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Negotiations in Senate apparently stalling as McConnell refused to touch sequester. -- nm - ty97 Oct 13, 10:59 10
- Lets go over the default cliff, get it out of everyones system -- nm - budice Oct 13, 11:03
- Meanwhile, the right is now convincing themselves that protests about closed memorials are changing momentum and that they should 'stand strong' -- nm - ty97 Oct 13, 10:59 8
  - Who do they think closed the memorials? -- nm - David Oct 13, 11:02 6
    - Obama. He's playing political games with the shutdown. - ty97 Oct 13, 11:08 5
      - For example -- (link) - ty97 Oct 13, 11:10 4
        
        I thought you meant real people, not Ted Cruz. -- nm - David Oct 13, 11:12 1
        
        Palin was there too -- nm - ty97 Oct 13, 11:12
        
        This tweet wins: "@RyanLizza: Ted Cruz going to Mall protest and railing against shutdown is like O.J. Simpson searching for the real killers." -- nm - ty97 Oct 13, 11:12 1
        
        Buwhaaa! Love it -- nm - Epiphany Oct 13, 11:15
  - All of this is say that markets are going to crater in the morning. -- nm - ty97 Oct 13, 11:00
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- sex-ay -- nm - budice Oct 13, 10:55
Dude, Steelers are in serious trouble -- nm - budice Oct 13, 10:35
Speaking of gravity, we saw it yesterday. The 3d was pretty amazing, but I thought the movie itself was kin of crap. -- nm - spellbinding thriller Oct 13, 10:29 2
- spoils.... - budice Oct 13, 10:33 1
  - I kind of thought the dialogue (what there was) was so weak. People don't talk like that. -- nm - spellbinding thriller Oct 13, 10:37
Some scoring so far, nothing sexy yet for the NFL. Actually some good defense -- nm - budice Oct 13, 10:26
James Jones of Packers suffered a leg injury. -- nm - budice Oct 13, 10:21 2
- WR Jones is out for rest of game -- nm - budice Oct 13, 10:51
- return is questionable -- nm - budice Oct 13, 10:24
Please, someone pay Seth Green's ransom. -- nm - Reagen Oct 13, 10:20 1
- Ribisi's a crazy man. You don't cross him. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 13, 10:21
Megatron and AllDay active -- nm - budice Oct 13, 09:51
The last day of Austin City Limits Festival was canceled due to flooding. 5 to 11 inches of rain fell in Austin overnight. -- nm - ty97 Oct 13, 09:49 5
- Boy, that'd be a big mud pit. -- nm - Reagen Oct 13, 09:52 2
  - More of a shallow lake right now -- (link) - ty97 Oct 13, 09:52 1
    - have they tried dancing on the ceiling? -- nm - Reagen Oct 13, 09:54
- oops, thats normally a big todo in those parts -- nm - budice Oct 13, 09:50 1
  - So big they do it twice, over consecutive weekends (this was weekend #2) -- nm - ty97 Oct 13, 09:51
