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Aren't kids *supposed* to get hyper from eating M&Ms? -- (link) - znufrii Oct 18, 11:03
The three hours before vacation are the longest hours. -- nm - Kim Pine Oct 18, 10:57 10
- I'm having trouble knowing that there's a Wacha-bration happening tonight. - Jim Oct 18, 11:06 2
  - *stresses* - Kim Pine Oct 18, 11:09 1
    - Most definitely. Yadi could have a big hit anytime. So could Freese, Adams and/or Jon Jay. - Jim Oct 18, 11:11
- Next time you head home, you need to detour to this. -- (link) - spamlet Oct 18, 11:05 2
  - Heh. Alas, it would be a good ways out of the way for me. - Kim Pine Oct 18, 11:08 1
    - Oh, it will be longer for us but I am so sick of 55 after 4 trips in 3 weeks a few weeks ago, I'm looking for other ways to go :) -- nm - spamlet Oct 18, 11:15
- so word. -- nm - Diva Oct 18, 10:58 1
  - Tan palabra. -- nm - con_carne Oct 18, 11:08
- where are you going? I'm so jealous. -- nm - all the boys love mandy lane Oct 18, 10:58 1
  - Nowhere. Just glorious days off. - Kim Pine Oct 18, 10:59
UN: US drone strikes may violate international law -- (link) - znufrii Oct 18, 10:49
This is a really neat explanation of some physics fundamentals. -- (link) - mara Oct 18, 10:41
Bill Polian on SC right now, certainly doesn't sound like any friend of Irsay. -- nm - budice Oct 18, 10:36 1
- so - for the people who suspect Irsay might be on drugs, are we thinking like, pills? -- nm - Diva Oct 18, 10:57
so, based on this one review of Carrie - i am already disappointed, i was looking forward to this. -- (link) - Andie Oct 18, 10:35 11
- dammit, that is one movie I have been waiting for for quite a while. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 18, 10:39 1
  - but I am still gonna try to see it this weekend. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 18, 10:39
- me too. and with Julianne Moore *and* Chloe Grace Moretz, I also was optimistic -- nm - Jovian Oct 18, 10:38 8
  - Moretz has now been in two horror remakes. She needs to do more things like Hugo and especially Movie 43. -- nm - Qale Oct 18, 10:51 5
    - No one needs to do more things like Movie 43. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 18, 10:59 1
      - How to undermine your argument in one easy step. -- nm - Roger More Oct 18, 11:02
    - Dark Shadows made me think she could be really good at comedy. - Max Oct 18, 10:55 1
      - Dark Shadows made me think Burton should make less movies. - Jovian Oct 18, 10:57
    - I thought she was really good in Let Me In. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 18, 10:52
  - I thought Chloe would be too cute to play Carrie, but was looking forward to Julianne Moore -- nm - amoxy Oct 18, 10:39 1
    - Im just want her to turn 18 already, so I stop feeling guilty when I look at her. lol -- nm - Jovian Oct 18, 10:44
I saw a columnist refer to President Obama today as 'Thunderpunch'. It made me laugh. -- nm - Diva Oct 18, 10:18 2
- I'll just leave this here... -- (link) - colin Oct 18, 10:22
- I disagree with him often but that made me laugh as well. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 18, 10:21
It amazes me that ML baseball playoffs barely beat Undercover Boss in ratings. -- nm - volnelk Oct 18, 10:10
My life at home is now like one of those logic puzzles... goat, cabbage, wolf, and a rowboat. - colin Oct 18, 10:06
catching way up on some BBs .... doing my obligatory posting to help ST reach 3 million posts as soon as possible -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Oct 18, 10:02 3
- man, my post count is way far from everybody else.. i'm one of those drive-by posters, apparently. -- nm - colin Oct 18, 10:09 2
  - and we're 1 step closer ! - i'm not dead yet ! Oct 18, 10:16 1
    - 3! - colin Oct 18, 10:21
anyway as usual, arguing about the mortgage deduction is pointless because it's going nowhere. tax commissions appointed by clinton, bush and obama.. - x Oct 18, 10:00 10
- On this we wholly agree -- nm - ty97 Oct 18, 10:36
- let's talk about term limits next! -- nm - colin Oct 18, 10:22
- effin homeowners. -- nm - loosilu Oct 18, 10:17
- well if the rule here is to not argue about anything we personally can't change... -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 10:02 4
  - i didn't say there was any such rule. knock yourself out!....nm - x Oct 18, 10:07 3
    - awww, I'm just being all cynical and stuff *kicks dirt* -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 10:11 2
      - plus, you just like to argue more than i do....nm - x Oct 18, 10:17 1
        
