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Quiz: After getting 70% of his team’s wins in the regular season, who got 100% of his team’s win on route to winning the first World Series in 1884. - spamlet Oct 30, 14:21 5
- Hoss? -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 30, 14:25 1
  - *ding* -- nm - spamlet Oct 30, 14:25
- Captain Jack Harkness -- nm - Ancient Alien Theorist Oct 30, 14:24
- Cy Young -- nm - Beaker Oct 30, 14:23 1
  - nope -- nm - spamlet Oct 30, 14:23
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- CEOs -- nm - Roger More Oct 30, 14:21
- comic book dealers -- nm - Ancient Alien Theorist Oct 30, 14:21 2
  - the ones from the 70's sure. those guys are nuts -- nm - Remlik Oct 30, 14:23 1
    - the 80's & 90's were not much saner -- nm - Ancient Alien Theorist Oct 30, 14:24
- Lawyers? -- nm - amoxy Oct 30, 14:20
Spirit Airlines Considers Spiking Bag Fees During Peak Travel Times -- (link) - ty97 Oct 30, 13:59
DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMM!!! !!!!!!!!!!! -- (link) - con_carne Oct 30, 13:54
Only 5 pitchers have been inducted into the HOF this Century - amoxy Oct 30, 13:50 2
- That will change soon -- nm - groiny Oct 30, 13:56 1
  - over our old, dead bodies -- nm - ancient baseball writers against everything Oct 30, 14:24
Flyover of Mars -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 30, 13:46
Well, Obama just said some people were being "grossly misleading" about ACA. That will go over well. (waiting for full in context transcript) -- nm - ty97 Oct 30, 13:44 7
- Here's the transcript excerpt. This is how Obama is responding to 'if you like your plan, you can keep it' - ty97 Oct 30, 13:54 6
  - One of the Economist blogs ran a column suggesting Obama may be trolling the tea party by using centrist language like this. - Roger More Oct 30, 14:21 1
    - The guy has pretty consistently said "let's work together" since he was first elected. - TWuG Oct 30, 14:26
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    - Except the full liek is "except when they have to give you a better one because of requirements in the ACA, and that new, "better" plan, will likely - Stephen Oct 30, 14:30
  - That is a strong reply. -- nm - David Oct 30, 14:04
  - This is in response to the campaign promise: - nubby Oct 30, 13:59
is this thing up? -- nm - lafarrow Oct 30, 13:35 14
- Its . . . alive!!! - pmb Oct 30, 14:19
- Wow, I thought i smelled something. - spamlet Oct 30, 14:17
- You never replied to my last email. You suck. - David Oct 30, 14:04
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- whatever happened to the joke reviewer? -- nm - Tim Oct 30, 13:41
- Turn off the lights and be really quiet. -- nm - Kim Pine Oct 30, 13:38 2
  - this poster is NSFW -- nm - lafarrow Oct 30, 13:38 1
    - But she is the best in Knoxville at her job. She has the three feet tall trophy to prove it. -- nm - David Oct 30, 14:05
- GAH! Who left the trail of whiskey bottles and hookers for him? -- nm - Reagen Oct 30, 13:37 2
  - Fetchez la vache! nm - ralph wiggum Oct 30, 14:16
  - oh and - Reagen Oct 30, 13:37
- You heard I was doing Baseball HOF trivia and came running -- nm - amoxy Oct 30, 13:36
- *looks down* - groiny Oct 30, 13:36 1
  - as usual little man -- nm - ms groiny Oct 30, 13:39
One more HOF question: Which HOF pitcher gave up the most HR's and which gave up the least HR's - amoxy Oct 30, 13:34 16
- I just looked it up. It'll take mutliple hints, I think. -- nm - Inigo Oct 30, 13:41 2
  - I have legitimately never heard of this player. -- nm - Reagen Oct 30, 13:42 1
    - That's why I thought my hint was pretty good -- nm - amoxy Oct 30, 13:43
- Hint: Sportscenter, GMA and cancer survivor -- nm - amoxy Oct 30, 13:41 2
  - Robin Roberts -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 30, 13:43 1
    - boo!!!! -- nm - groiny Oct 30, 13:44
- Even though it was deadball, Cy Young or Walter Johnson. -- nm - Inigo Oct 30, 13:39 1
  - Nope #37 138, #47 97 -- nm - amoxy Oct 30, 13:40
- Phil Niekro? -- nm - Inigo Oct 30, 13:38 1
  - #3 with 482 -- nm - amoxy Oct 30, 13:38
- Blylevin used to give up tons of homers, but I think Ryan pitched longer. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 30, 13:36 3
  - Blyleven was #6 with 430. The #1 pitcher gave up 505 Dingers -- nm - amoxy Oct 30, 13:38 2
    - Spahn -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 30, 13:39 1
      - #5 with 434 -- nm - amoxy Oct 30, 13:40
- Ruth for least --- Ryan for most -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 30, 13:36 1
  - Ruth is correct with only 10, Ryan is #14 with 321 -- nm - amoxy Oct 30, 13:36
Do you remember the Dove ad where women sat down with a sketch artist and described themselves? -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Oct 30, 13:32 [vimeo] 1
- Mascara alert -- nm - Epiphany Oct 30, 14:09
Baseball HOF trivia. which pitcher has the fewest ML wins in the Hall? -- nm - amoxy Oct 30, 13:25 19
- I cheated. Hee. -- nm - Reagen Oct 30, 13:32
- Hint is Major League wins -- nm - amoxy Oct 30, 13:31 2
  - Satchel Paige? -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 30, 13:32 1
    - *Ding*. He only had 28 wins in his 6 seasons -- nm - amoxy Oct 30, 13:33
- Babe Ruth? It's gotta be someone who got into the Hall at another position or league. -- nm - Inigo Oct 30, 13:30
- Babe Ruth -- nm - Ancient Alien Theorist Oct 30, 13:29 2
  - #4 least with 94 -- nm - amoxy Oct 30, 13:30
  - that is not fair. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 30, 13:29
- I'd guess Sutter again -- nm - Jim Oct 30, 13:27 4
  - Sutter is #2 lowest with 68 -- nm - amoxy Oct 30, 13:29 3
    - How 'bout Rollie Fingers? -- nm - Jim Oct 30, 13:31 2
      - Fingers is #5 with 114 -- nm - amoxy Oct 30, 13:32
      - I like the way you think. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 30, 13:31
- Dennis Eckersley? -- nm - groiny Oct 30, 13:27 5
  - Nope he has 197 wins, #17 -- nm - amoxy Oct 30, 13:29 4
    - Lee Smith? - groiny Oct 30, 13:29 3
      - He is not in the Hall -- nm - amoxy Oct 30, 13:30 2
        
