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Hungary, Bulgarian national soccer teams have to play their next WC qualifiers in empty stadiums because their fans are racist assholes. -- (link) - znufrii Feb 5, 07:13 1
- That's a little unfair for the teams they are playing against. -- nm - Roger More Feb 5, 07:16
So, this website launched this morning, who still has doubts? -- (link) - MDH Feb 5, 07:00 16
- heh, it's blocked here. -- nm - Andie Feb 5, 07:02
- I don't think that's necessarily saying anything -- nm - znufrii Feb 5, 07:02 14
  - Shes doing exactly what was predicted. 1) Get her name out there for 2 years 2) Become huge in social media/the web - MDH Feb 5, 07:05 7
    - Did you expect one of the most famous people in the world to go completely dark? - Will Hunting Feb 5, 07:08 6
      - Two words. Al Gore. - MDH Feb 5, 07:12 5
        
        It's hard to top inventing the internet -- nm - oblique [220] Feb 5, 07:12 4
        
        and stopping Global Warming -- nm - Beaker Feb 5, 07:13 3
        
        And riding the mighty Moon Worm. -- nm - Roger More Feb 5, 07:17
        
        It's over now? Great. I can go back to being carbon rich again? -- nm - oblique [220] Feb 5, 07:14 1
        
        Al Gore is that good -- nm - Beaker Feb 5, 07:14
  - It's saying she's ready to make money on speaking engagements now. -- nm - Ender Feb 5, 07:03 5
    - Yep. She's putting together a POC for her future; whatever it may be. - Will Hunting Feb 5, 07:09 3
      - Could you imagine them speaking together at an event. Mind blown. -- nm - MDH Feb 5, 07:12 2
        
        I can't even imagine them sleeping in the same building. -- nm - Ender Feb 5, 07:18
        
        I thought it was Bill that got blown? -- nm - oblique [220] Feb 5, 07:13
    - which she would probably do regardless of whether or not she is expecting to run for president in 2016. -- nm - znufrii Feb 5, 07:06
13 year old girl sends Hello Kitty to the edge of space -- (link) - Beaker Feb 5, 06:53 1
- Goodbye, Kitty. -- nm - Was Bar Was Feb 5, 07:10
DC to get a new line of defense: Blimps -- (link) - MDH Feb 5, 06:53 1
- oh the Humanity! -- nm - Beaker Feb 5, 06:53
From B2 for James Bond: If you are looking for something interesting and in demand.....fertility doctor.....never seen one that is not successful..... - Walt_Disney Feb 5, 06:53
the life aquatic is $6.32 criterion at amazon ... -- (link) - amanda Feb 5, 06:48
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- *detours to Austria* -- nm - Tiger Woods Feb 5, 06:56
18% of Democrats waited at least a half-hour to vote, compared with 11% of Independents and 9% of Republicans -- (link) - ty97 Feb 5, 06:32 6
- eh. they're probably fraudulent anyway. -- nm - znufrii Feb 5, 06:47
- That'll teach them to live in cities. -- nm - Was Bar Was Feb 5, 06:44 1
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- I'll tell them what could help speed up the lines...how about electronic voting machines that don't crash every 51.7 seconds? - Jim Feb 5, 06:43
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- mop? -- nm - Spawn Feb 5, 07:13
- I still think that all of the Dellionaire stories are fantastic. -- nm - MDH Feb 5, 07:02
- So just curious, how does that work? Do all the shareholders essentially get cash for their shares like a forced sell? -- nm - oblique [220] Feb 5, 06:42 5
  - Here are the deets. Like any other buyout but just led by Michael Dell. -- (link) - spamlet Feb 5, 06:50 2
    - Yeah, I read that. I was just curious as to the practical aspect of how that works - oblique [220] Feb 5, 06:59
    - I think the interesting part is MicroSoft is only lending in the deal not taking an equity stake as expected. -- nm - spamlet Feb 5, 06:56
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    - I suppose that had to go to a shareholder vote at some point? Seems like in some ways there would be plenty of people that might not approve -- nm - oblique [220] Feb 5, 06:46
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FedEx vs. the Internet -- (link) - znufrii Feb 5, 06:30
So we caught up The Following last night (2 episodes). because of Bacon and Purefoy, I'll keep watching...however (spoils) - Jim Feb 5, 06:20 11
- I'm cool with how it's playing out. Again, suspending disbelief a little. My concern moving forward........ - volnelk Feb 5, 06:36 7
  - I agree... - Mel Profit Feb 5, 06:58 2
    - it will be an easy fallback if they are bad writrs -- nm - Beaker Feb 5, 07:02 1
      - then again if the writing is good it could be one heck of a series. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 5, 07:06
  - Speculation questions/spoils - Jim Feb 5, 06:41 3
    - this could be the fun part of the show too. Who is on which side? -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 5, 07:07 2
      - Yep. It's hard for us too cause (spoils, sorta, I guess) - Jim Feb 5, 07:11 1
        
