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WaPo's rundown of the GOP turning against Palin is delightfully devastating. -- (link) - Mop Jan 28, 21:23 4
- "...Yes, conservatives still empathize with her over the beating she took from the media in 2008,” - Mel Profit Jan 29, 04:01
- They still can't admit she was exactly the same from day one. -- nm - GregW Jan 28, 21:54
- “GOP leaders, by the way, you know, ‘The Man,’ can only ride ya when your back is bent. So strengthen it. Then The Man can’t ride ya.” -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 28, 21:42 1
  - The last paragraph is a suitable epitath for her political/public career - zeitgeist Jan 28, 21:52
"Amazingly, the Hawks have already matched their win total for all of last season, when they slipped into the playoffs as the No. 8 seed" - David Jan 28, 20:32
The Onion wins again. -- (link) - Tim Jan 28, 20:23 9
- I hope Disney goes on the fucking war path over this. - Beryllium Jan 28, 20:52 5
  - LA Times columnist: Should non-immunizing parents be sued for negligence? (Short answer: Yes) -- (link) - Mop Jan 28, 21:00 4
    - I wonder if any of the anti-vaxers are going to try and sue Disney. -- nm - tobor.2 Jan 28, 21:02 3
      - For what? -- nm - Mop Jan 28, 21:05 2
        
        Asking them to not come to the park. - tobor.2 Jan 28, 21:16 1
        
        Oh. I guess they might. They're the type. I welcome it. The pitchfork brigade will welcome them at the courthouse. -- nm - Mop Jan 28, 21:23
- hmmm... this Warren Buffett bit seems poorly researched. -- (link) - mafic Jan 28, 20:44
- *grumble* -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 20:36
- January 18 is the best. -- nm - David Jan 28, 20:25
The Americans FTW... - budice Jan 28, 20:07
Nobel winner Charles Townes, 99, has died -- (link) - Peglegpete Jan 28, 20:03 1
- Finally, got one. -- nm - Auric Goldfinger Jan 28, 20:05
Taylor Swift trademarks "This Sick Beat" -- (link) - amoxy Jan 28, 19:39 5
- Someone should sue her for using the phase "Can't stop, won't stop." -- nm - Qale Jan 28, 23:07
- i want to shake her off, but damnit, i just can't quit Taylor -- nm - call me Ishmael Jan 28, 20:12
- And "Party like it's 1989." I'm waiting for the Prince/Swift throwdown on that one. -- nm - tobor.2 Jan 28, 20:12
- Judges are the GOP demons. I'm more concerned with slapping Patent and Trademark Office employees across the street. -- nm - Max Jan 28, 19:42
- heh. That is the only part of that song that sticks with me. -- nm - Ultron Jan 28, 19:41
Crota can be beaten on Hard in less than a minute. -- (link) - David Jan 28, 19:14 [youtube] 3
- *regrets ordering the game now* -- nm - Ultron Jan 28, 19:32
- I look forward to March, when I can play Destiny again. stupid family visitors, taking up my ps3 room. -- nm - mafic Jan 28, 19:31
- the hell? -- nm - Remlik Jan 28, 19:28
The Americans (spoiler) - amoxy Jan 28, 19:07 7
