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And....it's official. If Harper is still PM next election, I'm sitting out. -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Jan 22, 13:49 3
- Canadian Fiscal Conservatism: 1993-2007. -- nm - Elizabeth Jan 22, 13:51 2
  - Bump that back to 2001 to be more accurate. Spending started ramping out of control during the Great Chretien Legacy Hunt, escalated.... - Name Withheld By Request Jan 22, 13:53
  - and of course you mean the Queen, right? ;-) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 22, 13:51
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- Did you get a second job at Quiznos or something? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 22, 13:51
- This is why we can never be together -- nm - oblique Jan 22, 13:50
Google to offer employees chance to exchange underwater stock options -- nm - oblique Jan 22, 13:47 1
- linky -- (link) - oblique Jan 22, 13:47
I think it's cool that they've found a way to let a president stay wired. -- (link) - TWuG Jan 22, 13:45 3
- Bzzt. Read my link below. -- nm - oblique Jan 22, 13:47 2
  - Bzzt. I bet Gibbs using using BlackBerry in a generic sense. -- nm - TWuG Jan 22, 13:49 1
    - Well, considering the device is a WinMo, yeah, it's all kinds of wrong -- nm - oblique Jan 22, 13:50
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- Klingon High School can be difficult at time. -- nm - Reagen Jan 22, 13:44 1
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- Dalas Acadamey [...] specializes in teaching students struggling with "learning differences," such as short attention spans or dyslexia - oblique Jan 22, 13:44
I just did something I've always wanted to do. Cell phone rings, I answer. Chick says, "Maryanna?" I say "no", what num--" she interrupts with - Trish Jan 22, 13:41 4
- ha!!! -- nm - loosilu Jan 22, 13:49
- Some chick keeps calling me and asking for Trish. WTF? -- nm - Maryanna Jan 22, 13:46 2
  - I think Maryanna and Elizabeth are BFFs or something. -- nm - Trish Jan 22, 13:47
  - Don't get me started. -- nm - Elizabeth Jan 22, 13:47
FTR: Very much against the "Employee Free Choice Act". Unionization votes should be secret ballots. -- nm - TWuG Jan 22, 13:26 7
- should be done in accordance with UN voting rules, right down to the blue finger. -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 22, 13:33 4
  - I think it should be done American Idol voting style. -- nm - Dano Jan 22, 13:39 3
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    - complete with BJ from Seacrest? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 22, 13:44 1
      - *destroys AI application* -- nm - oblique Jan 22, 13:51
- I'm against it just because of the Orwellian title -- nm - Roger More Jan 22, 13:29
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The national nightmare is over! Obama gets to keep his Blackberry -- (link) - oblique Jan 22, 13:25
whoa. I've found *the* mailbox to use for my Zip returns - Reagen Jan 22, 13:23
iWork '09 torrent laced with nasted Trojan -- (link) - oblique Jan 22, 13:20 5
- Please. How is this news? You should be wary of any software you pirate over the torrents. -- nm - Mop Jan 22, 13:38 4
  - Because Macs are invincible? :) -- nm - oblique Jan 22, 13:39 3
    - Nah. You just have to trick their users into downloading bad stuff. Given their sense of superiority and invincibility it isn't all that hard. :-P -- nm - TWuG Jan 22, 13:41 1
      - But it's all secure and stuff. Even downloading bad apps shouldn't work, right? right? -- nm - oblique Jan 22, 13:44
    - HA! -- nm - Mop Jan 22, 13:40
I got to play the worlds coolest and probably most expensive video game - zeitgeist for dogs Jan 22, 13:15 17
- last line, while probably an attempt at humor: no chance in hell. -- nm - TFox Jan 22, 13:17 16
  - really? with massive budget cuts just before a huge swell in medicare cases (baby boomers) and unemployed and uninsured/public dole - zeitgeist for dogs Jan 22, 13:21 13
    - a) the concept that an Indian surgeon with his junk stuffed into a mind-control robot is cheaper than hiring an American doc is nuts. - TFox Jan 22, 13:24 7
      - In America, we pay top dollar for mediocre healthcare from shabby facilities and tired, tired, tired nurses and doctors -- nm - con_carne Jan 22, 13:48 3
        
