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Just saw a tweet citing an NBC report that a bomb threat has been called in to the University of Texas from a self-identifies al Qaeda member. -- nm - Stephen Sep 14, 08:20 5
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    - link? -- nm - amanda Sep 14, 08:27
    - I hope those 7 people get out quickly. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 14, 08:26
- Is it exam time already? -- nm - ty97 Sep 14, 08:23
also, my friend shaun-from-out-of-town is in mpls/st p looking for great beer bars. any ideas, yo? (we prefer slightly divey.) thanks. -- nm - amanda Sep 14, 08:19
guys, I have to write this down somewhere so I am writing it here: my friends have a renter moving into their attic today. - amanda Sep 14, 08:18 1
- F'n' renters -- nm - Beaker Sep 14, 08:19
Neither Jackson or Maclin practiced yesterday for the Eagles... -- nm - Beaker Sep 14, 08:16
what did Romney say? -- nm - decline Sep 14, 08:14 1
- I'll tell you in a few minutes. -- nm - Don Homer Sep 14, 08:16
Fossil Fuel interests opening their wallets to defeat Obama, as alternative energy interests sit this one out. -- (link) - znufrii Sep 14, 08:14
Romney says "middle income is $200,000 to $250,000 and less." -- (link) - Don Homer Sep 14, 08:13 1
- Welcome to Don Homer One Minute Late Day - prayformojo Sep 14, 08:14
Romney promises 'middle income' tax cut, for people making over $200,000 -- (link) - mara Sep 14, 08:13 8
- His cut off is $250,000 which is the same. exact. number. as. President. Obama. - spamlet Sep 14, 08:19 6
  - it's not so much that, but that he referred to it as "middle income", when it is anything but. -- nm - znufrii Sep 14, 08:20 5
    - What? Every time President Obama says middle class, he follows it up with $250,000 or less. - spamlet Sep 14, 08:21 4
      - It's not so much about the upper limit to middle income as it is about Romney's lower limit. -- nm - mara Sep 14, 08:24 3
        
        You saw the "and less" part, right? -- nm - Ender Sep 14, 08:29
        
        I'll bet you $10,000 you're wrong, mara. -- nm - Don Homer Sep 14, 08:26
        
        This -- nm - amoxy Sep 14, 08:26
- C'mon, that's only like 5x the median salary in this nation. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 14, 08:14
Gov. Jennifer Granholm on The Dating Game in 1978... -- (link) - Don Homer Sep 14, 08:10 4
- Did she do bath salts before that appearance too? -- nm - spamlet si Sep 14, 08:11
- she sure got around -- nm - decline Sep 14, 08:10 2
  - whoops, totally missed it below. -- nm - Don Homer Sep 14, 08:12
  - whore! -- nm - Beaker Sep 14, 08:11
Chinese and Japanese ships exchange warning shots near disputed islands -- (link) - Beaker Sep 14, 08:03 3
- warnings sorry, not warning shots -- nm - Beaker Sep 14, 08:04 2
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    - unless they were shots of tequila -- nm - decline Sep 14, 08:09
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Capstern, hope everything is OK. - amoxy Sep 14, 07:56 1
- yikes, agreed. best wishes -- nm - Beaker Sep 14, 07:57
That clown picture remlik posted is going to haunt my dreams. - spamlet Sep 14, 07:55
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- Nice try, Jane Krakowski. -- nm - Reagen Sep 14, 08:47
- So was that serial killer! -- nm - Roger More Sep 14, 08:18
- Did she do bath salts before that appearance too? -- nm - spamlet Sep 14, 07:55
dogs are funny -- (link) - zork Sep 14, 07:52 [Image] 1
- and another -- (link) - zork Sep 14, 07:56 [Image]
The bulb in my TV died last night. No warning, just dead. So now I have no TV until the new bulb arrives. Sitting at my desk watching TV on my - sycor Sep 14, 07:51
wow, Dakota looked awesome at Now Is Good premiere. -- (link) - zork Sep 14, 07:48 1
- That's one of my films, if you fancy a good cry, this fits the bill nicely. - LMS Sep 14, 08:10
I'd imagine that this isn't going to be a fun time to be part of the royal security detail -- nm - prayformojo Sep 14, 07:47
Nominee for stoopid criminal of the day....... -- (link) - Meg Sep 14, 07:31
Kate looks really unhappy. -- (link) - loosilu Sep 14, 07:31 45
- And there's still the view that the paparazzi were responsible for (or at least contributed to) Diana's death... - Meg Sep 14, 07:49
- If you don't topless photos taken, don't go topless where a guy with a cameraphone can see you. - Will Hunting Sep 14, 07:37 34
  - MSNBC just talked about this. Guy said it was photog with one of those long lenses who took at... - Remlik Sep 14, 07:45 21
    - still, unless they come out with xray lenses, don't be naked outside the room. - groiny Sep 14, 07:45 19
      - Yeah, if the dude was climbing trees and shit, I'd have a lot more sympathy.... - Will Hunting Sep 14, 08:12
      - I don't disagree really, but these guys are using lenses that National Geographic uses to film 3 miles away. -- nm - Remlik Sep 14, 07:47 9
        
