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Walgreens and Express Scripts kiss and make up, Walgreens to participate in Express Scripts again effective 9/15 -- nm - Tim Jul 19, 17:39
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- Comments call it a hoaxy propaganda flick. Heh. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 19, 17:39
- npr had a write-up about this, including some follow-ups on the guys. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jul 19, 17:39 1
  - Nice -- nm - Beryllium Jul 19, 17:48
- that audio would work pretty well as a lead in to War of the Worlds. -- nm - Max Jul 19, 17:28
- *holds up marshmallows* -- nm - the five Jul 19, 17:27
- This found footage movie thing is getting out of control. -- nm - Qale Jul 19, 17:24 4
  - Nice stuff in that pack! Got a new Liliana in mine, the rest meh. - Tim Jul 19, 17:32 3
    - I can see why people like fatpacks though. It's a nice presentation. Oh, I dug up my old Rancors from Uzra's Whatever. -- nm - Qale Jul 19, 17:38 2
      - I only found two. Thought I had way more :( -- nm - Tim Jul 19, 17:38 1
        
        That's how many I had. I'm hoping to trade them to Commander players. -- nm - Qale Jul 19, 17:49
- "and George Yoshitake, the cameraman (who wasn't a volunteer)" -- nm - Reagen Jul 19, 17:23
For the first time ever, DragonCon will sell pre-release tix to Saturday only. It's an obvious bid to drive up that day's attendance, I'm sure. - Qale Jul 19, 17:19
Romney comes clean, admits to making $32 Trillion in 2006 -- (link) - amoxy Jul 19, 17:12 2
- "I made one smabillion dollars." -- nm - Tim Jul 19, 17:40
- all your mortgages are belong to me -- nm - Max Jul 19, 17:16
A British salvage company has hauled up 43.5 tonnes of silver from the wreck of the SS Gairsoppa, a cargo ship sunk in the Second World War -- (link) - Beaker Jul 19, 17:05 8
- should we all short sell it? -- nm - mud Jul 19, 17:31
- Odyssey. they also found the HMS Victory, and the Black Swan Treasure which they recently got screwed on in the US courts and had to give it to Spain -- nm - peglegpete Jul 19, 17:09 6
  - maybe because it always belonged to Spain? -- nm - the human tater tot Jul 19, 17:14 5
    - *glub* *glub* *glub* - Danedukenuuk Jul 19, 17:35
    - part of Spains claim was it was found in their waters. It is in int. waters -- nm - peglegpete Jul 19, 17:27 1
      - the claim of Spain falls mainly on the gain -- nm - the human tater tot Jul 19, 17:28
    - finders keepers, tater! -- nm - mara Jul 19, 17:26
    - yeah, right. -- nm - South America slaves Jul 19, 17:15
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- I'll save you the time - Strongbad Jul 19, 17:10 3
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    - A lot of the tech sites have bad things to say about the verizon version due to some things verizon did to it - Truman Jul 19, 17:24 1
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- No more Captivate for you either? - Mel Profit Jul 19, 17:07 2
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    - I'm having a similar reception issue in our house. It's maddening. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 19, 17:25
One more needed to join The Resistance. It's F&H, but better! -- nm - nubby Jul 19, 17:03 4
- I'll play. -- nm - the liioulu with clouds Jul 19, 17:10
- what are the villains called in this one? -- nm - Max Jul 19, 17:06 2
  - Max. - nubby Jul 19, 17:14
  - The Anti-IR's -- nm - Strongbad Jul 19, 17:09
uh oh uh oh, gobstobbers down. gobstoppers down. oh man they're everywhere. -- nm - Max Jul 19, 16:58 1
- wonka should be ashamed to even call those pebbles gobstoppers anymore. when i was growing up they were the size of big ass marbles and came two to a - the human tater tot Jul 19, 17:22
I though Priceline, et al were supposed to make booking travel arrangements easier/less expensive? - Stephen Jul 19, 16:52 11
- I've always used those sites for an idea of prices and then gone directly to the airlines for tickets. - the liioulu with clouds Jul 19, 17:00
- I saw your post when bb-skimming earlier. really, really nice, man. -- nm - b. Jul 19, 16:59 5
  - Link? -- nm - David Jul 19, 17:28 3
    - here you go. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jul 19, 17:40 [Backboard]
    - This! (linky) -- (link) - Stephen Jul 19, 17:40 [Backboard] 1
      - RUDY! RUDY! - David Jul 19, 17:42
  - Thanks :) - Stephen Jul 19, 17:24
- Price line is not really cheaper anymore. Try Trivago.com for hotels -- nm - Epiphany Jul 19, 16:57 3
  - That has the same issue he described in the IM. I just heard of this site a couple days ago... - Cuzzin Todd Jul 19, 17:21
  - Yeah, the sites are basically all the same anymore. -- nm - ty97 Jul 19, 17:14
  - Oh sure, now you tell me! :) - Stephen Jul 19, 17:06
we forgot Love Song by Tesla -- nm - con_carne Jul 19, 16:44 4
- Cheap Trick - The Flame -- nm - Max Jul 19, 17:16
- The acoustic guitar intro is amazing. -- nm - Inigo Jul 19, 17:04
- Very good one!! Great White - house of broken love -- nm - Epiphany Jul 19, 16:56
- There's a bunch by Warrant too. -- nm - Inigo Jul 19, 16:49
Batman: 9 out of 11 showings here sold out. A 12:30 AM and a 3:30 AM still have tickets. - David Jul 19, 16:39
I'm disappointed by the lack of free Amazon MP3 credits today, or new 25 cent songs. -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Jul 19, 16:33
And here are pictures of Newt and Callista Gingrich with Snooki -- (link) - ty97 Jul 19, 16:33 15
- Don't you mean threesome? -- nm - Roger More Jul 19, 16:35 14
  - 2 hours for the implication. -- nm - David Jul 19, 16:40 7
    - I want to add some time, too. the image, man, the image. *brain scrub* -- nm - b. Jul 19, 16:42 6
      - Well, to be fair, Snooki and Newt could both stand to lose some weight, and what better way..? -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Jul 19, 16:46 3
        
