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Blag was convicted 59-0, in spite of his solid appear. That must have been some convincing evidence. -- nm - Mop Jan 29, 16:12 2
- They wanted him gone. He could have had God up there professing his innocence and they still would have convicted -- nm - Mr. Havens Jan 29, 16:13
- appear = appeal -- nm - Mop Jan 29, 16:12
I always liked the Baltimore-NY train. I could walk to the train station in Baltimore train to NY then get on the subway. -- nm - Dano Jan 29, 16:10
is Vantage Point worth my time? -- nm - Jovian Jan 29, 15:49 8
- no -- nm - Gwaahjo Jan 29, 16:10
- Only if you want to be banging your head against the wall for the last hour of it -- nm - Mr. Havens Jan 29, 16:02
- meh+ -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 29, 16:01
- I had high hopes for it, got a bit boring in the middle part of it, but the ending wasn't bad. - Loyola Jan 29, 15:53
- it's in my bottom 10 for the year. -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 15:53
- I liked it quite a bit more than I had expected. -- nm - David Jan 29, 15:51
- Decent. Didn't live up the trailer, but decent -- nm - ty97 Jan 29, 15:50 1
  - agreed. -- nm - Remlik Jan 29, 16:03
what you really need is a state-of-the-art highh speed train system - Dane Duke Nuuk Jan 29, 15:47 13
- I don't think it would work on a national scale, but as a series of local corridors, sure -- nm - znufrii Jan 29, 15:52 5
  - the real benefit is when you combine local and national - Dane Duke Nuuk Jan 29, 15:56 3
    - You live in a country that would fit into Ohio. -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 15:59 2
      - imaginge yourself living in New England in 1810 - Dane Duke Nuuk Jan 29, 16:00 1
        
        imagine what NE could have done in 1810 with cars. -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 16:01
  - *takess the bullet train to your house* - con_carne Jan 29, 15:56
- California is ahead of the curve on this one, as of the Nov election -- (link) - con_carne Jan 29, 15:50 3
  - as usual! -- nm - Dane Duke Nuuk Jan 29, 15:55 2
    - Of course, it depends partially on Federal funding, and I have no idea the status of that part -- nm - con_carne Jan 29, 16:00 1
      - Which is why millions of Californians like myself voted against it. No promise of full funding, and in the meantime... - Mr. Havens Jan 29, 16:11
- *laughs* -- nm - CQ Jan 29, 15:48
- In a country our size, that would be one hell of an infrastructure to set up - ty97 Jan 29, 15:48 1
  - i know it's a long term project but the US is renowned for projects like that - Dane Duke Nuuk Jan 29, 15:49
ST what are you reading? -- nm - Beaker Jan 29, 15:45 22
- The Film Club by David Gilmour -- nm - Mr. Havens Jan 29, 16:12
- still Letters to a Young Poet and Chuck Klosterman IV -- nm - Guy Jan 29, 16:02
- The Living Dead (zombie story compilation) - Dr.Vermin Jan 29, 15:52 5
  - I've posted this here before, but it's worth re-doing -- (link) - Reagen Jan 29, 15:57 3
    - yeah they do a great job. Lots of trades to. -- nm - Remlik Jan 29, 16:12
    - AWEsome. Thx! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 29, 16:02 1
      - Memento Mori (starts p26) is one of my favourites. -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 16:07
  - awesome compilation. so good -- nm - CQ Jan 29, 15:54
- [obligatory response of: SlackerTalk] -- nm - Dano Jan 29, 15:51
- Sand County Almanac -- nm - mara Jan 29, 15:48
- Alienest, Caleb Carr -- nm - CQ Jan 29, 15:47
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  - David Orchard is kind of like Canada's Ross Perot but without the money or political savvy. -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 15:50 2
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      - I just find him short sighted and paranoid. - Reagen Jan 29, 16:00
- Brave New World -- nm - ty97 Jan 29, 15:46
- Pale Horse Coming by Stephen Hunter. Great, fun little read. -- nm - Beaker Jan 29, 15:45 5
  - great book! -- nm - Guy Jan 29, 15:47 4
    - Can't believe they haven't made it into a movie. Cast a bunch of oldtimers and it could be pretty big -- nm - Beaker Jan 29, 15:51 3
      - i thought the same thing the whole way through - i had Sam Elliott as the main character. you? -- nm - Guy Jan 29, 16:01 2
        
