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- rube is another word that doesn't get used enough - zork Oct 22, 08:05 1
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Heard a witness who saw a second, unarmed guy with the same type of scarf over his face near the shooter. He also confirmed that it was a double-barre - zork Oct 22, 07:57 1
- also this is caucus day so all members of parliament are supposed to be there for meetings -- nm - zork Oct 22, 08:03
CBC News livestream of events in Canada -- (link) - Bloody Ice Oct 22, 07:55 1
- Pics here -- (link) - Bloody Ice Oct 22, 07:58
Police storming through Chateau Laurier (hotel) -- nm - Cop-inator Oct 22, 07:55 1
- stupid autonick -- nm - zork Oct 22, 07:55
CBC reporting more shots being fired, now. -- nm - Andie Oct 22, 07:55 3
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  - our Terror Alert went from Low to Medium very recently, and just days before a soldier was targeted and killed in Quebec in the past week. -- (link) - Andie Oct 22, 08:00 1
    - two were targeted but one had non-critical injuries -- nm - zork Oct 22, 08:02
Y/N Poll: Do you know who Garo Yepremian is? and:He is best known for 1 singular act. Would you know who he is if it werent for that act? - prayformojo Oct 22, 07:53 8
- Yes. -- nm - Strongbad, Dolphins Fan Oct 22, 09:21
- Know who he is? Yes. If not for that act, probably not. -- nm - Were-Baron Oct 22, 08:06
- Y, I know of him; and no, I never would have known about him otherwise. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 22, 08:04
- N -- nm - Krusty Oct 22, 08:03
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- Y oh oh oh yes -- nm - The Legend of CQ Hollow Oct 22, 07:58
- Yes. spoil - Spawn the Impaler Oct 22, 07:55
- No. -- nm - znufrii Oct 22, 07:54
Operation Bring In Your Lunch to Work was a success! - znufrii Oct 22, 07:52 1
- WooHoo!!! -- nm - Cheez Its Oct 22, 07:54
2 minutes ago "Cop yells at bystanders and media: "Move down! There's an active shooter! If you want to die, stay here. If you want to live, keep - Andie Oct 22, 07:44 12
- Super scary. -- nm - Kim Pine Oct 22, 07:56
- Come with me if you want to live -- nm - Cop-inator Oct 22, 07:54
- Harper, Mulcair, Trudeau, safe -- nm - Bloody Ice Oct 22, 07:52
- Ottawa City Hall is now locked down -- nm - Walt_Disney Oct 22, 07:52
- There must be two shooters....one seems to have been shot dead in Centre Block and another is close to the Chateau Laurier. -- nm - Walt_Disney Oct 22, 07:47 5
  - Remember the first rule of these situations: Nobody actually knows what the hell's going on. -- nm - Ender Oct 22, 07:57 1
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  - From Twitter: Source who spoke with two federal Conservatives says gunman tried to get into caucus and was shot. Report unconfirmed. -- nm - Walt_Disney Oct 22, 07:50
  - the Centre Block is not confirmed though, right? -- nm - Andie Oct 22, 07:48 1
    - Not yet. But something happened in Centre Block that got everyone very worried and scared. -- nm - Walt_Disney Oct 22, 07:51
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- I just saw that quote too. -- nm - Walt_Disney Oct 22, 07:45
Women aren't better at housework, men are just better at avoiding it. -- (link) - znufrii Oct 22, 07:43
LYC: So both my kids and my wife have been diagnosed and are on medication for ADHD now (have been for a while). I think I finally decided to get - oblique Oct 22, 07:37 25
- That would suck. One of the recommendations for treatment is to reduce "screen time." - mara Oct 22, 07:58 1
  - *twitch* - oblique Oct 22, 07:59
- Smart move. -- nm - Beryllium (scream.) Oct 22, 07:40 11
  - It's easy to chalk things up as anncedotal but - oblique Oct 22, 07:49 10
    - hmmm... - znufrii Oct 22, 07:54
    - I think that describes just about everyone though. - groiny Oct 22, 07:50 8
      - also, I see how medically specific the testing and diagnosis process was for my wife and kids - oblique Oct 22, 07:53
      - 100% true. -- nm - Spawn the Impaler Oct 22, 07:52
      - I think that's the seductive nature of putting it off. What happens though is - oblique Oct 22, 07:52 5
        
        I do not doubt that there are people that need it, I also do not doubt there are a lot of people - groiny Oct 22, 07:56 2
        
        For sure. I was glad to see that the people that helped my wife and then my kids were very very thorough - oblique Oct 22, 07:57 1
        
        sounds like you have a good doctor then. - groiny Oct 22, 07:58
        
        huh, I always figured I was when I was younger. Thought it just went away once grew up...didn't know you could test for it either. interesting - Beaker Oct 22, 07:55 1
        