- oooh, someone has a crush -- nm - Max Jan 28, 19:44 3
  - She looks a lot hotter than she did in Felicity -- nm - amoxy Jan 28, 19:45 2
    - I wasn't referring to her. -- nm - Max Jan 28, 19:46 1
      - Well, she was no Margo Martindale -- nm - amoxy Jan 28, 19:53
- (spoils) - budice Jan 28, 19:40 2
  - Heh. I wonder (spoilers) - amoxy Jan 28, 19:44 1
    - that answers that question -- nm - amoxy Jan 28, 19:50
WSJ Chart: 15-year history of Superbowl Ad Spending - sorted by Industry Group -- (link) - budice Jan 28, 19:05 2
- Tangent: Rob Lowe was an extra in the first SB Coke commercial when he was 13. Now he will be doing another SB commercial. -- nm - Ultron Jan 28, 19:11 1
  - Hi, and I'm 'sex offender' Rob Lowe -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 28, 19:33
UConn Women's Basketball: 19-1...Average Winning Margin: 40.7 -- (link) - budice Jan 28, 18:44 3
- They lost a game? Already a failure. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 28, 18:53 2
  - Effin' b!tches. -- nm - Ultron Jan 28, 18:53 1
    - Sadly, there are five unbeaten seasons in UConn in the last twenty. Lost a game is a failure. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 28, 19:19
Wade Phillips DC in Denver -- nm - budice Jan 28, 18:37
Supergirl Casting: Mechad Brooks (Neccessary Roughness, True Blood) cast as Jimmy Olsen a love interest for Kara.... -- (link) - Remlik Jan 28, 18:31 3
- Eggs was one of the worst parts of True Blood. (Of which there were many.) -- nm - Qale Jan 28, 23:08
- But... he's b... b... b... bald! -- nm - Mop Jan 28, 19:02 1
  - He goes from being a redhead to being bald. - Ultron Jan 28, 19:04
Duke sucks! -- nm - Scots-IrishStephen Jan 28, 18:27 1
- Let's Go Ce-na ! -- nm - call me Ishmael Jan 28, 18:37
New show for Nick Zano! -- nm - Dano Jan 28, 18:24 6
- Great ne....never mind, Cuthbert kills everything she touches. - ty97 Jan 28, 18:28 5
  - I suppose you also blame her for her husband being on the DL right now :))) -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 28, 19:12 2
    - I will never understand why he gets paid so much. he's worth maybe half. -- nm - mafic Jan 28, 19:32 1
      - they've won 1 game this month. Leafs lost tonight. -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 28, 21:26
  - You shut your w***e mouth right now! -- nm - prayformojo Jan 28, 18:33 1
    - It's not a personal judgment, just an observation! -- nm - ty97 Jan 28, 18:34
Ok. That's definitely in the better lucky than good column (ND-Duke) -- nm - JD Jan 28, 18:22 6
- I'm beginning to disagree with this eval of ND hoops this year -- nm - rollo Jan 28, 19:20 5
  - I really wanted Coach K to become Coach 1K against ND. -- nm - Ultron Jan 28, 19:23 4
    - After tonight he still has 1000 wins! -- nm - rollo Jan 28, 19:24 3
      - Isn't he already at 1,001? -- nm - Ultron Jan 28, 19:33 2
        
