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Still no Half-Life 3... but Valve did file a trademark on the name. -- (link) - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 1, 13:38
Reagen was right. I should have burned the place down. - zork Oct 1, 13:38 2
- I had one in the sweatband of a ball cap once, it made itself known to me while driving... - J Oct 1, 13:43
- you should have had the beetle juice. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 1, 13:43
Maybe the ACA should have been called Reagencare? That could have worked maybe? -- nm - Jovian Oct 1, 13:38 2
- uff. I'm only one man. -- nm - Reagen Oct 1, 13:46
- I doubt a lanky pedantic Canadian would make a more popular mascot for this program than our President, but you never know. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 1, 13:45
Catching Fire ticket sales are "ungodly". -- nm - David Oct 1, 13:34 7
- link? -- nm - amanda hk Oct 1, 13:39 3
  - here is a link from a few hours ago for interested parties -- (link) - amanda hk Oct 1, 13:47
  - no link -- nm - David Oct 1, 13:42 1
    - excellent. -- nm - amanda hk Oct 1, 13:43
- so, I shiould get opening night tickets now then? -- nm - groiny Oct 1, 13:35 2
  - Sometime this week, yes. -- nm - David Oct 1, 13:42
  - if you want to go to hell, sure. - Reagen Oct 1, 13:35
How is it possible that I am having a 100 time harder time scrapping my broke unusable car, then I did buying a new one? - Jovian Oct 1, 13:34 2
- Uhm, where is your copy of the title? -- nm - Spawn Oct 1, 13:48 1
  - duh...missing! -- nm - Jovian Oct 1, 14:02
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Sleigh Bells full album is streaming on rollingstone.com: -- (link) - JaxSean Oct 1, 13:28 7
- "It's called 'Pink Noise' and it's just 70 minutes of 120 dBa maxed out treble." -- nm - Reagen Oct 1, 13:42 1
  - ...geek... -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 1, 13:44
- Christmas music in October?! -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 1, 13:39 2
  - It's like an excellent present in October, so...kinda. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 1, 13:41
  - is this the Nightmare Before Christmas soundtrack? -- nm - zork Oct 1, 13:40
- (Who kicks off a tour in Pittsburgh? ;-)) -- nm - con_carne Oct 1, 13:37
- Cool, thanks -- nm - con_carne Oct 1, 13:31
I'll just take over the board now. so I'm listening to a podcast about BB, and they're talking about (nonspoiler spoiler. complete nonspoiler) - amanda hk Oct 1, 13:28 1
- uh - Beryllium Oct 1, 13:35
In Pakistan, analysts note that the country’s 66-year-old national government has never had a formal shutdown, despite three coups -- (link) - ty97 Oct 1, 13:27
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- SNL could do a great skit with this. -- nm - Jovian Oct 1, 13:29
SITWAP: Was this video of the Black Range Rover running over the bikers discussed yet? -- (link) - JaxSean Oct 1, 13:25 [youtube] 15
- Douchebags! -- nm - J Oct 1, 13:40
- uh, why were they boxing him in? -- nm - Reagen Oct 1, 13:32 10
  - Are you looking for an answer other than "because they're assholes?" - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 1, 13:47 1
    - Like you say below, did something happen before they started filming? - Reagen Oct 1, 13:50
  - biker slowed, causing contact with the SUV, bikers mobbed the SUV, SUV fled in panic. -- nm - Max Oct 1, 13:37 5
    - No, I get that. But at the start of the video, they're already swarming him. -- nm - Reagen Oct 1, 13:39 4
      - my guess is the SUV may have honked. more probably, bikers in packs are just dicks. -- nm - Max Oct 1, 13:46
      - Trying to start something? -- nm - J Oct 1, 13:45
      - BAN SONS OF ANARCHY!!!!! -- nm - groiny Oct 1, 13:42 1
        
