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the HP is the most confusnig bus ever. -- (link) - peggy ann mcamanda Oct 30, 12:41
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- I have an urge to hire this woman as a PR agent. - Dr.Vermin Oct 30, 12:37
- Again? -- nm - ♠hellSpawn♠ Oct 30, 12:22 2
  - Shut up, fatty. -- nm - colin Oct 30, 12:39 1
    - heh. I don;t even have to leave the house now. Bub goes and collects and brings back to me and asks what he should keep. - ♠hellSpawn♠ Oct 30, 12:40
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- This is one thing the CFL is way better at than the NFL. They don't really care, do whatever you want...and their celebrations are awesome -- nm - Beaker Oct 30, 12:27 1
  - I will say that those TSN CFL commercials to a good job of promoting some of the players. I still don't watch it, but the commercials are great. -- nm - Shaun Oct 30, 12:29
- I wouldn't want to be in the stadium when they did that for the first time to a home team -- nm - Beaker Oct 30, 12:26
- they should make teams with big leads actually PLAY the last 2 minutes instead of running out the clock -- nm - Ancient Alien Theorist Oct 30, 12:19
- Nah. I say allow the taunt. But then swallow the whistle on the helmet to helmet on the next possession. -- nm - Jim Oct 30, 12:16
- Forever the No Fun League. I'm all for taunting, mocking and shit talking in sports. -- nm - Krusty Oct 30, 12:16 2
  - it'd be like telling KG not to trash talk -- nm - decline Oct 30, 12:17 1
    - Ha! -- nm - Krusty Oct 30, 12:27
- The should just scrap the entire rule book and adopt the one used by Pop Warner -- nm - decline Oct 30, 12:16 1
  - And watch the Jaguars get Mercy Rule'd in the 1st half? Think of the fantasy football implications. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 30, 12:16
- Or, just play the damn game. Keep the players safe, but otherwise stay out of it. - TWuG Oct 30, 12:14 5
  - that's exactly what they're trying to enforce. Play the damn game, leave the showboating out of it. -- nm - znufrii Oct 30, 12:15 4
    - Showboating is part of the game. There are so many stupid "behavior" rules that impact the game that it isn't fun to watch anymore. - TWuG Oct 30, 12:21
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      - Agreed. If ever there was a player with cause to showboat... - Inigo Oct 30, 12:23
    - Disagreed. -- nm - ♠hellSpawn♠ Oct 30, 12:16
- who cares. Let them do it. And if they get tackled before the touchdown all the better. -- nm - Remlik Oct 30, 12:13 2
  - Exactly. Every time I see one of these I hope for a Don Bebee-Leon Lett play. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 30, 12:14 1
    - agreed and hey if they score then all the better for them. -- nm - Remlik Oct 30, 12:31
- "I did not like the way he looked at me, so I threw the flag." - Ref Oct 30, 12:12 2
  - that would make it just like the NBA -- nm - Beaker Oct 30, 12:28 1
    - eff you! *tosses Beak off ST* -- nm - Joey Crawford si Oct 30, 12:30
- Totally agree with this. -- nm - prayformojo Oct 30, 12:12
Krusty what's it like being wrong about pizza and batmobiles? - Remlik Oct 30, 12:10 1
- I'll let you know if it ever happens. ;-) -- nm - Krusty Oct 30, 12:13
Recent movie ratings: The Internship (B) Apollo 18 (C-) Premium Rush (D) -- nm - The Legend of CQ Hollow Oct 30, 12:06 2
- Uhm, those movies are not what I would call recent. -- nm - ♠hellSpawn♠ Oct 30, 12:08 1
  - Within the last 3 years is recent to me. -- nm - The Legend of CQ Hollow Oct 30, 12:10
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- (I was guessing, but just confirmed: She's up for re-election next year) -- nm - ty97 Oct 30, 12:24
- I expected this sooner, though not from a Dem. -- nm - ty97 Oct 30, 12:18 4
  - Earlier I was going to say how incredible it was that the Dems have been so unified the past few weeks. No offshoots. -- nm - MDH Oct 30, 12:36 1
    - I will agree with this. They usually appear much more unified in their message. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 30, 12:38
  - This one is from Friday. -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Oct 30, 12:25
  - She's facing demographic issues to retain her seat. - Will Hunting Oct 30, 12:23
- Fine by me. How many years into the future will I be paying 2012 rates on this plan, Madame Landrieu? -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 30, 12:18
- I can't see how that wouldn't be one of unconstitutional, ineffective, or single payer system. -- nm - Max Oct 30, 12:06
- offs -- nm - znufrii Oct 30, 12:01 36
  - It's a great idea, imo. - Inigo Oct 30, 12:09 35
    - I don't think we should allow basic health insurance. The point of the system (and the way it works) is to bring everyone to minimum standards. - ty97 Oct 30, 12:23 17
      - I really don't think that will help. - Inigo Oct 30, 12:27 11
        
