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there is more arsenic in brown rice, than white -- (link) - peglegpete Sep 19, 15:34 4
- I'd be livid if I found white rice in my brown rice. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Sep 19, 15:44
- arsenic and rice? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Sep 19, 15:38 1
  - in -- nm - peglegpete Sep 19, 15:43
- Whew!! -- nm - Meg Sep 19, 15:35
Bad Piggies! -- (link) - Mop (198 lbs) Sep 19, 15:29 [youtube]
A certain young TLC show star is demanding more money, wants $10,000 per episode to renew. -- (link) - ty97 Sep 19, 15:25 3
- It's a cash cow. - Mop (198 lbs) Sep 19, 15:32
- That's only a 33% increase from Season 1. They got paid $40,000 for 6 eps. They want $60,000. - spamlet Sep 19, 15:29 1
  - I have no idea if the price makes sense or not, only posted it because it's (*dire music*) that show. - ty97 Sep 19, 15:32
Addiction sucks. A study shows that poor smokers in New York spend 25% of their income on cigarettes -- (link) - ty97 Sep 19, 15:24 11
- That's what happens when you keep raising the taxes. - spamlet Sep 19, 15:31 9
  - yup. inelastic demand. -- nm - znufrii Sep 19, 15:37
  - Your IM is unfortunately true. - ty97 Sep 19, 15:36
  - Is there sales tax (where charged) on things like nicotine patches and gum? -- nm - Meg Sep 19, 15:35 6
    - Depends on how it's classified and whether the state/city has exemptions for food or medicine. - spamlet Sep 19, 15:36 3
      - Ah, the patches are subject to ST in California... - Meg Sep 19, 15:44 1
        
        There's a reason I don't do sales taxes. - spamlet Sep 19, 15:48
      - But ty's right no sin taxes. -- nm - spamlet Sep 19, 15:37
    - IME, only general sales tax, not the sin tax. -- nm - ty97 Sep 19, 15:35 1
      - Right. I wasn't sure whether it would be classified as food/drugs. -- nm - Meg Sep 19, 15:40
- Yikes. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Sep 19, 15:30
hey bery, from bwhatever (audio and xbox) - Truman Sep 19, 15:21
NMA on the NHL lockout. -- (link) - spamlet Sep 19, 15:11 [youtube] 1
- It's probably telling that I've paid almost zero attention to what's going on with this. - Reagen Sep 19, 15:16
So wait, Chick-Fil-A caved? -- nm - Spawn Sep 19, 15:10
East coast rush hour poll: How many of your 10 closest family/friends' phone numbers do you know by heart? - Max Sep 19, 15:04 20
- 2, but only because they haven't changed in many years. I used to have as many as 20 numbers in my head, but not anymore. - GregW Sep 19, 15:56
- 1 -- nm - decline Sep 19, 15:42
- I have a weird head for this. I still remember my wife's # from before we moved in together. -- nm - Reagen Sep 19, 15:26 2
  - I still remember my phone number at the place we lived when I was 3-7 years old. - Kim Pine Sep 19, 15:29
  - oh yeah, I could rattle off a whole host of old phone numbers I don't need anymore. -- nm - mafic Sep 19, 15:28
- 1 - znufrii Sep 19, 15:20
- My parents (who have had the same number my entire life), Kim, my brother in town and Reagen. - David Sep 19, 15:17 1
  - ha. I joke that it's a pizza place number myself. -- nm - Reagen Sep 19, 15:21
- both parents, grandpa, brother, uncle. -- nm - Truman Sep 19, 15:16
- 3? 4? I have trouble remembering my own number. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Sep 19, 15:15
- My wife.... - spamlet Sep 19, 15:12
- Mother (3 phones), sister (only 1 of them), wife (3 numbers) ... that is it. -- nm - Spawn Sep 19, 15:11
- -0- Guess I'm not a big phone user - I just recently memorized my own cell number :/ -- nm - Meg Sep 19, 15:10
- just my mom, because it hasn't changed since before I had a mobile phone. -- nm - mafic Sep 19, 15:10 1
  - also my boss, and the work health and safety guy, because I have to call them from the camp phone more or less daily. -- nm - mafic Sep 19, 15:13
- I know our home landline number. That's it. - Kim Pine Sep 19, 15:08 3
  - (I *do* know Knology's by heart, though.) - Kim Pine Sep 19, 15:09 2
    - I think they count at this point. -- nm - spamlet Sep 19, 15:12 1
      - If Max had included mortal enemies tey would probably count. - the wrong element, bad guy Sep 19, 15:20
- maybe 2. -- nm - loosilu Sep 19, 15:07
�We will never have the elite, smart people on our side� -- nm - my favorite quote of the election Sep 19, 15:01
damnit. - znufrii Sep 19, 15:01 2
- Forgot to do your homework? -- nm - Spawn Sep 19, 15:05 1
  - no - znufrii Sep 19, 15:10
it took me a while to figure out why this is such a popular animated gif to use on many sites -- (link) - Truman Sep 19, 14:59 [Image]
So the DOJ collaborated with Media Matters to write positive spin stories/blogs on their behalf... - Stephen Sep 19, 14:46 30
- ummm, that's pretty much what Media Matters does anyway :) -- nm - znufrii Sep 19, 14:59
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  - *laughing* - Dr.Vermin Sep 19, 14:59 5
    - the only quoted emails I can find are pretty benign. -- nm - mafic Sep 19, 15:07
    - Honestly you're going to use that article as a basis for fact? That spin is just to the level of absurdity. - pmb Sep 19, 15:06 3
      - I particularly like that the government's stampeding all over poor rush limbaugh's first amendment rights. -- nm - mafic Sep 19, 15:36 2
        
