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In response to the new ST guidelines I hereby declare that my copyright is attached to all of my personal details, - Beaker Sep 29, 07:26 3
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  - In response to the new ST guidelines I hereby declare that my copyright is attached to all information posted here. - We Bare Barons Sep 29, 07:34
- it was on the news, so it's true! -- nm - Tim Sep 29, 07:26
I'm pleased to announce that I lived through Tay-Tay last night. And in fact, we were out of there after less than an hour of her starting the show.. - Jim Sep 29, 07:24 10
- Did a celebrity (like Jagger a couple of nights ago) come on stage and sing a song with her? -- nm - amoxy Sep 29, 07:34 1
  - Nick Foles. -- nm - Spawn Sep 29, 07:34
- And on a related note...the crowd was effing disturbing. I cannot believe how many ass cheeks were hanging out of shorts and skirts last night... - Jim Sep 29, 07:32 1
  - Because everyone is doing it. - Spawn Sep 29, 07:34
- Why were you out of there so quick? -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 29, 07:27 5
  - Well, we came in at 5pm to get ready. Doors opened at 6pm. Opening acts, blah, blah...she didn't take the stage til a little after 9. At 9:30, the - Jim Sep 29, 07:30 3
    - we saw the same thing at One Direction, Surprised you shutdown so early, it was hopping till the end at 1D from what I saw -- nm - Beaker Sep 29, 07:38 1
      - nmbB - Spawn Sep 29, 07:39
    - Dinner at Tony's! -- nm - We Bare Barons Sep 29, 07:36
  - They shut down beer sales. (The teens were out of control). -- nm* - Spawn Sep 29, 07:28
SMU Basketball banned from 2016 Post-Season and Larry Brown suspended from 30% of the teams games -- (link) - amoxy Sep 29, 07:20
New Trailer for The Revenant (DiCaprio) -- (link) - budice Sep 29, 07:20 [youtube]
a la 'Rock of Ages', CSI series creator to pen musical version of 'Soul Train'. -- (link) - Diva Sep 29, 07:19 1
- That could be awesome. -- nm - David Sep 29, 07:30
Of interest to like three of you here: Skadden apparently issued a "will" opinion to Yahoo on the Alibaba spin. -- (link) - spamlet Sep 29, 07:12 9
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  - Yahoo *is* going forward with it is the problem. - spamlet Sep 29, 07:34 1
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  - Yahoo announced yesterday they are proceeding. -- nm - decline Sep 29, 07:33
- I am interested, I just dont' understand it all. -- nm - Pippy and her candelabra Sep 29, 07:16 4
  - In this case there are varying opinions the law firm can give a client. - spamlet Sep 29, 07:18 3
    - I'm not kidding when I say this is fascinating. Yahoo's game of chicken with regulators is going to produce huge fireworks. -- nm - Mop Sep 29, 07:37
    - hey what could go wrong *shrug* -- (link) - KPMG Sep 29, 07:20
    - And Skadden is a huge corporate law firm and one of the best well known. -- nm - spamlet Sep 29, 07:19
For ML -- (link) - decline Sep 29, 07:08 1
- Billy nooooooooooooooooo - ML Sep 29, 07:13
Pretty funny spoiler for Lego Dimensions -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 29, 07:07
iOS9 PSA: Apparently something called Wi-Fi Assist is eating Cell data when turned on - decline Sep 29, 07:03 3
- Mine wasn't turned on my default after iOS9 upgrade -- nm - oblique Sep 29, 07:23 1
  - that's because you're special -- nm - decline Sep 29, 07:36
- nom nom nom -- nm - prayformojo Sep 29, 07:04
Trevor Noah is great. Loved his first show -- nm - TWuG Sep 29, 06:52
Lin Manuel Miranda (creator and star of 'Hamilton' and 'In The Heights) awarded MacArthur Genius Grant. -- (link) - Diva Sep 29, 06:49 10
- Ta-Nehisi Coates also a recipient -- (link) - znufrii Sep 29, 07:02
- I *love* his stuff. It is really weird listening to the cadence and rhythm with historical context - oblique Sep 29, 06:53 8
  - Seeing Hamilton live was one of the highlights of my year. So good. -- nm - MDH Sep 29, 06:59 4
    - Once I get out of expensive vacation travel September, I plan to use some October budget to procure tickets - ty97 Sep 29, 07:02 2
      - Last I heard it was sold out until April, but who knows how true that claim is. -- nm - MDH Sep 29, 07:05 1
        