        Gossage? -- nm - groiny Oct 30, 13:31 1
        
        #6 with 124 -- nm - amoxy Oct 30, 13:31
Headline: "Mayor Rob Ford approval rating drops, poll finds". Buried lede: 39% are crazy -- (link) - ty97 Oct 30, 13:23 11
- HE GETS RESULTS, DAMMIT! -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Oct 30, 13:42
- The concerning thing would be that if there's a left-wing split, he could win again with that. -- nm - Reagen Oct 30, 13:26 8
  - don't even suggest it. -- nm - Andie Oct 30, 13:28 7
    - What exactly do you have against your gross, impulsive, sweaty, hypocritical, crony culture, sometimes drunk mayor, Andie? -- nm - Roger More Oct 30, 13:30 3
      - and, soon to be yours, right? -- nm - Andie Oct 30, 13:33 2
        
        I don't get to vote. -- nm - Roger More Oct 30, 13:35 1
        
        Hang on, the election's not for another year? Oh man... -- nm - Roger More Oct 30, 13:42
    - "Just keep walking, Smitherman." -- nm - Reagen Oct 30, 13:29 1
      - he's dealing with his husband's mental breakdown/disappearance/recovery. he's busy. -- nm - Andie Oct 30, 13:32
    - But we like being entertained -- nm - con_carne Oct 30, 13:28
- Then call me crazy. -- nm - ♠hellSpawn♠ Oct 30, 13:24
Baseball Trivia: Who is the only Pitcher in the HOF without a complete game? -- nm - amoxy Oct 30, 13:21 2
- Bruce Sutter -- nm - Jim Oct 30, 13:22 1
  - Correct! -- nm - amoxy Oct 30, 13:22
He just basically backpedalled on the whole "if you like it you can keep it" notion. -- nm - nubby Oct 30, 13:21
AJAM used a FOIA request to get NSA talking points -- (link) - ty97 Oct 30, 13:18 4
- Too bad Rudy Giuliani jokes went out in 2009. -- nm - Roger More Oct 30, 13:22
- sorry, this is over the 3 abbreviation per post limit. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 30, 13:19 2
  - You are wrong, groiny. -- nm - ♠hellSpawn♠ Oct 30, 13:23
  - STFU POS - ty97 Oct 30, 13:21
Texas. And I already feel like messing with it. -- nm - Qale as Folk Oct 30, 13:11 7
- Those boys from Carolina They sure enough could sing But when they came on down to Texas We all showed them how to swing -- nm - Marquis de Lafayette Oct 30, 14:05
- *guitar strum* ~echo-y whistling~ -- nm - con_carne Oct 30, 13:20
- First: Welcome! Second: I advise against messing with it. -- nm - Epiphany Oct 30, 13:18 1
  - listen to the nice lady from Texas, Qale. *backs away slowly* -- nm - Tim Oct 30, 13:20
- Do it. Do it. Dooooo it. - ♠hellSpawn♠ Oct 30, 13:15
- And thanks to Lawrence v. Texas, you can -- nm - ty97 Oct 30, 13:13
- don't. - prayformojo Oct 30, 13:12
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- World Cup 2014 here we come!! -- nm - decline Oct 30, 13:11
Obama speechifying shortly -- nm - ty97 Oct 30, 12:59 5
- "What? No one saw that I had my toes crossed when I said you could keep your plans if you liked them?" -- nm - Stephen Oct 30, 13:05
- "I have re-iterated to my staff the concept of plausible deniability, and what does not fall under that umbrella." -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 30, 13:03
- "Let me start by saying... you have to be kidding me." -- nm - Obama Oct 30, 13:01 1
  - "Freakin' websits. Pfffft. Amiright?" -- nm - Barak Oct 30, 13:03
