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LYC: Hackers got into the Koman website last night and changed the banner -- (link) - MDH Feb 2, 12:51 4
- politics and tits shouldn't mix -- nm - what I didn't see Feb 2, 12:55 1
  - Poor Congressmen! -- nm - Mop (196 lbs) Feb 2, 12:56
- oof. -- nm - znufrii Feb 2, 12:52
- Welcome to the internet, bitches. Welcome to hell. -- nm - Mop (196 lbs) Feb 2, 12:52
my phone just started working again. randomly. then stopped. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 2, 12:50 1
- Is your phone in a union? -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 2, 12:51
so on the board I cheat on you guys with, there's been an epic thread on the Paterno business - Reagen Feb 2, 12:46 7
- that's why I want to know exactly what the assistant said to him about the shower incident. - Mel Profit Feb 2, 12:59 1
  - right. -- nm - Don Homer Feb 2, 13:03
- Reagen found where Hawthorne was hiding. -- nm - Mop (196 lbs) Feb 2, 12:52
- I too think he faked his own death. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 2, 12:48 1
  - I think he was dead for years, but no one told him. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 2, 12:48
- can we trade for that guy?> - groiny Feb 2, 12:48
- GianTalk? -- nm - encyclopedia pixie Feb 2, 12:47
no, really. "Angelologist"? -- (link) - encyclopedia pixie Feb 2, 12:42 5
- worse yet, he went to *Princeton* Angelology School. -- nm - Reagen Feb 2, 12:47 4
  - it's going to take a street-smart self-taught angelologist to show him how things work outside the ivory tower -- nm - encyclopedia pixie Feb 2, 12:52 3
    - send me the movie script -- nm - Tom Hanks Feb 2, 12:53 2
      - /elbows Tom out of the way, grabs halo and whip -- nm - Harrison Ford Feb 2, 12:55 1
        
        **grabs a snake from an evangelical and waves it in your face, get back to your cave, I got church conspiracies covered -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 2, 12:57
I think Michael Crichton just rolled in his grave a little. -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Feb 2, 12:33 [youtube] 10
- *Flight of the Valkyries* -- nm - Mop (196 lbs) Feb 2, 12:46
- Skynet, here we come. -- nm - decline Feb 2, 12:41
- He still owes me for Sphere and Timeline and now I'm never going to get to collect. -- nm - Reagen Feb 2, 12:36 7
  - Timeline was an awful awful book. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 2, 12:40 1
    - I've said this before, but I literally left this on the other side of the world from me. -- nm - Reagen Feb 2, 12:46
  - Sphere the book wasn't bad. The movie... not so much. -- nm - Don Homer Feb 2, 12:37 4
    - word -- nm - Beaker Feb 2, 12:55
    - yes. some books just should never be adapted. -- nm - Jovian Feb 2, 12:44
    - Loved that book. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 2, 12:38
    - this. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 2, 12:37
do you guys know who creepy ken is? guys, creepy ken got fired!! it's so great! I can't wait for the goss! -- nm - the amanda nones Feb 2, 12:26
Birdie is driving me crazy today.Ugh. Whining and crying and needy. I need a Guiness -- nm - CQ: Giving Love To All Feb 2, 12:21 2
- its not too early to think of Tiffany presents to make her happy -- nm - Epiphany Feb 2, 12:23 1
  - *laughing* -- nm - CQ: Giving Love To All Feb 2, 12:33
Wow, 22 Senators have written a letter to Komen asking them to reverse their decision -- (link) - MDH Feb 2, 12:07 56
- This kind of bothers me. The government shouldn't butt-in regarding what a private organization determines what it gives money to. - JaxSean Feb 2, 12:21 34
  - The fact they stopped funding any orgs that use embryonic stem cells isn't getting a lot of press either. -- nm - MDH Feb 2, 12:47 1
    - ooh, did you hear about the results of using stem cells in macular degeneration, NPR reports the first two regained sight within days -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 2, 12:52
  - they are already being screwed with by the GOP who decided to 'investigate' PP and that meant the Komen couldn't donate per their rules about giving.. - zeitgeist Feb 2, 12:36 4
    - from what I'm reading, that rule wasn't in place until after the investigation was begun, and was adopted with the sole purpose of targeting PP. -- (link) - znufrii Feb 2, 12:40 3
      - Wow, I didn't know that. That's just beyond ignorant. -- nm - MDH Feb 2, 12:44 1
        
