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I think what amuses me most about Romney's doubling down on the Lazy 47% is that he said the words in May. Now that they are public he's like "sure, - TWuG Sep 18, 10:19
"A massive body of evidence shows that....[s]elf-interest has no more than sporadic marginal effects on political views." - ty97 Sep 18, 10:14 4
- This is what mystifies me. He seems to lack a very basic understanding of his own base. A whole lot of elderly and working poor vote Republican. -- nm - mara Sep 18, 10:21 2
  - They really need to do to determine how many people idenify as part of the no-tax group. - ty97 Sep 18, 10:22 1
    - insert polls up there -- nm - ty97 Sep 18, 10:22
- So, all politics is *vicariously* local. -- nm - Max Sep 18, 10:19
shit. Butler Basketball dismisses Chrishawn Hopkins for academic failures.... -- (link) - Remlik Sep 18, 10:07
candy time! -- nm - amanda Sep 18, 10:06 4
- Watcha got? I'm craving KitKat for some reason. -- nm - Max Sep 18, 10:16 3
  - Junior Mints: Caramel -- nm - Beaker Sep 18, 10:22
  - /~ Break me off a piece of that applesauce ~/ -- (link) - oblique Sep 18, 10:20 [youtube]
  - there's only milky way. I need to bring in some from home. no RPBC after lunch makes mandy cranky. -- nm - amanda Sep 18, 10:18
ST Need this: 5 Reasons Not to Write Romney Off -- (link) - ty97 Sep 18, 10:05 2
- good reality check, lets remember, I thought bush was a complete looser too, I mean how could such a stumble bum get elected...so I'll be biting my... - zeitgeist Sep 18, 10:54
- 6. People are too stupid to know any better. - spamlet Sep 18, 10:10
Egypt Issues Arrest Warrants for Terry Jones and Anti-Islam Filmmaker -- (link) - ty97 Sep 18, 10:03 7
- If I were on a jury deciding a wrongful death suit by the Ambassador's family, I'd make Jones/filmmaker go broke and try to reinstate debtor's prison. -- nm - Max Sep 18, 10:34
- Salman Rushie: 'Satanic Verses' wouldn't be published today. -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Sep 18, 10:07 3
  - I was surprised that he still had $3.3 million on his head. Thought that had gone away -- nm - Beaker Sep 18, 10:09 2
    - IIRC, the fatwa issued by the big honcho in Iran was recinded, but this one is by another guy -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 18, 10:56
    - The man's lived with bodyguards for the last two decades. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Sep 18, 10:10
- I thought the statute of limitations would have passed by now on Life of Brian. -- nm - Roger More Sep 18, 10:06 1
  - heh -- nm - prayformojo Sep 18, 10:13
Revolution: 11.65M Viewers, and a 4.1 demo. The Mob Doctor: 5.09M Viewers, 1.5 demo -- nm - MDH Sep 18, 10:00 8
- I enjoyed the first ep of Revolution and I'll stick with it. -- nm - Krusty Sep 18, 10:02
- wow. those numbers for Rev are fantastic. Guess The Voice helped a bunch -- nm - Jovian Sep 18, 10:02 6
  - It's lead in definitely helped this. The big question mark will be next week's ratings. -- nm - MDH Sep 18, 10:13
  - yup, very very surprised -- nm - Beaker Sep 18, 10:07
  - I'm sure it had nothing to do with JJ/Favreau -- nm - oblique Sep 18, 10:05 3
    - Im sure that helped too. But The Voice's gigantic lead-in is the primary reason why. -- nm - Jovian Sep 18, 10:09 1
      - I've never understood/believed the lead-in theory especially in this day and age of DVR -- nm - oblique Sep 18, 10:11
    - I love that they use "THE DIRECTOR OF IRON MAN" instead of his name in the commercial. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 18, 10:08
YSC: They're back! Mallomars are back in stores! Today is a joyous day! - Krusty Sep 18, 10:00 1
- *YSC=You Should Care* -- nm - Krusty Sep 18, 10:00
This is an interesting question: "How bad does Romney implosion have to get before people start talking about Gary Johnson?" -- nm - ty97 Sep 18, 09:58 1
- Considerably worse than "Okay, he's essentially right but I don't care for a couple of his word choices." - Dr.Vermin Sep 18, 10:05
Not cool: Democratic opponent to Sen Orrin Hatch sends out fundraising mail saying Hatch could die soon. -- (link) - ty97 Sep 18, 09:53 13
- do you like NYMag on facebook? I love having vulture in my feed. it improves my quality of life, I swear. -- nm - amanda Sep 18, 10:09 6
  - No, but I follow them on Twitter -- nm - ty97 Sep 18, 10:10 4
    - obviously I don't twitter. (my signal to noise ratio is not high enough for that medium.) -- nm - amanda Sep 18, 10:11 3
      - It's my go-to news source. I rarely tweet. -- nm - ty97 Sep 18, 10:15 2
        