- He should try lowering the podium. -- nm - Dr.Vermin, wokka wokka Oct 30, 13:00
I should be watching AHS: Coven, shouldn't i? -- nm - Andie Oct 30, 12:56 5
- Definitely. The interaction between Jessica Lange and Kathy Bates is worth the price of admission. - Jim Oct 30, 13:22
- It's a relatively slow start but the talent can't be denied -- nm - Epiphany Oct 30, 13:20
- we will start once the friggin baseball playoffs are over. -- nm - Diva Oct 30, 12:58
- how are the ratings? MDH?? -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda Oct 30, 12:57
- I like it better than last season (which I never finished) -- nm - decline Oct 30, 12:57
Is there a third party site for pricing out the ACA offered insurance and factoring in subsidies for income? - Inigo Oct 30, 12:54 4
- someone linked me to one on the 1st or 2nd, as I recall. Let me search -- nm - ty97 Oct 30, 13:00 2
  - It was decline. Here's the link -- (link) - ty97 Oct 30, 13:01 1
    - Hmmm. It looks like my work insurance would have to be 9.5% of my salary to qualify for subsidies. - Inigo Oct 30, 13:15
- Don't do this to me. -- nm - K.Sebellius Oct 30, 12:59
Inigo, LIR from B2 -- (link) - pmb Oct 30, 12:53 [Backboard] 5
- Gracias, Sir. -- nm - Inigo Oct 30, 13:02 2
  - That was for Ty, but thank you too, pmb. - Inigo Oct 30, 13:04 1
    - We had years with 20% increases and years with 0% increase (including, by the way, this year). By far the biggest factor was claims history. - pmb Oct 30, 13:22
- "This is the same hammer I've had for years. Only changed the handle three times and the head twice." -- nm - Reagen Oct 30, 12:56 1
  - I used to be very involved in negotiating my firm's health insurance plan every year. It was a difficult process that we had the benefit of outside - pmb Oct 30, 13:00
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- Pot? On a college campus? Oh well, is Lane Kiffin available? Yes? -- nm - nubby Oct 30, 13:12
- (older brother of Bo) -- nm - Strongbad Oct 30, 12:55
Chili & cheese and bean & pork rind pupusas with fixins for lunch! -- nm - con_carne Oct 30, 12:52 1
- Never make a bet you can't afford to lose. -- nm - ♠hellSpawn♠ Oct 30, 12:52
Deevs, how is your knee these days? -- nm - David Oct 30, 12:45 1
- stiff and shitty but functioning. I can play old ladies on stage but don't ask me to do a dance call for a role cuz that would just be tragic. -- nm - Diva Oct 30, 12:53
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- yahhhhhhh -- nm - the ghost and ms zeit Oct 30, 12:45
- Ahhhh -- (link) - kilbooooo Oct 30, 12:43 [Image] 8
  - it's totally safe for work. click it. go on. -- nm - colin Oct 30, 12:45 7
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      - And thanks to BF this week, we need a pic of the thing wearing your zubas. -- nm - ♠hellSpawn♠ Oct 30, 12:52 5
        
        So close -- (link) - kilbooooo Oct 30, 12:57 [Image] 4
        
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        I wish I lived closer to you. I'd *so* make this a Halloween costume and show up at your door -- nm - kilbooooo Oct 30, 13:04 1
        
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        25 Spawn Points -- nm - ♠hellSpawn♠ Oct 30, 12:59
- Hey, Boo. -- nm - Diva Oct 30, 12:43 1
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