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Shit. My teacher friend just got laid off. - con_carne Mar 19, 12:49 3
- Obviously, you need more money for the state. - nubby Mar 19, 12:52
- THAT'S what we need...teachers getting canned. -- nm - Jim Mar 19, 12:50
- sucks -- nm - znufrii Mar 19, 12:49
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- Because that single statement cost the republicans everything!!! -- nm - Spawn Mar 19, 12:50
- Because everyone loves an opportunity to say "I told you so!" -- nm - znufrii Mar 19, 12:48
- *nodding* Hey, if Republicans want to continue to fight the last election, go ahead. -- nm - Reagen Mar 19, 12:48
- It's not what McCain said...it was Obama's reaction to it. And the poster is trying to say that Obama has now just said the same thing McCain said. - Jim Mar 19, 12:48 3
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  - well thats stupid since McCain talking it -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 19, 12:49 1
    - upps... Macainwas talking in broad (to broad) terms generally all the way -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 19, 12:50
" the fundamentals of our economy are strong" -John Mcain...."Senator McCain, what economy are you talking about? - Obama 2008 - Loyola Mar 19, 12:38 34
- the fundamentals of our economy and fundamentally sound aspects of our economy - Danedukenuuk Mar 19, 12:46 1
  - word -- nm - Spawn Mar 19, 12:48
- if McCain had qualified it similarly to "aspects of our economy" he wouldn't have gotten his ass handed to him over it -- nm - Stewie Mar 19, 12:45
- This is why I felt the fuss over McCain's comments was so overblown - the US has some very innovative customers, very innovative entrepreneurs, high - Roger More Mar 19, 12:44 1
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- Apple meet orange. -- nm - Spawn Mar 19, 12:43 1
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- first off...linking to the Moonies is silly -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Mar 19, 12:41 4
  - psst... - znufrii Mar 19, 12:42 3
    - I normally don't play the "attack the source" game...but this paper is a mouthpiece for the Unification Church -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Mar 19, 12:46 1
      - Nonetheless, I stand by my statement. :) -- nm - znufrii Mar 19, 12:47
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- I don't know...I'm not sure that those 2 quotes are the same. - Jim Mar 19, 12:40 4
  - How do you get "fundamentally sound" out of "fundamentals of our economy"? -- nm - Ender Mar 19, 12:41 3
    - typo...fundamentally STRONG... -- nm - Jim Mar 19, 12:42 2
      - Same question, how do you get "fundamentally strong" out of "fundamentals of our economy"? "Fundamental" is a noun in McCain's sentence. -- nm - Ender Mar 19, 12:45 1
        
        McCain aid the fundamentals of the economy are strong... - Jim Mar 19, 12:47
- similar syntax, but different meanings -- nm - znufrii Mar 19, 12:39 16
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    - horsepoopy? -- nm - decline Mar 19, 12:50
    - not at all. - znufrii Mar 19, 12:45
  - Relatedly, anytime someone says the fundamentals are stong it's time to worry imo. - Loyola Mar 19, 12:41 3
    - "the louder a theif tells you he's honest, the tighter you should hold onto your purse strings." -- nm - znufrii Mar 19, 12:42 2
      - "The more you tighten your grip, the more star systems will slip through your fingers." -- nm - Jim Mar 19, 12:45 1
        
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  - Not really, that was exactly what McCain meant. -- nm - Ender Mar 19, 12:40 8
    - no, not really -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 19, 12:41 2
      - sfek, mccain was saying that the fundamentals are strong then - tRuMaN Mar 19, 12:43 1
        
        Another problem was that McCain explained his slip badly - IIRC "I meant... the fundamentals of the American worker" -- nm - Roger More Mar 19, 12:45
    - Might have been what he meant...but it wasn't what he said. -- nm - Jim Mar 19, 12:41 3
      - and then tried to claim that he meant something entirely different altogether -- nm - znufrii Mar 19, 12:41 2
        
