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Now, how do you make a great day perfect if you're Obama.... - Will Hunting Jun 28, 08:58 9
- He should have done it yesterday. Would have vanished in the news cycle like *that*. - musubi Jun 28, 09:04 2
  - I think he could sneak it past right now...they're probably shocked they won today so firing him yesterday woulda - Will Hunting Jun 28, 09:07 1
    - Yeah, I'm not saying that he could have known to do it yesterday, but if he had..... - musubi Jun 28, 09:08
- bang an intern -- nm - Wild Bill Jun 28, 09:01
- Quickie with FLOTUS in the Oval Office. - TWuG Jun 28, 09:01
- I dont understand why he hasn't been yet. -- nm - Jovian Jun 28, 09:00 1
  - "now where did you bury those bodies? mmmm I can't seem to remember as long as I am getting a pay cheque" -- nm - Beaker Jun 28, 09:00
- hookers and crack? -- nm - Beaker Jun 28, 08:59 1
  - No - that was Clinton :) -- nm - JenBro Jun 29, 02:00
~Falling from Cloud 9~ - Epiphany ( Lawbreaker) Jun 28, 08:56 1
- LOL @ Lawbreaker! It's all that Magic Mike excitement got you goon' - am I right? -- nm - JenBro Jun 29, 02:02
8 hours to go and Curtiz' Oscar is at $720K -- nm - peglegpete Jun 28, 08:55
hah ... a list of people who are moving to canada because obamacare was upheld. -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 28, 08:55 15
- How about the list of people who are in the process of moving to Canada and will change their minds because it was upheld? -- nm - Max Jun 28, 09:14
- I'm hoping those people are trying to be Colbert-ian ironic. (nm) - musubi Jun 28, 09:06
- hopefully, at least one of those were sarcastic posts -- nm - zork Jun 28, 09:06
- Love it -- nm - amoxy Jun 28, 09:05
- Holy. Crap. -- nm - con_carne Jun 28, 09:03
- that is .... hilarious. -- nm - Andie Jun 28, 09:02
- Wonder how many of these have employer provided healthcare? Should open up a number of good jobs :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Jun 28, 08:59
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  - they likely think we live in igloos so don't take it as a legitimate opinion -- nm - Beaker Jun 28, 08:59 2
    - Wait, you mean you don't? -- nm - decline Jun 28, 09:03 1
      - only in summer - reduces air conditioning costs. -- nm - Andie Jun 28, 09:11
- Out of the frying pan and into another frying pan. -- nm - Spawn Jun 28, 08:56 1
  - but the hockey ice makes it a little cooler -- nm - Beaker Jun 28, 08:57
- Enjoy your free healthcare! -- nm - pmb Jun 28, 08:56
- awesome. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 28, 08:55
Pittsburgh Penguins have resigned Sidney Crosby for excess of $100 million. No more info as yet -- nm - Beaker Jun 28, 08:54 2
- average salary said to be $9 mil so likely 11-12 year deal unless they do the ole last 5 years at 500k trick -- nm - Beaker Jun 28, 08:58
- I'd love to see the insurance premium on that given his concussion history. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 28, 08:56
i learn about a lot of federal programs when auditing clients, and many i agree with, but sometimes, i just see why anything thinks its a good idea - Truman Jun 28, 08:54
Obama looking at CNN on his ipad... -- (link) - Don Homer Jun 28, 08:50 3
- clever. -- nm - znufrii Jun 28, 08:52
- don't even have to click on it. it'll be a fake. -- nm - zork Jun 28, 08:52 1
  - No, it 100% real. -- nm - Tommy Flanagan Jun 28, 08:53
Is there any chance Obama is given a heads-up on SC rulings ahead of time, or does he learn when the rest of us do? - Don Homer Jun 28, 08:47 7
- A pundit on Twitter the other day wisely said it's to their great credit that opinions aren't leaked regularly. -- nm - nubby Jun 28, 08:50 1
  - Don't they have the power to order extraordinary rendition at will? :) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 28, 08:57
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- My supposition is that he learns as the decision is announced, just like us. -- nm - TWuG Jun 28, 08:49 3
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    - But how soon beforehand do they write their opinions? I wonder if you can tell from just body language over lunch. - Max Jun 28, 09:03 1
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Romney response in 5 minutes -- nm - znufrii Jun 28, 08:41 3
- This decision proves the wisdom of the healthcare legislation I pioneered in Massachussetts. - Romney Jun 28, 08:45 1
  - "...and I'll take a lot of credit for that." -- nm - nubby Jun 28, 08:46
- ~speed reader, speed reader~ -- nm - con_carne Jun 28, 08:43
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- But, I wanna talk about the striking down of the Stolen Valor Act - con_carne Jun 28, 08:43 11
  - eh. - znufrii Jun 28, 08:45
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    - Constitutional right to freedom of speech. Can't legislate morality. -- nm - miffed67 Jun 28, 08:50
    - Of course! -- nm - Politicians Everywhere Jun 28, 08:45
    - That sounds like something Justice Scalia would say, Jack. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 28, 08:44 1
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    - I won the Medal of Honor at Iwo Jima! -- nm - Beaker Jun 28, 08:44 4
      - Honest Abe himself pinned the Purple Heart to my lapel for my valor at Waterloo. -- nm - TWuG Jun 28, 08:48 3
        
