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Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) on impending shutdown: "We've very excited. It's exactly what we wanted, and we got it." -- nm - Don Homer Sep 30, 12:44 4
- some of us don't welcome the events in the Book of Revelation, lady. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 30, 12:47
- When is she retiring? -- nm - amoxy Sep 30, 12:47
- Because the best kind of victory is a pyrrhic one. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 30, 12:45 1
  - (nice SAT word :) ) -- nm - decline Sep 30, 12:46
In the past 24 hours I have eaten nine 33 cent pastries from El Super supermarket (3 for 99 cents) - con_carne Sep 30, 12:43
Bitcoin has competition: Ripple -- (link) - oblique Sep 30, 12:42
Huh, just heard Kurt Russell will be in FF7 - amoxy Sep 30, 12:36 10
- please be Stuntman Mike, please be Stuntman Mike... -- nm - Max Sep 30, 12:51
- and Lucas Black rejoins the franchise for the next 3 movies. -- nm - Remlik Sep 30, 12:40 3
  - So I guess the Fast and Furious franchise would Jump The Shark if - amoxy Sep 30, 12:43 1
    - I'm actually kind of surprised he hasn't. -- nm - Remlik Sep 30, 12:48
  - I swoon! -- nm - amanda hk Sep 30, 12:40
- awesome franchise blending, we learn how he got the nic 'snake' -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 30, 12:39
- He needs to do a buddy action movie with Kris Kristofferson -- nm - con_carne Sep 30, 12:38 3
  - with Sam Elliot and Jeff Bridges - it'll be a good old-fashioned crusty-arsed Crust-Off. -- nm - Diva Sep 30, 12:42 2
    - wilferd brimley -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 30, 12:50
    - Eyepatches for everyone -- nm - con_carne Sep 30, 12:44
"Yep ... that's Fine Douchebag, alright." -- nm - Beryllium Sep 30, 12:26 1
- Fine douchebag, eh? -- nm - crash davis Sep 30, 12:29
I felt compelled to defend Romo last week and now Schaub this week? I see a common denominator with a certain state. - crash davis Sep 30, 12:21 13
- Next up: Ted Cruz -- nm - ty97 Sep 30, 12:38 1
  - for me to feel compelled to defend? That would take some doing :) -- nm - crash davis Sep 30, 12:47
- omg - we watched DCC the other day - the 'harsh reality' episode. - Diva Sep 30, 12:28 9
  - Yay! It had to be rehab, I can't think of anything else. The Aussie and the KC cheerleader with the eyes are my favorites. And why do the brunettes - crash davis Sep 30, 12:32 8
    - and most of the blondes aren't even real blondes - what's the deal? - Diva Sep 30, 12:37 3
      - The KC girl cheered for the Chiefs the past three seasons, and represented KC in last years Pro Bowl. She has eyes that make me go Pavlovian - crash davis Sep 30, 12:44 2
        
        ah...okay, good to know. I'll try to watch more back eps as time permits so I can get up to snuff. - Diva Sep 30, 12:46 1
        
        Mel has an eye for what is important :) -- nm - crash davis Sep 30, 12:48
    - oh, and this upcoming week, I think they make the Aussie go to a hair stylist -- nm - crash davis Sep 30, 12:34 3
      - yes - and that little Mister said that (vivian/vanessa - the one trying to lose 8 pounds) needs a good haircut too. - Diva Sep 30, 12:39 2
        
        Their little hair dresser guy is ten times more bitchy than any woman on the show -- nm - crash davis Sep 30, 12:46 1
        
        just like real life. -- nm - Diva Sep 30, 12:47
- Also the protection for Schaub in the first half versus the second looked like two different teams. Why aren't they burning O-Line jersies? - crash davis Sep 30, 12:26
I really shouldn't eat a donut but there is one here begging for it -- nm - oblique Sep 30, 12:21 10
- ~ these blurred icing lines ~ -- nm - JaxSean Sep 30, 12:35
- it must be dressed provocatively in icing or chocolate. slutty little donut. - Diva Sep 30, 12:22 6
  - honut - oblique Sep 30, 12:25 5
    - ~you know you want it~ -- nm - znufrii Sep 30, 12:30 3
      - You wanna dunk me. What rhymes with dunk me? -- nm - Qale Sep 30, 12:34
      - ~hey hey hey!~ -- nm - Diva Sep 30, 12:33 1
        
