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Here’s What The Cast Of “Scooby Doo” Looks Like Now -- (link) - ty97 Jan 16, 07:52 2
- Casey Kasem is a corpse. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 16, 07:53 1
  - How do you know? -- nm - Jean Kasem Jan 16, 07:57
I don't see why Hartsfield-Jackson needs a committee. The solution is simple. A Beijing Hartsfield-Jackson franchise location! -- nm - Ender Jan 16, 07:52 1
- I just don't see why being the world's busiest airport actually matters. - ty97 Jan 16, 07:53
groan . . . i got a call at 10 PM last night from my boss, needing me to come in to work today . . . - call me Ishmael Jan 16, 07:52
I'm not sure what a Carles Gil is, but anything to help the relegation battle. -- nm - CQ Jan 16, 07:50
I just watched the documentary Fed Up (narrated by Katie Couric) and it's about the sugar and food industries and their effect on obesity (especially - Andie Jan 16, 07:49 1
- thanks for this recommendation - I haven't watched a doc in an embarrassingly long time -- nm - Epiphany Jan 16, 07:56
vacating Target stores and management offices in Canada will release 20 million sq. ft. of space. Some of which will probably be demolished. HBC is th - zork Jan 16, 07:46
Saudi cleric condemns snowmen as anti-Islamic - DaneDukeNuuk Jan 16, 07:44 1
- *declares jihad* -- nm - Frosty Jan 16, 07:47
Bill Belichick press conference summary: Nothing that has ever happened in the past matters except Dwight Eisenhower. -- nm - Ultron Jan 16, 07:44 6
- I love his pressers. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 16, 07:55 2
  - I hope he ends up taking the witness stand in both of Hernandez's murder trials. That should be epic. -- nm - Diva Jan 16, 07:56
  - We should hire him to do ST board summaries -- nm - prayformojo Jan 16, 07:56
- Eisenhower secretly taped German army training sessions? -- nm - zork Jan 16, 07:49 1
  - *puts an asterisk on WWII* -- nm - Beaker Jan 16, 07:51
- "Colts are a good team. They play all 3 phases of the game well. Offense, defense, special teams" -- nm - CQ Jan 16, 07:47
I'm up 3.07% for the month on that other site. H$1.2B port. I'm thinking that's pretty good. When will it all come crashing down!? -- nm - CQ Jan 16, 07:40 10
- There'll be another spurt when the Christmas delist cash hits the market, and a price correction a week or two afterward. -- nm - Roger More Jan 16, 07:53
- 2.54% on about 4.5billion. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 16, 07:52
- i am down today, after a crazy upwards trend lately. -- nm - Andie Jan 16, 07:50
- 1.65% only. I hadn't really traded in 6 months so took big commission hits cleaning out and then loading up on bonds -- nm - ty97 Jan 16, 07:47 1
  - I went more sideways than anything else for the 2 or so years I didn't play. I still laugh when I see 50k shares long on certain stocks. -- nm - CQ Jan 16, 07:48
- "Consumer Sentiment in U.S. Surges to 11-Year High" -- nm - Ultron Jan 16, 07:44
- 3.65% but down a mill today. -- nm - sweet cheesarella barbacorn Jan 16, 07:43 1
  - nicety niceness. -- nm - CQ Jan 16, 07:44
- When 50 Shades decides to go STV -- nm - ty97 Jan 16, 07:41 1
  - oh my gawd - lets get North Korea on that stat - would be epic -- nm - Epiphany Jan 16, 07:48
ty, re: Target - Reagen Jan 16, 07:36 15
- if Walmart had had any major problems like Target did, an expert team would have been sent up within a month to fix things. -- nm - zork Jan 16, 07:43 1
  - and they essentially did the same thing when they took over the Woolworths/Woolco stores up here -- nm - Beaker Jan 16, 07:45
- If they didn't have the inventory in stores, that's clearly a problem - ty97 Jan 16, 07:41 6
  - I actually would say that this is now a requirement for any significant retailer. - Will Hunting Jan 16, 07:57
  - It's time to play Spot The Target Shareholder! -- nm - con_carne Jan 16, 07:53 1
    - I wish, the way they were up yesterday on this news. - ty97 Jan 16, 07:54
  - maybe not day one, but there are working models for those things in the US and it's been two years since stores started opening, plus not all 133 stor - zork Jan 16, 07:53
  - Then why should we shop there given the alternatives? - Reagen Jan 16, 07:46 1
    - I never said you should have. -- nm - ty97 Jan 16, 07:47
- "the Canadian consumer is a highly sophisticated consumer who cross-border shops" -- nm - budice Jan 16, 07:39 5
  - No one from Victoria cross-border shops at brick and mortar stores. The ferries are too expensive. - Beryllium Jan 16, 07:47 1
    - are there shopping couriers? I remember drug buses where Americans would go to Canada to get prescriptions filled -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the s5 galaxy Jan 16, 13:12
  - that was actually the biggest part of the problem. The US Targets are popular destinations for Canadians in the US. And when they open here and - Andie Jan 16, 07:41 2
    - I don't think I've shopped at a U.S. Target, and even I expected it to be better than Zellers. - Beryllium Jan 16, 07:51 1
      - this -- nm - zork Jan 16, 07:54
Schlumberger Ltd., the world's No.1 oilfield services provider, said it will cut 9,000 jobs, or about seven per cent of its workforce -- (link) - Beaker Jan 16, 07:34 3
- In merger talks with Schmendrick and Poindexter -- nm - con_carne Jan 16, 07:35 2
  - *snort!* -- nm - Diva Jan 16, 07:36 1
    - especially as its pronounced "Schlum-bur-zhay". Like Tar-zhay but more schmecky. -- nm - Diva Jan 16, 07:49
Consumer Sentiment in U.S. Surges to 11-Year High - ty97 Jan 16, 07:23 4
- aww, iPods, I remember those. -- nm - Max Jan 16, 07:29
- effin comments sections are the best -- nm - CQ Jan 16, 07:28 1
  - Comments section on finance/investing sites are on par with Youtube comments - ty97 Jan 16, 07:33
- This is why Canada chains are failing. US buyers are staying at home again! -- nm - Ultron Jan 16, 07:24
It's "right to free speech", not "right to be an asshole without being called on it". -- nm - Reagen Jan 16, 07:22 45
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- some people in recent history would have liked being called an asshole -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Jan 16, 07:24
- Pope? -- nm - Ultron Jan 16, 07:24
- I love when people evoke the Right to Free Speech to be dicks and people object. - Mel Profit Jan 16, 07:24 41
  - The issue I have with this is that by your rationale the asshole should *expect* to be punched. - TWuG Jan 16, 07:36 9
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      - would you agree that the cartonist had thought about how to bring their message over before the printed them? - DaneDukeNuuk Jan 16, 08:25 5
        