        for fighting vampires -- nm - Beaker Jun 28, 08:48 2
        
        ... and dinosaurs. -- nm - Tommy Flanagan Jun 28, 08:49 1
        
        Actually, it was aliens. You didn't hear it from me, but the little french guy was from Venus. -- nm - TWuG Jun 28, 08:59
Heh. AP orders staff to stop taunting news outlets for getting health care ruling wrong... -- (link) - Don Homer Jun 28, 08:38 1
- awesome -- nm - Beaker Jun 28, 08:38
So what you are saying is... today might not be a good day to go to or talk to a doctor? -- nm - Spawn Jun 28, 08:36 18
- oh *shiz.* more spackling this aft with doctor steve. mother effer. -- nm - amanda Jun 28, 08:37 17
  - Confession: That crossed my mind as I was posting this. - Spawn Jun 28, 08:42
  - spackling? nm -- nm - groiny Jun 28, 08:38 14
    - my friend eleanor and her kids are away. I'm helping her insane husband (dr. steve) do some work on the house - amanda Jun 28, 08:40 13
      - And BTW, that is a pretty nice thing to be doing. -- nm - Spawn Jun 28, 08:43 1
        
        yeah, yeah. never tell anyone. - amanda Jun 28, 08:45
      - bow chicka... -- nm - Don Homer Jun 28, 08:40 10
        
        I could never jam someone who doesn't eat bacon. bzzzzt -- nm - amanda Jun 28, 08:42 9
        
        You mean meat candy, right? -- nm - Spawn Jun 28, 08:43 8
        
        isn't that what groiny calls his junk? -- nm - zork Jun 28, 08:49 6
        
        that is a meat-sicle. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 28, 08:51 2
        
        cause it melts when you eat it? -- nm - Beaker Jun 28, 08:51 1
        
        that is almost exactly what happens. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 28, 08:52
        
        Bacon Bits, maybe. -- nm - Spawn Jun 28, 08:50 2
        
        Bacon Salt? -- nm - zork Jun 28, 08:53 1
        
        bacon jerky? -- nm - znufrii Jun 28, 08:54
        
        This reminds me that I have bacon in the fridge at home. And that I am not at home. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 28, 08:47
  - euphemism? -- nm - znufrii Jun 28, 08:37
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- With Clarence Thomas as the decisive 5th vote in favor of equal rights and protections! -- nm - Don Homer Jun 28, 08:37
- DOGMA? -- nm - President Romney Jun 28, 08:36 1
  - Don't even joke about something so obscene. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 28, 08:37
My Democratic congressional candidate would be the first openly gay person elected to the House from NY. - Tim Jun 28, 08:31
so here is question. Do you think religious groups should be exempted from so many laws? - Truman Jun 28, 08:30 7
- No and they should be paying taxes. -- nm - Krusty Jun 28, 09:02
- Wait, if I answer Yes to the subject, I really mean no on the inside, correct? -- nm - spamlet Jun 28, 08:48 1
  - see, i am even confused by this. -- nm - Truman Jun 28, 08:54
- Of course not. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 28, 08:36
- ... -- nm - Vatican Jun 28, 08:35
- no. -- nm - znufrii Jun 28, 08:31
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i want to know how difficult it was for micheal shanks to act out a scene, where he is in a coma, with all the tubes and wires - Truman Jun 28, 08:27 3
- *climbs on top of you while removing his shirt* -- nm - Tru's Boss Jun 28, 08:31 2
  - the fact that this comes to your mind makes me wonder if you need more therapy -- nm - Truman Jun 28, 08:34
  - Now, rub my nipples -- nm - Tru's Boss Jun 28, 08:33
The Fly episode, may have been my favorite BB episode yet. - Jovian Jun 28, 08:27 3
- Which board was that? -- nm - Spawn Jun 28, 08:51
- Most people hated it. I forget what I thought of it. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 28, 08:38 1
  - I mean it was a total filler episode. But I thought it was hilarious. - Jovian Jun 28, 08:50
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- Judicial Activism, n., whenever the court issues a ruling my side disagrees with. -- nm - znufrii Jun 28, 08:27 1
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I don't think I would have picked that split was feasible. - Will Hunting Jun 28, 08:24 12
- would've been a hell of a bet on intrade, if they offered it -- nm - znufrii Jun 28, 08:26 1
  - I think there was money in betting that it would be upheld, though. -- nm - Tim Jun 28, 08:27
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  - Thanks, Georgie! -- nm - Obama si Jun 28, 08:26 8
    - I wonder how long till we start seeing effigies of the traitor Roberts being burned. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 28, 08:29 7
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        Also, from a standpoint of how Obama and his team sold this; how fortunate are they that the majority didn't listen to them? - Will Hunting Jun 28, 08:35 5
        