Gravity's second weekend is the largest ever for a Friday opener whose 1st/2nd weekend wasn't a holiday. - David Oct 13, 09:45 4
- But it IS a holiday. ;-) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 13, 09:50 1
  - for some, surely -- nm - OAE -- Explorer, Antarctica, Old Oct 13, 09:58
- Almost sounds Titanic like with legs like that -- nm - budice Oct 13, 09:49 1
  - Sounds like a vortex, sucking up all the money -- nm - Beryllium Oct 13, 09:52
THR: sources caution that Hunnam had no reservation about the role of Christian Grey, just the media and fan frenzy that came along with it -- (link) - budice Oct 13, 09:37 8
- I'm thinking Rehab. Lol. He had to know the fan/media frenzy before this...there is a reason. But we arent being told -- nm - Epiphany Oct 13, 11:13
- Yesterday it was a scheduling conflict. They've already lied once. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 13, 10:07 1
  - A lot of these things are written in code. When you see the word "conflict", it's not accidental. -- nm - David Oct 13, 10:48
- My guess is that those sources are the writer and a producer. - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 13, 09:42 1
  - Me too. He seems too unassuming for the role and all that comes with it. -- nm - Epiphany Oct 13, 11:15
- That sounds Korea like the real reason, especially since Kurt Sutter was on board with Charlie doing it. -- nm - J-Nexus Oct 13, 09:42 2
  - I thought you were making a North Korea joke. -- nm - Reagen Oct 13, 09:51
  - What? Korea = more -- nm - J-Nexus Oct 13, 09:43
Inside and abandoned public library in Detroit -- (link) - ty97 Oct 13, 09:17 [flickr] 4
- i'd have been all about going in and getting some of those books for my personal collection -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Oct 13, 10:38
- great setting for one of thoose zombie series -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 13, 10:31
- This doesn't definitively answer your question, but gives some idea -- (link) - Mara Oct 13, 10:11
- I love this kind of photo stuff. so cool. I think colin has done a few of these abandoned building shoots too. -- nm - CQ Oct 13, 09:39
MArshall Faullk believes that Drew Brees is the key to what the Saints do in this game (v. Patriots). Great insight -- nm - CQ Oct 13, 09:09 19
- "today our key to victory is scoring more points than the other team." -- nm - mafic Oct 13, 09:24 4
  - time has shown that it really gives you the best chance of winning. -- nm - Reagen Oct 13, 09:26 3
    - I think they need to play them one game at a time -- nm - budice Oct 13, 09:35 2
      - definitely can't take anything for granted. -- nm - mafic Oct 13, 09:36 1
        
