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wall-mounting a 42" flat screen tv: easy to DIY, or get the pros to install it? -- nm - znufrii Jun 25, 07:17 2
- easy, unless you are a znu -- nm - tRuMaN (what?) Jun 25, 07:57
- Easy. -- nm - Jim Jun 25, 07:18
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- I just moved in A&A and left you a note. -- nm - spamlet Jun 25, 07:17
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  - "Most of the key provisions of SB1070 (3 of 4) are invalidated. One provision is held not to be proved preempted; it must be construed." -- nm - nubby Jun 25, 07:19 4
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    - "The provision that the Court says is not yet preempted is the 'check your papers' provision that commands officers to check immigration status." -- nm - nubby Jun 25, 07:20 2
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Tony Parker almost lost his eye in the Drake/Chris Brown fight -- (link) - Beaker Jun 25, 07:14
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- let me take a crazy wild guess: 5-4? -- nm - Don Homer Jun 25, 07:11 2
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    - Very close. -- nm - nubby Jun 25, 07:17
Wimbledon spoils for Venus Williams.... - budice Jun 25, 07:04 1
- spoiler - nubby Jun 25, 07:06
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- well? is it? -- nm - amanda Jun 25, 07:04
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  - that's good -- nm - Don Homer Jun 25, 07:04 1
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- that's bad, right? -- nm - Don Homer Jun 25, 07:04 2
  - The Supreme Court's decision comes with a free frogurt. -- nm - Roger More Jun 25, 07:06
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"Possible Supreme Court ruling on #healthcare in ten minutes #ObamaCare" -- nm - nubby Jun 25, 06:54 1
- LYC/ for Dawson below: My brother works at the Supreme Court, and has said they expect a ruling Tuesday afternoon at the very latest. -- nm - Magic MDH Jun 25, 06:59
Apple Quietly Pulls Claims of Virus Immunity -- (link) - TWuG Jun 25, 06:52 1
- I'm shocked their arrogance has allowed them to do this. Apple exists in a bubble where marketing and reality rarely converge. - Mop Jun 25, 06:56
Chinese Euro 2012 fan dies after 11 nights with no sleep -- (link) - Strongbad Jun 25, 06:43 1
- *sigh* - Mop Jun 25, 06:53
old and boring - raging on the internet when you get kicked out of a game server. new hotness, calling the police and telling them - tRuMaN (what?) Jun 25, 06:22 5
- On a slightly related note, one of our new tactics when one of the kids is being real bad is to threaten to call the police on them. - Don Homer Jun 25, 06:34 1
  - My go-to "escalation" is to take the video camera and threaten to video tape them throwing their fit - oblique Jun 25, 06:37
- Were those the gunshots you heard over the weekend or the "noise complaint" you made :) -- nm - oblique Jun 25, 06:34 1
  - it wasnt gunshots (the headphones changed the sound) - tRuMaN (what?) Jun 25, 07:57
- Yeah I've heard of this going on for a while in the gaming community, but the new angle is politics. -- (link) - Strongbad Jun 25, 06:32
van gogh's starry night redone via dominoes -- (link) - tRuMaN (what?) Jun 25, 06:19
your latest Hunger Games/Catching Fire casting news - tRuMaN (what?) Jun 25, 06:10 1
- double meh -- nm - Jovian Jun 25, 06:19
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Tropical Storm Debby tracking -- (link) - Strongbad Jun 25, 06:05 [Image]
While I don't love The IT Crowd as much as Father Ted or Black Books, it was still very funny. - LMS Jun 25, 05:57
Poll: 57% (a 22% jump) of former SCOTUS Clerks think the individual mandate will be over-turned -- (link) - Strongbad Jun 25, 05:47 2
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  - Aetna, Humana and United Healthcare have declared that they�ll continue offering certain popular provisions of the law regardless -- (link) - Strongbad Jun 25, 06:48
Wikipedia has banned the Church of Scientology from editing any articles... -- (link) - Don Homer Jun 25, 05:26 3
- Ha. Wiki has an "Arbitration Council" -- nm - Strongbad Jun 25, 05:39 2
  - Think Ill appeal to the Supreme Court -- nm - Xenu Jun 25, 05:42 1
    - "Xenu was immediately compared to Peyton Manning in terms of awesomeness" -- nm - Beaker Jun 25, 06:02
Weekend movie ratings: -- nm - Beaker Jun 25, 05:08 28
- Brave: B-, Abe Lincoln Buffy Wannabe: C, Seeking a Friend: A+. -- nm - David Jun 25, 07:22
- Ghost Protocol - B+/A- -- nm - Jim Jun 25, 06:51
