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Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy "no longer a part of the decision-making circle," state-run newspaper reports. - Jovian Jul 3, 10:33 11
- awww, come on! you guyyys! *thump thump thump* -- nm - Morsy, locked in the janitor's closet Jul 3, 10:35
- is it a military coup though if millions of people are cheering the military? -- nm - Beaker Jul 3, 10:34 9
  - Sure. If the people are upset they should vote at the ballot box. -- nm - Roger More Jul 3, 10:38
  - Can't recall off the top of my head, but I believe that's essentially the same as what brough Hugo Chavez to power. He was military. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 3, 10:37 2
    - IIRC Chavez was elected reasonably fairly the first time. But he did lead a failed military coup years before that -- nm - Roger More Jul 3, 10:38 1
      - Maybe that's what I was thinking of. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 3, 10:40
  - yep and anti democratic too - DaneDukeNuuk Jul 3, 10:37 2
    - I'm actually really torn on this. I completely get wanting to remove the MB gov't. They needed to go. - Name Withheld By Request Jul 3, 10:39 1
      - the problem is what now? - DaneDukeNuuk Jul 3, 10:44
  - It's a benevolent military coup. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 3, 10:36
  - lol yea it sounds funny, but it is still techincally what it is. - Jovian Jul 3, 10:35
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- A-Rod, Tebow and Aaron Hernandez walk into a bar... -- nm - Beaker Jul 3, 10:33
- The front page of the paper today "A-ROD IN PLAYOFF FORM' - ty97 Jul 3, 10:33 4
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    - link -- (link) - ty97 Jul 3, 10:36
  - That is the best. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 3, 10:34 1
    - "Takes 0-fer at plate" heh -- nm - Don Homer Jul 3, 10:37
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- Burger Bar at Mandalay Bay -- nm - Strongbad Jul 3, 10:31
- Burger Bar? - znufrii Jul 3, 10:31 1
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LIR: mrs. zork was alone when she immigrated here from Europe at age 7. Her mom had been here for a couple of years first. -- nm - zork Jul 3, 10:31
This is crazy. Bold Poker Player replaces your deck of cards, and the players instead use their iphones or ipods... -- (link) - Don Homer Jul 3, 10:28 2
- did the scammers behind Ultimatebet come up with this? -- nm - Beaker Jul 3, 10:32
- meh. - znufrii Jul 3, 10:31
Daughter just had a free fill up from Honda "free gas for Honda owners" tanker...$50 worth... -- nm - BAD Jul 3, 10:21 2
- siphon it out and sell it for $60! -- nm - Max Jul 3, 10:30
- can you send it over to the AC Expressway when she's finished, my wife could use a fill-up too. -- nm - znufrii Jul 3, 10:28
Has ST seen the 6-year-old girl with the heavy metal singing style on America's Got Talent? -- (link) - mara Jul 3, 10:19 [youtube] 3
- It shouldn't tick you off. He's terrible. They're both terrible. -- nm - con_carne Jul 3, 10:26
- yes, i did ... and yes, they're a hit ... but I wonder if they keep it up, will the kid even be *talking* in 10 yrs - i'm not dead yet ! Jul 3, 10:20 1
  - AC/DC might need a new singer by then -- nm - Beaker Jul 3, 10:22
1,000 simulations of Chris Davis' second half to see how many home runs he'll end up with... -- (link) - Don Homer Jul 3, 10:18
You know it is bad when Syria tells you that your people don't want you... -- (link) - Beaker Jul 3, 10:12 1
- everyone in syria love their leader - DaneDukeNuuk Jul 3, 10:15
ESPN's ombudsman says ESPN's reporter castigating the Pats for hiring and then payin Aaron Hernandez was just not deep enough - Will Hunting Jul 3, 10:12 2
- yeah saw that. No one has come close to being a decent ombudsperson since the first lady -- nm - Beaker Jul 3, 10:13 1
  - and I had high hopes for this guy based on his background -- nm - Beaker Jul 3, 10:14
catching up on the backboards ... hey, TWuG, tell your daughter I said "way to go" ... - i'm not dead yet ! Jul 3, 10:11 2
- Thank you. I will try to, but I expect I won't hear anything unless my daughter has a way of contacting her. - TWuG Jul 3, 10:14 1
  - I hadn't bb'd yet, so I went to look - so sorry she's had to deal with that; but she did good, and I hope she's able to enjoy herself asap. -- nm - b. Jul 3, 10:28
ST Medical Folks: How serious is cranial stenosis? Common or big deal? - Strongbad Jul 3, 10:06 4
- around 1 in 1000 babies have it, so pretty common. - b. Jul 3, 10:14
- Couldn't tell you -- nm - Will Hunting si Jul 3, 10:11
- if it's not fixed, very serious. it means the skull is deformed and the brain cannot grow -- nm - loosilu Jul 3, 10:09
- my nephew had it. It looks really bad and painful after the surgery but he is 2 or so now and fine and dandy -- nm - Beaker Jul 3, 10:07
The news about Arryn from BB15 getting fired from her modeling gig is interesting to me in the aspect that she has no feedback loop. - ty97 Jul 3, 10:06 3
