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Petition: Have Weird Al perform the halftime show at Super Bowl XLVII -- (link) - znufrii Feb 10, 10:38 3
- he should just sing The Saga Begins and I'd watch -- nm - Beaker Feb 10, 10:39 1
  - Rework "The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota" as "The biggest Super Bowl in [host city name]" - TWuG Feb 10, 10:44
- It'd be fun, but it'll also never happen. -- nm - TWuG Feb 10, 10:38
Man U vs. Liverpool tomorrow am on ESPN at 7:30am. Too early for pints? Does NESN show all Liverpool games? -- nm - CQ: Giving Love To All Feb 10, 10:38 3
- never to early for a pint -- nm - znufrii Feb 10, 10:40
- with all those little ones you'll probably already be up for several hours, so pints are fine -- nm - decline Feb 10, 10:39 1
  - I'll make wings. See you at 8? -- nm - CQ: Giving Love To All Feb 10, 10:41
Sources are saying Gronk has had surgery on his ankle -- nm - Beaker Feb 10, 10:36 4
- but did he party shirtless afterward ? -- nm - decline Feb 10, 10:38 1
  - Gronk is someone I do not expect to handle celebrity well. -- nm - David Feb 10, 10:39
- I blame Kobe. -- nm - David Feb 10, 10:37
- ...while shirtless. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 10, 10:37
Ewan Mcgregor playing with light sabres -- (link) - Remlik Feb 10, 10:27 [youtube] 3 1
- I finally saw the trailer for that Yemen movie of his. Two words: - con_carne Feb 10, 10:40
- Darth Maul shot first! -- nm - Beaker Feb 10, 10:31
- O'dowd heard the same story I had. Apparently, it gets around. Lucas had to cut 'cause McGregor would make the sound effects himself. -- nm - Mop (196 lbs) Feb 10, 10:30
Delivery Estimate: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 - Friday, March 2, 2012. seriously? from michigan? USPS, get your sauce tight. -- nm - the amanda nones Feb 10, 10:26 3
- Amazon Prime has made me realized just how much UPS and Fedex have their shit together - ty97 Feb 10, 10:28 2
  - I heard on the radio they are losing money. -- nm - loosilu Feb 10, 10:45
  - yeah, thank the freaking gods for prime. -- nm - the amanda nones Feb 10, 10:28
CIA was responsible for helping foster the Abstract Expressionist art movement in the US -- (link) - znufrii Feb 10, 10:23 1
- I knew that shit was evil. -- nm - loosilu Feb 10, 10:30
The Boys - huge spoilers - Beaker Feb 10, 10:22
"The housing bubble was caused because of a dramatic spike in energy prices that caused the housing bubble to burst. People had to pay so much money - Rick Santorum Feb 10, 10:11 49
- He's not a moron, folks. He is specifically lying for effect. -- nm - David Feb 10, 10:37 2
  - Liar... Moron... Neither is a good trait for a president. -- nm - TWuG Feb 10, 10:45
  - Fred Phelps for President! -- nm - Mop (196 lbs) Feb 10, 10:41
- Enron! -- nm - Mop (196 lbs) Feb 10, 10:33
- And what caused that dramatic spike in Energy Costs? - amoxy Feb 10, 10:25 6
  - rubbers -- nm - oblique Feb 10, 10:28
  - Duh. People owning houses. - TWuG Feb 10, 10:27 1
    - it's all the EPA's fault -- nm - decline Feb 10, 10:28
  - The housing bubble. -- nm - Ricky Feb 10, 10:26
  - God's will - decline Feb 10, 10:26
  - the housing bubble ofcourse -- nm - Danedukenuuk Feb 10, 10:26
- well ithought the lowpoint was Bush II but i was wrong -- nm - Danedukenuuk Feb 10, 10:25
- That first sentence doesn't make sense. If you take out "a dramatic spike in energy prices" and insert "tomato ketchup" you get; - Loyola Feb 10, 10:22
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  - he isnt correct that it was the only reason either. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 10, 10:15 5
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      - Dawson = not a teamer. -- nm - TFox Feb 10, 10:27
      - I am very impressed by you in this thread. - Dr.Vermin Feb 10, 10:22
      - agreed, unless it becomes his major talking about his understanding of the economy. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 10, 10:20 1
        
