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So twitter is saying that Gawker has a picture of Treyvon Martin's body on the front page.... Can I double-boycott them? :/ -- nm - Beryllium Jul 12, 08:04 4
- It is true. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 12, 08:05
- It's a screencap from MSNBC. -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Jul 12, 08:05 2
  - Boycottception! -- nm - Beryllium Jul 12, 08:06 1
    - "We have to boycott deeper" -- nm - Beryllium Jul 12, 08:08
Where's andie? Is she okay? I envision her walking around Toronto in white rain boots like Hushpuppy. -- nm - Diva Jul 12, 08:01 5
- ... and wearing nothing else. - Spawn Jul 12, 08:04
- *waving*. all good. power was actually only out for 48 hours. it is mostly dried up here, really. - Andie Jul 12, 08:03 1
  - awesome. thx. -- nm - Diva Jul 12, 08:03
- ah...I see her 'dell' comment on the BB. -- nm - Diva Jul 12, 08:02 1
  - Yeah, that wasn't very nice -- nm - con_carne Jul 12, 08:03
Women's groups blast Spitzer as unfit for office -- (link) - Strongbad Jul 12, 08:01
Mmm... Crab chips. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 12, 07:59 5
- Utz crab chips? or another brand? -- nm - JenBro Jul 12, 08:00 4
  - Utz Utz Utz Crabs -- nm - Beryllium Jul 12, 08:06
  - (Utz, in case that wasn't clear. ;)) -- nm - Don Homer Jul 12, 08:04 1
    - heh ... I get mixed up on where everyone lives ... we can't get them here - but my cousins from PA bring them to us - JenBro Jul 12, 08:07
  - What a stupid question! -- nm - Don Homer Jul 12, 08:01
I have seen where the wolf has slept by the silver stream.I can tell by the mark he left you were in his dream - JenBro Jul 12, 07:56
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano resigns to lead Univ of California system... -- (link) - Don Homer Jul 12, 07:56 4
- I'd forgotten she was Homeland Security Secretary. -- nm - Mop on Mac Pro Jul 12, 08:05 1
  - She is not. -- nm - Spawn Jul 12, 08:05
- Is there a logical replacement? -- nm - Strongbad Jul 12, 07:59
- An unusual choice in more ways than one. -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Jul 12, 07:58
MLB: Did ESPN's over-the-top coverage of PUIG do more harm than hurt for the final player vote? -- nm - Strongbad Jul 12, 07:48 4
- (more harm than help) -- nm - Strongbad Jul 12, 07:51
- ESPN has been defensive about it today. They have been comparing stats during highlights. -- nm - David Jul 12, 07:50 2
  - That this game decides WS Home Field is one of the stupidest things in all of sports. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 12, 07:53 1
    - Selig is the devil! -- nm - Krusty Jul 12, 07:54
The thing I don't get is it was no better or worse than any of the schlocky movies SyFy has put out the past 2 years - amoxy Jul 12, 07:46 4
- Perhaps the release time? There's not as much TV going on right now as opposed to some of their fall/winter releases? -- nm - JD Jul 12, 08:01
- I think they're getting progressively worse over time. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 12, 07:50 1
  - As the Gawker article with the video suggested, Americans are taking less guilt and more pleasure in their "guilty pleasures". -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Jul 12, 07:51
- because, if you want to avoid sharks, you stay out of the water. - groiny Jul 12, 07:47
so, I need you all to tell me if I am wrong here.... - groiny Jul 12, 07:43 69
- You're absolutely right. First, as a parent I'd be pissed if another parent did this with my kids. Second, if anything happens it's not only arrest - pmb Jul 12, 08:04 1
