance like nobody's watching! -- (link) - mara Dec 3, 09:06 [youtube]
Come on Villans! -- nm - CQ draped in tinsel Dec 3, 09:04
Ah teenagers... - Fuzzy Dec 3, 08:46 8
- How soon before the next grade is posted? In my day, letter grades were issued at the end of the semester. Which seems like a long time to wait before - mara Dec 3, 08:49 7
  - It's online. We get up-to-the-minute grades, as soon as the teacher posts them. -- nm - Fuzzy Dec 3, 08:52 6
    - But to your point, his argument is that it may take a few weeks before he has another test or opportunity to improve his grade. - Fuzzy Dec 3, 08:53 5
      - You are doing it right - we flipped our shit when Lil Pip brought home something below a B - cause we knew and she knew - she could do better - Epiphany Dec 3, 09:02 2
        
        We once got the line "what will you pay me for an A? My friends get $100." We told her it was her job to get "A"s and ours to go out and work to - MistletoeMeg Dec 3, 09:07 1
        
        hee! we paid for grades - not much - and I did " Queen for a day" when it was straight A's College is different - Epiphany Dec 3, 09:14
      - Good for you -- nm - prayformojo Dec 3, 08:58
      - Heh. VNP! -- nm - mara Dec 3, 08:57
Kill the ads on your Kindle. -- (link) - mara Dec 3, 08:42
Del Toro not playing Khan.... -- (link) - Remlik Dec 3, 08:41 2
- Borg Queen? -- nm - mud Dec 3, 08:44 1
  - Eddie Izzard for that role -- nm - Remlik Dec 3, 08:59
Stephen, Food Feuds was pretty much a ripoff of Food Wars (from Travel Channel). - the wrong element, bad guy Dec 3, 07:57 1
- Ah, interesting. I hadn't seen either before last night, so I thought I'd found a new show to watch, but when I checked for more episodes there was - Stephen Dec 3, 09:34
I thought I'd rearrange my bedroom by myself before work. you know. because working retail while physically tired is brilliant. -- nm - mandy cane Dec 3, 07:47 1
- you really think the bed should go *there*? -- nm - jingle pixie Dec 3, 08:03
Not The Onion: Pope says every organization should be held to the same standards as the Catholic Church regarding preventing & reporting child abuse. -- (link) - mara Dec 3, 07:22 6
- In all seriousness, can I ask, what's wrong with him saying this? - Stephen Dec 3, 09:37 1
  - cause they did such a good job reporting it for enternity -- nm - Beaker Dec 3, 10:42
- they are held to higher standards actually - Danedukenuuk Dec 3, 08:56
- To be fair, he's right -- they all should be held to an exacting standard. The sad reality is that they failed to meet that standard. -- nm - Fuzzy Dec 3, 08:35
- NAMBLA has endorsed this wholeheartedly. -- nm - Mop Dec 3, 07:40
- Thanks for bailing me out here by stealing all the abuse spotlight. -- nm - Jerry Sandusky Dec 3, 07:25
Just realized the Dec. issue of Consumer Reports rates computers, plus where to buy them, who needs a netbooks, and other good stuff. Let me know if. - mara Dec 3, 07:13 7
- Yes please! - Fuzzy Dec 3, 08:36 2
  - On its way. -- nm - mara Dec 3, 08:39 1
    - Thank you muchly! -- nm - Fuzzy Dec 3, 08:40
- Am I a candidate for this generous offer? If so, pls advise. -- nm - OAE Dec 3, 07:28 3
  - Sure, I just need your email address. -- nm - mara Dec 3, 07:29 2
    - (spoiler) - OAE Dec 3, 07:53 1
      - On its way. The 'from' field will be something like ephost@ something. -- nm - mara Dec 3, 07:57
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie red band trailer -- (link) - Dano Dec 3, 07:02 5
- Robert Loggia summed it up best - amoxy Dec 3, 07:35
- Why? -- nm - J Dec 3, 07:19 3
  - I love Shrim in the trailer. Is that a regular thing they do? -- nm - Dano Dec 3, 07:58 2
    - are these known characters? -- nm - J Dec 3, 08:18 1
      - Tim and Eric are though I've never actually seen their show. Just heard of it. -- nm - Dano Dec 3, 09:12
�Jeff, you don�t need to worry about what foreigners think of you. That�s your birthright as an American." -- nm - Beaker Dec 3, 06:22
every time Sandusky is talking about the allegations, he visibly squirms and looks like he wants to run. -- nm - loosi lou who Dec 3, 06:20 13
- I just don't understand what he's trying to accomplish. Is he seeking to clear his name in the court of public opinion? Or is he an attention whore? -- nm - Mop Dec 3, 06:43 11
  - It is like maj said on B2, very Michael Jackson like. -- nm - Spawn Dec 3, 09:48
  - part of me wonders if he still thinks he's protected. - Mel Profit Dec 3, 06:58 4
    - I think he lives in an elaborate mental construct in which everything he's done is justified or excusable. Part of him knows that if this were true, - mara Dec 3, 07:01 2
      - I can see that. What I interpreted as casual may be the elaborate mental construct he's put together. - Mel Profit Dec 3, 07:13 1
        
        I interpret the casualness as taking time to rationalize the maze of his construct. -- nm - nubby Dec 3, 08:06
    - I also get the sense that like MJ, he just doesn't get it. -- nm - loosi lou who Dec 3, 06:59
  - Him I understand. If it was the biggest news story in the country that I was a pedophile, I'd want to do everything in my power to clear my name, NOW. - nubby Dec 3, 06:46 4
    - agreed. -- nm - loosi lou who Dec 3, 06:53
    - I certainly wouldn't giggle about it. -- nm - mandy cane Dec 3, 06:51
    - (JS also doesn't seem to be particularly bright.) -- nm - nubby Dec 3, 06:47 1
      - just look at his first interview: "did you molest children" Instead of screaming NOOOOO. he hummed and hawed around it -- nm - Beaker Dec 3, 06:53
- and he looks at his lawyer after everything he says, for approval I guess. -- nm - loosi lou who Dec 3, 06:21
Saturday! -- nm - Beaker Dec 3, 06:18 2
- in the park, I think it was the 4th of July .... -- nm - i'm not stocking-stuffed yet ! Dec 3, 07:17 1
  - Ice Cream -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 3, 13:15

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