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        Okay, an article I saw said they tilted away from that interpretation ... - Will Hunting Jun 28, 08:38 2
        
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        publicly they did, I believe, yes. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 28, 08:39
Cuban outfielder Yasiel Puig has reached agreement on a seven-year, $42 million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers -- nm - Beaker Jun 28, 08:24
This is the funniest day I can remember in a long time. I've been L5ing at my desk for an hour. - nubby Jun 28, 08:24 5
- This kind of reminds me of the kerfuffle about the communities with opt-in buys for fire fighting services. They were free to refuse to buy it, but - mara Jun 28, 08:47
- Change your handle - oblique Jun 28, 08:42
- Bryan Edgar Alford...yes...and we call it the Hootie Provision. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 28, 08:28
- I bet that person is making the people marrying animals act when discussing Gay Marriage. - amoxy Jun 28, 08:26 1
  - oh you know it -- nm - Epiphany ( Lawbreaker) Jun 28, 08:54
News Corp is splitting up into publishing (with the WSJ, NYP, Aus and UK newspapers) and entertainment/media (20th Century Fox, the Fox network, etc) -- (link) - Roger More Jun 28, 08:20 1
- I think it's weird that they are splitting Fox News away from the print news ... oh wait, Fox News isn't real news, so that makes sense. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 28, 08:39
Wow 15 minutes late leaving for work. Time to make the donuts. - Bacon Jun 28, 08:16
Just one last point about this for me (and then I have to work for a while). The absolute biggest deal here is that winning this case means we have - pmb Jun 28, 08:15 13
- It has to survive past January 2015 for this to be valid. - Will Hunting Jun 28, 08:27
- you'd think. -- nm - znufrii Jun 28, 08:19
- and i totally believe that the republicans in the house have already written a bill to reverse the entire law, and will put it up for a vote as soon - Truman Jun 28, 08:16 8
  - Sure, but the point is they can't pass it. The senate won't pass it and the president would veto it. - pmb Jun 28, 08:19 5
    - and more than that, it only works to their detriment politically if they try (and I'm not saying they won't) - znufrii Jun 28, 08:21 4
      - It's not to their detriment to try to overturn an unpopular law. They know they won't succeed, but it's a smart move from a calculated view. -- nm - ty97 Jun 28, 08:30 3
        
        *if* it remains as unpopular, and even then still leaves them open to the same criticisms of focusing on their personal vendetta against the president - znufrii Jun 28, 08:33 2
        
        I (looks around nervously) (whisper) agree with znu. -- nm - amanda Jun 28, 08:36 1
        
        *blushes* -- nm - znufrii Jun 28, 08:44
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    - hehe, so 30 yrs from now? -- nm - Truman Jun 28, 08:20
- I like a good pipe dream as much as the next guy, but... - Spawn Jun 28, 08:16
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She's written 65 songs...65. They're all about you. They're all about pain. -- nm - Jim Jun 28, 08:09 1
- Poor Adele's boyfriend. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 28, 08:43
As I argue with the blind on Fox 12s facebook link. I am very proud of this gem I posted. - Bacon Jun 28, 08:09 7
- stop talking sense -- nm - znufrii Jun 28, 08:13 1
  - I'm, an, un, or, di, na, ry, guy. -- nm - Spawn Jun 28, 08:17
- It effectively was a Republican bill. - Don Homer Jun 28, 08:10 4
  - I thought I remembered hearing something like this before. Do you have any links that may be useful? - sycor Jun 28, 08:16 3
    - NYTimes published a comparison chart way back when... -- nm - znufrii Jun 28, 08:23
    - In terms of the mandate, it goes back to the Heritage Foundation. -- (link) - mara Jun 28, 08:22
    - I'm sure Romney will, very soon. -- nm - Spawn Jun 28, 08:18
See that ML, Bacon is the new Republican Spy! (nm) - spamlet Jun 28, 08:09 1
- takes one to know one -- nm - Truman Jun 28, 08:14
hmmm, I thought Bacon was just short for Baptist Consevative. -- nm - CrankYanker50 Jun 28, 08:07

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