        she can have her baby. him, notsomuch. -- nm - b. Jul 19, 16:57 2
        
        if not, i'm sure her agent has her signed up with someone big like Weight Watchers for after the birth -- nm - peglegpete Jul 19, 17:03 1
        
        She lost weight before getting pregnant. And it looks like she's be careful about putting on too much baby weight. - the liioulu with clouds Jul 19, 17:41
      - That was (pure evil) inception. -- nm - David Jul 19, 16:44 1
        
        I blame ty -- nm - Roger More Jul 19, 16:47
  - No, I would never ever mean that. EVER. -- nm - ty97 Jul 19, 16:36 5
    - It can't be a pairing if there are more than two of them. -- nm - Roger More Jul 19, 16:39 4
      - The Gingriches + Snooki. -- nm - ty97 Jul 19, 16:47 3
        
        ...make three. -- nm - Roger More Jul 19, 16:48 2
        
        Why do you hate David? -- nm - ty97 Jul 19, 17:14 1
        
        Because of YouTube. -- nm - David Jul 19, 17:28
So my amazon warehouse forza3 game arrived, this used like new game - Truman Jul 19, 16:26 3
- Now I wonder what they used it for - oblique Jul 19, 16:29 1
  - Box leveling tool -- nm - Truman Jul 19, 16:36
- Positive outcome -- nm - Epiphany Jul 19, 16:28
Oh noes. I got a bone in my fish dish you served me. -- nm - Whining Chopped Judge Jul 19, 16:19 2
- Popcorn on the cob is interesting. -- nm - MojaveMeg Jul 19, 16:28 1
  - Microwave! -- nm - Qale Jul 19, 16:53
psa: if you ever go to whole foods and see they have pupusas at their hot bar, walk away. yuck. -- nm - b. Jul 19, 16:19 8
- a more positive psa: mcdonald's has a pretty darned good iced coffee. $2.19 (here, at least) for a large size, which is a big ol' thing. - b. Jul 19, 16:30 3
  - er, I lost some words (shocking, I know) - I've only tried the sugar-free vanilla version. -- nm - b. Jul 19, 16:32
  - if i ever drink iced coffee, you can shoot me -- nm - the human tater tot Jul 19, 16:32 1
    - Please drink iced coffee. -- nm - the liioulu with clouds Jul 19, 16:34
- huh, pupuserias are the hot new thing with the roach coaches -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 19, 16:24 1
  - I don't know about trucks, but we have a bunch of restaurants with them here. wait times can be quite long, but they're not hockey-puck-esque. -- nm - b. Jul 19, 16:34
- if i ever go to whole foods, you can shoot me -- nm - the human tater tot Jul 19, 16:23 1
  - Next time you're in town, I know where we should go. -- nm - Max Jul 19, 16:39
I doubt I'm going to get to see Dick Dale tonight or ever. My toilet guy is over an hour late. - Mel Profit Jul 19, 16:18 6
- a guy like dale never takes the stage before 10pm -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 19, 16:23 2
  - Old Mel will likely be looking to go to bed by then. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 19, 16:42 1
    - I know, my SO goes home at 9? One thing I like about tacoma, for some reason most shows start by 8/9 on weekends...last time I went to a show in Olym - zeitgeist Jul 19, 17:17
- must have gotten backed-up somewhere. - b. Jul 19, 16:21 2
  - careful, b! has a toilet auger and isn't afraid to use it! -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 19, 16:43 1
    - *3* - I had a positively possessed toilet for too long. it turned out there were multiple issues, including roots. -- nm - b. Jul 19, 16:46
Take me home Daddy! -- nm - amoxy Jul 19, 16:13 1
- ~now I'm the king of the swingers oh, the jungle VIP~ -- nm - con_carne Jul 19, 16:17
1979 Who tickets good for Rhode Island concert -- (link) - CovingtonCat Jul 19, 16:01
"Willard paid for a ticket to see a rotation of three movies that were playing that evening: Follow Me 2, a parody of The Client List and Step Dad" -- nm - the human tater tot Jul 19, 16:01
Now playing: Batman Begins -- nm - David Jul 19, 15:58
"'Dark Knight Rises' disappointingly clunky, bombastic" -- (link) - the human tater tot Jul 19, 15:57
