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wait, if we're floating debt to pay for war, how are we going to use that money to pay down the debt? -- nm - Max Jan 24, 18:47 1
- f**kin magic. -- nm - icolin Jan 24, 18:48
We just bought what? -- nm - The Navy Jan 24, 18:44 2
- Shhh. Just sign here. -- nm - Solyndra Jan 24, 18:47
- The armed services are huge on renewable energies. Moving fuel around is tough in a war zone. -- nm - TWuG Jan 24, 18:47
Obama wants to blow up New York and PA!! -- nm - icolin Jan 24, 18:42 9
- I'm on it! -- nm - loosy Jan 24, 18:43 5
  - nice. related: If anyone cares, it turns out if you want to kill people, you need to use LIQUID HBr, not gas HBr. - loosi Jan 24, 18:45 4
    - Every so often I worry that some day Homeland Security will come knocking at my door. - the liioulu with due book Jan 24, 18:46 3
      - ha. they've never visited me -- and think about the email and phone conversations I've had with my co-workers over the last decade. -- nm - loosi Jan 24, 18:49 2
        
        The only reason I count it an irrational fear. ;) -- nm - the liioulu with due book Jan 24, 18:49 1
        
        I literally had a co-worker call me on my cell phone and open with "So, let's talk about our plans to bomb Buffalo." -- nm - loosi Jan 24, 18:52
- I prefer iCarly over iColin. -- nm - Qale Jan 24, 18:43 2
  - And you call yourself a gay! -- nm - icolin Jan 24, 18:44 1
    - #IDontHavetheFactsToBackThisUp but I'm pretty sure the creator and head writer of the show Dan Schneider is gay. -- nm - Qale Jan 24, 18:46
I'm watching this show on Discovery Health called Freaky Eaters - this woman has eaten nothing but cheese-covered potatoes/fries for 30 yrs. - kelly Jan 24, 18:41 9
- my cousin ate nothing but white bread and mayo sandwiches for over 18 months as a kid -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 24, 18:46
- Ugh, gross. -- nm - MDH Jan 24, 18:46
- My Skyrim character only eats Cheese Wheels. -- nm - Qale Jan 24, 18:42
- wow. how does she survive? -- nm - loosi Jan 24, 18:42 4
  - I think it's a case of "if she doesn't change her ways soon, she's going to die". She's morbidly obese, has gained 180 lbs over the last decade. - kelly Jan 24, 18:45 2
    - I think I just strained something rolling my eyes. -- nm - mafic Jan 24, 18:46
    - wow. I have read about this as some sort of mental illness. -- nm - loosi Jan 24, 18:46
  - metamucil -- nm - peglegpete Jan 24, 18:43
- and weighs 3 metric tonnes. -- nm - mafic Jan 24, 18:42
My talking points at home go over as well as they do here. Except here I can't see you rolling your eyes at me. -- nm - Bacon Jan 24, 18:41 3
- And we don't have the veto power. -- nm - H-Mogul Jan 24, 18:44
- can you imagine it though? -- nm - Beaker Jan 24, 18:43
- We can work on that last part. Bery!!! - the liioulu with due book Jan 24, 18:43
SOTU transcript here: -- (link) - mara Jan 24, 18:39
so I just applied for that job. please hope for me that everyone makes the right decisions concerning it. - amanda jones Jan 24, 18:37 2
- You'll know what's right. Good luck. -- nm - TWuG Jan 24, 18:45
- Done - fates be kind :) -- nm - JenBro Jan 24, 18:39
Shatner's dead - prayformojo Jan 24, 18:37 3
- Priceline killed his spokesman character off. -- nm - mara Jan 24, 18:38
- uh, what? -- nm - Max Jan 24, 18:37 1
  - Um, the post above was supposed to be a reply to you. -- nm - mara Jan 24, 18:38
brag about the deportation numbers! -- nm - Max Jan 24, 18:35 4
- They're deporting themsleves in bigger numbers these days. -- nm - the liioulu with due book Jan 24, 18:37
- I hate McCain so freaking much. -- nm - MDH Jan 24, 18:36
- what are we watching? I've been in a cave all night! -- nm - amanda jones Jan 24, 18:36 1
  - State of the Union... -- nm - MDH Jan 24, 18:37
Whoa, that education comment is huge. -- nm - MDH Jan 24, 18:33 14
- My GF dropped some dishes in the sink when he said, "All kids must graduate or ......?" or what? -- nm - Bacon Jan 24, 18:34 13
  - be sent to the salt mines. -- nm - mafic Jan 24, 18:38
  - "So tonight, I call on every State to require that all students stay in high school until they graduate or turn eighteen." -- nm - mara Jan 24, 18:37 5
    - Hmm....I think some disctricts count on kids dropping out to help balance the books. - the liioulu with due book Jan 24, 18:40 2
      - Then we end up with kids spelling words like "disctricts". -- nm - Dr. Vermin Jan 24, 18:45 1
        