        These guys are in New York, so you know they're worse. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 1, 13:49
  - This is what I don't get. Don't we see a biker deliberately get in front of him and slow way down? -- nm - mara Oct 1, 13:37
  - the bikers were doing everything wrong on the freeway, one cut off the rover and was hit. then mob mentality started -- nm - peglegpete Oct 1, 13:34
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  - Not knowing what happened before the video starts, I'm hesitant to say - JaxSean Oct 1, 13:34 1
    - From everything I've heard, and what I've seen, I don't fault the guy. - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 1, 13:45
aaaand I just made plans to walk home tonight with jaime. massive spoiler - amanda hk Oct 1, 13:22
the office season nine on NF. guess we know what I'm doing tonight. -- nm - amanda hk Oct 1, 13:18
The Marlins have been selling the 9,100 unused tickets to Henderson Alvarez's walk-off no-hitter in the season finale...only with the wrong date.... -- (link) - Beaker Oct 1, 13:10 1
- Good lord. You subject doesn't even make clear how absurd this is. They're not real tickets, they're printable tickets -- PDF files. -- nm - mara Oct 1, 13:29
The Taxonomy Of Brewing: 500 Beers On One Ridiculous Chart -- (link) - Beaker Oct 1, 13:08 1
- WANT!!! -- nm - znufrii Oct 1, 13:16
PIP give me a call later - thx -- nm - Capstern Oct 1, 13:04 3
- kay. remind I need the name of your ortho doc -- nm - Epiphany Oct 1, 13:13 2
  - Shoulder / wrist or ankle? -- nm - Capstern Oct 1, 13:16 1
    - knee - lil pip -- nm - Epiphany Oct 1, 13:46
Helen Fielding suuuucks. -- nm - kelly Oct 1, 13:04 8
- RIGHT? -- nm - Andie Oct 1, 13:07
- what did she do? -- nm - Diva Oct 1, 13:06 6
  - Andie has some spoiler news at the top of B2 -- nm - decline Oct 1, 13:08
  - oh - i just read the BB. Yes, she sucks. She sucks hard. Bitch. -- nm - Diva Oct 1, 13:08
  - Bridget Jones 3 spoilers top of B2 -- nm - Andie Oct 1, 13:08
  - B2 - Andie's post with spoilers -- nm - Roger More Oct 1, 13:08 2
    - But (spoilers) - Roger More Oct 1, 13:08 1
      - that's not funny RM. you know, sometimes things just. aren't. funny. - Diva Oct 1, 13:10
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Both my NASA and NSF live feeds have gone off the air. Damn you, Congress!!! Get ready for Octocam, 24/7! -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 1, 12:55 2
- People are freaking that the National Zoo pandacam is gone. -- nm - MDH Oct 1, 12:55 1
  - We had to burn the panda to fuel the computers that print our paychecks. China understands. -- nm - Congress si Oct 1, 12:56
Hrmm, the myVegas Monorail is as useless as the Springfield Monorail - amoxy Oct 1, 12:50 4
- ~Mono...~ D'oh! -- nm - Was Bar Was Oct 1, 13:21
- Out of curiosity, I never get the chip e-mails. How many red chips do you have? Maybe there's some threshold? -- nm - MDH Oct 1, 12:52 1
  - I currently have 100K. Do you play alot? I play every day couple times a day and - amoxy Oct 1, 13:11
- that's dumb. -- nm - znufrii Oct 1, 12:52
Michelle Rodriguez has come out as bisexual in an EW interview. Shocked I tell you. -- nm - MDH Oct 1, 12:50 7
- I've always had the sense that being in a room with guys made her angry and edgy. -- nm - Max Oct 1, 12:55
- So she likes dudes too now? Cool cool. -- nm - Shaun Oct 1, 12:52 2
  - You missed her "Mitchie likes sausage" quote a couple years ago? -- nm - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 1, 13:26
  - I think she added Lenny Kravitz and Oliver Martinez to her notched belt a long time ago. this is nothing shocking -- nm - Epiphany Oct 1, 12:56
- So you're saying there's a chance?! -- nm - Jim Oct 1, 12:51 2
  - i've *always* been hopin' there was a chance with her -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Oct 1, 12:54
  - Did you see that Saints Row clip on B2? -- nm - Spawn Oct 1, 12:53
*listening to Operation Mindcrime* - Mel Profit Oct 1, 12:48
Re: BB and ricin (spoils) - Reagen Oct 1, 12:48 2
- BB finale spoils - Beryllium Oct 1, 12:49 1
  - somewhere in that neighbourhood. -- nm - Reagen Oct 1, 12:50
Question forlike Andie/Pip etc (ladies) - Capstern Oct 1, 12:43 25
- Honest thanks. I feel like I got nearly 100% helpful stuff and minimal give cappy shit. Thanks! -- nm - Capstern Oct 1, 12:57
- 1) she's likely to never admit to ' dating' anyone ever again, just ignore it 2) bonding time, I'd said do half and half - Epiphany Oct 1, 12:55 1
  - Thanks. Genius -- nm - Capstern Oct 1, 12:56
- "Hey A, not being a girl, most of this daughter stuff is beyond me and I've figured it's your territory, but if you ever want me to be involved - Max Oct 1, 12:52
- Not a lady...but on #1, let it roll. If you push too much, she'll stop telling y'all anything. Whether or not she's back with the kid - Jim Oct 1, 12:47 8
  - Thx - Capstern Oct 1, 12:54 7
    - Well it scares the crap out of me. At 11 there are neighborhood boys at my house - Capstern Oct 1, 12:59
    - you asked ladies for advice but thanked jim because he gave you the answer you wanted. I don't much care. - amanda hk Oct 1, 12:58 4
      - Maybe he thanked me because I'm right! Ever think of that?? Can I get a witness?!?! -- nm - Jim Oct 1, 13:11
      - I had not set expectation. I admit to being clueless and guessing. But you are - Capstern Oct 1, 13:00 2
        