  - see my post below. - groiny Jul 12, 08:05
- I think you're right, and it's good you put your foot down -- nm - con_carne Jul 12, 08:03
- Hopefully 'domes are also on the proposed list. -- nm - Shaun Jul 12, 08:00
- ugh ... that's a bad idea - even IF the parents of the other kids know and are "ok" with it - because they sure won't be if something bad happens. - JenBro Jul 12, 07:59
- out of curiosity, if it was a music festival in Alberta (where the drinking age is 18), how would you feel? - mafic Jul 12, 07:57 10
  - For me, legality primarily. Why put yourself in a situation where you can get arrested quite easily? All it takes is one person reporting you -- nm - oblique Jul 12, 07:59 1
    - and it could even be one of the parents that reports you! I've had plenty of opportunities to be the cool limo driver....not worth it. -- nm - CrankYanker Jul 12, 08:01
  - well, I have several issues with it, really. - groiny Jul 12, 07:59 4
    - fair enough. a lot of it for me would depend on the character of the girls. - mafic Jul 12, 08:07
    - Same for me. And I'd add a number 4 which is that I would be angry if another parent did that with my kid. -- nm - pmb Jul 12, 08:05 2
      - well, other than her niece, I do not know the other parents. - groiny Jul 12, 08:07
      - see above (or below, not sure where that post is). -- nm - Spawn Jul 12, 08:06
  - It's the legality I'm sure. -- nm - CrankYanker Jul 12, 07:59
  - Yeah that was my question too. I think 18 is old enough to have a drink, so I wouldn't have a problem with it - Guigue Jul 12, 07:59
  - Then they can buy their own beers. You are not the one allowing it. They are legal adults. (I realize you didn't ask me) -- nm - Bacon Jul 12, 07:58
- No, you're not. She's already the cool aunt for taking them to this (no way I'd go to this, so props). Diff state/underage/festival, hell no. -- nm - MDH Jul 12, 07:56
- yeah, I think I side with you on this one especially because it's out in public - decline Jul 12, 07:56
- That's soooo wrong....no one is bringing drugs? -- nm - CrankYanker Jul 12, 07:53 1
  - Even if all the kids' parents said it's ok, let THEM supply the alcohol and put them in a separate tent....but if you see it, you have to stop it. -- nm - CrankYanker Jul 12, 07:56
- Nope. That has "bad idea" written all over it -- nm - oblique Jul 12, 07:51
- I would be dubious about who it's for. -- nm - David Jul 12, 07:49
- No, you are not wrong. This is not giving an 18 year old a glass of wine at home. This is an uncontrolled environment - amoxy Jul 12, 07:48
- you're still the cool aunt if you don't bring booze. -- nm - mafic Jul 12, 07:48
- I wouldn't be too bothered. As long as she's with them while they're drinking I'd be okay with it. I'd be more okay if it was some beer and not - Krusty Jul 12, 07:48 35
  - For 4 *days*? Good luck staying up 96 hours straight because you know the 18 year olds can/will. - Spawn Jul 12, 07:50 2
    - They're not going to be drinking for four days straight. If they have a few drinks at night w/his wife then I'd be fine with it. -- nm - Krusty Jul 12, 07:53 1
      - If I am 18 in that local there is NO WAY I am not sneaking out when she crashes and seeing what fun I can find. - Spawn Jul 12, 07:54
  - yeah, I'd be leery about giving them alcohol and setting them loose at a music festival. -- nm - mafic Jul 12, 07:49 31
    - That's why I said if she's with them. I wouldn't want them wandering around drunk but I'd be fine if they had some beers while sitting around - Krusty Jul 12, 07:51 30
      - I realise it's hard to tell from my post, but I generally agree with you. - mafic Jul 12, 07:55 7
        