        It has been an interesting process. They have a very specific test involving pattern matching and some other things that my wife and son described - oblique Oct 22, 07:56
- Had it as a kid and I thought I outgrew it but I am realizing its still with me and explains a few things in the last few years. -- nm - Walt_Disney Oct 22, 07:40
- Sounds suspiciously like government mind control pills. Be careful. -- nm - Loyola Oct 22, 07:40
- good luck with this - recall that all medications can have side effects - ride them through if you can ( if they can) - Epiphany Oct 22, 07:40 2
  - one very big one: decreased appetitte - oblique Oct 22, 07:45 1
    - *shorts Chipotle stock* -- nm - znufrii Oct 22, 07:46
- *slaps kilbo in the face* - groiny Oct 22, 07:38 5
  - If you would have said "Snap out of it!" I would have gotten the movie reference -- nm - con_carne Oct 22, 08:02 1
    - I am giving up movie references after yesterdays debacle. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 22, 08:05
  - Squirrel! -- nm - Mop Oct 22, 07:42 1
    - I am intrigued by your gym story on b2....... - groiny Oct 22, 07:44
  - see, that's love :) -- nm - oblique Oct 22, 07:39
Happy Diwali! #Office -- nm - Bloody Ice Oct 22, 07:35
suspect still at large -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 07:30 4
- Rideau Centre just a couple of streets over from Parliament Hill being evacuated as a precaution. -- nm - Walt_Disney Oct 22, 07:32 3
  - unconfirmed reports that someone was shot outside the Library of Parliament too. -- nm - Andie Oct 22, 07:33 2
    - From Twitter. "There are now unconfirmed reports from MP's in #Ottawa that the gunman is dead. Nothing yet from Police or RCMP." -- nm - Walt_Disney Oct 22, 07:35 1
      - also T - Elizabeth May MP ‏@ElizabethMay 1m1 minute ago Reports that shooter has been shot inside Centre Block. Multiple shots inside Centre Block -- nm - Andie Oct 22, 07:38
looks bad for the soldier shot at the Cenotaph - showing CPR. this is grim. -- nm - Andie Oct 22, 07:27 1
- yeah, the live coverage did not look good -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 07:28
Happy birthday diva :) -- nm - Beryllium (scream.) Oct 22, 07:26
Reheated pasta, pototoes and rice good for you. F*** you Atkins! -- (link) - LMS Oct 22, 07:23 25
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  - It's been in the news lately. I don't know the particulars of Atkins, but an NIH-funded study reported in the Annals of Internal Medicine last month - mara Oct 22, 07:40 5
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      - Atkins is low carbs isn't it? -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 07:43 1
        
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    - i totally believe in the low-carb diet, but Atkins was crazy, it was 'eat another steak, dripping in butter, cardiac health be damned!" -- nm - Andie Oct 22, 07:41 1
      - *eats a triple cheeseburger with extra bacon* As long as I don't eat the bun, I'm good. -- nm - Shaun Oct 22, 07:44
  - it worked for me, I'm sure its not the best diet for a person to be on, I won't ever do it again - Epiphany Oct 22, 07:36 11
    - all diets work in some form, what it does to you long term is the issue. - groiny Oct 22, 07:37 10
      - My mum used to fast on bread and water two days a week. She lost loads and looked great. -- nm - Loyola Oct 22, 07:44 8
        
        She invented the 5:2 diet? -- nm - LMS Oct 22, 07:47 3
        
        That's a diet? She just fasted on Wednesdays and Fridays for religious purposes. -- nm - Loyola Oct 22, 07:50 2
        
        Yeah, except you're supposed to change the days you don't eat to keep your body guessing. It's the current fad diet here. -- nm - LMS Oct 22, 07:58 1
        
        your body absolutely adjusts to routine, it is why most diets hit a plateau and it is hard to get past it. - groiny Oct 22, 08:00
        
        I am no expert, other than trying a lot of varying diets, but I know that - groiny Oct 22, 07:47 3
        
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        right, and depriving it from one of those things for an extended period of time, has to be bad. - groiny Oct 22, 07:51 1
        