- Is this the one who was being racist and homophobic? You really shouldn't need social cues to know that those aren't acceptable - TWuG Jul 3, 10:09 2
  - One of them, yes. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 3, 10:10 1
    - there is more than one this year -- nm - Jovian Jul 3, 10:32
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- Lol. It's just one setting change on the client to stop those calls, but that's hilarious. -- nm - Inigo Jul 3, 10:11
who here watches the killing? can I work-watch that? I want something bleaker than usual today. thanks. -- nm - amanda Jul 3, 10:00 8
- Watch Harper's Island - Jovian Jul 3, 10:29 1
  - and also, Hannibal -- nm - Jovian Jul 3, 10:30
- sure. (starting from season 1, you mean?) -- nm - Don Homer Jul 3, 10:07 3
  - yep. why not, right? (I am catching up on some serious tv this EOY). -- nm - amanda Jul 3, 10:08 2
    - You need to start The Wire too!! (wife and I are watching it again for probably the sixth time this summer.) -- nm - Don Homer Jul 3, 10:09 1
      - I've seen it once already. I don't think i could work watch it. it's too rich. I actually think the newsroom would be great because it's all dialog. -- nm - amanda Jul 3, 10:23
- Walking Dead is bleak! -- nm - Beaker Jul 3, 10:06 1
  - Sorry, the walking dead can't hold a candle to The Killing's bleakness. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 3, 10:10
There's nothing mock worthy in seeing a creator in natural beauty. A creator needs tools and evolution and natural selection - TWuG Jul 3, 09:58 3
- I agree with that. my objection is to using natural beauty as proof of creation. -- nm - loosilu Jul 3, 10:02 2
  - To be fair, I never used the word "proof" - Strongbad Jul 3, 10:10 1
    - I know, and I do think I know where you're coming from. it seems unthinkably complex. - loosilu Jul 3, 10:12
Wimbledon spoiler - nubby, Astro-lord Jul 3, 09:57 2
- ...and he's crying. -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord, Kemosabe Jul 3, 10:00 1
  - well, it's not baseball, so I guess that's okay. -- nm - Max Jul 3, 10:31
~It's no fun, bein' an illegal alien~ -- nm - prayformojo Jul 3, 09:57
Rick Perry to announce "exciting future plans" on Monday in San Antonio. -- (link) - spamlet Jul 3, 09:57 11
- I started doing those Sudoku things and I plan to work my way up to "Difficult" by 2016. -- nm - Rick Perry Jul 3, 10:04
- "And... I can't believe I forgot the third thing again!" -- nm - con_carne Jul 3, 10:01
- "I am running for President! A woman in every kitchen and a politician in every OB/GYN office!" -- nm - TWuG Jul 3, 09:59
- more vagina hating -- nm - charlie Jul 3, 09:58 1
  - ewwww, yucky! -- nm - GOP si Jul 3, 10:08
- secession! -- nm - Roger More Jul 3, 09:58
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- *giggle* -- nm - David Jul 3, 09:57 3
  - I look forward to attempts to throw under this... -- (link) - David Jul 3, 10:00 [youtube] 2
    - There's a House of Cards scene that was obviously made because of that gaffe. -- nm - Inigo Jul 3, 10:05 1
      - As Kim said at lunch yesterday, Perry is the real life "Crime, boy, I don't know." -- nm - David Jul 3, 10:24
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- Airport officials say a travel ban has been issued against Egypt's embattled president Mohammed Morsi and the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood -- nm - Beaker Jul 3, 10:09
- We'll see how it shakes out, but the military has been less extreme than the Brotherhood and Morsy in the past. - TWuG Jul 3, 10:01 2
  - as long as they're looting the country blind, they're okay with not having to crack too many skulls -- nm - charlie Jul 3, 10:02 1
    - yay, soft coup. that's awesome...nm - x Jul 3, 10:07
- did they ever *really* give up power in the first place? -- nm - charlie Jul 3, 09:57 1
  - More than they wanted. (Their candidate didn't get voted president, for example) -- nm - Roger More Jul 3, 09:58
- now there's a shock...nm - x Jul 3, 09:57
with all respect to Strongbad, the argument "It's so complex, it MUST be creation" is easily the weakest argument against evolutoin. - loosilu Jul 3, 09:55 21
- when in fact it usually ain't complex at all -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Jul 3, 10:13
- I am not going to be able to explain this. - Strongbad Jul 3, 10:01 12
  - FWIW, I think that's the laziest possible interpretation of what you said. -- nm - David Jul 3, 10:27 1
    - (Also, I agree with you on the subject.) -- nm - David Jul 3, 10:28
  - Sure, but paraphrasing... "If this isn't evidence for divine creation, I don't know what is" - Roger More Jul 3, 10:10 8
    - Where did I say "I refuse to believe that?" - Strongbad Jul 3, 10:12 7
      - " I refuse to believe that these traits spontaneously mutated into being over time." -- (link) - Roger More Jul 3, 10:15 [Backboard] 5
        