        I didn't learn to type until I went to college. ;P -- nm - the liioulu with due book Jan 24, 18:47
    - Now we know why the president wanted the authority to imprison U.S. citizens indefinitely! -- nm - Max Jan 24, 18:39
    - He said the states "should" require this I believe. Cue right wing talking points... -- nm - MDH Jan 24, 18:39
  - Stay in school until graduation or turn 18 -- nm - MDH Jan 24, 18:35 5
    - I heard that part, but what happens if they don't -- nm - Bacon Jan 24, 18:39 4
      - That would be up to the states. -- nm - mara Jan 24, 18:44
      - thunderdome. -- nm - mafic Jan 24, 18:41 2
        
        Hunger Games! nm - ralph wiggum Jan 24, 18:44
        
        Hahaha. -- nm - MDH Jan 24, 18:41
Who cares!! When are we going to Mars? -- nm - Bacon Jan 24, 18:30 2
- I loved how CNN went ape shit over the fact he said -- nm - MDH Jan 24, 18:31 1
  - SFEK: "Good job" to Panetta. CNN is all like "something must have happened today, we are investigating!" -- nm - MDH Jan 24, 18:32
SOPA -- nm - Dano Jan 24, 18:27 1
- That was odd. -- nm - nubby Jan 24, 18:29
Cantor looks... unhappy. -- nm - TWuG Jan 24, 18:26
My office is about to get wild on this tax reform section -- nm - MDH Jan 24, 18:25
Did someone slug Kerry in the face? He looks bruised. -- nm - TWuG Jan 24, 18:24 5
- A broken nose, in fact. -- nm - mara Jan 24, 18:25 1
  - Ouch. -- nm - TWuG Jan 24, 18:26
- Accident in a pick-up hockey game. -- nm - the liioulu with due book Jan 24, 18:24 1
  - And no, not kidding. -- nm - the liioulu with due book Jan 24, 18:25
- Was just coming to post, whoa, what happened? -- nm - MDH Jan 24, 18:24
30 Hours down. 10 to go. I'll actually be above 40 by the time I go see the PO because I'll be continuing to go to the food pantry. - Qale Jan 24, 18:22 4
- Yay! There's no way this won't sound condescending - but I don't mean it to be at all - I'm proud of you :) - JenBro Jan 24, 18:38 1
  - Thanks. I appreciate the comments. And I'll funnel your hope towards making sure I get my letterhead paperwork all lined up nice and easy. -- nm - Qale Jan 24, 18:44
- They probably think even more of you if you go in with some over the limit. - MDH Jan 24, 18:23 1
  - Yeah right. I'm just doing it to cover all my bases as much as possible. -- nm - Qale Jan 24, 18:37
Get It. -- nm - MDH Jan 24, 18:20
""You hear [Newt} Gingrich's staff has these five file cabinets, four big ones and this little tiny one. - Brian Jan 24, 18:17
no fighting troops in Iraq at all? Not even special forces? -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 24, 18:13 2
- There might be private contractors. -- nm - the liioulu with due book Jan 24, 18:14 1
  - I would think so. There are supposed to be thousands of STate Dept employees there now. someone has to be protecting them. -- nm - loosi Jan 24, 18:33
I ... am... bulletproof. -- nm - Bill Clinton Jan 24, 18:11
tear out bad wood, replace with good wood -- nm - Delbert McClintock Jan 24, 18:09
Gabby is awesome! -- nm - Bacon Jan 24, 18:02
In 4 more years it will get better. Trust me,,,,again -- nm - Bacon Jan 24, 18:00 35
- it's already better than it was 4 years ago -- nm - encyclopedia pixie Jan 24, 18:02 34
  - I don't agree with that. I think the downward trend has stopped, but it's not better than 4 years ago -- nm - Bacon Jan 24, 18:04 32
    - the shit really hit in about september of 2008, but the slide started about a year before that - mafic Jan 24, 18:14
    - Dude. -- nm - David Jan 24, 18:05 29
      - 1 year before Bush left office the country was just starting to turn downward. I disagree with it. -- nm - Bacon Jan 24, 18:07 28
        
