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The only reason I'm not walking out of this workshop is because I don't want to be rude. - Mop on Macbook Air Oct 15, 08:58 2
- Get up there and show em how it's done. - Will Hunting Oct 15, 09:01 1
  - Yeah, fuck this. I'm going to Disneyland. -- nm - Mop on Macbook Air Oct 15, 09:06
Stewart interviews Malala.... -- (link) - Remlik Oct 15, 08:55
oblique, YGT. -- nm - spamlet Oct 15, 08:53
A Banksy spotted in Tribeca. I *love* it. -- (link) - loosilu Oct 15, 08:50 16
- did you see the video of the truck with the animal puppets? or the moving waterfall? - Andie Oct 15, 08:56 1
  - Yep. I am loving this whole thing. -- nm - loosilu Oct 15, 08:56
- I'm not sure what an A Banksy is -- nm - zork Oct 15, 08:53 11
  - Exit Through the Gift Shop is a movie you should watch. -- nm - David Oct 15, 08:59 1
    - I *need* to see this. thanks. -- nm - loosilu Oct 15, 09:07
  - A graffiti artist who has been assigned legitimacy for some reason. - TWuG Oct 15, 08:56 7
    - There are apparently Light and Dark sides to this... - Mel Profit Oct 15, 08:58 1
      - I actually really like that aspect. deciding when it is or isn't "ok" -- nm - loosilu Oct 15, 09:07
    - he's good enough and famous enough that it has become ok. - loosilu Oct 15, 08:57 4
      - And sometimes he doesn't validate his work when they try to sell it. -- (link) - the liioulu with Oct 15, 17:04 2
        
        next part of the story -- (link) - the liioulu with Oct 15, 17:06 1
        
        The end of the story is at the end of this article.... -- (link) - the liioulu with Oct 15, 17:08
      - i love his stuff he did in museums. (he would plant a whole new thing in a museum, with a plate and everything.) -- (link) - Andie Oct 15, 08:59
  - you are looking at one. -- nm - loosilu Oct 15, 08:54
- wow. -- nm - znufrii Oct 15, 08:51 1
  - right? -- nm - loosilu Oct 15, 08:54
Square/Disney did themselves a disservice and released a *really* preliminary trailer for Kingdom Hearts 3. Spoiler: It looks terrible. -- (link) - Qale Oct 15, 08:49 [youtube]
House GOP plan fails, "Speaker John A. Boehner told reporters there are “no decisions about what exactly we will do.” -- (link) - znufrii Oct 15, 08:48 1
- Have they asked Cantor? - Mop on Macbook Air Oct 15, 08:57
Monday TV Ratings: The Blacklist/2 Broke Girls up in total viewers and demo, Sleepy Hollow down slightly/.2 demo, Mom down .2 demo -- (link) - MDH Oct 15, 08:42 3
- That first fact baffles. America is both genius and stupid. -- nm - Mop on Macbook Air Oct 15, 09:08
- i'm actually warming up to 2 Broke Girls -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Oct 15, 08:55 1
  - yeah, I have dug it all along. - groiny Oct 15, 09:06
YDC but apparently the House is putting full Vitter language back in order to get passage. Senate says House bill won't pass. - ty97 Oct 15, 08:39 8
- I will say this...this feels like the plot of some movie. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 15, 08:42 7
  - boringest movie ever. -- nm - mafic Oct 15, 08:43 4
    - when you start whipping out constitutional maneuvers I think it crosses over to movie script stuff. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 15, 08:59
    - English Patient? -- nm - spamlet Oct 15, 08:44 2
      - there are guys at Gitmo right now on their 157th viewing. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 15, 09:00
      - I stand corrected. -- nm - mafic Oct 15, 08:51
  - miniseries at this point. - ty97 Oct 15, 08:43 1
    - Like American Horror Story, the characters are always similar with minor differences, and it comes back with a new twist every few months. -- nm - MDH Oct 15, 08:44
Levi Brown to IR before playing a game for the Steelers - Beaker Oct 15, 08:36
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- only if he signs up for obamacare also -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 15, 08:36 2
  - He clearly did this terrorist stuff just to get Obamacare. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 15, 08:54
  - I suspect we're paying for his health care. I heard something this morning about him being transferred here *because* he was having some - Meg Oct 15, 08:42
- I noticed that as well. -- nm - znufrii Oct 15, 08:35
Quiz: Who is the active Major League leader in career batting average? -- nm - spamlet Oct 15, 08:32 16
- Mauer -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 15, 08:39 2
  - I've been debating Votto and him. -- nm - David Oct 15, 08:40
  - *ding*. It surprised me but made total sense. -- nm - spamlet Oct 15, 08:39
- Trout? -- nm - Beaker Oct 15, 08:39 3
  - Probably not enough at-bats to qualify for the active leaderboard. - Will Hunting Oct 15, 08:42
  - he has to be around .335 or so, I think someone would be higher. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 15, 08:40 1
