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Well this sucks. "Fed appeals court panel says most Obamacare subsidies illegal" - decline Jul 22, 07:58 4
- It's a panel, which doesn't carry the rule of law. I have no idea how much weight that carries. -- nm - nubby Jul 22, 08:00 1
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  - So, that's a no on it being overturned? -- nm - Inigo Jul 22, 08:04
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- NESN, but no secondary report yet -- nm - Broot Jul 22, 08:13
- to who? -- nm - Truman Jul 22, 08:02 1
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- Hmm. I actually expected Golden State to step up and do it. -- nm - Spawn Lord Jul 22, 07:58
Mike Tyson will serve as presenter for Evander Holyfield's induction into the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame on Aug. 9 at the Tropicana in Las Vegas -- (link) - Beaker Jul 22, 07:49 1
- Easy layup: Exactly how much of Evander is being inducted? -- nm - Ender Jul 22, 07:56
Larry Smith, Piper Kerman's husband, tells his story. -- (link) - nubby Jul 22, 07:42
We got the closing night film at TIFF - A Little Chaos, plus My Old Lady was announced too. -- nm - LMS Jul 22, 07:37 5
- Here's a list of some of the other films showing. They announced 60 today, with about 240 still to be announced. -- (link) - LMS Jul 22, 07:44 4
  - thanks for linking!!! -- nm - JenBro Jul 22, 08:06 1
    - I think this link everything that was announced today. -- (link) - LMS Jul 22, 08:10
  - Foxcatcher looks fascinating. -- nm - Reagen Jul 22, 07:51
  - The Equalizer! -- nm - Roger More Jul 22, 07:45
I am officially sick of painting. - groiny Jul 22, 07:21 11
- related: last night I spent three hours on a ladder trying to scrape wallpaper from a ceiling. I got about 5 sq ft done. - peggy ann m Jul 22, 07:54 4
  - who the f*ck wallpapers a ceiling? -- nm - znufrii Jul 22, 08:09
  - scraping wallpaper sucks. - groiny Jul 22, 07:57 1
    - the ceiling is in pretty good shape once I get through the wallpaper. there are two layers of wallpaper and the bottom one's glue is sticking really - peggy ann m Jul 22, 08:14
  - try to think of it as "banking help" for when you finally get your own little fixer upper ;) -- nm - JenBro Jul 22, 07:56
- question for you - the iron man face and fist ... is the super white part a light? like a night light? -- nm - JenBro Jul 22, 07:30 5
  - yes, the repulser lights light up, as does the eyes, and the red part of the mask has a faint light behind it as well. - groiny Jul 22, 07:32 4
    - what a COOL idea for a night light -- nm - JenBro Jul 22, 07:39 3
      - Target has all the Avengers night lights -- (link) - groiny Jul 22, 07:41 2
        
        you are such a cool dad! -- nm - JenBro Jul 22, 07:56 1
        
        my sons room was fun to do. I can relate to him more. - groiny Jul 22, 07:58
I had one of those dreams that was so real and everything that upon waking up I am sad it isnt actually true. -- nm - Truman Jul 22, 07:18 9
- my brother's dog Buddy woke me up last night ... apparently I was talking in my sleep :) -- nm - JenBro Jul 22, 07:27 6
  - Buddy the Dog is dead. -- nm - nubby Jul 22, 07:43 3
    - buddy is like John in dog names. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 22, 07:44 2
      - Uh oh. That's a name I go around calling people generally - con_carne Jul 22, 07:49 1
        
        Hey pal, you need to come up with a new nick for people. -- nm - Spawn Lord Jul 22, 07:52
  - who the fuck is pixie? -- nm - Buddy Jul 22, 07:28 1
    - heh -- nm - JenBro Jul 22, 07:29
- I had two nightmares that woke me up last night. I just remembered this. - Mel Profit Jul 22, 07:23
- no means no. - Spawndroid Jul 22, 07:21
#BB16: Huge news from the house last night: "8:50 PM BBT – Zach tells Frankie he’s actually starting to not hate Victoria." -- nm - Ender Jul 22, 07:17 3
- I haven't seen any of the feeds, but it seems a little unfair. - Strongbad Jul 22, 07:18 2
  - Oh, she's not pretending. She's clueless. She offered to veto Britt this week. She thinks she was abducted by a crow. -- nm - Ender Jul 22, 07:21 1
    - I wish the nightly shows went into more of this. First time it was covered was Sunday IIRC. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 22, 07:44
If anyone here wants to volunteer to take my MRI for me on Friday night, that would be just ducky - prayformojo Jul 22, 07:14 18
- yeah, im not claustrophobic, but being in an mri machine for 2 hours freaked me all out. - Truman Jul 22, 07:25 3
  - yikes - why did you have to be in it that long? -- nm - Diva Jul 22, 07:26 2
    - they were looking at my back, from below the shoulders all the way down. one of the tests had to be redone, i guess i moved a bit during it. - Truman Jul 22, 07:29
    - yeah, that's a long time. -- nm - Andie Jul 22, 07:27
- Make sure you are using a larger one. - David Jul 22, 07:20 1
  - It's through my HMO, so options are limited. On a positive note, I found out that the MRI tech's name is Jeri - prayformojo Jul 22, 07:23
- have you had one before? - Andie Jul 22, 07:16 10
  - I have. I seriously thought I was going to die - prayformojo Jul 22, 07:21 9
    - Do they have the open kind anywhere? -- nm - spamlet Jul 22, 07:51
    - They will fill a subscription for something to take the edge off. - David Jul 22, 07:26 4
      - I was going to suggest this. -- nm - Diva Jul 22, 07:27 3
        