        well, when you think (silly) Canada is a sovereign nation.. -- nm - budice Oct 18, 10:19
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- yup -- nm - spamlet Oct 18, 10:01
LIR - seeing a couple of our films at LFF this weekend - Exhibition & Saving Mr Banks. Also doing a set visit on Sunday for Pride. -- nm - LMS Oct 18, 09:56
my weekend is driving to Montana to pick up a stove. - Reagen Oct 18, 09:51 16
- i'd do that for a nice wood burning stove.. -- nm - colin Oct 18, 10:12
- how far is that? and why? -- nm - all the boys love mandy lane Oct 18, 10:06 11
  - ~3.5 hrs each way - Reagen Oct 18, 10:10 10
    - that`s gotta be a hell of a stove -- nm - mud Oct 18, 10:18 1
      - ballads and poems. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 10:58
    - It'll be an adventure. Who's going to hook it up? (Is this something anyone can do - I have no idea. I just always walked into situations where - Diva Oct 18, 10:16 5
      - we're still in renos, so it'll be the contractor - Reagen Oct 18, 10:59 2
        
        is your IM in question? -- nm - Diva Oct 18, 11:03 1
        
        only because of our luck. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 11:09
      - If it's an electrical stove, I've done it, so I presume anyone can do it. -- nm - Sam Neill si Oct 18, 10:21 1
        
        sfan -- nm - Roger More Oct 18, 10:23
    - Unless you're meeting up with the unabomber in a forest, map sez 5 hours -- (link) - budice Oct 18, 10:14 1
      - it's literally just the other side of the border - Reagen Oct 18, 10:41
- I would like to have seen Montana -- nm - Sam Neill si Oct 18, 10:00 2
  - I'm going to be seeing the barest minimum of it. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 10:04 1
    - And yet, it will be like seeing the entire thing. -- nm - spamlet Oct 18, 10:06
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- *zipper* -- nm - Mantei Oct 18, 10:01
- Phrasing! -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 09:54
Ok, kids...I'm 6-0 and I'm playing the second place team, who's 5-1. If I win this week, I'm 2 or more games ahead of everyone. Lineup thoughts: - Jim Oct 18, 09:33 8
- Thankee. -- nm - Jim Oct 18, 09:40
- Bell is questionable for Sunday. He had only limited practice yesterday. -- nm - decline Oct 18, 09:36
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- Bush, Knowshon, Nelson, Jeffery. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 18, 09:34
- Knowshon, Bush, Blackmon, Bernard. -- nm - spamlet Oct 18, 09:34 2
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    - I'm not shocked by this turn of events. -- nm - spamlet Oct 18, 09:38
RIP former House Speaker Tom Foley, 84. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 18, 09:31 2
- Things just aren't going to be the same in the van down by the river. - TWuG Oct 18, 10:31
- A truly stand-up Public Servant. -- nm - OAE -- Explorer, Antarctica, Old Oct 18, 10:08
I like listening to Sarah Palin...Her word vomit is hilarious -- (link) - amoxy Oct 18, 09:27 3
- it's like an experiment to create grammatically correct nonsense. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 09:55 2
  - I think she was stoned. Her eyes are glassy and she has that dry mouth -- nm - amoxy Oct 18, 10:00 1
    - mom's spaghetti. -- nm - colin Oct 18, 10:12
Early fantasy issue: Bilal Powell and the Bears D or MJD and the Pats D? - volnelk Oct 18, 09:27 2
- I have both RBs on multiple teams, so I can't help you. -- nm - spamlet Oct 18, 09:43
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LIR - Beak you know who would totally like that Mystery Manor game is Amoxy ... it's just like the MyVegas slot game where you have to find hidden - JenBro Oct 18, 09:26 3
- I tried it a year or so ago, got bored. May try it again -- nm - amoxy Oct 18, 09:57
- even if you don't want to play it, just log in send me stuff and I'll send you MH gold :) -- nm - Beaker Oct 18, 09:40 1
  - and this is the right one - Mystery Manor: Hidden Adventure ; the one you sent is different :) -- nm - Beaker Oct 18, 09:42
David, he's a better pitching Kimbrel. Kimbrel is unhittable but he's also wilder. - Will Hunting Oct 18, 09:24 2
- Kimbrel's strikeouts to walks ratio is 4.64. Remember that list you posted... - David Oct 18, 10:50 1
  - Yeah, I don't see him having a ton of control issues when I watch him pitch. Occasionally perhaps. But not often. -- nm - Kim Pine Oct 18, 10:57
The first line of this IM wonderfully sums up our country's woes -- (link) - ty97 Oct 18, 09:23 [Backboard] 37
- I think looking at the issue on taxation and revenue terms is incredibly myopic. Public Policy is about rewarding behavior that makes the whole of - landbeck Oct 18, 10:11 2
  - but does it actually have that effect? - Reagen Oct 18, 10:13 1
    - *eyeroll* In what universe does *actual* public policy have the intended effect?! -- nm - landbeck Oct 18, 10:31
- I'm against it simply becuase it's changing the game on people who've made that choice. - Will Hunting Oct 18, 09:53 16
  - Phasing it out would probably be the most painless way. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 09:57
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    - and let's look at the Carried Interest Tax Rate btw... -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 18, 09:59 12
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        and that's what I mean...I'll trade the MID for Carried Interest. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 18, 10:02 8
        