        only until April? -- nm - znufrii Sep 29, 07:06
    - My son has a trip next summer to NYC with his musical dept. They were going to see it but the tickets were too much for the tour. They're seeing - oblique Sep 29, 07:01
  - i love his stuff too. so good. -- nm - Diva Sep 29, 06:57 2
    - I think he could write musicals about ANYTHING and I'd listen to it. It's soooooo good. Damn. Thanks for linking this. I hadn't heard it before - oblique Sep 29, 06:58 1
      - I can't stop listening to it. -- nm - Diva Sep 29, 07:02
Jack Warner handed life ban by FIFA ethics committee -- (link) - Beaker Sep 29, 06:45
Canadian politics: Want to watch one of the better debate beatdowns you will ever see? Watch Justin Trudeau defend his father -- (link*) - Beaker Sep 29, 06:40 [youtube] 8
- This is like from Clear and Present Danger. "No, not good friends, Lifelong friends." -- nm - Roger More Sep 29, 06:56
- I knid of hope we give the keys to the kingdom to the rock star. - Shaun Sep 29, 06:41 6
  - yeah, i kind of want Justin. We need some pizzazz. - Andie Sep 29, 06:43 3
    - That's how Silvio Berlusconi kept getting elected -- nm - Roger More Sep 29, 06:44 2
      - i tend to agree with most of the Liberal stance this year. So i get to satisfy the 'well, that might be fun' and 'i actually agree' sides of my brain. -- nm - Andie Sep 29, 06:45 1
        
        I'm in the 'the Liberals are closest to the Cons in my riding, so...yeah' camp -- nm - Shaun Sep 29, 06:48
  - that was as good of a smackdown as I have seen. Haven't seen how the rest of the debate went, but that would be tough to beat -- nm - Beaker Sep 29, 06:43 1
    - i heard Harper's big line was "we need to worry about ISIS, not CSIS". (that's probably not the direct quote.) -- nm* - Andie Sep 29, 06:43
SMU. Just got hit pretty hard. -- nm - Spawndroid Sep 29, 06:37 2
- Seems harsh. Not like the school has a history. -- nm - ty97 Sep 29, 06:41
- Lies. I am fine. -- nm - Shaun Sep 29, 06:39
Happy birthday, MDH! Woo hoo!!! -- nm - Krusty Sep 29, 06:34 15
- Hope it is a rocking birthday MDH! -- nm - amoxy Sep 29, 07:13
- Happy happy... -- nm - Spawn Sep 29, 07:10
- Have a great one! -- nm - Andie Sep 29, 07:08
- Happy birthday! -- nm - spamlet Sep 29, 07:08
- Thanks all! Also, I just looked at that other site. It means I joined that at 16. -- nm - MDH Sep 29, 07:01
- Happy birthday, youngin! -- nm - Inigo Sep 29, 06:50
- Happy Bday! -- nm - budice Sep 29, 06:44
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Shaun Sep 29, 06:43
- Happy birthday -- nm - decline Sep 29, 06:42
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  - 29! :-) -- nm - MDH Sep 29, 06:46
- happy happy!! -- nm - Diva Sep 29, 06:37
- Happy birthday! -- nm - Roger More Sep 29, 06:36
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker Sep 29, 06:35
- Happy birthday! -- nm - Max Sep 29, 06:34
The Forbidden Room or: Guy Madden's Here's All The Weird Shit I Came Up With In The Last Four Years -- nm - Reagen Sep 29, 06:32
TV Premier PSA: Grandfathered (FOX), The Grinder (FOX), SHIELD (ABC) -- nm - oblique Sep 29, 06:24
Happy birthday, inigo! -- nm - prayformojo Sep 29, 06:16 15
- Have an awesome birthday, Inigo! -- nm - amoxy Sep 29, 07:13
- ... Joy joy!!! -- nm - Spawn Sep 29, 07:10
- Happy birthday! -- nm - spamlet Sep 29, 07:07
- Happy Happy Birthday! -- nm - Andie Sep 29, 06:46
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Shaun Sep 29, 06:43
- happy happy!! -- nm - Diva Sep 29, 06:37
- Happy birthday! -- nm - Roger More Sep 29, 06:36
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker Sep 29, 06:35
- Happy birthday! -- nm - Max Sep 29, 06:34
- Happy birthday -- nm - decline Sep 29, 06:34
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- Happy Bday! -- nm - budice Sep 29, 06:24
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Pippy and her candelabra Sep 29, 06:17
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - MDH Sep 29, 06:17
- Happy birthday! Woo hoo!!! -- nm - Krusty Sep 29, 06:17
Mel is in Sconnie? - ML Sep 29, 06:14
From below poll. Have you gotten a flu shot this season yet? -- nm - Dano Sep 29, 06:14 26
- Yes. N and I got ours on September 1st. No wait at Minute Clinic. -- nm - kelly Sep 29, 07:18
- October -- nm - Beaker Sep 29, 07:18
- This week sometime -- nm - amoxy Sep 29, 07:12
- Scheduled for next Tuesday. -- nm - Ender Sep 29, 07:10
- Yes, about 5 weeks ago -- nm - Bacon Sep 29, 07:07
- Nope, definitely plan to though. -- nm - Shaun Sep 29, 06:40
- No, but with the baby coming, I have to get a full battery of stuff. So does anyone around us. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 29, 06:29 5
  - Now you've got me thinking I should get it this year. Two of my clients have newborn kids and I'd hate to pass along the flu to them. -- (edited) - Krusty Sep 29, 06:40 4
    - yeah, that's a big reason to get the shot. to protect infants and the elderly. -- nm - Andie Sep 29, 06:42 3
      - Damn it! If I get sick this year after getting it I'm going to hate you all and you will hear about it. - Krusty Sep 29, 06:44 2
        
