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Check out this cover of the latest National Review...And then look at the first comment -- (link) - amoxy Sep 4, 08:55 2
- BURN! -- nm - Mop on Mac Pro Sep 4, 09:14
- ouch -- nm - oblique Sep 4, 08:56
BP has a ga recall in Ohio, Indiana - up to 4.7 million gallons - Epiphany Sep 4, 08:52 6
- As if their PR rating wasn't in enough trouble :/ -- nm - MojaveMeg Sep 4, 08:58
- Oh boy, gas prices are going to jump a lot today -- nm - amoxy Sep 4, 08:57 1
  - This has been going on for weeks. -- nm - Spawn Sep 4, 08:58
- Yeah, I got very lucky. Usually gas up at Shell but on occasion at Sam's Club which I learned is supplied by BP. -- nm - Spawn Sep 4, 08:55
- Apparently that "s" is more important than they thought. -- nm - TWuG Sep 4, 08:53 1
  - "y"? -- nm - budice Sep 4, 08:55
Happy National Preparedness Month -- (link) - ty97 Sep 4, 08:50 3
- How come I'm only finding out about this now? -- nm - LMS Sep 4, 08:51 1
  - Obviously you weren't prepared for it. -- nm - sycor Sep 4, 08:53
- Shit! -- nm - Reagen Sep 4, 08:51
Atlantic Wire believes "Nicki Minaj Probably Won't Vote for Romney (or Eat Your Brains)" -- (link) - ty97 Sep 4, 08:43 2
- And how much attention would a pro-Obama lyric get her? - spamlet Sep 4, 08:55
- I hate her so much. I don't know why. I just have this burning hatred for her. -- nm - sycor Sep 4, 08:51
Rate these Moffat shows in order: Doctor Who, Coupling, Jekyll, Sherlock - LMS Sep 4, 08:41 14
- Coupling, Dr Who, Sherlock, Jekyll -- nm - Ender Sep 4, 08:59
- People, Coupling is what Friends *should* have been. Watch it!!! -- nm - Spawn Sep 4, 08:57
- I have Jekyll and Sherlock still to watch. I put Dr. over Coupling though so far - decline Sep 4, 08:43 1
  - And yet another loser! -- nm - Spawn Sep 4, 08:57
- Sherlock,Jekyll,Who (all very close), Coupling -- nm - Remlik Sep 4, 08:43 2
  - Loser. -- nm - Spawn Sep 4, 08:54 1
    - except that I'm right. -- nm - Remlik Sep 4, 09:01
- still need to watch Jekyll - znufrii Sep 4, 08:43 1
  - Bigger loser. -- nm - Spawn Sep 4, 08:56
- #1 Dr Who. Haven't seen any of the rest. -- nm - TWuG Sep 4, 08:42 1
  - Biggest loser. -- nm - Spawn Sep 4, 08:56
- Not possible as two are ongoing. -- nm - Spawn Sep 4, 08:42 2
  - And I suspect one will be ongoing for many years to come. -- nm - LMS Sep 4, 08:47 1
    - I put Coupling over Jekyll, though. Close, but Coupling wins out. -- nm - Spawn Sep 4, 08:53
Shop in India, called "Hitler" has decided to change it's name. - volnelk Sep 4, 08:33 14
- about that flag, apparently he might be right. I'm digging right now but I've read that there is surprising unawareness of Hitler in India. -- nm - loosilu Sep 4, 08:38 13
  - So you are assuming that he knew enough without research to include a swastika, but not enough to know he was a bad guy? -- nm - volnelk Sep 4, 08:39 12
    - quick, name India's greatest monster. -- nm - Reagen Sep 4, 08:50 2
      - this makes me wonder whether Hitler is well known in China. -- nm - loosilu Sep 4, 08:55
      - Ghandi? -- nm - Random American Sep 4, 08:53
    - This. Here, in 2006, there was a Hitler's Cross restaurant opened in Mumbai. - loosilu Sep 4, 08:41
    - *Looks down at the Obama thread* I will concede that that is a distinct possibility -- nm - TWuG Sep 4, 08:41
    - the swastika was a hindu symbol for the sun long before it was appropriated by the Nazis, iinm. -- nm - znufrii Sep 4, 08:40 6
      - So you are saying that he happened to combine the name Hitler with what he understood to the the Hindu symbol for the sun? -- nm - volnelk Sep 4, 08:41 5
        
        He could know the name, and know that it goes with a symbol (which is apparently a good luck symbol), without realizing what he did. -- nm - loosilu Sep 4, 08:42 1
        
        Here's an interesting read on widespread ignorance of Hitler in India. -- (link) - loosilu Sep 4, 08:44
        
        it's possible... -- nm - znufrii Sep 4, 08:42 2
        
        Interesting. I guess India wasn't really on Hitler's radar at the time. Learn something new every day. -- nm - volnelk Sep 4, 08:43 1
        
