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On my main yahoo home page - the news headline for the Algerian plane uses 'crashed', in quotes like that. - Andie Jul 24, 06:43 1
- I think that is because they are quoting the official who said it crashed and don't have verification yet -- nm - ty97 Jul 24, 06:53
Not only did Weird Al get the #1 album in the country, he has the #39 song on the Hot 100 -- nm - MDH Jul 24, 06:41 1
- awesome. -- nm - Beaker Jul 24, 06:44
Spamlet or others who saw the Monty Python show (spoilers) - amoxy Jul 24, 06:38 1
- I don't know and was wondering the same thing. - spamlet Jul 24, 06:44
"The Atlanta Falcons and veteran wide receiver Roddy White have agreed to terms on a four-year contract extension that runs through the 2018 season" -- nm - David Jul 24, 06:36
Roddy White gets 4 year extension with the Falcons (up to $30 mil, $18 mil over the next 2 seasons) -- (link) - Beaker Jul 24, 06:36
Arizona executed someone yesterday...2 hours after lethal injection -- (link) - Beaker Jul 24, 06:34 12
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- Completely ignoring the "we shouldn't kill people at all" argument, what was wrong with the guillotine again? -- nm - Ender Jul 24, 06:50 3
  - It reminds us too much that the death penalty is barbarous -- nm - Roger More Jul 24, 07:02
  - Probably too unpleasant for the witnesses. -- nm - mara Jul 24, 06:56
  - I'm not fan personally. -- nm - Marie Antoinette Jul 24, 06:55
- ugh. -- nm - znufrii Jul 24, 06:46
- Wow, the victinm's family kind of seem like assholes. -- nm - MDH Jul 24, 06:43 2
  - or they are angry he murdered their family members. Ican't say I wouldn't feel any different if it was my wife/daughter/relative -- nm - Beaker Jul 24, 06:44 1
    - This is a classic situation of "even if that's how you feel, you don't say it publicly" -- nm - MDH Jul 24, 06:47
- I made the mistake of reading comments on the Yahoo story of this - amoxy Jul 24, 06:36
- i despise the death penalty. things like this just add to that. -- nm - Andie Jul 24, 06:36 1
  - Yup. -- nm - Krusty Jul 24, 07:01
well that was fun - znufrii Jul 24, 06:31
Sir Chris Hoy asked for ID to enter Chris Hoy velodrome in Glasgow -- (link) - LMS Jul 24, 06:29
Florida city bars baggy pants on city property....(link) - Walt_Disney Jul 24, 06:21 1
- What an awful idea. Glad to read the mayor will veto the ban. - Krusty Jul 24, 06:26
does ST have an opinion on Omega 3 oils, fish oil, Krill oil? gummies that have the omegas in them? brand specific? or just eat fish? - Epiphany Jul 24, 06:16 4
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  - I'm having a hard time pulling it up, but I favorited it for later and its only half showing up on my phone - Epiphany Jul 24, 06:30 1
    - but thanks yall -- nm - Epiphany Jul 24, 06:30