        I mis-spoke. You're correct, I'm contradicting myself. - Strongbad Jul 3, 10:20 3
        
        Sure, gotcha. -- nm - Roger More Jul 3, 10:25
        
        heh. - znufrii Jul 3, 10:24
        
        must be in a big bar - DaneDukeNuuk Jul 3, 10:23
        
        the real kicker is when you discover that octo's and other squids don't learn from generation to generation it's all learned whithing one lifetime of - DaneDukeNuuk Jul 3, 10:18
      - since humens started to make up ideers about the origin of themselfs? -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Jul 3, 10:14
  - Magic motherfucker! -- nm - Beaker Jul 3, 10:03
- *holds up a can of Coke* Explain THIS -- nm - Kirk Cameron Jul 3, 09:57 5
  - LOL -- nm - Don Homer Jul 3, 10:07
  - This is exactly why I was hesitant to post on B2. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 3, 10:03 3
    - for the most part ST has been very unprovoking (is that a word) - Beaker Jul 3, 10:04 2
      - A lot of people do. It's very common and it doesn't harm anyone. - loosilu Jul 3, 10:14
      - For the most part, yes. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 3, 10:10
- because aliens! -- nm - znufrii Jul 3, 09:55
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- Why, there could very well be an octopus lurking here on this very board - prayformojo Jul 3, 09:56 4
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    - *skuttles back to the stacks* -- nm - mara Jul 3, 10:01 1
      - Creature Report, Creature Report! -- nm - prayformojo Jul 3, 10:03
    - hmmmmm -- nm - prayformojo Jul 3, 09:59
- omg. *counts to ten* -- nm - loosilu Jul 3, 09:55
- Hmmmm... Octopi Camouflage would be a fun FF team name. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 3, 09:55 8
  - OCTOPUSES -- nm - loosilu Jul 3, 09:56 7
    - Or, if there are multiple species, Octopoda. -- nm - landbeck Jul 3, 10:14 1
      - before we know it, this thread is gonna go Octoplaid -- nm - Beryllium Jul 3, 10:16
    - Bowchicawowow. - David Jul 3, 10:01
    - Mooses! -- nm - Beaker Jul 3, 10:01
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      - Here is a rare photo of Sean Connery signed by Roger Moore -- nm - prayformojo Jul 3, 10:02 1
        
