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Do we really care about that much about the Jody Arias case - Eag Apr 16, 10:48 9
- I have zero idea what this is, so no. -- nm - spamlet Apr 16, 10:51 1
  - this. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 16, 10:51
- About who? -- nm - Ender Apr 16, 10:51 1
  - this -- nm - JaxSean Apr 16, 10:51
- abcnews.com sure does. -- nm - Diva Apr 16, 10:51
- I still do not know what this case is about...And I don't want to know -- nm - amoxy Apr 16, 10:50
- I wouldn't have ever heard of it, except for Kathy Griffin's bravo show -- nm - MDH Apr 16, 10:50
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- on a scale of 1 to 10 - I'm a 5 -- nm - Epiphany Apr 16, 10:49
If you use the word "Widgets" more than twice in a meeting, then - gentlemen, your product is already dead. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 16, 10:48 4
- My current project is turning our custom web pages into widgets. -- nm - Ender Apr 16, 10:52 1
  - heh :) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 16, 10:53
- I need an escape plan. This is insanity. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 16, 10:50 1
  - read dilbert -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 16, 10:56
The Times Higher Education world university rankings for 2012-2013... -- (link) - Don Homer Apr 16, 10:47 1
- Holler, #97 -- nm - MDH Apr 16, 10:51
Good news for Canada -- (link) - Todd Manning Apr 16, 10:44
The main result from a highly influential article cited in public and policy debates about the importance of debt stabilization was based on a sloppy - Don Homer Apr 16, 10:43
the events of the past 24 hours or so have me pretty dazed. - Diva Apr 16, 10:41 14
- Awww hell Deevs :( wish I was there to drink a big bottle of sassy red with you! - JenBro Apr 16, 11:34
- tim mie isn't playing around. - Mel Profit Apr 16, 10:44 9
  - this morning, there were 4 bomb detecting dogs in Union Station here, that I saw. and TONS of cops. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 16, 10:49 3
    - It was odd...I saw a few more transit cops and one lone national guard kid. - Mel Profit Apr 16, 10:51 2
      - maybe stuff you can't see. -- nm - loosilu Apr 16, 10:52
      - wow - there's tons down here. -- nm - Diva Apr 16, 10:51
  - Mark Wahlberg be busting some heads if that happens. -- nm - Max Apr 16, 10:47 1
    - his contribution to the MTV music awards was pretty good. A Catfish homage - Epiphany Apr 16, 10:50
  - yeah - the fine folks from Dorcha-cha won't waste a minute beatin' some a$$ over this. - Diva Apr 16, 10:46 2
    - It's one thing to pick on the nice and calm kids from berkley...Dot is another matter entirely. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 16, 10:48 1
      - apparently that's their plan, getting beat up is a rite of passage for the group, and they get to sue, the assailant, the cops, all the top guys are - zeitgeist Apr 16, 10:55
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  - Yup. It still bothers me seeing them. -- nm - Krusty Apr 16, 10:51
- And now I have 'My Little Buttercup' in my head for the rest of the day. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Apr 16, 10:43
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- spoils - TWuG Apr 16, 10:43 4
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    - Star Trek spoilers - Beaker Apr 16, 10:48 2
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        Yep. That's where Bender Bending Rodriguez came from, they say. (spoils) - Beryllium Apr 16, 10:52
Civ V: Brave New World preview -- (link) - znufrii Apr 16, 10:39
Syfy Defiance 2-hour premeire: C- - Jovian Apr 16, 10:38
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- too soon! -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 16, 10:40 2
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    - I hope you get more snow. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 16, 10:49
The PQ seems determine to sabotage themselves with this Bill 14 nonsense. - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 16, 10:37
Best mother/daughter relationship on TV! -- (link) - Todd Manning Apr 16, 10:35 [youtube] 1
- So... ah... not cable TV. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 16, 10:38
The product endorsements on Cougar Town have been shameless. -- nm - David Apr 16, 10:30 8
- The AutoTrader one was all sorts of bad -- nm - MDH Apr 16, 10:50
- if you use Botox you too could look this good! -- nm - Beaker Apr 16, 10:32 5
  - does Christa Miller still look like she injects hippos in her lips? -- nm - Beaker Apr 16, 10:33 4
    - Actually, I think she's sagged some this year, she's been looking a lot more normal than she used to. -- nm - Brando Apr 16, 10:37 1
      - sfan -- nm - Ender Apr 16, 10:42
    - yes. When she talks she looks like a ventriloquist. -- nm - Max Apr 16, 10:36 1
      - sad, loved her when she started on The Drew Carey Show (even the first few seasons of Scrubs) -- nm - Beaker Apr 16, 10:37
- The Target one was funny. Others, not so much. But I still prefer they be overt. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 16, 10:32
So, in my effort to force it to be spring, despite the cold. I did my annual Springtime First Listen of Operation: Mindcrime this morning. - Jim Apr 16, 10:26 1
- You're too dad for Queensrÿche. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 16, 10:30
Test your knowledge of the band Rush -- (link) - Beaker Apr 16, 10:18 13
- The words of the prophets were written on the studio wall. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Apr 16, 10:34
- They named a song after a Mark Twain character. And I think they're Canadian. There. That's my knowledge of the band Rush. -- nm - Brando Apr 16, 10:28 7
  - And there singer did a spot on the McKenzie Brothers album. nm -- nm - Jim Apr 16, 10:31 4
    - wrong. the band did not. Geddy Lee however did. -- nm - Remlik Apr 16, 10:46
    - Ten bucks is ten bucks. -- nm - TWuG Apr 16, 10:33 2
      - take off eh, you hoser -- nm - Beaker Apr 16, 10:33 1
        
