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Some time in the first quarter of 2014, slackertalk should reach 3 million posts -- nm - prayformojo Oct 18, 07:52 8
- i'm just doing my part with this response....nm - x Oct 18, 07:54 1
  - Great, now I have to recalculate -- nm - prayformojo Oct 18, 07:55
- How should we celebrate? -- nm - mara Oct 18, 07:53 5
  - Did we celebrate 1 and 2 million? -- nm - amoxy Oct 18, 07:54 4
    - you missed the sex party! -- nm - Beaker Oct 18, 07:58
    - I can't remember, actually. But we should have! -- nm - mara Oct 18, 07:57 2
      - we should sacrifice a random ST'er! -- nm - groiny Oct 18, 07:57 1
        
        Or, better yet, a *specific* STer. Let the voting begin! -- nm - prayformojo Oct 18, 07:58
worst. shoplifter. ever. -- (link) - znufrii Oct 18, 07:47 2
- This reminds me of an early highlight in the Miles Vorkosigan series. - mara Oct 18, 07:52
- the fuck? -- nm - ty97 Oct 18, 07:49
If anyone here watched Smash, this might be of interest -- (link) - ty97 Oct 18, 07:41 3
- i would see that. -- nm - Diva Oct 18, 07:49
- I secretly loved smash. -- nm - all the boys love mandy lane Oct 18, 07:47 1
  - I unsecretly love Kat McPhee. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 18, 07:50
have we heard about this? two FL prisoners freed with forged court documents -- (link) - all the boys love mandy lane Oct 18, 07:40
Zac Stacy was held out of practice yesterday with a chest injury. -- (link) - spamlet Oct 18, 07:39
Snowden: I didn't take any secret files with me to Russia -- (link) - znufrii Oct 18, 07:33
Google stock up $112 today, breaking $1000 -- nm - ty97 Oct 18, 07:32 7
- they sure are making money on advertising these days.... - x Oct 18, 07:37 6
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    - so you're advising me to buy plenty of GOOG immediately?....nm - x Oct 18, 07:40 4
      - Of course. Stocks can't miss. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 18, 07:41
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        @#$!$@#&$%#!@!...nm - x Oct 18, 07:44 1
        