        For now, yes. Watch the penalty increase dramatically over the next few years. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 30, 12:29 10
        
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        Don't forget that a meaningful number of them get the benefit of now being able to stay covered under parents' plan until they're 26. That ropes in a - pmb Oct 30, 12:41
        
        I would argue that the 'fatal flaw' would have been not including the penalties -- nm - ty97 Oct 30, 12:32 4
        
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        In three years, the penalty is $2085 for anyone making 83,400 or higher. That's pretty high. -- nm - ty97 Oct 30, 12:36 2
        
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        'per person' - it'll get real expense real quick for families -- nm - decline Oct 30, 12:37
        
        $325 in 2015, $695 in 2016 -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 30, 12:30 2
        
        It's actually between 95 and 285 for 2014 (based on income) and between 695 and 2085 for 2016 (based on income) - ty97 Oct 30, 12:31 1
        
        Ah, thanks! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 30, 12:35
      - Exactly. The bare bones policies are fig leaves. They give you the illusion of coverage and when you need that coverage, it's nonexistent. -- nm - TWuG Oct 30, 12:27 4
        
        People are shockingly unaware of what their health insurance coverage provides. - Kim Pine Oct 30, 12:29 3
        
        It leads to bankruptcies and death. -- nm - TWuG Oct 30, 12:29 2
        
        Kim and I have spent $50k on medical bills over the past 8 years. I shudder to think about where we would have been without insurance. -- nm - David Oct 30, 12:33
        
        I had to leave show business becasue my "insurer" refused to pay for rehab visits after my ACL surgery. -- nm - Diva Oct 30, 12:31
    - I was under the impression that there's already a grandfather clause in place for non-compliant plans - znufrii Oct 30, 12:14 16
      - There's substantial turnover in plans that would remove them from the grandfathering - Will Hunting Oct 30, 12:22 5
        
        Eh. IMO they knew that there was a substantial turnover in plans and terms, and they set rules that allowed for people to keep grandfathered plans. - pmb Oct 30, 12:27 4
        
        7 to 12 million people getting cancellation notices is not a blip. -- nm - Inigo Oct 30, 12:29 3
        
        They didn't meet the criteria and/or the private insurers decided to change the plans. That happened with regularity before the ACA too. This is not - pmb Oct 30, 12:33 2
        
        Well, sure. The difference here is that the ACA is causing these plans to go away. Which wasn't supposed to happen. -- nm - Inigo Oct 30, 12:42 1
        
        But it really was in ways that people aren't recognizing. The plans changed. Coverages changed. Costs changed. People thought they had the same - pmb Oct 30, 12:45
      - This explains it. I guess you haven't been paying attention to the threads you're commenting in? -- (link) - Inigo Oct 30, 12:20 9
        
        except, that only seems to confirm my understanding. - znufrii Oct 30, 12:28 8
        
        That's not really what it says. - Inigo Oct 30, 12:33 6
        
        where in that article does it say they *can't* be grandfathered? - znufrii Oct 30, 12:34 5
        
        Because the policy didn't exist before 2010. -- nm - Inigo Oct 30, 12:35 4
        
        we're talking about plans, not policies. I think you may be confusing the two, though I'm by no means an expert - znufrii Oct 30, 12:42
        