        That's where he went wrong. - Mel Profit Mar 19, 12:43 1
        
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    - (It's not what Obama CLAIMED he meant, but...) -- nm - Ender Mar 19, 12:40
I'm trying to avoid being alarmist, but I'm thinking I might have an area of skin cancer. - ty97 Mar 19, 12:33 21
- Wise to get it checked out. I too questioned one that was on my waist that began to get itchy but the physician said while he noticed some scaling it - HdnAgnda Mar 19, 12:53
- Glad you are getting it checked out, and I am sure you will be fine. - Roger More Mar 19, 12:47
- can also be a benigh mole thats growing or what you call that -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 19, 12:44
- Nice knowin' ya. -- nm - nubby Mar 19, 12:44
- forgot to mention: When I sqeeze the mole/freckle, the area behind it feels hard - ty97 Mar 19, 12:43 3
  - stop doing t hat. gross. -- nm - loosilu Mar 19, 12:46 1
    - I'm not sititing here squeezing the mole/freckle at random - ty97 Mar 19, 12:47
  - I have/had that on my leg - tRuMaN Mar 19, 12:44
- When is the appointment? I have had it, got it removed, no problemo. -- nm - Spawn Mar 19, 12:42 1
  - first week in April (scheduled to get home 4/4) - ty97 Mar 19, 12:43
- get it checked out right away. While not all skin growths are cancerous, the cancerous ones look like the one you describe. -- nm - loosilu Mar 19, 12:39 1
  - certainly doing so immediately upon getting home. -- nm - ty97 Mar 19, 12:40
- GO see a doctor as soon as you can... skin cancer is very treatable and rarely terminal -- nm - secretslacker Mar 19, 12:36
- I hope it's nothing. How long till you can go home? Is there an american or private hosptial near you? -- nm - lileve Mar 19, 12:35 5
  - supposed to be home in two weeks. Slight possibility I'll get out of here a week early though -- nm - ty97 Mar 19, 12:42 4
    - If it's cancer that too long to wait. The earlier you get it looked at the better. - lileve Mar 19, 12:46 3
      - I'm in India, I can't really run to the doctor at the moment. -- nm - ty97 Mar 19, 12:46 2
        
        Google India "American Hospital". Also call the American Embasy, if there is one, and see if they can recommend a doctor. -- nm - lileve Mar 19, 13:01 1
        
        Also, I can ask a co-worker who is from India where you might be able to to go. -- nm - lileve Mar 19, 13:03
- while you should absolutely get it checked out, not all skin growths are cancerous. - Reagen Mar 19, 12:35 1
  - but remember if it's a pigmented growth, that's bad. -- nm - loosilu Mar 19, 12:40
/me pets his level 3 Embassy - Spawn Mar 19, 12:33
FML: Your sister is easier to get into than community college. -- nm - ceregon Mar 19, 12:33 1
- F the sister, M the community, L the college? -- nm - Spawn Mar 19, 12:34
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- Haven't we given these people enough bonuses? -- nm - Mop Mar 19, 12:27 2
  - Boni? -- nm - Mop Mar 19, 12:27 1
    - Bono. -- nm - Mop Mar 19, 12:34
- This is my problem with the parliamentary/legislative system - Max Mar 19, 12:26 4
  - Fascism: It works! -- nm - Mop Mar 19, 12:28
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    - I overlooked the Senate in your post - are tax bills considered different from spending bills which have to originate in the House? -- nm - Max Mar 19, 12:27 1
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*berymanders Bridget again* You folks are still berymandering, right? -- nm - David Mar 19, 12:17 4
- Poppa Johns -- nm - lileve Mar 19, 12:25 1
  - PAPA! -- nm - lileve Mar 19, 12:25
- excellent reminder! -- nm - Andie Mar 19, 12:24
- You mean click fraud? -- (link) - Mop Mar 19, 12:21 [Backboard]
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- For a second i was like .. the kid? heh -- nm - DreadPR Mar 19, 12:39
- Middle guy looks like Greenspan -- nm - lileve Mar 19, 12:26
- Putin is Russia's answer to the Jack Ryan series. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 19, 12:20 1
  - Or Forest Gump. -- nm - Mop Mar 19, 12:20
Here is how a charge *should* work: a defender is always allowed to maintain their position moving side to side equidistant from the hoop. - TFox Mar 19, 12:15
Guy who started the Esperanza Fire guilty of murder in deaths of 5 firefighters. I don't think I see a motive in that article, though. -- (link) - Mop Mar 19, 12:14 3
- you don't need a motive, only intent. -- nm - loosilu Mar 19, 12:15 2
  - No, I'm just wondering why he's just a jerkass. -- nm - Mop Mar 19, 12:17 1
    - "Fire! Fire fire fire!" -- nm - Reagen Mar 19, 12:19
I don't know that there is any rule against changing tax rules midstream - Reagen Mar 19, 12:14 [Backboard] 3
- AFAIK, the bonuses were paid on March 14 to meet a March 15 deadline. -- nm - Max Mar 19, 12:19
- Thanks, I was unclear on whether they had been handed out. -- nm - Loyola Mar 19, 12:18
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- Thanks, that's interesting. -- nm - Loyola Mar 19, 12:19 1
  - Though reading it, I would hope that retroactively taxing income would be unconstitutional (even though I abhor that bonuses were paid in this - Loyola Mar 19, 12:28
lights up nubby signal -- (link) - marcel Mar 19, 12:13 [youtube]
Go Terps!! -- nm - Don Homer Mar 19, 12:12
New, full-color Kindle competitor. Called the FLEPia (needs work, IMO) -- (link) - TWuG Mar 19, 12:12 3
- A thousand bucks?! You're f-ing kidding me! My laptop tablet does all that and MUCH MORE for less! -- nm - Mop Mar 19, 12:17 2
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    - That's free. -- nm - Mop Mar 19, 12:22
Some idle Lost thoughts (spoilers) - Mop Mar 19, 12:12 17
- An unrelated Lost spoil question. - Spawn Mar 19, 12:25 8
  - "I'm afraid I can't do that." (spoiler) - nubby Mar 19, 12:27
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    - Thanks. Knew there was something. -- nm - Spawn Mar 19, 12:29
    - Thanks. New there was something. -- nm - Spawn Mar 19, 12:29 4
      - bery really should fix this kind of nonsense. -- nm - Spawn Mar 19, 12:29 3
        
