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Norway the 1st country to switch off the FM signal.... -- (link) - Remlik Apr 20, 13:10 2
- This sounds like every jive ass format change stunt - professor smartbrain Apr 20, 13:12 1
  - I think it's like when broadcast tv changed to a digital format, you can have a half dozen digital radio cans in one analog space -- nm - z babbling galaxy Apr 20, 13:29
all the ladies get verklempt around Bruce....even Lois....especially Lois.... -- (link) - Remlik Apr 20, 13:09 [youtube]
This is infuriating. Innocent behind bars and the gears of bureaucracy are preventing getting him released -- (link) - TWuG Apr 20, 13:09 3
- The most shocking thing about that story to me was that he's a white guy. -- nm - pmb Apr 20, 13:15
- that's.....goddamn -- nm - prayformojo Apr 20, 13:15
- twenty. nine. years. -- nm - Andie Apr 20, 13:10
"Hey Maverick...you got that number to the truck driving school?" -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 20, 13:07 1
- Nachez to New Orleans, living off jacks & queens. Maverick is a legend of the west. -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 20, 13:08
Job titles that make no sense to anyone but the person holding it: "Partnership Animator"...... - Walt_Disney Apr 20, 12:53 2
- "Choreoanimator" -- nm - prayformojo Apr 20, 12:57 1
  - You dated a porn star but didn't sleep with her? What a goober. -- nm - David Apr 20, 12:58
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- ALL THE QBS! -- nm - Dano Apr 20, 12:57
- So, lets rank the FIVE Philly QBs. - Ultron Apr 20, 12:53 10
  - [runs into another butt] -- nm - sanchez Apr 20, 12:56
  - lets not and pretend this isn't happening -- nm - decline Apr 20, 12:56 4
    - heheheehehhahahah. The Eagles signed Tebow. Nothing more than a coach thinking he can do what no one else could. ego -- nm - CQ Apr 20, 13:12
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      - all I can say is we better have one hell of a running game this year -- nm - decline Apr 20, 13:00 1
        
        Leading Rusher: Tim Tebow! -- nm - Dano Apr 20, 13:04
  - I think Tebow has more playoff wins than Bradford. -- nm - David Apr 20, 12:54 3
    - Given the injuries and the suckage, he might have more wins period than Bradford. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 20, 12:56
    - See, QB controversy! -- nm - Ultron Apr 20, 12:55 1
      - "God intended Tebow to be Sanchez's backup" -- nm - budice Apr 20, 12:58
Is anyone here still watching The Last Man on Earth? Is it worth the time investment? -- nm - David Apr 20, 12:51 4
- It really isn't. It had a great first half hour, and then tried to outdo itself in terms of annoyingness since then -- nm - prayformojo Apr 20, 13:10
- No - but I've actually not heard anything bad about it. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 20, 13:05 1
  - (So the answer to the second question may well be yes) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 20, 13:05
- hell yes. -- nm - mud Apr 20, 12:52
The Cardinals have now beaten the Reds in 21 of 23 series since Busch Stadium III opened in 2006. - spamlet Apr 20, 12:36 5
- Suck on that, Brandon Phillips! -- nm - David Apr 20, 12:46 3
  - He still gets booed every time he comes to bat. -- nm - spamlet Apr 20, 12:47
  - YEAH! - Kim Pine Apr 20, 12:47 1
    - I like when my blatant pandering succeeds. -- nm - David Apr 20, 12:50
- what is their lifetime record against eachother? -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 20, 12:46
just checking. chicagostravaganza is aug 7-9, right? -- nm - Truman Apr 20, 12:30 2
- yes!! -- nm - Epiphany Apr 20, 12:51
- yes -- nm - JaxSean Apr 20, 12:49
Happy Rodonmas! -- (link) - spamlet Apr 20, 12:29 [Image] 2
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  - "It's an 85." "The scale doesn't go that high" "It does now" -- nm - spamlet Apr 20, 12:55
Not exactly a surprise, but the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Photography Staff won the Pulitzer for Breaking News Photography -- (link) - ty97 Apr 20, 12:22 1
- Fuller description of various Pulitzer winners including the 'top' news prize going to Charleston, SC paper -- (link) - ty97 Apr 20, 12:24
Jurrasic World speculative (not sure if it's spoilery) question based on the trailer and known info on the movie thusfar . . . - call me Ishmael Apr 20, 12:18 9
- well, there is a scene of a raptor attacking a human in the video...... -- nm - Gjallargroin Apr 20, 12:55
- that has already been discussed and confirmed. spoil - Ultron Apr 20, 12:20 7
  - okay, i guess i missed that somewhere. I guess that makes it a little more interesting. - call me Ishmael Apr 20, 12:23 6
    - I need to put the movies into the calendar. If there is a huge movie the week before and the week after, I might consider waiting until video. - Ultron Apr 20, 12:34 5
      - whoa! what? - mud Apr 20, 12:42 4
        
