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Cruz has started an old school filibuster against the CR in the Senate. -- (link) - spamlet Sep 24, 12:17 4
- You know he sees himself as the modern day Mr. Smith. - pmb Sep 24, 12:21 3
  - I am faaaar more cynical about him. - Reagen Sep 24, 12:25
  - Mr. Smith Burns Down Washington. - David Sep 24, 12:23
  - Plus, he gets shut down tomorrow either way. - Spawn Sep 24, 12:22
Campaign Advice: If you have a section on your website called "SODOMY," you're doing it wrong. -- (link) - MDH Sep 24, 12:15 9
- Depends on what you are running for. -- nm - spamlet Sep 24, 12:17
- unless it's instructional... -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 24, 12:17
- Wasn't this what led to Cappy's divorce? - David Sep 24, 12:16 6
  - This? -- (link) - MDH Sep 24, 12:18 [Image] 5
    - How the hell did this get tagged NSFW? It's completely safe. -- nm - MDH Sep 24, 12:20 3
      - that Audi is showing us *everything*. -- nm - Reagen Sep 24, 12:21
      - Most audi repairs are pretty much an ass raping -- nm - oblique Sep 24, 12:21 1
        
        Greetings and salutations, you are gonna owe me $4500. -- nm - Spawn Sep 24, 12:21
    - Hee! -- nm - David Sep 24, 12:19
ya know, it's a shame that the Dixie Chicks have largely disappeared from mainstream attention ... - i'm not dead yet ! Sep 24, 12:14 10
- What I like about the Dixie Chicks are Natalie's politics and her way of going about speaking out on things. - David Sep 24, 12:16 5
  - well, don't get me wrong, i respect her speaking up and all ... - i'm not dead yet ! Sep 24, 12:17 4
    - but bands fading out of the spotlight eventually Is the natural order of things -- nm - Reagen Sep 24, 12:20
    - Sure but A) she was right and B) it would be repugnant if being afraid to speak up were the preferred state. -- nm - David Sep 24, 12:18 2
      - Speak up, but know your audience. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Sep 24, 12:28 1
        
        this -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Sep 24, 12:51
- Not really. They were over rated. -- nm - Spawn Sep 24, 12:16
- Natalie just released a solo album this year. -- nm - Reagen Sep 24, 12:15 2
  - see, that's what I'm talking about ... they don't get big attention anymore,,, i wouldn't have known that if you hadn't have said something -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Sep 24, 12:16 1
    - They're reuniting and about to go on tour. I saw the other 2 in their new band Courtyard Hounds at Lollapalooza. They're very talented. Small crowd - pmb Sep 24, 12:24
con_carne: No definitive answer, but it really looks like you have no guarantee of a policy that will cover pre-existing conditions if you don't go - mara Sep 24, 12:13 1
- Thanks. But I guess people who dislike Obamacare want to have the freedom to be screwed by the corporation of their choice... -- nm - con_carne Sep 24, 12:21
Huh. So, change o' subject. I just learned women don't have to sign up for the draft ("selective service," US) when they turn 18, is this true?? - con_carne Sep 24, 12:08 15
- LYC: Just found this - con_carne Sep 24, 12:19 1
  - The rationale being that women were restricted from front-line combat roles -- (link) - znufrii Sep 24, 12:21
- that is correct. -- nm - znufrii Sep 24, 12:10 2
  - (though I think they can register if they want these days. used to be they wouldn't even permit women to do that) -- nm - znufrii Sep 24, 12:12
  - *RAGES* -- nm - with meat si Sep 24, 12:11
- Yup. -- nm - mara Sep 24, 12:10
- Uhhhh.... we have a draft now? -- nm - Spawn Sep 24, 12:09 8
  - Since 1980, I think. (And obviously at various times before then.) -- nm - mara Sep 24, 12:12
  - that's what selective service is. - znufrii Sep 24, 12:11 6
    - Yes, I was one of the last that never had to register. The current law began with those born after Dec 31, 1959. I was born on the 29th. -- nm - GregW Sep 24, 12:23
    - It is in case we have a draft. -- nm - Spawn Sep 24, 12:13 2
      - tomato, tomahto. -- nm - znufrii Sep 24, 12:22 1
        
