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How a false rumor about Nikki Haley posted on Twitter spread quickly and became 'news' -- (link) - ty97 Apr 10, 10:31 3
- guess: the same way every other lie posted on Twitter spreads? -- nm - TFox Apr 10, 10:31 2
  - Except this one got picked up by the MSM. -- nm - ty97 Apr 10, 10:32 1
    - Masochism-Sadism Monthly? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 10, 10:34
Checked an old email account I don't use much anymore. 794 messages in a year, only 2 weren't spam. -- nm - ceregon Apr 10, 10:25
Speaking of which, the first episode of Chopped All-Stars was kind of a dud - prayformojo Apr 10, 10:22 2
- Do we know which judges are competing this time? - amoxy Apr 10, 10:34
- Yeah, even their ingredients were a bit lame. Scott was all smiley & happy though -- nm - EpipHany Apr 10, 10:30
George W Bush: I wish the tax cuts didn' -- (link) - amoxy Apr 10, 10:22 9
- where are jobs, George? - Mel Profit Apr 10, 10:30 3
  - I can imagine Mittens saying the same thing in your IM - amoxy Apr 10, 10:36 2
    - No, what he is praying for is that the economy collapses in the next six months. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 10, 10:37 1
      - That too, but if it doesn't he doesn't want Bush anywhere - amoxy Apr 10, 10:39
- then he shouldn't have pushed for and signed them into law. -- nm - znufrii Apr 10, 10:23 3
  - If only the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 had a catchier title! -- nm - Roger More Apr 10, 10:30 2
    - It does! EGTRRA, duh. - spamlet Apr 10, 10:32 1
      - Which is exactly the sound the economy made as it died. -- nm - TWuG Apr 10, 10:33
- sfek: t have my name on them -- nm - amoxy Apr 10, 10:23
Not news, but this chart compares the size of the mortgage interest deduction to the size of other housing subsidies. -- (link) - ty97 Apr 10, 10:18 4
- from my cold, dead hands. - Mel Profit Apr 10, 10:20 3
  - I'll interpret this as "I'm open to negotiate" -- nm - ty97 Apr 10, 10:30 2
    - I pity the local politician, who I can vote against, who works to repeal this. - Mel Profit Apr 10, 10:33 1
      - There's a reason no one has really tried to remove this deduction. - ty97 Apr 10, 10:36
i feel like a one-legged man in an ass kicking contest -- nm - pixitude Apr 10, 10:15
For some reason this feels like an April Fool's story. -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Apr 10, 10:14
Consumer Finance Protection Board rolls out rules for mortgage servicers -- (link) - znufrii Apr 10, 10:13 4
- Thank you Elizabeth Warren... - Mel Profit Apr 10, 10:17 2
  - Great quote. Something goes wrong during home buying, you just chalk it up to "one of those things". - Mop (198 lbs) Apr 10, 10:22 1
    - right, the more you talk to others about it the more you realize how universal the experience is. - Mel Profit Apr 10, 10:28
- That 2 ft high stack of paper you sign when you buy a house? It just became 4 ft high. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Apr 10, 10:16
"PHP is a programming language like scrapple is a meat." -- (link) - znufrii Apr 10, 10:10 20
- Lazy troll is lazy. Here's a sort-of rebuttal. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 10, 10:23
- "To some users, this looks like a sellout." Jesus, isn't that *literally* what it is? -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Apr 10, 10:15 7
  - Instagram just answered the question about how they're going to make money - oblique Apr 10, 10:17 6
    - This is going to be a problem. Ten years ago, start-ups were looking to take on market incumbents to become the next dominant player - Roger More Apr 10, 10:23 5
      - It's interesting because to compete you have to position yourself as the alternative darling to the big mean company so that people will jump on board - oblique Apr 10, 10:25 3
        
        No, I don't think FB ever could compete with IG on what IG did well: make taking and sharing mobile pictures easy and fun. -- nm - con_carne Apr 10, 10:32 1
        
        Well, no, because all of Facebook's photo management is shite. :) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 10, 10:35
        