- Brave - B+, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter - C, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World - A. -- nm - Kim Pine Jun 25, 06:46 3
  - Where does Brave place on your scale? I need an updated ranking 1-13!! -- nm - Don Homer Jun 25, 06:49 2
    - okay... - Kim Pine Jun 25, 07:18 1
      - hmm. Thanks! -- nm - Don Homer Jun 25, 07:22
- Battle Royale B+, Season 1 Breaking Bad B -- nm - amoxy Jun 25, 06:39
- Abe vs Vamps: B+; Brave: B+; Dirty Harry: B-; Titan AE: B+ -- nm - Ender Jun 25, 06:11
- Abe Lincoln: Vampire Hunter - D+ nm - Jovian Jun 25, 06:09
- The Ramen Girl B, The Ides of March B, The Dilemma D, Friends with Money B - JenBro Jun 25, 05:57
- A Royal Affair - B-, (makes me want to holiday in Germany though), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (remake) B, True Blood s4 B-. -- nm - LMS Jun 25, 05:35
- The Gray and/or Grey: B -- nm - prayformojo Jun 25, 05:34
- Brave - B+ -- nm - Walt_Disney Jun 25, 05:24
- Breakfast At Tiffany's: C or so, maybe even C-. Sorry for those that consider it a "classic." - Cuzzin Todd Jun 25, 05:18
- Truman Show: A -- nm - oblique Jun 25, 05:16
- Not much this weekend. Cars 2 (C+) and Another 48 Hours (C). -- nm - Don Homer Jun 25, 05:13 2
  - Cars 2 at C+ is digging yourself deeper after your Wall-E comments! -- nm - Magic MDH Jun 25, 06:57
  - Oh, forgot I had The Hangover II on last night. B -- nm - Don Homer Jun 25, 05:13
- Woman in Black: B-. My Run (Terry Hitchcock docu): B. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 25, 05:10
- Conan (remake): C- (the opening was great though, the rest was recycled poop); Drive: A -- nm - Beaker Jun 25, 05:09 8
  - Was that your first viewing of Drive, or had you seen it before? -- nm - Don Homer Jun 25, 05:16 6
    - first -- nm - Beaker Jun 25, 05:24 5
      - Cool. It's my #1 movie of last year. I really dig it. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 25, 05:27 1
        
        and one thing is for sure - spoilers (plus a couple minor quibbles) - Beaker Jun 25, 06:01
      - I really liked - spoilers - Beaker Jun 25, 05:26 2
        
        On that note (not really a spoiler)... - Don Homer Jun 25, 05:28 1
        
        definitely -- nm - Beaker Jun 25, 05:29
  - Snatch: B+ -- nm - Beaker Jun 25, 05:15
I hear Alex Trebek had a heart attack. -- nm - nubby Jun 25, 05:07 1
- you didn't phrase it in the form of a question! -- nm - Beaker Jun 25, 05:07
In 2008, 34 members of Congress reworked their financial portfolios after talks with Fed or Treasury officials... -- (link) - Don Homer Jun 25, 04:59
NFL: Tavaris Jackson will enter Training Camp as Seattle's starter at QB. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 25, 04:54 7
- I still get paid though right? -- nm - Matt Flynn Jun 25, 05:02 3
  - 3-year $26M deal, with $10M guaranteed -- nm - Strongbad Jun 25, 05:41 2
    - ha ha, loser. -- nm - Kevin Kolb Jun 25, 05:42 1
      - Yeah... me thinks you're going to be cut before next season -- (link) - Strongbad Jun 25, 05:45
- Yikes. Would hate to be a Seahawks fan. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 25, 04:57
- Bucs coaches are impressed with RB Doug Martin's skills as a pass blocker -- nm - Strongbad Jun 25, 04:55 1
  - Browns are unlikely to be interested in trading for WR's James Jones or Percy Harvin -- nm - Strongbad Jun 25, 04:56
How we Die - 1900 vs. 2010 -- (link) - Strongbad Jun 25, 04:53 1
- Rick. Rick. RICK. RICK! -- nm - JaxSean Jun 25, 05:08
High Speed Rail in California is dead -- (link) - Strongbad Jun 25, 04:51
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- Crazy! -- nm - Alito Jun 25, 04:56
Dozens of members of Syria's military defected to Turkey overnight with their families -- (link) - Beaker Jun 25, 04:29
June 25, 1876 � Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer. -- nm - Beaker Jun 25, 03:32 1
- 1950 � The Korean War begins with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea. -- nm - Beaker Jun 25, 03:33
Before I forget, the bad news--We'll see the final ep of the first 4 seasons of Breaking Bad early Wednesday morning. The good news: it's restarting - Trish Jun 24, 23:22 2
- just watching the beginning of the end of Season 2 of The Wire right now ... -- nm - Beryllium Jun 24, 23:25 1
  - Heh, then you've already seen the "fuck" ep. - Trish Jun 25, 02:01
The Newsroom: outstanding, A+. Jeff Daniels makes the perfect snarky asshat. - Trish Jun 24, 23:14 1
- If the premise holds, I'm in - rollo Jun 25, 06:42
First Rifftrax tonight already in progress is Memento. But technically that means it hasn't really started yet, right? -- (link) - Qale Jun 24, 21:43
Pivot episode of Friends on Nickelodeon. -- nm - Dano Jun 24, 21:42 2