        and give a 110% - CQ Oct 13, 09:37
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  - I cant believe Tim McCarver is still employed -- nm - budice Oct 13, 09:25 4
    - I was watching some game last year and McCarver was talking about the spikes on a player's shoe. He said they were 3/8" long. Then he tried to figure - Trish Oct 13, 10:36 1
      - Little known fact: At the All-Star Game when Mariano Rivera walked in alone, he was talking the entire time. - Will Hunting Oct 13, 10:38
    - not for much longer, thankfully. - Reagen Oct 13, 09:29 1
      - Word! Party at my house when the season is over! :-) -- nm - Krusty Oct 13, 09:43
  - Detroit was apparently listening to them. - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 13, 09:24 1
    - Detroit gets rolling, it'll be a long day for anyone. -- nm - budice Oct 13, 09:26
  - but you see, if you keep them off the bases, it's much harder for them to score. - Reagen Oct 13, 09:21 3
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    - Though, couldn't you keep them off the bases by pitching home run balls to them? -- nm - Dano Oct 13, 09:23 1
      - I never said it was fool proof. -- nm - Reagen Oct 13, 09:25
- I think he is also picking Broncos over the Jaguars regardless of the h2h record -- nm - budice Oct 13, 09:10
- that's the kind of football wisdom you can only get by having played the game. -- nm - Reagen Oct 13, 09:10
Damn, Leslie Visser looks like crap. Plastic surg gone way wrong, like Tara Reid bad -- nm - budice Oct 13, 09:02
From the Start, Signs of Trouble at Health Portal -- (link) - ty97 Oct 13, 08:38 2
- What amazes me is when the iPhone was first released and it took some people weeks to activate them with AT&T it was considered a huge success. - Trish Oct 13, 10:28
- Going through that long signup process to get an error at the end...pretty frustrating. - colin Oct 13, 08:46
To catch up some...yeah, so my Twitter account was compromised and someone tried to get into my GMail account as well. - Jim Oct 13, 08:31 4
- Jim: "Woo, go jaguars!!" -- nm - jags si Oct 13, 09:15
- I blame Culpepper -- nm - Beryllium Oct 13, 09:00
- I don't believe in coincidence. - Trish Oct 13, 08:48
- I wasn't offended or anything, just thought you should know. -- nm - Reagen Oct 13, 08:33
OFFS. *One* time, looking at Twitter kind of rapidly, I read "Baby Hope" as "Bob Hope." Now I think it every time I see it. -- nm - Mara Oct 13, 08:27
good morning. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 13, 08:04 2
- 'ello guvnor -- nm - Epiphany Oct 13, 08:13
- Vancouver! -- nm - amoxy Oct 13, 08:11
Off to see "Rush" ... anyone else seeing it while it's on the big screen besides me? - JenBro Oct 13, 08:01 5
- B/B+ I wanted more racing -- nm - amoxy Oct 13, 08:43
- Solid A -- nm - MDH Oct 13, 08:33
- I'm planning to go next week. I'm hopeful it'll be very good. Post a review later, please. :-) -- nm - Krusty Oct 13, 08:21 2
  - Will do :) I usually only post a grade - bit I'll put some non-spoiler comments inside too for you. -- nm - JenBro Oct 13, 08:26 1
    - Grazie bella. :-) -- nm - Krusty Oct 13, 08:31
GRAVITY scored $9M from IMAX this weekend, $26M total. -- nm - budice Oct 13, 07:59
the new voice actor for The Joker in the new Batman Arkham game, reads from The Killing Joke -- (link) - Remlik Oct 13, 07:48 [youtube] 3
- Mark Hamill doesn't want to do the Joker anymore? Do you know why there was a change? -- nm - Krusty Oct 13, 07:54 2
  - The impression I've gotten is just that he's been doing it a really long time and thinks it's time to move on. - Ender Oct 13, 07:59 1
    - I heard him do it recently and it was still fantastic. He has done it for a while so it's no surprise he wants to move on but - Krusty Oct 13, 08:17
A Roman bathhouse still in use after 2,000 years -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 13, 06:47
Walking Dead Sunday morning. Spoiler question about upcoming season inside for those who've read the books. - JenBro Oct 13, 03:15 14
- Spoiler - Krusty Oct 13, 03:41 13
  - Thanks!!! I've been watching the preview clips ... And spoiler - JenBro Oct 13, 04:20 12
    - I can't wait for tonight! (spoiler) - Krusty Oct 13, 04:49 11
      - LOL but ... spoiler - JenBro Oct 13, 06:06 10
        
