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john king is using his magic screen outdoors! -- nm - b! Jan 20, 13:15 2
- tom foreman is now using his magic screen to show famous people who were there. -- nm - b! Jan 20, 13:20
- Street magic? -- nm - TaurusII Jan 20, 13:17
Wow. The shots of Kennedy over Obama's shoulder while being sworn in are great. -- nm - Spawn Jan 20, 13:15 8
- link? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 20, 13:16 5
  - you can go to Cnn.com and play with it yourself -- nm - Gwaahjo Jan 20, 13:19
  - CNN is uploading all contributed photos into their system giving total access to the scene. -- nm - Spawn Jan 20, 13:18 3
    - oh, someone did that with flickr photos. there was an amazing demo on the web. -- nm - loosilu Jan 20, 13:19
    - "The moment." -- nm - Spawn Jan 20, 13:19 1
      - here -- (link) - Spawn Jan 20, 13:19
- what network? -- nm - loosilu Jan 20, 13:16 1
  - was on CNN -- nm - Gwaahjo Jan 20, 13:18
i want that screen! - Marcel, lefty like Obama Jan 20, 13:15 5
- I remember when microsoft (or whoever) unveiled that tech. There was a link on TT. great stuff. -- nm - Spawn Jan 20, 13:17 2
  - I toyed with it last week, it's big fun - Marcel, lefty like Obama Jan 20, 13:18
  - MS Surface is pretty neat. I wonder if ST/TT saw the Surface Sphere? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 20, 13:18
- so we all have cnn on? hee. -- nm - b! Jan 20, 13:16 1
  - during ad breaks i switch to euronews :-) -- nm - Marcel, lefty like Obama Jan 20, 13:17
Kilbo... - David Jan 20, 13:14 4
- He uses 3-day always. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 20, 13:19 1
  - (and I'm *so* eff'd on that Mall Cop number.) -- nm - JaxSean Jan 20, 13:20
- that Hotel for Dogs is....quite surprising -- nm - Epiphany Jan 20, 13:15 1
  - The Monday number is so large I re-checked it three times. -- nm - David Jan 20, 13:18
That cadilac stretch is hot. nm - Jovian Jan 20, 13:14 7
- anyone know how thick the window glass is? -- nm - loosilu Jan 20, 13:15 5
  - its transparent aluminum I think. - Jovian Jan 20, 13:16 1
    - "Hello Computer" -- nm - Scotty Jan 20, 13:18
  - no but they said that the limo has 5 inches of armor plating. -- nm - Remlik Jan 20, 13:15 2
    - I wonder if it's DU? that's the strongest. -- nm - loosilu Jan 20, 13:18 1
      - I just wonder how fast that thing can go and how it handles. -- nm - Scotty Jan 20, 13:19
- *Cadillac -- nm - Jovian Jan 20, 13:15
So the rest of the parade waits till the president is in the stands ? -- nm - eag Jan 20, 13:13
PSA for Canadians: Canadian Tire to stop taking oders through website...website for promotion only...(link) -- (link) - Walt_Disney Jan 20, 13:13 1
- they have enough stores ... if the webside just had price info and store stock levels, that would be useful still -- nm - Beryllium Jan 20, 13:14
Arrrgggghhhh. - kelly Jan 20, 13:12 5
- Hi, Bill Mays here for instant seal. It has the power! -- nm - CQ Jan 20, 13:14
- any nud...never mind. - Mel Profit Jan 20, 13:14
- ...matey. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 20, 13:12
- unrelated: Thanks so much for the Panera tip. pastry ring was a hit. -- nm - loosilu Jan 20, 13:12
- :( Sorry to hear that. I hope it's just a minor issue. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 20, 13:12
Imagine if Obama had the same complex as Jack Nicholson in As Good as it Gets and had to jump over the white lines on the road. -- nm - Loyola Jan 20, 13:11
So it's been a few hours... is the economy fixed yet? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 20, 13:10 3
- if by "fixed" you mean "huge banks teetering on the edge of disaster, again" then yes....nm - x Jan 20, 13:11 2
  - So you're saying I should wait until this evening before I really expect anything? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 20, 13:12
  - yes, that's traditionally what "fixed" means in reference to an economy. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 20, 13:12