        My understanding (though I admit the limited nature of my knowledge on this) is that if you were continuing the same plan it was grandfathered. - pmb Oct 30, 12:40 2
        
        yeah, from my experience very few plans remain unchanged year-over-year -- nm - decline Oct 30, 12:41 1
        
        I agree. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 30, 12:41
        
        so how would this grandfathering plan differ from the one already in place? -- nm - znufrii Oct 30, 12:29
- What a terrorist. I can't believe we would pay these hostage-takers' demands. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 30, 11:58 14
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    - I'm surprised you and DonHomer hadn't written me off years ago. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 30, 12:35
  - Perhaps the most illogical thing you've ever posted. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 30, 12:02 9
    - Let's not go crazy here.... - prayformojo Oct 30, 12:03 8
      - I will sum up ACC Football 2013 like this - Strongbad Oct 30, 12:05 7
        
        wait, Florida State/ Miami? - prayformojo Oct 30, 12:06 5
        
        The Canes are really not that great. They will be way over matched by the Noles -- nm - The Legend of CQ Hollow Oct 30, 12:08 3
        
        Miami has a legit top RB, something I don't think FSU has faced this year. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 30, 12:26 2
        
        except for Boston College, a team they allowed to score 34 points. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 30, 12:30 1
        
        I expect Miami to play "Keep Jameis off the field" offense. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 30, 12:31
        
        Yes. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 30, 12:07
        
        Well, they already beat the real #2 team by 37 so -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 30, 12:06
  - not the same thing. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 30, 12:00 1
    - at all. -- nm - znufrii Oct 30, 12:00
statistical modeling of global births and deaths in real time -- (link) - znufrii Oct 30, 11:55 2
- There's a lot more people borning than dying! Chill it, China! -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 30, 12:05
- "Wait. Why is it going into future dates?" -- nm - Reagen Oct 30, 11:56
When did Facebook do away with the granular controls for filtering newsfeed content from your various friends? - TWuG Oct 30, 11:54 35
- Go to your friend's page. Hover over the "Friends" button at the top right of their profile photo. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 30, 12:00 5
  - I can add them to lists there, but I can't tell Facebook what not to show me from that friend. -- nm - TWuG Oct 30, 12:02 4
    - ...then click 'settings'. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 30, 12:04 3
      - Within that Friends menu there is no "Settings". And there is nothing under the Gear menu top do it either. -- nm - TWuG Oct 30, 12:07 2
        
        Yes, right under the "Show in News Feed." - Dr.Vermin Oct 30, 12:09 1
        
        Nope. I don't see that anymore. It's gone for me. - TWuG Oct 30, 12:13
- Hover over the right of the news item and a chevron appears. Clicking on the chevron brings up a drop-down menu -- nm - Roger More Oct 30, 11:58 25
  - I get "Get Notifications" and "I don't want to see this." Those are my choices. - TWuG Oct 30, 12:06 22
    - ...then click 'settings'. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 30, 12:07 1
      - wait, ignore this one. But not the one above. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 30, 12:08
    - What is it you want to block? -- nm - Roger More Oct 30, 12:07 19
      - There is one person who I want to see game updates from but not status updates from because he's a conservative douche. - TWuG Oct 30, 12:10 5
        
        OK. Go to your friend's page, and on the right hand side there should be a 'Friends' drop down menu - Roger More Oct 30, 12:15 4
        
        This is what I'm saying. Those options are no longer there for me. - TWuG Oct 30, 12:23 3
        
        I'm looking at those menus on my FB right now. I don't understand why it's not on yours. -- nm - Roger More Oct 30, 12:24 2
        
        Then I guess I get to be first with the crappy new Facebook this time. -- nm - TWuG Oct 30, 12:28 1
        
        Lucky you! *blocks all stupid friends while still has the chance* -- nm - Roger More Oct 30, 12:29
      - you used to be able to be really selective - you could block Status, Game updates, photos, etc. By item or by importance level. -- nm - Andie Oct 30, 12:09 11
        