        Spoils - TWuG Feb 5, 07:15
- agree with all -- nm - Beaker Feb 5, 06:27
- And the Bones thing from B2 (spoils) - Jim Feb 5, 06:21 1
  - Also...it seemed like that whole scene (and that angle for that matter) served only to raise awareness for NF -- nm - Jim Feb 5, 06:24
Should I post the footage of Gronk slam-dancing in Vegas and landing on his broken forearem or will that just makes things worse? - Diva Feb 5, 06:14 3
- I was just reading this on the way in. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 5, 06:58
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  - ha! -- nm - Diva Feb 5, 06:21
Now that I work in a bigger open plan office we share the space with the Drama dept. A producer saw I'm reading a book they're doing a tv version for - LMS Feb 5, 06:11 1
- nice! -- nm - znufrii Feb 5, 06:13
Save the Jughandle! -- (link) - znufrii Feb 5, 06:04
Truck Day! -- nm - CQ Feb 5, 05:46 1
- Thank God. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 5, 05:47
The Americans premiere spoils (Rating: A) - Beaker Feb 5, 05:23 2
- I don't think Felcity is supposed to be likable. She's an anti-hero character if not an outright villain. (spoils) - Mop on Macbook Air Feb 5, 06:41
- hee. F*cktards. Good examples: Revolution, 24, Homeland, V -- nm - Jovian Feb 5, 06:03
Rumours are Dell will likely go private in the near future -- nm - Beaker Feb 5, 05:15 1
- No more status updates on FB? -- nm - Spawn Feb 5, 05:49
workers meeting at LEGO in a few houers probably layoffs to be discussed - DaneDukeNuuk Feb 5, 05:08 2
- Despite the fancy plant in Denmark, I don't see how they don't move all manufacturing overseas eventually. -- nm - Mop on Macbook Air Feb 5, 06:44 1
  - Manufacturing close to market is in vogue right now. -- nm - Roger More Feb 5, 07:01
MPs vote today on the Same Sex Marriage Bill. -- (link) - LMS Feb 5, 04:57
Well, it happened: a "big" group named "fun." has a song (Carry On) about "teenage suicide", telling kids "don't do it". - nubby, Astro-lord Feb 5, 04:22
Feb 5, 1919 � Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists. -- nm - Beaker Feb 5, 03:44 5
- 1958 � A hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb is lost by the US Air Force off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, never to be recovered. -- nm - Beaker Feb 5, 03:45 4
  - That's a crazy story, I had never heard that before. -- nm - J Feb 5, 04:01
  - 1972 � Bob Douglas becomes the first African American elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame. -- nm - Beaker Feb 5, 03:45 2
    - 1985 � Ugo Vetere, then the mayor of Rome, and Chedli Klibi, then the mayor of Carthage meet in Tunis to sign a treaty of friendship officially ending - Beaker Feb 5, 03:46 1
      - 1864 retreat from "dannevirke" starts General De Meza abandons the unkeepable defence postitons -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Feb 5, 04:09
Apparently, Jason London got messed up pretty bad in that bar fight and he's had to undergo reconstructive surgery. -- (link) - Mop on Macbook Air Feb 5, 02:49 2
- is this the incident where he pooped in the cop car? -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 5, 04:28 1
  - Yes. Yes it is. -- nm - Mop on Macbook Air Feb 5, 06:46
I'm heartbroken that extremists set fire to the manuscripts in Timbuktu, relieved that only about 5% were destroyed, and hopeful... - Mop on Macbook Air Feb 5, 01:39 2
- Scanning ancient texts??? Have you never seen that episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 5, 05:27
- put google on it :) -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Feb 5, 05:20
so now everybody is doing "so god made a (insert your job here)" meme now...I guess to replace that what I think I do, what mom thinks I do thing -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 4, 23:55 2
- "so god made Kai" -- nm - Beryllium Feb 5, 00:37 1
  - Then Kai killed Jesus. -- nm - Mop on Macbook Air Feb 5, 01:40
i think they probably had to bleep this guy's interview -- (link) - charlie Feb 4, 23:32 [youtube] 3
- That's awesome, and more than a little bit disturbing. Thank God for hatchet wielding homeless hitchhikers. -- nm - Mop on Macbook Air Feb 5, 00:07
- "How old are you? . . . . *shrug* I can't call it" -- nm - charlie Feb 4, 23:39 1
  - If you ever need a guy to play this role, call me. I know a guy. :) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 5, 00:37
I keep waiting for Beautiful Creatures to be revealed as an elaborate prank. -- nm - Reagen Feb 4, 23:21 9
- Alden Ehrenreich! -- nm - Dano Feb 5, 06:24
- It is truly the most ridiculous looking thing I've seen in forever. - Kim Pine Feb 5, 06:01 4
  - hey... just so you know i am addicted to Happy Street. it's all your fault. -- nm - Andie Feb 5, 06:02 3
    - Are you on Game Center? - Kim Pine Feb 5, 06:08 2
      - i am not on game centre yet, but i could be easily enough. - Andie Feb 5, 06:10 1
        
