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Free Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring via Google Play. (Might be US only.) -- (link) - Qale Dec 16, 08:27 4
- yay, thanks! -- nm - colin Dec 16, 08:31
- So, Jackson has ruined the franchise so much that they're having to give it away now? -- nm - David Dec 16, 08:30 1
  - Hobbit 3: Rise of the Machines -- nm - Qale Dec 16, 08:34
- appears to be, yes. -- nm - Reagen Dec 16, 08:28
The Big Picture's Best Photos of 2014 -- (link) - prayformojo Dec 16, 08:21 3
- oh goodie - I LOVE this series ... -- nm - JenBro Dec 16, 08:32
- Some of those pictures really make me realize how truly amazing my life is and how little I should complain about anything, ever. -- nm - volnelk Dec 16, 08:27 1
  - yep - the photos are incredible again this year -- nm - JenBro Dec 16, 08:38
"Congrats to porn star Lisa Ann, who you may know as the star of Who's Nailin' Paylin? - prayformojo Dec 16, 08:20 6
- Why retire now? Season is almost over. She could still work for months. -- nm - volnelk Dec 16, 08:28 2
  - knock off 60 or 70 movies -- nm - Beaker Dec 16, 08:29 1
    - Exactly, I feel like she is only doing this for the PR. -- nm - Captain Obvious Dec 16, 08:34
- Her scene with "Condi" was something. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 16, 08:22
- This reminds me of when Homer went to Clown College. -- nm - David Dec 16, 08:22 1
  - "You people have held me back long enough!" -- nm - Reagen Dec 16, 08:22
Does anyone have an email for TWuG they could share with me? -- nm - landbeck Dec 16, 08:13 3
- Inside. Thank every single one of you for your support. - TWuG Dec 16, 08:22 1
  - yeah, man. best wishes to you and yours -- nm - CQ draped in tinsel Dec 16, 08:23
- check FB -- nm - prayformojo Dec 16, 08:18
Oh, Tricia Helfer, why don't you understand that accepting that you still love your husband is the greatest Christmas gift of all? -- nm - David Dec 16, 08:06
I will say this, Cutler is partially to blame, but he was getting clobberred last night. - groiny Dec 16, 08:05 7
- Part of me thinks that at some point, if you're an ass, people don't care as much if you get knocked down on yours - oblique Dec 16, 08:11 6
  - but I do think it goes way beyond that too. I have never seen a team look so sloppy, and so lackluster. - groiny Dec 16, 08:19 3
    - To a point, I blame coaching for that. I'm sick and tired of the post-Ditka stoic coach. Give me a Harbaugh any day -- nm - oblique Dec 16, 08:21 2
      - it is an epic failure of a season, with the talent they have on offense. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 16, 08:24
      - I was hoping that they could lure John Gruden out of the booth, but I see that ain't happening. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 16, 08:22
  - especially with his biggest defender out for the season. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 16, 08:14
  - I kinda think that you're right -- nm - prayformojo Dec 16, 08:13
It felt really weird shopping on Amazon for a book on life hacks for my dad - prayformojo Dec 16, 08:04 5
- "Sure, right after I install this GPS tracker in your book about How To Live Off The Grid." -- nm - Reagen Dec 16, 08:05 4
  - Next, I have to find him a cassette tape of Serial -- nm - prayformojo Dec 16, 08:08 3
    - "What's a Best Buy?" -- nm - David Dec 16, 08:10
    - ha! -- nm - Diva Dec 16, 08:09
    - *snort* -- nm - Pippy Bells Dec 16, 08:08
Diva proved what a good spouse is this morning... - Mel Profit Dec 16, 08:01 8
- It really sucks when my spouse is a better person than I am. -- nm - spamlet Dec 16, 08:14 2
  - Yeah, that bothers Kim, too. -- nm - David Dec 16, 08:24
  - I enjoy it. - Mel Profit Dec 16, 08:17
- Regardless, she somehow ruined Christmas anyway. -- nm - nubby Dec 16, 08:03 2
  - this goes without sayin -- nm - Pippy Bells Dec 16, 08:05
  - ~you know it...~ *does Annual Christmas Ruiner Dance* -- nm - Diva Dec 16, 08:04
- Did she take the cat to the vet? -- nm - Dave Dec 16, 08:02
- well said. -- nm - budice Dec 16, 08:02
anyone watch the first episode of Ascension on Syfy last night? - Jovian Dec 16, 08:01 6
- we don't get it until February, which I suppose is payback for Continuum. -- nm - Reagen Dec 16, 08:23
- Is there talk of this becoming a series? -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 16, 08:05
- DVR'd -- nm - decline Dec 16, 08:04
- DVR'd with high expectations. -- nm - David Dec 16, 08:02
- I DVR'ed it. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 16, 08:01
- I am recording all three and waiting to hear WoM on the thing. - Ultron Dec 16, 08:01
Celeb BDays: Candice Crawford-Romo (28), Krysten Ritter (33), Miranda Otto (47) -- nm - budice Dec 16, 08:00 6
- FMK -- nm - J Dec 16, 08:07 1
  - yeah -- nm - Pippy Bells Dec 16, 08:08
- K?, M, F. -- nm - David Dec 16, 08:05
- Hmm. A tough one. KFM -- nm - oblique Dec 16, 08:03
- KFM -- nm - Jovian Dec 16, 08:02 1
  - yes -- nm - groiny Dec 16, 08:08
You are old: Green Day to be inducted into R&R Hall of Fame. (Also Lou Reed, Joan Jett, Ringo Starr) -- (link) - ty97 Dec 16, 08:00 1
- Ringo? For his solo career? -- nm - Roger More Dec 16, 08:01
ok, girlfriend who is getting on my nerves about whether you can take your son to see Into the Woods. You know the musical like the back of your hand. - Diva Dec 16, 07:49 9
- Is he 3 or is he 13? -- nm - Ultron Dec 16, 07:55
- I'm struggling to find the content that would be objectionable -- nm - oblique Dec 16, 07:54 6
  - me too. And she's old show trash from back in the day just like me. SHE KNOWS THE SHOW. WHY IS SHE TRIPPIN'? - Diva Dec 16, 07:59 5
    - " Old Show Trash" I don't know how but I will sprinkle this into a conversation because its glorious -- nm - Pippy Bells Dec 16, 08:05 4
      - It is so true and so apt. I realized the other day that I've been doing musicals for 30 years. - Diva Dec 16, 08:07 2
        