- my brother takes it daily for a kidney condition. pill form. -- nm - decline Jul 24, 06:18
let's have a poll now: how much do we think 50 shades of grey will make opening weekend? 2/14/2015. - peggy ann m Jul 24, 06:12 15
- $30M. But the flyover states are going to love this. -- nm - MDH Jul 24, 06:41
- $65M. "Honey, I want to go see this on Valentines Day. It might be borderline NC-17. Want to go?" "Oh, ok." - JaxSean Jul 24, 06:39 1
  - ha! -- nm - Diva Jul 24, 06:51
- Eyes Wide Shut numbers with a bit of a boost for inflation and no JFK Jr. Death that weekend. -- nm - David Jul 24, 06:19
- a gazillion dollars -- nm - decline Jul 24, 06:17
- i don't think it opens huge. if done 'right' it might be a really awkward film to see in a theatre... -- nm - Andie Jul 24, 06:17 2
  - did you read the dialogue? it's not going to be done right. -- (link) - peggy ann m Jul 24, 06:22 1
    - well, that's awkward too. just in a different way. :) -- nm - Andie Jul 24, 06:29
- I think they definitely waited too long - but still - 50 mil - Epiphany Jul 24, 06:15 5
  - About $60 million. -- nm - Inigo Jul 24, 06:26
  - me too. -- nm - Andie Jul 24, 06:16 1
    - (oh, me too, in terms of waiting too long. thinking about number.) -- nm - Andie Jul 24, 06:16
  - it will be funny if the number of babies born in November sets a record... -- nm - Beaker Jul 24, 06:16 1
    - I'll say $35 mil. I agree they've waited too long and the fad is over - Beaker Jul 24, 06:17
- WAG -- 45mil. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 24, 06:14
Could the Phillies eat Howard's salary and release him? -- (link) - spamlet Jul 24, 06:11 2
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- his contract is like an albatross around the Phillie's neck -- nm - decline Jul 24, 06:17
Saying Algerian plane has crashed -- (link) - Andie Jul 24, 06:06 1
- What the GD F? -- nm - Epiphany Jul 24, 06:15
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Happy 45th Birthday J.Lo! -- nm - MDH Jul 24, 05:55
No email and slow internet is going to make this a fun morning -- nm - znufrii Jul 24, 05:51 1
- it looks so bad I don't even want to hate watch it. -- nm - peggy ann m Jul 24, 06:04
50 Shades trailer online -- (link) - LMS Jul 24, 05:43 10
- huge mistake not using well known actors. I don't hate the trailer. I'm not particularly enthralled either - Pippy Jul 24, 05:53 9
  - Most well-known actors wouldn't sign up for this type of movie. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 24, 05:56 8
    - I'm old fashioned cause I think about when Mickey Rourke and Kim Bassinger knocked it out of the park - Epiphany Jul 24, 05:58 7
      - If you told those guys they would be starring in an NC-17 maybe cut to a hard R, I doubt you'd see any names there either. - Will Hunting Jul 24, 06:12 2
        