        ~Everybody get up!~ -- nm - Spawn Sep 30, 12:36
    - eat it. dirty little pastry. -- nm - Diva Sep 30, 12:29
- "Do something about the last three donuts. I don't want them here in the morning to tempt me." - Amy, last night Sep 30, 12:22 1
  - I did that with a pie the other night. Stupid fruit flies making me eat pie -- nm - oblique Sep 30, 12:25
what i remember about the mash finale from 83 is that i was living in a college dorm.... - x Sep 30, 12:18 1
- Closest thing in my aware lifetime is the OJ verdict - Will Hunting Sep 30, 12:48
And the NYC mayor's race turned to calling people commies. -- (link) - ty97 Sep 30, 12:15 1
- that was quick -- nm - znufrii Sep 30, 12:17
Strongbad around? Today's Amazon free app is a nonogram puzzle game (like cross me) -- nm - decline Sep 30, 12:14
12:09, and we've had more posts today than all of yesterday. Yay! :) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 30, 12:09
Here is every previous government shutdown, why they happened and how they ended -- (link) - ty97 Sep 30, 12:06 6
- "Let them eat shutdown" heheh -- nm - Beryllium Sep 30, 12:15
- i bet they mostly got pushed to the brink, and then a compromise was ulitmately reached....nm - x Sep 30, 12:13
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- Seventeen in under 40 years? That's crazy! (It last happened 40 years ago in Australia, and people there still talk about it) -- nm - Roger More Sep 30, 12:11 2
  - Heh - "the House insisted on larger defence cuts than Reagan wanted and pay-rises for themselves..." -- nm - Roger More Sep 30, 12:15
  - There's an asterisk that the ones in the 70s weren't real shutdowns, but yes. -- nm - ty97 Sep 30, 12:12
Looking into the issues with undocumented immigrants and organ transplants, it is about money, not a specific policy. - GregW Sep 30, 12:05
a horn section on a NIN song? That's new. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 30, 11:59 4
- I like the new album, as long as you don't go in expecting Downward Spiral 2 - con_carne Sep 30, 12:18 2
  - I'm going through it today. - Mel Profit Sep 30, 12:32 1
    - It helps that Reznor does things with sound in a particularly refined manner... unlike most 90's bands -- nm - con_carne Sep 30, 12:35
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Batman:AO DLC info. -- (link) - Shaun Sep 30, 11:56
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- pay a wino to get in line for you, if it works for apples it should work for joes -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 30, 12:47
- That's not bad. It's usually so long they need someone to mark the middle of the line when they break it off. - Krusty Sep 30, 12:03
- 1) I thought about sneaking out during the day to TJs today. 2) That's the second shortest line ever at TJs - ty97 Sep 30, 11:56 3
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    - UWS. Broadway / 72nd -- nm - ty97 Sep 30, 12:13
  - And 3) The only shorter line I ever experienced? 9pm Saturday night - ty97 Sep 30, 11:58
- can you get me the big size bag of pineapple tidbits please? thanks. I have like seven left. I'm rationing. - amanda hk Sep 30, 11:55 1
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Our company VP is going around the office doing his annual Michaelmas peppercorn distribution. -- (link) - Max Sep 30, 11:48 2
- You make up the weirdest things. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Sep 30, 11:50 1
  - Walter Mitty and King Kong aint got nothing on me. -- nm - Max Sep 30, 11:52
I just want this day to end to go home and get back to the cake. - Mel Profit Sep 30, 11:46 4
- The Cake Wins. -- nm - Diva Sep 30, 11:50
- Mel. Ika. Ika. Mel. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Sep 30, 11:49 1
  - must.make.pirates. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 30, 11:52
- you have my permission to go home now -- nm - peglegpete Sep 30, 11:49
Ok, this could be fun. So my wife and mother are hounding me for a "birthday list". What should be on it? - Jim Sep 30, 11:44 24
- A Montee Ball autograph -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 30, 12:12 2
  - that would be impossible, every time he holds the pen to sign, he drops it. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 30, 12:33
  - Been working on that. Keep trying to swap out my Le'Veon Bell auto for a Montee auto...not having a lot of luck. Needed Bell to get on the field. -- nm - Jim Sep 30, 12:17
- A single plum, floating in perfume, served in a man's hat. (nm) - howie Sep 30, 12:08
- A pink polo and a light sweater to tie around your neck - Roger More Sep 30, 12:03 2
  - Oddly enough...I already have a pink polo and an aqua sweater... - Jim Sep 30, 12:05 1
    - Then your October 31 is all planned! (Don't forget to post photos to scare David) -- nm - Roger More Sep 30, 12:08
- A solar phone charger -- nm - mara Sep 30, 12:02 1
  - Oooh..that sounds cool. -- nm - Jim Sep 30, 12:05
- booze -- nm - znufrii Sep 30, 11:58
- sodastream? a fish and a lava lamp for your office. neon colored rubberbands. a "kentucky kicks ass" tshirt (my kingdom for one!!). -- nm - amanda hk Sep 30, 11:57 2
  - See, sodastream is intriguing to me, but I really want to try some, before I make the investment. -- nm - Jim Sep 30, 12:06
  - also, a what would gorbachev do? shirt. seriously I have no idea how we lived without. -- nm - amanda hk Sep 30, 11:59
- a weekend in Vegas with front row Britney Spears tix -- nm - peglegpete Sep 30, 11:56
- probably this: The boob shaped shampoo dispenser for the shower - Andie Sep 30, 11:54 1
  - or, more practically this: Surge protector/and outlet saver for charging devices -- (link) - Andie Sep 30, 11:56
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  - Yeah! -- nm - Qale Sep 30, 11:57
  - Zelda edition obvie. -- nm - Shaun Sep 30, 11:53
- hookers and meth -- nm - Beaker Sep 30, 11:51
- You might need this sometime -- (link) - decline Sep 30, 11:47
- PS4! -- nm - Shaun Sep 30, 11:45
- yeah, maybe that's not the best idea with this crowd -- nm - oblique Sep 30, 11:45 1
  - Bah...I can sift through the nonsense. -- nm - Jim Sep 30, 11:47
This Buzzfeed summary of the hot new Russian drug Krokodil has pictures that will make you vomit. Enjoy. -- (link) - Mop (200 lbs) Sep 30, 11:43 3
- Relatedly! Schnappi das kleine Krokodil -- (link) - Qale Sep 30, 12:03 [youtube]
- it's not really new (just new to the US) -- nm - decline Sep 30, 11:48 1
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saw someone running fine douchebag today -- two Bluetooth earpieces. -- nm - Reagen Sep 30, 11:41 4
- Was it Carrie Brownstein? - Max Sep 30, 11:49
- "double" not"fine" - Reagen Sep 30, 11:44 1
  - It absolutely works -- nm - con_carne Sep 30, 12:21
- stereo baby -- nm - oblique Sep 30, 11:42
Obesity doesn’t run in your family. Nobody runs in your family. -- nm - oblique Sep 30, 11:38
Brooklyn Pour Craft Beer Festival? WANT -- (link) - ty97 Sep 30, 11:34 6
- oh, *hell* yes. -- nm - znufrii Sep 30, 11:35 5
  - meanwhile I've got this one to look forward too.... -- (link) - znufrii Sep 30, 11:38 4
    - and this -- (link) - znufrii Sep 30, 11:41 3
      - next year -- (link) - znufrii Sep 30, 11:43 2
        