        I hear good things about Blackberry. Someone mentioned they should about 6-8B in patents/cash/assets - Will Hunting Oct 18, 07:55
Preliminary filming has already begun (or begins this weekend) on Superman vs. Batman. -- (link) - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 18, 07:13 1
- Hey, wait a minute... I'm in SoCal... ROAD TRIP! Who wants to go with me to a football game on Saturday? -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 18, 07:29
Another reason to look forward to the end times -- the transfer of wealth. At least for Ted Cruz. -- (link) - mara Oct 18, 07:12 3
- I thought he was against redistribution of wealth. -- nm - pmb Oct 18, 07:19 1
  - Only to the undeserving poor. Transfer to annointed Christians is okay since it's what God wants. -- nm - mara Oct 18, 07:23
- Cruz's father is certifiable -- nm - amoxy Oct 18, 07:13
Feinstein and Alexander come forward to take responsibility for the Olmsted Dam provision. -- (link) - spamlet Oct 18, 06:57 1
- False flag operation! :) -- nm - Was Bar Was Oct 18, 07:13
"netflix was supposed to kill cable--so why is it begging to join cable?" - x Oct 18, 06:54 9
- If Netflix can squeeze money out of a dying platform - be it DVDs by mail or cable - then why should anyone object? - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 18, 07:19 1
  - i'm doubtful a "dying platform" is one that adds subscribers in a calendar year like pay tv did in 2012....nm - x Oct 18, 07:26
- I've said for a while that their goal was to become HBO. -- nm - Dano Oct 18, 07:03 3
  - aside: i liked europa report... - x Oct 18, 07:11 2
    - I didn't want to oversell it, but it is definitely worth a watch. The ambition to budget ratio was certainly high. - Dano Oct 18, 07:26
    - I just added this to my queue and saw it's streaming as of 11/7 -- nm - prayformojo Oct 18, 07:16
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  - there are also other forms of physical media that still exist, believe it or not....nm - x Oct 18, 07:12
- I don't knwo who to believe about cord-cutting. -- nm - all the boys love mandy lane Oct 18, 06:59
Oct 18, 1648 – Boston Shoemakers form first U.S. labor organization. -- nm - Beaker Oct 18, 06:52 4
- 1867 – United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2 million. Celebrated annually in the state as Alaska Day. -- nm - Beaker Oct 18, 06:52 3
  - 1898 – United States takes possession of Puerto Rico. -- nm - Beaker Oct 18, 06:52 2
    - 1922 – The British Broadcasting Company (later Corporation) is founded by a consortium, to establish a nationwide network of radio transmitters - Beaker Oct 18, 06:53 1
      - 1945 – Argentine military officer and politician Juan Perón marries actress Eva Duarte. -- nm - Beaker Oct 18, 06:53
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Pippy! NFL broadcast maps for Sunday! -- (link) - prayformojo Oct 18, 06:27 2
- thanks! -- nm - Epiphany Oct 20, 20:07
- Not sure why we get CIN-DET over NYJ-NE. -- nm - spamlet Oct 18, 07:54
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- *hits his music* -- nm - Strongbad Oct 18, 06:52
- *puppy head tilt* -- nm - spamlet Oct 18, 06:49
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- Damn. I wanted that guy. -- nm - Krusty Oct 18, 07:17 2
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  - shut up, you got Arod, that is all you need. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 18, 07:19
- Oh, so if Konerko does come back we'll have 3 guys that can only play 1B/DH. - spamlet Oct 18, 06:50 1
  - I do not think there is any chance that Konerko comes back. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 18, 07:10
scientists like to think of science as self-correcting. to an alarming degree, it is not... - x Oct 18, 06:23 3
- this bit is incredible... - x Oct 18, 06:38 2
  - Perhaps the fact that there were 304 journals to submit it to in the first place was part of the problem. - Dano Oct 18, 07:34
  - I don't really see any way at all that this could possibly be totally disastrous -- nm - prayformojo Oct 18, 06:40
This map shows where the world’s 30 million slaves live. There are 60,000 in the U.S... -- (link) - Don Homer Oct 18, 06:21 1
- But most of those are college football players. -- nm - Ender Oct 18, 06:29
One of my FB friends posted a terrible quote by Mike Lee today. So obviously terrible I doubted it. - ty97 Oct 18, 06:19 2
- Well, what is the quote? -- nm - Don Homer Oct 18, 06:20 1
  - inside - ty97 Oct 18, 06:49