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        Will that cure this stupid cold that has returned? - Spawn Mar 19, 12:31 1
        
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- Strongly agree with your second paragraph - DreadPR Mar 19, 12:22 5
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    - spoils. - loosilu Mar 19, 12:27
    - Exactly (spoils) - Jim Mar 19, 12:27 1
      - hmm (spoils) - DreadPR Mar 19, 12:45
    - Sadly, I think (spoil) - Spawn Mar 19, 12:27
- That second point is why I was saying that particular scene wasn't believable. -- nm - nubby Mar 19, 12:21
- Spoils - TWuG Mar 19, 12:17
Tattoo parlors are highly regulated. apparently there's nothing regulating bikini waxing. So I guess it's legit for the state to investigate. - loosilu Mar 19, 12:10 4
- They should make people wanting a tat take a class or see a movie about how they look in a few years -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 19, 12:14 3
  - If they're done right they still look good years down the road -- nm - J Mar 19, 12:15 1
    - Word. -- nm - Jim Mar 19, 12:16
  - Word. nm -- nm - Jim Mar 19, 12:15
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- "What the eff is wrong with you? Listen to the effing message!" -- nm - Ender Mar 19, 12:16
- I hope by "dealer" you mean "blackjack"...... -- nm - TaurusII Mar 19, 12:13
- hahahahahaha -- nm - TFox Mar 19, 12:12 9
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    - you want your friend to go into a dangerous situation for your entertainment? -- nm - loosilu Mar 19, 12:17 1
      - if he's dealing *on the date* then i can see how it would be a "dangerous situation", otherwise, not so much. -- nm - znufrii Mar 19, 12:19
    - What does this dude deal? This is a key distinction. -- nm - TFox Mar 19, 12:16 4
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        Is there a Rule of Seven sort of concept for dating dealers? - Reagen Mar 19, 12:18 2
        
        No there is not - fact some dealers prefer non drug dates - Epiphany Mar 19, 12:51
        
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  - this is the correct answer. -- nm - loosilu Mar 19, 12:12
- hit it, Max -- nm - CQ Mar 19, 12:12
- Drug dealer? No wonder he does not remember. -- nm - Spawn Mar 19, 12:11 1
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- oh, dear. -- nm - znufrii Mar 19, 12:11
- as in drugs? -- nm - Reagen Mar 19, 12:11
If NJ bans Brazilian wax, only criminals will Brazilian wax. -- nm - Mop Mar 19, 12:09 1
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Dharma Lady -- (link) - psilotum Mar 19, 12:08
Someone needs to tell the Northern Iowa basketball team about racial integration. - David Mar 19, 12:08 4
- are there black people in Iowa? -- nm - Reagen Mar 19, 12:16 3
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  - Less than 3% of the pop. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 19, 12:22
  - Only the unlucky ones. -- nm - Spawn Mar 19, 12:18

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