        :) - Pippy Bells Dec 16, 08:25 1
        
        :) -- nm - Diva Dec 16, 08:28
      - I thought the exact same thing. Not sure how it plays in my world, but I'm a fan. -- nm - volnelk Dec 16, 08:07
- Why won't you just take full responsibilty for scarring her child already! -- nm - Reagen Dec 16, 07:50
Here's a blatant example displaying how brutal and violent hockey is. -- (link) - Shaun Dec 16, 07:45 [youtube] 9
- why won't they hit each other?!?! -- nm - Beaker Dec 16, 08:32
- Tangent: Since Firfox updated, I can not get some things to play. This is one of them? - Ultron Dec 16, 07:59 3
  - blame Facebook -- nm - decline Dec 16, 08:00 2
    - I am coming to the realization that the internets are evil. -- nm - Ultron Dec 16, 08:04 1
      - With great power comes great responsibility... and too few people respect that. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 16, 08:11
- That kid's parents are jerks. -- nm - David Dec 16, 07:54
- Stay down, man! Just stay down! It's a slaughterhouse here! -- nm - Good Baron Wenceslas Dec 16, 07:50 1
  - I was hoping he would slash the kid who helped him up. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 16, 07:51
- 12 White was later benched for showing weakness. -- nm - Reagen Dec 16, 07:47
And regarding the message of W ruined the economy / Obama fixed it - ty97 Dec 16, 07:36 1
- Based on what we're seeing here, the economy is getting better. - David Dec 16, 07:42
RM, I know, right? - Reagen Dec 16, 07:33
With Jeb Running he'd have the South with Texas/Florida. Big Hill likely has NY/Cali and would need to go full Arkansas to steal some Midwest. -- nm - budice Dec 16, 07:30 13
- IIRC...GOPers thought Jeb should've been the Bush brother running in 2000. -- nm - budice Dec 16, 07:43 5
  - He couldn't run then because he was (allegedly) having an affair. -- nm - David Dec 16, 07:46 4
    - I only say these things cause I have more respect for Jeb as a politician, not that I agree with his views. Dubya was the village idiot in comparison -- nm - budice Dec 16, 07:48 3
      - Jeb is like Chris Christie in that he has a lot of skeletons in his closet. - David Dec 16, 07:51 2
        
