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Random thoughts from Backboarding. Hell no is Nite Owl better than Batman. Batman would have kicked Oxymandias' ass. - TWuG Mar 3, 08:38
my current earworm is You're Gonna Go Far, Kid by the Offspring, due to Bery's linking a video that used it on Friday - crash davis Mar 3, 08:37
SITWAP - Madoff wants to keep Manhattan penthouse -- (link) - amoxy Mar 3, 08:34 4
- I didn't realize Manhattan had a penthouse, or that Madoff was such a huge Watchmen fan -- nm - Beryllium Mar 3, 08:36 3
  - the problem is that the furniture keeps rearranging itself at a molecular level. -- nm - Reagen Mar 3, 08:39 2
    - "What a nice ottoman!" ... moments later: "Wait ... um ... what a nice ham sandwich?" -- nm - Beryllium Mar 3, 08:41 1
      - "Hello? That's *why* it's called an "occassional" table!" -- nm - Doctor Manhattan Mar 3, 08:43
Republicans warn Obama on judges - amoxy Mar 3, 08:31 12
- Wait a minute now. Didn't the GOP scream bloody murder when their nominees were filibustered? - TWuG Mar 3, 08:42 2
  - you're going to be hoping for a long, long time. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 3, 08:42 1
    - Oh, it'll be fun to watch them huff and puff and accomplish nothing. It just means if Obama succeeds despite them that they'll - TWuG Mar 3, 08:44
- Obama to Republicans: Sit down and eat your oatmeal! -- nm - Reagen Mar 3, 08:38
- "It's okay when *we* do it!" -- nm - Tauruschach Mar 3, 08:37
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  - That's not going to happen, but hopefully there will be more lefties than centrists. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 3, 08:37
  - you can't even send a group email with attachments -- nm - pigby Mar 3, 08:37 1
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- oh no!! -- nm - Don Homer Mar 3, 08:36
- this has all happened before, and will happen again. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 3, 08:33
- Ohhh, goooood. -- nm - Obama s.i. Mar 3, 08:32
repost: U2's new album is only $3.99 today on Amazon. Berymander! -- (link) - JaxSean Mar 3, 08:29 8
- I'll give it a few listens soon. I'm not optimistic though. -- nm - Shaun Mar 3, 08:38 2
  - I predict they'll blame lackluster sales on the early leak, instead of it being a crappy album. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 3, 08:45
  - Even Pop had a few listenable songs. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 3, 08:40
- Yeah, it's completely lackluster and quite probably their worst album by far. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 3, 08:30
- Word to the im. Awful stuff altogether. -- nm - Loyola Mar 3, 08:30
- thumbs down from me. Worst album from them ever. -- nm - Remlik Mar 3, 08:30 2
  - Yay, we win! -- nm - Coldplay Mar 3, 08:33 1
    - *giggle* -- nm - JaxSean Mar 3, 08:34
CNN Money: Weak economy ... strong dollar -- nm - con_carne Mar 3, 08:27 1
- link -- (link) - con_carne Mar 3, 08:27
Bubbles!!! -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 3, 08:22 [youtube] 3
- *twitch* -- nm - JaxSean Mar 3, 08:26
- Blossom and Buttercup!!! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 3, 08:23
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Do you think government *in some way* has abdicated its responsibilities towards the greater good by not intervening during the property bubble to - Loyola Mar 3, 08:14 24
- I think where the government failed was in regulating the packaging of mortgages to hide risk. -- nm - Tauruschach Mar 3, 08:39
- Does any part of government have a specific responsibility for popping asset price bubbles? -- nm - Alan More Mar 3, 08:25 8
  - What, me worry? -- nm - Alan Greenspan si Mar 3, 08:30
  - I wasn't going to go into it when I read con carne's post (sorry cc:) but he does bring up a related point. - Loyola Mar 3, 08:28 4
    - I understand free market capitalism to have have foresight: the markets will regulate themselves and take care of everyone. That's the foresight. -- nm - con_carne Mar 3, 08:35 1
      - I agree with you to an extent, except that in this case the market wasn't free to begin with, with property taxes, Fannie and Freddie (gov) - Loyola Mar 3, 08:41
    - I tend to agree, but don't know enough about it to be certain. From the late 90s, there was a debate among central bankers about whether asset prices - Alan More Mar 3, 08:34 1
      - Some people are actually advocating an inflation target of 4-5% to create the rational expectation amongst the public that "the economy will recover, - Loyola Mar 3, 08:43
  - the consumer. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 3, 08:28
  - HUD? :) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 3, 08:26
- No. Your hindsight is 20/20, and during the bubble and many years before, the government's policy was to encourage people to buy homes. - con_carne Mar 3, 08:18 10
  - My interpretation of what the idea of an "ownership society" means to me... - znufrii, older, no wiser Mar 3, 08:29
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    - I'm saying how can there be a responsibility to control prices when free markets is the basis of your policies? -- nm - con_carne Mar 3, 08:25 5
      - To turn that around, if a gov't adopts free market policies, is it abdicating its responsibilities? -- nm - Alan More Mar 3, 08:27 4
        