        It's a drum solo! Okay, everyone, like this is me on the drums! -- nm - TWuG Apr 16, 10:37
  - My single favorite Rush moment remains the Tom Sawyer scene in "Chuck". It's pure nerdgasm. - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 16, 10:29 1
    - The music of the universe. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 16, 10:31
- This is like the Jackie Robinson category on Jeopardy last night. - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 16, 10:25
- I know they suck. -- nm - David Apr 16, 10:23
- Is there any more knowledge necessary than knowing how to air guitar and air drum? -- nm - Max Apr 16, 10:19
- No. -- nm - Reagen Apr 16, 10:18
So what the heck is it with this particular week in April that we have had all these incidents - Eag Apr 16, 10:17 2
- (spoils) - znufrii Apr 16, 10:17 1
  - Sap rises . . . all sortsa stuff blossoms. . . -- nm - OAE -- aka Old Antarctic Explorer Apr 16, 10:39
Fringe Season 1 spoilers - amoxy Apr 16, 10:13 4
- Yeah. Remember this post when (spoilers) - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 16, 10:15 3
  - (season 4 spoilers) - Beryllium Apr 16, 10:16 2
    - Heh. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 16, 10:16
    - that might be a season 5 spoiler, too. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 16, 10:16
now we need Anna Kendrick and Miley Cyrus to do a video together. Clop Clop, Wop Wop -- nm - Max Apr 16, 10:13 1
- I'd watch that. -- nm - Todd Manning Apr 16, 10:19
do I make myself a tuna sandwich for lunch or go pick up a cheesesteak. - znufrii Apr 16, 10:12 7
- Ask your neighbor for some mayo -- offer to make two tunas - OAE -- aka Old Antarctic Explorer Apr 16, 10:40
- Heh, I just now changed my lunch plan from egg to tuna salad. Remembered I was planning eggs for dinner :) -- nm - Meg Apr 16, 10:19 1
  - Like eggs but never liked egg salad -- nm - Eag Apr 16, 10:21
- For lunch yesterday, I had tuna salad on Ritz crackers - amoxy Apr 16, 10:14 1
  - I've done that with Triscuits....mmmm.... -- nm - znufrii Apr 16, 10:16
- depends on the quality of the cheesesteak. bad ones are really bad. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 16, 10:13 1
  - the place here is not the best I've had, but pretty good -- nm - znufrii Apr 16, 10:23
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford eats a camera -- (link) - Remlik Apr 16, 10:12 1
- "He's the first politician in history whose future opponents' attack ads will be nothing but a gallery of GIFs." -- nm - Andie Apr 16, 10:37
Science Club had another periodic table cookie sale yesterday. Another beryllium cookie down. Still no harsh effects. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 16, 10:10 2
- curiously enough, in cookie form, the only real side effects to a beryllium cookie shows up in the stomach area -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Apr 16, 10:11
- No worries - you'll have to inhale them before you suffer side effects -- nm - Beryllium Apr 16, 10:11
Can you guess how many baseball movies have made $100 million domestically? Can you name them? - Inigo Apr 16, 10:08 11
- Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings - zork Apr 16, 10:13
- Major League -- nm - con_carne Apr 16, 10:10
- Field of Dreams -- nm - amoxy Apr 16, 10:10
- As hard as it is to fathom, I believe the list starts and ends with A League of Their Own. -- nm - Tim Apr 16, 10:09 3
  - boring sport makes for boring movies -- nm - ceregon Apr 16, 10:15
  - I was hoping for spoilers, but yes. A League Of Their Own is the only one. - Inigo Apr 16, 10:12
  - I think so too, unless you adjust for inflation and then several would join -- nm - Don Homer Apr 16, 10:12
- Did Moneyball make $100mil? -- nm - Jim Apr 16, 10:09
- Bull Durham, Major League. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 16, 10:08
- I find it amusing that they have a league of their own -- nm - Beryllium Apr 16, 10:08 1
  - Bad pun aside, yes. That's one. -- nm - Inigo Apr 16, 10:09
Huzzah! My older brother (with the twins) has an interview with a big company here in Houston.. he's trying hard to move here. That would be awesome - colin Apr 16, 10:07 4
- heh, for some reason I thought you were in portland -- nm - Beryllium Apr 16, 10:08 3
  - He's constantly keeping ahead of Johnny Law. -- nm - Reagen Apr 16, 10:11 1
    - And knocked up hookers. -- nm - Mop on Mac Pro Apr 16, 11:23
  - i used to be.. in Houston now. keep up! :) -- nm - colin Apr 16, 10:08
So I'm thinking they made the right choice for the next Star Wars movie. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 16, 10:03 7
- as I prepare to scan the backboards for further info, was there something posted on this recently? -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Apr 16, 10:12 3
  - just the new Star Trek trailer on B2 -- nm - Beaker Apr 16, 10:12 2
    - I'm on my 2nd cigarette. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 16, 10:24
    - *JUST*?! -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 16, 10:16
- The first movies will be a trilogy surrounding Jar Jar and his history with the Gungans - Beaker Apr 16, 10:05 2
  - And, somehow, it'll still be awesome. -- nm - Mop on Mac Pro Apr 16, 10:07 1
    - "We decided to give Michael Bay a good what-for." -- Bad Robot. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 16, 10:13
Jim... (Survivor spoilers) - David Apr 16, 10:01 5
- B2, but I think Cochran's change (spoils) - Roger More Apr 16, 10:53 1
  - Spoilers - David Apr 16, 11:06
- I'm with you...it makes no sense. I mean, she (spoils) - Jim Apr 16, 10:08 1
  - Spoils - MDH Apr 16, 10:16
- Spoils - MDH Apr 16, 10:03
yeah...that new Star Trek Trailer is full of "Fuck Yeah!" - Mel Profit Apr 16, 10:00 11
- I don't think he is. -- nm - Remlik Apr 16, 10:11 7
  - At this point I don't think it matters. Whatever they're doing works well in the trailers. - Mel Profit Apr 16, 10:17 2
    - well.... - Remlik Apr 16, 10:19 1
      - (spoilers) - Mel Profit Apr 16, 10:23
  - Which? Gary Mitchell or Khan? -- nm - Inigo Apr 16, 10:15 3
    - Gary Mitchell has already been dealt with in the new comic run which is considered in continuity for the movie... - Remlik Apr 16, 10:18
    - I think "Gary" might be the least intimidating name for a villain. - Reagen Apr 16, 10:17 1
      - What Sheldon is to sex, Gary is to supervillainy. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 16, 10:19
- why do you say "the nerds" like you're not one of them? -- nm - colin Apr 16, 10:01 2
  - trying to salvage some dignanity... - Mel Profit Apr 16, 10:04 1
    - it looks pretty cool. i'm excited. - colin Apr 16, 10:05
for ty: the federal government needs to use a strict definition of terrorism for jurisdiction reasons. -- nm - loosilu Apr 16, 09:59 22
- can you elaborate please? -- nm - amanda Apr 16, 10:01 21
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    - since we are going there, here is the CFR definition of terrorism. It does indeed require political motivation. - loosilu Apr 16, 10:49 2
      - "or social" -- nm - Don Homer Apr 16, 10:52 1
        
