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"Dodgers GM Ned Colletti tells the LA Times they are 'curious'." - David Mar 12, 12:04 2
- yellow? -- nm - Diva Mar 12, 12:05 1
  - nice -- nm - prayformojo Mar 12, 12:10
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- Welcome to early December... ;) -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 12, 12:14
And in Market News: Sirius Satellite Radio is up 300% from 1 month ago - decline Mar 12, 11:56 3
- It's the stock market's answer to STARF! (nm) - David Mar 12, 11:59 1
  - GETSM. -- nm - Spawn Mar 12, 12:01
- *pops champagne* -- nm - HdnAgnda Mar 12, 11:58
STISAF: How do I make an underline go all the way across the page in word? -- nm - loosilu Mar 12, 11:56 2
- like this: - decline Mar 12, 11:57 1
  - thanks! -- nm - loosilu Mar 12, 12:00
Scary graph: The markets in relations Obama's first 50 days vs. the first 100 days going back to Hoover. -- (link) - Mop Mar 12, 11:55 [Image] 6
- economies can't be driven like a sports car, this is more like getting command of the Titanic a minute after a look out shouts LOOK OUT - zeitgeist Mar 12, 12:03 4
  - The Titanic sank though... - Loyola Mar 12, 12:05 3
    - yeah, probably not the best analogy to use for our economic situation. -- nm - znufrii Mar 12, 12:08
    - Its *not* obama's fault -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 12, 12:07 1
      - Yeah, Al Gore made that iceberg. -- nm - Loyola Mar 12, 12:08
- That is really interesting, almost mirror image (minus the 2 outliers) -- nm - MDH Mar 12, 11:58
speaking of plants and stuff, does anyone have any garden plans for this spring/summer? please share! - kare Mar 12, 11:49 29
- Plant spring type veggies, then they will be done before the heat wave of August when neglect kills your tomato and pepper plants - zeitgeist Mar 12, 12:09
- I have the *want* to do some landscaping/gardening, but don't really know what to do... -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 12, 12:03 2
  - Medicinal herbs -- nm - con_carne Mar 12, 12:06 1
    - Like taragon? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 12, 12:13
- sfek--I'm going to do some herbs (mint, a couple basils, rosemary, sage, thyme, catnip)and grow some wheat grass for the kitties in little containers. -- nm - Trish Mar 12, 12:02 2
  - I'm stealing some of this. Herbs I will also try to grow. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 12, 12:04 1
    - Herbs are pretty easy--either in containers or in the ground, they like sunshine and hate wet feet. :) -- nm - Trish Mar 12, 12:13
- I think I may build me one o' them Earth Boxes. -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Mar 12, 12:00 2
  - why is it called and Earth box and how is it different than any other planter you would use ? -- nm - decline Mar 12, 12:05 1
    - 'Earth Box' is a brand name used by a company that makes them fully assembled. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Mar 12, 12:18
- O -- nm - Trish Mar 12, 12:00
- Looks like I'm moving into the g/f's place in June, so I'll be on backyard cleanup and minor garden detail. - Name Withheld By Request Mar 12, 11:58
- need to rebuild some beds, refresh the tomato field, build a new bed in the area with the most sun -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 12, 11:56
- the usual fare. daffodils, irises, lillies, tulips(not unfolding yet), and I'm gona add sunflowers me thinks -- nm - CQ Mar 12, 11:55
- Now that we actually have a backyard.... - Stephen Mar 12, 11:55 1
  - awesome! photos! -- nm - kare Mar 12, 11:56
- i am planting tomatoes and other stuff. started my seeds this week -- nm - Redmond on my phone Mar 12, 11:52 2
  - i am always envious of people who can successfully grow tomatoes from seed around here. -- nm - kare Mar 12, 11:56 1
    - Join the yahoogroup tomatomaniacs group -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 12, 11:57
- Gating off a couple of sections of the yard, putting vegs in one and flowers/herbs in the other - The Calico Cat Coalition Mar 12, 11:52 1
  - awesome. if you lived closer, i'd share some of my herbs with you. i need to divide them this year. -- nm - kare Mar 12, 11:55
- ooh, that fun crazy multi-coloured swiss chard? (i no longer have my old mini-yard. no garden for :( ) -- nm - Andie Mar 12, 11:52 5
  - i don't know yet -- need to look at seed savers again. :) that's a bummer - can you at least do some containers? -- nm - kare Mar 12, 11:53 4
    - nope. nothing outside. alas. -- nm - Andie Mar 12, 11:56 3
      - window garden? place a kitty litter box on a small table, fill with a bag of compost, sprinkle spring mix salad seeds, mow like a lawn 2 or 3 times -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 12, 11:58 2
        
        i already have greens growing in a pot in the kitchen. (and, really, i don't need another kitty litter box. :) ) -- nm - Andie Mar 12, 12:04
        