        whereisty97: tokyo - oblique Sep 18, 10:15 1
        
        I don't even remember the keys to the account I don't think -- nm - ty97 Sep 18, 10:16
  - I love the Vulture. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Sep 18, 10:10
- Very dumb thing to do, It was his hail mary.... - amoxy Sep 18, 10:07
- awful. -- nm - Remlik Sep 18, 10:01
- This is awful. Someone please look at the comments, the second one made me laugh. (No comment jar necessary, this is a good one) -- nm - MDH Sep 18, 09:58 1
  - Ha! -- nm - Roger More Sep 18, 10:00
- wait for it.... -- nm - spamlet Sep 18, 09:57
- Hatch's campaign has the right response -- (link) - Roger More Sep 18, 09:57
Neanderthals used feathers as 'personal ornaments' -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Sep 18, 09:52
Airhead 2016! -- nm - ty97 Sep 18, 09:50
Has it been mentioned yet that not only is today David and kilbo's birthday...but it's also Coach Ben Wade's birthday? - Jim Sep 18, 09:49 4
- Nice game, Denver Broncos! -- nm - David Sep 18, 10:13
- and Ryne Sandberg -- nm - oblique Sep 18, 09:51 2
  - and my mother -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Sep 18, 09:52 1
    - Happy Bday to your mom! :-) -- nm - Krusty Sep 18, 09:54
Former climate change skeptic no longer doubts human role in global warming. -- (link) - mara Sep 18, 09:45
something I learned in my nutrition class yesterday - znufrii Sep 18, 09:35 8
- also - znufrii Sep 18, 09:38 7
  - it's cheese enough that I can't eat it. -- nm - loosilu Sep 18, 09:54
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    - eh, we haven't really found a good bagel place around here anyway. -- nm - znufrii Sep 18, 09:52 4
      - Reason #468 moving to PA sucks. ;-) -- nm - Krusty Sep 18, 10:09 3
        
        tell me about it :) -- nm - znufrii Sep 18, 10:11 2
        
        (note to self: learn how to make good bagels and open a bagel store) -- nm - znufrii Sep 18, 10:17 1
        
        Good idea. My cousin makes his own since he lives in Thailand and can't even get bad bagels. - Krusty Sep 18, 10:25
I will concede that this is a very well (if accidentally) composed picture... -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Sep 18, 09:32 [Image] 3
- an excellent companion photo -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 18, 09:36
- Very nice. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 18, 09:34
- hah! -- nm - znufrii Sep 18, 09:33
Interesting article about how Obama gets things done (productivity tips)... -- (link) - Don Homer Sep 18, 09:23 12
- Here's a good plug opportunity (Getting Things Done) -- (link) - Strongbad Sep 18, 09:45 2
  - my boss is friends with the author - and has forced me to enforce some of his techniques in his (my boss') life lol - gLu Sep 18, 10:26
  - I've never read the book but use portions of his theory from reading a lot of personal finance blogs that swear by his methods. -- nm - spamlet Sep 18, 09:55
- we talked about this last week, but thanks for reminding me to post it on facebook. as stated here, I am super, super brand loyal because I hate the - amanda Sep 18, 09:42
- Step 1: Blame Bush. - Dr.Vermin Sep 18, 09:29 7
  - Blaming Bush is productive. I agree. -- nm - Roger More Sep 18, 09:41
  - Step 2. Complain about how the Republicans are acting like children and refusing to compromise .... - Beryllium Sep 18, 09:32 5
    - step 3: complain about how the Democrats are acting like teenagers and rebelling. - tRuMaN Sep 18, 09:34 4
      - Step 4: cakewalk to a second term due to incompetence of the opposition - Beryllium Sep 18, 09:35 3
        
