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Dawson, you may get this as you know some of Gay DC. -- (link) - MDH Oct 22, 10:52 [youtube]
Holy ... Schnikies. Just found out that my company's Ottawa office is only a couple of streets away from the shootings and police snipers on the roof -- nm - The Zorking Dead Oct 22, 10:49
It's employee photo day today. Brought in some photographers. I made a Zoolander joke ... - Beryllium Oct 22, 10:43 7
- And did you break out "Blue Steel"? -- nm - amoxy Oct 22, 10:46 3
  - I tried a bit of Le Tigre, maybe a touch of Ferrari -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 10:47 2
    - Does no one else see this? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills here! -- nm - Reagen Oct 22, 10:48 1
      - So what...like 8 days? -- nm - Shaun Oct 22, 10:50
- see Groiny. THAT'S funny. -- nm - Remlik Oct 22, 10:45 2
  - pfft -- nm - groiny Oct 22, 10:51
  - *snort* -- nm - The Zorking Dead Oct 22, 10:47
Gotham casting: Morena Baccarin Checks In as - Remlik Oct 22, 10:38 3
- ... a doctor who incorrectly thinks she looks better with short hair. -- nm - Ender Oct 22, 10:40
- she should have never cut her hair -- nm - decline Oct 22, 10:40
- Ill be in my bunk. -- nm - Bloody Ice Oct 22, 10:40
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- they done stepped in it now! -- nm - Reagen Oct 22, 10:39 2
  - if nothing gets the Maple Militia roused, nothing will. -- nm - The Zorking Dead Oct 22, 10:40 1
    - that could have been worded better -- nm - The Zorking Dead Oct 22, 10:41
um.on my phone. we just lost power. -- nm - Andie Oct 22, 10:32 9
- My office is fine (and could be a bigger target) -- nm - The Zorking Dead Oct 22, 10:40
- Heading home might be a good idea. -- nm - Bloody Ice Oct 22, 10:38 4
  - We have a police outpost office right beside us. they are all calm. i think it is just a coincidence. -- nm - Andie Oct 22, 10:40 3
    - I don't believe in coincidences - ML si Oct 22, 10:42
    - "They've got the Universal Terrorist Playbook and they're running it step by step." -- nm - Max Oct 22, 10:41 1
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- could be from that giant sunspot -- nm - decline Oct 22, 10:36
- please be careful. I don't know the extent of what is going on but it sounds really bad -- nm - Epiphany Oct 22, 10:33 1
  - this -- nm - The Legend of CQ Hollow Oct 22, 10:34
You don't care, but I'm disappointed by something suggested in the Alpha House S2 promos - prayformojo Oct 22, 10:31
" A Republican member of the Securities and Exchange Commission has equated financial regulators with scorpions." -- (link) - ty97 Oct 22, 10:29 3
- What if they're gay financial regulators? Grempions? Scorplins? -- nm - Inigo Oct 22, 10:33
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- Wonder if/to what extent it's also connected to that car attack yesterday... -- (link) - Ender Oct 22, 10:53 3
  - I wonder if the response to that incident (killing the driver) was the impetus for today's attack. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 10:58 1
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- the terror level was raised back on Friday but due to "chatter" and not for any specific threats. -- nm - The Zorking Dead Oct 22, 10:38 1
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- Except she's in Toronto. -- nm - znufrii Oct 22, 10:35 2
  - but Harper was going there to meet her. He hadnt left yet -- nm - mud Oct 22, 10:36
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- There's got to be some ebola connection too. One of the gunman was on the same flight as that nurse! -- nm - The Legend of CQ Hollow Oct 22, 10:31
- It very well may turn out to be that, but making that assumption now if extremely premature. -- nm - ty97 Oct 22, 10:31 2
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    - I`ll be shocked if you`re incorrect -- nm - mud Oct 22, 10:35
- Except for the report on B2 that one of the shooters "looked native" -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 10:29 3
  - By which they probably meant "skin tone darker than the color of snow". -- nm - Ender Oct 22, 10:44
  - I'm going to refrain from joke comments until all of this is over and Canada and Canadians are safe -- nm - Epiphany Oct 22, 10:31 1
    - thank you. -- nm - Andie Oct 22, 10:51
Don't mind me and pardon the smell, but I'm baking some chocolate chip cookies. -- nm - The Legend of CQ Hollow Oct 22, 10:23 7
- dammit -- nm - prayformojo Oct 22, 10:27
- I just bought pumpkin cookies with chocolate chips so there! -- nm - Epiphany Oct 22, 10:26 5
  - You know what? I hate pumpkin flavored anything so go right ahead and make stupid stuff -- nm - The Legend of CQ Hollow Oct 22, 10:27 3
    - UNAMERICAN! -- nm - Epiphany Oct 22, 10:31 2