        spoiler - amoxy Oct 13, 07:51 1
        
        this -- nm - Beaker Oct 13, 07:52
        
        Agreed. (spoiler) - Krusty Oct 13, 07:49 7
        
        LOL ok ok ... I won't go that far ... but ... spoiler - JenBro Oct 13, 08:01 6
        
        spoiler - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 13, 09:22
        
        spoilers - amoxy Oct 13, 08:10 4
        
        Agreed with those picks! -- nm - JenBro Oct 13, 08:27
        
        I agree with your IM. (comic spoiler) - Krusty Oct 13, 08:19 2
        
        Same reason why I stopped reading (Comic Spoiler) - amoxy Oct 13, 08:27 1
        
        If there was a legit reason I'd have been fine with it. - Krusty Oct 13, 08:33
RIP Google TV -- (link) - budice Oct 12, 23:22 1
- The Chromebook needs to go away, to be replaced with Android convertible laptops. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 13, 06:35
The Cougars forgot to show up for the 4th quarter. -- nm - Mop on Samsung Galaxy S3 Oct 12, 23:17
"It's...not important how many people I've killed. What's important is how I get along with the people that are still alive." - Max Oct 12, 22:52
I dunno about this: Marvel Reveals Live-Action Stage Event to Launch 2014 -- (link) - budice Oct 12, 22:42 1
- Marvel on Ice! -- nm - Mop on Samsung Galaxy S3 Oct 12, 23:16
Halo 4 is $9.99 at Best Buy -- (link) - budice Oct 12, 22:27
Halo Traitors abound. -- nm - David Oct 12, 21:57
Wow. -- nm - Spawn Oct 12, 21:34 1
- it`s perfect, isnt it -- nm - zmud Oct 12, 23:14
Well, the good news is that my grandfather may not have had a stroke. The bad news is that it might be brain cancer... :/ *nm* - Ender Oct 12, 21:33 14
- Sorry to hear that. Hoping for the best for him -- nm - colin Oct 13, 08:47
- Thoughts and prayers to you all. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 13, 06:48
- crap :( -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 13, 06:30
- Damn. :-( Good and healthy thoughts for your grandfather. -- nm - Krusty Oct 13, 03:41
- best wishes. my farher keeps emailing me how he wants to do stuff and mom is hilding him back. he's 87 and had a heart attack monday!! - peglegpete Oct 12, 21:55 6
  - By "stuff" of course he means "swimsuit models". -- nm - Mop on Samsung Galaxy S3 Oct 12, 23:19
  - My grandfather's been passing the slurred speech off as loose dentures for a couple days. -- nm - Ender Oct 12, 22:09 3
    - I want their energy in 30 years :)) -- nm - peglegpete Oct 12, 22:21 2
      - After his mri he was joking that they found out his head was completely empty. -- nm - Ender Oct 13, 07:53
      - I'd settle for it now :) Feeling exhausted right now. -- nm - Meg Oct 12, 22:24
  - father...holding -- nm - peglegpete Oct 12, 21:55
- ugh, very sorry to hear this -- nm - ty97 Oct 12, 21:36
- Oh noes dude, positive thoughts and well wishes -- nm - budice Oct 12, 21:35
- :(. Cancer sucks (nm) - amoxy Oct 12, 21:35
*exhales* -- nm - ty97 Oct 12, 21:29
@chrissyteigen: "You're delusional if you think charlie hunnam dropped out of 50 shades for sched conflicts. This movie is gonna suck ass balls." -- nm - budice Oct 12, 21:15 8
- So, it'll be just like the book. -- nm - Krusty Oct 13, 03:42
- Isn't that Chapter 12? -- nm - Reagen Oct 12, 21:21 1
  - Well played. -- nm - Inigo Oct 12, 21:30
- So did Twilight. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 12, 21:18 4
  - Exactly. Who cares if it sucks. It's pretty much expected. -- nm - Mara Oct 13, 06:05 3
    - If they really have to start shooting Nov 1 st who can they possibly get? They need a more well known lead -- nm - Epiphany Oct 13, 06:16 2
      - They can't get a well known lead. I'm actually surprised they got hwo they did. - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 13, 08:48
      - Actress -- nm - Epiphany Oct 13, 06:45
Katy Perry is hosting a furry convention -- nm - Dano Oct 12, 21:08 1
- She's doable. -- nm - budice Oct 12, 21:09
Damn it! -- nm - Krusty Oct 12, 20:56
*lights up ciggy* -- nm - Leyland Oct 12, 20:48
beautiful loser when you gonna fall, when you realize you just can't have it all, you just can't have it all. -- nm - peglegpete Oct 12, 20:39 7
- speaking of losers ... where the heck has Bacon been? Is he all wrapped up in getting ready for his pending nuptials or is it - JenBro Oct 12, 20:45 6
  - He hasn't been around for at least a month. He hasn't been back since that big fight -- nm - amoxy Oct 12, 20:48 5
    - Aw he's been through worse scraps here over political ideology. -- nm - JenBro Oct 12, 20:57 3
      - All those unemployed people shouls just get jobs! -- nm - Mop on Samsung Galaxy S3 Oct 12, 23:21 2
        
        We just heard details for Michigan that we have 10 mil that could be looking for work and just aren't - not on unemployment - not in the job force - j - JenBro Oct 13, 03:10 1
        
        The population of Michigan is about 10 million, but I guess it's plausible that they all gave up looking for work -- nm - Roger More Oct 13, 05:44
    - hmm -- nm - budice Oct 12, 20:51

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