        I do as well. They can vote or join the military but they can't have a beer. Makes sense. If they were in Canda it would be okay but because we - Krusty Jul 12, 08:02 6
        
        It's against the law. She will go to jail if they get caught! JAIL! -- nm - Bacon Jul 12, 08:03 5
        
        If she's worried about the law that's one thing. I was arguing that it's okay for 18 year old to drink w/an adult at a concert. - Krusty Jul 12, 08:07
        
        this. whether you agree or not it is the LAW. -- nm - Beaker Jul 12, 08:04
        
        but then... conjugal visits. that might be kind of hot. -- nm - mafic Jul 12, 08:03 1
        
        white collar resort prison! -- nm - Roger More Jul 12, 08:06
        
        I don't put my freedom in the hands of 3 18 year old girls that have been drinking -- nm - Bacon Jul 12, 08:03
      - So many things can go wrong and for what? To be the Cool Aunt? Are you going to tell their parents why they got pregnant? - Bacon Jul 12, 07:52 21
        
        Jeez. You're taking it pretty far. They're getting pregnant now? I just think it's okay if they have a few drink with an adult while they sit and - Krusty Jul 12, 07:54 20
        
        Do you expect the 3 18-year olds to stay in the tent under supervision for 96 hours straight? -- nm - Strongbad Jul 12, 07:56 12
        
        No but I expect the alcohol won't be available for them to drink whenever they want. I expect she'll be with them when they do have a drink. - Krusty Jul 12, 08:00 11
        
        You are so clueless on this one. -- nm - Bacon Jul 12, 08:01 10
        
        and really. I am not trying to be mean. I just don't think you understand the 18 year old mind anymore. -- nm - Bacon Jul 12, 08:02 9
        
        I don't know 18 year olds but I still think it's fine for them to drink. If the parent knows the kids and feels they're responsible enough to drink - Krusty Jul 12, 08:03 7
        
        If anyone I knew gave alcohol to my underage kid in a place like that, we would go around. -- nm - Spawn Jul 12, 08:05
        
        I HIGHLY doubt that the parents would be aware that they are going to drink with a relative stranger. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 12, 08:04 5
        
        Right. they are putting the trust in your wife that she will be responsible. -- nm - Bacon Jul 12, 08:06
        
        Also, if they happen to wander, there will be tonnes of other tents with dudes looking to party. -- nm - Shaun Jul 12, 08:06
        
        Do you think they don't drink on the weekends sometimes or at parties? Isn't it better that this time there's an adult? -- nm - Krusty Jul 12, 08:05 2
        
        (surrounded by thousands of strangers, all around you while you sleep) -- nm - Spawn Jul 12, 08:07
        
        no, but it is not my problem then. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 12, 08:06
        
        You think it's their first time drinking? I mean, they're probably already pregnant by now!! -- nm - Guigue Jul 12, 08:03
        
        Drunk dudes, now you are allowing them to drink. Hell I remember how I was at 18! Don't you? -- nm - Bacon Jul 12, 07:55 3
        
        I do and I never raped anyone. I never forced myself on anyone. They're going to have a couple of drinks, not a keg party. -- nm - Krusty Jul 12, 07:58 1
        
        And you honestly think they are going to be like good little girls and not wander off? Maybe she knows the niece well, but not her friends. - Spawn Jul 12, 08:00
        
        and her nice is a very attractive 18 year old, and her friends are not bad either. - groiny Jul 12, 07:57
        
        it isn't a completely unreasonable chain of logic to go from drinking to drunk to sex to pregnancy -- nm - oblique Jul 12, 07:55 2
        
        It kind of is. They're not out by themselves being completely irresponsible. They're with an adult who most likely is responsible and not going to - Krusty Jul 12, 07:57 1
        