        I would make him one of the gunmen...I have Earl being atad younger (he's only 40 in the book) -- nm - Beaker Jan 29, 16:05 1
        
        really? its been a while - i suppose a younger Elliott. that gruff, quiet type at any rate -- nm - Guy Jan 29, 16:11
I think I over ate at dinner and now I'm really pissed at myself. Ugh, I hate this feeling -- nm - CQ Jan 29, 15:40 6
- You motherf***er, you had to keep eating those godddamn mashed potatoes! Stupid idiot! -- nm - CQ SI Jan 29, 15:45 3
  - too much pasta. what was I thinking? -- nm - CQ Jan 29, 15:46 2
    - I haven't had pasta yet this year. sheesh -- nm - Loyola Jan 29, 15:55 1
      - I'm always carbing up. -- nm - CQ Jan 29, 16:00
- Relax. There probably is no God. -- nm - Loyola Jan 29, 15:43
- Run Forrest Run -- nm - Dane Duke Nuuk Jan 29, 15:43
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- I figure you would drink heavily -- nm - Beaker Jan 29, 15:40 1
  - WWJDD -- nm - Beaker Jan 29, 15:40
- /waves hand over all the Picassos, turning them into Kinkades/ -- nm - Jesus Jan 29, 15:32
Well, when it rains it pours... I've had 3 recruiters call me in the last hour. Looks like if I want a consulting gig I'll be able to get one. - Subversive Jan 29, 15:31 3
- wpphoo! -- nm - CQ Jan 29, 15:38
- Wow. What is it you do? And is it somehow related to the sex trade? -- nm - Mop Jan 29, 15:36
- Don Homer! -- nm - mara Jan 29, 15:31
I get to demo my big january project in a few minutes ... I should see who's going to be at that meeting. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 29, 15:27
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- so you'r point is it's better for the economy to give to the "poor" than the rich?? - Dane Duke Nuuk Jan 29, 15:29 6
  - of course, as Bery said below, the poor will by necessity spend it. -- nm - Andie Jan 29, 15:36 2
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      - you guy's are all turning into social democrats soon :) -- nm - Dane Duke Nuuk Jan 29, 15:40
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    - short term being: as long as there are poor people? :) -- nm - Dane Duke Nuuk Jan 29, 15:31
  - Well, that's always been a proven concept - the rich just don't want to admit that the poor will immediately spend all the bonus cash - Beryllium Jan 29, 15:30
Engadget looks at Apple's iPhone patents as they compared to the Palm Pre. -- (link) - Mop Jan 29, 15:19
without arts funding in tough economic times, we'd have no Mt. Rushmore. -- (link) - Guy Jan 29, 15:14 [Image] 40
- I'm not sure this is helping. -- nm - ty97 Jan 29, 15:21 27
  - helping what exactly? i thought we were having a conversation about the impact of arts funding in a down economy? -- nm - Guy Jan 29, 15:23 26
    - I'm not sure pointing to Mt Rushmore as a symbol of arts funding is helping your point. - ty97 Jan 29, 15:25 19
      - the Lincoln Memorial is a dead guy sitting in a chair. whats the point of any of it? -- nm - Guy Jan 29, 15:35 18
        
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        my point was that these things bring us together as a nation - the promote a sense of ourselves as a union working together -- nm - Guy Jan 29, 15:48 12
        
        Which is nice and all, but really doesn't qualify as 'economic stimulus'. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 29, 15:55
        
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        did anyone say that the whole thing needs to be funneled into arts??? its .006 according to Dano -- nm - Guy Jan 29, 16:03 1
        
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        Do we have to choose? As pointed out, arts funding isn't that significant. -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 15:52 7
        
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        besides, i really dont care that much. this discussion has been at least 50% Devils Advocate. - Guy Jan 29, 16:05
        
        i did? -- nm - Guy Jan 29, 16:03 1
        
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        the jets didn't bother me that much either. - Reagen Jan 29, 16:01 2
        
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        yeah, and I thought the political grandstanding of that one guy was BS - Reagen Jan 29, 16:04
        
        I'd much rather they make marbe statues of future leaders. -- nm - ty97 Jan 29, 15:47 1
        
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        don't give znuffri any ideas. -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 15:39 1
        
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    - And what is/was the 'impact' of Mt. Rushmore, Guy? -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 29, 15:24 5
      - gave people a reason to go to South Dakota? -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 15:26 4
        
        (I'm serious with this - I'm sure that Mt. Rushmore funding has paid for itself numerous times over) -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 15:29 3
        
        Oh yes, I agree. - Dr.Vermin Jan 29, 15:31 2
        
        it also provides 4 culture points per turn and reduces war weariness by 25%. -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 15:39
        