        2005-2006 is when there was no escape. So....dude. -- nm - David Jan 24, 18:21
        
        we were bleeding hundreds of thousand of jobs a month in 08-09. that's stopped and started to go the other way - encyclopedia pixie Jan 24, 18:10
        
        So you just want to disregard the part where the shit hits the fan (which happened before he took office). -- nm - pmb Jan 24, 18:08 25
        
        That isn't what I am saying now is it. From where we are now we have not recovered to where we were then. - Bacon Jan 24, 18:12 24
        
        Your argument is wrong. The bailouts succeeded beyond anyone's reasonable expectations, particularly the auto industry. - David Jan 24, 18:22 12
        
        GM still owes us a bunch money and Chrysler is now in foreign ownership. DUUUDE!! The Banks made out like bandits....DUUUDE!!! - Bacon Jan 24, 18:25 7
        
        GM has already repaid the 8.1 billion loan, didn't actually take the TARP money, and well.. did sell taxpayers stock that's not worth much. -- (link) - Qale Jan 24, 18:40
        
        now in foreign ownership? they've been there since the late '90s. -- nm - mafic Jan 24, 18:28 3
        
        Don't let facts get in the way. Hahah I forgot about the Germans -- nm - Bacon Jan 24, 18:29 2
        
        I'm starting to suspect you are drinking again *and* engaged to a republican. -- nm - David Jan 24, 18:35 1
        
        I am sober, AND dating a liberal. -- nm - Bacon Jan 24, 18:40
        
        Don't make me turn this into a Four Dude thread. -- nm - David Jan 24, 18:27 1
        
        I am going to most likely vote for him because a Republican President, Congress and possible Senate scare teh shit out of me - Bacon Jan 24, 18:28
        
        "Paid Back In Full" was not a phrase that people expected to hear. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 24, 18:24 2
        
        Look at the books. That isn't true. At all. -- nm - Bacon Jan 24, 18:25 1
        
        The U.S. still has a ton of stock -- nm - Bacon Jan 24, 18:25
        
        Which one of the Republican candidates was against the GM bailout? -- nm - the liioulu with due book Jan 24, 18:23
        
        rate of US GDP growth in 2008: 1.1%, in 2010: 2.8%, and probably around 3% for 2011 -- (link) - encyclopedia pixie Jan 24, 18:21
        
        I would agree that things aren't back to where they were 4 years ago (at least for individuals. I'd argue that business profitability is back to - pmb Jan 24, 18:18 6
        
        I can agree with most of this. I still don't see business profits up in small business though -- nm - Bacon Jan 24, 18:20 4
        
        Different economies of scale. -- nm - the liioulu with due book Jan 24, 18:23 3
        
        We are still losing customers that are going out of business. Might be geographical but we are not out of the woods here -- nm - Bacon Jan 24, 18:27 2
        
        Banks are lending money as they should in some cases. - the liioulu with due book Jan 24, 18:33 1
        
        Crud, that are up there should have been and aren't. - the liioulu with due book Jan 24, 18:36
        
        Unless your a teacher or a public employee who's not a cop or fireperson (in most places). -- nm - the liioulu with due book Jan 24, 18:19
        
        might have something to do with a mortgage bubble bursting round that time - encyclopedia pixie Jan 24, 18:16 1
        