        You don;t sign up to go into the draft. You sign up for the other reasons listed here. Big difference. -- nm - Spawn Sep 24, 12:26
    - i did not know this. - Andie Sep 24, 12:12 1
      - and if you don't register, you are inelgible for federal financial aid - znufrii Sep 24, 12:13
an end of an era...VW to stop making their infamous micro-bus -- (link) - peglegpete Sep 24, 12:02 1
- There goes our hope for Little Miss Sunshine 2. -- nm - David Sep 24, 12:08
Hmm. Healthcare.gov is great about answering questions bout the Marketplace; not so great about out-of-Marketplace insurance, and the ACA in general. -- nm - mara Sep 24, 11:51
i can't say i *like* these soft shelves, but they are interesting. -- (link) - Andie Sep 24, 11:47 17
- good lord! WTF good is that?! kill it now! -- nm - mud Sep 24, 12:22
- every time you needed something like a dish or a cup you'd have to use two hands, interesting idea but stupid practicality -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 24, 12:14
- That looks like something that's not for earthquake country -- nm - con_carne Sep 24, 11:58
- They'd be the perfect set piece for this video -- (link) - prayformojo Sep 24, 11:58 [youtube]
- Hideous! -- nm - Spawn Sep 24, 11:47 12
  - right, i don't like them, don't want them, but still find them sort of interesting to look at. -- nm - Andie Sep 24, 11:48 11
    - I honestly cannot even look at them. Not sure why but they make my skin crawl. - Spawn Sep 24, 11:48 10
      - That's how I feel. They make me physically uncomfortable. -- nm - mara Sep 24, 11:56 4
        
        I imagine them moving away from the wall and beginning to dance to the theme music from 'Sanford & Son'. -- nm - Diva Sep 24, 11:58 3
        
        In that picture it looks like it's leaving a club at 6am and leaning on the wall for balance, ready to puke in the alley. -- nm - Max Sep 24, 12:00 2
        
        Barfly shelves! All the rage. -- nm - Andie Sep 24, 12:03
        
        *tiny snort!* -- nm - Diva Sep 24, 12:01
      - They look like Disney furniture about to break into song -- nm - Roger More Sep 24, 11:54
      - They're the face of evil. -- nm - David Sep 24, 11:52 1
        
        Mom! Dad! It's evil! Don't touch it! -- nm - Spawn Sep 24, 11:53
      - Come here, Spawn. Give us a hug. -- nm - soft shelf crab Sep 24, 11:51 1
        
        FEAR -- nm - Spawn Sep 24, 11:52
Upgraded MythTV to 0.27 hoping it solves the occasional back to back recording glitch with my HDHomeRun from my early copy of 0.26 - oblique Sep 24, 11:44
I hate it when you arrnt hungry, eat a snack, then suddenly you are starving. -- nm - Truman Sep 24, 11:41
video footage of Northampton clown -- (link) - Roger More Sep 24, 11:32 1
- from what I understand the clown may be traveling to Idaho soon -- nm - Remlik Sep 24, 11:34
Pakistan earthquake this morning created a new island! -- (link) - Andie Sep 24, 11:29 1
- get the flag out -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Sep 24, 11:34
Colin: I asked for a tour of the Little Ceasar's kitchen and they do make their dough in-house daily. - JaxSean Sep 24, 11:28 2
- A handy in the back of the store for $2? -- nm - Krusty Sep 24, 11:31 1
  - Silly, it's Little Ceasars - it was in the middle of the kitchen. - JaxSean Sep 24, 12:00
so, office conversation spin off - when was the last time you heard of a person *fainting*? - Andie Sep 24, 11:23 58
- fainting happens at weddings often enough, they're out partying the nigh before, they don't normally have breakfast but at the office there's always.. - zeitgeist Sep 24, 12:07
- I know some people that have come close, but nothing for many many years. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 24, 12:01
- /*faint*/ -- nm - peglegpete Sep 24, 11:58
- I fainted in a bar about two years ago. - ty97 Sep 24, 11:45 9
  - Jeez. :-( -- nm - Krusty Sep 24, 11:50
  - what were you drinking? do you remember? -- nm - Diva Sep 24, 11:50
  - And when I woke up... lets just say I could not walk right for a week. -- nm - ty79 Sep 24, 11:49 2
    - and my kidney was missing.... -- nm - Andie Sep 24, 11:50 1
      - and all my ID said my name was Esteban Villarosa. -- nm - Diva Sep 24, 11:52
  - yikes. I didn't faint this past Saturday but I felt like I'd been roofied and I swooned. it was quite the mai-tai. - Diva Sep 24, 11:48 3
    - It makes me chuckle that you're out drinking in what feels to me like the middle of the day on a Saturday and Mel is napping - oblique Sep 24, 11:52 2
      - in his defense he had done yard work while I'd been out shopping. -- nm - Diva Sep 24, 11:53 1
        
