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Even with the rational mind, seeing the Dow down 1000+ is shocking. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 24, 06:36 1
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And they're off! -- nm - znufrii Aug 24, 06:31
"S&P 500 index futures and Dow Jones futures hit circuit breaker and have been halted" - ML Aug 24, 06:28 2
- PANIC! -- nm - spamlet, Reigning Blood Feud Champion Aug 24, 06:29 1
  - It's gotten so bad, Netflix trailing P/E is down to 250. -- nm - Baron Bing Bong Aug 24, 06:34
Days like today are perfect for this Simpsons bit -- (link) - ML Aug 24, 06:24 [youtube]
okay, i've decided to try to reach SkyGreece to see if they will refund my tickets (i am guessing that (a) i can't reach them and (b) they won't.) - Andie Aug 24, 06:22
VIX at 28...chart -- (link) - budice Aug 24, 06:22
As I understand it, this is just the markets reacting to news of the impending Blood Feud draft. -- nm - ML Aug 24, 06:19 1
- "Lawdy Lawdy, Not Jordy!!!" -- nm - Janet Yellen Aug 24, 06:20
"With the improving economy, were raising rates 0.25%" -- nm - The Fed Aug 24, 06:19 2
- Wait for it... - znufrii Aug 24, 06:26
- Hooray! -- nm - All the regional banks Aug 24, 06:23
Andie, what did you do? WHAT DID YOU DO? -- (link) - Emoticripple Aug 24, 06:16
"It's a good day to be holding cash" -- nm - Overheard in the office Aug 24, 06:11
Reminder: The stock market does not equal the economy. -- nm - ty97 Aug 24, 06:03 8
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- Im fine Im fine, crap I better sell -- nm - budice Aug 24, 06:18
- *gasp* -- nm - Strongbad Aug 24, 06:17
- Your post has managed to undo decades of implied behavior...thank you sir. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 24, 06:08 1
  - Since I'm on a roll: Stop following the DOW and use the S&P 500 instead! -- nm - ty97 Aug 24, 06:13
- The headlines at USA Today and the like tomorrow will be glorious. -- nm - Baron Bing Bong Aug 24, 06:08
- DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM -- nm - ML Aug 24, 06:08
- PANIC! -- nm - iSpam Aug 24, 06:07
NASDAQ futures trading halted after 5% drop -- (link) - znufrii Aug 24, 06:01
so i left an unopened container of the Oreo Brownie batter cookies in the breakroom this morning. I wonder when the bag will be empty by? - Truman Aug 24, 05:51
Dow Futures -600 (pic) -- (link) - budice Aug 24, 05:09 [Image]
gonna be a fun day on Wall Street! -- nm - ML Aug 24, 04:41
Damn. Vampirate (BaronWasteland) had Benjamin & Jordy Nelson lined up as his WR keepers this year. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 24, 04:17 4
- I will join Boodechay curled up in the corner telling tales of what might have been. - Baron Bing Bong Aug 24, 05:50 3
  - TY Hilton is available, if you're interested. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 24, 06:18 2
    - It's a helluva good hotel. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 24, 06:18 1
      - I heard Bob Marriott is going to be the Packers 3rd WR. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 24, 06:20
Chick=fil-A lease deal at Denver airport DIA held up over same sex marriage issues -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 24, 02:54
Raw potential spoiler.... - Remlik Aug 23, 21:37 1
- Thanks. I can't count the number of times in my life I've had my raw potential spoiled -- nm - con_carne Aug 23, 23:31
Ok, that was my first WWE PPV in a while, not bad, but not great. And it was nice that we only had a few brief buffering issues with it on the network - IrishStephen Aug 23, 20:50 7
- I had periodic stutters when I used the 360 but last night and tonight the XBone was flawless. -- nm - Tim Aug 23, 20:57 1
  - We had buffering issues four times tonight on the One. - David Aug 23, 20:59
- Stewart did what's best for business! -- nm - Remlik Aug 23, 20:52 4
  - Man, if Rollins is what's best for the business, my return to WWE viewership will be short lived! -- nm - IrishStephen Aug 23, 20:59 3
    - What? He's awesome and a damn good wrestler too imo. Love him -- nm - CQ Aug 24, 04:26
    - he's really turned into a heel champ. -- nm - Remlik Aug 23, 21:11
    - He's been a great chickenshit heel champion. First title runs usually don't go this long. -- nm - Tim Aug 23, 21:03
You shall not puff -- (link) - zork Aug 23, 20:37 [Image]
Hmmm... I'm not sure I'm brave enough to try this -- (link) - Roger More Aug 23, 20:27 5
- this is the sort of thing the International Market here, will have. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 23, 20:47
- New twist on the salted caramel trend. -- nm - Meg Aug 23, 20:37
- Why does this exist? -- nm - iSpam Aug 23, 20:28 2
  - Corporate synergy gone mad? -- nm - Roger More Aug 23, 20:29 1
    - Like those right Twix bastards -- nm - zork Aug 23, 20:30
Huge breeze coming in from the coast. It's still smokey but clearing fast. -- nm - Mop Aug 23, 19:55 2
- We have a new one in the Big Bear area :( -- nm - Meg Aug 23, 19:59 1
  - 100 acres and 30% contained....so far :/ -- (link) - Meg Aug 23, 22:15
Man, the finale of The Brink was grrrrrreat -- nm* - prayformojo Aug 23, 19:54 1
- yup -- nm - Remlik Aug 23, 21:36
That was a four hour Raw. -- nm - Tim Aug 23, 19:44 8
- Vince's fingerprints were everywhere. - Imperator Aug 23, 19:47 6
  - and Triple H's are over NXT. Vince needs to go away, he's so out of touch. -- nm - Tim Aug 23, 19:53 5
    - The one thing that HHH gets that Vince never did is the importance of serial character arcs - Imperator Aug 23, 19:56 4
      - The closest they came to anything like that was last year with Daniel Bryan and it was a complete accident. -- nm - Tim Aug 23, 19:58 3
        