Bush had the pale blue tie. Is burgundy going to be the new in thing? -- nm - loosilu Jan 20, 13:09 10
- does anyone else think ties are just silly. Can't we get beyond this whole tie and suit thing? -- nm - CQ Jan 20, 13:11 9
  - I love how I feel when I get dressed up. It feels...better. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 20, 13:18 1
    - It feels the exact opposite for me, heh -- nm - CQ Jan 20, 13:19
  - fwiw, I've stopped wearing ties to work. - znufrii Jan 20, 13:14 2
    - we need more people like you out there. -- nm - CQ Jan 20, 13:16 1
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  - Every girl's crazy 'bout a sharp dressed man. -- nm - loosilu Jan 20, 13:12
  - Clothes all together. -- nm - Spawn Jan 20, 13:11 2
    - It looks like clothes would be required in DC today. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 20, 13:13
    - except flip flops -- nm - CQ Jan 20, 13:13
you know, he's faster on foot than in his limotank -- nm - Marcel, lefty like Obama Jan 20, 13:07 1
- the SS agents had to walk slower, looked like. -- nm - loosilu Jan 20, 13:08
ok, that was a *tough* day in the markets. russel 2000 lost almost 7%....nm - x Jan 20, 13:05 5
- Could it be something Obama said? - Mel Profit Jan 20, 13:17
- i didn't know, or at least remember, hearing this - 13 out of the last 16 inauguration days, the markets were down. so add another one. -- nm - b! Jan 20, 13:06 3
  - i didn't know that, but i honestly don't find it all that surprising... - x Jan 20, 13:08
  - there should be more conversations between x and b! - prayformojo Jan 20, 13:07 1
    - are you still in town or did you flee? -- nm - loosilu Jan 20, 13:08
Obamas are out of the car. -- nm - loosilu Jan 20, 13:04 1
- no names! -- nm - secret agent #312 Jan 20, 13:05
no femal agents -- nm - Marcel, lefty like Obama Jan 20, 13:04 5
- the SS dude behind the first lady is a Remlik lookalike. -- nm - loosilu Jan 20, 13:06 4
  - so don't eff with him. -- nm - Remlik Jan 20, 13:10 1
    - I'm loving watching the SS guys scan the crowd. -- nm - loosilu Jan 20, 13:11
  - the baldie? -- nm - Marcel, lefty like Obama Jan 20, 13:08 1
    - yes. -- nm - loosilu Jan 20, 13:08
He has emerged!!! -- nm - Spawn Jan 20, 13:03 3
- crap, four more weeks of winter -- nm - CQ Jan 20, 13:04 2
  - no shadow though! -- nm - Marcel, lefty like Obama Jan 20, 13:05
  - 5 Spawn Points -- nm - Spawn Jan 20, 13:04
oh, lyc: swiss tv blow the power of their main building half an hour before the live coverage began :-) -- nm - Marcel, lefty like Obama Jan 20, 13:02 2
- deliberately? -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 20, 13:03 1
  - nope. they had a major outage last year and were working on making it failproof :-) -- nm - Marcel, lefty like Obama Jan 20, 13:07
I swear the sign on that one urinal say ... "not wank, sorry" -- nm - zork Jan 20, 13:02
This is my favorite part of the Inaugural Speech: - JaxSean Jan 20, 13:01 10
- Yeah, sounds great, but really, anyone here believe for a second that the Muslim leadership overseas would agree? - Name Withheld By Request Jan 20, 13:03 6
  - I think it's a mistake to regard "the Muslim leadership" as a single monolithic group. - znufrii Jan 20, 13:07
  - They don't have to. He is implicitly laying out what his foreign policy will be like -- nm - con_carne Jan 20, 13:06
  - it's rhetoric. he's setting himself apart from the previous administration which was seen as aggressive. -- nm - loosilu Jan 20, 13:05
  - Some of them will, some of them won't. - Beryllium Jan 20, 13:04 2
    - What are some of the ones you think will? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 20, 13:05 1
      - Egypt, Jordan, possibly Syria - Beryllium Jan 20, 13:08
- "Know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy." - Mel Profit Jan 20, 13:02 1
  - I said AMEN! -- nm - loosilu Jan 20, 13:03