        it was more like 7pm too. - Mel Profit Sep 24, 12:19
- passed out in the ER bathroom from blood loss after my colonoscopy around 6 years ago -- nm - Beaker Sep 24, 11:42 11
  - Yikes. Hope that colonoscope operator got some more training! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Sep 24, 11:43 10
    - burned off a couple polyps and it didn't carterize right (I had been home for the day and drove myself back) to the ER - WTMI - Beaker Sep 24, 11:50 9
      - How old were you? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 24, 12:02 1
        
        6 years ago or so -- nm - Beaker Sep 24, 12:03
      - This thread is going about as well as expected. Thanks a lot, Andie! -- nm - Roger More Sep 24, 12:00
      - Wow. Anytime you can startle a nurse, you've got a good story! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Sep 24, 11:58
      - augh!! -- nm - Diva Sep 24, 11:55
      - Damn! - Krusty Sep 24, 11:52 3
        
        I had been passing blood for most of the day. Once admitted they gace me a gallon of stuff to make me go more - Beaker Sep 24, 12:00 2
        
        I'm glad you went to the ER before something even worse happened to you. -- nm - Krusty Sep 24, 12:04
        
        Katie Couric *never* said it was going to be like this. -- nm - Diva Sep 24, 12:02
- I have LBP and come close to fainting relatively often - Reagen Sep 24, 11:41 1
  - my wife always gets light headed from this when she stands up too fast -- nm - Beaker Sep 24, 11:42
- My daughter fainted in June. She had eaten nothing all day but an icing sandwich for lunch. -- nm - landbeck Sep 24, 11:40 3
  - heh. "Icing sandwich." -- nm - Andie Sep 24, 11:40 2
    - Parenting admission; sometimes, I let the kids take care of their own food. Usually, they're pretty balanced! -- nm - landbeck Sep 24, 11:47 1
      - Icing is in a food group. - Krusty Sep 24, 11:48
- I used to be the only person I knew who did, but I haven't for years. -- nm - mara Sep 24, 11:39
- I found my gf passed out in the bathroom a few months back. - Krusty Sep 24, 11:36 12
  - That sounds frightening. - Mel Profit Sep 24, 11:40 5
    - Nope. :-( - Krusty Sep 24, 11:44 4
      - "I'm still cautious about her health and any banging..." -- nm - Spawn Sep 24, 11:46 3
        
        Heh. :-) - Krusty Sep 24, 11:47 2
        
        TT/ST absolutely built my Straight Line Filter. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 24, 11:48
        