        They even intentionally imploded it with the Wyatt family thing. -- nm - Imperator Aug 23, 19:59 2
        
        Which Hunter got Vince off of quick. - Will Hunting Aug 23, 20:03 1
        
        He gets what works. -- nm - Tim Aug 23, 20:05
- a good Raw. but a Raw. -- nm - Remlik Aug 23, 19:44
That's not PG, Brock. -- nm - Tim Aug 23, 19:41 3
- Rubber match at WM -- nm - Remlik Aug 23, 19:41 2
  - and then Taker hangs it up, right? -- nm - Tim Aug 23, 19:42 1
    - I think so. -- nm - Remlik Aug 23, 19:44
I'm enjoying this match quite a bit -- nm - Remlik Aug 23, 19:38 2
- this is a lot better than it had any right to be. -- nm - Tim Aug 23, 19:39 1
  - This is the match that Brock became a full pro wrestler again -- nm - Remlik Aug 23, 19:41
FTWD - A - Spoilers - JenBro Aug 23, 19:32 8
- A here also -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 00:27
- I give it an A as well. I love the four main actors. And the actress who plays the daughter is fantastic on The 100 -- nm - Jovian Aug 23, 20:17
- I give it an A-. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 20:01
- Blech I give it a C- at best. I don't care about anybody (spoilers) - amoxy Aug 23, 19:36 4
  - I like how they show (spoils) - CQ Aug 23, 19:43 1
    - TBF, I don't think the difficulty is nearly as much about their "freshness", but about people not knowing to go for the head. -- nm - Ender Aug 23, 23:15
  - hrm ... spoilers - JenBro Aug 23, 19:41 1
    - agreed and no -- nm - prayformojo Aug 23, 19:43
Jury duty starting tomorrow morning. First time in my life. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 23, 19:12 14
- bring a book -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 23, 19:17 1
  - Go Set A Watchman, perhaps. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 23, 19:55
- it still amazes me how often y'all have to do jury duty. My dad had to do it once in the '80s, but he's the only Canadian I know that has. - mafic Aug 23, 19:16 8
  - of all my friends here, I can think of one who has been called. Ever. -- nm - Andie Aug 24, 04:07
  - canadians are too polite to break the law, most americans think its our constitutional right, but jury duty varies by area - zeitgeist Aug 23, 21:03
  - a few of my coworkers have been called, more than once even. The only other one I know is mrs. zork but she was excused for kidney stones. -- nm - zork Aug 23, 20:27
  - A coworker of mine has a jury duty summons for tomorrow morning -- nm - Beryllium Aug 23, 19:54
  - I was called once, but I was in Uni and it was for a different city. - Reagen Aug 23, 19:29
  - I'm 41. This is the first time I've ever had to do it. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 23, 19:25 1
    - 40YOV -- nm - budice Aug 23, 19:25
  - So much court shenanigans, dont know whats goin on most of the time -- nm - budice Aug 23, 19:18
- Not missin much homie..Sit in a room all day, hopefully have wifi -- nm - budice Aug 23, 19:14 2
  - The kicker is its the 3rd day of school. Not ideal for a teacher to not know when I'll be there for next two weeks. - Volnelk Aug 23, 19:15 1
    - Usually if you're a teacher and you want out, they'll let you. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 24, 06:23
Anakin 957th most popular boy's name last year -- (link) - Meg Aug 23, 19:09 1
- which means there's . . . what? 1 guy out there who, in about 20 years, will discover the horror of the 3 prequels and rush out to legally change his - call me Ishmael Aug 23, 20:40
That Terminator WWE 2K16 ad cracks me up, though. Dean Ambrose is perfect to be that guy. -- nm - Tim Aug 23, 19:05
dammit...chest cavity...I don't have time for the hiccups -- nm - Max Aug 23, 19:05 1
- Fine, here's Herpes. *tosses Herpes*. Now deal. -- nm - Gawd si Aug 23, 19:06
HUGE announcement: - Imperator Aug 23, 19:01 1
- ...and Gravity Falls? When will Gravity Falls be on Netflix? -- nm - Mop Aug 23, 19:39
I dont know how I started watching Bachelor in Paradise, but its spectacular.. - Jovian Aug 23, 18:55 4
- Agreed to both. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 23, 19:25
- I've only ever watched one season of The Bachelor/Bachelorette but I generally enjoy the summer spinoff show. -- nm* - Dano Aug 23, 19:24 1
  - Ive never watched any! which says everything you need to know about the gloriousness of it. -- nm - Jovian Aug 23, 19:25
- Isn't it? -- nm - znufrii Aug 23, 19:04
Not loving FTWD -- nm - amoxy Aug 23, 18:55
I hope David's happy, my nephew's night is ruined! - IrishStephen Aug 23, 18:53 12
- Never join forces with a Star Wars hater -- nm - Bacon via Google Nexus 10 Aug 23, 19:57
- Spoils question - Beryllium Aug 23, 19:53
- So was Robert Flores' kid's. -- (link) - Tim Aug 23, 18:58 8
  - John Stewart is the greatest evil of our times! - IrishStephen Aug 23, 19:01 7
    - That's what David's nephew is saying! -- nm - Kim Pine Aug 23, 19:07 6
      - God bless David's nephew -- nm - budice Aug 23, 19:08 5
        