        You still can. Follow Mop's advice above, and click settings in the drop-down. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 30, 12:10 10
        
        oooh, that is very very close to what it was before (just way more annoying to get to.) -- nm - Andie Oct 30, 12:14 9
        
        Can you find a "settings" menu option? Because I don't have one under the Friends menu or Gear menu of a person's Profile page. - TWuG Oct 30, 12:20 8
        
        Do you not have a 'Show in News Feed' option below "Get Notifications"? If that's not checked, it doesn't display the settings option. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 30, 12:24 3
        
        Nope. No longer have a "Show In News Feed" option. -- nm - TWuG Oct 30, 12:32 2
        
        Did you run over Zuckerberg's dog? -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 30, 12:38 1
        
        Not yet. -- nm - TWuG Oct 30, 12:48
        
        on a particular friend's page, on their cover photo, are two buttons Friends and Message - Andie Oct 30, 12:23 3
        
        Okay, except "Settings" does not exist under "Friends" for me anymore. - TWuG Oct 30, 12:25 2
        
        You are hitting the Friends button on the cover photo right? not the other one beside Photos? -- nm - Andie Oct 30, 12:29 1
        
        Yep. I'm hitting the one directly to the right of the person's name. -- nm - TWuG Oct 30, 12:31
      - "...well, this is awkward..." -- nm - Reagen Oct 30, 12:07
  - i can't get it to show options though. it used to be you could select various levels you could set different people at. - Andie Oct 30, 12:02 1
    - Yep. That's completely gone for me. -- nm - TWuG Oct 30, 12:03
- it must have just happened - i tried to change something yesterday and couldn't. that annoys me. -- nm - Andie Oct 30, 11:57 1
  - It means seeing all or nothing now and that's just stupid beyond all belief. - TWuG Oct 30, 12:01
- EVIL -- nm - ♠hellSpawn♠ Oct 30, 11:56
ESPN: Eagles QB Nick Foles will get the start Sunday vs. OAK -- nm - Strongbad Oct 30, 11:52 2
- ...until he takes another knock to the head.... What a circus this season is becoming -- nm - decline Oct 30, 12:04 1
  - as a DeSean Jackson owner, I pray he can stay healthy until Vick is back in action. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 30, 12:07
Spoilers for trivia ... - Heisenbery Oct 30, 11:51 1
- I knew it would be something like that Scorcese quote about The Age of Innocence being the most violent film he'd ever done -- nm - Roger More Oct 30, 11:52
I'm guessing the end of Freaks. -- nm - Reagen Oct 30, 11:49 1
- Three words: kli, kli, kli. -- nm - David Oct 30, 11:54
ty97: By Fenty, I meant the Former Mayor. I don't know the guy with the hat. -- nm - MDH Oct 30, 11:49 1
- Lies. Your boyfriend looks great in that hat, btw. -- nm - ty97 Oct 30, 11:50
the Cecil? Ha. That's the name of the local (former) flophouse. -- nm - Reagen Oct 30, 11:49
I just saw a Batmobile parked on the street. Pics are up on Facebook. -- nm - Krusty Oct 30, 11:46 5
- i had that one as a DinKy model car with shooting mortars and stuff as a kid -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 30, 11:56 1
  - If it is the tv version, I am looking at a Matchbox one as I type this. -- nm - ♠hellSpawn♠ Oct 30, 12:06
- which version? -- nm - Ancient Alien Theorist Oct 30, 11:48 2
  - TV show version. -- nm - Krusty Oct 30, 11:49 1
    - the good one....cool! -- nm - Ancient Alien Theorist Oct 30, 12:11
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- It's like if Marty Feldman and Rasputin had a baby that was murdered. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 30, 11:57 1
  - even snl wouldn't have dragged it out so long -- nm - the ghost and ms zeit Oct 30, 13:10
- Naw, son. It was *this*! -- (link) - prayformojo Oct 30, 11:51 [youtube]
- My answer is more disturbing than anything mentioned so far. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 30, 11:48
- "Legend says he's still dying." Well played, YT comments. -- nm - Reagen Oct 30, 11:48

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