      - I'm simply doing my part so there's more of this pumpkin flavored stuff for you. You should be thanking me, really. -- nm - The Legend of CQ Hollow Oct 22, 10:33 1
        
        good point - thank you! -- nm - Epiphany Oct 22, 10:35
  - I'm finishing off the last of my oatmeal/coconut cookies now. Tonight, pumpkin muffins -- nm - decline Oct 22, 10:26
are British special forces and military services allow to operate in Canada? -- nm - Remlik Oct 22, 10:23 6
- I think the Emergencies Act of 1988 is our closest equivalent -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 22, 10:27 2
  - thanks. -- nm - Remlik Oct 22, 10:37
  - The War Measures Act was used to bring in armed forces during the October Crisis in the early 70s -- (link) - The Zorking Dead Oct 22, 10:36
- I don't think we have an equivalent of Posse Comitatus, but I'm not certain. Searching. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 10:25
- SORRY I meant Canadian Special Forces -- nm - Remlik Oct 22, 10:23 1
  - sure -- nm - The Zorking Dead Oct 22, 10:24
Over a year and a half ago, Valerie Harper was given around three months to live - The Zorking Dead Oct 22, 10:22
wap? World’s First Camera Calculator App Instantly Solves Math Problems -- (link) - prayformojo Oct 22, 10:18 3
- If I may gripe for a moment ... it's not instant. It's just quick. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 10:21 1
  - Kid, your face... -- nm - prayformojo Oct 22, 10:21
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Now CBC is confirming the soldier's death now -- nm - The Zorking Dead Oct 22, 10:17
Voter fraud is both easy and condoned in Colorado. -- (link) - Strongbad Oct 22, 10:11 11
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  - So are you disagreeing that it is "easy"? Or "condoned"? -- nm - Strongbad Oct 22, 11:59
  - why do you hat e"efforts to improve the integrity of our elections", Jack? -- nm - znufrii Oct 22, 10:32 1
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  - Oregon is completely vote by mail. How much fraud do they have? -- nm - Focused, Non-Terminal Repeating Phantasm Oct 22, 10:28 6
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      - Why doesn't forcing in-person voting come with the same burdens as voter ID? Why isn't that racist and moronic? -- nm - Max Oct 22, 10:37 4
        
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        So the method's racism isn't determined by facts, it's just based on your conclusion about the intent. You can fuck off with that. -- nm - Max Oct 22, 10:47 2
        
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        Girls, girls. You're both pretty. -- nm - The Zorking Dead Oct 22, 10:53
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- Good for him. Dude was amazing in college. Better than Gurley or any of the Bama RB's. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 22, 10:13
barricaded doors inside caucus -- (link) - mud Oct 22, 10:03 5
- CBC has confirmed Canadian Forces members ordered to stay out of uniforms in public unless on active duty #cbcmtl - Andie Oct 22, 10:11 4
  - Has anything been said about the shooters, such as motivation? -- nm - Focused, Non-Terminal Repeating Phantasm Oct 22, 10:15 3
    - they don't know who they are yet. one (at least) is still at large. -- nm - Andie Oct 22, 10:17 2
      - Well, they haven't announced it yet at least... -- nm - Ender Oct 22, 10:50
      - Thanks -- nm - Focused, Non-Terminal Repeating Phantasm Oct 22, 10:17
Business Insider absolutely eviscerates McDonald's. - David Oct 22, 10:01 3
- " Many complained that the company hadn't followed through on its promise to simplify the menu" -- nm - Epiphany Oct 22, 10:29
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Well, I've still got that chance to get conference tickets, but I think I'm going to pass on it. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 10:01
and, this guy, Sergent at Arms Kevin Vickers, is the guy who brought down the shooter in Parliament -- (link) - Andie Oct 22, 10:01 1
- I sure wouldn't want to get hit by that mace -- nm - The Zorking Dead Oct 22, 10:20
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- Time to bring in Al Sharpton to save the day. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 22, 10:05
- If there's an anti-Wilson contingent of that locker room, they should sent to tampa just to learn what a shit sandwich tastes like. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 22, 10:03 3
  - Mike Glennon is *not*blacker than Russell Wilson! -- nm - Reagen Oct 22, 10:05 2
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      - there was that thing he shot with Eli... - Reagen Oct 22, 10:13
They're saying the NHL is monitoring the situation before deciding if they might postpone the leafs/senators game. - Beryllium Oct 22, 09:57