        it's pretty damning, in my eyes. -- nm - znufrii Feb 2, 12:51
      - thanks -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 2, 12:41
  - The Senators have to take a position, simply because it's something their constituents overwhelmingly oppose -- nm - con_carne Feb 2, 12:26
  - I think if a GOP Rep can get them to stop the donations, Dems can send a letter. They didn't demand or mandate anything. -- nm - MDH Feb 2, 12:24
  - Then again, it's not as if the Senators are proposing a law or anything. They are simply stating their position - decline Feb 2, 12:23 1
    - I suppose - but again, it's like a bunch of Senators getting together to write a letter to Walmart saying they should keep greeters. - nm - JaxSean Feb 2, 12:30
  - They're chosing not to continue donating based upon a government action (the "investigation). That makes it ultra-relevant. - Reagen Feb 2, 12:22 18
    - my question is: what did they think would happen? no one notice? no one would care? -- nm - Epiphany Feb 2, 12:25 16
      - I'm not worried about breast cancer victims -- nm - Mitt Romney Feb 2, 12:36
      - "We're breast cancer. What are people going to do, stop donating?" -- nm - Reagen Feb 2, 12:33 14
        
        Some other breast cancer organization is going to step up and look for that money. -- nm - pmb Feb 2, 12:38 2
        
        Right. I'm saying it was hubris, that they were so established that they couldn't be unseated. -- nm - Reagen Feb 2, 12:39 1
        
        Hey now. -- nm - MySpace/AOL Feb 2, 12:43
        
        The number of people that have announced they've stopped donating is staggering. -- nm - MDH Feb 2, 12:34 10
        
        I wonder if they'll ever give us a number. like, how much they hurt. -- nm - the amanda nones Feb 2, 12:35 9
        
        I work in non-profit tax, and the buzz right now is they are getting creamed, and a lot of non-profits know what not to do. -- nm - MDH Feb 2, 12:42
        
        don't they have to make their numbers public? -- nm - Reagen Feb 2, 12:38 7
        
        but we wouldn't be able to see "here's january 31. here's february 2." -- nm - the amanda nones Feb 2, 12:47 5
        
        True, it won't be that granular. But Year over Year will tell a story. -- nm - Reagen Feb 2, 12:48 4
        
        depending on how much they bring in, it might not hurt that much. the bigger story will be the boost to PP. -- nm - the amanda nones Feb 2, 12:49 3
        
        Looks like PP are out about $600K from Komen, but in exchange they now have a whopping story to tell donors -- nm - con_carne Feb 2, 12:54 2
        