        again, the lenses can't see through walls. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 14, 07:49 8
        
        but, it's still illegal to do that in France. -- nm - loosilu Sep 14, 07:55 7
        
        and what good does that do for her right now? nm -- nm - groiny Sep 14, 07:55 6
        
        they can sue. -- nm - loosilu Sep 14, 07:55 5
        
        and what good does that do for her right now? nm -- nm - groiny Sep 14, 07:57 3
        
        none. all I'm saying is she had a reasonable right to think she was safe. -- nm - loosilu Sep 14, 07:58 2
        
        all those rights go out the window when you get nekked outdoors. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 14, 08:06 1
        
        I agree with the groin. -- nm - amanda Sep 14, 08:07
        
        "Last week, French first lady Valerie Trierweiler won a judgment of �2,000, about $2,500, after the publication of photos of her in a bikini." -- nm - Beaker Sep 14, 07:57
      - I know! and all those celebs who are like, shiz, my sex tape got leaked. don't make sex tapes, yo!! -- nm - amanda Sep 14, 07:47 7
        
        I've never really understood the purpose of making sex tapes, *except* so that they can be leaked. -- nm - znufrii Sep 14, 07:52 4
        
        I think I agree with this. -- nm - amanda Sep 14, 07:53 3
        
        dudes (and I suppose some chicks) like to view their handywork. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 14, 07:54 2
        
        gotta review the technique. -- nm - Remlik Sep 14, 07:55 1
        
        how do you think Pippy got so good? -- nm - zork Sep 14, 07:57
        
        sometimes it is your mother who does the leaking *looks at Kris Jenner* -- nm - Beaker Sep 14, 07:50
        
        I mean, I am all for letting it all hang out in public, but I can't get pissed when I am on TMZ. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 14, 07:48
    - which I think is actually against the law in France. -- nm - loosilu Sep 14, 07:45
  - She was alone with her husband on private property. IMO they had a reasonable expectation of privacy. -- nm - loosilu Sep 14, 07:42 8
    - In the 1800 -- nm - Bacon Sep 14, 07:55 1
      - In the 1800s they would have. Welcome to the future! -- nm - Bacon Sep 14, 07:56
    - If you don't want your boobs seen, don't expose your boobs - oblique Sep 14, 07:43
    - r4easonable for a normal person. not one of the most famous women in the World -- nm - Beaker Sep 14, 07:43 4
      - if/when she has kids, i hope she whips them out all the time for photos. - kare Sep 14, 07:44 2
        
        Heh, indeed. This would be a great way to steer the dialog. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 14, 08:06
        
        the British press might explode! -- nm - Beaker Sep 14, 07:45
      - from the photos it looks like it was pretty secluded. -- nm - loosilu Sep 14, 07:43
  - and really, they are just boobs. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 14, 07:39 2
    - barely boobs, i'd think. she's so tiny she hardly has any. - kare Sep 14, 07:41 1
      - more than I thought. -- nm - loosilu Sep 14, 07:42
- god, she's so perfect. - kare Sep 14, 07:35 3
  - ik, r? i kinda just love her. -- nm - Diva Sep 14, 07:49
  - that dress is to die for. -- nm - amanda Sep 14, 07:45
  - I can't imagine needing to be perfect all the time like that. I could never do it. -- nm - loosilu Sep 14, 07:41
- "they're real and they're spectacular" -- nm - Kate Sep 14, 07:32 4
  - she looks pretty good in the pics, I must say. -- nm - loosilu Sep 14, 07:32 3
    - link rule, dammit. -- nm - Reagen Sep 14, 07:35 2
      - can't at work sorry. -- nm - loosilu Sep 14, 07:40
      - egotastic has them. they're grainy and out of focus for the most part -- nm - decline Sep 14, 07:39
So which is the real Packers team? The juggernaut that crushed the Bear Offense or the panty-waists that got beat by Alex Smith? -- nm - Beaker Sep 14, 07:30 6
- I think the Bears offensive line made the packers look like Yetis. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 14, 07:31 5
  - It was 2011 all over again - oblique Sep 14, 07:40 4
    - You can't blame me this time! -- nm - Mike Martz Sep 14, 07:57
    - yeah, I honestly just not put too much of it on Cutler. - groiny Sep 14, 07:41 2
      - It's really hard to throw sitting on your ass. There were way too many dropped passes (on both sides of the ball) - oblique Sep 14, 07:43
      - yup, that dropped TD pass in the end zone was a killer -- nm - Beaker Sep 14, 07:42
*grumble* My Kindle Fire HD still hasn't shipped... -- nm - Ender Sep 14, 07:29
"Hundreds stormed past the gates of the German Embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, burning cars and trash cans before police fired tear gas - Beaker Sep 14, 07:23 3
- Who would have thought, a year ago, that in an area that old regimes were being overthrown, there would be such anti-USA/coalition actions? -- nm - zork Sep 14, 07:30
- Damn you Uwe Boll! -- nm - Ender Sep 14, 07:25
- "looked a lot like the Green Bay defense yesterday" nm -- nm - groiny Sep 14, 07:25
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- I really don't know how you quell this... - Mel Profit Sep 14, 07:24 13
  - Thank god I am not president. This shit would escalated quite quickly. -- nm - Jovian Sep 14, 08:17
  - the countries it is occurring in will likely take lethal measures eventually to keep it from rolling forward into something aimed at them -- nm - Beaker Sep 14, 07:28 8
    - that's one possibility... - Mel Profit Sep 14, 07:33 7
      - the video is not really the reason, just the excuse. - znufrii Sep 14, 07:37 1
        