        do you need to use a tiny little lawn mower to do that ? -- nm - decline Mar 12, 12:00
- Maybe one of the se for the office -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 12, 11:51 [flickr] 1
  - venus fly traps rock. -- nm - kare Mar 12, 11:51
Former advisor to President Clinton warns that unless Obama focuses on solving the financial crisis, he risks becoming another Carter. - Loyola Mar 12, 11:49 11
- "I hope he succeeds (in becoming another Carter)." -- nm - i'm not Rush Limbaugh ! Mar 12, 12:18
- A link to the Spectator? Really? - Trish Mar 12, 12:15 1
  - Of course they could have got the quote wrong. Or even made it up. Yeah that has to be it, they made it up. -- nm - Loyola Mar 12, 12:26
- How does what he has done so far constitute doing nothing decisive? - pmb Mar 12, 11:57 1
  - I don't think anyone's saying he's done nothing. There probably is concern that he'll end up being a jack of all trades, and a master of none, as it - Loyola Mar 12, 12:00
- Presidents can only do one thing! -- nm - Reagen Mar 12, 11:50 4
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    - Looks like extensive vetting is holding up the process to some extent. -- nm - Loyola Mar 12, 11:56 2
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        Agree 100% -- nm - Loyola Mar 12, 12:00
- In other news: Duh. -- nm - TWuG Mar 12, 11:50
RE: WATCH from b2... FRI11 had MUCH bigger weekday drops - secretslacker Mar 12, 11:44 6
- if Watchmen paced Friday the 13th - it'd cash out with $86 million. - Reagen Mar 12, 11:50 3
  - Yeah, Friday the 13th has become the box office doomsday scenario. -- nm - David Mar 12, 11:51 2
    - For comparison to below, Friday the 13th's Wednesday splits are 2.74% and 5.75%. -- nm - David Mar 12, 11:53 1
      - it's sort of like defending the Knicks by comparing them to the Oklahoma City Thunder. -- nm - Reagen Mar 12, 11:58
- It's all relative. If Watchmen has a delist multiplier of 2, it would much higher than FRI11. - Inigo Mar 12, 11:48 1
  - It would be much higher... -- nm - Inigo Mar 12, 11:49
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- Microsoft has an unsupported virtual CD loader -- (link) - decline Mar 12, 11:47
- the IM surprises me. Maybe you can still find the free version around? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 11:43 1
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Will - I thought you had decided against the wood deck? I thought we were putting in stone? -- nm - kelly Mar 12, 11:40 2
- Nah, HOA lets wood decks be larger; we can make it work. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 12, 11:42 1
  - *shrug* - kelly Mar 12, 11:49
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- It was all I heard on the radio this morning. -- nm - Spawn Mar 12, 12:16
- I'm watching last night's Daily Show and Jon just called him out on signing the stimulus budget "as is". - Trish Mar 12, 11:59 4
  - By "no-one" I think he means me, znu and CCC. We are so obviously in bed with Obama that it would never occur to us to criticize him. - TWuG Mar 12, 12:05 1
    - Well, jack is a Constitutional Law professor at a law school...oh, wait, that was Obama -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Mar 12, 12:16
  - I laughed really hard at the comparison of earmarks to allowable insect filth in canned apricots. -- nm - Reagen Mar 12, 12:02
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- Provided he gives a clear explanation of his opinion why the provisions are unconstitutional, and that this opinion is not controversial, I don't have - Roger More Mar 12, 11:45 22
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    - I don't see these as a determination, but as an opinion/interpretation. Ultimately, if someone disagrees with a signing statement they should be - Roger More Mar 12, 11:56 4
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        regarding your last question, because those criticisms were targeted more on the manner which they were used than the mechanism itself. -- nm - znufrii Mar 12, 12:12 2
        
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        constitutionally speaking, you are almost certainly correct. But that doesn't mean the practice itself isn't a useful tool - znufrii Mar 12, 12:21
    - Or Congress? But until SCOTUS rules on something whatever actions the other branches take are de facto Constitutional. -- nm - TWuG Mar 12, 11:53 10
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        *blink* - znufrii Mar 12, 12:05 2
        
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        and I refuse to comment on whether or not that was just a crafty way of agreeing you without running into a huge "I TOLD YOU SO!" -- nm - znufrii Mar 12, 12:08
        
        What I said is this: Unless SCOTUS finds an action taken by Congress or the President to be unconstitional, then it is de facto Constitutional. - TWuG Mar 12, 12:01 5
        
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        The same thing that gives Congress the right to say it *is* Constitutional. - TWuG Mar 12, 12:10 3
        
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        Then we better hope someone with standing takes it before SCOTUS. You dislike signing statements. Full stop. I dislike the manner in which they are - TWuG Mar 12, 12:17 1
        
