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Rock the Death Star! -- nm - mud Sep 20, 16:48
newly declassified document says we nearly had an accident in North Carolina in 1961 when a B-52 broke up in mid air -- (link) - peglegpete Sep 20, 16:28 2
- wasn't there an incident back in the late '50s where a plane carrying a hydrogen bomb accidentally dropped it out west? - i'm not dead yet ! Sep 20, 16:59
- nuclear accident -- nm - peglegpete Sep 20, 16:29
Today's DUMBASS OF THE DAY. -- (link) - Mop (200 lbs) Sep 20, 16:18 3
- Be careful not to hurt those guns' feelings. -- nm - Reagen Sep 20, 16:54
- Messaged you on FB. -- nm - David Sep 20, 16:33
- mop? -- nm - Spawn Sep 20, 16:25
The lawyer for MIA gets a KILL SHOT on the NFL - Beaker Sep 20, 15:58 5
- Thank God a music attorney is looking out for the decency of us all... -- nm - David Sep 20, 16:35 2
  - Nah, he's just pointing out the hypocrisy of the NFL's stance. -- nm - the liioulu with extra Sep 20, 16:45
  - *hands you a mic to drop* -- nm - Reagen Sep 20, 16:42
- M.I.A., the singer, not MIA, the Dolphins. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Sep 20, 16:19
- ..but enough about his legal career, what about the halftime entertainment -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 20, 16:11
Poll please: if someone claimed you can't do a female J Bond/Bourne movie, which female lead movies would best counter disprove that? -- nm - Max Sep 20, 15:53 41
- Kill Bill, Millennium -- nm - marcel Sep 20, 16:52 1
  - There it is. -- nm - Spawn Sep 20, 16:54
- After reading the responses, I propose a Samantha Shaw movie. -- nm - Max Sep 20, 16:48
- The Debt -- nm - David Sep 20, 16:36
- Alien, Aliens, etc -- nm - the liioulu with extra Sep 20, 16:35 3
  - neither Bond nor Bourne fight aliens. -- nm - Max Sep 20, 16:38 2
    - But they were action films with a female lead and successful. - the liioulu with extra Sep 20, 16:39 1
      - And you were asking for movies with female leads that disprove that. -- nm - the liioulu with extra Sep 20, 16:40
- This British show MI-5 has a great female English undercover agent character - con_carne Sep 20, 16:34 3
  - if we switch to British tv shows. none can top Diana Rigg on the Avengers -- nm - peglegpete Sep 20, 16:36 2
    - yeah but...she could dispatch a dozen baddies like Scarlett in Ironman2 in one scene then struggle like a girl on a bad date for 5m the next... -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 20, 17:04
    - Well... Honor Blackman comes close. -- nm - the liioulu with extra Sep 20, 16:38
- Catwoman. - Spawn Sep 20, 16:32
- none -- nm - CQ Sep 20, 16:21
- La Femme Nikita, Hanna, Haywire, Salt, The Long Kiss Goodnight -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Sep 20, 16:21 4
  - Columbiana was the first one that came to mind. -- nm - Max Sep 20, 16:37 3
    - (Colombiana) - con_carne Sep 20, 16:40 2
      - Or Columbo's daughter -- nm - Roger More Sep 20, 16:46
      - million dollar idea - Max Sep 20, 16:42