        Indeed! -- nm - Spawn Sep 24, 11:48
  - Wow. Think I mentioned one of our painters had this happen except she had had a heart episode and had passed. -- nm - Spawn Sep 24, 11:39 1
    - If she wasn't snoring I was calling 911. I went for my phone almost instantly but I then I heard her snore. - Krusty Sep 24, 11:46
  - dang. -- nm - Diva Sep 24, 11:39
  - Jeebus. -- nm - David Sep 24, 11:38
  - that is pretty scary. -- nm - Andie Sep 24, 11:36 1
    - Very much so. -- nm - Krusty Sep 24, 11:38
- at my cardio class a young woman passed out for a bit, she was out partying the night before and ate the floor hard 20 minutes in. -- nm - Remlik Sep 24, 11:34
- Heat stroke is pretty common here around festival season -- nm - con_carne Sep 24, 11:32
- I did when giving blood a few years ago. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 24, 11:29
- Brian Fantana. - Mel Profit Sep 24, 11:27
- My dad did last week. Busted his ear up hitting furniture on the way down. -- nm - Inigo Sep 24, 11:24 8
  - eeesh. low blood pressure, maybe? do they know why? -- nm - Andie Sep 24, 11:26 7
    - They couldn't say, but most likely because he just wasn't eating well. - Inigo Sep 24, 11:32 2
      - Hmm. Hello, clone! That took about two minutes to post. - Inigo Sep 24, 11:34 1
        
        I've been noticing a few lag issues. I think it's because of the hosting provider ... - Beryllium Sep 24, 11:41
    - They couldn't say, but most likely because he just wasn't eating well. - Inigo Sep 24, 11:30 2
      - sorry to hear that. -- nm - Andie Sep 24, 11:32 1
        
        Thanks. He seems a lot better now. -- nm - Inigo Sep 24, 11:35
    - could have any number of triggers -- (link) - znufrii Sep 24, 11:28
You're welcome. -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Sep 24, 11:16 2
- That second one is pure genius. -- nm - Was Bar Was Sep 24, 11:31
- I think I'll stop at "the world’s thirstiest gerbil" -- nm - prayformojo Sep 24, 11:22
If there's a maximum volume for ~Beat City~ by The Flowerpot Men, I don't know it. - Mel Profit Sep 24, 11:12
Regarding the Auburn fan and his GTA obsession, I felt the same way when I was playing Katamari Damacy. -- nm - Was Bar Was Sep 24, 11:10 2
- Driving to church early Sunday morning, with the roads unusually empty, it was tough to drive normally. -- nm - Ender Sep 24, 11:29 1
  - *hits a cow* Nooo I wanted a bear! -- nm - Was Bar Was Sep 24, 11:40
overestimating ... or UNDERestimating? BAM! -- nm - Beryllium Sep 24, 11:07 1
- Uh... the good one. -- nm - Spawn Sep 24, 11:09
From B2: I think it's the monitor because it works after it warms up. - Krusty Sep 24, 11:03 10
- I *love* my Viewsonic LED. Mine is the 22" but this is the 27" -- (link) - oblique Sep 24, 11:10 3
  - Man, that brand name takes me back -- nm - con_carne Sep 24, 11:19 1
    - Right? -- nm - David Sep 24, 11:39
  - Looks nice and the price is right. -- nm - Krusty Sep 24, 11:18
- Also, I tried an old monitor and it looks fine. It's the monitor crapping out. :-( -- nm - Krusty Sep 24, 11:06
- This one is very well reviewed. -- (link) - David Sep 24, 11:05 4
  - I have something very similar - it pivots, too. Only 24" ... I prefer LG LCDs, and I find the BenQ a bit too bright, but it works decently enough. - Beryllium Sep 24, 11:18
  - Thanks, I'm reading the reviews now. -- nm - Krusty Sep 24, 11:12 2
    - Consumer Reports likes some other models better, but the price tag on those is north of $500. -- nm - David Sep 24, 11:16 1
      - Yeah, I'd definitely like to stay south of $500. -- nm - Krusty Sep 24, 11:18
Any more rants out there? - OAE -- Explorer, Antarctica, Old Sep 24, 10:59 2
- "Weird Al Day" is too long in coming and not nationwide! -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Sep 24, 11:01 1
  - Is that a day I can legally shoot him? -- nm - Spawn Sep 24, 11:02

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