    - They restricted it to 3,000 PA but that wasn't apparent in the question. -- (link) - spamlet Oct 15, 08:43
- I cheated. That surprised me -- nm - amoxy Oct 15, 08:36
- Ichiro? -- nm - groiny Oct 15, 08:35 2
  - he's struggled the last few years, for him. -- nm - mafic Oct 15, 08:42
  - He's the obvious one, but it's wrong. -- nm - spamlet Oct 15, 08:38
- Cabrara? -- nm - Beaker Oct 15, 08:35 2
  - Nope -- nm - spamlet Oct 15, 08:38
  - I think you might be right. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 15, 08:36
- Pujols? -- nm - mafic Oct 15, 08:33 1
  - Nope -- nm - spamlet Oct 15, 08:38
bacon your new birth control method. -- (link) - mafic Oct 15, 08:25
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- He's straight like you are. -- nm - Diva Oct 15, 08:27
- hit the call button, and when he walks up, just awkwardly say "I love you." -- nm - mafic Oct 15, 08:26
- Daywalker -- nm - Mop on Macbook Air Oct 15, 08:25
- Air Marshal! -- nm - budice Oct 15, 08:24
- He's a plant! - ty97 Oct 15, 08:23 1
  - One had one FA on our last flight who I think has written "Kill" "Me" on her eyelids. - Mel Profit Oct 15, 08:25
Secret Stalker sign up is now open - link is above. Please sign up before 11/1!! -- nm - kelly Oct 15, 08:20
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- Exactly. People nowadays are out there looking for reasons to be offended. -- nm - Jim Oct 15, 08:54
- if she had just spun it that she wants everyone to be as healthy as they can be rather than it's your fault for taking it the wrong way a lot of this - zork Oct 15, 08:48
- I totally agree that was her intention. But it easily reads as "why don't you have these abs, lazy ass?" - ty97 Oct 15, 08:41
- because it can readily be interpreted as "What's your excuse for not looking this good after having three kids, fatty?" - znufrii Oct 15, 08:34
- because they are fat, Jack, and it is not their fault! -- nm - groiny Oct 15, 08:21
ty... - Mel Profit Oct 15, 08:19 1
- Yeah, it just made for odd changes in tone. - ty97 Oct 15, 08:26
Haribo boss Hans Riegel dies at 90 -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 15, 08:19 1
- *plays Gummi Bear in tribute* -- nm - groiny Oct 15, 08:22
Holy cow, one of the current Price Is Right models is Christina Hendricks-sized... -- nm - Ender Oct 15, 08:18 7
- that's not CH-size but she is busty -- nm - zork Oct 15, 08:49
- and she cosplays....as Power Girl -- (link) - Remlik Oct 15, 08:45 3
  - *sexually harassses her out of general habit* -- nm - Bob Barker Oct 15, 08:54
  - more images... -- (link) - Remlik Oct 15, 08:46 1
    - PPOTW - zork Oct 15, 08:51
- - -- (link) - Ender Oct 15, 08:32 [Image]
- i know, right? i saw her a few minutes ago and was like - i'm not dead yet ! Oct 15, 08:26
Cantor: "It's been clear what we Republicans in the House have wanted." - ty97 Oct 15, 08:13 6
- Yes, they want to sabotage the country they claim to love. Traitors. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 15, 08:31
- I was clear when I wanted a pony for Xmas when I was 6. - Will Hunting Oct 15, 08:18 1
  - The fact that Becky got a puppy last year is unfair. I will shoot the puppy if I don't get a pony. -- nm - Mop on Macbook Air Oct 15, 08:20
- I mean, how vague is "something"? -- nm - David Oct 15, 08:17
- I mean, it's been clear. That doesn't mean it's right. -- nm - Kim Pine Oct 15, 08:16
- "Control of the government. Since the Senate and the White House won't give it to use, we're going to burn the government down." -- nm - TWuG Oct 15, 08:14
Oh, now we are dinging Coke and crackers? Oh, it's on... -- nm - David Oct 15, 08:13
@robertcostaNRO breaking from Senate GOP source: "the reinsurance tax is OUT of what’s being negotiated between Reid & McConnell..." - ty97 Oct 15, 08:07 8
- I am surprised stories like this are getting leaked while the NYSE is open. -- nm - David Oct 15, 08:18 4
  - There's not controlling leaks nowadays -- nm - ty97 Oct 15, 08:19
  - They're running out of time; they can't play newscycles overnight now. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 15, 08:19 2
    - I have been watching CNBC more than anything else the past few days. They are slowly losing their minds. -- nm - David Oct 15, 08:20 1
      - They've been locked in a room with Jim Cramer. - Will Hunting Oct 15, 08:21
- I'm confused --- the GOP is not for the lower tax in this case? - Will Hunting Oct 15, 08:09 2
  - Anything that makes Obamacare better is bad. -- nm - David Oct 15, 08:15
  - Unions want it. Therefore it is bad. -- nm - ty97 Oct 15, 08:09
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- Where are on earth are you going? -- nm - ty97 Oct 15, 08:07 1
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- They've let a ton of new people into pre-check. It's almost not a benefit anymore. -- nm - spamlet Oct 15, 08:06