        Right now I have only a couple, because I spent them all on the Chinese Mask store. - Kim Pine Feb 5, 06:20
- does anyone know what it actually *is*? -- nm - charlie Feb 4, 23:29 2
  - I think it involves human pon farr. -- nm - Max Feb 5, 00:08
  - it's based on the YA novel, right? (spoilers) - b! Feb 4, 23:45
ika. eep/amusement. - b! Feb 4, 23:18 4
- *gasp* that's exactly what the spy would say! j'accuse! -- nm - mafic Feb 4, 23:25 3
  - so deeply undercover, I don't even know it myself! - b! Feb 4, 23:41 2
    - I saw the message and thought all of this. - Mel Profit Feb 5, 03:51 1
      - If you don't know who the spy is....then its *you* -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 5, 11:24
Space rock expected to pass so freaking close (how close johnny) within the orbits of geosyncronous satellites, NASA says -- (link) - zeitgeist Feb 4, 23:07
"big and round and easily destroyed through his garbage hole" -- nm - Beryllium Feb 4, 22:51
Peter Weller is very good tonight on 50, and he directed it -- nm - peglegpete Feb 4, 22:39
least surprising casting ever? Kristen Wiig joins Anchorman 2 -- (link) - charlie Feb 4, 22:26
Wow. Just wow. There is a systemic failure of common sense and decency in America. -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 4, 22:21 5
- Reality television - OAE -- aka OAE Feb 5, 06:53
- that's almost mild -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 4, 22:49
- We call it, "The Internet." -- nm - Qale Feb 4, 22:26 1
  - The Internet shines a light on it. The scuzzy multitudes seem to be blind, though. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 4, 22:39
- this guy appears to be a professional troll. He's also requested donations to be a "Twitter hashtag monitor" - Reagen Feb 4, 22:24
Soooo.. there is like 3-4 police cars and like 8 cops outside my building. They also arrived with sirens so it means it is actually something serious. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor Feb 4, 22:15 10
- They're on to you. -- nm - Mop on Macbook Air Feb 4, 23:55
- I can't remember, and don't have your address here - are you in L.A. itself? - b! Feb 4, 22:21 5
  - if it is on 4, Meg will see it -- nm - peglegpete Feb 4, 22:32
  - I tried listening before and it is a bit too confusing. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor Feb 4, 22:30
  - you may want to report a missing ")" by the way. -- nm - b! Feb 4, 22:26 2
    - its a hypothetical parenthetical -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 4, 23:11
    - haha -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Feb 4, 22:31
- go to the top of the roof and scream "You'll never take me alive, coppers!" -- nm - charlie Feb 4, 22:15 2