        they got it all back in a day. -- nm - Reagen Feb 2, 12:55 1
        
        Missed that! -- nm - con_carne Feb 2, 13:04
        
        it would be part of their 990 filing with the IRS, which is published online, yes. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 2, 12:41
    - Oh, I don't doubt that it was a political move on SKG's part. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 2, 12:24
  - But the government isn't butting in. 22 Senators sent a letter. That's like 22 STers getting together and sending a letter. -- nm - ty97 Feb 2, 12:22 1
    - Dear asshole who cancelled Firefly: die in a fire. Sincerely, - ST Feb 2, 12:27
  - true dat. but couldnt a politician use there position of power to speak out against what a private organization is doing? - tRuMaN Feb 2, 12:22 1
    - I don't think that has ever happened in the history of politics. -- nm - znufrii Feb 2, 12:23
- didnt Koman just bring in someone who ran for political office, with one of their things being anti-abortion? -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 2, 12:16 17
  - Yup. And this is hurting them big time. Just a horribly calculated mistake. -- nm - pmb Feb 2, 12:28
  - I'm loving how this is going to be taught in PR classes in a few years. -- nm - MDH Feb 2, 12:17 15
    - Komen can only lose now. They either anger one side (keep the funding cuts) or anger the other side (restore the funding cuts). - ty97 Feb 2, 12:24 5
      - now its being passed around how little SBK actually donates to research, only 17% yet they sue any other group that uses the phrase 'for the cure' who - zeitgeist Feb 2, 12:41
      - This. They can join "How to hurt a brand internally 101" -- nm - MDH Feb 2, 12:30
      - yup. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 2, 12:25
      - so very much this. And I'm telling you with certainty - I'll never look at a pink ribbon the same way again - Epiphany Feb 2, 12:25 1
        
        yep. -- nm - decline Feb 2, 12:25
    - The response video on Facebook was just horrible, too. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 2, 12:21 8
      - Link? -- nm - MDH Feb 2, 12:24 6
        
        I think this will link to it. -- (link) - JaxSean Feb 2, 12:27 5
        
        I can barely watch this, she moves around too much it's distracting. -- nm - MDH Feb 2, 12:32 4
        
        They should be punished just for feeding audio through the left channel. -- nm - Mop (196 lbs) Feb 2, 12:48
        
        The seat is kind of hot, probably. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 2, 12:36 2
        
