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BTWLYCPSA: Omnaris is back, and starting to hit the shelves. -- nm - Spawn Jul 11, 12:00 1
- when Omarion gets back, let me know -- (link) - Epiphany Jul 11, 12:04 [youtube]
Boo! The version of Sugar High from the Empire Records soundtrack isn't the one in the movie. - spamlet Jul 11, 11:59 1
- Boo! -- nm - Epiphany Jul 11, 12:04
WTF is a "popped collar"? -- nm - oblique Jul 11, 11:58 2
- x4 -- (link) - Dr.Vermin is cool Jul 11, 11:59 [Image]
- Are you writing from the 1980s? (it's when a collar is turned up) -- nm - Roger More Jul 11, 11:59
Jon and Kate Plus Eight and Buck Rogers are now on instant streaming. One of them is total crap -- nm - oblique Jul 11, 11:55 4
- "bidi-bidi-bidi F you asshole bidi-bidi-bidi" -- nm - Twiki Jul 11, 11:56 2
  - word - i'm not dead yet ! Jul 11, 12:11 1
    - and that reminds me.... - i'm not dead yet ! Jul 11, 12:12
- twiki twiki twiki -- nm - Spawn Jul 11, 11:56
Canadian buys $1.2 million vintage video game collection -- (link) - Beaker Jul 11, 11:53
STIS: for those who have attended a live football game: would you rather be in the nosebleeds on the 50 yd line or in the end zone close? -- nm - Beaker Jul 11, 11:48 15
- LIve game is almost different if your only experience is TV, its almost as if they could run another game showing defensive side - zeitgeist Jul 11, 12:05
- 50 yard line, or at home in front of my big screen tv -- nm - peglegpete Jul 11, 11:52
- end zone. if I wenr to a football game I would want a different view than watching on tv. if I wanted a sideline view, I would stay home - dogbert Jul 11, 11:52 1
  - Yup. I used to go for the 50 yard line religiously but for Manning Bowl we were end zone pretty close and it was 10x better. -- nm - Spawn Jul 11, 11:54
- 50 -- nm - Krusty Jul 11, 11:51
- cool, tickets are the same price...$95 (I just may get to this game) - Beaker Jul 11, 11:51
- 50 yard line. -- nm - Spawn Jul 11, 11:51 4
  - Scratch that, end zone close. -- nm - Spawn Jul 11, 11:51 3
    - End zone close is good for a handful of plays a game. It's very difficult to follow the game on the other side of the field from there. - pmb Jul 11, 11:56 2
      - Eh, I don;t mind watching the bog screens for part of the game when I can look into the QB's eyes for the other part. -- nm - Spawn Jul 11, 12:00
      - It's next to impossible. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 11, 11:57
- Club level (aka box seats) is the best. I didn't like endzone -- nm - decline Jul 11, 11:50
- 50 yard line. And from the nosebleeds, you can really watch a play develop. -- nm - Jim Jul 11, 11:49 1
  - especially in a place that is also for baseball. in skydome the slope is horrible. you're way too far away by the time you can see over the benches -- nm - zork Jul 11, 11:54
- Assuming the atmosphere around me is the same, give me Nosebleeds 50. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 11, 11:49
Spotify: Oh, and I can't always tell if stuff is from my collection or is available on Spotify. If something won't play let me know and I'll remove -- nm - spamlet Jul 11, 11:47
45 mins -- nm - Truman Jul 11, 11:43 15
- you are the man! -- nm - Epiphany Jul 11, 12:05
- Get your game face on. -- nm - Spawn Jul 11, 11:56
- What excuse did you give the boss? -- nm - oblique Jul 11, 11:48 1
  - ikr? I'm curious -- nm - SyrDragon Jul 11, 11:49
- GL! -- nm - Jovian Jul 11, 11:47
- I missed something but *kiss* good luck. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 11, 11:46 1
  - Interview. -- nm - Krusty Jul 11, 11:48
- You've got this. -- nm - David Jul 11, 11:46
- good luck! -- nm - spamlet Jul 11, 11:45
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- Kick ass and take names -- nm - amoxy Jul 11, 11:45
- knock 'em dead -- nm - decline Jul 11, 11:45 1
  - then wipe the fingerprints off everything -- nm - zork Jul 11, 11:47
- Best of luck! -- nm - Krusty Jul 11, 11:43 1
  - agreed -- nm - zork Jul 11, 11:44
AFA wants to boycott Google over gay marriage stance -- (link) - Reagen Jul 11, 11:40
FF WR's: Victor Cruz or Wes Welker? -- nm - Strongbad Jul 11, 11:35 12
- waitaminute... -- nm - kelly Jul 11, 11:38 10
  - Just trying to get ST's sense. I might be much lower on Cruz than most people. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 11, 11:42 9
    - Oh, that's fine. - kelly Jul 11, 11:47 7
      - I hope you have a taker lined up for Smith. - the wrong element, bad guy Jul 11, 11:54 5
        
        My guess is she's keeping Sproles/Smith/Welker now -- nm - Strongbad Jul 11, 11:59 4
        