Looks like that hidden camera was not so hidden. -- (link) - mara Jul 19, 15:50
I wonder if TDKR and Step Up Revolution would make an interesting double feature. -- nm - Reagen Jul 19, 15:44 6
- "How come Batman doesn't dance any more?" -- nm - David Jul 19, 15:55 2
  - everyone Batusi! -- nm - peglegpete Jul 19, 16:27
  - *camera tilts 45 degrees* -- nm - Reagen Jul 19, 16:04
- I wished it was called something cooler than TDKR. -- nm - Qale Jul 19, 15:53
- I wonder what you are currently smoking. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 19, 15:44 1
  - They both seem to be fairly interested in the 1%.\ -- nm - Reagen Jul 19, 16:04
The Cantina has open turntables -- nm - amoxy Jul 19, 15:41
Mel Profit News: Trent Reznor scoring the new Black Ops 2 Call of Duty game. -- (link) - JaxSean Jul 19, 15:39 1
- You get that money, Trent. - Mel Profit Jul 19, 15:41
4J studios (xbox minecraft) says creative mode is coming with the next update, and they are looking into increasing map sizes. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 19, 15:35
Revenge casting spoiler. Emily's mom is one of my favorite actresses -- (link) - peglegpete Jul 19, 15:29 2
- But, I'm too young yet for Jennifer Jason Leigh to play somebody's mom -- nm - con_carne Jul 19, 15:35 1
  - um. *spoiler* -- nm - Andie Jul 19, 15:36
I'm an enabler. KRB asked me for my pee next week. I should charge him for it. -- nm - Qale Jul 19, 15:25 7
- have a poppyseed muffin first -- nm - peglegpete Jul 19, 15:40 3
  - Go to a Widespread Panic concert this weekend? -- nm - Qale Jul 19, 15:41 2
    - no thanks -- nm - peglegpete Jul 19, 15:42 1
      - Insert any 'jam band' then. I wouldn't even have to technically *do* the weed. -- nm - Qale Jul 19, 15:50
- Find a pregnant friend willing to supply and pass it off as yours to KBR. -- nm - TWuG Jul 19, 15:39 2
  - Wait, whut? -- nm - Qale Jul 19, 15:40 1
    - "Well, you are drug free... but pregnant." -- nm - TWuG Jul 19, 16:22
~I heard little children were supposed to sleep tight. That's why I drank a fifth a vodka one night. - CovingtonCat Jul 19, 15:22
LYC: bibi jones and riley steele are retiring -- nm - marcel Jul 19, 15:22 2
- Riley Steele was my favorite part of Piranha. -- nm - David Jul 19, 15:25 1
  - word -- nm - marcel Jul 19, 15:29
Does anyone have *any* idea what the new Rock Band Blitz game is about? -- (link) - JaxSean Jul 19, 15:17 1
- Rock Band Blitz is a combination of gameplay element from Rock Band and Harmonix' cult classic rhythm game, Frequency. Players have to alternate - mara Jul 19, 15:25
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The guys behind Whole Foods Parking Lot release Mixologist -- (link) - con_carne Jul 19, 15:13 [youtube] 1
- The drink names are hilarious. - Mel Profit Jul 19, 15:40
in somewhat related to b2 postings, the kid who plays moose in the step up movies was part of a group that redid thriller -- (link) - tRuMaN Jul 19, 15:05 [youtube]
Whooping cough is causing the worst epidemic seen in the United States in more than 50 years. -- (link) - mara Jul 19, 15:02 9
- Is there any chance we can blame this on Jenny McCarthy and her no-vaccination freaks? -- nm - Strongbad Jul 19, 17:11 7
  - part of it is likely no vaccinations, but it's not just kids - as that article says, adults are supposed to have at least one booster and a single - b. Jul 19, 17:29 6
    - A big part of it is lack of vaccination. As a choice rather than good reasons. - the liioulu with clouds Jul 19, 17:35 1
      - I know all that. I'm referring to the specific outbreak discussed in the article, and what the experts specifically say they're thinking is in the - b. Jul 19, 17:43
    - With the latest news I'm surprised my doc didn't suggest it yesterday. Maybe 'cause I don't interact much with small children. - MojaveMeg Jul 19, 17:32 3
      - You would have also had had the older more effective shot. - the liioulu with clouds Jul 19, 17:37 2
        
