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Well, my 6 year old lost her first tooth -- nm - oblique, better than nubby Feb 10, 13:11
The Von Erich Family as a whole to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. -- nm - Remlik Feb 10, 13:10 1
- RAW spoils - TFox Feb 10, 13:11
January Hybrid sales dashboard. Hybrid Pickup Trucks started selling - I wonder who the 7 people who bought one was. -- (link) - JaxSean Feb 10, 13:01
How can they charge everyone but Phelps? Doesn't that just give the defense an easy target? -- nm - Beaker Feb 10, 12:58 12
- the whole thing is SUCH a waste of everyone's time. -- nm - Andie Feb 10, 13:06 9
  - Not saying they haven't overdone it, but obvious evidence of illegal activity was printed/broadcast everywhere. They have to do *something* -- nm - Dano Feb 10, 13:10 1
    - or at least *look* like they're doing something... -- nm - znufrii Feb 10, 13:11
  - They really should have asked Obama his take on it last night, once he finished on ARod. -- nm - TFox Feb 10, 13:07 5
    - *shoots the reporter from the Washington Post* -- nm - znufrii Feb 10, 13:08 4
      - If you were there, you could have asked him to weigh in on your opera tickets. -- nm - TFox Feb 10, 13:08 3
        
        you're just jealous you haven't been invited yet. -- nm - znufrii Feb 10, 13:09 2
        
        As much as I actually enjoy opera, I am trying to picture our conversation in the lobby. - TFox Feb 10, 13:11 1
        
        (spoiler) - znufrii Feb 10, 13:12
  - no it's not! it's everyones job. they absolutely MUST pursue it to the bitter end. -- nm - ty97 si Feb 10, 13:07
- Whatever. They need proof for any of this to stick. In the case of Phelps, it's a guy in a picture holding an object made of glass. -- nm - Mop Feb 10, 13:00
- for selective prosecution -- nm - Beaker Feb 10, 12:58
We've all seen this video before, now with commentary. -- (link) - Mop Feb 10, 12:58
Has anyone read "The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable"? -- nm - Loyola Feb 10, 12:57 5
- Is this a Lost thing? -- nm - Mop Feb 10, 12:58 2
  - here's a summary and review of the book (from the Economist) - Roger More Feb 10, 13:05
  - No. -- nm - Loyola Feb 10, 13:02
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  - I'm thinking of getting it. 27 dollars for the ebook. Looks interesting. -- nm - Loyola Feb 10, 12:59
Maybe you have broadband wireless internet in your neck of the woods and don't even know it. -- (link) - Mop Feb 10, 12:54
The NY Times pleads with the Obama administration: Wall Street executives *can't* live on $500,000/year! -- (link) - Mop Feb 10, 12:52 30
- SITWAP! :) -- nm - Shaun Feb 10, 12:56
- What I've been pondering: What if this forces them to default on their mortgages? - ty97 Feb 10, 12:53 16
  - I thought the cap was for new hires, not existing CEOs -- nm - con_carne Feb 10, 12:59 1
    - That would take what little shred of sense the cap makes, and shred that shred. -- nm - TFox Feb 10, 13:03
  - Not only that, but their discretionary, "silly" spending keeps a lot of people employed. -- nm - loosilu Feb 10, 12:55 12
    - And yet, I bet those people manage to live on a lot less than half a mil a year. -- nm - TaurusII Feb 10, 12:58 8
      - they'll have to when they lose their jobs. -- nm - loosilu Feb 10, 12:58 7
        
        My question is, if they've mismanaged their companies so badly, why do these people still have jobs at all? -- nm - TaurusII Feb 10, 13:03 6
        
        Too ritzy to fail! -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 13:06
        
        I'm not talking about the execs, I'm talking about the significant economy that their large salaries support. -- nm - loosilu Feb 10, 13:06 4
        
        Then why require them to work at all? They'd do less damage if we just gave them a couple of million a year. -- nm - TaurusII Feb 10, 13:12
        
        Does the government ever embark on wasteful spending in your eyes? - Loyola Feb 10, 13:11 2
        
        this isn't an outlay. this is cutting a stream of revenue. -- nm - loosilu Feb 10, 13:12 1
        
        It's an individual's outlay into the wider economy once he's received his wage packet that you seek to justify under the auspices that his spending of - Loyola Feb 10, 13:15
    - So does wars. What's your point? -- nm - Loyola Feb 10, 12:56 2
      - *speechless* -- nm - loosilu Feb 10, 12:57 1
        
