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Ahh...there is it. - kelly Aug 1, 10:16 3
- God I'm starting to hate him. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 1, 10:18 2
  - Would you care if I defriended him? - kelly Aug 1, 10:19 1
    - You can block content from someone without actually defriending. - spamlet Aug 1, 10:20
Oh, come on, this mechanic is only pretending to work on this car! -- (link) - mara Aug 1, 10:16 [youtube]
A E I O U sometimes Y -- nm - Mr. Havens Aug 1, 10:07 2
- Lola, Lola. -- nm - David Aug 1, 10:16
- ...and there's this incredible looking Swedish girl having a cappuccino across the street from Lincoln Center... -- nm - Jim Aug 1, 10:11
Totally un-related to any of this...my incredible luck with my review boxes continues. - Jim Aug 1, 10:06 18
- When you have a Pop Star Card box given to you, make sure to save all the relics for me! -- nm - MDH Aug 1, 10:14 1
  - heh...will do. :) -- nm - Jim Aug 1, 10:14
- I want to share in your excitement, but I have no idea what the hell you're talking about, chucklenut -- nm - Mr. Havens Aug 1, 10:08
- Ok, I get that this are sport cards....I think. But what are "review boxes" and "rips/ripping/rip cards"? - musubi Aug 1, 10:07 14
  - I assume "review boxes" are boxes given to Jim by the company to review (awesome) and ripping = opening the box - oblique Aug 1, 10:09 13
    - Companies give boxes away for review? Don't get me wrong, that's great for Jim, but that sounds kinda dumb. - musubi Aug 1, 10:11 1
      - Well, I'm a Moderator/Manager on a card trading site...and the review discusses - Jim Aug 1, 10:13
    - Wow...it's like you know. That's exactly what it is. These are free boxes sent to me by Topps and Press Pass... - Jim Aug 1, 10:10 10
      - Wouldn't it be in their best interest to load your boxes with primo primes, to secure a good review? -- nm - Mr. Havens Aug 1, 10:12 1
        
        Shit dude...I'm getting free product, I do what I can to find the good angle on what they send me. - Jim Aug 1, 10:16
      - I'm baffled by this. What is there to review? - musubi Aug 1, 10:12 7
        
        other card collectors out there are super anal about sets, so if they get bad reviews they won't buy it at all. - Remlik Aug 1, 10:19
        
        "Design looks good, the player selection is good and the insert cards are interesting." -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 1, 10:13 4
        
        Yep. Card collectors are actually interested in this stuff. Are the autos On-Card or are they stickers? - Jim Aug 1, 10:14 3
        
        That's great for you, but I have to wonder how giving away a box is any different than the pictures on the box itself. - musubi Aug 1, 10:17 2
        
        Honestly, I have no idea. There are a handful of trading sites out there and Topps will hit us all with boxes. - Jim Aug 1, 10:19
        
        Not exactly....cardboard thickness...gloss type.....none of that shows on the photos off the boxes. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 1, 10:19
        