        I should totally tell them I have claustrophobia... - Mel Profit Jul 22, 07:54 1
        
        no, probably not. -- nm - Diva Jul 22, 07:57
        
        yeah, i got some lorazepam from my doctor - prayformojo Jul 22, 07:54
    - try as hard as you can to nap. They should give you headphones to drown out the noise. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 22, 07:25 1
      - watch that Ryan Reynolds movie before you go. -- nm - decline Jul 22, 07:27
    - :( -- nm - Andie Jul 22, 07:24
- yeah,. I am not a fan of those either. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 22, 07:15
LYC: Jerk move? So we have a fenced in backyard. We've been in our house for a while and have had to repair bits of it in the past - oblique Jul 22, 07:14 16
- life since my fence with my wacko neighbor on the left has been blissfull - fence was worth EVERY penny and I am SO SO happy I declined her offer to - JenBro Jul 22, 07:39
- totally fine -- nm - Beaker Jul 22, 07:28
- Effing homeowners -- nm - con_carne Jul 22, 07:27
- i agree with every response to this post. -- nm - Truman Jul 22, 07:17
- Play the same game with him. -- nm - Spawndroid Jul 22, 07:16 1
  - I'll remember all of this in 10 years :) -- nm - oblique Jul 22, 07:27
- serves him right for being such a b!tch about the repairs in the past. -- nm - znufrii Jul 22, 07:15 8
  - they're reasonably nice people and have always been nice to us but about this - oblique Jul 22, 07:24 7
    - you should let your kids paint pictures on your side of the fence and see if he notices -- nm - decline Jul 22, 07:26
    - I assume you at some point looked at the land survey to make sure who's property it is actually on? -- nm - groiny Jul 22, 07:25 5
      - I have a plat or whatever that's called and no, I haven't gotten down to the measuring crap - oblique Jul 22, 07:26 4
        
        does the city come out to inspect it once it is done? - groiny Jul 22, 07:27 3
        
        Yeah, I looked it up when this all started -- nm - oblique Jul 22, 07:29 2
        
        I have/had one neighbor that I had issues with. - groiny Jul 22, 07:31 1
        
        anything that reaches over is yours to cut -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 22, 12:46
- cheap bastard! -- nm - groiny Jul 22, 07:15
Did you know? Lightning strikes the Earth 6,000 times every minute. -- nm - Beaker Jul 22, 07:12 3
- There is a place in Venezuela where lightning strikes 280 times per hour, 160 nights a year -- (link) - decline Jul 22, 07:15 2
  - "Fuck that place in particular" -- nm - Reagen Jul 22, 07:16 1
    - said Zeus -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Jul 22, 07:26
TIFF opening press conference is happening now, no idea if they're announcing what's showing yet though. -- (link) - LMS Jul 22, 07:09 [youtube]
July 22, 1099 – First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Jerusalem. -- nm - Beaker Jul 22, 07:09 3
- 1298 – Wars of Scottish Independence: Battle of Falkirk – King Edward I of England and his longbowmen defeat William Wallace and his - Beaker Jul 22, 07:09 2
  - 1934 – Outside Chicago's Biograph Theater, "Public Enemy No. 1" John Dillinger is mortally wounded by FBI agents. -- nm - Beaker Jul 22, 07:10 1
    - 1951 – Dezik (Дезик) and Tsygan (Цыган, "Gypsy") are the first dogs to make a sub-orbital flight. -- nm - Beaker Jul 22, 07:11
already posted? Hilarious Nike Commercial. Ball Handles -- (link) - decline Jul 22, 07:06 [youtube]
Rick Perry to send 1,000 guardsmen to Texas border during migrant influx -- (link) - Beaker Jul 22, 07:05 8
- this was all over our news last night ( as expected), they can't detain or arrest and it will cost the state a fortune -- nm - Pippy Jul 22, 07:07 7
  - But they're going to sue the Federal government to pay for it! It won't cost you anything, cross our heart! -- nm - spamlet Jul 22, 07:12 1
    - i wonder how many outside law firms he is going to hire to help the state with the lawsuit. - Truman Jul 22, 07:42
  - so if they can't detain or arrest what are the expected to do ? Stand around and look menacing? -- nm - decline Jul 22, 07:09 4
    - its suppose to be a visual deteriment * eye roll* - I love our Catholic Charties here in Dallas - they are giving the Perry Group a serious side eye - Pippy Jul 22, 07:42
    - they can help Border Patrol change some diapers and heat up formula. -- nm - Diva Jul 22, 07:25 2
      - I loved the TDS point about... - Mel Profit Jul 22, 07:56
      - I'd love to see that photo on the cover of USA Today -- nm - Pippy Jul 22, 07:43
Where's Dano? I feel like he will appreciate this insane song that's started to get radio play. Mausi "My Friend has a Swimming Pool" -- (link) - MDH Jul 22, 06:43 [youtube] 2
- Sadly, I've heard worse passed off as a serious song - Reagen Jul 22, 06:47 1
  - Don't you hate on Ke$ha! -- nm - MDH Jul 22, 06:50
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- Temple University Researchers Successfully Eliminate HIV Virus In Human Cells -- (link) - decline Jul 22, 06:46
ml, Pinto is clearly the Twins catcher of the future right/ -- nm - spamlet Jul 22, 06:41 11
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      - It's an odd league but I will take your advice. - spamlet Jul 22, 07:03 7
        