        Forgot my smiley face :) -- nm - Loyola Feb 10, 12:57
  - I'm guessing they know someone at the bank that will let them slide. -- nm - Mop Feb 10, 12:53
- Yeah...they're breaking - Jim Feb 10, 12:52 11
  - *laughing* -- nm - Loyola Feb 10, 12:58
  - I'm not crying for them, but the government mandated pay cap is stupid stupid stupid anyway -- nm - ty97 Feb 10, 12:55 3
    - If this is in regards to the money the government is bailing them out with...I'm all for a cap. - Jim Feb 10, 12:55 2
      - That's a great way to recruit people to actually fix the problems. - ty97 Feb 10, 13:01
      - oh crap. -- nm - Half of the Service Industry in Manhattan Feb 10, 12:56
  - Maybe they can dig into their savings and spend some of those billions they were paid in past years? -- nm - Mop Feb 10, 12:53 5
    - Savings? What, like a bank account? Bah. Like THEY would trust banks. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 10, 12:54 3
      - Remember that the FDIC used to only insure $100,000. Those $2billion in savings just became a lot less! -- nm - Mop Feb 10, 12:56 2
        
        if you put more than $100K in one bank account, you're a moron. -- nm - loosilu Feb 10, 12:59 1
        
        a *RICH* moron -- nm - rich moron si Feb 10, 13:07
    - Word. -- nm - Jim Feb 10, 12:53
California's going to hell in a handbasket... if they could afford the handbasket. -- (link) - Mop Feb 10, 12:50
SITWAP: Want to save the planet? Cut back on the steaks and hamburgers. -- (link) - TaurusII Feb 10, 12:49 6
- I predict it will take "sin" taxes up the yin yang for Americans to quit beef - con_carne Feb 10, 12:57 1
  - or a livestock disease. -- nm - loosilu Feb 10, 12:57
- I'm currently waiting for my bacon cheeseburger to be ready. -- nm - Dano Feb 10, 12:54
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  - It's interesting though. - TFox Feb 10, 12:54 1
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- title? -- nm - Remlik Feb 10, 13:00 2
  - Without Warning. (Thanks ML - I just reserved my copy at the library) -- nm - Roger More Feb 10, 13:02 1
    - danke. -- nm - Remlik Feb 10, 13:05
- I don't think I'll be borrowing that one from you, after all. -- nm - TaurusII Feb 10, 12:50
If this NHL rumour turns out to be true, I will be PUMPED. -- (link) - Shaun Feb 10, 12:43 4
- ban on fighting? -- nm - Beaker Feb 10, 12:54
- Jagr? ugh -- nm - CQ Feb 10, 12:44 1
  - Pfft. Just because he couldn't bring NY a Cup like Messier did... -- nm - Shaun Feb 10, 12:54
- Moving to Hamilton, 'eh? -- nm - Mop Feb 10, 12:43
My God. I actually beat my head against my desk, listening to this. -- (link) - Mop Feb 10, 12:38 [youtube]
TT what music service downloading or subscription service do you use - eag Feb 10, 12:37 25
- amazon. iTunes if I have gift cards. -- nm - Callisto Feb 10, 12:55 1
  - Same. I think it's been a year since my last iTunes music download. -- nm - David Feb 10, 12:56
- Only Amazon. -- nm - Ender Feb 10, 12:54
- KEXP song of the day Podcast. NIN remix Highest Rated podcast. -- nm - lileve Feb 10, 12:54
- eMusic (ending this month) and Amazon. iTunes occasionally. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 10, 12:48 1
  - (Actually, the only time I've used iTunes in the last few years has been because of gift cards or free downloads.) -- nm - JaxSean Feb 10, 12:52
- itunes -- nm - Stacy Feb 10, 12:48
- thepiratebay.org -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 10, 12:44 1
  - ^5 -- nm - Shaun Feb 10, 12:53
- Limewire. -- nm - Shaun Feb 10, 12:44
- Usually iTunes, sometimes I'll buy the CD. -- nm - TaurusII Feb 10, 12:42
- eMusic, Amazon, iTunes (in order of downloads per month) -- nm - JD Feb 10, 12:39
- I still buy CDs. But, if I had to I'd use Amazon -- nm - con_carne Feb 10, 12:39 5
  - I too still buy CDs. I have a formula where the CD cannot cost more than $1 per song that I like. -- nm - Mop Feb 10, 12:43
  - Im sure you still buy casettes and 8 tracks and records too huh?:) - eag Feb 10, 12:41 3
    - "millennium". It's got two "n"s. -- nm - Mop Feb 10, 12:42 2
      - Well thank you verry much mr helpy helper:) -- nm - eag Feb 10, 12:44 1
        