        This is why I am confused. -- nm - MDH Aug 1, 10:13
NASCAR: Penske has officially released Allmendinger as the 22 driver, he has begun the substance abuse recovery program. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 1, 10:03
Matt Harvey deserved better. (nm) - musubi Aug 1, 10:01 8
- Another faux hitter? -- nm - David Aug 1, 10:17
- heh. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 1, 10:08
- Yup. He's legit, though. -- nm - Tim Aug 1, 10:02 1
  - I'm considering driving down to San Diego this Sunday to watch him pitch. (nm) - musubi Aug 1, 10:04
- Than being drafted by the Mets. I agree. -- nm - spamlet Aug 1, 10:02 3
  - wHATEver, Cubsfan. :) (nm) - musubi Aug 1, 10:03 2
    - YOU TAKE THAT BACK, YOU SONOFABEACH! - spamlet Aug 1, 10:04 1
      - *tips cap* You mess with the bull, you get the horns. - musubi Aug 1, 10:06
Memos from Nick Fury -- (link) - Remlik Aug 1, 09:59
I think I'm going out for drinks with smokin' hot steve tonight. I really need to photo him for you all. -- nm - Huan Van de Camp-Jiminez Aug 1, 09:50 1
- Didn't you link to his Facebook profile a while back? -- nm - oblique Aug 1, 09:56
So did we talk about this 9 yr old in Mississippi that was beating up toddlers in day care? -- (link) - sycor Aug 1, 09:49 2
- wtf! nm -- nm - groiny Aug 1, 10:00
- warning: very disturbing video -- nm - sycor Aug 1, 09:50
Hey ST, if I want to do a design that lets my ST handle look like the well-known logo for the band AC/DC, how would I go about doing that? Are there - bc/nc Aug 1, 09:41
wait....Gore Vidal is dead? -- (link) - Mel Profit Aug 1, 09:37 7
- It will be a lot more valuable now. -- nm - Roger More Aug 1, 09:45
- RIP AL GORE! -- nm - Twitter SI Aug 1, 09:38 5
  - RIP Vidal Sassoon -- nm - sycor Aug 1, 09:40 4
    - Sassoon is dead? - GregW Aug 1, 09:42 3
      - yes, in fact he is. -- nm - Andie Aug 1, 09:45 2
        
        Gore Verbinski is dead?! -- nm - con_carne Aug 1, 09:46 1
        
        Poor Edward Gorey! - bc/nc Aug 1, 09:48
It was only a matter of time until there was a Obama/Romney tax return ad. And Romney sounds like such a smug a-hole (editing at work). -- (link) - MDH Aug 1, 09:37 [youtube] 47
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  - At this point, I have to believe there's something severely politically damning (though almost certainly 100% legal) in them. - ty97 Aug 1, 09:42 44
    - Is he going to change his advisors after the convention? - amoxy Aug 1, 09:54 1
      - "Kiss my ass, this is a holy site." -- nm - con_carne Aug 1, 09:55
    - there has to be. - Mel Profit Aug 1, 09:50 14
      - One theory is that he's much richer than he's let on and the vast amount of it is overseas and he doesn't pay taxes on it. Not $250 million rich, but - jnine Aug 1, 10:05 13
        
        but surely overseas stuff wouldn't show up on this taxes? I thought that was the point. -- nm - loosilu Aug 1, 10:11 4
        
        The returns he already released showed some type of information that allowed people to calculate how much money he was earning overseas from investmen - jnine Aug 1, 10:18
        
        Legally, you're taxed on all of your worldwide income as a US citizen. That's the issue with Swiss banking accounts. - spamlet Aug 1, 10:17 1
        
        Maybe he was part of the settlement in 2009 for earlier years and undeclared bank accounts. That's another possibility. - spamlet Aug 1, 10:19
        
        yeah, this is my question. spam?? -- nm - Huan Van de Camp-Jiminez Aug 1, 10:12
        
        I think it could be something as simple as him being under pressure from his rich friends to not release them because - con_carne Aug 1, 10:09
        
        Ok, tax dodgy aside an extra zero would also be hugely damaging. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 1, 10:09
        
        If he's not hiding shady behavior, he's a moron for not releasing them. (nm) - musubi Aug 1, 10:09 5
        
        unless there's an extra zero in there somewhere... - Mel Profit Aug 1, 10:10 4
        
        Exactly. So he's a billionaire instead of millionaire. So long as he's paying his taxes, it changes nothing in his narrative. - musubi Aug 1, 10:13
        
        the fun part is that until he reveals it, we can make up more and more outlandish reasons. -- nm - Reagen Aug 1, 10:13 2
        
        You mean like the deuctions he's taking for his 10 other children from his 3 other sister wives? -- nm - jnine Aug 1, 10:26
        
        I think that was Reid's purpose. - Mel Profit Aug 1, 10:16
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      - See below. I wonder if he got caught up in the BOSS or Son of BOSS stuff when he sold his interest in Bain. - spamlet Aug 1, 09:48 1
        