        I am working on a third stratagem. :) - Beryllium Apr 10, 10:29
      - Yes, the wheels are in motion for bucketloads of absolute shit software to be hitting the web at a rampant pace. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 10, 10:24
- what a douche -- nm - decline Apr 10, 10:13 1
  - This. In his desire to simplify the matter, all he's done is express his biases, confuse things, and demonstrate his ignorance. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Apr 10, 10:15
- mmm... scrapple. so yummy. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 10, 10:13 8
  - I only know of this through Chopped. Is it like Spam? -- nm - Epiphany Apr 10, 10:17 2
    - NO. It is a near-perfect breakfast food. Just don't think about where it may come from. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 10, 10:18 1
      - my cousins in Pennsylvania would bring it from the local meat butcher - who was really picky about what got into his scrapple - it's the only scrapple - JenBro Apr 10, 10:24
  - had it with my eggs and chipped beef 2 weeks ago. yummy -- nm - decline Apr 10, 10:14 3
    - mmm...creamed chipped beef... -- nm - znufrii Apr 10, 10:17 1
      - chipped beef makes me picture a dude with a chisel standing next to a cow. - TFox Apr 10, 10:18
    - that's a double yummy! -- nm - Don Homer Apr 10, 10:15
  - been a while since I've had it, I generally prefer pork roll, if I'm in the mood for pan-fried meat of questionable origin. -- nm - znufrii Apr 10, 10:14
Apple CEO Tim Cook to give opening keynote at D10. Gentlemen, start your rumor mills. -- (link) - Mop (198 lbs) Apr 10, 10:06 4
- There aren't usually products launched at All Things D, so I don't know why this would be different. -- nm - spamlet Apr 10, 10:10 2
  - All Things D usually involves sitting down with Kara and chatting. A keynote strikes me as unusual. What's Apple up to? - Mop (198 lbs) Apr 10, 10:11 1
    - Taking every chance possible to push their brand in the absence of Steve. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 10, 10:21
- the Newer Ipad -- nm - Beaker Apr 10, 10:07
Madonna's 'MDNA' is on track to set a record for the biggest second-week sales drop in history -- (link) - ty97 Apr 10, 10:05 1
- Who was the first? -- nm - Epiphany Apr 10, 10:16
Cable TV costs rise at an average of 6% annually -- (link) - ty97 Apr 10, 09:59 9
- Yeah, mine has dropped to zero. Yearly price-hikes were the #1 reason. - GregW Apr 10, 10:24 1
  - How much do you pay for home internet service, out of curiosity? Did the price go up as a result of dropping tv? -- nm - Don Homer Apr 10, 10:27
- My $13 basic basic cable package is up to $17 now and I don't have anything new to show for it -- nm - oblique Apr 10, 10:00 6
  - mine is up to $30. *$30*. - TFox Apr 10, 10:16 1
    - Ours is $35 but we have basic + dvr. - spamlet Apr 10, 10:19
  - Who is your provider? -- nm - con_carne Apr 10, 10:01 3
    - Comcast. I could switch to OTA and get the same channels I'm getting now but I don't want the hassle of putting up an antenna yet -- nm - oblique Apr 10, 10:02 2
      - "I'm *really* lazy." ;) -- nm - Don Homer Apr 10, 10:03 1
        
