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Happy National Qale Day!!! -- nm - Spawn Oct 6, 11:32
Matt Harvey missed a mandatory team workout Tuesday at Citi Field -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 11:28 1
- Update: Harvey told TC he got caught in tunnel traffic. TC said turn around. Not necessarily an unexcused absence. -- nm - Diva Oct 6, 11:31
Former Conservative MP blames the hundreds and hundreds of victims along Canada's Highway of Tears for their own deaths -- (link) - Beaker Oct 6, 11:25 30
- Reminds me of parts of the Navajo Nation :( -- nm - Meg Oct 6, 11:52
- First one that apologizes for Justin Beiber gets my vote -- nm - budice Oct 6, 11:36
- Uh... so? He is right. - Spawn Oct 6, 11:29 25
  - there had no other choice, really. it's a super remote place. -- nm - Andie Oct 6, 11:30 24
    - I do not know any deatils but what I read there. But the quote I posted, even if awful, is correct. -- nm - Spawn Oct 6, 11:31 20
      - But it doesn't tell the whole story. And society/government is supposed to respond to these things by helping to reduce the risks. - Roger More Oct 6, 11:44 15
        
        Not to be insensitive, when I clicked that link, I was expecting way more in a shorter span of time. - Spawn Oct 6, 11:46 13
        
        fair, but true or not it is a big issue up here and to say "their fault" is just fucking stupid whether it is true or not -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 11:48 1
        
        It sounds like a cllassic trap question. You can lie or be honest. -- nm - Spawn Oct 6, 11:52
        
        your IM should worry you. -- nm - Andie Oct 6, 11:48 9
        
        Life worries me. But 19 deaths in a 450 mile range over 46 years? Awful, but doubt that is even near the average in most areas. -- nm - Spawn Oct 6, 11:51 8
        
        I honestly thought it was more. I think I was including other similar things (as Bery references) -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 11:55
        
        This is a small community - Prince George is about 60K people, Prince Rupert 15K and only very small towns in between -- nm - Roger More Oct 6, 11:54 3
        
        And it's also predominantly happening to an ethnic group that's been historically exploited, mistreated and ignored. -- nm - Reagen Oct 6, 11:56 1
        
        True. The incredible abuse inflicted in schools that the kids were forced to go to makes my skin crawl. -- nm - zork Oct 6, 11:57
        
        (and it ties into a broader national issue) -- nm - Roger More Oct 6, 11:55
        
        the population is very very very low. -- nm - Andie Oct 6, 11:52 2
        
        Yeah. I mean, this brings new meaning to the term "flyover country". - Beryllium Oct 6, 11:55
        
        Even Toronto with millions in population has roughly the same number of homicides in a year as most US cities get in a month. Murders are taken more s - zork Oct 6, 11:54
        
        It ties into the Pickton (pig farmer) murders, the victims were often the same risk group IIRC. -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 6, 11:47
        
        Yeah. They weren't even investigating - for decades. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 11:45
      - Free of context, yes. But, unfortunately, in context it's pretty bad, because they have no other options. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 11:38 3
        
        As a male, in a safe area, I would *never* hitch hike in the middle of the night. - Spawn Oct 6, 11:40 2
        
        ... they would die of hypothermia if they slept in a ditch. - Beryllium Oct 6, 11:44
        