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  - Basically, Obama doesn't want to give up any of the powers that Bush defined for the executive branch, but has pledged to use them with more restraint - znufrii Mar 12, 11:47 3
    - Sure - I understand the concern, and Obama's pledge itself isn't sufficient for me. But if there's a system in place that provides accountability, I'm - Roger More Mar 12, 11:51 2
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      - that's exactly the problem, there is inherently no accountability for a President who takes it upon himself to decide which laws are constitutional - znufrii Mar 12, 11:53
  - My other caveat is, of course, that the Supreme Court is the ultimate arbiter on constitutional matters -- nm - Roger More Mar 12, 11:46
- Day 1: Don't follow Bush signing statements UNTIL YOU RUN THEM PAST JUSTICE. - TWuG Mar 12, 11:44
- Well, why don't you go to whitehouse.gov and tell them what you think? -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 12, 11:42
- wasn't he just saying that he's not bound by what Bush said? -- nm - Reagen Mar 12, 11:41 13
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    - What is Obama's signing statement? That's teh main crux right there. - The Calico Cat Coalition Mar 12, 11:46 4
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        because we're simply not as well versed in Constitutional law as you, O great one! Please deign to educate us in the error of our ways! -- nm - znufrii Mar 12, 11:52
        
        Please reread...I'm asking what was in the statement. - The Calico Cat Coalition Mar 12, 11:50 1
        
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    - Ignore or forward to Justice for potential challenge? Because the statement Obama made implies the later not the former. -- nm - TWuG Mar 12, 11:46 1
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    - Didn't bush have something like 2900 signing statements? How many does Obama have? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 11:45 4
      - I think *counts in head, gets confused, uses fingers* uh, one. -- nm - TWuG Mar 12, 11:56 2
        
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        Depends on who got tortured. KSM? Not really going to care. OBL? Again don't care. They can poke out their eyes, draw and quarter them, skin them - TWuG Mar 12, 12:14
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- *drinks* -- nm - znufrii Mar 12, 11:40
so i was just in the women's restroom, and there was a lady talking on the cell phone and pooping at the same time. - kare Mar 12, 11:36 2
- Heh. Women pooping. Crazy talk. -- nm - HdnAgnda Mar 12, 12:01
- Can't... open... this... jar... - D.Sedaris' sister Mar 12, 11:38
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- You've seen this, right? -- (link) - Tech Support Vermin Mar 12, 11:38 1
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Don Homer, did I read that correctly? You've already got RE5? -- nm - David Mar 12, 11:35 1
- It's out for delivery, not in my hands quite yet though. Are you getting it? -- nm - Don Homer Mar 12, 12:14
David, it's just gotta finish under 120, preferably 110 for the running up the score thing but 120 is the line. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 12, 11:25 5
- But it's already made half its price in just 5 days!!! - Cuzzin Todd Mar 12, 11:36
- Oh, I hadn't realized there was a bet. It's about 70/30 to finish under $120. - David Mar 12, 11:28 3
  - Wednesday is $2.82 million. -- (link) - Inigo Mar 12, 11:36 1
    - Down another 17% if that's right. - David Mar 12, 11:49
  - Speaking of which, Vermin, it's time to make good. -- nm - David Mar 12, 11:30
In days of yore, if you threw a shoe at a foreign king, you would be beheaded. - Beryllium Mar 12, 11:20 16
- actually i don't understand how he managed to be alive and tow the second shoe - danedukenuuk Mar 12, 11:24 8
  - everyone in the room had shoes on. -- nm - loosilu Mar 12, 11:44
  - If it was outdoors, he might have taken a bullet from the SS -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 11:27
  - Different levels of security inside a room that's been screened for weapons. -- nm - Ender Mar 12, 11:26 5
    - I would hthink they'd have a BG check as well. -- nm - loosilu Mar 12, 11:44
    - screening is not a pillow - danedukenuuk Mar 12, 11:29 3
      - Frankly, you throw anything at any world leader and you should feel lucky to only get 3 years in prison. -- nm - Ender Mar 12, 11:32 2
        
        The custard-pie throwing brigade disagree with you -- nm - Roger More Mar 12, 11:38 1
        
        The custard-pie throwing brigade can go suck a duck. -- nm - Bill Gates si Mar 12, 11:44
- 'elp! 'elp! I'm bein' repressed! -- nm - Yore-day Vermin Mar 12, 11:23 2
  - did you get turned into a newt? -- nm - crash davis Mar 12, 11:23 1
    - He got better. -- nm - TWuG Mar 12, 11:25
- in the days of eeyore, depressed donkeys walked the land -- nm - crash davis Mar 12, 11:21
- The time-out chair cushions have started to retain you're ass' shape. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 12, 11:21 2
  - (Also, it's a time-out HAMMOCK. Hardly a punishment.) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 11:22
  - I'm going to amputate your apostrophes, smart alec. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 11:21
Dude, it's the *playoffs*. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Mar 12, 11:19 1
- I didn't even know shoe-throwing was a competitve sport. -- nm - mara Mar 12, 11:35
One-eyed filmmake gets camera in prothestic eye -- (link) - Reagen Mar 12, 11:14 4
- I must look into this, replacing zee eye with zee camera is intriguiging to me. I carried a @^#%$%$ boat over a mountain, show me some respect! -- nm - Werner Herzog Mar 12, 12:12
- If you're gonna have a fake eye, may as well do it right. -- nm - loosilu Mar 12, 11:45
- "We can rebuild him...." -- nm - TaurusII Mar 12, 11:18 1
  - "Faster. Better. Burtonesque." -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 11:19

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