        Trust me, I'm the first person to bash our current healthcare system, but your statement is by no means true, across the board (with one exception) - Trish Jan 22, 13:57
        
        yikes. not my experience. -- nm - loosilu Jan 22, 13:50
        
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      - google medical tourist and read about how americans are traveling to Bangkok or New Delhi for various surgeries now, as robotic ops get moer and more - zeitgeist for dogs Jan 22, 13:29 2
        
        medical tourism is *definitely* big biz in asia...nm - x Jan 22, 13:30 1
        
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    - plenty of foreign trained doctors are also considered world class. -- nm - Andie Jan 22, 13:24 4
      - There was an article in Men's Health a couple of months ago about the virtues of going overseas for surgical procedures. - pmb Jan 22, 13:28 3
        
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        Also - some US medical insurance companies are starting to paying for airfare/cost of treatment etc because it's cheaper than in the US -- nm - Roger More Jan 22, 13:31 1
        
        In SoCal there is a medical plan based on MX hospital and private medical practitioners -- nm - zeitgeist for dogs Jan 22, 13:33
  - what about Dr. Nochanc� in Hull? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 22, 13:18 1
    - Oh, he's cheaper. Maybe. -- nm - TFox Jan 22, 13:19
What is this..? How have I not heard of this before? -- (link) - Mop Jan 22, 13:07 7
- It's been around for a while. Did you hear about it because Belkin got busted using it to post fake reviews? -- nm - oblique Jan 22, 13:29
- $0.07 for 30 minutes of work? No thanks. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 22, 13:22 5
  - it appears the labor rates are not scaled to Western salaries. -- nm - loosilu Jan 22, 13:28 1
    - I am sure that foriegn micro serfs are paid to do things like set up yahoo email accounts and join hundreds of mailing lists just from the requests to - zeitgeist for dogs Jan 22, 13:32
  - You say that now, but... -- nm - Reagen Jan 22, 13:26
  - There's almost always someone desperate enough to do that sort of thing. - Beryllium Jan 22, 13:25
  - So...does it come with a shot glass? -- nm - Will's brother Jan 22, 13:25
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- Of course, I don't think it's always a bad thing to break campaign promises. -- nm - Dano Jan 22, 13:07 3
  - Imagine if they really tried to do all the crazy shit they said. The volume of bills. Staggering. -- nm - TFox Jan 22, 13:09 1
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*wonders if the Army Field Manual is about to see some revisions* -- nm - TWuG Jan 22, 12:59 6
- "Big Sharp Things in uncomfortable places? Fiiiiine." -- nm - budice Jan 22, 13:12 1
  - You really don't get how gay sex works, do you? -- nm - Mop Jan 22, 13:14
- *delta squad renamed to Versace Squad* -- nm - Beryllium Jan 22, 13:01
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  - Just the tip. Just for a second. Just to see how it feels -- nm - Ender Jan 22, 13:19
  - Something can be this big...but not this big before it can be jammed up a prisoner's ass. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 22, 13:02
Caroline Kennedy dropped out of the running because of her uncle? -- (link) - znufrii Jan 22, 12:54 9
- F*CK these people! I pay my taxes religiously, every year! Yet we live in fear of the IRS. But if you're famous, blow them off and pay them whenever! -- nm - Oprah Jan 22, 13:04 4
  - A lot of options open up when you can afford to just pay the fines if you're caught. -- nm - Ender Jan 22, 13:20
  - don't get on the wrong side of Oprah - even if you are the IRS -- nm - Epiphany Jan 22, 13:06
  - That's right, Oprah! You tell 'em! -- nm - Mop Jan 22, 13:06 1
    - Dude, you are a head case - con_carne Jan 22, 13:45
- Ted Kennedy's Circle Upset By Caroline's Awkward Exit -- (link) - Strongbad Jan 22, 12:56
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  - This is why they invented exploding nipples. Two exit points! -- nm - Beryllium Jan 22, 12:58
- was anyone buying that? -- nm - loosilu Jan 22, 12:54
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- damnit! - znufrii Jan 22, 12:54
- And that she's just a bad candidate. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 22, 12:54 10
  - with no experience, support, or charisma. -- nm - loosilu Jan 22, 12:55 9
    - you know -- nm - Strongbad Jan 22, 12:56 8
      - Other than Senator being 1 of a 100; VP being 2nd in line for the Presidency. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 22, 12:57 7
        
        Still I think Palin has a point on this one. -- nm - Dano Jan 22, 13:02 6
        
        Palin, no matter what you think of her, held a high elected office. -- nm - loosilu Jan 22, 13:08 2
        
        Of a state with fewer people than many metropolitan cities. -- nm - TWuG Jan 22, 13:20 1
        
        I'm not in any way a fan, I'm just saying she earned her office. -- nm - loosilu Jan 22, 13:21
        