        step five: celebratory cake. (girls! girls! you're *all* pretty.) -- nm - amanda Sep 18, 09:42 2
        
        I'm filibustering for pie. - Dr.Vermin Sep 18, 09:45 1
        
        And that is how you prepare Virginia green apple pie. -- nm - Stackhouse Sep 18, 09:50
RE: Christie - Reagen Sep 18, 09:21 5
- I watched his speech that he gave at the convention, and man it was at least 15 minutes of New Jersey greatness... - Remlik Sep 18, 09:48
- he comes off as a bigger d!ck than Romney, personality-wise. -- nm - Don Homer Sep 18, 09:24 2
  - Being a Dick seems to be the major requirement for RNC leadership, romney just got in cause the others split the vote -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 18, 09:38
  - bigger man..smaller dick -- nm - budice Sep 18, 09:24
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Current WS Odds - Reagen Sep 18, 09:19 21
- If Linecum gets hot, Giants will be tough to stop' -- nm - amoxy Sep 18, 10:24
- It's irritating that the Braves have the fourth best record in baseball yet we have to play in a single elimination game if we don't catch the Natinal -- nm - David Sep 18, 10:11 2
  - well, where would they be without the play in game? - groinzerker Sep 18, 10:19 1
    - They'd be the only wild card, just like previous years. -- nm - David Sep 18, 10:25
- I wish there were a way I could bundle 3-4 of these teams and bet the (EVERYONE ELSE) option. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 18, 09:46 1
  - You can bet as little as a buck per team - Reagen Sep 18, 09:49
- No NL this year..AL teams too loaded up -- nm - budice Sep 18, 09:24
- Yankees are too high. - Krusty Sep 18, 09:21 12
  - the Yankees always get the "popular team" penalty in odds - Reagen Sep 18, 09:24 2
    - Good point. I can't do it but if I was someone else with money to waste I'd bet against them getting out of the first round. -- nm - Krusty Sep 18, 09:27 1
      - unfortunately I've never seen odds like that - Reagen Sep 18, 09:34
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    - I think they make it but fail again in the first round. Not a playoff team. - Krusty Sep 18, 09:26 2
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        I am worried. They're tiring and not giving us the innings or game we got earlier in the season. It's been a real drop off since the AS break. - Krusty Sep 18, 09:38
    - when do they do the drawings for wild card home/away matchups? -- nm - Don Homer Sep 18, 09:24 3
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        Yeah, I wasn't clear. But that makes sense (1st wildcard hosting the second). -- nm - Don Homer Sep 18, 09:30 1
        