        Very few Jews in India today means there isn't much talk about the Holocaust. -- nm - loosilu Sep 4, 08:46
Facebook shares hit $17.58 all-time low today -- (link) - oblique Sep 4, 08:31 4
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- Announces change in ticker from FB to SCHADENFREUDE. (Fit that on a chyron, CNBC!) -- nm - Was Bar Was Sep 4, 08:41 2
  - They could just go with HAHA. -- nm - Reagen Sep 4, 08:51
  - "SAD traded down 5 points to $3 a share..." -- nm - TWuG Sep 4, 08:42
Wtf is obamas last name? Does anyone know? -- (link) - Don Homer Sep 4, 08:28 19
- And every single one of them gets a vote that counts exactly the same as yours. -- nm - volnelk Sep 4, 08:34 3
  - Which helps explain the antipathy the GOP seems to have for teachers and education. -- nm - TWuG Sep 4, 08:48
  - unless they're under 18, which they might be. -- nm - loosilu Sep 4, 08:47
  - depending where they are, it may count more. -- nm - Andie Sep 4, 08:35
- And what color is the White House? -- nm - Was Bar Was Sep 4, 08:31
- *weeping for the future* -- nm - Andie Sep 4, 08:31 13
  - Listening to students I have in class just mindlessly repeat the things their parents have told them scares me. -- nm - volnelk Sep 4, 08:40 3
    - "I'm voting for Romney" "Why, out of curiousity?" "I don't know." -- nm - volnelk Sep 4, 08:40 2
      - Uh, whatver happened to rebeling against your parents? -- nm - Spawn Sep 4, 08:41 1
        
        you guys need at least a third party -- nm - zork Sep 4, 08:57
  - Every generation has them (nmbpalin) - ty97 Sep 4, 08:34 8
    - eh. I'm almost more scared of Paul Ryan than I'd be of Palin at this point. -- nm - Don Homer Sep 4, 08:37 7
      - yeah. Dumb is easy to contain. -- nm - decline Sep 4, 08:38 1
        
        Iraqi people might disagree with that. -- nm - loosilu Sep 4, 08:48
      - Yeah, dumb vs kinda evil? I prefer the dumb. -- nm - Spawn Sep 4, 08:37 4
        
        but evil people actually get things done -- nm - zork Sep 4, 08:39 2
        
        The wrong things. -- nm - Spawn Sep 4, 08:40 1
        
        see also Dick Cheney. -- nm - DIctionary Sep 4, 08:41
        
        right. -- nm - Don Homer Sep 4, 08:39
OK, for those not here on the weekend, I've got a TON of Disneyland pictures of Facebook and a trip report on ST (backboard it, willya?) -- nm - Mop on Mac Pro Sep 4, 08:25
Amazon app on the Xbox works great. I use watchlist on there all the time -- nm - Remlik Sep 4, 08:23
A handy chart of Walter White's sins (spoilers, obv) -- (link) - nubby Sep 4, 08:21 4
- I kind of hope that he... - Don Homer Sep 4, 08:29
- Spoiler - amoxy Sep 4, 08:25 2
  - This is just Season 5. -- nm - nubby Sep 4, 08:26 1
    - OK, did not see that -- nm - amoxy Sep 4, 08:27
Breaking Bad Poll: (spoils) - Jovian Sep 4, 08:19 3
- spoiler - nubby Sep 4, 08:26
- Spoiler - Krusty Sep 4, 08:24
- spoiler - amoxy Sep 4, 08:20
The Secret to Michael K. Williams' portrayal of "Omar" on The Wire? He was actually binging on cocaine, and is finally admitgting he sought help. -- (link) - MDH Sep 4, 08:18 2
- Thanks for link. -- nm - Don Homer Sep 4, 08:30
- Crazy. -- nm - volnelk Sep 4, 08:25
Breaking Bad (spoiler) - amoxy Sep 4, 08:06 4
- spoilers - David Sep 4, 08:09 3
  - spoilers - amoxy Sep 4, 08:14 1
    - spoiler - nubby Sep 4, 08:17
  - hmm...spoils... - budice Sep 4, 08:10
I didn't know the bearded lady posted here -- nm - ty97 Sep 4, 08:06
How sports' "greatest traditions" started -- (link) - zork Sep 4, 08:05
Robot and Frank. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 4, 08:03
The Cabin in the Woods is available for purchase on Vudu and Amazon today if you don't want to wait two more weeks for Blu-Ray. -- nm - David Sep 4, 08:02
I can't seem to get past 4k or so in Jetpack Joyride. It's just become frustrating now - oblique Sep 4, 08:01 9
- I've gotten up to 6k on one run, but ultimately the stickiness of the game is in the ever changing goals they give. -- nm - Ender Sep 4, 08:33 1
  - My missions are currently: No new missions, no new missions, collect 750 gold in one run - oblique Sep 4, 08:34
- Hmm. That is where I am, but there are still a lot of things to buy. -- nm - Spawn Sep 4, 08:07 6
  - I was very disappointed that the missile jammer or whatever really didn't have much of an effect on the missles - oblique Sep 4, 08:09 5
    - I did not buy that one but there is a second version of it. The fact that you can only use two add ons is rather limiting. -- nm - Spawn Sep 4, 08:12 4
      - It'd be nice to be able to buy gadget slots -- nm - oblique Sep 4, 08:14 3
        