        Ah, with that schedule I will go for sure. -- nm - Ultron Apr 20, 12:46 3
        
        SFEK - Ultron Apr 20, 12:47 2
        
        you're right but c'mon ...rrowr! -- nm - mud Apr 20, 12:50 1
        
        :: does the T-rex roar at the end of Jurassic 1 :: - call me Ishmael Apr 20, 12:53
So, Avengers earned over $200 million on opening weekend. What do you expect from Batman vs. Superman? - David Apr 20, 12:12 72 1
- for posterity I'll say $185m -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 20, 13:08
- $1, Bob. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 20, 12:50
- 135mil. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 20, 12:49
- $207.5 million -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 20, 12:38 16
  - as of right now, there is no way that movie opens to 200 million. nm -- nm - Gjallargroin Apr 20, 13:00 15
    - I consider $165 million its worst case result. -- nm - David Apr 20, 13:07 1
      - I see a new Batman that many are not thrilled about, and a WTF teaser as of now. - Gjallargroin Apr 20, 13:09
    - 200+ easy -- nm - Remlik Apr 20, 13:03 12
      - As long as the trailers are good, agreed. -- nm - Ultron Apr 20, 13:05
      - maybe by the time it comes out, I will change my mind, but as of now, it looks like cheese. nm -- nm - Gjallargroin Apr 20, 13:04 10
        
        it's a teaser with exactly about 25 seconds of actual movie footage. -- nm - Remlik Apr 20, 13:05 9
        
        Yeah, you can not judge it by the teaser. Unless it is Guardians of the Galaxy, and then you now it is gold. -- nm - Ultron Apr 20, 13:06 7
        
        people I know who are not really into movies, are making fun of the trailer. - Gjallargroin Apr 20, 13:08 6
        
        I would not be surprised if that line is not even in the movie. - Ultron Apr 20, 13:14
        
        Yeah, remember the GotG teaser? Even people here mocked it. -- nm - Ultron Apr 20, 13:13 1
        
        for sure, and that looked like an Oscar worthy teaser compared to this one. nm -- nm - Gjallargroin Apr 20, 13:14
        
        If HSX has taught you anything it should be that you and those around you aren't enough of a sample size. - Mel Profit Apr 20, 13:11 1
        
        no, this is true, but I also know we tend to view things different than most. - Gjallargroin Apr 20, 13:13
        
        "Nobody Makes Me Bleed My Own Blood ..." -- nm - Wite Apr 20, 13:10
        
        and those 25 seconds are pure cheddar. nm -- nm - Gjallargroin Apr 20, 13:06
- Why would they make Batman fight Superman? That's depressing. 135. -- nm - Loyola Apr 20, 12:27 37
  - I agree with Guigue. Superman is a God amongst us mortals. And he is fighting a guy who is afraid of bats - amoxy Apr 20, 12:36 21
    - Batman will probably cheat and use kryptonite? -- nm - Loyola Apr 20, 12:45 14
      - When MoS was released, Snyder commented that Kryptonite does not exist. - Ultron Apr 20, 12:51 3
        