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        exactly - DaneDukeNuuk Jan 16, 08:45 3
        
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        So in your world freedom is to be considerate and not offend anyone about anything? - DaneDukeNuuk Jan 16, 09:38
        
        actually your condemming attitude is more a counding of reason than anything - DaneDukeNuuk Jan 16, 09:17
      - this is a much more articulate, less glib answer. Thank you. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 16, 07:56
    - the pope says it's normal -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Jan 16, 07:37
  - so all forms of discussion have unltimately no purpose and are fruitless? -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Jan 16, 07:27 28
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      - all forms besides fist fighting then? -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Jan 16, 07:28 26
        
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        i grat others the freedom i enjoy myself i would hope others do the same - DaneDukeNuuk Jan 16, 07:36 6
        
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        saying "yes the cartoonist had the right to draw the cartoons but perhaps they should......" - DaneDukeNuuk Jan 16, 08:02 4
        
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        i'm not making the point couse the cartoonist need special protection they were pritty clear about the danger - DaneDukeNuuk Jan 16, 08:13 2
        
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        i had that the last time i don't understand why you think principles are always about you - DaneDukeNuuk Jan 16, 08:19
        
        you did notice the portion of Mel's post where he said the puncher woudl be arrested, right? -- nm - Reagen Jan 16, 07:30 17
        
        That's not what "does stuff" means, amoxy! -- nm - con_carne Jan 16, 07:34
        
        yes and thats seems to be the only consequense he think there is - DaneDukeNuuk Jan 16, 07:32 15
        