        The cynic in me just assumes he must have been talking to people in a place that's cold -- nm - con_carne Feb 10, 10:23
  - Between cheap oil and cheap interest rates, oil was not the reason that home prices inflated. -- nm - Max Feb 10, 10:14 27
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      - still, if you make a list of the 5 most important elements in the housing collapse and financial crisis, oil prices aren't in the top half of the list -- nm - Max Feb 10, 10:21 23
        
        Poor lender practices, low interest rates, stagnant wages... that's 3. Got 2 more? -- nm - TWuG Feb 10, 10:26 3
        
        I think wages weren't as stagnant before the economy fell, which coincided with the housing bubble bursting. so... *bzzt.* -- nm - the amanda nones Feb 10, 10:28 2
        
        Wages for the middle class have been stagnant for 30 years. -- (link) - TWuG Feb 10, 10:30 1
        
        fair enough. I suppose contracting wages (real $) is what I mean. -- nm - the amanda nones Feb 10, 10:32
        
        Go! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 10, 10:22 18
        
        Great asnwers, y'all... thanks! -- nm - Dr.Vermin gets his learn on. Feb 10, 10:31
        
        1) People wanted to buy bigger homes than they could afford, so they did - Roger More Feb 10, 10:28
        
        cheap interest rates, poorly planned mortgages, excess leverage, asset-backed securitization, and money supply. -- nm - Max Feb 10, 10:25 14
        
        cheap money and deregulation leading to a systemic underpricing of risk -- nm - znufrii Feb 10, 10:33
        
        It was a... perfect cocktail storm of factors. *makes metaphory hands* -- nm - con_carne Feb 10, 10:27 7
        
        Unrelated but I never count the Perfect Storm in my top 20 films but I must have seen it ten times by now. -- nm - Loyola Feb 10, 10:28 6
        
        my libraries don't have this. I could watch it again. -- nm - the amanda nones Feb 10, 10:32 2
        
        In an odd coincidence, I saw this book at my library not 90 minutes ago. -- nm - ty97 Feb 10, 10:35 1
        
        I know. -- nm - Loyola Feb 10, 10:38
        
        Also, Poseidon was overlooked, but man did I enjoy that movie -- nm - con_carne Feb 10, 10:30
        
        I think that movie is scary as hell -- nm - con_carne Feb 10, 10:29 1
        
        Brilliant though. -- nm - Loyola Feb 10, 10:30
        
        I'd argue that liar loans were top five. -- nm - the amanda nones Feb 10, 10:26 2
        
        I'm including those in poorly planned mortgages: buyers not calculating balloon payments or any margin of error, lenders not informing buyers, - Max Feb 10, 10:29 1
        