        No, he got 1000 on Sunday against St. Johns -- nm - rollo Jan 28, 19:44 1
        
        Ah, I thought he beat ND. Missed Mike Golic talking about it so assumed ND lost. -- nm - Ultron Jan 28, 20:49
I am in the 1% in exactly zero states. -- (link) - ty97 Jan 28, 18:17 16
- ty97, master mapper in the *house*!!! -- nm - homeslice amanda Jan 28, 19:01
- me three -- nm - Karl_S Jan 28, 18:54
- Fuck all. But this is America, where everyone has a chance to hit that 1%! - Mop Jan 28, 18:41 1
  - Well if everyone is in the 1% then we have a math problem. -- nm - ty97 Jan 28, 18:43
- I make that much money, the first thing I do is move the hell out of New Jersey. -- nm - Ultron Jan 28, 18:39 1
  - There are nice parts of Jersey - ty97 Jan 28, 18:39
- that oxfam graph in the article bothers me. it highlights inequality, but it's easily assailable. - mafic Jan 28, 18:30 2
  - I see much of your point, but on the last part - ty97 Jan 28, 18:31 1
    - in a way. you might have a low net worth, but it's not like you're a subsistence farmer in central Asia. - mafic Jan 28, 18:37
- Why so many rich people in North Dakota of all places? -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 28, 18:28 5
  - you can fly your jets and drive tanks around your estate as big as some counties, besides ted turner already bought most of montana already -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 28, 20:31
  - Because there's only like 100 people that live there, and one of them makes a buch of money. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 28, 18:35
  - Oil. (give it a year) -- nm - ty97 Jan 28, 18:30 2
    - tonight in jz's kitchen, we talked about what williston will look like in 18 months. - homeslice amanda Jan 28, 19:07 1
      - locust st. seems appropriate somehow. -- nm - mafic Jan 28, 19:41
- me too! -- nm - Beryllium Jan 28, 18:18
Rockin the nightfall -- nm - Truman Jan 28, 18:13 1
- Let's do Weekly. It will take 10 minutes. -- nm - David Jan 28, 18:52
Joel Grey is gay?! -- (link) - nubby Jan 28, 18:12 3
- I heard a blip about that this morning. he said he is, if he has to identify - looks like it was a "people" interview. -- (link) - b. Jan 28, 18:26
- He doesn't like labels, so let's call it 50 shades of gay. -- nm - Max Jan 28, 18:24 1
  - *polite clap* -- nm - Mop Jan 28, 18:31
Character on Magic card in newest set revealed as transgendered. -- (link) - Tim Jan 28, 17:57 3
- so, M:TG stands for Magic: Trans-Gender . . . ? -- nm - call me Ishmael Jan 28, 18:25 2
  - would this necessarily make the card particularly collectible or otherwise valuable? . .. - call me Ishmael Jan 28, 18:28 1
    - No, it's just something interesting that made a lot of people (at least on my Twitter) very happy. -- nm - Tim Jan 28, 19:24
Decline, darling. My new passport came today. What have *you* done? -- nm - Amanda Jan 28, 17:49 4
- yes mom. getting pic this weeend and sending :) -- nm - decline Jan 28, 21:30
- got new tires and a 100k tune up/timing belt -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 28, 18:51 2
  - if dude doesn't want to honeymoon with andrea in niagara falls, that's his biz. he asked me to bug him, I am. - homeslice amanda Jan 28, 19:15 1
    - I once got a tune up at Niagara Falls. - Ultron Jan 28, 21:07
Next two Dresden Files novel titles (books 16 and 17) - spoilers - Beaker Jan 28, 17:47 4
- Amazon had #1 for $1.99 recently so I nabbed it for my Kindle. So I'll hve to give it a shot soon. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 28, 18:01 1
  - first two are a little rough, but 3 kicks it up and 4 is my fave of the series -- nm - Beaker Jan 28, 18:04
- I need to buy #15 and get current....I have time don't I? Thoughts to date - Will Hunting Jan 28, 17:59 1
  - 16 not likely till October 2015 I figure -- nm - Beaker Jan 28, 18:00
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- Meredith frost? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 28, 18:35 1
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- so impactful (in more ways than one). -- nm - b. Jan 28, 18:03
- I didn't post this. -- nm - droidlet Jan 28, 17:51
Well this is confusifying. (re: my W-2) - ty97 Jan 28, 17:44 10
- Cafeteria plan? -- nm - droidlet Jan 28, 17:50 7
  - Not that I'm aware of? - ty97 Jan 28, 17:54 6
    - Wait, wait. Are medical premiums deducted from gross pay? - ty97 Jan 28, 18:01 5
      - That matched the difference numerically, but doesn't make sense. - ty97 Jan 28, 18:08 4
        
        Yes, untaxed medical premiums had to be disclosed on the w2 but I thought that was last year. -- nm - droidlet Jan 28, 18:30 2
        
        Well there are two things going on. - ty97 Jan 28, 18:38 1
        
        your health insurance premiums come out of your paycheck pre-tax, right? - znufrii Jan 28, 18:40
        
