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"I know everyone is mad at Peralta for ruining their weekend." "... but?" - Beryllium Nov 6, 08:05
NMB Spawn - any chance for early pics either today or 1st thing tomorrow? our commish is out mid-to late morning - thanks! -- nm - JenBro Nov 6, 07:50 2
- Email me end of day and remind me. I made the picks this morning, but want to review later (and make at least one change). -- nm - Spawn Nov 6, 07:55 1
  - will do & thanks! -- nm - JenBro Nov 6, 08:35
Now that's what I call a teaser trailer - Raid 2 -- (link) - LMS Nov 6, 07:47 4
- Tried to watch twice but the picture quality was too bad to see. -- nm - Spawn Nov 6, 08:01 2
  - Youtube link -- (link) - LMS Nov 6, 08:04 [youtube] 1
    - Thanks. The flurry of punches must be what was causing it to go nuts. - Spawn Nov 6, 08:06
- **splurt** -- nm - decline Nov 6, 07:59
"If someone asks you if you're a god, you say 'YES!'" Further proof of this truth... - Jim Nov 6, 07:43 7
- Microsoft's actually pretty good about this. They don't question your lies. - Ender Nov 6, 07:46 5
  - Yeah. I was just blown away that the answer was as simple as "Lie your ass off and you're good." :) -- nm - Jim Nov 6, 07:48 4
    - yeah but ... what's that going to do to your karma Jim? - JenBro Nov 6, 07:49 3
      - It's Microsoft. It's a push. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 6, 07:55
      - Well, let me whip a quickie spreadsheet on my freshly activated Excel 2010! ;) -- nm - Jim Nov 6, 07:50 1
        
        :) -- nm - JenBro Nov 6, 08:35
- "next time someone says leave or face my wrath...leave" -- nm - Beaker Nov 6, 07:45
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The New Ms. Marvel Will Be a Muslim Teenager From Jersey -- (link) - volnelk Nov 6, 07:41 6
- yep. the book is soldout. -- nm - Remlik Nov 6, 07:48 1
  - *tracking* -- nm - NSA Nov 6, 07:49
- Just bought G. Willow Wilson's book on Monday. - David Nov 6, 07:42 2
  - Is that the hacker one? -- nm - Spawn Nov 6, 07:44 1
    - Yup. Kim and I loved Air, which deserved a better fate. -- nm - David Nov 6, 07:47
- Her new catch phrase will be, "Talk to the giant hand!" -- nm - Spawn Nov 6, 07:42
Portland Maine passes pot legalization with 67% in favor -- (link) - ty97 Nov 6, 07:29
Colorado approves pot tax (easily) and downs income tax increase (also easily) -- (link) - ty97 Nov 6, 07:28 58
- I am ok with taxing the shit out of pot. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 6, 07:30 57
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    - That and the time the police waste on it. -- nm - Spawn Nov 6, 08:01
    - yep yep yep. and imo it clears the path for pot legalization elsewhere a little more easily -- nm - Jovian Nov 6, 08:01
    - Absolutely. -- nm - pmb Nov 6, 07:42
    - and maybe we can reduce the taxes on things like gasoline in the process. - groiny Nov 6, 07:41 35
      - We should stop subsidizing the oil companies for doing their jobs and making huge profits first -- nm - con_carne Nov 6, 07:50 1
        
        that is ok too. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 6, 07:51
      - 57.5 cents/gallon in Illinois (18.4 cents of that is Federal, rest is state0 -- nm - ty97 Nov 6, 07:47 2
        
        that is a lot of tax IMO. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 6, 07:49 1
        
        That depends on how much does it cost to run the roads. 40 cent/gallon? 60 cents/gallon? 90 cents/gallon? -- nm - ty97 Nov 6, 07:57
      - Get rid of the sales tax on gasoline entirely. - Strongbad Nov 6, 07:46 11
        
        pair it with a smaller carbon tax on fuels to offset the environmental costs of driving, and I'm with you. -- nm - znufrii Nov 6, 07:56 2
        
        The incentive to go fuel-efficient wouldn't go away. You're still encouraged to buy less gas and drive less. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 6, 07:57 1
        
        But there are still environmental costs for burning fuel that aren't being covered -- nm - Roger More Nov 6, 07:59
        
        or do what one of GA's representatives wants to do (HR 3264) -- (link) - Strongbad Nov 6, 07:49 4
        
        That'll never happen, because transportation is a national priority as well as a local one -- nm - Roger More Nov 6, 07:56 3
        
        (note: This wouldn't prohibit states from cooperating to construct regional/national projects if its in their own best interest) -- nm - Strongbad Nov 6, 07:59 2
        
        It wouldn't prohibit it, it would just make it a lot more difficult. - Roger More Nov 6, 08:08 1
        
        It would absolutely make it a lot more difficult, I agree. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 6, 08:14
        