        You are a walking Fallacy of the Excluded Middle. -- nm - Reagen Jan 16, 07:37 14
        
        perhaps you just need to try and put in an efford - DaneDukeNuuk Jan 16, 07:39 13
        
        Let me spell it out for you then - presenting one example of a consequence does not exclude the existence of other consequences. - Reagen Jan 16, 07:44 12
        
        and stop putting words in my mouth please: - DaneDukeNuuk Jan 16, 07:54 2
        
        Have you met humans? - Reagen Jan 16, 07:57 1
        
        i had an interesting talk with a sri lankan catholic yesterday about his visit to sri lanka - DaneDukeNuuk Jan 16, 08:04
        
        i am not surgesting that try and keep up - DaneDukeNuuk Jan 16, 07:49 8
        
        We have explicitly said that violence is not the only consequence. *you* try to keep up. - Reagen Jan 16, 07:53 7
        
        so in your world askin is agreeing? - DaneDukeNuuk Jan 16, 07:55 6
        
        I have zero notion of what this sentence is supposed to mean. Can you rephrase? -- nm - Reagen Jan 16, 07:58 3
        
        i made a question i did not make a conclution - DaneDukeNuuk Jan 16, 08:02 2
        
        again, I am entirely baffled as to your meaning. - Reagen Jan 16, 08:05 1
        
        then why do not ask for clarifications BEFORE you draw your conclutions i ask? -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Jan 16, 08:06
        
        Girls! You're *both* pretty -- nm - zork Jan 16, 07:55 1
        
        *punches you in the face* -- nm - ty97 Jan 16, 07:56
  - invoke. - Mel Profit Jan 16, 07:24 1
    - re your IM - laughing -- nm - Diva Jan 16, 07:36
*staggers in...dazed...wobbly...clearly having had "things done to him"...smiles and staggers out* - Nekkid Crazy Birthday Mel Jan 16, 07:17 3
- Happy bday :) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 16, 07:21
- What the, I missed the surprise party!?! - Ultron Jan 16, 07:18 1
  - you can still get nakked -- nm - Epiphany Jan 16, 07:21
Werewolf? - prayformojo Jan 16, 07:11 7
- of London? -- nm - groiny Jan 16, 07:16 6
  - but is he an American? -- nm - Beaker Jan 16, 07:16 5
    - a real American. - groiny Jan 16, 07:20 4
      - Rush Limbaugh! -- nm - Ultron Jan 16, 07:20 3
        
        I saw him drinking a Pina Colada at Trader Vics. -- nm - volnelk Jan 16, 07:28 2
        
        his hair was perfect? -- nm - groiny Jan 16, 07:29 1
        
        wait, Rush was at Trader Vics w/ perfect hair? . . . - call me Ishmael Jan 16, 07:46
Xur you hollow faced bastard! - groiny Jan 16, 07:11
ST Gut Check Time (current price details inside): American Sniper, Wedding Ringer, Paddington, Black Hat, Foxcatcher, Inherent Vice - ty97 Jan 16, 07:10 12
- there's so *many*! that's bad for previous releases. -- nm - sweet cheesarella barbacorn Jan 16, 07:32 2
  - I'm actually *very* curious to see how Selma performs this weekend. - ty97 Jan 16, 07:37 1
    - racist snubber -- nm - charie si Jan 16, 07:41
- long, long, not playing, not playing, long, not playing -- nm - CQ Jan 16, 07:30
- Wedding Ringer is the biggest gainer of the bunch I think - Long -- nm - Beaker Jan 16, 07:16 1
  - If there was no Sniper, I'd be extra long on Ringer. I think there is some competition between the two films though - ty97 Jan 16, 07:17
- AMSNP long, WEDRN long, PADTN short, Cyber short, pass on the limited seating ones -- nm - Epiphany Jan 16, 07:14 4
  - Foxcatcher is mathematically almost a gimme at this point. - ty97 Jan 16, 07:16 3
    - I'm going to take your word for it and buy in ( long) -- nm - Epiphany Jan 16, 07:16 2
      - And then I'm going to kill you if I lose money -- nm - Pippy si Jan 16, 07:17 1
        