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        The league pre-dates the internet and we all score manually using box scores. -- nm - spamlet Jul 22, 07:05 5
        
        crazy accountant league -- nm - groiny Jul 22, 07:11 1
        
        I think I'm the only accountant in there. It's mostly radio guys in Canada. - spamlet Jul 22, 07:13
        
        ludite -- nm - decline Jul 22, 07:09 2
        
        We've tried to automate but it's always failed. -- nm - spamlet Jul 22, 07:11 1
        
        you're still using an abacus too, aren't you? -- nm - decline Jul 22, 07:12
One in every three girls in the developing world is married by the age of 18. One in nine marries before the age of 15....(link) - Walt_Disney Jul 22, 06:39 3
- Westeros? -- nm - Beaker Jul 22, 06:44
- And probably absolutely inline with historical averages. -- nm - Ender Jul 22, 06:40 1
  - there's a few things history justified that we're aghast at now. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 22, 07:24
*curses 49 CFR 24* *shakes an angry fist* -- nm - Strongbad Jul 22, 06:39
"Cliff Lee didn't have much to say about trades, but he did end his interview session with an emphatic fart, of which he seemed quite proud." -- (link) - Beaker Jul 22, 06:37 1
- That may have increased his non-existent trade value. -- nm - Inigo Jul 22, 06:46
LOVE these ... what a brilliant idea for keeping baby's eyes safe from the sun! -- (link) - JenBro Jul 22, 06:37 5
- "No one cared who I was until I put on the mask..." -- nm - Reagen Jul 22, 07:05
- cute, I want to get one for my nephew, but it doesn't look like their online store is up and running yet. -- nm - znufrii Jul 22, 06:46 3
  - 3rd week in August when our festival happens a booth will have these - I'd be happy to pick up a pair for you - i'm getting for my great niece :) -- nm - JenBro Jul 22, 06:54 2
    - might be a little late for this summer, and I think he'll have outgrown it by next summer, but thanks! -- nm - znufrii Jul 22, 07:06 1
      - sure thing! -- nm - JenBro Jul 22, 07:29
Tales from the Genome -- (link) - Strongbad Jul 22, 06:34
Vertical Farming Powering Urban Food Sources -- (link) - Strongbad Jul 22, 06:34
Jet Engineer Designs a Saucepan That Boils Water Ridiculously Fast -- (link) - Strongbad Jul 22, 06:29 2
- Only if you're heating by flame. -- nm - nubby Jul 22, 06:34 1
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ST poll " forgot" - what is the last thing you forgot? someone's birthday? to pack a lunch? take out the trash? brush your teeth? pay a bill? -- nm - Pippy Jul 22, 06:29 6
- this morn, forgot to bring in the paper for my mom before i left, last week forgot the trash, tho my back was killin me -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 22, 12:49
- forgot my jury summons paperwork that I wanted to bring into the office for safe keeping. - Mel Profit Jul 22, 07:33
- i forgot some paperwork at home this morning i wanted to deal with today. -- nm - Andie Jul 22, 07:29
- I forgot a list of project items over the weekend - had to make trips to the hardware store - ugh -- nm - Pippy Jul 22, 07:08
- work stuff, always work stuff -- nm - Beaker Jul 22, 06:35
- I left my pills in the office yesterday. -- nm - nubby Jul 22, 06:32
"So, I went to that sex party thing." - Inigo Jul 22, 06:27 2
- I would presume she meant a sex toy sales party. -- nm - Reagen Jul 22, 06:29 1
  - Well, yes. Still funny to hear. -- nm - Inigo Jul 22, 06:32
Pics from Monty Python's last show -- (link) - Beaker Jul 22, 06:27 1
- Saved so I can look after I go to the rebroadcast. Already spoiled on one guest, don't want to hear any more. -- nm - spamlet Jul 22, 06:35
New study: 'Crack baby' study ends with unexpected but clear result -- (link) - Strongbad Jul 22, 06:24 3
- crack for everybody! -- nm - Beaker Jul 22, 06:35
- I was going to say, I thought I remembered hearing about these conclusions about a year ago, and then I noticed the date of the article. :) -- nm - znufrii Jul 22, 06:34 1
  - Oops. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 22, 06:37
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- Would Green Bay fans really boo Favre if he returned? - Beaker Jul 22, 06:24 2
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    - and they're usually loud. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 22, 06:26

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