        I agree to disagree but then I didn't get all the fuss over the book either. I wonder if its going to win all the razzies. LOL -- nm - Epiphany Jul 24, 06:14 1
        
        They're not even going to announce other nominees for those Razzies. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 24, 06:22
      - Side note, I cannot wait to see how train wreck Magic Mike 2 will be. -- nm - MDH Jul 24, 06:00 1
        
        It will probably still make 100 mil. smh -- nm - Epiphany Jul 24, 06:08
      - I would argue that stripping is far less prudish than is BDSM. -- nm - peggy ann m Jul 24, 05:59 1
        
        good point -- nm - Epiphany Jul 24, 06:08
Happy birthday, Cuzzin Todd and Decline! Woo hoo!!! Have a great day fellas! -- nm - Krusty Jul 24, 05:29 11
- HBD -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 24, 11:52
- Happy birthday! -- nm - Roger More Jul 24, 06:34
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- happy happy happy happy!! -- nm - Diva Jul 24, 06:29
- Happy birthday, guys! -- nm - spamlet Jul 24, 06:20
- Happy birthday, gentlemen! -- nm - David Jul 24, 06:20
- Happy birthday, CT -- nm - decline Jul 24, 06:18
- Happy Birthday guys! -- nm - ty97 Jul 24, 05:55
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - MDH Jul 24, 05:54
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker Jul 24, 05:39
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Shaun Jul 24, 05:35
Penelope Ann Miller is another actress that shoulda made it, but didn't. -- nm - Inigo Jul 24, 05:12 2
- She was famously cra-Ray-zy. -- nm - David Jul 24, 06:20
- Monica Potter, too. -- nm - Inigo Jul 24, 05:28
ST will love this. Why Michele Bachmann should run for president in 2 charts -- (link) - Strongbad Jul 24, 05:02 7
- ohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohplease -- nm - 24 Hour Cable News Outlets Jul 24, 06:07
- Offs -- nm - znufrii Jul 24, 05:57
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- It's not a great written article. I don't see how those charts say she 'should' run. - ty97 Jul 24, 05:09 2
  - because she's obviously the only woman in the GOP crazy enough to consider it. -- nm - znufrii Jul 24, 06:43
  - I could totally see her being a torchbearer...to burn witches, burn books, burn down libraries, stuff like that -- nm - Beaker Jul 24, 05:20
- "Bachmann makes an excellent and accurate point." - ty97 Jul 24, 05:05
Last Vegas is getting a sequel. Random. -- nm - MDH Jul 24, 04:59 2
- Laster Vegas? -- nm - nubby Jul 24, 05:33 1
  - Last Vegas II - Viagra Boogaloo -- nm - Pippy Jul 24, 05:54
Did you know? An inch (2.5 centimeters) of rain water is equivalent to 15 inches (38.1 centimeters) of dry, powdery snow. -- nm - Beaker Jul 24, 04:58 2
- I'd always heard 1 in rain = 10 in snow - ty97 Jul 24, 05:04 1
  - Right, hence the "dry, powdery". It could as easily be 5 inches of wet snow. -- nm - Ender Jul 24, 06:46
Aaron Sanchez with Blue Jays made an impressive debut last night. -- nm - Beaker Jul 24, 04:58 2
- What did he cook? - Krusty Jul 24, 05:56 1
  - the Red Sox! for 2 innings :) -- nm - Beaker Jul 24, 06:52
Josh Gordon to appeal his ban on August 1 -- nm - Beaker Jul 24, 04:54
Even though he has been a yappy blowhard lately (forever?) I like this Jason Whitlock article regarding Tony Dungy -- (link) - Beaker Jul 24, 04:52 1
- Every once in a while he has a good take. But yes, usually he's a yappy blowhard. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 24, 04:59
6am conference calls make me want to kick a kitten. -- nm - ty97 Jul 24, 04:02 3
- BRING IT ON! We got this! -- nm - Kitten Brigade Jul 24, 05:54
- yes -- nm - Beaker Jul 24, 04:48
- The Mrs. has these twice a week due to some global compliance task force she is running. Sucks -- nm - CQ Jul 24, 04:29
Commonwealth Games opening ceremony was fun, CovingtonCat may particularly enjoy the opening number. -- (link) - LMS Jul 24, 03:31 3
- Oh, John. - CovingtonCat Jul 24, 04:11 2
  - It was weird hearing him sing with a Scottish accent. -- nm - LMS Jul 24, 04:58 1
    - On his new CD he sings Loch Lohman with an accent (sort of) -- nm - CovingtonCat Jul 24, 05:08
Air Algerie loses contact with plane over Africa, flying from Ouagadougou to Algiers, 50 minutes after takeoff. -- nm - Under the Influence Jul 24, 02:18 7
- This is the beginning of the Cars/Planes Pixar universe. I blame Reagen. -- nm - Dano Jul 24, 05:45
- I just heard this. What the hell is going on? -- nm - Andie Jul 24, 04:21 5
  - The Internet, which normally knows everything, can't even confirm what type of plane it is that is missing. -- nm - ty97 Jul 24, 04:24 4
    - Air Algerie Flight AH5017. 116 people onboard -- nm - Beaker Jul 24, 04:47 3
      - Yep, saw that. There was lack of clarity whether it was an A320 or an MD-83. - ty97 Jul 24, 04:48 1
        