- helen murrin: reds gena rowlands (some movie where the mop is trying to kill a kid she protects) segorney weaver -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 20, 16:04 3
  - You typed that on your phone, didn't you? -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Sep 20, 16:22 1
    - and I know why you wanted to put a hit on the kid, he whined so much I wanted to shoot him too) -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 20, 17:06
  - The Gena Rowlands movie is 'Gloria' and it was really good. - Diva Sep 20, 16:07
- Whatever that Bridget Fonda movie was... not Single White Female, the other one. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Sep 20, 16:03 2
  - Huh. Just learned she's married to (spoilers) - con_carne Sep 20, 16:37
  - nikita (remake of the french original la femme nikita -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 20, 16:05
- and I don't think any of the below movies made a profit....coincidence? -- nm - Beaker Sep 20, 16:03 4
  - in that case, we should add to the list Cynthia Rothrock -- nm - peglegpete Sep 20, 16:25
  - The first Tomb Raider did well. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Sep 20, 16:20 1
    - So did Salt -- nm - Roger More Sep 20, 16:23
  - no nudity -- nm - peglegpete Sep 20, 16:15
- Haywire. La Femme Nikita. One for the Money. - Dr.Vermin Sep 20, 16:03
- Long Kiss Goodnight -- nm - Beaker Sep 20, 16:03 2
  - YES -- nm - JenBro Sep 20, 17:55
  - Good one. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Sep 20, 16:03
- Salt? -- nm - Beaker Sep 20, 16:02
- Aeon Flux -- nm - peglegpete Sep 20, 16:01
- lots of Michelle Yeo Chinese films -- nm - peglegpete Sep 20, 15:57 1
  - And several other Hong Kong films. -- nm - the liioulu with extra Sep 20, 16:35
- Jennifer Garner might know something. Paula Patton was great in MI:4 -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 20, 15:56
- Laura Croft -- nm - peglegpete Sep 20, 15:56
Want -- (link) - amoxy Sep 20, 15:25 4
- the Bell is 3,500 but the whole ww aztek car starts at only 1k? -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 20, 16:08
- "Bike lock for murder" New band name, called it. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Sep 20, 15:33
- "Lydia's Lipstick-Smudged Mug" Now they're just taunting Jesse Plemons. -- nm - Reagen Sep 20, 15:27 1
  - Oh God, they are auctioning off Walt's tighty whiteys -- (link) - amoxy Sep 20, 15:28
The history of Christianity, told with fanfic, con, and blog analogies. -- (link) - mara Sep 20, 15:23
~I HAVE SOME POWER!!!~ -- nm - Snapish Sep 20, 15:21
In the immortal words of the rap group Snap... - Cuzzin Todd Sep 20, 15:11 12
- You will break my heart -- nm - ty97 Sep 20, 15:25
- *as Darwin hums "you light up my life"* -- nm - JenBro Sep 20, 15:20
- Rice Krispies -- nm - Crackle & Pop Sep 20, 15:18
- I've *got* the power. -- nm - Reagen Sep 20, 15:13 8
  - Close enough. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Sep 20, 15:14 4
    - if you want to be He-Man. -- nm - Reagen Sep 20, 15:25 3
      - I kind of do. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Sep 20, 15:37 2
        