        I cringe to think about what that would look like - Epiphany Nov 6, 07:48
        
        A road sex tax? -- nm - Sir Paul Nov 6, 07:47 1
        
        Hee. I just now got this. I'm slow -- nm - Epiphany Nov 6, 07:49
      - meh, they'll just take the cost of building and maintaining roads out of your wallet some other way - znufrii Nov 6, 07:46
      - We already have low taxes on gasoline. -- nm - ty97 Nov 6, 07:45
      - The tax on gasoline is probably 10% of the price at this point. - spamlet Nov 6, 07:45 15
        
        I think that is too damn high. - groiny Nov 6, 07:45 14
        
        Americans complaining about gas taxes makes me laugh. You want to see taxes on gas, come to Canada -- nm - Beaker Nov 6, 07:48 4
        
        Yeah, but thanks to the metric system, the prices still look good. -- nm - Spawn Nov 6, 08:04
        
        We've secretly replaced groiny with Grover Norquist. Let's see if anyone notices -- nm - Roger More Nov 6, 07:53
        
        you can afford it, you do not have Obamacare. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 6, 07:50 1
        
        Well, no, they have Obamacare+ -- nm - ty97 Nov 6, 07:55
        
        It's not enough to fund the road we have. -- nm - ty97 Nov 6, 07:47 8
        
        what are tollways for then? -- nm - groiny Nov 6, 07:47 7
        
        I don't understand the question. The vast majority of roads (in Chicago and elsewhere) are NOT tollways. - ty97 Nov 6, 07:48 6
        
        where is the revenue from the Tollways going? -- nm - groiny Nov 6, 07:49 5
        
        usually tied to the costs of the specific tolled road. -- nm - znufrii Nov 6, 07:51
        
        As a general rules, tolls from tollways are intended to pay the debt incurred to build that specific tollway. - ty97 Nov 6, 07:51 3
        
        they force you to get Ipass here, or pay double tolls. - groiny Nov 6, 07:53 1
        
        The pass systems are typically much cheaper for the toll org to run. - Strongbad Nov 6, 07:55
        
        or to fund other improvements along that corridor, or a combination of several things. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 6, 07:52
  - We're generally cool with taxing things we don't buy. -- nm - ty97 Nov 6, 07:38 5
    - We're generally cool with taxing people we don't like. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 6, 07:44
    - Yes. Does that make " we" hypocritical? -- nm - Epiphany Nov 6, 07:40
    - "and are not necessities" -- nm - Beaker Nov 6, 07:39 1
      - like movies and music? - ty97 Nov 6, 07:44
    - If I were still smoking I would prefer expensive and legal to the old way. -- nm - Spawn Nov 6, 07:39
  - Just like alcohol, I agree. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 6, 07:36 10
    - and cigarettes -- nm - znufrii Nov 6, 07:37 9
      - and puppies -- nm - Beaker Nov 6, 07:38 7
        
        yes, all of the above. -- nm - Spawn Nov 6, 07:38 6
        
        *gasp* -- nm - Epiphany Nov 6, 07:40 5
        
        Luxury tax. Tangent: Tomber, Bub's fish, died yesterday. - Spawn Nov 6, 07:41
        
        sorry love, you gotta pay. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 6, 07:40 3
        
        But I love and support puppies!! Ha -- nm - Epiphany Nov 6, 07:41 2
        
        I would love and support your puppies. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 6, 07:42 1
        