        and, of course -- (link) - znufrii Sep 30, 11:44 1
        
        You came up with those links awfully quickly -- nm - con_carne Sep 30, 12:33
18 fun easter eggs, callbacks and moments of really cool symmetry from the Breaking Bad finale -- (link) - samara Sep 30, 11:30 1
- Samarium and samara. Am I supposed to believe that's a coincidence? -- nm - Inigo Sep 30, 11:39
10.3 million viewers for Breaking Bad finale. -- (link) - Mop (200 lbs) Sep 30, 11:28 11
- plus 500,000 illegal downloads! -- nm - Kim Pine Sep 30, 11:45
- From the amount of people here and on my FB and just in general, that seems low. -- nm - Shaun Sep 30, 11:41 2
  - it's 40% higher than any other ep of the series. -- nm - Reagen Sep 30, 11:41 1
    - I meant in general, but then again, it's on a specialty network that not everyone gets by default. -- nm - Shaun Sep 30, 11:44
- from twitter: #BreakingBadFinale brings in 10.3 million viewers. “MASH” in 1983 had 105.9 million. Seinfeld” in 1998 had 76.3M -- nm - Beryllium Sep 30, 11:29 6
  - yeah, there really are no more mass audiences....nm - x Sep 30, 11:42 3
    - Other than the Super Bowl -- nm - amoxy Sep 30, 11:54
    - There's a lot more choice, too (which allows everything to be niche). -- nm - Kim Pine Sep 30, 11:46 1
      - exactly...nm - x Sep 30, 12:11
  - Man, that was bad....76mil people having that as a lasting memory of that show. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 30, 11:35 1
    - Nah, we forgot it as soon as it was over. -- nm - GregW Sep 30, 11:52
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- you have *such* a hard life. -- nm - znufrii Sep 30, 11:34 4
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  - WPP and FWP to be renamed: JackDawson Problems - Diva Sep 30, 11:39 2
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      - nah. they'll just rush it through at the end of the month to make their revenue quotas. -- nm - znufrii Sep 30, 11:55
- Just names? Or dates too? -- nm - ty97 Sep 30, 11:30 5
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    - Yikes! Thank goodness for my FlightMemory account -- nm - ty97 Sep 30, 11:40 3
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        Most people drink to forget, are you drinking to remember? -- nm - Qale Sep 30, 12:01
        
        haha -- nm - ty97 Sep 30, 11:48
- (except Vegas, obvie) -- nm - Spawn Sep 30, 11:30
Good God, C-SPAN, why did you have to start putting a tweet feed in your broadcast? *closes wwindow, claws eyes out* - znufrii Sep 30, 11:26
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- Burn them! -- nm - Spawn Sep 30, 11:23

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