        start with the haircut and work from there. -- nm - Reagen Sep 20, 15:57 1
        
        Nah, He-Man is all about riding a tiger. He could get away with that hair and shirt because of that. -- nm - Spawn Sep 20, 16:55
  - also "Snap!". -- nm - Reagen Sep 20, 15:14 2
    - Who are you, their ex-publicist or something? - Cuzzin Todd Sep 20, 15:15 1
      - They were no C&C Music Factory. -- nm - Reagen Sep 20, 15:16
*sigh* The past several nights the hotel internet has been either crawling or hanging and timing out. - ty97 Sep 20, 14:47
Oh, Pettitte retired....again. Finally that Clemens ass sniffing HGH using cheating scumbag is out of the game. - CQ Sep 20, 14:42 7
- Hey look, a Boston fan complaining about cheaters! - ty97 Sep 20, 14:44 6
  - name me one player that tested positive while in Boston. heh -- nm - CQ Sep 20, 15:30 5
    - There's a reason Big Papi was on the list. Don't even. -- nm - Diva Sep 20, 15:39 4
      - imo, that "list" is bogus. It's not detailed or specific in any way. It's highly ambiguous at best -- nm - CQ Sep 20, 15:41 3
        
        I suppose Manny Ramirez was bogus too. Please. - Diva Sep 20, 15:46 2
        
        positive for what exactly? A banned substance then or now? A legal substance then but not now? - CQ Sep 20, 16:20 1
        
        and A-Rod has never failed a drug test. - Diva Sep 20, 17:15
is it too late to do weekend plans? Me - pouring wine tomorrow at Taste of Harbor Springs - then working - maybe some yard stuff - hopefully Riddick -- nm - JenBro Sep 20, 14:39 1
- Tomorrow, food shopping, inspection. Sunday, Oktoberfest. -- nm - CovingtonCat Sep 20, 14:41
France bans child beauty pageants. -- (link) - Mop (200 lbs) Sep 20, 14:26 3
- this is a country where "dreams of a young girl" is a coffee table book and not a felony hidden on a flash drive -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 20, 16:14
- I... can't summon much aversion to this decision. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Sep 20, 14:45 1
  - I'm disappointed that groiny hasn't posted as "cappy s.i." yet. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Sep 20, 15:02
I got my first gold medal for a mission in GTAV... It was for a foot race. -- nm - Qale Sep 20, 14:19 2
- With that crazy blonde lady? - Dr.Vermin Sep 20, 15:31
- does jumping make you run faster? -- nm - Strongbad Sep 20, 15:27
NHL rules committee passes rule prohibiting a player from removing his helmet prior to a fight. What's a brawler to do? -- (link) - Mop (200 lbs) Sep 20, 14:18 6
- Did nobody ever think to have a rule against removing another player's safety gear? - Max Sep 20, 14:21 4
  - if your jersey gets pulled off in a fight, you get a penalty for not having tied it down properly. -- nm - mafic Sep 20, 14:26 1
    - Though it usually takes a lot of work to pull a jersey off during a fight. -- nm - the liioulu with extra Sep 20, 16:42
  - We had a foreign exchange student here recent who thought fighting in hockey was sanctioned. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Sep 20, 14:22 1
    - When you enshrine "prior to fighting" in the rule against removing a helmet, you are sanctioning it. -- nm - Max Sep 20, 14:23
- I was telling someone about this earlier and he guessed what they did before I could tell him -- nm - zork Sep 20, 14:20
I like this name for a sports team. -- (link) - mara Sep 20, 14:13 1
- the police department's team is ... - zork Sep 20, 14:19
George Takei leaning the Chicken Dance for this weekend's Zinzinnati Oktoberfest -- (link) - CovingtonCat Sep 20, 14:03 10
- You people have to stop having so-called Oktoberfests in freakin' non-October months. - zork Sep 20, 14:18 7
  - There are at least 6 decent-sized ones around here - every weekend starting the last weekend in Aug & ending the 1st weekend in Oct -- nm - CovingtonCat Sep 20, 14:27
  - Actually, that's wrong. Oktoberfest happens in the lead-up to October. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Sep 20, 14:20 5
    - It used to happen in October, until they changed from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar -- nm - Roger More Sep 20, 16:51
    - Always noticed that most Oktoberfest festivities are usually past by Oct 1 -- nm - con_carne Sep 20, 14:21 3
      - The original starts tomorrow and runs til Oct 6th. -- (link) - CovingtonCat Sep 20, 14:29
      - It's like Lent for drunkards. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Sep 20, 14:22 1
        