        yes. a cause either way. not just "I wanted to fuck people up". -- nm - loosilu Apr 16, 10:53
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  - if an event is officially deemed a terrorist act, then the FBI takes over. -- nm - loosilu Apr 16, 10:02 15
    - There are numerous types of crimes that the FBI is tasked with investigating. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 16, 10:04 2
      - yes. I am talking about official policy. The FBI investigates all acts of terrorism. Before that it was the Boston Police. -- nm - loosilu Apr 16, 10:05 1
        
        This is the shit I worked on for years. There's documentation on it and stuff. -- nm - loosilu Apr 16, 10:06
    - So last night when I heard the FBI guy talk at the press conference, I knew it had been officially designated as terrorism. -- nm - loosilu Apr 16, 10:03 11
      - So, how come it's not all over the news as such, a terrorist act? -- nm - con_carne Apr 16, 10:04 10
        
        it is. Obama said it was. -- nm - loosilu Apr 16, 10:05 3
        
        that proves it was a False Flag! - Remlik Apr 16, 10:08 1
        
        well, it is also the trigger to release certain funds. yadda yadda. -- nm - loosilu Apr 16, 10:08
        
        but he's the anti-Christ! - Beaker Apr 16, 10:06
        
        CNN and CBS both said they would describe it as such -- nm - Beryllium Apr 16, 10:05 5
        
        it's not up to them. The government has made an official statement. -- nm - loosilu Apr 16, 10:07 4
        
        When it was up to them, they did say so. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 16, 10:12 3
        
        the government already had. -- nm - loosilu Apr 16, 10:14 2
        
        My recollection is that the highest-level statement on the matter to that point had been "Draw your own conclusions", so they did. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 16, 10:15 1
        
        maybe publicly. But if the FBI guy was there, it was officially terrorism. - loosilu Apr 16, 10:17
Things I hate -- (link) - con_carne Apr 16, 09:58
ika pirates-7400 plus capture pts available 39:38 -- nm - diva Apr 16, 09:58 1
- all gone now. -- nm - diva Apr 16, 10:08

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