        Sweater Puppies! - Epiphany Nov 6, 07:45
      - yes, all of the above. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 6, 07:37
62 Questions We Still Have for Rob Ford. (#21 Who counsels him on his neckware?) - Andie Nov 6, 07:27
And for Krusty: Hynes lost handily -- nm - ty97 Nov 6, 07:26
Want to see what 0.009 seconds looks like? -- (link) - amoxy Nov 6, 07:26 2
- When talking about times that short, you shouldn't compare based on shadows. -- nm - nubby Nov 6, 07:57
- dayamn -- nm - znufrii Nov 6, 07:29
Thing I learned on election day that surprised me: VA, NJ, and NYC all of 8.something million people. -- nm - ty97 Nov 6, 07:25
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- InstantWatcher.com. -- (link) - David Nov 6, 07:30 3
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  - do they offer RSS? -- nm - oblique Nov 6, 07:32 1
    - doesn't look like it -- nm - decline Nov 6, 07:34
- This has all Netflix releases, doesn't seem to distinguish Streaming -- (link) - amoxy Nov 6, 07:29
- I get emails from them for some of the stuff -- nm - decline Nov 6, 07:27
Michelle Obama just asked me out! - Spawn Nov 6, 07:21 2
- Say " yes" -- nm - Epiphany Nov 6, 07:39 1
  - hell no, jealous husband alert, he's always got some serious dudes following her around -- nm - thanksgeisting Nov 6, 13:07
Klein's problem is that he can only evaluate the data in front of him and draw conclusions from that. - David Nov 6, 07:15
I'm at the end of Season 2 of Supernatural, and I've been pleasantly surprised so far. B+ - Inigo Nov 6, 07:14 7
- Season three really kicks it up a notch. And female eye candy for the male viewers. Enjoy that while you can -- nm - Epiphany Nov 6, 07:43
- Stop after Season 6. The show should have, at least. -- nm - nubby Nov 6, 07:15 4
  - I thought they went through the motions in season 6 but season 7 got back on track and season 8 may be their best. -- nm - David Nov 6, 07:17 3
    - I think I actually meant Season 5. Whenever (spoiler) - nubby Nov 6, 07:22 2
      - Yes Season 5. It was perfect. No need to go on. -- nm - Epiphany Nov 6, 07:44
      - The Eve storyline was a bust but they recovered nicely via because of Kevin Tran and his mom, Amy Wong. -- nm - David Nov 6, 07:24
- I've enjoyed it's run immensely -- nm - Beaker Nov 6, 07:15
I'm going to work watch it's always sunny now. I've never seen an episode. -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda Nov 6, 07:12 13
- I tried a bunch of episodes figuring it was my kind of show but I couldn't get into it although the... - Mel Profit Nov 6, 07:28 4
  - Agreed. The ads make me laugh. The show, not so much. -- nm - Spawn Nov 6, 07:39
  - there is an abortion clinic episode which slayed. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 6, 07:30 2
    - I may have to give this show another shot if I can fit it into the rotation at some point. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 6, 07:39 1
      - it took me a while to warm up to it...... - groiny Nov 6, 07:43
- love it -- nm - CQ Nov 6, 07:19
- If the first episode doesn't make you laugh, the rest of the show won't. -- nm - Inigo Nov 6, 07:15 5
  - I also think it is a show that takes a few episodes to "get" the humor in it. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 6, 07:16
  - I liked it until DeVito joined. - nubby Nov 6, 07:16 3
    - your im is it exactly -- nm - Beaker Nov 6, 07:34
    - I think it's more a crasser version of Arrested Development. Especially after DeVito joined. -- nm - Inigo Nov 6, 07:20 1
      - I believe Reagan called it "Seinfeld on crack" or something like that when I started saying I liked it -- nm - Beaker Nov 6, 07:25
- Office follow-up. - Mel Profit Nov 6, 07:14
how much would you have given to be a fly on the wall for the Ford brothers planning meeting yesterday? - Reagen Nov 6, 07:12 2
- I think more like George saying to Jerry "Remember... it's not a lie, if you believe it" -- nm - Roger More Nov 6, 07:18 1
  - something like this. -- (link) - Beaker Nov 6, 07:27 [Backboard]
I had forgotten that George Smitherman was the runner-up to Ford in the mayoral race. Former cocaine user himself. - Name Withheld By Request Nov 6, 07:01 4
- Canada is one crazy drug-addled country!! -- nm - decline Nov 6, 07:03 3
  - we just want you all to think we are so nice. we're really thieving, drug-addicted, thugs. -- nm - Andie Nov 6, 07:04 2
    - it was fun that minutes before he came clean, Rob's brother was beating the war drum going after the police chief...what a bunch -- nm - Beaker Nov 6, 07:13
    - I knew you didn't really win all that stuff! -- nm - mafic Nov 6, 07:12
Blood Pressure: 122/70. *fist pump* -- nm - Beaker Nov 6, 06:50 2
- Booyah! -- nm - Epiphany Nov 6, 07:47
- Flying chest bump! -- nm - Was Bar Was Nov 6, 06:53
By this time tomorrow, my work year is at an end. I'd like to thank all of you for enduring another season with me. - CQ Nov 6, 06:48 [youtube] 1
- * waits patiently for the next season of ' Pool Boy'* -- nm - Epiphany Nov 6, 07:51
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- wow, imagine if they hadn't been using Law Firm at the start too. -- nm - Beaker Nov 6, 06:49
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- I don't know about anyone else, but I love love love elections and the twist and turns of the results. -- nm - ty97 Nov 6, 07:20 1
  - But (again): NOT 2016 IN 2013 fuckers! -- nm - ty97 Nov 6, 07:20
- VA AG race is 100% reporting, Obenshain appears to have reversed the Dem lead and won by 219 votes. -- nm - MDH Nov 6, 07:16
- Look up Obenshain and tell me you wouldn't be terrified. -- nm - MDH Nov 6, 06:47 3
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    - Before Obenshain it was Cuccinelli. Obenshain sponsored a bill to ban birth control, ban abortion (in all cases), and remove legal rights from gays. -- nm - MDH Nov 6, 07:04 1
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Another Netflix item: Europa Report is streaming as of tomorrow. It's a pretty well-done sci-fi movie, so consider it -- nm - prayformojo Nov 6, 06:45 2
- Saw this yesterday. Plan to watch it this weekend. (Thanks to Dano) -- nm - decline Nov 6, 06:53
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- pulling off those moves in the original arcade version was probably the last time I felt that video game rush. - Mel Profit Nov 6, 07:08
- *hits ML with a spinning piledriver* -- nm - Strongbad Nov 6, 06:45
SHARKNADO! -- nm - oblique Nov 6, 06:42 1
- Someone dressed up as that for my office's Halloween party. -- nm - Truman Nov 6, 06:44

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