        as are you. so there's that as well to be thankful for. -- nm - amanda hk Oct 1, 13:01 1
        
        yup nice foundation. -- nm - Capstern Oct 1, 13:03
    - this post creeps me out. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 1, 12:57
- do not bring up anything, ever, about either thing. -- nm - Andie Oct 1, 12:44 6
  - Sorta suspected this. Wanted to make sure the instinct was sound. - Capstern Oct 1, 12:52 1
    - at their ages, step dad is an ugly word. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 1, 12:54
  - "never speak, just give them money every week" -- nm - groiny Oct 1, 12:47 2
    - The 2 eldest have jobs. I just bill them for certain things like car insurance :) -- nm - Capstern Oct 1, 12:58
    - Hey that rhymed! -- nm - Shaun Oct 1, 12:49
  - this is a better answer. unless you are specifically asked by the mother. don't ask her. wait for her to ask you. -- nm - amanda hk Oct 1, 12:45
- you're not a parent. ask their mother what an appropriate course of action for you is. -- nm - amanda hk Oct 1, 12:44 4
  - At 18 months they look to me as a parental unit. Or so I am called. I cant defer everything forever - Capstern Oct 1, 12:51 3
    - ha ha ha. ha ha ha. no they don't. authority figure maybe. parent? no way in hell. -- nm - amanda hk Oct 1, 12:55 1
      - Well guess just go by how they act. Call me parental unit to friends and step-dad to people they introduce me too. Sigh -- nm - Capstern Oct 1, 12:56
    - you will never be their father, you can be there if they need you for something - groiny Oct 1, 12:52
Here is the important question. Is Lee Daniels' The Butler furloughed? -- nm - David Oct 1, 12:41
Word. -- nm - Jim Oct 1, 12:39 3
- Oh, honey. -- nm - Spawn Oct 1, 12:40
- Late. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 1, 12:40 1
  - At least I lost to something positive. -- nm - Jim Oct 1, 12:40
“I think the reason is because President Obama can’t wait to get Americans addicted to the crack cocaine of dependency on more government health care. -- nm - Michelle Bachman Oct 1, 12:38 34
- Her metaphoric use of crack in Breaking Bad's final week just shows how out of touch she is -- nm - Roger More Oct 1, 13:07 2
  - It's a racism thing. The target audience for the message links the skin color of POTUS with crack. -- nm - David Oct 1, 13:09 1
    - Oh, it's dog whistle politics for sure. (But I wanted to make a joke instead) -- nm - Roger More Oct 1, 13:12
- Does any other website on the internet provide more Michelle Bachmann coverage than ST? -- nm - Strongbad Oct 1, 12:59 8
  - Whenever we post about extreme voices just because they are extreme, we are helping ensure they get book deals and crap like that - con_carne Oct 1, 13:20 2
    - I think you overestimate our influence. -- nm - Reagen Oct 1, 13:22 1
      - Regardless, it is troll-feeding -- nm - con_carne Oct 1, 13:24
  - Don't think so. -- nm - Jim Oct 1, 13:15
  - I read it on MSNBC -- nm - decline Oct 1, 13:02
  - yes, CNN -- nm - Jovian Oct 1, 13:01 1
    - they had her on Crossfire last week, it was horrid. She would bray away and not let anyone else speak -- nm - mud Oct 1, 13:04
  - maybe Deadspin -- nm - Beryllium Oct 1, 13:01
- the thing that gets me about this line of reasoning: *what* government healthcare is she even talking about? -- nm - Reagen Oct 1, 12:49 2
  - It doesn't have to make sense so long as it feeds the base. - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 1, 12:58 1
    - I've also never quite understood to what end it's supposed to be - Reagen Oct 1, 13:15
- VOLCANO DROP -- nm - Jovian Oct 1, 12:47
- Stay. Out. Of My. Territory. -- nm - Crazy dude at the bus stop si Oct 1, 12:43
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  - I love ST. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 1, 12:56 10
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      - It's so... predictable. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 1, 13:17 8
        
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        If you enjoy that sort of thing, go for it. - Strongbad Oct 1, 13:27 6
        
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        chnage of topic, something I wanted to ask you - Strongbad Oct 1, 13:40 4
        
        You didn't ask me, but... - Dr.Vermin Oct 1, 13:50 2
        
        Cool link, thanks. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 1, 14:15
        
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  - nice callback. -- nm - znufrii Oct 1, 12:49
- Dear Michelle, - znufrii Oct 1, 12:41
- I AM CALLING THE PRESIDENT A DRUG DEALER!!! -- nm - Michelle Bachman Oct 1, 12:40 2
  - Is she Big Ben from QB's on Facebook? -- nm - amoxy Oct 1, 12:46 1
    - See B4 -- nm - Spawn Oct 1, 12:52

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