        Getting a good HD antenna on your roof and running the coax is very involved. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Apr 10, 10:05
Doc came in. Infection test was "inconclusive" so there's a chance of infection, but the doc suggests we do it. So we are a go for transplant. - Ender Apr 10, 09:56 17
- Hope your family gets the best possible outcome -- nm - zork Apr 10, 10:28
- yes! keeping you in my thoughts. -- nm - loosilu Apr 10, 10:28
- Good luck :) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 10, 10:27
- *fingers crossed & good thoughts still* -- nm - JenBro Apr 10, 10:26
- Awesome! -- nm - kelly Apr 10, 10:23
- wonderful! -- nm - TFox Apr 10, 10:08
- /taking lots of notes - dawson si Apr 10, 10:07
- best wishes! -- nm - Don Homer Apr 10, 10:06
- Good luck to you and your family -- nm - ty97 Apr 10, 10:06
- be sure to have some fava beans and a nice chianti once it is successful. - Beaker Apr 10, 10:05
- Good wishes ! New Liver Engage! -- nm - Epiphany Apr 10, 10:04
- best of luck to you and your family. nm - Jovian Apr 10, 10:04
- best of luck to you all! nm -- nm - groiny Apr 10, 10:04
- We're praying for your family. - spamlet Apr 10, 09:58
- good luck. hope all is well. -- nm - decline Apr 10, 09:58
- best of luck to all. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 10, 09:57
- hang in there, dude -- nm - prayformojo Apr 10, 09:57
Wil Wheaton on Ashely Judd around the 8 minute mark -- (link) - Remlik Apr 10, 09:54 [youtube] 2
- I didn't need to see that. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Apr 10, 10:01
- Geez, Frakes. You look like they just found you in a homeless shelter. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Apr 10, 09:56
Game of Thrones = Renewed. -- nm - MDH Apr 10, 09:50 7
- I've basically decided to watch this season and then read everything. I can't wait that long again. -- nm - volnelk Apr 10, 09:58 1
  - The children are right to laugh at you. - Roger More Apr 10, 10:20
- There is so much more fun stuff coming. I'm interested to see how some of it gets handled. -- nm - TWuG Apr 10, 09:55 4
  - yep. reading the final book now and I'm curious as to how it will play on tv -- nm - Remlik Apr 10, 09:56 3
    - spoils for things that haven't happened yet on the TV show - TWuG Apr 10, 10:02 1
      - spoils... - Remlik Apr 10, 10:15
    - 12 hours of people walking around and nothing happening? -- nm - decline Apr 10, 10:00
sitwap? Scenes from a Bobby Petrino rally -- (link) - prayformojo Apr 10, 09:46 1
- Not a big turnout -- nm - amoxy Apr 10, 09:53
A few extra "no infection" thoughts would be appreciated. - Ender Apr 10, 09:45 20
- really pulling for you guys today. -- nm - TFox Apr 10, 10:08
- You've got them. -- nm - MojaveMeg Apr 10, 09:59
- coming your way -- nm - Roger More Apr 10, 09:57
- done -- nm - ty97 Apr 10, 09:55
- best wishes -- nm - peglegpete Apr 10, 09:54
- best wishes! -- nm - Remlik Apr 10, 09:53
- *infections flee from my good thoughts!* -- nm - Andie Apr 10, 09:51
- done -- nm - Beaker Apr 10, 09:50
- *runs in...does Nekkid No Infection Witch Doctor dance...runs out* -- nm - Nekkid Crazy Mel Apr 10, 09:50 2
  - Now I can't get this image out of my head. -- nm - loosilu Apr 10, 09:51 1
    - Do you need a minute? -- nm - spamlet Apr 10, 09:52
- You got it. -- nm - TWuG Apr 10, 09:50
- happy to oblige. -- nm - znufrii Apr 10, 09:50
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- *Good thoughts* -- nm - MDH Apr 10, 09:49
- thoughts and prayers going out to you. -- nm - loosilu Apr 10, 09:48 1
  - from lots of us, including me -- nm - Old Antarctic Explorer Apr 10, 09:49
- Sending them your way -- nm - amoxy Apr 10, 09:48
- *fingers crossed* -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 10, 09:46
- fingers crossed -- nm - prayformojo Apr 10, 09:46
Ika.org: I didn't expect Dave to be so involved in Alliance battles. Good addition. -- nm - Beaker Apr 10, 09:44 7
- I'm impressed that you all are still playing. I expected it to die a quick death of ST games - oblique Apr 10, 09:48 4
  - the continuous nature makes it more condusive for longer play time I find -- nm - Beaker Apr 10, 09:52 2
    - Right. - Mel Profit Apr 10, 09:56 1
      - yeah, I just try and set goals and then bang them out. maxed warehouses, shipyards, etc -- nm - Beaker Apr 10, 10:07
  - It seems like it was 4-5 years ago that I stopped playing -- nm - amoxy Apr 10, 09:49
- I moved my small fleet to Mopopolis but doesn't look like anyone followed. Is there a better place for me to move them? - spamlet Apr 10, 09:45 1
  - TherMopylae -- nm - con_carne Apr 10, 09:47
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I used 62gb of internet last month at home - prayformojo Apr 10, 09:42
That Guardians trailer is...odd. I agree with the tone comments. The new Sandler/Samberg at least looks better than Jack and Jill. -- nm - MDH Apr 10, 09:38 1
- Although I suspect kids are just going to eat it up. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Apr 10, 09:40
David, which part did you find to be phenomenal? -- nm - kelly Apr 10, 09:38 1
- Spoilers - David Apr 10, 09:41
The 5 best NHL playoff traditions -- (link) - Beaker Apr 10, 09:37 10
- The new best playoff tradition: dozens of catfish going for an ice slide. -- nm - TFox Apr 10, 10:24 1
  - (the Preds got #5 on his list of best home ice advantages, he mentioned the catfish :) ) -- nm - Beaker Apr 10, 10:26
- "The beard is supposed to provide good fortune but it appears not to work for 15 of 16 teams." I also hate playoff beards -- nm - zork Apr 10, 10:20
- #6) The Capitals blowing 3-1 series leads -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 10, 09:37 1
  - *passes out from gagging* -- nm - Ovechkin Apr 10, 09:40
- Mocking Toronto. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Apr 10, 09:37 4
  - bunch of crap bags -- nm - J Apr 10, 09:40 3
    - "we're sorry we suck" -- nm - Leaf's letter to fans Apr 10, 09:40 2
      - So lame, they talk about but nothing will change -- nm - J Apr 10, 09:41 1
        
        No, wait and see next year will be great -- nm - PickSee Apr 10, 10:29
Baby hawk! -- (link) - znufrii Apr 10, 09:35 2
- awwww :) -- nm - JenBro Apr 10, 10:31
- I've seen a hawk at Runyon Canyon. Which is amusing, since it's walking distance from Hollywood & Highland -- nm - con_carne Apr 10, 09:40
DO NOT LOOK DIRECTLY AT ASHLEY JUDD!!! -- nm - Iron Spawn: T minus 4 days Apr 10, 09:33 2
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  - it fits with the b2 link, too. -- nm - loosilu Apr 10, 09:42
B2 is fat. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Apr 10, 09:31 1
- Heifer!! -- nm - Epiphany Apr 10, 09:35
Fidel Castro was immediately compared to Peyton Manning in terms of awesomeness -- nm - Beaker Apr 10, 09:31

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