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    - i am starting to think he made some tax decisions that were not considered illegal at the time, but since then the IRS has said - tRuMaN (hello?) Aug 1, 09:43 23
      - if you care, here is a forbes article from 2005 about the IRS and these types of things. -- (link) - tRuMaN (hello?) Aug 1, 10:04
      - This makes sense. When he left Bain was smack in the middle of height of the tax "creatvity" period on gains. - spamlet Aug 1, 09:47 21
        
        tell me what that is? (I should know, I'm sure. I'm dim.) -- nm - Huan Van de Camp-Jiminez Aug 1, 09:52 12
        
        here is a quick summary based on something i have here - tRuMaN (hello?) Aug 1, 09:57 6
        
        sneaky -- nm - decline Aug 1, 10:00 5
        
        the really complicated versions used multiple corporations/etc on each side - tRuMaN (hello?) Aug 1, 10:01
        
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        oddly, no, that was from a newsletter thing we got a while back - tRuMaN (hello?) Aug 1, 10:02 2
        
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        i have a feeling it was the site copying the info - tRuMaN (hello?) Aug 1, 10:05
        
        There were a lot of lawyers and accountants that figured out ways to follow the letter of the law and generate large losses for people that needed it. - spamlet Aug 1, 09:56 3
        
        This one is potentially interesting because of the discrepancy in timing of when he left Bain. - spamlet Aug 1, 09:59 2
        
        thanks, I'll read these while I'm waiting for my car to be assessed this afternoon. -- nm - Huan Van de Camp-Jiminez Aug 1, 10:03 1
        
        These are the smart people, not the crazy people. If you want crazy (and frankly easier to read) there's the Tax Protester FAQ -- (link) - spamlet Aug 1, 10:07
        
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        it wasnt really legal, it just wasnt illegal until the IRS ruled on it. -- nm - tRuMaN (hello?) Aug 1, 09:53 5
        
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        After retroactive retirement, why not retroactive legality? (nm) - musubi Aug 1, 09:57 2
        
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        I retroactively change my post to that wording. (nm) - musubi Aug 1, 10:02
        