        heh, posted that right below :) -- nm - Beaker Jul 24, 04:48
      - this story references that the flight number was indeed misreported earlier -- (link) - Beaker Jul 24, 04:48
The $200 Batmobile: Some assembly required -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Jul 24, 00:52
Monty Python A/A- (spoilers) - amoxy Jul 23, 23:03 2
- Maybe I really am pop culture gay as seem to be the only one who liked the musical numbers -- nm - JD Jul 23, 23:45 1
  - I agree with Amoxy above about that particular number but I liked them overall. - droidlet Jul 24, 04:14
Anyone planning on buying Destiny? I think I want it for the PC -- nm - Bacon via Google Nexus 10 Jul 23, 21:42 5
- I've preordered on the PS4. -- nm - Ender Jul 24, 06:47
- That's nice, except it's not coming to PC as of yet. PS4 is the clear choice. -- nm - Shaun Jul 24, 05:07
- FPS games are boring, unless there's an RPG component like Fallout or Mass Effect. - Strongbad Jul 24, 04:47 1
  - This does have an RPG element though. MMORPG, really. -- nm - Ender Jul 24, 06:48
- From the people I know who have the beta, almost certainly yes. Undecided on platform. -- nm - mafic Jul 24, 01:19
Wow. It's a schooner. -- nm - Qale Jul 23, 21:06 9
- are you looking at antique, fancy beer mugs? -- nm - peglegpete Jul 23, 21:59
- It's not a schooner... it's a sailboat! nm - ralph wiggum Jul 23, 21:09 7
  - you're gonna need a bigger boat -- nm - Beaker Jul 24, 04:52
  - A schooner IS a sailboat stupid head! -- nm - Qale Jul 23, 21:24 3
    - why can't I see the sailboat, Oh Lord!? -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 24, 04:14
    - Not in Australia ;) -- nm - Meg Jul 23, 21:33 1
      - Next your gonna tell me that water drains the wrong way there! -- nm - Spawn Lord Jul 23, 21:36
  - It not a schooner! -- nm - ASCHW, Kindergarten Cop Jul 23, 21:19
  - Would you like a chocolate pretzel? -- nm - Broot Jul 23, 21:11
oh that A+ grade on B2 makes me very happy - Jovian Jul 23, 20:53 15
- So it's better than Oogielove? - ... Jul 23, 21:21 1
  - Oh wait....the original comparison was Snakes on a Plane. - ... Jul 23, 21:30
- can`t wait -- nm - mud Jul 23, 20:55
- Dude. - Spawn Lord Jul 23, 20:53 3
  - you guys think I should Imax it? - Jovian Jul 23, 20:55 2
    - We are in 8 days. This is one where the 3D was worth it. -- nm - Spawn Lord Jul 23, 20:57
    - I am Broot! -- nm - Broot Jul 23, 20:56
- 3 other people I know went and loved it. -- nm - Remlik Jul 23, 20:53 7
  - One of them was going to join me in pranking you that it was not good. - Spawn Lord Jul 23, 20:54 6
    - yeah she just told me it was Amazeballs and Awesome. -- nm - Remlik Jul 23, 21:02 5
      - another friend told me she had 3 wheezing/laughter fits -- nm - Remlik Jul 23, 21:03 4
        
        3 or 4. - Spawn Lord Jul 23, 21:04 3
        
        I heard...spoils - Broot Jul 23, 21:10 2
        
        no -- nm - Spawn Lord Jul 23, 21:16 1
        
        explanation spoil - Spawn Lord Jul 23, 21:17
Considering how much he bitched about doing the show, I don't think anyone had as much fun as Gillian (spoils) - droidlet Jul 23, 20:43 1
- Yes (spoiler) - amoxy Jul 23, 23:07
FYI, brunette Julie Benz on The Soup tonight. -- nm - Ender Jul 23, 20:39
Nice, snowpiercer is on the plane. Well done emirates. -- nm - mafaça Jul 23, 20:35 3
- Did you fight to the front? -- nm - Broot Jul 23, 20:37 1
  - Well, I was in the tail section. "Window or aisle seat sir?" "Window please." *gets aisle seat in the second last row* - mafic Jul 24, 01:18
- Get all these motherfucking snowpiercers off my motherfucking plane!! -- nm - Sam Jack Jul 23, 20:36

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