        Sure, but Hillary and Bill had a guy killed. -- nm - ty97 Dec 16, 07:52 1
        
        So? -- nm - Obama si Dec 16, 07:53
- If you take the 2012 map, here's what HIllary would need to lose to lose the election - Will Hunting Dec 16, 07:34 1
  - I mean, she'd lose 273-265 if she lost every on of those 5 states. - Will Hunting Dec 16, 07:38
- Any GOP has TX and the South. Any Dem has NY and Cali. Florida is always a toss-up, Jeb or no Jeb -- nm - ty97 Dec 16, 07:34 1
  - Jeb being former Govna, and a favored one, would likely tip the scales. -- nm - budice Dec 16, 07:37
- Thinking out loud, dispatch Bubba to handle the Midwest and whatever South she can garner. -- nm - budice Dec 16, 07:31 2
  - As usual a handful of states will decided POTUS (Hi Ohio!) -- nm - ty97 Dec 16, 07:34 1
    - I'm waiting for the commercials to start. -- nm - volnelk Dec 16, 07:42
LIR re: approval ratings (mainly for David) -- (link) - ty97 Dec 16, 07:28 [Backboard] 17
- Yes, I replied. - David Dec 16, 07:34 16
  - Sure, but he's not a candidate. -- nm - ty97 Dec 16, 07:36 15
    - His policies will be put on trial, and those don't pass the laugh test. - David Dec 16, 07:40 14
      - Respectfully, I think you expect the policies of one brother to stick to the other far more than the do/will/can - ty97 Dec 16, 07:50 13
        
        This is turning into an optimist/pessimist debate. Americans are smarter than you acknowledge. - David Dec 16, 07:52 12
        
        Look. at. the. Senate. -- nm - ty97 Dec 16, 07:54 11
        
        As I said on b2, people don't show up for mid-terms. - David Dec 16, 07:57 10
        
        That doesn't support your argument that Americans aren't smarter than ty thinks. -- nm - Roger More Dec 16, 08:00 9
        
        ST has grown cynical. -- nm - David Dec 16, 08:04 8
        
        "American voters are smart, they just don't show up for the mid-terms" is an obvious inconsistency. - Roger More Dec 16, 08:14 3
        
        The voters behave differently when voting for president than tge do voting for their reps in Congress. -- nm - TWuG Dec 16, 08:29
        
        Generally smart isn't the same as perfect. - David Dec 16, 08:16 1
        
        I'm more focussed on identifying what the problems are, and how to fix them. - Roger More Dec 16, 08:31
        
        I am self-admittedly cycnical - ty97 Dec 16, 08:06 3
        
        Cynics never change the world; they merely complain about it. - David Dec 16, 08:10 2
        