        I need my FAKE MONEY!! - Epiphany Jan 16, 07:22
- AMSNP long*, WEDRN TBD**, PADTN long, Cyber Short***, Foxcathcer Long, Vice Short - ty97 Jan 16, 07:14
Your hotties of the week -- (link) - amoxy Jan 16, 07:09 [Image] 3
- 1, 2, 4, 3 -- nm - Ender Jan 16, 07:49
- e) all of the above -- nm - Ultron Jan 16, 07:18
- hard to tell for sure, but #1 or #4 -- nm - groiny Jan 16, 07:12
~if you like piña coladas/and getting caught in the rain ~ -- nm - Reagen Jan 16, 07:06 1
- *Marge Grumble* -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 16, 07:18
Did we know that Danica McKellar turned 40 a couple of weeks ago? -- nm - amoxy Jan 16, 07:04 2
- She's one of those people I always know is roughly my age... went to college with her - con_carne Jan 16, 07:09
- January 3, 1975 + 40 = January 3, 2015! That's math! -- nm - Max Jan 16, 07:05
forekast : an online calendar that tracks all the great events that stream online and air on TV -- (link) - decline Jan 16, 07:02 5
- maxbraden: an online calendar that just tracks scripted and reality tv on major tv channels. Plus dvds and movies! -- (link) - Max Jan 16, 07:04 4
  - Nice! -- nm - Krusty Jan 16, 07:36
  - you need to tell Lifehacker! You'll be famous!! -- nm - decline Jan 16, 07:08
  - maxkast! -- nm - prayformojo Jan 16, 07:07 1
    - I need to brand myself with a logo. Maybe a pic of me rolling a couple remotes like they're dice. -- nm - Max Jan 16, 07:08
Jan 16: 27 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire. -- nm - Beaker Jan 16, 07:00 8
- As it should be. This was a good day for civilization. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 16, 07:06 2
  - there's my proud little Roman... -- nm - Diva Jan 16, 07:21 1
    - Someone is looking for a Triumph. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 16, 07:26
- "*Phew* I can finally shake off those nicknames!" -- nm - Max Jan 16, 07:02
- 1909 – Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole. -- nm - Beaker Jan 16, 07:00 3
  - 1919 - The United States ratifies the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, authorizing Prohibition in the United States one year - Beaker Jan 16, 07:01 2
    - 1920 – The League of Nations holds its first council meeting in Paris, France. -- nm - Beaker Jan 16, 07:01 1
      - 2003 – The Space Shuttle Columbia takes off for mission STS-107 which would be its final one. - Beaker Jan 16, 07:02
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- and yet before you knew who he was weren't you doing the same thing? -- nm - decline Jan 16, 06:58 6
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    - Uhm, you seemed rather smitten with him. -- nm - Ultron Jan 16, 07:28 4
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        Just saying, everyone acts differently on their feelings but maybe he is the type that causes them in a lot of people? - Ultron Jan 16, 07:34 1
        
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      - Smitten is passive, fawning is active and is not Jack's style IME -- nm - ty97 Jan 16, 07:29
- Join in with "You can do it! Push! Push! Push!" -- nm - Max Jan 16, 06:55 6
  - "I'm pushing. I'm pushing it real good." -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 16, 07:25 1
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    - You know what they say: To the spotter goes the spoils -- nm - Max Jan 16, 07:00
    - Use that line when he's on the rowing machine. -- nm - Roger More Jan 16, 06:59 1
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For the first time in at least 50 years, a majority of U.S. public school students come from low-income families -- (link) - ty97 Jan 16, 06:54
Blatant report: Destiny PSA: Xur is selling Icebreaker. I emm effing repeat. Xur is selling Icebreaker. -- nm - Shaun Jan 16, 06:53 2
- Gum or candy? -- nm - Polar Baron Jan 16, 06:54 1
  - I like the peppermint gum (spearamint is icky) -- nm - decline Jan 16, 06:59
Then: "where are you going?" "Out" "When will you be back?" "Later" "OK, don't burn anything down" -- nm - Beaker Jan 16, 06:52 2
- Ahhh I remember those days. -- nm - Shaun Jan 16, 06:54
- Now: "where are you going" "on the front lawn" "give me a second so I can watch you out the window the entire time" -- nm - Beaker Jan 16, 06:53

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