        "free art" is often great value for meney :) -- nm - Dane Duke Nuuk Jan 29, 15:33
- But would that be such a terrible thing? -- nm - mara Jan 29, 15:16 11
  - hard to say. would it be terrible to have no Lincoln Memorial? no Statue of Liberty? -- nm - Guy Jan 29, 15:19 8
    - Well, we were able to get the French to buy us the second. -- nm - Dano Jan 29, 15:21 7
      - are you saying in all honesty that the icon of the US is made in France???? - Dane Duke Nuuk Jan 29, 15:22 5
        
        sacre bleu! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 29, 15:24 4
        
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        merde! zut alord! - Reagen Jan 29, 15:25 2
        
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        tabernac! -- nm - Beryllium Jan 29, 15:26
      - And Al Gore invented the first one. -- nm - Loyola Jan 29, 15:22
  - Without arts funding we would have aborted Beethoven. -- nm - Dano Jan 29, 15:17 1
    - This is the kind of sane and rational argument that I want to see on national newsmedia. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 29, 15:22
NWBR - I think it boils down to what kind of society we want. -- (link) - Reagen Jan 29, 15:13 [Backboard] 1
- A "Greater" one. -- nm - Mop Jan 29, 15:19
I see the real problem with picking golf. I have a definite loss on my hands but will have to wait forever to make my next pick. -- nm - Dano Jan 29, 15:08 2
- I picked golf once and I'll never do it again....Clemson tonight and i'm going for 5 -- nm - J Jan 29, 15:18
- yeah, I've avoided it a couple times for that reason. -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 15:12
After 8 Years, T-Shirt Hell Closes Its Doors -- (link) - con_carne Jan 29, 15:08 5
- What a mixed message. -- nm - David Jan 29, 15:25 1
  - he can't have been making that much money if idiots sent him over the edge. - Reagen Jan 29, 15:32
- That's hilarious. - Beryllium Jan 29, 15:20
- I'm surprised they can't deal with the idiocy. Their business kind of depends on it. -- nm - mara Jan 29, 15:09 1
  - yes and no - I imagine he had a Chapelle-esque realization about his fans. -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 15:13
I don't know about *no* halo, but definitely not as much as usual. I also have work's 5-year anniversary dinner directly after work which I might skip -- nm - Beryllium Jan 29, 15:07
Just for the record, the NEA funding is 0.006% of the overall stimulus bill by my math. -- nm - Dano Jan 29, 15:06 21
- Also for the record, I'm not particularly outraged over it. - Dr.Vermin Jan 29, 15:15 17
  - i would't say outraged, but I'd say that 800M for amtrak isn't enough to do anything meaningful with it. - Reagen Jan 29, 15:16 16
    - i dont entirely see the point in saving them anyway. its a novel way to travel, but not economical whatsoever. -- nm - Guy Jan 29, 15:20 14
      - depends on where to/from and how far. - Reagen Jan 29, 15:23 6
        
        also depends on what is being sent by rail. People? Chemicals? Shipping containers? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 29, 15:25 5
        
        amtrak is pretty much exclusively people. -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 15:27 4
        
        Kind of like (spoiler) - mara Jan 29, 15:29
        
        A good point, although it sounded like Guy was railing against rail usage in general -- nm - Beryllium Jan 29, 15:29 2
        
        my only anti-amtrak post did mention "travel". cargo is "shipped", it does not "travel" -- nm - Guy Jan 29, 16:13
        
        nope. and how am i railing? jesus! -- nm - Guy Jan 29, 16:07
      - You don't think we need more mass transit? -- nm - mara Jan 29, 15:22
      - It's actually a great way to travel if you're in the Northeast/Mid Atlantic. -- nm - Dano Jan 29, 15:22 4
        
        Hellz yeah. -- nm - J.Biden Jan 29, 15:25
        
        ah, good point. its pretty useless west of the Mississippi. is my west-coast bias showing? -- nm - Guy Jan 29, 15:24 2
        
        I would think Portland/Seattle would be a good route. -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 15:27 1
        
        costs about the same to fly, but takes 3 times as long and has only one per day -- nm - Guy Jan 29, 15:59
      - rail isn't economical? - Beryllium Jan 29, 15:21
    - I'm going into surgery to have 40% of my tumor removed. -- nm - Dano Jan 29, 15:18
- I remember during a visit to parliament for a conference, a senator offer to reemburse an attendee her portion of the Senate's salary for the year - Reagen Jan 29, 15:10 2
  - also, maybe my math sucks, or that implies the Senator's salary is $1.2 million -- nm - Roger More Jan 29, 16:07
  - Word to the im. She should have said that's 3 cent more than your worth to me. -- nm - Loyola Jan 29, 15:14
Hasan CHOP! -- nm - con_carne Jan 29, 15:05 1
- iggity-oppity oop, ah ah -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Jan 29, 15:07

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