        "You haven't heard of the Millenium Facon?" - Mop Feb 10, 12:46
- Amazon. My wife uses iTunes -- nm - oblique, better than nubby Feb 10, 12:39
- mostly ITunes, some Amazon -- nm - ty97 Feb 10, 12:38 3
  - me too. and I use patryk and karen's rhapsody. -- nm - candy hearts love mandy lane Feb 10, 12:39 2
    - Kare has a music service? -- nm - eag Feb 10, 12:40 1
      - "Rhapsody in Pink" by Strauss -- nm - con_carne Feb 10, 12:43
- n/a, really, though if I had to, I'd use iTunes or Amazon, -- nm - znufrii Feb 10, 12:38
- TT/ST poll -- nm - eag Feb 10, 12:37
SITWAP: Judges tentatively decide California needs to release tens of thousands of inmates. What could possibly go wrong? -- (link) - TaurusII Feb 10, 12:32
Speaking of small domiciles, the narrowest house in America is here in Alexandria, VA. -- (link) - loosilu Feb 10, 12:27 4
- "this is *NOT* awesome" -- nm - prayformojo Feb 10, 12:32 3
  - I wish I could have custom text page ringtones. I would think about this one. -- nm - candy hearts love mandy lane Feb 10, 12:38
  - I just want to cook an omelette! -- nm - con_carne Feb 10, 12:35
  - I'm laughing. -- nm - candy hearts love mandy lane Feb 10, 12:34
Peanut Corp shuts down a second plant. -- (link) - Mop Feb 10, 12:26 1
- "How are you even a company?" -- nm - con_carne Feb 10, 12:27
ST DMF: Do I have an afternoon snack, or leave more points for snacking after dinner. - ty97 Feb 10, 12:25 1
- Tough it out. -- nm - Loyola Feb 10, 12:28
LYC, I found out how to send text to an IM account. (At least AIM.) You just address the text message to 265010 and then in the message field put the - mara Feb 10, 12:21
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- So is this like if Netflix and Blockbuster merged? -- nm - Dano Feb 10, 12:49
- "Ticketmaster Chairman Barry Diller...defended the merger, saying it won�t lead to higher prices." Yeah, riiiiiiiiight. - TaurusII Feb 10, 12:35 4
  - It would work better if he always just stated the opposite of what he meant - con_carne Feb 10, 12:41
  - I am somewhat amazed how willingly they lies about things like this. -- nm - ty97 Feb 10, 12:36
  - uh huh. -- nm - znufrii Feb 10, 12:36 1
    - and when you're done there, i've got a bridge to sell you. -- nm - znufrii Feb 10, 12:36
- I hope Congress rips them a new one -- nm - con_carne Feb 10, 12:22
- Pearl Jam and Springsteen need to form a Voltron like creature to do battle with this beast. -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 12:22 1
  - If Pearl Jam couldn't do it over 10 years ago...no one can. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 10, 12:24
Bar Refaeli is no Marissa Miller. -- nm - David Feb 10, 12:20 12
- i still maintain that marissa miller has a very man-ish face -- nm - prayformojo Feb 10, 12:32 1
  - I never found her that attractive prior to the iPod shot. After that, I really, really do. -- nm - David Feb 10, 12:38
- Marissa Miller is way hotter in pictures than she is when you see her live (at least on tv). - pmb Feb 10, 12:26 1
  - I'd believe that. Models have creepy body types in a lot of ways. -- nm - David Feb 10, 12:29
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  - Semi-related: it's inevitable that some anti-semetic person has a headline reading: - David Feb 10, 12:26 3
    - I've already seen this joke about an Adolf Hitler biopic. -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 12:27 2
      - I hate people. -- nm - David Feb 10, 12:29 1
        
        (but in the context of how wrong that would be.) -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 12:30
  - I bet she's had her share of juice. -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 12:23 2
    - I hate Juice. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 10, 12:24 1
      - Death To The Juice! -- nm - znufrii Feb 10, 12:25
Sq Cubic feet? Is it a matrix of apartments? -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 12:17 15
- He is not ready to star in a certain reality show. -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Feb 10, 12:22
- I was thinking for foam parties, obvie -- nm - con_carne Feb 10, 12:20
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  - the interdimensional storage space would be convenient though. -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 12:21 2
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      - using the Siphon of Euclid -- nm - Beryllium Feb 10, 12:54
  - that's nothing new. - znufrii Feb 10, 12:20 7
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      - your point only holds if the amount given to the banks by the government is less than their overall corporate income tax liability in a given year - znufrii Feb 10, 12:43 3
        
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        1. fair enough, but I don't see those people going to Vegas. - znufrii Feb 10, 12:56 1
        
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      - you guys have a peculiar relationship. -- nm - loosilu Feb 10, 12:40 1
        
        tell me about it. -- nm - znufrii Feb 10, 12:45
- "What's the volume of this room?" -- nm - Mop Feb 10, 12:19
Tystravaganza! -- nm - ty97 Feb 10, 12:15 4
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  - Easier on your couch! -- nm - con_carne Feb 10, 12:18 1
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