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      - I know I need carbs to have good mental function. Loosilu swears her blood panels with cholestrol checks were great on Atkins - Epiphany Oct 22, 07:39
  - as with most diets of the type it works for some people. -- nm - decline Oct 22, 07:35 2
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      - Weird six-degrees: My brother met both Atkins (before he died) and his wife -- nm - decline Oct 22, 08:08
  - I am sure there are boatloads. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 22, 07:34
- I find this... weird but interesting. -- nm - Roo- The pumpkin queen Oct 22, 07:30 1
  - Stouffer's should trumpet this research from the highest mountain. -- nm - Were-Baron Oct 22, 07:32
ST Poll: What's minimum wage in your state/province/other? It's $10/hr here. -- nm - Shaun Oct 22, 07:21 7
- NYS is $8. I don't think NYC has a locally higher city min wage, so I guess $8 -- nm - ty97 Oct 22, 07:35
- $11 -- nm - Loyola Oct 22, 07:31
- $9 -- nm - Bloody Ice Oct 22, 07:24
- $7.25, $2.83 for tipped employees. -- nm - znufrii Oct 22, 07:23
- $7.95 -- nm - Ender Oct 22, 07:22
- $ 7.25 and when I was 15 and working in OK it was $ 3.31 -- nm - Epiphany Oct 22, 07:21
- There's not one here. -- nm - Kim Pine Oct 22, 07:21
TV PSA: Arrow, The Middle, The Goldburgs, Modern Family, Blackish, Nashville, Survivor, CriminalMinds, Stalker, L&OSVU, Mysteries of Laura, Chicago PD -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 07:10 8
- Modern Family, Arrow, and AHS. Blackish is currently a Hulu show for me. -- nm - Ender Oct 22, 07:21 1
  - Blackish has become a pleasant surprise. - David Oct 22, 07:26
- just Arrow for moi, but the wife watches Survivor and Chicago PD -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 07:15 1
  - Arrow and Stalker -- nm - decline Oct 22, 07:16
- All I've got is a repeat of Inspector Lynley, worth watching for spotting before they were famous actors (Billy Nighy, Henry Cavill, Idris Elba & - LMS Oct 22, 07:13
- M,K,K,F,K,K(repeatedly),F,M,K,M,F,M -- nm - Bloody Ice Oct 22, 07:12 1
  - M&F Modern Family, K the rest of them. -- nm - Spawn the Impaler Oct 22, 07:14
- MLB, The 100, Key & Peele, The League, AHS: Freak Show, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 07:12
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- The last sentence is instructive; "...I need to get outside a little bit more" - Loyola Oct 22, 07:26
Hey, has anyone heard of this film 2001: A Space Odyssey? The trailer is amazing! - LMS Oct 22, 07:08 [youtube]
I don't even know what a Malala is. -- nm - David Oct 22, 07:08 4
- She is someone that I hope my daughter as she grows up looks to for inspiration. -- nm - Walt_Disney Oct 22, 07:14
- He's a HS-JR RB prospect that signed with UT. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 22, 07:14
- There are other news stations besides ESPN, David. -- nm - decline Oct 22, 07:12 1
  - Wait, this DirecTV thingy changes channels? Nooooo. -- nm - Bloody Ice Oct 22, 07:14
Parliament Hill is on lockdown due a shooting at the War Memorial nearby.... - Walt_Disney Oct 22, 07:07 15
- Two attacks on Canadian forces in Canada in three days. -- nm - Mop Oct 22, 07:25
- live coverage -- (link) - Beaker Oct 22, 07:25 2
  - Jesus. cops everywhere with guns drawn running around. the reporter sounds VERY shookup -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 07:25 1
    - the Global one on the radio admitted that he was shaking -- nm - The Zorking Dead Oct 22, 07:27
- Just got out of the car and heard as it broke maybe half hour ago. Global News staff saw a guy with gun at the doors to Parliament then heard shots. W - The Zorking Dead Oct 22, 07:22
- Okay...now there are two shooting scenes. One at the War Memorial and one at the Peace Tower. -- nm - Walt_Disney Oct 22, 07:17 6
  - Unsure whether same shooter -- nm - The Zorking Dead Oct 22, 07:28
  - The two structures might be having a disagreement. -- nm - Spawn the Impaler Oct 22, 07:19 4
    - just FYI, it's sort of the equivalent of shots being fired at the Vietnam Wall, and the Washington Monument. -- nm - Andie Oct 22, 07:21 1
      - actually the Peace Tower would be like the dome at the Capitol -- nm - The Zorking Dead Oct 22, 07:23
    - (not really funny, likely terrorist related as Canada just raised their threat level after the soldier was murdered and chatter) -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 07:21 1
      - Appologies. Did not mean to make light, just odd that the names are so diametrically opposed where they occurred. -- nm - Spawn the Impaler Oct 22, 07:53
- On BBC News channel now. -- nm - LMS Oct 22, 07:17 1
  - And now it's gone. -- nm - LMS Oct 22, 07:17
- "Bystanders providing first aid to injured at downtown landmark " CBC reporting a soldier was shot for sure -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 07:13
speaking of BF: the Seattle D just got dropped in Caveman. Didn't see that coming at the start of the year -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 07:07 1
- They went from money to supremely disappointing so quickly. -- nm - Were-Baron Oct 22, 07:28
can someone link me a value convertor? I want to see how much minimum wage would be compared to what it was when I was a teenager - Epiphany Oct 22, 07:06 6
- Minumum wage peaked in 1968 at $8.56, adjusted for inflation. -- (link) - mara Oct 22, 07:12 3
  - interesting article thank you -- nm - Epiphany Oct 22, 07:20
  - this is what gets me - you see pundits (economists!) saying they worked for $2 an hour when they were kids - Reagen Oct 22, 07:14 1
    - Yeah, it would be funny if it weren't so mind-bogglingly stupid. -- nm - mara Oct 22, 07:22
- here. -- (link) - znufrii Oct 22, 07:09 1
  - thanks guys -- nm - Epiphany Oct 22, 07:14
That Simpsons lawsuit will be very interesting - Beaker Oct 22, 07:01 2
- heh, was going to post much of your IM back to you. -- nm - Spawn the Impaler Oct 22, 07:03 1
  - I wonder if there is a Statute of Limitations on this. He must have first appeared a looong time ago - Beaker Oct 22, 07:20

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