"There are some unconfirmed rumors that House Republicans will simply leave Washington if they pass this bill. - Brian Oct 15, 08:04 10
- Go ahead, make my day. - Mop on Macbook Air Oct 15, 08:17
- do it. just do it. you want to do it anyway. - Mel Profit Oct 15, 08:07 7
  - The one difficult thing is that as much as we'd all like to see these morons destroy themselves, we can't afford to let them take down the country - pmb Oct 15, 08:17 6
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      - I'll worry about a court ruling in five years. I'll worry about the economy today. -- nm - David Oct 15, 08:41 1
        
        the actual legal issue is almost beside the point. the problem is whether the market will accept the bond issues as legit. -- nm - znufrii Oct 15, 08:47
      - You follow this much more than I do. Can you give me something brief on the legal arguments on the issue? -- nm - pmb Oct 15, 08:28
    - I totally agree. It's just my frustration talking. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 15, 08:20
    - I expect the 14th Amendment discussion to start tonight. -- nm - David Oct 15, 08:19
- It wouldn't shock me. Generally, that's what happens in reverse. The Senate passes the compromise and then recesses. -- nm - spamlet Oct 15, 08:05
Not familiar with this site...but is this legit? -- (link) - Jim Oct 15, 08:03 7
- It's just the sad fact that these days it's hard to tell the difference between satire and actual House Republicans. -- nm - pmb Oct 15, 08:08 1
  - This is what I'm saying. I shouldn't have to look at your other stories to know if this one is real. - Jim Oct 15, 08:11
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- "The Daily Currant is an American satirical news blog that focuses on politics, technology, and entertainment" -- (link) - znufrii Oct 15, 08:05
- It's satire. -- nm - spamlet Oct 15, 08:04 2
  - Look at the second trending story and you'll realize it immediately. -- nm - spamlet Oct 15, 08:04 1
    - Jeez...didn't even look to the side. Also...they shouldn't do satire, they suck at it. - Jim Oct 15, 08:05
In the least surprising news ever, our insurance premiums are likely to jump b/c of the affordable care act, taxes, etc. -- nm - oblique Oct 15, 08:02 5
- wouldn't your premiums have gone up anyway? -- nm - decline Oct 15, 08:19
- Help me out here --- if this is accurate, wouldn't you have been getting bad care in the past? - Will Hunting Oct 15, 08:17 1
  - According to our CFO at least in our brief conversation, they're getting hit with lots of extra taxes as a corp (because we have a "cadillac" type - oblique Oct 15, 08:34
- Isn't that capped by law? -- nm - Mop on Macbook Air Oct 15, 08:12 1
  - Right, it wouldn't be the ACA but insurance companies are using the fear factor of it to hide rate spikes. -- nm - David Oct 15, 08:14
also...Carrie Fisher gives good hugs. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 15, 08:01 6
- say what? - zork Oct 15, 08:46
- mouth hug? nm -- nm - groiny Oct 15, 08:05 3
  - trust me...I thought about it. - Mel Profit Oct 15, 08:10 2
    - her knee would never be the same. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 15, 08:17 1
      - whatever Jabba. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 15, 08:23
- I hope Mark Hamill comes out of this rock hard. His recent cameo in The Neighbors was depressing. -- nm - Mop on Macbook Air Oct 15, 08:03
Recent movies: Gravity - A; The Way Way Back: B; Showgirls: F+ -- nm - prayformojo Oct 15, 08:01 8
- Enough Said: A-, Rock of Ages...C+ -- nm - Diva Oct 15, 08:24
- The Purge - B, Hangover 3 - B+ and just a terrible movie all around, Vehicle 19 - doesn't deserve a rating -- nm - J Oct 15, 08:12 4
  - you gave a terrible movie a B+ ? -- nm - Andie Oct 15, 08:13 3
    - no, I meant that for Vehicle 19. -- nm - J Oct 15, 08:50
    - And you rated The Purge a B? -- nm - amoxy Oct 15, 08:26 1
      - Why not? The ending sucked but I enjoyed the rest of it. -- nm - J Oct 15, 08:51
- SG's gets at least a D for the pool scene at the end alone. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 15, 08:02 1
  - No, Showgirls definitely deserves that very awesome F+ where you can say that a film is a total failure but it has a plus side. -- nm - Qale Oct 15, 08:06
~move a...side and let them man go...let them man go through, through.~ [nm] - Mel Profit Oct 15, 08:01 2
- I always thought it was 'aside'? Does upside make sense? -- nm - spamlet Oct 15, 08:03 1
  - it makes no sense unless you think MDoughty is just playing with words again. - Mel Profit Oct 15, 08:08
Word. -- nm - Jim Oct 15, 08:00 2
- Tuesday -- nm - amoxy Oct 15, 08:01 1
  - morning -- nm - OAE -- Explorer, Antarctica, Old Oct 15, 08:11

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