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        I like how "everything is on the table" ...except *unscrolls a very long list* - Mel Profit Oct 18, 10:06 5
        
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        I don't think the number of people who benefit from CI matters. - Mel Profit Oct 18, 10:13 3
        
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        you're wildly optimistic. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 18, 10:22 1
        
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        and that's just how his hands are normally! -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 10:05
      - That's one that we should definitely look at. It disproportionately helps a small group of high income people. -- nm - pmb Oct 18, 10:00 1
        
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  - It would still affect the resale value of your home. Presumably a buyer wouldn't pay as much since ownership will cost more. -- nm - pmb Oct 18, 09:55
- and yet... - Mel Profit Oct 18, 09:48 4
  - Those people you describe in the third paragraph are getting the benefit of the deduction too. -- nm - pmb Oct 18, 09:58 3
    - and if anything, it'll hit higher incomes more - Reagen Oct 18, 10:01
    - see how pernicious it is? -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 18, 10:00 1
      - and by "it" I mean... - Mel Profit Oct 18, 10:05
- I feel somewhat differently on this particular issue because I do think (contrary to the writer) that home ownership is a big driver in our economy. - pmb Oct 18, 09:45 7
  - canada doesn't have one and home ownership rates are higher than the us. great britain had one, abolished it, and it had little effect.... - x Oct 18, 09:54 1
    - It's the game change though that takes value out of the economy. Never having had it would make less difference than having it and losing it. - pmb Oct 18, 09:56
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    - Homes would become more expensive to own, but the price would probably drop since the cost is not subject to the deduction. So you'd have people - pmb Oct 18, 09:54 3
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        I really don't think markets have incorporated this in real estate because they are individual buyers who are not likely to make those broader risk - pmb Oct 18, 10:02 1
        
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- It's human nature. Why should you give up something that's of value to you, to make life easier for people who won't give up anything - Roger More Oct 18, 09:32 3
  - Certainly, and I am not exempting myself as a result. But we can choose to act outside our own selfish, innate ways if we want -- nm - ty97 Oct 18, 09:49
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    - Sure - but those who are more willing to sacrifice get taken advantage of by those less willing. -- nm - Roger More Oct 18, 09:57
David : I am saying, that if you can throw 100, you can get away with more than if you throw 85. - groiny Oct 18, 09:23 14
- Uehara had an ERA of 4 two years ago. Kimbrel has *at least* two pitches better than Uehara's best. -- nm - David Oct 18, 10:41 12
  - and to be fair, Uehara's career WHIP is better than Kimbrel's. - groiny Oct 18, 10:48 1
    - which would be great if the game was measured based upon baserunners rather than runs allowed -- nm - David Oct 18, 10:51
  - ERA for relievers is misleading, because that could be 2 bad outings. - groiny Oct 18, 10:45 9
    - There's nothing misleading about the fact that Kimbrel's ERA is a full run better in only 50 fewer innings. - David Oct 18, 10:51 8
      - you mistake me saying he is a better player than Uehara, I am not. - groiny Oct 18, 10:54 7
        
        I am absolutely with you on that. I am just amused that the same people saying Kimbrel hasn't deserved the Cy Young the last two years are now... - David Oct 18, 10:56 6
        
        well, I certainly ain't giving either of them the Cy Young anytime soon. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 18, 10:57 5
        
        Which is ridiculous because Kimbrel has just had the greatest two year stretch in the history of baseball. -- nm - David Oct 18, 11:00 4
        
        the last 2 seasons...... - groiny Oct 18, 11:08
        
        well, you do not give a 2 year award, otherwise, he might get it. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 18, 11:01 2
        
        He was the best pitcher in the NL last year and this year. He didn't win then and he won't win now. -- nm - David Oct 18, 11:08 1
        
        how many Cy Youngs did Mariano Rivera win? nm -- nm - groiny Oct 18, 11:10
- Kimbrel is a more unhittable Billy Wagner type....fireball pitcher with lessened control - Will Hunting Oct 18, 09:25
So if Halo 3 is the free dl this month, are we thinking about a multiplayer session tonight? - J Oct 18, 09:22 6
- Is there a third person perspective mode on the Halo games? - spamlet Oct 18, 09:44
- gawd, that is like playing after drinking a bottle of Cuervo. - groiny Oct 18, 09:24 2
  - Get back to when gaming was fun -- nm - J Oct 18, 09:28 1
    - it really is not fun though. - groiny Oct 18, 09:29
- No. -- nm - David Oct 18, 09:23 1
  - I am... - J Oct 18, 09:24
In one chart: views of Tea Party Republicans vs views of non-Tea Party Republicans on issues -- (link) - ty97 Oct 18, 09:19

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