- "...because the tighter you clench your fist, the more countries slip through your fingers." -- nm - Reagen Jan 20, 13:01
Those black cars look awful. They couldn't go for silver? -- nm - Loyola Jan 20, 13:00 4
- i read somewhere that pres. limos were navy blue until johnson asked for black. -- nm - b! Jan 20, 13:04
- You're kinda critical of everything, aren't you? Black is badass. -- nm - loosilu Jan 20, 13:03
- Presidential limos are black. -- nm - Spawn Jan 20, 13:02
- Our customers can have their vehicles in any color they want. As long as it's black. -- nm - Henry Ford s.i. Jan 20, 13:02
Meat is murder, but murder is also murder! - David Jan 20, 12:59
huh. No female Secret Service agents. -- nm - Remlik Jan 20, 12:58 9
- but Kate was one. -- nm - loosilu Jan 20, 12:59 4
  - I mean on screen around POTUS. -- nm - Remlik Jan 20, 13:01 3
    - this is actually making me wonder how many female agents there are. -- nm - loosilu Jan 20, 13:02 2
      - well they are just window dressing. -- nm - Agent Frank Horrigan Jan 20, 13:06
      - i saw something a while back - something like a few hundred out of a few thousand. -- nm - b! Jan 20, 13:05
- they probably guard the first lady and kids. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 20, 12:59 3
  - the Bush twins had male SS guards, AFAIK. -- nm - loosilu Jan 20, 12:59 2
    - efiin nazis -- nm - CQ Jan 20, 13:00
    - in the biblical sense? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 20, 13:00
POTUS Obama's first executive order? -- in the grand tradition of Lincoln, he will pull a reverse Emmancipation Proclamation and announce that... - i'm not dead yet ! Jan 20, 12:58 4 1
- according to the History Channel, man came from Ethiopa. Therefore everyone in the US is an African-American -- nm - peglegpete Jan 20, 13:05
- Remmancipation Proclamation? -- nm - JaxSean Jan 20, 13:04 1
  - there ya go ! -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Jan 20, 13:05
- i know i know.. that ain't right.... i know it ain't wrong, but that ain't right -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Jan 20, 12:58
LIR - Laughing with Diva cause she is vexed, terribly vexed - also in actor from Gladiator news: - Epiphany Jan 20, 12:57 4
- Did you see the first one? I haven't but I heard it was pretty raunchy. -- nm - Diva Jan 20, 12:59 3
  - No - and I am on the fence about this one - the trailer looks very good - I did dig The Strangers but - Epiphany Jan 20, 13:04 2
    - I prefer the psych thrillers too vs. the gore. And I don't like watching torture. *shudder* -- nm - Diva Jan 20, 13:06 1
      - my rank of preference: 1) psych thriller, 2) gore/slasher - I'm always afraid I am going to miss a good thriller - Epiphany Jan 20, 13:14
what are those, 32 inch rims? - Marcel, lefty like Obama Jan 20, 12:56 2
- 19.5" -- nm - J Jan 20, 13:01
- stylin -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 20, 13:01
Any ST thoughts about Rick Warren's convocation? I thought it was very inclusive. -- nm - loosilu Jan 20, 12:55 4
- I was surprised he said the Our Father. I saw "Saddleback Church" in the caption and thought he was gonna go with; - Loyola Jan 20, 12:59
- I thought his oratorical style was rather pedestrian. - znufrii Jan 20, 12:57 2
  - Saddleback has a huge parking lot, I'm sure most his congregation drives instead of walks to church -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Jan 20, 12:58
  - true, I agree with both comments. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 20, 12:58
To piss off Dawson....CBC's "49 Songs That Define Canada" to be sent on an Ipod to Obama. -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Jan 20, 12:54 15
- I still think "Far too Canadian" by Spirit of the West would be a great choice :) -- nm - Walt_Disney Jan 20, 13:11
- The lack of Our Lady Peace is troubling. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 20, 12:58 5