Canada and he EU sign historic trade deal -- (link) - Beaker Oct 18, 06:12 1
- Bring us your finest meats and cheeses! - Reagen Oct 18, 06:16
I tend to avoid 2016 stuff (because: hi, 2013) but I don't think I've ever even heard of Brian Schweitzer - ty97 Oct 18, 05:47 19
- he's albert schweitzer's illegitimate grandson....nm - x Oct 18, 06:09
- he's what Dems who like Christie want Christie to be like. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 06:06 3
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    - Yup. I thought I heard a whiff of scandal a while ago though? - Reagen Oct 18, 06:10 1
      - Yeah, that's mandy's second link -- nm - ty97 Oct 18, 06:11
- Former Governor of Montana, a really competent western Democrat who bypassed next year's Senate run. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 18, 06:01 4
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  - okay, that's it, I'm going outside to take a straw poll on the street. I can't be the only one who doesn't know this guay. -- nm - ty97 Oct 18, 06:04 2
    - I hadn't heard of him until I suggested that Montana was going to go R in the next Senate election. -- nm - spamlet Oct 18, 07:01
    - We're freaks here, he's got a national profile wafer thin. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 18, 06:09
- Really? The dems have put him out there and he's made the rounds on all the shows. - Krusty Oct 18, 05:51 5
  - HAven't seen him on Yo Gabba Gabba or Jake and the Neverland Pirates yet. Hmmm -- nm - CQ Oct 18, 06:06 2
    - ~What's the pirate password? Yo Ho!~ -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 18, 06:09
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  - I tend to not watch the shows. They are echo chambers of talking points -- nm - ty97 Oct 18, 05:55 1
    - He's been on The Daily Show a couple of times as well. Doesn't matter, read about him and you'll love him too. - Krusty Oct 18, 05:56
- you gotta read this -- (link) - all the boys love mandy lane Oct 18, 05:48 2
  - but this -- (link) - all the boys love mandy lane Oct 18, 05:51 1
    - Reading the NYT article (well half of it so far) I can't see him ever winning the a Dem Primary -- nm - ty97 Oct 18, 05:56
tech question... - Mel Profit Oct 18, 05:16 6
- Is it expecting a non-existent external display when on power? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 07:40
- That thing belongs in a box in pfm's attic. -- nm - ty97 Oct 18, 05:43
- huh, we had a kinda similar problem with ours, only it was fairly new - Beaker Oct 18, 05:39 3
  - "Doc, it hurts when I do this." -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 06:09
  - interesting... - Mel Profit Oct 18, 06:00 1
    - we still turn it off and stuff, but when we do we just leave it open -- nm - Beaker Oct 18, 06:10
Obamacare woes widen as insurers get wrong data -- (link) - ty97 Oct 18, 04:28
rumor: Michael B. Jordan has signed to play Johnny Storm in the Fantastic Four reboot.... -- (link) - Remlik Oct 18, 04:25 1
- This has certainly been a rumor for quite a while. Now it's unofficially official? Seems like a good fit, but just sign him already. -- nm - volnelk Oct 18, 05:29
870,000 toyotas recalled for Spider problem -- (link) - Remlik Oct 18, 04:23 4
- Not something I ever imagined had to be covered in an engineering class. -- nm - volnelk Oct 18, 05:30 1
  - you'd be surprised. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 06:01
- Huh. I wonder what they changed between 2011 and 2012 in those cars to cause that. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 18, 04:32 1
  - Global car warming. Second-leading cause of vapour lock. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 07:39
Alarm bells ring over China's debt problem -- (link) - ty97 Oct 18, 04:22
Shutdown climbdown: the 'triumph' of the Republican surrender monkeys -- (link) - Beaker Oct 18, 04:08 15
- I have seen a lot of stories like this that say The Party will either break off from or take over control of the GOP. - ty97 Oct 18, 05:05 14
  - if the campaign funding for the teabaggers disappears they die on the vine very quickly. - Mel Profit Oct 18, 05:13 13
    - and what makes you think that's about to happen? -- nm - znufrii Oct 18, 06:07
    - Either way though, I don't see the Tea Party breaking off. - ty97 Oct 18, 05:41 11
      - it happened in Canada, the far right became the Reform Party and the PC's died off; then they remerged and have ruled for years now -- nm - Beaker Oct 18, 05:45 8
        