- And a commercial calling Magic Mike "the Citizen Kane of stripper movies" -- nm - Dano Jun 24, 21:43 1
  - shades? -- nm - Spawn Jun 24, 21:49
ohhhhh ... you two were in mercenary moshpit - no wonder I couldn't hear you -- nm - Beryllium Jun 24, 21:24
Late night repost: The Movie Anticipation Poll for July (and last weekend of June) movies. -- (link) - Dano Jun 24, 21:07 6
- Relatedly: I still want to see the Odd Life of Timothy Green even though it's been like well over a year since I saw the trailer. -- nm - Qale Jun 24, 21:33 2
  - Next month's poll! (Unless they move it) -- nm - Dano Jun 24, 21:38 1
    - It's going to tank. The *only* way it would survive if they released it during Christmas. -- nm - Qale Jun 24, 21:40
- *likes* I like all the links to the trailers. - JaxSean Jun 24, 21:29 2
  - That Killer Joe trailer looks interesting - amoxy Jun 24, 21:42 1
    - Agreed, and I'd definitely like to see Ruby Sparks too, despite only just hearing of it through the poll. - Jelly Jun 25, 04:13
No Strings Attached should have been titled "A Bunch Of Inappropriate People" - Reagen Jun 24, 21:06
"Does he want you to do things in the bedroom you're uncomfortable with?" -- nm - David Jun 24, 20:48
Neat, just used Github's automatic page creation to make a page for my new open-source project -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 24, 20:42 3
- English, mother fucker. Do you speak it? -- nm - Spawn Jun 24, 20:46 2
  - Bery's bloggin'. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 24, 21:19
  - "I make pretties with teh words" -- nm - Beryllium Jun 24, 20:52
A Storm of Swords pounded me into submission. It's good writing, but feel like A Series of Unfortunate Events for adults. - Inigo Jun 24, 20:27 2
- on the other hand, it made me want to go out and punch a 10-year-old. -- nm - mafic Jun 25, 02:42
- yep. -- nm - Remlik Jun 24, 20:45
RIP Lonesome George, the last Pinta Island giant tortoise -- (link) - TWuG Jun 24, 19:35
I can't believe that Egypt elected Morrissey president. -- nm - Dano Jun 24, 19:34 2
- When you sleep I will creep into your thoughts like a bad debt that you can't pay take the easy way and give in. Yeah, let me in. -- nm - Qale Jun 24, 19:45
- Irish Blood, Egyptian Heart -- nm - nubby Jun 24, 19:36
I know this probably goes against popular sentiment, but I think Titan AE gets grossly underrated. -- nm - Ender Jun 24, 19:25 2
- Creed threw people off, but I agree. -- nm - Spawn Jun 24, 19:50
- word -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 24, 19:26
Looking through Amazaon Prime and I can find a lot of things I want to watch but nothing I want to have on in the background while I do other things. -- nm - Dano Jun 24, 19:18 3
- just did a marathon of Brotherhood. really enjoyed that. -- nm - Remlik Jun 24, 19:19 2
  - Decided on Harold and Maude (one of my favorite movies ever and I've seen it enough that I don't have to pay full attention) -- nm - Dano Jun 24, 19:24 1
    - Maybe Hal Ashby will be my next director project. -- nm - Dano Jun 24, 19:33
Yay! -- nm - Tim Jun 24, 19:17
I generally like Sorkin, but I'm almost glad I don't have HBO tonight. -- nm - Max Jun 24, 19:13 9
- it just ended. EXCELLENT casting & writing -- nm - peglegpete Jun 24, 20:18 3
  - Translation: I'm "supposed" to love this show but boy did I not. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 24, 20:28 1
    - I really liked it, but did not want to write any spoilers -- nm - peglegpete Jun 24, 20:46
  - Translation: I -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 24, 20:28
- From what I've heard I'll be on the short list saying you shouldn't be. -- nm - the wrong element, bad guy Jun 24, 19:56
- ok, I give up -"Why?" -- nm - mud Jun 24, 19:22 3
  - the only thing I hate more than movies(tv) about writers is movies about strident newscasters, especially ones blaring their worldviews well after 40. -- nm - Max Jun 24, 20:18 1
    - and what if kate upton was the anchor in question? :))) - peglegpete Jun 24, 20:23
  - presumably because he's having sex with a dictionary on air right now -- nm - Beryllium Jun 24, 20:11
Whoo! The Lion King on ABC Family. -- nm - kelly Jun 24, 19:03 1
- Works great as a sleeping aid. -- nm - Bacon Jun 24, 20:40
You can't win without playing the game. -- nm - nubby Jun 24, 18:54 3
- YOU PLAY - TO WIN - THE GAME -- nm - Strongbad Jun 25, 04:26
- But the only winning move is not to play... -- nm - W.O.P.R Jun 24, 19:03 1
  - Loser. -- nm - Deep Blue Jun 24, 19:10
Continuum is starting to get somewhere interesting plotwise. -- nm - Reagen Jun 24, 18:51

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