        B2 superman MoS spoils question; - Loyola Apr 20, 12:58 2
        
        Spoils - TWuG Apr 20, 13:03
        
        spoil - Ultron Apr 20, 13:02
      - It's not cheating to use the only weakness the God was given. - Will Hunting Apr 20, 12:48 9
        
        On its face it seems like this movie should be a lot like Bambi vs. Godzilla. -- nm - pmb Apr 20, 12:59 3
        
        Until you think of it as their brains. Then it is Einstein vs Yahoo Serious. - Ultron Apr 20, 13:00 2
        
        or, some rich 1% with lots of fancy expensive toys vs. a down-home country farmerboy -- nm - decline Apr 20, 13:03 1
        
        "World's Greatest Detective" versus "Big Blue Boy Scout" is how it should be, but it's more like Spawn says in the - TWuG Apr 20, 13:04
        
        Superman's not a god if he has a weakness. But batman is toast unless he breaks out the kryptonite. -- nm - Loyola Apr 20, 12:55 2
        
        Well, he's as close to god in comics as exists. I'm pretty sure they had to invent Kryptonite to make him actually vulnerable. - Will Hunting Apr 20, 12:57 1
        
        He also can not handle magic, but that is not in the movie universe, yet. -- nm - Ultron Apr 20, 13:03
        
        yep it's not cheating to use silver bullets -- nm - z babbling galaxy Apr 20, 12:52
        
        You're cheating by using Loyola's only weakness. -- nm - Roger More Apr 20, 12:52
    - Uhm... you clearly do not know much about Batman. -- nm - Ultron Apr 20, 12:38 1
      - Well, we sat next to each other in Social Studies 10th grade! -- nm - amoxy Apr 20, 12:44
    - "Afraid of"? No. He was inspired by bats. -- nm - TWuG Apr 20, 12:37 3
      - He fears nothing. - Beryllium Apr 20, 12:39 2
        
        You mean the guy with bat radar? -- nm - Ultron Apr 20, 12:40 1
        
        "Bats aren't blind." -- nm - Beryllium Apr 20, 12:40
  - "That's depressing" So you've seen the trailer? :-) - TWuG Apr 20, 12:35 7
    - But its "set" more in reality - eag Apr 20, 12:47 5
      - No, it isn't "more realistic" than the MCU, it's just "darker" because Snyder is one dimensional and thinks "dark" = "serious" - TWuG Apr 20, 12:57 4
        
        I will say this, hopefully they have a course set for Superman where he finds his way into the light. - Ultron Apr 20, 13:08
        
        A better example is the Daredevil series - eag Apr 20, 13:05 2
        
        Haven't watched it yet. But plan to. -- nm - TWuG Apr 20, 13:06 1
        
        Well without going into spoilers - eag Apr 20, 13:10
    - Just now. Very like Batman 3. -- nm - Loyola Apr 20, 12:43
  - See B2. -- nm - Ultron Apr 20, 12:32 6
    - Ah, thanks. -- nm - Loyola Apr 20, 12:42 5
      - I get what you are saying, though. The other explanation? - Ultron Apr 20, 12:46 4
        
        I think they should fight over a girl, like Batman steals Superman's girl, and Superman goes beserk. - Loyola Apr 20, 12:51 3
        
        More like, Bruce Wayne steals her. So Clark goes Superman on him only to run into Batman, who kicks his ass. And then Bruce dumps Lois and move on. -- nm - Ultron Apr 20, 12:54 2
        