        No, it ought to be free to do so,IMO -- nm - con_carne Mar 3, 08:30 2
        
        I think we have to go down to a more fundamental level and define what are government's responsibilities in regards to the economy - znufrii, older, no wiser Mar 3, 08:31 1
        
        You can also say that the gov't hasn't abdicated its responsibilities by adopting free market policies, but is actually abiding by them because in - Alan More Mar 3, 08:40
        
        That depends - if the people don't consider it a responsibility, then no. - Beryllium Mar 3, 08:29
  - and when people buy homes, the prices go up, natch -- nm - con_carne Mar 3, 08:18 1
    - But that "ownership at all costs" mentality is one of the main factors that got us where we are now. - Cuzzin Todd Mar 3, 08:23
- ooh, a pre-bailout discussion. Interesting. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 3, 08:17
- free markets rule baby! -- nm - Dubya Mar 3, 08:15
- I'd be lying if I said that I thought that was the only way the govenrment had abdicated its responsibilities under President Bush -- nm - znufrii, older, no wiser Mar 3, 08:15
ST Roland Burris pop quiz -- Which eleven states did not ratify the 17th amendment, and which one of those states outright rejected it? -- nm - znufrii, older, no wiser Mar 3, 08:05 4
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  - Correct: GA, MS, AL, SC, VA, KY, FL - znufrii, older, no wiser Mar 3, 08:09 2
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      - MD, DE are also correct. (Answers) - znufrii, older, no wiser Mar 3, 08:13
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- None. I wouldn't trust him or his magic. -- nm - mara Mar 3, 08:30
- $1 million would be enough -- nm - ceregon Mar 3, 08:23
- $4 -- nm - lileve Mar 3, 08:14
- $2M -- nm - Dano Mar 3, 08:12
- 3 mill -- nm - Loyola Mar 3, 08:11
- $5 to $10 million. -- nm - liberals bloggers Mar 3, 08:07
- -$20 million. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 3, 08:07 5
  - yeah, I'd assume that debt load too :) -- nm - crash davis Mar 3, 08:14 4
    - you'd have 20 extra income-earning years to pay it off -- nm - Alan More Mar 3, 08:21 3
      - but would you be able to make $1 million a year to pay it back? -- nm - znufrii, older, no wiser Mar 3, 08:22 2
        
        maybe in the first year, from talk show appearances. But by the third year I'd probably be reduced to appearances on Celebrity Beauty and the Geek -- nm - Alan More Mar 3, 08:23
        