        I think her claim is wholly ridiculous. It's the same as the Nadal saying the #50 player in the world isn't being scrutinized enough. - David Jan 22, 13:08
        
        the criticism was there of Kennedy for the same things. - Mel Profit Jan 22, 13:04
        
        Maybe in some of the more tawdry details, but until Kennedy can't answer what magazines she reads - Will Hunting Jan 22, 13:03
21 of the last 32 Best Actress winners have been 35 or younger when they won. - Reagen Jan 22, 12:54 7
- the lack of good roles in Hwood for older actresses is nothing new....nm - x Jan 22, 12:59 4
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    - or Meryl Streep -- nm - Dano Jan 22, 13:03 2
      - I see she was 33 when she won her Best Actress Oscar -- nm - Roger More Jan 22, 13:22
      - Fionnula Flannigan (sp?) should get more work, seeing how she rules so hard in everything ever. -- nm - TFox Jan 22, 13:04
- I think it's sweet they reward old chicks a third of the time. -- nm - TFox Jan 22, 12:58
- The voters like 'em pretty. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 22, 12:58
fwiw, I though Franco gave a better performance in Milk than Brolin -- nm - znufrii Jan 22, 12:52 2
- no - but it was a good effort - better then I ever expected out of him - Epiphany Jan 22, 13:05
- he's not still dead? :) -- nm - Chevy Chase Jan 22, 12:54
"In this film, Kate kept her clothes on." -- nm - A brave performance Jan 22, 12:50 3
- *refuses to watch* -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 22, 12:56
- *laughing* -- nm - Diva Jan 22, 12:51
- I didn't like this one as much. -- nm - Oprah Jan 22, 12:51
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- this is why I think Jon isn't going to have any problems coming up with material the next four years. -- nm - Reagen Jan 22, 13:02 2
  - it's just not going to be as much fun. - Mel Profit Jan 22, 13:06 1
    - Wait for it. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 22, 13:07
- You're the same rhetoric! - Dano Jan 22, 12:55
- Why are you saying this! It's Hope: Day One! -- nm - con_carne Jan 22, 12:53
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- That was pretty funny -- nm - amoxy Jan 22, 12:50
6 Oscar noms before age 32? - kelly Jan 22, 12:48 23
- She's awesome -- nm - budice Jan 22, 12:55 1
  - Agreed -- nm - con_carne Jan 22, 13:16
- There was a sweet little HWDYK question about this. At the time the quiz was written Winsey had been Oscar nominated for 26% of the work she's done. -- nm - Diva Jan 22, 12:51 2
  - Did she get a supporting nom for Quills? - Trish Jan 22, 12:55 1
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  - yup. And nekkid. -- nm - Diva Jan 22, 12:52
  - I need to move this up in my queue. - kelly Jan 22, 12:52 9
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      - I'm almost 100% positive that was Winslet's character. -- nm - kelly Jan 22, 13:00 3
        
        And she joined the LDS. Interesting stuff. -- nm - Diva Jan 22, 13:13 1
        
        Terry Gross interviewed her shortly after she was "outed" as Juliet Hume. fascinating interview. - loosilu Jan 22, 13:19
        
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    - Word. Last thing I remember Melanie doing in film is holding a baby. In a bar. -- nm - Diva Jan 22, 12:53 3
      - She was in Ever After (and was pretty good in it too). -- nm - loosilu Jan 22, 12:56 1
        
        I did see that. "Sweet Home Alabama" came after that. -- nm - Diva Jan 22, 12:58
      - I'm pretty sure she's a regular now on Two and a Half Men. - kelly Jan 22, 12:55
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind & Sense and Sensibility -- nm - Mop Jan 22, 12:50
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  - Huh. This one surprises me. -- nm - kelly Jan 22, 12:51 2
    - that was the one that most deserved an Oscar, IMO. -- nm - loosilu Jan 22, 12:56
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- Sense and Sensibility was her first. -- nm - loosilu Jan 22, 12:49
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Radio: Raptors/Heat finalizing O'Neal/Marion swap. Medical records traded. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 22, 12:48 4
- The word on O'Neal is not good... lost a step or 2 plus cancer in the locker room -- nm - Strongbad Jan 22, 12:53
- I'll never understand NBA cap rules. -- nm - Reagen Jan 22, 12:49 2
  - Hey! do you ever remember a CFL defence running a 3-4? With Barrin Simpson signing yesterday and Tom Canada likely cooked, it sounds like we're... - Name Withheld By Request Jan 22, 12:54 1
    - I can't say as I've paid attention to that. -- nm - Reagen Jan 22, 13:18

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