        I would have thought DeAngelo. - the wrong element, bad guy Jul 11, 12:05 2
        
        1300 yards vs 1000 yards for D-Will - Will Hunting Jul 11, 12:08
        
        I'm not high on Sproles either. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 11, 12:07
        
        yes. -- nm - kelly Jul 11, 12:04
      - No worries, we're good. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 11, 11:47
    - If you asked me to rate them, I'd pick Welker, but it's not a wide gulf. - Will Hunting Jul 11, 11:43
- cruz -- nm - Beaker Jul 11, 11:36
Book commentary - so i finally started reading Room. It's pretty riveting so far. -- nm - Andie Jul 11, 11:29 3
- I loved Room, but a couple of friends didn't care for it. (I think the "attachment parenting" aspect turned them off, but what choice was there? -- nm - miffed67 Jul 11, 11:45
- on the home stretch of Feast for Crows audiobook - Reagen Jul 11, 11:34
- The Fifth Witness by Michael Connolly: B+ (really like his Lincoln Lawyer series) -- nm - Beaker Jul 11, 11:32
Reagen - That donor comment wasn't discussed here I don't think... - Mel Profit Jul 11, 11:29 1
- It takes some giant clanking ones to sit in a Range Rover at the Hamptons and say poor people don't get it. -- nm - Reagen Jul 11, 11:31
funny how we're talking about the reaction Romney got, rather than much about what he actually said, though... - znufrii Jul 11, 11:29 2
- This will be happening daily if not weekly to both Obama and Romney from now until the election -- nm - con_carne Jul 11, 11:35
- there are reports of just the reaction and not what triggered it? -- nm - zork Jul 11, 11:30
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- Yup. The emails I'm getting from the Obama campaign sound very nervous. -- nm - pmb Jul 11, 11:40 13
  - that and the frequency. - Mel Profit Jul 11, 11:43 1
    - There have been days I have got more than one. -- nm - Spawn Jul 11, 11:48
  - "Money shouldn't decide this election! ...so send us a check." -- nm - Dr.Vermin is going to be outspent Jul 11, 11:42 10
    - But money may decide it if the spending is too lopsided. And right now it's threatening to get lopsided. So yes, send us a check. -- nm - pmb Jul 11, 11:44
    - Obama out-spent McCain 3-to-1 in 2008. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 11, 11:42 8
      - it's amazing how close all your elections tend to be in spite of things like this. You don't have landslides like here (on occasion) -- nm - zork Jul 11, 11:59 1
        
        It's because 70-80% (or more?) of our population always vote the same way. - Strongbad Jul 11, 12:00
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      - Right. They're saying *this* election! :) -- nm - Dr.Vermin is going to be outspent Jul 11, 11:44 4
        
        I think everyone admits Obama outspent everyone to win last time. - Mel Profit Jul 11, 11:54 3
        
        I don't disagree. - Dr.Vermin is going to be outspent Jul 11, 11:58 2
        
        Uhm, isn't this the first truly uncapped presidential election? -- nm - Spawn Jul 11, 12:02
        
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- And David's right...I'm uncomfortable about how the Democrats have reacted. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 11, 11:38 2
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    - no argument with what you've posted at all. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 11, 11:44
- When your base is middle class and under and those classes are feeling the economic pinch worst, it's going - TWuG Jul 11, 11:32 17
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    - I think when we're talking about this money it doesn't matter as much. - Krusty Jul 11, 11:43 11
      - I think Obama tapped out a lot of people who will never donate again in their lives, or who's circumstances are much worse now than 2008 -- nm - zork Jul 11, 11:52
      - "behind" - Spawn Jul 11, 11:49
      - I think that's exceedingly optimistic. Neither campaign can fully fund in every state. They have to make choices. If Romney can fund campaigning in - pmb Jul 11, 11:47 7
        
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        oh, a bunch of us are nervous -- nm - decline Jul 11, 11:50 5
        
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        We are! Didn't you see Redmond's post last night? -- nm - Spawn Jul 11, 11:57 2
        
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        He is voting third party. -- nm - Spawn Jul 11, 12:05
        
        I already am envisioning Romney winning and the GOP getting control of the House and Senate - amoxy Jul 11, 11:52
      - *this much money* -- nm - Krusty Jul 11, 11:43
    - But you're asking people who don't have extra money to give money they don't have. - TWuG Jul 11, 11:40 3
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        I can absolutely see Romney winning given the money he has available to him. - Mel Profit Jul 11, 11:46
      - They don't have to be large donations. Every bit helps. -- nm - pmb Jul 11, 11:41
- but pennies taste like ass -- nm - Beaker Jul 11, 11:30 1
  - That's because they're ass pennies. -- (link) - Reagen Jul 11, 11:30 [youtube]
question for economic types. Isn't spending millions on campaigns good for the economy? -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 11:28 45
- For certain section of the economy, yes. But it's misallocation of consumption. -- nm - Roger More Jul 11, 11:42
- it gives a small boost to a very tiny sector of the country. Overall it's not a great way to spend all that cash -- nm - decline Jul 11, 11:33 12
  - let's say m ost of the donors would have kept it in savings instead. -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 11:34 11
    - or for all we know most donors would have spent it on numerous things spread out in many sectors of the economy. - decline Jul 11, 11:37
    - yup. It is paying advertisers, newspapers, ad companies, etc. Then they have to spend it on salaries and stuff, and the beat goes on -- nm - Beaker Jul 11, 11:35 9
      - but salaries aren't increased dramatically (especially compared to the amount spent) in those industries during election years - decline Jul 11, 11:39 7
        