        "WE WERE ON A BREAK!" -- nm - oblique Aug 1, 09:55
        
        or multiple versions of those. -- nm - tRuMaN (hello?) Aug 1, 09:49
  - I just meant I didn't want to cloud my statement of him sounding like an ahole, with any political beliefs. - MDH Aug 1, 09:40
Of the two rise-oriented movies in the theaters right now, I will finally be seeing the cowled one today. 2:44? *Stops drinking now* -- nm - bc/nc Aug 1, 09:36 3
- 2:44? I don't think that's a real start time. You definitely need to stop drinking -- nm - sycor Aug 1, 09:41 2
  - Might be after previews. :) -- nm - bc/nc Aug 1, 09:46 1
    - ah you meant run time not start time. duh. Nevermind, move along, nothing to see here. -- nm - sycor Aug 1, 09:51
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Gauge your annoyance from 1 to 10. "Dr. Blank needs you to come in and get Hepatitis B shots." - Inigo Aug 1, 09:35 7
- I know it's a vaccine, so not annoyed. -- nm - loosilu Aug 1, 10:13
- Next time you see the doctor, you need to bring this up -- nm - amoxy Aug 1, 09:53
- yep -- nm - prayformojo Aug 1, 09:43
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- much less annoyed than when Lifesource called me to tell me I had HIV over the phone. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 1, 09:37 2
  - yeah, you wanna get that news in person. sorry bro -- nm - the human tater tot Aug 1, 09:42 1
    - well, the worst part is that they were wrong about that to boot. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 1, 09:44
HBO? Still won't take my money. -- (link) - spamlet Aug 1, 09:29
Officer at center of UC Davis pepper-spraying has been terminated -- (link) - con_carne Aug 1, 09:26
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- "the signs were put up by an independent franchisee and have since been taken down." -- (link) - mara Aug 1, 09:39 4
  - what an idiot move by the owner. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 1, 09:43
  - They also refused to sell the Dave's Hot & Juicy. - bc/nc Aug 1, 09:42
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    - Sorry, i should have posted that as a reply to groiny. -- nm - mara Aug 1, 09:44
- Going out for lunch used to be so simple a few weeks ago. -- nm - bc/nc Aug 1, 09:34 2
  - just go to any of the other ones that are knowingly killing you with their cholesterol-laden menus - the human tater tot Aug 1, 09:36 1
    - but not clear arteries. -- nm - bc/nc Aug 1, 09:37
- Wendy's Corporate is now all over this, and said they are investigating the franchisee. -- nm - MDH Aug 1, 09:30
- I have heard that this is a hoax. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 1, 09:28 2
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    - that is what I heard, yeah. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 1, 09:38
Username: ryancoke Member Since: August 2, 2008 Total Posts: 1 Posts This Month: 0 Posts Last Month: 0 - ryancoke Aug 1, 09:24 2
- It's your Olympic sport. -- nm - ty97 Aug 1, 09:27
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damn you amazon! Why do you not have the Nexus 7 16gb tablet in stock? Google Play has it in stock. - sycor Aug 1, 09:23
WHOA. "Life expectancy in Cook County varies by as much as 33 years, depending on your census tract." -- (link) - ty97 Aug 1, 09:22
alright, who killed Spotify? -- nm - groiny Aug 1, 09:20 1
- amanda, most likely -- nm - the human tater tot Aug 1, 09:23
hmm, the FCC says the verizon cant make you pay $20 to tether your cell phone internet to another device. - tRuMaN (hello?) Aug 1, 09:20 3
- so does this mean the shared plans will be stopped? -- nm - sycor Aug 1, 09:22 2
  - no, it just means if you have a say google phone, and you want to share your 4g data with another device, verizon cannot - tRuMaN (hello?) Aug 1, 09:24 1
    - so it's more just about using your phone as a hotspot. Okay. -- nm - sycor Aug 1, 09:28
Here's the video of Boris Johnson getting stuck on a zipline -- (link) - Reagen Aug 1, 09:17 [youtube]
krusty : I will not take you out, unless you take me out first.... - groiny Aug 1, 09:13 16
- Everyone might hate driving with me... -- nm - Mobile J Aug 1, 10:20
- Fair enough. I try and avoid contact but sometimes you can't avoid it. -- nm - Krusty Aug 1, 09:54
- I've started trying to drive in arcade mode rather than dashboard mode so I can get used to it for multiplayer. - spamlet Aug 1, 09:30 12
  - Well, if the rest of y'all aren't doing it, back to the in car camera for me. - spamlet Aug 1, 09:42 1
    - we can always race a few times with collisions turned off. - tRuMaN (hello?) Aug 1, 09:58
  - i'm not sure even what those mean - tRuMaN (hello?) Aug 1, 09:34 2
    - I use the in-car cam rather than the sky camera. -- nm - spamlet Aug 1, 09:39 1
      - the only thing i had about the in car/hood views is that you cant always tell - tRuMaN (hello?) Aug 1, 09:42
  - I drive off the front of my hood, others be damned. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 1, 09:32 2
    - ^this. get the eff out of my way -- nm - Remlik Aug 1, 09:33 1
      - the road is not only yours Remlik. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 1, 09:39
  - you know the left stick lets you look left and right? nm -- nm - groiny Aug 1, 09:32 3
    - I can't even look at the map at the bottom of the screen without crashing. That would be a disaster. -- nm - spamlet Aug 1, 09:35 2
      - i started turing the screen on with all the car info shown - tRuMaN (hello?) Aug 1, 09:41
      - drive better, spamlet. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 1, 09:38
- *plays chicken heading into the corner* -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 1, 09:14
related, gearbox needs to put out more borderlands 2 videos with claptrap - tRuMaN (hello?) Aug 1, 09:11
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- Whacks another cock into the net -- nm - Chinese badminton team Aug 1, 09:10

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