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Damn, the soldier shot at the War Memorial has died. I think they just said that he was a reservist in the same unit that my uncle commanded -- nm - The Zorking Dead Oct 22, 09:52 2
- ! Now they`re retracting it -- nm - mud Oct 22, 09:53 1
  - Global news also? Still could be dead but not officially releasing the info. -- nm - The Zorking Dead Oct 22, 09:54
soldier`s dead. So sad -- nm - mud Oct 22, 09:52 1
- that is terrible, he was just a reservist too, on honourary guard duty. -- nm - Andie Oct 22, 09:52
Have we talked about this comic book movie calendar? There are way too many comic book movies coming out in the next 4 years. -- (link) - Inigo Oct 22, 09:47 8
- I say there are way too many comedies coming out in the next four years. -- nm - Spawn the Impaler Oct 22, 10:55
- We'll see how this stacks up once the non-Marvels start underwhelming. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 22, 10:00 3
  - To be fair, this -could- be like DreamWorks Animation catching up to Pixar for a while. - David Oct 22, 10:16 1
    - It could, but given the things like Fantastic Four and the Spider-man "rights protection" releases, it's more likely they're just staying afloat. - Will Hunting Oct 22, 10:28
  - Yep. -- nm - Focused, Non-Terminal Repeating Phantasm Oct 22, 10:06
- Once the market is saturated and the BO numbers start dropping, 1/3 of these will be cancelled. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 22, 09:52 1
  - I was going to say the same thing. One bombing won't have too much thought, but when multiple fall, it'll change this release schedule. -- nm - MDH Oct 22, 10:13
- as long as a couple of them make half a billion dollars, they will keep pushing them out. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 22, 09:48
Bery, getting a few non-posts again this morning. -- nm - The Zorking Dead Oct 22, 09:45 7
- Not seeing any errors in the log, still. Erph. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 09:55
- whatsa non-post? -- nm - mud Oct 22, 09:48 3
  - when you try to make a post and end up with a blank form and your post does not register on the board -- nm - The Zorking Dead Oct 22, 09:50 2
    - bummer -- nm - mud Oct 22, 09:51 1
      - usually your subject is in the history for that input box but you lose the inner message. -- nm - The Zorking Dead Oct 22, 09:53
- thanks for the heads up, I'll check the logs. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 09:48 1
  - ewwww -- nm - groiny Oct 22, 09:49
there's still conflicting info obviously, but right now it sure looks like these guys were pretty pathetic at being terrorists - Reagen Oct 22, 09:38 10
- although if I am allowed one moment of insubstantial personal griping - Reagen Oct 22, 09:57 1
  - ugh. - The Zorking Dead Oct 22, 10:19
- They have passion, they don't have brains. -- nm - Walt_Disney Oct 22, 09:43
- Any word on the soldier's status? -- nm - Beryllium (scream.) Oct 22, 09:42 5
  - life support is last i heard. also, a security guard in parliament was apparently shot, with less severe injuries. - Andie Oct 22, 09:43 4
    - We have a friend who is a manager for CBAS -- nm - The Zorking Dead Oct 22, 09:46 1
      - argh, for CBSA in an Ottawa office that is on lock-down but she's in London (Eng., I think) now -- nm - The Zorking Dead Oct 22, 09:47
    - so it sounds like they have separate security officers from the RCMP presence -- nm - John "Green Beret" Wayne Oct 22, 09:44 1
      - stupid autonick -- nm - The Zorking Dead Oct 22, 09:44
- Even in the middle east, it's astounding how few people are killed when suicide bombers, etc. strike. - zork Oct 22, 09:40
So that makes five major shootings in Canada in the past two years, right? -- nm - Beryllium (scream.) Oct 22, 09:36 4
- Secure the Northern Border! -- nm - Strongbad Oct 22, 09:42 1
  - Every third man to the north wall -- nm - John "Green Beret" Wayne Oct 22, 09:43
- BAN CANADA!!!! -- nm - groiny Oct 22, 09:39 1
  - What's the keep all that violence in Canada from spilling over the border?! -- nm - Baron Mop-chausen Oct 22, 09:40
LYC: 1/2 IFRS entries done (customer contributions); 1/2 to go (spare parts inventory) -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 09:36 1
- Your IFRS is my FATCA the past week or so. Thankfully, almost done. -- nm - droidlet Oct 22, 09:38
If Jack Dawson was a country, he would win -- nm - oblique Oct 22, 09:35 4
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  - People in Costa Rica, apparently. they're #1 -- (link) - znufrii Oct 22, 09:53 1
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- *ices B2* -- nm - znufrii Oct 22, 09:35

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