        again, not all victims were hitchhiking -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 11:41
    - and I don't think it is exclusively hitchhikers -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 11:31 2
      - It's not and the rather large RCMP report last year stated that risky behaviour wasn't as predominant as one would think. That said... - Name Withheld By Request Oct 6, 11:34
      - here's the wikipedia page on it -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 6, 11:33
- They weren't putting themselves at risk. Society failed them and put them at risk, and still is today. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 11:26 1
  - "have you tried not being aboriginal?" -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 11:27
ABC Family will rebrand the channel as Freeform -- nm* - jangles Oct 6, 11:23 10
- Beats young girls in cages as family entertainment. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 6, 11:40 2
  - I'm not sure they're really abandoning that -- nm - jangles Oct 6, 11:41 1
    - Oh, I'm not worried about the content; just the dichotomy of ...Family presents, Pretty Little Liars in Cages.... - Will Hunting Oct 6, 11:53
- Every broadcast network needs a cable equivalent (like Fox = FX) for when the cord cutting apocalypse comes. But... "Freeform"? Ick. -- nm - Mop Oct 6, 11:26 1
  - Their second choice was probably "Castle/Shield reruns and kids shows" -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 11:28
- "Freeform" -- nm - Ender Oct 6, 11:25 1
  - We stand by our statement of "Wat." -- nm - SyFi si Oct 6, 11:25
- That must have been an interesting branding meeting. -- nm - TWuG Oct 6, 11:25 1
  - Well, my work is done. -- nm - Oxymoron of the Day Newsletter Oct 6, 11:26
- Wat. -- nm - SyFy si Oct 6, 11:24
From 1945 through 1995, elections for Speaker of the House had only two candidates -- one from the Democratic Party and one from the Republican Party - ReluctantCynic Oct 6, 11:17
Russian planes have violated Turkish airspace twice now including holding a radar lock on one for up to 4.5 minutes -- (link) - Beaker Oct 6, 11:15 5
- What's the over/under on how long before we're fighting against Russian troops/planes? -- nm - Krusty Oct 6, 11:42 1
  - NATO is still a thing right? Turkey is/was in NATO so if they hit Turkey they can ask for NATO assistance... -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 11:43
- That happens during coffee break each morning in Nunavut -- nm - zork Oct 6, 11:16
- What does Jack Ryan think? -- nm - jangles Oct 6, 11:16 1
  - Well.... -- (link) - Remlik Oct 6, 11:17 [youtube]
name this new olympic sport -- (link) - fabulous squad Oct 6, 11:11 5
- Hepititis X games....How much does it cost in bribes to get the oly committee to watch the worlds greatest athletes swim in sewage? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 6, 11:59
- Fecal coliformstroke X 150 -- nm - jangles Oct 6, 11:16 1
  - Gold medallist in the C. Diffisail -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 11:16
- Fishing -- nm - budice Oct 6, 11:13
- Survival Swim -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 11:12
#AllDayBreakfast -- nm - Diva Oct 6, 11:09 3
- #SortOf -- nm - Krusty Oct 6, 11:51 2
  - #Heh -- nm - zork Oct 6, 11:55 1
    - #snort -- nm - Diva Oct 6, 11:59
DOJ to release 6k prisoners following sentencing reforms -- nm - jangles Oct 6, 11:08 1
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Boom Herron is a Bill. - Spawn Oct 6, 11:06
Feral mini pig -- (link) - jangles Oct 6, 11:05
Huh, I don't think I ever knew that A Flock Of Seagulls was English, Liverpool to be precise. -- nm - zork Oct 6, 11:04 9
- where the hell did you think they were from? -- nm - mud Oct 6, 11:09 7
  - Seagullvania -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 11:11
  - I didn't think about it. - zork Oct 6, 11:11 4
    - With those haircuts, where else would they be from? -- nm - Spawn Oct 6, 11:12 3
      - Germany. -- nm - Remlik Oct 6, 11:14 1
        
        East or West? -- nm - Spawn Oct 6, 11:23
      - Canada! -- nm - mud Oct 6, 11:12
  - Alabama. -- nm - Zork Oct 6, 11:10
- *blink* How could you *not* know? -- nm - Spawn Oct 6, 11:08
I'll say this for Harper - he's inspired me to put in an election yard sign for the first time ever. -- nm - Reagen Oct 6, 10:55 26
- And good for you putting out a sign. There's nothing wrong with doing so and it does help your candidate with the neighbours. Measurably so. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Oct 6, 11:36 2
  - It helps that I've come around to voting more *for* something than *against* something, as a lot of my past votes have been - Reagen Oct 6, 11:41 1
    - his epic smackdown in the debate about his father was freaking fantastic. Probably one of the best debate moments I have seen -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 11:42
- Do you know of any decent source for polling data by riding? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 11:29 3
  - Here's a strategic voting site. -- (link) - Shaun Oct 6, 11:40
  - Non-existent. ThreeHundredEight.com might have the handful, but very few media outlets or pollsters do riding by riding. Just not practical. - Name Withheld By Request Oct 6, 11:31
  - any that get released tend to be aggragated by 308 - Reagen Oct 6, 11:30
- Lynton Crosby does fast work. -- nm - Roger More Oct 6, 11:11
- He's inspired me to listen to a political debate on the radio for the first time ever. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 11:04
- Didn't realize Bryce was so politically savy -- nm - decline Oct 6, 11:01
- Danny Williams swayed you that much huh... -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 10:59 8
  - I haven't seen intra-party hate this strong since Nunziata and Chretien. -- nm - Reagen Oct 6, 11:05 7
    - Harper Derangement Syndrome has touched many victims. Danny Millions is but one of them. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Oct 6, 11:28
    - Mackenzie King and Diefenbaker? -- nm - zork Oct 6, 11:15 2
      - intra, not inter. -- nm - Reagen Oct 6, 11:17 1
        