        or would you be locked into continually making yourself younger and younger, to try and pay back larger and larger debts -- nm - znufrii, older, no wiser Mar 3, 08:22
- 10 years. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 3, 08:06
- I'd do it once or twice -- nm - con_carne Mar 3, 08:06
- $0 -- nm - znufrii, older, no wiser Mar 3, 08:05 1
  - also - znufrii, older, no wiser Mar 3, 08:07
Ok, have a L O S T question, been looking all over and can't figure it out (spoils...I guess) - Jim Mar 3, 08:01 13
- Early season 3, I think. -- nm - Spawn Mar 3, 08:03 7
  - dont you have an email to be writing? - TruMaN Mar 3, 08:15 2
    - *goes to retrieve flyer* -- nm - Spawn Mar 3, 08:20 1
      - heh. is it storage in a display case or something? - tRuMaN Mar 3, 08:29
  - I didn't see if you explained on the backboards, but how's Logan doing? -- nm - Inigo Mar 3, 08:08 1
    - They pumped him full of antibiotics and he is great (the eye thing has not happened yet). - Spawn Mar 3, 08:12
  - Well...it's not precise...but I'll thank you too. You did provide me with the best news I'll hear all day. - Jim Mar 3, 08:04 1
    - *mad* props -- nm - Spawn Mar 3, 08:12
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  - Rock on...thanks!!! -- nm - Jim Mar 3, 08:04
- I'm pretty sure that was Season 3 Episode 1. -- nm - Inigo Mar 3, 08:02 2
  - Yes, it was the season premiere of 3. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 3, 08:04
  - And to you sir -- nm - Jim Mar 3, 08:04
Richard "apollo" Hatch's trailer for the 1999 BSG proposed series....could have been fun.... -- (link) - Remlik Mar 3, 08:00 6
- nice to see the true Baltar again. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 3, 08:05
- current BSG spoil - Spawn Mar 3, 08:04
- is he getting more work now because of his Tom Zarek? -- nm - crash davis Mar 3, 08:04
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  - starting at 2:30, that's Crimson Tide. -- nm - Reagen Mar 3, 08:06 1
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I want to thank tru and David for the help with the Halo campaign last night. I got a little foolhardy knowing they had my back. -- nm - crash davis Mar 3, 07:59 5
- the silly thing is - liberals bloggers Mar 3, 08:06 4
  - "This spot on this level is incredibly tough....wait, are they all dead? This game is easier with three people compared to one." - crash davis Mar 3, 08:13 2
    - yeah, that room is killer when playing the campaign by yourself - Dubya Mar 3, 08:25 1
      - i so give up with my nick today, stupid multiple browsers. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 3, 08:28
  - sfan. -- nm - TruMaN Mar 3, 08:11
~Feeling unknown and you're all alone. Flesh and bone by the telephone. Lift up the receiver, I'll make you a believer.~ -- nm - Spawn Mar 3, 07:58 2
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  - It is easily the equal of Hurt, though it got less hype. -- nmbML - Spawn Mar 3, 08:02
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- he's spewing truth from every orifice! -- nm - prayformojo Mar 3, 07:55
- I can't believe this guy is running again. The only thing he's done successfully is pants Harry Reid. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 3, 07:54 4
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    - it would redeem my faith in the political process greatly if this ends up being the case. -- nm - znufrii, older, no wiser Mar 3, 08:04
  - *votes for him* -- nm - Strongbad Mar 3, 08:00
  - well, then. he should include that on his "Accomplishments" page -- nm - znufrii, older, no wiser Mar 3, 07:54
Did anyone catch Jimmy Fallon last night? How was it? - JaxSean Mar 3, 07:47 7
- You fell asleep during the goodness that is Sarah? -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 3, 07:51 4
  - I was even watching it live in HD! - JaxSean Mar 3, 07:59 2
    - It was a live broadcast? -- nm - con_carne Mar 3, 08:02
    - well at least you saw that :) -- nm - crash davis Mar 3, 08:00
  - Inconceivable! (and Casey had some great lines last night) -- nm - crash davis Mar 3, 07:56
- Old man! - con_carne Mar 3, 07:51
- no, he got away -- nm - The Remember the Alamo Coalition Mar 3, 07:50
Ouch. The 2009 Giants draft hat is ugly. -- nm - Shaun Mar 3, 07:46 1
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How to disarm North Korea; More foreign exchange students -- (link) - Loyola Mar 3, 07:45
Your animal photo for the day (Blenny) -- (link) - CQ Mar 3, 07:45 [Image]
Slick. The assessed value of our place increased by almost 7% over last year's value. -- nm - Shaun Mar 3, 07:44
sitwap: Terminator Salvation full length trailer: -- (link) - JaxSean Mar 3, 07:43 24
- The Terminator and I are done professionally -- nm - Mr. Havens Mar 3, 08:03
- I don't mind it when actors are intense, so I was happy to see Bale as John Connor -- nm - crash davis Mar 3, 07:58 11
  - But in a sci fi movie? Why bother. - znuie Mar 3, 07:59 2
    - dude! happy to see you, imagine me telling you that I love you in a Bud Light commercial sort of way -- nm - crash davis Mar 3, 08:00 1
      - *man hug* -- nm - Spawn Mar 3, 09:04
  - What's the big deal? he should have just phoned it in. -- nm - znu si Mar 3, 07:58 7
    - not what i was saying in the slightest, but whatev. -- nm - znufrii, older, no wiser Mar 3, 08:00 6
      - Happy Birthday! -- nm - lileve Mar 3, 08:01 5
        
        Is it his birthday? Well then, hear hear! Happy Birthday -- nm - crash davis Mar 3, 08:02 3
        
        not really, people are just falling vicitm to a massive fraud perpetrated by the liberal communist conspiracy. -- nm - znufrii, older, no wiser Mar 3, 08:03 2
        
        well, at least in this case the conspiracy benefits someone we know - Happy Birthday! -- nm - crash davis Mar 3, 08:06 1
        
        *does commie conspiracy birthday dance* -- nm - znufrii, older, no wiser Mar 3, 08:16
        
        Thanks, and to everyone else to! -- nm - znufrii, older, no wiser Mar 3, 08:01
- Very nice. -- nm - Loyola Mar 3, 07:48
- this and Star Trek are attached to Watchmen. -- nm - Reagen Mar 3, 07:46 2
  - As you said last night...it actually looks like it's about something. - Mel Profit Mar 3, 08:02 1
    - I was just bitching yesterday on BOP about geek movies not surprising me any more ... I wonder now if I was just being impatient. -- nm - Reagen Mar 3, 08:17
- Fantastic. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 3, 07:45 1
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  - If I'd known who had screenplay credit, I would have been anticipating it a lot more. -- nm - Reagen Mar 3, 07:59
  - ah, just Dr STalk'd. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 3, 07:48 2
    - and the picked a NIN song. - Mel Profit Mar 3, 07:49 1
      - Agreed. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 3, 07:50
Happy Birthday Znufrii! -- nm - con_carne Mar 3, 07:43 1
- Happy, Happy!!!!! -- nm - MojaveMeg Mar 3, 07:52

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