  - They want him to keep listening not turn it off and through it out his limo window - J Jan 20, 12:59 2
    - throw not through -- nm - Beryllium Jan 20, 13:00 1
      - yes, thank you -- nm - J Jan 20, 13:01
  - hell no. -- nm - Reagen Jan 20, 12:58
  - Indeed. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 20, 12:58
- For the Canadians: MSNBC is showing the Canadian Embassy, which in case you didn't know, has far and away the most prime real estate - loosilu Jan 20, 12:57 1
  - There was a story mentioned on the local radio this morning that American media wanted to use the Canadian Embassy for the better shots.... - Walt_Disney Jan 20, 13:10
- *returns a dozen modern dancers who will interprete through movement the great history of US-Can relations -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 20, 12:57
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  - Seems you have a bee in your bonnet in recent months about countries making "a deal" about the new fella. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 20, 13:05 1
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- needed more Luba. -- nm - Reagen Jan 20, 12:56
- That's an awful lot of Rush for one person -- nm - CQ Jan 20, 12:55
but these press trucks are fugly. -- nm - Marcel, lefty like Obama Jan 20, 12:53
guys, I'm in such a god mood today! the only thing that could make today better is lemon donuts and my freaking answering her phone when I call! -- nm - president 44 loves mandy lane Jan 20, 12:53 6
- you should just say "let there be lemon donuts"....nm - x Jan 20, 12:55 2
  - LemMONNNNNNNN DOnutsssssssssss -- nm - Oprah Jan 20, 12:58 1
    - *poof* -- nm - Lemon Doughnuts Jan 20, 13:13
- It's important to be in touch with your freaking -- nm - con_carne Jan 20, 12:54 2
  - oops. see! I'm so giggly I'm skipping words. annie! phone! -- nm - president 44 loves mandy lane Jan 20, 12:56 1
    - don't let it spoil your god mood! -- nm - Marcel, lefty like Obama Jan 20, 12:59
wow, this really is moving slowly. The Canadian Embassy is one block from the Capitol. -- nm - loosilu Jan 20, 12:52 1
- Oh, great, another Canadians-Are-Slow jo....... oh, wait, nevermind. ;-) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 20, 12:56
I read the premise for the new TV show Harper's Island and was interested. I watched the promo and I no longer am. -- nm - Dano Jan 20, 12:52
cnn's use of microsoft's photosynth -- (link) - Marcel, lefty like Obama Jan 20, 12:51
That Journey link was awesome. -- nm - CQ Jan 20, 12:50 3
- though 1-5-1-5-4 is like the most common chord progression ever. -- nm - Reagen Jan 20, 12:55 2
  - correct that, second most to 1-4-1-4-5 - Reagen Jan 20, 12:59
  - You mean green-blue-green-blue-yellow? -- nm - CQ Jan 20, 12:57
so he's potus for over three hours now and hasn't done anything yet? -- nm - Marcel, lefty like Obama Jan 20, 12:48 5
- dow -3.55%, nasdaq -5.11%, s + p -4.81%, 10 yr bon -7/32, oil + 6.11% a barrel....nm - x Jan 20, 12:52 1
  - dang, I was so going to bet that the dow would bump up by at least 3-500 -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 20, 13:03
- He is still trying to get to his BOO. -- nm - Spawn Jan 20, 12:49
- he already did something, according to the news, although I don't know what. -- nm - loosilu Jan 20, 12:49 1
  - signed the paperwork for all his cabinet appointments. -- nm - Remlik Jan 20, 12:51
So I listened to Obama's speech a second time in the car earlier. - Spawn Jan 20, 12:48 5
- when it comes to speeches, IMO, short is good. -- nm - loosilu Jan 20, 12:49 4
  - "Alright! Let's do this!" -- nm - President Obama's first draft Jan 20, 12:53 1
    - Git er done! -- nm - Obama Jan 20, 12:55
  - Yeah...I know that now -- nm - William Henry Harrison Jan 20, 12:53 1
    - that poor bastard. -- nm - loosilu Jan 20, 12:54
Word. -- nm - Jim Jan 20, 12:47 1
- Indeed. -- nm - Spawn Jan 20, 12:47

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