        what's this kids twitter he needs to be set straight! - Remlik Aug 23, 19:27 3
        
        I posted it on b2. - Imperator Aug 23, 19:29 2
        
        It was a joy to read his tweets from last night and earlier in this show. -- nm - Tim Aug 23, 19:30 1
        
        I'm insanely proud of him. - Imperator Aug 23, 19:33
        
        I say this all the time. -- nm - Imperator Aug 23, 19:21
- I am! - Imperator Aug 23, 18:55
ughhh that Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn show that got a pilot greenlit, makes me want to shoot myself -- nm - Jovian Aug 23, 18:42 3
- not the exec who greenlit a pre-Civil War southern series? -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 23, 18:44 2
  - I blame Elementary watchers! - Jovian Aug 23, 18:53 1
    - Isn't that Suits? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 23, 22:15
#jonscrewedjohn Hilarious. -- nm - Tim Aug 23, 18:41 16
- The pictures -- (link) - budice Aug 23, 18:47
- The Bella Twins look like a walking anachronism compared to most of the other people in the ring. -- nm - Imperator Aug 23, 18:44 14
  - Pretty pathetic ending for Cesaro. - Imperator Aug 23, 19:11 3
    - yeah -- nm - Remlik Aug 23, 19:12 2
      - WrestlingsFacts 1m1 minute ago Not including pre shows, Cesaro hasn't won a singles match at a WWE PPV since Elimination Chamber 2013. -- nm - Remlik Aug 23, 19:13 1
        
        Yeah, it's another loss for Cesaro but Owens had to win there otherwise he's complete junk. -- nm - Tim Aug 23, 19:18
  - Tamina is hot garbage, but the Bellas are the 8th and 7th best wrestlers in the match. -- nm - Tim Aug 23, 18:46 9
    - Naomi is 9th -- nm - Remlik Aug 23, 18:47 8
      - Yeah, I'm actually slightly unfair to Cena Bella, there. She's gotten better. - Tim Aug 23, 18:49
      - The Twins are 9th. -- nm - Imperator Aug 23, 18:48 6
        
        This is a zero star match. - Imperator Aug 23, 18:50 5
        
        The Bellas aren't liking the future they see -- nm - Remlik Aug 23, 18:52 3
        
        They need to start practicing their play by play, backstage interviews and ring announcing. -- nm - Imperator Aug 23, 19:03 2
        
        Well one of them will be fine as long as meal ticket is around. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 23, 19:28
        
        yup -- nm - Remlik Aug 23, 19:07
        
        Not gonna defend it, but at least the right team won. - Tim Aug 23, 18:52
The racing community is wonderful at coming together in these times. @TonyStewart donating his plane to get JW family to PA -- nm - Remlik Aug 23, 18:34 1
- The only thing keeping Tony out of jail is the dude he killed has weed in his blood. -- nm - budice Aug 23, 18:43
Little League baseball is more entertaining than Major League baseball. All games should be six innings. -- nm - Dano Aug 23, 18:34
French couple having sex on ancient fortress wall fall into moat and die -- (link) - Remlik Aug 23, 18:31 3
- Please never link to that site again. At least link to the source, the Horrible Mirror. - Mop Aug 23, 23:23
- Final Penetration 6 -- nm - zork Aug 23, 20:30
- IPO AvP2 -- nm - budice Aug 23, 18:39

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