        Cynics realize the reach of their influence. - Mel Profit Dec 16, 08:21 1
        
        And the people you influence do things that influence others and so on. We get better as a people by getting better as individuals. -- nm - David Dec 16, 08:29
Here is one listing with odds (granted 18 months old) on VP's - Will Hunting Dec 16, 07:28 8
- Brian Schweitzer also should be on that list, although he may truly be done with politics. -- nm - MDH Dec 16, 07:49 1
  - Too many skeletons in his closet and too much of a cowboy to toe the line. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 16, 07:52
- My money is on Castro. He's the deluxe version of Rubio. -- nm - David Dec 16, 07:35 5
  - I think he'd be good, but my fear is we've seen a fair bit of youth and inexperience recently that's not done well. - Will Hunting Dec 16, 07:39
  - Do you think the name is a problem? -- nm - Reagen Dec 16, 07:36 3
    - "I think we can trust Castro." - David Dec 16, 07:43 1
      - I don't trust him! -- nm - Hyman Roth Dec 16, 07:48
    - "It's full of what?" -- nm - Roger More Dec 16, 07:41
I'm tempted to visit a currency exchange place to see how many rubles I get for $1 -- nm - budice Dec 16, 07:26 17
- i just looked it up. currently trading at about 72 rubles per dollar . . . -- nm - call me Ishmael Dec 16, 07:58
- heh, i've got euros sitting with my passport, i should trade them in. ;) -- nm - Andie Dec 16, 07:33
- I've had that thought as well. Historial lows are always tempting. - David Dec 16, 07:33 8
  - GAZPROM is trading at a P/E of less than *3* right now. -- nm - Reagen Dec 16, 07:35 7
    - I can't decide if that one is an investment opportunity or the Titanic. - David Dec 16, 07:39 6
      - The Russian economy will be a big ass buy someday soon, but I'm not sure how long we'll have to wait it out - Reagen Dec 16, 07:42 5
        
        Is Putin's popularity in freefall as it should be? - David Dec 16, 07:44 4
        
        No. The economic problems can be blamed on Western meddling, standing up for Russia is popular, etc -- nm - Roger More Dec 16, 07:46 3
        
        And it's not like Russia hasn't had an economic catastrophe every five years since the collapse of the Soviet Union. -- nm - spamlet Dec 16, 07:48
        
        Although if they have to keep exhausting their reserve propping up the Ruble, that could change things. -- nm - Reagen Dec 16, 07:48 1
        
        Maybe, but the "Russia is a victim" motif won't change because if it. - Roger More Dec 16, 07:57
- I'm guessing $68 or so. -- nm - Reagen Dec 16, 07:32 3
  - thats a pritty good deal if you look carefully -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Dec 16, 07:39 2
    - well, whatever the symbol for Ruble is. -- nm - Reagen Dec 16, 07:39 1
      - somthing overthetop without basis in reality i guess ! -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Dec 16, 07:42
- Oh, I wonder if they'll take my old Zimbabwe currency. -- nm - spamlet Dec 16, 07:28
- 3 bags and a suitcase full -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Dec 16, 07:27
In local political earthquake news, the tea partyish party here is throwing in the towel. -- (link) - Reagen Dec 16, 07:26
Jenna vs Chelsea 2024! -- nm - Tim Dec 16, 07:24
Congrats to Reagen on his Astro championship! -- nm - spamlet Dec 16, 07:23 10
- seeds 1 and 2 knocked out of Cavemen. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 16, 07:26 4
  - Da Bears. They are the most awesome disappointment this year. Man they suck. -- nm - Shaun Dec 16, 07:42 3
    - I am now in the belief that they are sucking so bad because they want to get rid of Trestman. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 16, 07:45 2
      - Good idea. Lame offence can't even score 80 points a game to counter the defence giving up 78 points a game. -- nm - Shaun Dec 16, 07:55 1
        
        it is the only logical explanation for it. They look so sloppy all the time, that can't be normal. - groiny Dec 16, 08:03
- Someone has to represent in Edmonton. -- nm - budice Dec 16, 07:25
- Vampirates like consistency. Final: (1) Strongbad vs. (2) Boodechay - Good Baron Wenceslas Dec 16, 07:25
- no jinxie! -- nm - Reagen Dec 16, 07:23 2
  - My magic has to run out at some point. - spamlet Dec 16, 07:26 1
    - Do it for the Lou, spamlet! -- nm - Good Baron Wenceslas Dec 16, 07:30

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