        :) -- nm - Andie Sep 29, 06:46 1
        
        The big one for us is a Whooping Cough vaccine. Apparently everyone that will come in contact with our kid needs to get it. - Volnelk Sep 29, 06:56
- Scheduled for (ct 7th at work. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 29, 06:27
- No. It feels so early but guess it isn't. -- nm - ty97 Sep 29, 06:24 2
  - I was told flu season is expected to hit early this year (end of October-ish) so getting it early would be beneficial this year. -- nm - kelly Sep 29, 07:17
  - pharmacies have had them since mid-August. We've done a few here and there, but then did a ton yesterday. -- nm - Tim Sep 29, 06:30
- not yet -- nm - prayformojo Sep 29, 06:22
- Nope and I have no plans to get one. -- nm - Krusty Sep 29, 06:17 2
  - this is my answer -- nm - Pippy and her candelabra Sep 29, 06:18
  - *whew* - ML Sep 29, 06:18
- i will, but i haven't yet. -- nm - Andie Sep 29, 06:16 1
  - not till November 4th apparently (work clinic) -- nm - Andie Sep 29, 06:34
- not yet -- nm - Diva Sep 29, 06:16
- Yup. -- nm - Tim Sep 29, 06:15
- No, I really should though. -- nm - znufrii Sep 29, 06:15
- no -- nm - ML Sep 29, 06:15
Glencore plc, the tenth largest company in the world, issues release stating that it remains "operationally and financially robust" -- (link) - znufrii Sep 29, 06:12 21
- A company devoted to making The Walking Dead's Glen into a fashion trend probably wasn't a good idea to begin with. -- nm - Ender Sep 29, 07:11
- ST Pop Quiz -- What are the other 9 companies in the Top 10 (by revenue) of the Fortune Global 500? -- nm - znufrii Sep 29, 06:17 19
  - The last three are all Chinese companies, only one of which I've even heard of, so I'll just give them to you here. - znufrii Sep 29, 06:37
  - Are there any state-owned oil & gas companies on the list? Aramco, Gazprom (well, that's not state-owned), Chinese ones like CNOOC, etc -- nm - Roger More Sep 29, 06:35 1
    - see above. -- nm - znufrii Sep 29, 06:38
  - Berkshire Hathaway? -- nm - Krusty Sep 29, 06:34 1
    - #14 -- nm - znufrii Sep 29, 06:35
  - Samsung -- nm - Shaun Sep 29, 06:33 1
    - #13 -- nm - znufrii Sep 29, 06:34
  - VW, Toyota -- nm - Roger More Sep 29, 06:32 1
    - #8, Volkswagen, #9 Toyota -- nm - znufrii Sep 29, 06:33
  - Shell -- nm - Krusty Sep 29, 06:29 3
    - #3, Royal Dutch Shell -- nm - znufrii Sep 29, 06:30 2
      - So I guess BP too. -- nm - Krusty Sep 29, 06:32 1
        
        #6, BP -- nm - znufrii Sep 29, 06:33
  - Apple has to be #1 -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 29, 06:27 1
    - no, it doesn't. -- (edited) - znufrii Sep 29, 06:28
  - The Wal of Marts. -- nm - ty97 Sep 29, 06:26 1
    - #1, Walmart -- nm - znufrii Sep 29, 06:27
  - GE, Exxon... if Glencore is in there, maybe BHP Billiton? -- nm - Roger More Sep 29, 06:21 1
    - #5, ExxonMobil - znufrii Sep 29, 06:23
*snoozes at his desk* -- nm - We Bare Barons Sep 29, 06:12
Hey good news! The nephews showed up last night - one is deathly ill with either the world's worst cold, or the flu! Yeah! -- nm - Andie Sep 29, 06:12 2
- Go to Home Depot and get some plastic sheeting. Quarantine him to a room. -- nm - sycor Sep 29, 06:42 1
  - Just wrap them all in plastic. -- nm - Dexter si Sep 29, 07:10
I do love random MLB "records": Chris Denorfia Makes History With Game-Winning Home Run -- (link) - oblique Sep 29, 06:09

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