        That would work. That trailer needs a Lois. -- nm - Loyola Apr 20, 13:00
        
        What if the plot of the movie is basically Mr and Mrs. Smith? - oblique Apr 20, 12:56
- 100-125 -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 20, 12:23 1
  - Think less Superman, more Batman. -- nm - Ultron Apr 20, 12:39
- MoS opened at $116 million, so I'll go ahead and say Batman adds about $80 million to that. So about $200 million opening. -- nm - TWuG Apr 20, 12:18 3
  - I'm seeing more like Blart 2 numbers -- nm - decline Apr 20, 12:21 1
    - I will bet you my house, then. -- nm - Ultron Apr 20, 12:22
  - Yeah, it is already at 200 mil for me. The first trailer will add to, or possibly take some away. -- nm - Ultron Apr 20, 12:20
- 150 -- nm - eag Apr 20, 12:17 2
  - this works for me too -- nm - Beaker Apr 20, 12:27 1
    - If it comes within 50 mil of Cap 3 opening week i would be suprised -- nm - eag Apr 20, 12:31
- 85 million -- nm - amoxy Apr 20, 12:16 3
  - Just to be clear, that's barely half of The Dark Knight Rises. It's also $40 million less than Man of Steel. -- nm - David Apr 20, 12:19 2
    - I am letting my personal opinions about the movie cloud my judgement -- nm - amoxy Apr 20, 12:30 1
      - Heh, I appreciate your honesty. -- nm - David Apr 20, 12:33
- I need to see the first real trailer before making an estimate. -- nm - Ultron Apr 20, 12:13
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- a dozen headless bodies dumped in a ditch, bodies hung from freeway overpasses entire families of police chiefs news reporte makes a more viseral imag -- nm - z babbling galaxy Apr 20, 12:48 1
  - you also have to wonder if the statistics are reflecting all the murders that happen probably many don't even get reported -- nm - z babbling galaxy Apr 20, 12:50
- Comparing just US versus Mexico, the US has a rate of 4.7/100k and Mexico has a rate of 21.5/100k -- (link) - TWuG Apr 20, 12:28 6
  - and Honduras is a very dangerous place -- nm - decline Apr 20, 12:34 2
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      - Yeah, our guy in Costa Rica wanted to take me to our Guatemalan office. I passed. - spamlet Apr 20, 12:44
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  - Looking at that map, I have decided that cold makes you not want to kill someone - Guigue Apr 20, 12:31 1
    - you can't put your finger through the trigger guard while wearing mittens -- nm - z babbling galaxy Apr 20, 12:44
- It's a bit of a strange comparison. One Mexican city and the whole country vs a bunch of US cities - Guigue Apr 20, 12:19 1
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- yeah, lets slap Juarez onto that list as a comparison -- nm - decline Apr 20, 12:18 10
  - or Chihuahua City (which I believe is worse) for that matter -- nm - decline Apr 20, 12:19 9
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      - Apparently, Acapulco is the worst! Over 100 per 100k! -- nm - Guigue Apr 20, 12:24 7
        
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        Yeah same list. If I were to travel to Brazil, I would really read about where I'm not supposed to go -- nm - Guigue Apr 20, 12:32 1
        
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        For fun, the major Canadian city with the highest rate is Regina with 3.84 -- nm - Guigue Apr 20, 12:28 2
        
        Outcasts from Winnipeg -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 20, 12:35
        
        that's one scary town! -- nm - decline Apr 20, 12:29
- what about all those students who "disappeared"? those Mexico numbers scream bullshit -- nm - Beaker Apr 20, 12:15 2
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    - which makes it worse really, when your mayor and police hand over to crime lords students merely because they were annoying -- nm - z babbling galaxy Apr 20, 13:05
- Apples and oranges. -- nm - Ultron Apr 20, 12:14 6
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    - No time to check the link but would imagine population density varies between the compared areas? -- nm - Ultron Apr 20, 12:16 3
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        So, it is comparing a city in Mexico vs a similarly populated American city? If so, that is impressive. -- nm - Ultron Apr 20, 12:22 1
        
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    - don't get scurvy? -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 20, 12:15
Darkstar crashes, pouring it's light into ashes -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 20, 12:10

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