        Getting one of these is on my bucket list. -- nm - Roger More Jul 3, 10:26
- It was designed to. -- nm - mara Jul 3, 09:55
- it just appears that way due to camouflage -- nm - Beaker Jul 3, 09:54
Based on the Zimmerman prosecution arguments, maybe Aaron Hernandez just really, really wanted to be a police officer... -- nm - Beaker Jul 3, 09:54 30
- What is ST thinking? Gulity or Not Guilty? And has your opinion changed in the past few weeks? -- nm - Strongbad Jul 3, 09:55 29
  - from what I've seen in the last day or two, the prosecution is nowhere close to proving their case. If this keeps going the judge won't even give it t -- nm - zork Jul 3, 10:33 1
    - to the jury -- nm - zork Jul 3, 10:33
  - He racially profiled and killed a kid. He's going to jail then Hell. -- nm - David Jul 3, 10:22
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    - I think you have it backwards. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 3, 10:20 4
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      - I expect there to be riots if he is (not guilty). -- nm - Strongbad Jul 3, 10:22 2
        
        yes, agreed. I misread ML's post. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 3, 10:32
        
        this -- nm - Beaker Jul 3, 10:23
  - I haven't seen any evidence to contradict Zimmerman's side of the story. -- nm - Ender Jul 3, 10:09 2
    - the girlfriend's testimony about what she heard over the phone at the moment that Zimmerman confronted Martin alone disproves his contention that - charlie Jul 3, 10:25 1
      - If you believe her... - Ender Jul 3, 10:38
  - Guilty. Hasn't changed. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 3, 10:00 2
    - ditto -- nm - znufrii Jul 3, 10:08
    - Same. -- nm - Krusty Jul 3, 10:00
  - I usually find the "he wanted to join the police and knew about the laws" argument to be straight out of soap opera territory -- nm - Beaker Jul 3, 09:59 9
    - i think he's lying about how the fight b/w him and Trayvon got started but because there is ambiguity over exactly how it went down, there's doubt - charlie Jul 3, 10:01 8
      - I might be unique, but given he was basically following this kid, I'd say even if Trayvon threw first, there's ample reason to still blame Paul Blart. - Will Hunting Jul 3, 10:03 6
        
        but also it could come down to which witness the jury chooses to "disbelieve" the most - charlie Jul 3, 10:09 2
        
        Where are the Zimmerman inconsistencies? - Strongbad Jul 3, 10:23 1
        
        see above. he said that Trayvon jumped him out of the bushes. the girlfriend was on the phone at the very moment and said that Zimmerman approached - charlie Jul 3, 10:27
        
        i believe, even with an imperfect self defense, he can still claim Stand Your Ground as justification - charlie Jul 3, 10:05 2
        
        Oh, I fully agree it's Stand Your Ground...just imo, the dead kid had the case. - Will Hunting Jul 3, 10:06 1
        
        I agree with willcumber. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 3, 10:09
      - (this is pretty much me as well). -- nm - Beaker Jul 3, 10:03
  - I am hoping guilty because I'm afraid of the repercussions otherwise. -- nm - loosilu Jul 3, 09:56 2
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      - Also any Paul Blart wannabe going chasing down questionable people - Will Hunting Jul 3, 10:15
  - the jury is allowed to consider manslaughter, which could give them a compromise b/w 2nd Degree and acquittal - charlie Jul 3, 09:56
evolve -- nm - charlie Jul 3, 09:53

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