        why NOT assume the worst is the more likely question and plan accordingly./ -- nm - Beaker Jul 12, 08:01
- You are absolutely right. -- nm - Bacon Jul 12, 07:46
- Stick to your guns. -- nm - Spawn Jul 12, 07:45 6
  - I plan on it, this is how I spent about 2 hours last night, fighting about this. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 12, 07:46 2
    - I'm sure the parents of those 2 friends are the calm and reasonable type of people that want their 18 year old to get drunk and raped at a festival -- nm - oblique Jul 12, 07:54 1
      - there is also the possibility that the alcohol causes one to get sick while in a drunken stupor in bed - everyone else is passed out asleep - and she - JenBro Jul 12, 08:06
  - Or tell her to be sure to take condoms, too. -- nm - Spawn Jul 12, 07:46 2
    - oooh. good answer. -- nm - mafic Jul 12, 07:46 1
      - Survey says...? -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Jul 12, 07:52
- No, you're not. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 12, 07:44
but it'll make half a billion, right? -- nm - prayformojo Jul 12, 07:42 7
- The only reason it's possible is because they cast with an eye toward the powerful Asian markets. -- nm - David Jul 12, 07:46
- It looks like a piece of shit -- nm - con_carne Jul 12, 07:46 1
  - Sir, I must ask you to step outside. -- nm - David Jul 12, 07:47
- ehhhh.... -- nm - Reagen Jul 12, 07:43 3
  - Really? - prayformojo Jul 12, 07:46 2
    - It's going to need about a 380/120 split for that. Could very well, but I wouldn't call it a sure thing. -- nm - Reagen Jul 12, 07:48
    - i think it will be. -- nm - Diva Jul 12, 07:47
boston.com Love Letters - Too Soon to Move In Together? - Diva Jul 12, 07:38 7
- Better to move in together than get married. You're adults. Do what you want (just recognize that relationships can be very different in the early - pmb Jul 12, 07:41
- you are in your 50s, do whatever the hell you want. -- nm - Andie Jul 12, 07:41 1
  - this -- nm - decline Jul 12, 07:46
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- If you're both comfortable, go for it. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 12, 07:39
- OFFS -- nm - Spawn Jul 12, 07:38 1
  - dang - you're fast. did you get stuff's pts too? -- nm - Diva Jul 12, 07:41
My weekend plans - Robert Plant and the Lone Bellow tonight. One Direction tomorrow. How's that for opposite ends of the spectrum. -- nm - pmb Jul 12, 07:37 9
- I'll be looking for a report on Plant next week. - Mel Profit Jul 12, 07:39 2
  - shit. - Diva Jul 12, 07:43 1
    - Whoa. -- nm - Spawn Jul 12, 07:44
- Green eyes and a heart of gold... -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Jul 12, 07:38
- I am jealous, I have a work outing at Arlington Park, and I doubt I can get out of there and make it to the Taste to see it. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 12, 07:37 4
  - Arlington is fun. I don't think you'll make it. The show starts at 5:30 (Plant comes on at 6:45). It is being broadcast live on XRT. -- nm - pmb Jul 12, 07:38
  - Yes, we know all about your love of One Direction. -- nm - Spawn Jul 12, 07:38 2
    - I know I'm beautiful. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 12, 07:39 1
      - And that's what makes you not beautiful. -- nm - Spawn Jul 12, 07:40
B2 proved that you don't win friends with salad. -- (link) - David Jul 12, 07:36 [Image] 2
- I can't decide between Firehouse and Zaxby's today. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 12, 07:38
- Good news, I brought enough gazpacho for everyone! -- nm - Reagen Jul 12, 07:37
Pacific Rim Robot vs. Sharknado.....WHO WINS? -- nm - Bacon Jul 12, 07:35 5
- Does the robot have a helicopter and chainsaw? nm - Jim Jul 12, 07:35
- EVERYONE. -- nm - Diva Jul 12, 07:35 3
  - she's mine, boys. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 12, 08:04
  - THIS -- nm - Beaker Jul 12, 08:03
  - Circle gets the square. -- nm - David Jul 12, 07:37
Gator-nami! -- nm - Strongbad Jul 12, 07:35 15
- taranchalanch (nm) - howie Jul 12, 07:57 1
  - That's good -- nm - con_carne Jul 12, 08:07
- Squid-zard! -- nm - Strongbad Jul 12, 07:49
- box jelly-nami! -- nm - mafic Jul 12, 07:42
- Haboobats -- nm - Bacon Jul 12, 07:42 1
  - L4 -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Jul 12, 07:43
- Pirahna Hailstorm. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 12, 07:38 4
  - This is just silly...Pirahna's couldn't survive in a hailstorm. Geez, groin...it's like you're not even trying. ;) -- nm - Jim Jul 12, 07:39
  - Pirahnacane. duh -- nm - oblique Jul 12, 07:39 2
    - i like this one. -- nm - Diva Jul 12, 07:44
    - HurriPirahna. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 12, 07:39
- Scorpion Dust-Devil! -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Jul 12, 07:37
- Sharknado vs Gator-nami....that would be EPIC! -- nm - Jim Jul 12, 07:36
- SnakeQuake -- nm - Bacon Jul 12, 07:35 1
  - Mad Cow-cano! -- nm - Strongbad Jul 12, 07:36
In a fight, who would win? Coach Ditka or a hurricane? -- nm - oblique Jul 12, 07:34 4
- Ditka -- nm - Jim Jul 12, 07:35 3
  - What if the hurricane was named Ditka? -- nm - oblique Jul 12, 07:36 2
    - Um...Ditka-nado! -- nm - Jim Jul 12, 07:37 1
      - I would contribute to a KS for this. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 12, 07:40

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