        you're free to live, then. -- nm - the amanda nones Feb 10, 10:30
        
        and effing renters. -- nm - Max Feb 10, 10:25 1
        
        #1 -- nm - ty97 Feb 10, 10:26
        
        Coffee prices are effed up, man -- nm - con_carne Feb 10, 10:23
      - He's trying out his new board game "Policy Positions by Mad-Libs" -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 10, 10:16
    - word. -- nm - the amanda nones Feb 10, 10:14
- What a moron. - TWuG Feb 10, 10:13
I need to hear more about Tim Thomas' thoughts on all of this... -- nm - Beaker Feb 10, 10:10 1
- Preferably while my knee's on his face. -- nm - P.K. Subban Feb 10, 10:35
Boys-only Dallas ISD field trip to movie sparks outrage, calls of gender inequity -- (link) - ty97 Feb 10, 10:09 3
- That's crazy. Who thought its was a good idea? -- nm - Mop (196 lbs) Feb 10, 10:38
- subscribers only -- nm - znufrii Feb 10, 10:18 1
  - DMN does that? I got the whole article by googling, how strange. Here's a summarized version from another site. -- (link) - ty97 Feb 10, 10:21
Feb 10, 1962 � "Rudolf Abel", a Soviet spy arrested by the FBI, was exchanged for Gary Powers, the pilot of the CIA spy plane that had been shot down - Beaker Feb 10, 10:09
Perfect sandwich: Eggplant, prosciutto, arugula, & sharp provolone. Drizzeled with olive oil. -- nm - Jovian Feb 10, 10:07
Killing Joke's best songs.....gimme a list -- nm - Remlik Feb 10, 10:06 4
- Hmmm. The Wait, which 'Tallica covered on Garage Days, is all I know. -- nm - con_carne Feb 10, 10:13
- Eighties is the only ones i know -- nm - pixitude Feb 10, 10:13
- Whiteout and Millenium are the best known. -- nm - spamlet Feb 10, 10:09 1
  - and Love Like Blood. -- nm - Remlik Feb 10, 10:12
Google's geeky valentine easter egg -- (link) - ty97 Feb 10, 10:04
Enough of this marriage proposal crap. Let's post some videos of marriage proposal rejections. -- (link) - Mop (196 lbs) Feb 10, 10:02 [youtube]
Why do I always think Jenna Fischer is an adult film star? Why are those wires crossed in my head? -- nm - ty97 Feb 10, 10:02 5
- I was watching She Out of Your League yesterday and the chick who played Marnie looked an awful lot like Jenna Haze. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 10, 10:14
- why must we make that distinction? -- nm - Max Feb 10, 10:07
- Blame Jameson and Haze. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 10, 10:05
- Because Jameson and Haze have scarred the name -- nm - Jovian Feb 10, 10:05 1
  - and ty obviously watches way too much porn - decline Feb 10, 10:06
Real Estate may be in a funk on average, but in the last year 6 houses have been built and sold in our neighborhood, 2 or 3 more existing homes have - TWuG Feb 10, 10:00 5
- isn't it the case that certain segments of the market of harder hit than others? neighborhoods 2 SDs above median are seeing less trouble? AIR? -- nm - the amanda nones Feb 10, 10:05 1
  - Absolutely. Though I don't know how far above the median these houses are. - TWuG Feb 10, 10:10
- *puts on dow 2 million hat* -- nm - Loyola Feb 10, 10:01
- what area is that? -- nm - GregW Feb 10, 10:01 1
  - Springfield, Illinois. -- nm - TWuG Feb 10, 10:09
Snow! -- nm - ty97 Feb 10, 09:58
Tesla Model X SUV. All electric, 0-60 in 4.4 seconds and falcon wing doors -- (link) - decline Feb 10, 09:54 1
- but how fast can it get to 85? -- nm - oblique Feb 10, 10:06
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- I don't see them turning up their noses at the federal funding they benefit from, for all the talk of separation of church and state. -- nm - znufrii Feb 10, 10:00
- Where else are you publishing this good argument? -- nm - Old Antarctic Explorer Feb 10, 09:59
- "Sorry. We aren't going to cover you for contraceptives. It's against our religion." "But you're an auto repair shop!" -- nm - TWuG Feb 10, 09:56 3
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    - Plus, making contraceptives available to your followers doesn't mean they'll use them if they actually believe in what you're preaching. -- nm - Max Feb 10, 10:04 1