        THIS THIS THIS. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 14, 09:12
      - I'm surprised some haven't just rounded up the rioters and "disappeared them". Cause depending on the regime - Beaker Sep 14, 07:34 4
        
        except the governments currently in charge were just on the other side of the fence not too long ago -- nm - znufrii Sep 14, 07:38 3
        
        that hardly matters. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 14, 07:41 2
        
        No, but it could indicate that these protests are the flip side trying to get back in power -- nm - Beryllium Sep 14, 07:43 1
        
        or other actors who have learned from example of the power of the mob. -- nm - znufrii Sep 14, 07:50
  - this is why you want to prop up friendly dictatorships in volatile regions. -- nm - znufrii Sep 14, 07:27 2
    - there was a time when I'd spend the day debating the modern history of geo-politics and especially proxy governments/allies... - Mel Profit Sep 14, 07:28 1
      - What do you mean? I think in the long-term, democracy in the Middle East is a better solution than dictatorships. - Roger More Sep 14, 08:14
- this is why you need a moat, with alligators -- nm - decline Sep 14, 07:24 1
  - fire. don't forget the fire. - Mel Profit Sep 14, 07:27
- it's the new planking. -- nm - Reagen Sep 14, 07:23 1
  - [holds up sign with a 10] -- nm - mud Sep 14, 07:25
PSA : IGN reviewed Borderlands 2 and gave it a 9.0. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 14, 07:19 2
- that bad? -- nm - Reagen Sep 14, 07:22 1
  - they had an odd beef with the way loot is shared between players - groiny Sep 14, 07:24
boston.com Love Letters: I Cheated At the Beach - Diva Sep 14, 07:18 23
- oh grow up. -- nm - kare Sep 14, 07:38 2
  - get em, kare! nm -- nm - groiny Sep 14, 07:41 1
    - rar! -- nm - kare Sep 14, 07:44
- A week long bachelor party? - Spawn Sep 14, 07:25 11
  - plus he signed it with Boston? yeah, no way anyone will figure out that puzzler. He/she wants to get caught. -- nm - zork Sep 14, 08:09
  - and this. - znufrii Sep 14, 07:27 8
    - he's just mad he didn't nail her when he had the chance (the grass is always greener) -- nm - Beaker Sep 14, 07:31 3
      - he's too young to get married. -- nm - loosilu Sep 14, 07:43 1
        
        maybe, but at this point he's thinking the new girl F's like a porn star, cooks like a chef and is rich -- nm - Beaker Sep 14, 07:44
      - *nods* -- nm - znufrii Sep 14, 07:39
    - I actually agree. -- nm - amanda Sep 14, 07:30 3
      - and I should clarify my last point - znufrii Sep 14, 07:31
      - *takes amanda to my bachelor party* nm -- nm - groiny Sep 14, 07:31 1
        
        *hell* yeah. -- nm - znufrii Sep 14, 07:32
  - I want a do -over. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 14, 07:26
- I think a chick wrote this instead of a guy -- nm - amoxy Sep 14, 07:20 4
  - mm hmmm. -- nm - loosilu Sep 14, 07:24
  - ah. - znufrii Sep 14, 07:24
  - yup, might have been what set off my gaydar -- nm - Beaker Sep 14, 07:24
  - yeah, good call. -- nm - amanda Sep 14, 07:23
- You are gay. -- nm - Beaker Sep 14, 07:19
- 3some -- nm - decline Sep 14, 07:19
- keep it in your pants, cowboy. - znufrii Sep 14, 07:19
TGIF! -- nm - Beaker Sep 14, 07:17

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