  - Goes to channel 9 and waits for the news choppers to show up... -- nm - BAD Feb 4, 22:21 1
    - Go big or go home -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor Feb 4, 22:22
I just saw the Borderlands 2/Tiny Tina controversy link. The amusing thing is the voice actress is the BL2 writer's sister. - Tim Feb 4, 21:58 1
- the original guy who complained is out of a job now - Reagen Feb 4, 22:04
I expect this will go nowhere, but there's going to be a bill introduced to end pot prohibition tomorrow. -- (link) - Reagen Feb 4, 21:54 15
- who here can we trust to manage the ST co-op of federally licensed warehouses? -- nm - peglegpete Feb 4, 22:42
- "that a federal tax of $50 per ounce"? That seems excessive, doesn't it? - JaxSean Feb 4, 22:15 9
  - It's a lot. One ounce is a widely used dividing line between user and dealer -- nm - con_carne Feb 4, 22:29
  - A bit high for an ounce. The price varies a lot but it could be anywhere from $120 for dirt weed to $400-600 for high end good weed. -- nm - Krusty Feb 4, 22:19 7
    - if it happens, I imagine the tax would be similar (as a proportion of the whole) to tobacco, which is ~40% in the US. so if anything, that's low. - mafic Feb 4, 23:14 1
      - It would be counterproductive to tax pot that high, since people have become ersatz experts at growing their own. - con_carne Feb 4, 23:24
    - that's comparable to the taxes (state and fed) on booze -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 4, 22:58 2
      - Not really. It would be significanly higher than what the fed and state charge for either alcohol or tobacco. - Krusty Feb 4, 23:10 1
        
        And here in NY they want to charge a tax of $4.35 for an ounce of loose tobacco. - Krusty Feb 4, 23:15
    - So if it were legal, would the price likely drop? -- nm - JaxSean Feb 4, 22:28 1
      - That's a good question. I don't know enough to have an answer, sorry. - Krusty Feb 4, 23:04
- I would watch a "Lincoln"-style movie about Obama and pot legalization, though -- nm - con_carne Feb 4, 22:13
- aha, so eliminating the penny was a preparatory move. -- nm - Max Feb 4, 22:00 2
  - In the US! Ha, like Harper would let a pro-pot vote happen. -- nm - Reagen Feb 4, 22:11 1
    - "What? Pol Pot? Love that guy!" -- nm - Beryllium Feb 4, 22:12
the following sorta spoilery. - b! Feb 4, 21:48 4
- alrighty. (end spoils) - b! Feb 4, 22:04
- "the following" -- nm - b! Feb 4, 21:48 2
  - spoilery about what? ;-) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 4, 21:51 1
    - :) - -- nm - b! Feb 4, 21:56
the prick punch is not a toy -- nm - charlie Feb 4, 21:36

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