        Housing bubble probably inflated home values in a lot of places. -- nm - the liioulu with due book Jan 24, 18:18
        
        Republicans and/or conservatives blocking every movie he makes just because he makes it is a big part of the problem. - the liioulu with due book Jan 24, 18:14
    - We don't got Dubya to push around anymore. -- nm - the liioulu with due book Jan 24, 18:05
  - A lot better. He had a grrrrrrreat year. -- nm - David Jan 24, 18:04
This year's Designated Survivor: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack!!! -- nm - nubby Jan 24, 17:55
Stephen, get your credit card ready! -- (link) - Spawn - Blood Feud Lord and Master Jan 24, 17:45
One For the Money looks horrible. - kelly Jan 24, 17:41 21
- My mom can't wait to see it. - Cuzzin Todd Jan 24, 18:04 2
  - Same (minus the books part) -- nm - MDH Jan 24, 18:15 1
    - It's quite a series - I got her #18 for her b'day. - Cuzzin Todd Jan 24, 18:30
- But it does look better than the Three Stooges movie. - the liioulu with due book Jan 24, 17:59
- Yep - the more I see the previews the more I think it shouldn't have been put on film :(. I *heart* the Stephanie Plum books. -- nm - JenBro Jan 24, 17:43
- And I think they have Ranger saying more words in the preview than he does in an entire book. -- nm - the liioulu with due book Jan 24, 17:43 7
  - Babe - JenBro Jan 24, 17:44 6
    - Uh-huh... - the liioulu with due book Jan 24, 17:48 5
      - ^5. So how cold there? I just had to turn up the heat ( 65 to 68 ) with wind chill it's a balmy 18 degrees here - time for a hot shower to thaw. -- nm - JenBro Jan 24, 17:51 4
        
        Over freezing and sunny, but dropping to 20 tonight. - the liioulu with due book Jan 24, 17:55 3
        
        It a strange Winter -- nm - JenBro Jan 24, 18:04 1
        
        'tis. -- nm - the liioulu with due book Jan 24, 18:05
        
        And let's not forget the icy patches. WEEEEEEeeee!!!!! *thud* -- nm - the liioulu with due book Jan 24, 17:58
- between this and her comments about Grey's this week, you can start to sensing the desperation -- nm - prayformojo Jan 24, 17:42 6
  - oh, what on earth did she say? -- nm - kelly Jan 24, 17:53 5
    - On more than one occasion she's mentioned she'd be willing to return. "We were like a family there." nm - ralph wiggum Jan 24, 17:55 4
      - She was the family bitch who got cut out of the will. -- nm - David Jan 24, 18:24
      - She said that on The View yesterday. I really miss them, it was 6 years of my life, we were a family. Was she there 6 years? Yes, I saw part of The - jnine Jan 24, 18:01
      - ha. Yeah, okay, Katherine. - kelly Jan 24, 17:57
      - lots of families have bitchy demanding sisters. -- nm - mafic Jan 24, 17:57
- You had me at "Katherine Heigl is a hateful person". -- nm - Reagen Jan 24, 17:41
Termites? You burn down the house to keep them from spreading. -- nm - Spawn - Blood Feud Lord and Master Jan 24, 17:40 1
- Step one: Buy an LG dryer. -- nm - David Jan 24, 17:43
I love Archified season. -- nm - David Jan 24, 17:38 1
- Meathead. -- nm - Spawn - Blood Feud Lord and Master Jan 24, 17:39
Anyone up for an Albert Nobbs / A Separation double feature in Bethesda on Saturday? -- nm - Dano Jan 24, 17:34 2
- Possibly. - kelly Jan 24, 17:39
- i would go see A Separation if i was still around. i think it's my next thing to see here. - encyclopedia pixie Jan 24, 17:37
I'm a pig -- nm - Bacon Jan 24, 17:32 4
- how else would you become bacon? -- nm - the liioulu with due book Jan 24, 17:34 3
  - by being cured -- nm - Roger More Jan 24, 17:34 2
    - Golf clap -- nm - JenBro Jan 24, 17:45 1
      - Oink!! -- nm - Bacon Jan 24, 17:59

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