        Yeah, the state should be able to suppress private citizens, as long as they're jerks. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Sep 19, 15:39 1
        
        Exactly where is this state suppression that you and this article are raising? - pmb Sep 19, 15:52
  - DOJ official(s) in direct email communications with Media Matters writers on what stories to write and how to spin attacks on DOJ critics. -- nm - Stephen Sep 19, 14:57 1
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- I love when people make CNN out to be the opposite of Fox. - ty97 Sep 19, 14:51 19
  - I really wish there was a better 24 hour news network than *any* of the ones we have. - Kim Pine Sep 19, 15:16 2
    - The problem comes back to there not really being 24 hours worth of news a day. -- nm - Reagen Sep 19, 15:17 1
      - True. -- nm - Kim Pine Sep 19, 15:19
  - geez, some folks at the Y think of CNN as the Communist Nationalist Network and thank jesus that Fox has the balls to stand up to their radical agenda -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 19, 14:57 1
    - this is my dad. -- nm - loosilu Sep 19, 14:59
  - You're right, MSNBC is more Fox's liberal leaning counterpoint than is CNN, but they're still left leaning. - Stephen Sep 19, 14:53 5
    - I guess the CNN opinion depends on what side you are looking from. - ty97 Sep 19, 14:59
    - Honestly I've always viewed CNN the other way. Wolf Blitzer and Nancy Grace are hardly left leaning. - pmb Sep 19, 14:59 2
      - Isn't she on HLN? -- nm - MDH Sep 19, 15:01 1
        
        Not sure, but HLN is part of CNN. -- nm - pmb Sep 19, 15:03
    - Remove "leaning" - Stephen Sep 19, 14:55
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    - on the opinion shows they do, when they do straight news (like Chris Jansing) they're pretty good. -- nm - Remlik Sep 19, 15:19
    - There's been inaccurate spin in the editing process of clips, but I do not think it is the equivalent of Fox News in terms of spreading outright lies. -- nm - pmb Sep 19, 15:00
    - this is my question too, I've seen some of the more egregious things fox has done, I haven't for msnbc. not that this means they're not out there. -- nm - mafic Sep 19, 14:58 1
      - msnbc tends to head off a lot of those kinds of complaints by insidious usage of things like facts, public records...stupid stuff like that. -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 19, 15:00
    - I haven't looked into it in that detail, I just quit MSNBC (when I had cable) because it was an echo chamber, not news. -- nm - ty97 Sep 19, 14:55
    - no, not at all, sure they cherry pick, but they are not a george goebles/William Randolph Herst propaganda machine like Murdocks Fox -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 19, 14:55
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Bill Kurtis tries to inject himself into the game. - nubby Sep 19, 14:43
Homeland Security nixes NOLA's idea to use military drones for police purposes during the Super Bowl. -- (link) - spamlet Sep 19, 14:40
Spawn - YGGM -- nm - JenBro Sep 19, 14:32
I don't see any major weekend plans, so I'm either getting Torchlight 2 or Borderlands 2 Friday night. - Tim on iPhone Sep 19, 14:32 3
- Be sure to let me know when Torchlight 2 hits XBLA. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Sep 19, 14:45 2
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    - Then they can SUCK IT! -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Sep 19, 14:49
Now for a bit of wacky shopping. -- (link) - Mop (198 lbs) Sep 19, 14:31 13
- THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -- nm - Phil Keoghan si Sep 19, 14:32
- and this. -- (link) - Mop (198 lbs) Sep 19, 14:32 11
  - For Stephen, this is awesome. -- (link) - Mop (198 lbs) Sep 19, 14:36 10
    - Holy... - Stephen Sep 19, 14:49 3
      - And a Batman motorcycle suit. These things are great. The best "costumes" I've seen so far. -- (link) - Mop (198 lbs) Sep 19, 15:02 2
        
        Very cool, but on a normal motorcycle it would look dumb. -- nm - Spawn Sep 19, 15:15 1
        