        Actually had whooping cough when I was about 6 - never was vaccinated. - MojaveMeg Jul 19, 17:39 1
        
        Yikes!...Well that covers most of the vaccinations you'd need to have. - the liioulu with clouds Jul 19, 17:43
- Drought Cough -- nm - Max Jul 19, 15:03
...and the doctor said, "No more monkeys jumpin' on the bed!" -- nm - prayformojo Jul 19, 14:59 2
- Heh, I wasn't really familiar with this book, but bought a copy yesterday for a neighbor kid. - MojaveMeg Jul 19, 15:05
- I saw a live production of this for children at the theatre in Glen Echo a couple months ago. It was okay. -- nm - Max Jul 19, 15:00
I would like to meet the Kif Kroker to Rob Ford's Zapp Brannigan. -- nm - Roger More Jul 19, 14:58
Excerpt from a Yelp review for the adult theater where Fred Willard was arrested - con_carne Jul 19, 14:54 8
- I't nice to see some people still watch their porn in theatres -- nm - Pee Wee Herman Jul 19, 15:10
- Fred Willard was arrested? -- nm - JaxSean Jul 19, 15:07 6
  - Lots of good twitter jokes: "Fred Willard had the second worst week of any guy named Willard." -- nm - GregW Jul 19, 15:16 1
    - "And a big round of applause for Mr. Fred Willard for keeping brick and mortar establishments in business." -- nm - GregW Jul 19, 15:17
  - nmbl -- (link) - con_carne Jul 19, 15:10 1
    - I honestly didn't realize porn *theaters* still existed anywhere. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 19, 15:13
  - For lewd acts, but LAT says he is released -- nm - con_carne Jul 19, 15:10 1
    - I'm chosing to believe this is a Chris Guest improv that just got out of control - Reagen Jul 19, 15:12

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