        I don't think that's anything new. -- nm - znufrii Jan 28, 18:10
- hmm, nothing else in box 13 (i think, same area as the 401k) -- nm - Truman Jan 28, 17:46 1
  - Nope, jet Ret Plan checked -- nm - ty97 Jan 28, 17:50
hmm. do i want to move from uverse dsl to timewarner cable ? 16mbs to 50mbs connection and $10 less a month. -- nm - Truman Jan 28, 17:40 1
- We jumped to Charter and haven't looked back. -- nm - droidlet Jan 28, 17:50
Driver crashed his new $400,000 Lamborghini Murcielago into a telephone pole...... -- (link) - Meg Jan 28, 17:35 13
- early days of silicon valley, some guy took his company public, bought a ferrari cash, drove down the street, lets see this baby turn a corner - zeitgeist Jan 28, 18:50 2
  - not quite the early days of silicon valley, it was the early 80s. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 28, 20:10 1
    - (I should say that's when the term started being used more, though.) -- nm - b. Jan 28, 20:12
- I don't feel bad for him. -- nm - mafic Jan 28, 17:47 5
  - why? -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 28, 17:53 4
    - because I'm heartless (and if you can afford a $400k car, you afford to get it fixed, and nobody was hurt). -- nm - mafic Jan 28, 17:58 3
      - well, there is a little piece of thousands of car enthusiasts that died when he trashed the car :((( -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 28, 18:31 2
        
        Its dinged up. It'll be fine. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 28, 18:40 1
        
        His old man is a television repairman, he's got this ultimate set of tools. He can fix it. -- nm - Ultron Jan 28, 19:12
- ouch. I saw one of those earlier this week on my way to work. -- nm - b. Jan 28, 17:40 3
  - (and also, :( - for the top headline on the right. no way am I clicking.) -- nm - b. Jan 28, 17:42 2
    - Christmas tree fire? -- nm - Ultron Jan 28, 18:52 1
      - no. it was.. (v. disturbing info. inside related to a child.) - b. Jan 28, 20:05
sitwap. proposed FCC rules would classify broadband as 25mbs down, 3mbs up. - Truman Jan 28, 17:35 1
- That speed would be great and much better than my 8/1 which is classed as broadband here -- nm - Karl_S Jan 28, 18:49
LIR: GWDTT sequel: wonder how they got it worked out between the estranged father/next of kin and the girlfriend who had the draft on a laptop -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 28, 17:32 1
- Lets split ALL THE MONEY!!!!! - Will Hunting Jan 28, 17:36
i want to rock and roll all night -- nm - Truman Jan 28, 17:32
Report: All 3 white Ghostbusters actresses think they are playing "the Bill Murray part". Leslie Jones resigned to "the Ernie Hudson part". -- nm - rollo Jan 28, 17:30 2
- But seriously: Wiig is Egon, McCarthy is Bill Murray, and McKinnon is Ray. -- nm - nubby Jan 28, 17:35 1
  - It's going to be an interesting dynamic - Will Hunting Jan 28, 17:39
Bob keeps trying to hump Jinx -- nm - Dano Jan 28, 17:21 3
- He's just trying to jump over Jinx. Come on, Bob, you can do it! -- nm - Max Jan 28, 18:23
- I sometimes wonder about the interaction between my two. -- nm - Meg Jan 28, 17:29
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spoilers - ty97 Jan 28, 16:59 8
- is Joel Schumacher gay? -- nm - Diva Jan 28, 19:55
- Bwhatever - Kal Penn and Roland Emmerich -- nm - Roger More Jan 28, 17:27 3
  - Alexandra Billings. -- nm - tobor.2 Jan 28, 20:09
  - I thought BBs said Kal was not out - ty97 Jan 28, 17:35 1
    - Every time I think I'm out, they pull me back in! -- nm - Kal Penn si Jan 28, 17:39
- But what about the 1099s ? -- nm - Meg Jan 28, 17:03 2
  - ummm, I have two of them? - ty97 Jan 28, 17:10 1
    - Yup, that's about where I'm at. -- nm - Meg Jan 28, 17:19
this is a really, really nice love song. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 28, 16:59 [youtube]

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