        ST needs to win the lottery, stat. -- nm - Spawn Sep 19, 15:21
    - An actual animated Rorschach mask. -- (link) - Mop (198 lbs) Sep 19, 14:37 5
      - And something that NO ONE will ever say they need or want. -- (link) - Mop (198 lbs) Sep 19, 14:39 4
        
        except Pippy :) -- nm - peglegpete Sep 19, 14:44
        
        And finally: McLaren announces the all new P1 Supercar. -- (link) - Mop (198 lbs) Sep 19, 14:44 2
        
        Sick! -- nm - Krusty Sep 19, 14:59
        
        Oh, wait. Not done. This one's for loosi, I guess. -- (link) - Mop (198 lbs) Sep 19, 14:50
Will, that's why I said "in the trendline". - Reagen Sep 19, 14:31 9
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  - Yeah this is the same one I linked. -- nm - Reagen Sep 19, 14:38
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  - Same graph. Why do you hate ty97? -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 19, 14:38 4
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      - Why do you hate Trendlines, ML? -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 19, 14:40 2
        
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        [..................]....[.................... .....................]..................[...] -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 19, 14:45
- Oh, I'm just laughing at the idea that Carter was ahead..... - Will Hunting Sep 19, 14:34
I never use Snopes since it's run by Obama's mentor & friends. -- nm - ty97 Sep 19, 14:29 4
- that's not true! I looked it up on snopes... oh wait. I see what you did there. -- nm - mafic Sep 19, 14:54
- This is what one person said to me when I challenged her nonsense with a Snopes page. - Mop (198 lbs) Sep 19, 14:31
- *nods* and the onion is a run by conservatives. -- nm - Truman Sep 19, 14:30
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Lisa Welchel is on the Talk and she is talking about Survivor, and how she out-psyched the players on the way to the Phillipines. she bought a - peglegpete Sep 19, 14:28 2
- If there's one thing years of Survivor ignoring has taught me, it's that being the physical threat from Day One is not the best way to survive - Will Hunting Sep 19, 14:32 1
  - her reasoning was - peglegpete Sep 19, 14:35
call me, maybe. nm -- nm - groinzerker Sep 19, 14:28 21
- ok, maybe she would have needed less exotic vaccines. -- nm - loosilu Sep 19, 14:29 20
  - back then, it was only herpes. nm -- nm - groinzerker Sep 19, 14:29 19
    - note :I did not HAVE herpes, mind you, but HIV was only starting to get out there. nm -- nm - groinzerker Sep 19, 14:31 18
      - HPV was already around. -- nm - loosilu Sep 19, 14:32 17
        
        sure, but it was not really out there. I had never heard of it in 1988. nm -- nm - groinzerker Sep 19, 14:32 16
        
        it may not have been widely known, but it was epidemic. -- nm - loosilu Sep 19, 14:34 15
        
        And the Band Played On is a great biography of those early days of AIDS. -- nm - peglegpete Sep 19, 14:37 8
        
        HPV! HPV!!! not HIV -- nm - loosilu Sep 19, 14:39 2
        
        D'oh!! :( -- nm - peglegpete Sep 19, 14:46
        
        2 out of 3 letters, close enough. nm -- nm - groinzerker Sep 19, 14:40
        
        I can remember in 1989 just beginning to hear about this disease that killed gay people. - groinzerker Sep 19, 14:38 4
        
        I know we talked about it a lot in college (starting in 1986) so it was out earlier. Guess it wasn't general knowledge yet. -- nm - loosilu Sep 19, 14:40 3
        
        well, I would hope your college was in more tune with it than my Public High School was. nm -- nm - groinzerker Sep 19, 14:43 2
        
        I was also a biology major so we had to be. -- nm - loosilu Sep 19, 14:44 1
        
        ...but I'm pretty sure we didn't talk about it in HS. My school was as bad as any public school - loosilu Sep 19, 14:44
        
        well, as a 17 year old, I was not tuned into the HPV epidemic. nm -- nm - groinzerker Sep 19, 14:35
        
        Ladies, we can all agree Jenny woulda let that diseased man get with her, vaccine or not. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 19, 14:35 4
        
        why didn't she? -- nm - loosilu Sep 19, 14:35 3
        
        NEW SUBJECT!!!!! nm -- nm - groinzerker Sep 19, 14:36 2
        
        *laughing* -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 19, 14:37 1
        
        ditto -- nm - peglegpete Sep 19, 14:38
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- Is it... - the wrong element, bad guy Sep 19, 14:29
- (spoiler) - spamlet Sep 19, 14:29 5
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    - I think my guess is the reasning for it. - the wrong element, bad guy Sep 19, 14:32 1
      - Right, they went with RB for McCluster and don't remove during the year (at least at ESPN). He'll be WR only next year. -- nm - spamlet Sep 19, 14:33
    - Both Mondays, one of the podcasts I listen to from ESPN has clearly stated they won't move him. - spamlet Sep 19, 14:31 1
      - ESPN really doesn't like multiple positio eligibility in football. - the wrong element, bad guy Sep 19, 14:35
outwit, outlast, outplay -- nm - peglegpete Sep 19, 14:26

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