        Yes and no. Salespeople make better commissions, and people that might have been fired get to keep their jobs. -- nm - Reagen Jul 11, 11:42 4
        
        until Nov. 2nd. -- nm - decline Jul 11, 11:44
        
        right it's like a busy season when those types of companies know they will need extra staff around for -- nm - Beaker Jul 11, 11:43 2
        
        "Dear Obama....how many spots do you want?" "Dear Mr. Romney, how many spots do you want?" - Will Hunting Jul 11, 11:44 1
        
        It's not as totally simple as that. - Reagen Jul 11, 12:01
        
        the campaigns themselves hire tons of people. -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 11:41 1
        
        Most are volunteers -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 11, 11:42
      - (in the swing states) -- nm - con_carne Jul 11, 11:38
- It's not a matter of good or bad but a degree of how good. Billions spent on TV ads doesn't put many people to work -- nm - TWuG Jul 11, 11:30 28
  - the people who work at those tv stations and advertising production companies would probably beg to differ. -- nm - znufrii Jul 11, 11:32 24
    - Aside from all that...the stations are forced to make time for political ads from both sides of the aisle...at the expense of legitimate sponsors who - Jim Jul 11, 11:48 1
      - TV stations raise their rates, though. According to one measure, by as much as 50 per cent this election season -- (link) - con_carne Jul 11, 11:54
    - Thoese people were pretty much working in the first place. - Will Hunting Jul 11, 11:36 7
      - yup. It's not like the tv/radio stations hire a ton of extra people to play the extra ads. -- nm - decline Jul 11, 11:38
      - you live in the DC area. You know there's a whole economy that springs up every four years around the election. -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 11:38 5
        
        Yes, mostly built on volunteers. - Will Hunting Jul 11, 11:41 4
        
        You are right in the last PP, but to those I would add phone banks, technology (servers), and whoever produces those campaign web videos -- nm - con_carne Jul 11, 11:49 3
        
        much better to have money go into jobs that are not as seasonal -- nm - zork Jul 11, 11:56 2
        
        You know, I'm thinking that, with technology in 2012, campaigns are able to accomplish a lot more than before by hiring less bodies -- nm - con_carne Jul 11, 11:59 1
        
        yet they require more money than before. curious. - zork Jul 11, 12:01
    - In the swing states, you mean -- nm - con_carne Jul 11, 11:36
    - wouldn't you rather that money somehow go to transit or healthcare? -- nm - zork Jul 11, 11:34 10
      - yes, but that wasn't the original question. -- nm - znufrii Jul 11, 11:35 1
        
        "is it good for the economy?" "there are better ways to spend the money" -- nm - zork Jul 11, 11:42
      - but it is coming from donors, not the Govt. -- nm - Beaker Jul 11, 11:35
      - in fantasy land sure, but in reality that's not the choice. -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 11:34 6
        
        This is getting away from the point, but strictly speaking, the TV stations that benefit will be paying taxes on their profits... -- nm - con_carne Jul 11, 11:37 1
        
        (or income, rather) -- nm - con_carne Jul 11, 11:37
        
        sure it is. you can decide to donate to a politician or a hospital fund, etc. -- nm - zork Jul 11, 11:35 3
        
        Mr. & Mrs. Wealthy Socialite probably already give to that. -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 11:37 2
        
        Don't forget about corporations. They are able to cut big checks to the RNC and the SuperPACS, if not so much to the Romney campaign itself -- nm - con_carne Jul 11, 11:44
        
        so? they can give more there and do not have to give to the politician. Obviously they are giving to the pol's for their personal gain. - zork Jul 11, 11:41
    - this. Then they spend the money on more stuff. The Circle of Life... -- nm - Beaker Jul 11, 11:33 1
      - The Multiplier Effect - znufrii Jul 11, 11:36
  - gotta pay for two seasons of Survivor and TAR somehow. Think of how bad our lives would be without that. -- nm - zork Jul 11, 11:32 2
    - Panem et circenses! -- nm - Reagen Jul 11, 11:33 1
      - *finger to nose* -- nm - zork Jul 11, 11:39
- Have you seen how bad politicians are at spending money? - Will Hunting Jul 11, 11:29
- I'm sure there are much more beneficial things to spend the money on. -- nm - zork Jul 11, 11:28
lmao. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 11, 11:28 3
- LMFAO -- nm - Spawn Jul 11, 11:41 2
  - what are you two girls laughing about now? -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 11, 11:47 1
    - me, I expect. whatev. -- nm - zork Jul 11, 11:48
"As God is my witness I forgot black people could vote..." -- nm - Mitt Carlson. Jul 11, 11:26
Penny in the air... -- nm - David Jul 11, 11:25

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