        It's fuzzier than I thought. My grade nine history teacher was so boring that I dropped it after that. He didn't make one thing exciting. The most ent - zork Oct 6, 11:49
    - I could just imagone Dannt sitting in his mansion wondering when the best time to strike out was -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 11:11
    - Canadian Hate -- nm - budice Oct 6, 11:06 1
      - Not your buddy, pal! -- nm - Spawn Oct 6, 11:11
- He's a uniter -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 10:57
- Green? -- nm - zork Oct 6, 10:57 4
  - Liberal. -- nm - Reagen Oct 6, 10:59 3
    - Almost everyone I know is strategically voting. -- nm - Shaun Oct 6, 11:13
    - he does have nice hair! -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 11:00 1
      - DILF! -- nm - Mop Oct 6, 11:31
- thanks, pal! -- nm - elizabeth May Oct 6, 10:57
Good news everyone, Earth will be annihilated tomorrow. You might want to take the afternoon off. -- (link) - Andie Oct 6, 10:55 6
- Well thats one way to stop these mass murders and Donald Trump -- nm - eag Oct 6, 11:09
- Znu, they're in Sharon Hill. You should head over there on Thursday and say "hey what's up?" -- nm - decline Oct 6, 11:00 1
  - He is a member. -- nm - Spawn Oct 6, 11:01
- "Scientists have several theories about when earth will be destroyed, although none of the data points to this Wednesday. " -- nm - Reagen Oct 6, 10:58
- That qualifier really makes a huge difference -- nm - zork Oct 6, 10:56
- Is this the same one from last month that got "delayed"? -- nm - Roger More Oct 6, 10:56
When you think about it, Northern Exposure was really just Quirky Deadwood -- nm - jangles Oct 6, 10:55 3
- With slightly less used of the word "c**ks***ker" -- nm - Baron Bostwick as Brad Majors Oct 6, 10:59 1
  - And whores -- nm - jangles Oct 6, 11:02
- I'll never forget the episode where Joel fought a guy to the death in the street. -- nm - Reagen Oct 6, 10:56
oh man, and November is a *great* time of year to go to South Africa too - ty97 Oct 6, 10:54 9
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- that crazy airfare? yeah, that's unreal. -- nm - Andie Oct 6, 10:55 7
  - Delta's running around $850 in the same time period which is also amazing. - ty97 Oct 6, 10:57 6
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      - I will forever picture like Austin Powers now. -- nm - zork Oct 6, 11:07
      - ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^this guy^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -- nm - ty97 Oct 6, 11:06 1
        
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      - I blame BA. Man, I should fly Delta. -- nm - ty97 Oct 6, 11:05
Remember when cop cars had one big red light on top and saying that their cherry was going? -- nm - zork Oct 6, 10:54
not that facts matter to her intended audience, but... -- (link) - znufrii Oct 6, 10:54
Presenting: HARPRAH -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 6, 10:52 2
- gah! -- nm - znufrii Oct 6, 10:59
- That person really needs a different hobby -- nm - zork Oct 6, 10:58
Get well, Groiny - zork Oct 6, 10:52 1
- yes! get well! -- nm - Damn It Pippy Janet! Oct 6, 11:48
hmm, "True Faith" was actually New Order's biggest, reached higher chart than the other two singles mentioned on B2 -- nm - mud Oct 6, 10:51 4
- I would have guessed this. -- nm - fabulous squad Oct 6, 10:55 1
  - I might have guessed Regret -- nm - jangles Oct 6, 10:56
- But which one was played more times on uni/college campuses? -- nm - zork Oct 6, 10:53 1
  - I dunno. I'd guess all the cool kids had all three going! -- nm - mud Oct 6, 10:55
Heisman Poll: Fournette or the Field? -- nm - Strongbad Oct 6, 10:50 2
- I'd say field. He's got that Clowney vibe about him where people are talking too early about his pro career. I think Elliot can win. - Volnelk Oct 6, 10:52
- Field -- nm - amoxy Oct 6, 10:50
why am I getting a phone call from texas? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 10:47 7
- Always answer calls from Texas. *waves to Pippy* - oblique Oct 6, 10:50 1
  - damn straight it is! -- nm - Damn It Pippy Janet! Oct 6, 11:46
- Is it Jenny? -- nm - Strongbad Oct 6, 10:48 1
  - "Call from 867-5309"... It is! -- nm - Baron Bostwick as Brad Majors Oct 6, 11:00
- They want inside information on the Jays? -- nm - zork Oct 6, 10:47
- Allegedly from Rackspace. Huh. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 10:47 1
  - IIRC they bought out a former hosting provider I used (Slicehost), maybe it was just a sales call -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 10:48
okay, ST, because you're smart . . . i'm having a brain fart here . . . what's the word for those light-up things pizza delivery guys put on the cars - call me Ishmael Oct 6, 10:44 11
- I think car top sign is sufficient -- nm - zork Oct 6, 10:59
- sirens -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 10:58
- car top box signs -- nm - Spawn Oct 6, 10:57
- Roof lights -- (link) - TWuG Oct 6, 10:56
- top light? car top sign? flugelhorn? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 10:53
- car pizza sign thingies -- nm - decline Oct 6, 10:52 2
  - or a car placard -- nm - decline Oct 6, 10:53 1
    - i almost went with that one, but, to me, that's more like one of those magnetic thingies that they can put on the doors . . . -- nm - call me Ishmael Oct 6, 10:55
- "pizza car signs." - Diva Oct 6, 10:50
- Don't be embarrassed. I've never heard of a name for them. -- nm - zork Oct 6, 10:47
- 'Round here, we call them "roof bubbles" or "car top signs." -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 6, 10:45
Baseball Takes Day Off So Everyone Can Appreciate the Red Sox Missing the Postseason Again - Diva Oct 6, 10:43

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