        (although our far right is more like your middle to leftside right) -- nm - Beaker Oct 18, 05:46 7
        
        Haven't you always had more than two viable parties? We...don't know how to do that. - ty97 Oct 18, 05:49 6
        
        it's not that we wdon't know how to have more than two major parties, it's that our voting system is designed in a way that specifically prevents it -- (link) - znufrii Oct 18, 07:08 [youtube]
        
        I really think if they broke off, votes would be split to a degree that winning would be impossible. they can't get along but they can't not live toge - all the boys love mandy lane Oct 18, 06:55
        
        Although the Tea Party is almost perfectly situated to become a right wing NDP or BQ - Reagen Oct 18, 06:13 3
        
        I think your last few words are wrong though. They don't want to cause trouble, they want control. - ty97 Oct 18, 06:15 2
        
        I think they will shortly realize that's not possible, and a good runner up prize is messing up everyone else's shit. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 06:17 1
        
        I would have thought they'd hit that point a year ago but they quadrupled down so I don't know. -- nm - ty97 Oct 18, 06:31
      - But the funding question will be one of the more interesting things to watch in 2014. - ty97 Oct 18, 05:42 1
        
        There are a couple of places where chambers of commerce are supporting non-Tea Party candidates. I wonder if we might see that as a trend. - Kim Pine Oct 18, 05:49
Police officer speeding to a reported robbery kills 6 in car crash -- (link) - Beaker Oct 18, 04:04
I was sitting next to David Morrissey on the tube home last night, I could barely contain my excitement. - LMS Oct 18, 03:56 3
- What a crazy day of celebrity sightings. Very cool! -- nm - Krusty Oct 18, 05:45
- Nice! -- nm - Remlik Oct 18, 04:57
- Super cool. -- nm - budice Oct 18, 04:03
AP: Saudi Arabia rejects seat on UN Security Council -- (link) - budice Oct 18, 03:37
Hmm, "Halo 3 free with Gold" means no disk required to play ... interesting -- nm - Beryllium Oct 17, 23:47 1
- Welcome to the world of digital downloads. -- nm - eag Oct 18, 00:02
Hey Bery - eag Oct 17, 23:24 2
- Not yet, no. Behind on TV for various reasons. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 17, 23:34 1
  - Ok - eag Oct 17, 23:38
Forget Christmas, birthday, Canada Day, Australia Day, etc. It's the day that mafic waits all year for ... Geologic Map Day !!!! -- (link) - zork Oct 17, 23:07 2
- ~it's the most wonderful time of the year~ -- nm - mafic Oct 18, 02:09 1
  - Let the airing of the grievances begin ... Oh wait ... -- nm - JenBro Oct 18, 02:18
This guy's posters are great. -- (link) - Mop on Chrome on iPad Oct 17, 22:11 1
- Can't. add. another. poster. artist..... - the liioulu with pumpkins Oct 17, 22:17
I have 21 open invitations to connect on LinkedIn, but I don't entirely recognize some of them. Should I just accept all? :) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 17, 22:03 2
- No. -- nm - Mop on Chrome on iPad Oct 17, 22:09 1
  - Excellent advice. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 17, 22:12
WHAT DID HYDE CALL ME???? -- nm - David Oct 17, 22:01 1
- i thought you'd find techno-snob a compliment.....nm - x Oct 18, 05:04
Clicking the View Eligibility Results does nothing! Arugh. So frustrating! Why can't healthcare.gov be as simple to use as zombo.com?! -- nm - Qale Oct 17, 21:51
Wow, this kitty *really* doesn't like being left alone. Second time today I've been thoroughly 'kittified' when I got home after a few hours. - Meg Oct 17, 21:46 2
- you should get a babycam to see what they do when you are out -- nm - peglegpete Oct 17, 21:48 1
  - Probably the same as when I'm home - chase each other round the house for 15 minutes - sleep for 40 minutes - eat for 5 minutes..... - Meg Oct 17, 21:55
Solar powered keyboards ... they're like magic! -- nm - Beryllium Oct 17, 20:58 9
- there is an eclipse tomorrow -- nm - peglegpete Oct 17, 21:46 4
  - The specs say it can last up to 4 months on a single charge. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 17, 21:58 3
    - some eclipses are longer than others -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 18, 04:03
    - (Also, that it can charge from indoor lighting) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 17, 21:58 1
      - cool -- nm - peglegpete Oct 17, 22:03
- Remind me... why does a keyboard need power? -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 17, 21:16 2
  - Because it is a BlueTooth wireless keyboard that can pair with up to 3 devices -- nm - Beryllium Oct 17, 21:25
  - Because you're not using a typewriter? I assume. -- nm - nubby Oct 17, 21:18
- you're gonna blister in the sun -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 17, 21:11
. -- nm - the liioulu with pumpkins Oct 17, 20:55

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