        Plus, I think there should be "types" of slots. - Spawn Sep 4, 08:16 2
        
        I haven't gotten to the coin magnet yet. I might have to play just to get to that. I wish also it varied the obstacles - oblique Sep 4, 08:17 1
        
        There is a token magnet and a coin magnet. - Spawn Sep 4, 08:37
so Bethesda game studios helped a guy propose at PAX, but - tRuMaN Sep 4, 08:00 2
- Bethesda seems to be one of the better companies out there - decline Sep 4, 08:02 1
  - the greatest one recently still has to be the claptrap narrated proposal that Gearbox did. -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 4, 08:06
it's weird to me that "my dad cheated so I think I might too" because, like, aren't you then *more* aware of the fact that you shouldn't? - amanda Sep 4, 07:58 2
- For me it mant that I refused to settle down out of fear I (or they) would cheat. - Spawn Sep 4, 08:35
- in my teens, I had no concept of how to be faithful to someone. This lasted for a long time. - groiny Sep 4, 08:00
Did we know that Al Gore is running for the senate in Mississippi this year? -- (link) - Reagen Sep 4, 07:58 1
- *shiver* -- nm - zork Sep 4, 08:07
Re Doctor Who (spoils) - sycor Sep 4, 07:57 13
- david, dont read any of this -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 4, 08:03 8
  - STOP SKIPPING TO THE LAST PAGE OF THE BOOK, PEOPLE!!! -- nm - David Sep 4, 08:08 7
    - A well-told story shouldn't matter whether or not you already know what's going to happen. -- nm - znufrii Sep 4, 08:20 3
      - of course it does. If you know the ending without seeing it first, it ruins any surprise or delight that is coming your way... - Remlik Sep 4, 08:52
      - that's pretty silly -- nm - prayformojo Sep 4, 08:22
      - maybe, but (spoils) - loosilu Sep 4, 08:21
    - Grover taught us this, I'm pretty sure. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 4, 08:14
    - its all speculation, not really facts. -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 4, 08:08 1
      - Yeah, and it is only skipping ahead to the next chapter, any way. -- nm - Spawn Sep 4, 08:14
- spoils i guess - tRuMaN Sep 4, 08:01 3
  - honestly I agree with loosi (yes, I'm reading spoilers even though I'm not caught up; whatever) sp - amanda Sep 4, 08:02 1
    - this. more past and future spoils. - loosilu Sep 4, 08:05
  - except - loosilu Sep 4, 08:02
RM, V*ger doesn't even have an 8-track deck. It has record player - zork Sep 4, 07:57 7
- If that doesn't piss off the aliens... -- nm - Mop on Mac Pro Sep 4, 08:25
- yes it does, it uses it for memory, not for anything else. -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 4, 08:12 1
  - right, but it can't crank that to shake windows on Alpha Centuri -- nm - zork Sep 4, 08:38
- and directions back to Earth so the aliens have an easy way to find us to take over the planet -- nm - decline Sep 4, 08:01
- I saw Star Trek, I know what it's got :) -- nm - oblique Sep 4, 07:59
- and music. -- nm - loosilu Sep 4, 07:57 1
  - right, I forgot that part. -- nm - zork Sep 4, 08:04
Doctor Who spoils. - loosilu Sep 4, 07:56 16
- I never expected some much disection of a family show. Looking forward to Ron Weasley's dad next week. -- nm - LMS Sep 4, 08:36 1
  - here in the US it's much more of a nerd show. -- nm - loosilu Sep 4, 08:57
- well...spoils... - Remlik Sep 4, 08:10
- spoil - Spawn Sep 4, 08:09 7
  - hmm (spoils) - znufrii Sep 4, 08:10 6
    - assuming (spoils) - loosilu Sep 4, 08:20 3
      - What I thought while watching (spoil) - Spawn Sep 4, 08:40 1
        
        but.... - Remlik Sep 4, 08:55
      - could be. (spoils) - znufrii Sep 4, 08:22
    - and thats your problem - tRuMaN Sep 4, 08:14
    - Exactly. spoils - Spawn Sep 4, 08:13
- I think this line of thinking is wrong. See my post above. -- nm - sycor Sep 4, 08:00 1
  - I saw it, and disagree. -- nm - loosilu Sep 4, 08:00
- Is this for last week or for stuff that hasn't happened yet that nobody should know? -- nm - David Sep 4, 07:57 2
  - both. -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 4, 08:01
  - saturday's ep. -- nm - loosilu Sep 4, 07:58
*puts a flare on B2, and watches as everyone follows it.* nm -- nm - groiny Sep 4, 07:55
t -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 4, 07:53 3
- a -- nm - amoxy Sep 4, 07:54
- u -- nm - TWuG Sep 4, 07:54 1
  - r -- nm - Strongbad Sep 4, 08:11

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