        LOL LOL LOL ... I love this! -- nm - JenBro Sep 20, 14:37
- And I just figured out that I'll probably miss this because of the inspection. - CovingtonCat Sep 20, 14:11
- learning -- nm - CovingtonCat Sep 20, 14:05
~I get mo ass than a toilet seat~ - con_carne Sep 20, 14:03
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- I'll allow it! -- nm - Roger Goodell Sep 20, 14:03
Argh...it's been oppressively overcast all day today and now my sinuses are starting to hurt. - Meg Sep 20, 14:02 1
- 100+ & sunny here -- nm - peglegpete Sep 20, 15:08
Mess with your iOS 7 friends. Bug gives access to all photos/contacts/sharing even when locked -- (link) - oblique Sep 20, 13:55 2
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  - Hence the super sharing feature of iOS7 -- nm - JD Sep 20, 14:39
Somebody send out a search party - con_carne Sep 20, 13:45 4
- I have to do some work, not sure if I can play today -- nm - amoxy Sep 20, 13:48 3
  - Pfft - con_carne Sep 20, 13:49 2
    - It was funny though when you mentioned Burrito - amoxy Sep 20, 13:51 1
      - Tacodile Supreme! -- nm - Spawn Sep 20, 13:52
Harbaugh is set to have a press conference here in about 30 minutes. What are the odds he announces that the team will suspend Aldon Smith? - Stephen Sep 20, 13:44 5
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- Annoucing the trade to get Alex Smith back! -- nm - Spawn Sep 20, 13:46 3
  - buwhaaaa - Epiphany Sep 20, 14:07
  - Did you hear Obama trying to court the Bacon vote earlier today? - Stephen Sep 20, 13:51 1
    - LOFL -- nm - Spawn Sep 20, 13:51
"Ultimate Driving Machine" recalling 134,000 cars to fix possible rear light failure... -- (link) - Meg Sep 20, 13:43
*puts his entire new investment portfolio on Blackberry* - Will Hunting Sep 20, 13:40 8
- *doubles down on the turn* -- nm - budice Sep 20, 14:08
- as a short? - JaxSean Sep 20, 13:43 6
  - Depends on what their balance sheet says --- I'd expect there is some value in their IP and infrastructure - Will Hunting Sep 20, 13:52 3
    - hey have three billion in cash on hand, their patents are worth likely 1-3$ billion and their services business is worth betw. 3 and 4.5 billion - Spawn Sep 20, 13:53 2
      - interesting....nm - x Sep 20, 13:55
      - I've heard that too. That dude was wise. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 20, 13:53
  - If the market hadn't closed on me, I'd have a bit invested (long) right now -- nm - ty97 Sep 20, 13:45 1
    - they have three billion in cash on hand, their patents are worth likely 1-3$ billion and their services business is worth betw. 3 and 4.5 billion..nm - x Sep 20, 13:49
shot through the heart and you're to blame, you give love a bad name -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 20, 13:39
for spamlet: Media Center Cast for Windows Media Center adds Chromecast capabilities -- (link) - oblique Sep 20, 13:37 1
- hmmm. -- nm - spamlet Sep 20, 13:56
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- $1,000,000,060 in about 2 hours. (picking this up tonight) -- nm - Jovian Sep 20, 13:43
- cost of production, promotion, distribution, which is more profitable movies or games? - zeitgeist Sep 20, 13:41 10
  - Surely, only the new digital movies have an edge (or even out) on distribution. And the game product market is expanding rapidly. - Dr.Vermin Sep 20, 13:48
  - movies definitely. GTA is a seperate case entirely. The only title I see putting these numbers up would be a Fallout 4 -- nm - Jovian Sep 20, 13:44 8
    - I don't see that happening. -- nm - J Sep 20, 13:58
    - I wouldn't at all expect that from a Fallout 4. -- nm - Ender Sep 20, 13:48 6
      - It'll be big sure, but not THAT big. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Sep 20, 15:14
      - Agreed. -- nm - Spawn Sep 20, 13:49 4
        
        Why do you hate apocalyptic America? -- nm - Jovian Sep 20, 13:53 3
        
        It has been what, 5 years since the last one was released? - Spawn Sep 20, 13:54 2
        
        Time isn't the issue, Fallout isn't nearly as big on consoles as in pc. -- nm - Ender Sep 20, 15:34
        
        GTA 4 came out in 2008... -- nm - J Sep 20, 13:59
- fox guarding henhouse says all chickens in coop are a-ok!.... - x Sep 20, 13:41

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