        nice -- nm - Beaker Feb 2, 12:57
        
        heh. :-) -- nm - MDH Feb 2, 12:47
      - "Oh, so you love cancer then? You guys suck." -- nm - Reagen Feb 2, 12:23
- the chairman is a Bushite. good luck -- nm - encyclopedia pixie Feb 2, 12:14
- it's a small percentage, really. -- nm - the amanda nones Feb 2, 12:12 1
  - Read the third paragraph of the article. :-) -- nm - MDH Feb 2, 12:12
so, not being technically inclined, should my new laptop play Skyrim (no upgrades or anything)? or am I out of luck? -- (link) - Beaker Feb 2, 12:05 [Backboard] 4
- it should, you might have to put some of the graphics settings on low, but it should play it. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 2, 12:10 1
  - cool, merci gents... -- nm - Beaker Feb 2, 12:11
- You have a decent graphic card, it should play well -- nm - Guigue Feb 2, 12:08
- Can You Run It? -- (link) - Reagen Feb 2, 12:06
~ my ding-a-ling, my ding-a-ling, a'won'tchu play with me ding-a-ling... ~ -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Feb 2, 12:05
this would be neat -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 2, 12:03 [Image]
ika.org crash and redmond are inactive -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 2, 12:02
The Washington Nationals have reached an agreement on a one-year deal with free agent pitcher Edwin Jackson. -- nm - Beaker Feb 2, 12:01 1
- Whew. I thought the Red Sox needed him. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 2, 12:04
there is something wrong with me, but this skyrim video made me laugh -- (link) - tRuMaN Feb 2, 11:59 [youtube] 2
- That's awesome -- nm - Stephen Feb 2, 12:50
- Talos knows I've wanted to do that to that guy. -- nm - Reagen Feb 2, 12:02
Feb 2, 1659 � Jan van Riebeeck, the founder of Cape Town, produced the first bottle of South African wine -- nm - Beaker Feb 2, 11:58 1
- I'm getting a buttery mouthfeel, with a bouquet of injustice -- nm - con_carne Feb 2, 12:04
ST Poll: Guess The Hunger Gmes opening weekend box office. -- nm - Beaker Feb 2, 11:55 12
- 75 million -- nm - Epiphany Feb 2, 12:24
- 48 -- nm - Andie Feb 2, 12:12 2
  - dollars? yikes! -- nm - encyclopedia pixie Feb 2, 12:14 1
    - loonies. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 2, 12:15
- $65M -- nm - MDH Feb 2, 12:05
- 55$ mil -- nm - ceregon Feb 2, 12:03
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  - I'm thinking low end $55M-$65M range, so this would be my guess as well. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 2, 12:15
- 70mil (right around what the first twilight movie made). -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 2, 11:56 1
  - this would be my guess. -- nm - Kim Pine Feb 2, 12:23
- 46mil - fri-sun -- nm - Jovian Feb 2, 11:55
- $67 mil -- nm - Beaker Feb 2, 11:55
The latest Shit My Students Write had me in tears. -- (link) - nubby Feb 2, 11:48 1
- I'm so looking forward to this kind of stuff. -- nm - Reagen Feb 2, 11:50
Oh yeah, and never drive on the railway tracks! -- nm - Reagen Feb 2, 11:47 2
- but how else will i get that achievement? -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 2, 11:47 1
  - Reminds me of the achievement on Red Dead where you have to hog tie a female and put her on tracks for the train to hit her to get an achievement -- nm - eag Feb 2, 11:49
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- This is all I find googling for 'Massachusetts poll romney' - Dr.Vermin Feb 2, 12:08
- Obama is no stranger to Massachusetts either -- nm - con_carne Feb 2, 11:58
- Not at all. -- nm - Don Homer Feb 2, 11:57
- given the distance he's trying to put between himself and his accomplishments as governor, I can't help but think they'll be eager to reciprocate - znufrii Feb 2, 11:49
- If he was running as the Mitt that was governor, then sure. But he's running as the Mirror Universe version of the guy they elected as governor -- nm - TWuG Feb 2, 11:48
- no -- nm - encyclopedia pixie Feb 2, 11:48
- I've watched a few of the DNC videos and they think they have Mass and NH. The Wetern states are going to be a total mess. -- nm - MDH Feb 2, 11:47
- i think it is, yes. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 2, 11:47
- they hate him there more than anywhere, I thought. -- nm - Reagen Feb 2, 11:46 6
  - the state is surprisingly Red once you get beyond the metro area inside of 495. - Mel Profit Feb 2, 12:03 5
    - Wasnt the fiasco of the Big Dig project under Romney's watch -- nm - eag Feb 2, 12:08 3
      - not by any means. That mess predated him by a decade, at least -- nm - znufrii Feb 2, 12:10
      - the end phase was but it went further back than just him. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 2, 12:09 1
        
        By GOP logic that makes it Mitt's fault. -- nm - TWuG Feb 2, 12:13
    - That's true of most everywhere once you get beyond the metro areas. - Don Homer Feb 2, 12:06
- my guess would be no. -- nm - TFox Feb 2, 11:46
I volunteer as tribute. -- nm - David Feb 2, 11:45 13
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- the production values from the trailers thus far look horribly low rent - encyclopedia pixie Feb 2, 11:47 9
  - wont stop me from seeing it at midnight. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 2, 12:24
  - I'm telling you, no $50m opening weekend. -- nm - Max Feb 2, 11:48 7
    - Max - want to bet steaks? - JaxSean Feb 2, 12:13 1
      - (no peeing!) -- nm - encyclopedia pixie Feb 2, 12:14
    - Twilight looked like shit, and yet.. -- nm - Reagen Feb 2, 11:54
    - That's taking DLC to a whole new level. -- nm - Stephen Feb 2, 11:52
    - oh it'll be like a $75 million opener but it looks like a TV movie -- nm - encyclopedia pixie Feb 2, 11:52
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    - Did we bet on this? If so, how much are you about to owe me? -- nm - David Feb 2, 11:49
- too bad they dont take talls. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 2, 11:46
- sadly it was for the Anal Games -- nm - Beaker Feb 2, 11:45

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