      - Ding. Do a better job preaching and it won't be an issue. Guess they should suck less at their job. -- nm - TWuG Feb 10, 10:11
"Look, we're just requiring the mosques to *serve* pork and whiskey. Nobody's forced to actually consume it. Just make it available. No conflict!" -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 10, 09:51 11
- Admittedly, I am struggling with this issue and can see both sides. - con_carne Feb 10, 09:59
- but, taking this a step further - what if someone Jewish, who keeps a kosher kitchen, started demanding that no meat and milk be served at the same - Andie Feb 10, 09:55 2
  - Hmmm. That's an interesting angle. - Dr.Vermin Feb 10, 10:04 1
    - It's not about "whose beliefs are more important". You look at issues like the cost to each party, how those costs could be covered and find a - Roger More Feb 10, 10:16
- If this was about requiring a Church to provide insurance coverage to its employees, you'd have a point. It's not. It's about requiring hospitals - TWuG Feb 10, 09:54
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  - But it's almost even more bizarre, because it's not like they are giving out contraceptives. - TFox Feb 10, 10:10 1
    - i see i just made Max's point again. whoops. -- nm - TFox Feb 10, 10:12
- I'll take Irrelevant Analogies for $800, Alex. -- nm - ty97 Feb 10, 09:54 1
  - i sort of triggered that with my hyperbolic statement on B2 i think. - Andie Feb 10, 10:00
- that's a silly (and completely false) illustration of the argument if their ever was one. - znufrii Feb 10, 09:54
Headline Limericks takes on the wooly mammoth video. -- (link) - mara Feb 10, 09:50
LIR Tru. Whups. The site is bound to post the whole interview eventually (I hope). I'll definitely be looking out for it... -- nm - con_carne Feb 10, 09:49 2
- well if you find it, let me know, thanks. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 10, 09:51 1
  - Certainly -- nm - con_carne Feb 10, 09:52
Selective bird predation on the peppered moth: the last experiment of Michael Majerus -- (link) - mara Feb 10, 09:47
So, your mission should you choose to accept it. Tell me what kind of pasta based dish i should make this weekend - tRuMaN Feb 10, 09:46 21
- make your own ravioli's with fresh pasta -- nm - peglegpete Feb 10, 09:54 1
  - Fresh pasta is the shiz. It's heavenly. -- nm - con_carne Feb 10, 09:56
- how is gluten free pasta? is it weird textured? (baked ziti with sausage. mmmmm.) -- nm - the amanda nones Feb 10, 09:54 4
  - i tried that once, it was weird. - tRuMaN Feb 10, 09:56 3
    - wait, I thought you were gluten-free? -- nm - the amanda nones Feb 10, 09:57 2
      - I think Guy was gluten free. -- nm - loosilu Feb 10, 10:32
      - dairy free. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 10, 09:58
- All of the good ones I can think of have cheese. How about pasta with garlic, oil, veggies and some sliced chicken? - Krusty Feb 10, 09:54
- This meatloaf is tasty. - TWuG Feb 10, 09:52
- Pappardelle with Amazing Slow-Cooked Meat -- (link) - decline Feb 10, 09:51 4
  - sounds good, but i wish slow cooked meant crock pot - tRuMaN Feb 10, 09:58 3
    - you could do the meat in a crock pot if you really wanted to - decline Feb 10, 10:07 2
      - another question - tRuMaN Feb 10, 10:26
      - its more of a convenience thing for me. - tRuMaN Feb 10, 10:11
- fettucini alfredo w/italian sausage and bacon -- nm - Remlik Feb 10, 09:49
- I've made this with my get your sauce tight sauce. it's goodness -- (link) - CQ: Giving Love To All Feb 10, 09:49 1
  - "Get your spaghetti tight... with this! Pick up some Get Your Sauce Tight� right now! BAM!" -- nm - con_carne Feb 10, 10:06
- Something simple? Garlic Broccoli Pasta (sauceless, so pretty healthy) -- (link) - mara Feb 10, 09:48
- goulash -- nm - Beaker Feb 10, 09:48
- lasanga -- nm - znufrii Feb 10, 09:47 1
  - This. -- nm - Loyola Feb 10, 09:47
q -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 10, 09:46

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