        I still want my 7-way tie. -- nm - Reagen Sep 18, 09:50
  - SHORT YANK!!!!! nm -- nm - groinzerker Sep 18, 09:22
- hmm. thanks. -- nm - Don Homer Sep 18, 09:20
so the reason they won't turn Cena heel? $700 Million in merch sales. - Remlik Sep 18, 09:19 7
- I'm ... skeptical of that unless we're talking from 2002 onward. - Will Hunting Sep 18, 11:10
- OMG. -- nm - MDH Sep 18, 09:28
- hopefully he gets at least 1% of that. -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 18, 09:19 4
  - I'd say 5-10% off hand -- nm - Beaker Sep 18, 09:29 2
    - likely more (Trish Stratus used to get 20% per wiki) -- nm - Beaker Sep 18, 09:31 1
      - I'm sure Austin and Rock, DX, Hunter and HBK all got higher percentages. -- nm - Remlik Sep 18, 09:49
  - I'm not sure what the percentage is, but the stars do get a slice of the merch of their stuff sold. -- nm - Remlik Sep 18, 09:21
Take a stab, no googling. The Saints are now _________ odds to win the Super Bowl -- nm - prayformojo Sep 18, 09:18 7
- ** at odds ** -- nm - Old Antarctic Explorer Sep 18, 09:25
- 49ers now the favorite -- (link) - prayformojo Sep 18, 09:19
- (this is according to the Las Vegas Hilton Race and Sports Superbook, apparently) -- nm - prayformojo Sep 18, 09:18
- 60 -- nm - Don Homer Sep 18, 09:18 3
  - 60:1 -- nm - Don Homer Sep 18, 09:18 2
    - very good. that's it exactly. -- nm - prayformojo Sep 18, 09:19 1
      - woo hoo! -- nm - Don Homer Sep 18, 09:20
DC Police on alert this weekend as 'Aryan Nation' is holding a rally at Union Station. 2 Massive counter-protests planned. -- nm - MDH Sep 18, 09:17
tru, what character are you thinking? - groinzerker Sep 18, 09:17 6
- honestly, i will play whatever. - tRuMaN Sep 18, 09:19 5
  - so if krusty is the siren, which is your choice? -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 18, 09:30 4
    - Which siren? I still have dibs on Lilith. -- nm - David Sep 18, 10:09 1
      - the new siren, none of the bl1 characters are playable. - tRuMaN Sep 18, 10:14
    - I will likely use Zero. nm -- nm - groinzerker Sep 18, 09:38 1
      - k, i will probably go for - tRuMaN Sep 18, 09:51
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- Give it another few weeks. - Strongbad Sep 18, 09:48 1
  - "Okay, actually it was 'poppies'. We... misread a story about Ann working in her garden." - Retraction on page 35 Sep 18, 09:57
- "White house releases brewing recipe? RELEASE THE HOUNDS! .... recipe." -- nm - Beryllium Sep 18, 09:24
Who knows if the ref actually told McCoy that. But man oh man -- nm - prayformojo Sep 18, 09:15 4
- McCoy can't be on my Fantasy Team but Sam Bradford can -- nm - Epiphany Sep 18, 09:21
- I wonder how many regular refs play fantasy (without admitting it like that). Or MLB umps for that matter. -- nm - Don Homer Sep 18, 09:16 2
  - I would expect it to be part of the employment contract that they can't play due to conflict of interest -- nm - ty97 Sep 18, 09:19 1
    - regular betting yes. but I wouldn't be surprised if playing fantasy sports is not. -- nm - Don Homer Sep 18, 09:21
Sorry if I'm way behind on this but has everyone heard of Moviepass.com? Flat rate subscription service to see movies in the theater. - sycor Sep 18, 09:14 6
- What's the flavour of the tkt? Cineplex? Indy? Other? - Old Antarctic Explorer Sep 18, 09:25 1
  - You can see a list of available theaters through their site. If under the Help section. -- nm - sycor Sep 18, 09:31
- I believe Ender has it. -- nm - spamlet Sep 18, 09:19
- There was a company that did this a year or two ago 'Weekly Cinema." Folded quick, it was a pyramid scheme. -- nm - MDH Sep 18, 09:18 2
  - This one seems to have been around a little while. We get their passes all the time at my theater. Seems like an awesome deal for people who like - sycor Sep 18, 09:32 1
    - I just looked and all of my theatres are there. I'd try it for a month or two. -- nm - amanda Sep 18, 09:44
Happy birthday, David! Happy birthday, Kilbo! -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 18, 09:14 4
- they're twins???? - DaneDukeNuuk Sep 18, 09:38 2
  - No, I'm the younger more attractive one -- nm - oblique Sep 18, 09:41 1
    - If the quote is "age before beauty", I'd go twice while you stood still. -- nm - David Sep 18, 10:06
- Hope it's a great one, gentlemen! -- nm - Don Homer Sep 18, 09:14

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