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- F. Move to the compound in Idaho. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 1, 14:43
- D -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 1, 14:29
- Up date those 1960s bomb shelter plans -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 1, 14:28 1
  - I wonder if I can claim german citizenship after all these years -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 1, 14:30
- F. Mourn my country's insanity and stay here to try to protect it from the stupids -- nm - ty97 Dec 1, 14:23 3
  - F. is also "laugh as the nutjobs try desperately to find a scapegoat for the mess they've gotten themselves into" -- nm - Mop Dec 1, 14:25 2
    - they will be " cleaning up" Obama's mess for the next 4 years. - Pippy Giblets Dec 1, 14:26 1
      - Like Kansas, they'll argue "It's not working... do more of it!" -- nm - Mop Dec 1, 14:32
- E -- nm - Pippy Giblets Dec 1, 14:23
- E. - znufrii Dec 1, 14:23
the Royal Navy is joining Australias fight with Japan over illegal whaling -- (link) - Peglegpete Dec 1, 14:19 2
- Wow, will they do rainbow warrior stuff like ramming the whaling ships? -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 1, 14:32 1
  - Unlike Greenpeace and other organizations, sanctioned patrol ships from Australia and the UK can board pirate vessels and arrest crews/seize ships. -- nm - Mop Dec 1, 14:35
60 days to Iowa, GOP - sweet baboo Dec 1, 14:15 2
- I thought it was interesting that yesterday the Chicago Tribune (a very conservative paper) republished an op-ed piece from the Miami Herald that - pmb Dec 1, 14:20 1
  - They're more moderate than very, except when they aren't. -- nm - toblr.2 Dec 1, 14:24
GRONK: Pats issue a statement about his knee -- (link) - budice Dec 1, 14:04
Adobe: Flash going buh-bye -- (link) - budice Dec 1, 14:02 6
- That is a bullshit article. The program still does exactly the same thing, they just changed the name. -- nm - Ender Dec 1, 14:07 5
  - This. -- nm - Mop Dec 1, 14:32
  - are you #outraged? -- nm - ML Dec 1, 14:10
  - Sort of like Microsoft Edge vs Internet Explorer? Oh wait, actually Edge is worse. -- nm - Qale Dec 1, 14:10 2
    - Really, It works better when I have used it -- nm - Karl_S Dec 1, 14:25 1
      - It is strongly lacking in functionality. It's good on speed though. -- nm - Qale Dec 1, 14:47
Why does Netflix think I care that they added Eyes Wide Shut. It's not in my Queue. I've never even seen the movie. - sycor Dec 1, 14:01 5
- have you watched season 1 of their series Marco Polo yet? -- nm* - Peglegpete Dec 1, 14:11
- it's just an algorithm - you've seen something else that is tagged in similar ways. -- nm - Andie Dec 1, 14:02 3
  - I'd love to see what lead to that. Maybe it was because I liked the Mission Impossible movies? - sycor Dec 1, 14:03 2
    - or Kubrick films? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 1, 14:29
    - You like Cruise in actio flims, now see him "in action" -- nm - toblr.2 Dec 1, 14:16
I went to a bookstore today. I did not find what I was looking for, but I found lots of Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew/Bobsey Twins books ... - Beryllium Dec 1, 14:00 9
- How old is he? -- nm - toblr.2 Dec 1, 14:29
- Is this the bookstore we discussed? -- nm - Mop Dec 1, 14:22 4
  - Correct. Did not see it. Didn't have time to ask a staffmember, though. I might head back there later in the month, not sure though. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 1, 14:27 3
    - OK, thanks. Did you find the section at all? When I was there in the summer, there was a whole shelf in their main shop just with that volume. -- nm - Mop Dec 1, 14:36
    - (I did find their main selection of those books, and they had the later titles, but I didn't see any for the original) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 1, 14:28 1
      - Oh, I see. OK, thank you. -- nm - Mop Dec 1, 14:36
- chapter books! :) - -- nm - b. Dec 1, 14:02 2
  - I see there are some for Magic Schoolbus. That could be the answer. Thanks :-) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 1, 14:20 1
    - K. is pretty young for the books I mentioned. the bus books are a better bet ahead of them. :) - -- nm - b. Dec 1, 14:31
David Price to the BoSox. 7 years, $217 million. -- (link) - ML Dec 1, 13:59
Red Sox: Sign David Price 7yr/$217M -- (link) - budice Dec 1, 13:59 7
- 30 million dollars a year for a pitcher who can't win a playoff game. ugh. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 1, 14:24
- Based on what they gave Porcello, that's positively a steal of a deal! -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 1, 14:20
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- dang -- nm - Diva Dec 1, 14:03
- Holy-Moly -- nm - amoxy Dec 1, 14:00 1
  - So Dombrowski traded for Price, traded him away, and has now signed him as a FA. -- nm - ML Dec 1, 14:03
- Three-year opt-out. No deferred money. -- nm - budice Dec 1, 14:00
See for yourself what user data the FBI demanded in a national security letter (remember, sans warrant) (link) - ML Dec 1, 13:58 2
- thanks, Patriot Act! -- nm - znufrii Dec 1, 14:19
- Reason should read their own articles (national security exception to the warrant requirement) -- (link) - sweet baboo Dec 1, 14:14
this is pretty dramatic and great - u.s. sees decline in new diabetes cases. nm but: -- (link*) - b. Dec 1, 13:53
This article about the $70K salary CEO guy is pretty funny. Or condemning. Or condemningly funny. -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 1, 13:52
so that's why Jack bought a snorkle. nm but: -- (link) - b. Dec 1, 13:48 1
- while on my way to find that, this amused me. nm but: -- (link) - b. Dec 1, 13:50
NFL: CJ2K IR'd - season over -- (link) - budice Dec 1, 13:48 1
- *collects his fifth scalp* -- nm - Christmas LeBaron Dec 1, 13:48
Amusement of the day: Four year old Princess Disney told me that she was "very proud" of me for fixing the toilet seat..... - Walt_Disney Dec 1, 13:47 2
- recognition and praise makes you want to be a better parent -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 1, 13:51
- aww. good job, parents! :) - -- nm - b. Dec 1, 13:49
NFL offering Sunday Ticket - $40 for remainder of season -- (link) - budice Dec 1, 13:46
every time you have some sort of violent crime or mass killing, you can almost see the media salivating hoping, hoping desperately that the murderer - more Ted Cruz Dec 1, 13:46
*flex* 2 skybox tickets to Bears/49s on Sunday. MINE! -- nm - oblique Dec 1, 13:45 11
- 49rs are playing at a very empty new stadium, maybe they will have Groupon tix -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 1, 14:15 1
  - no they are not. they're at over 100% of seats for the season. nm but: -- (link) - b. Dec 1, 14:19
- Mine!Mine!Mine!Mine! *thrust thrust* -- nm - Revenant Bear Dec 1, 13:57 1
  - boo.! - b. Dec 1, 14:01
- JELLY! -- nm - Pippy Giblets Dec 1, 13:54 2
  - unlimited food and drink up to 2 hours before the game + parking. They won't know what hit them - oblique Dec 1, 13:56 1
    - danggggg -- nm - Pippy Giblets Dec 1, 14:25
- What a battle that must have been. -- nm - David Dec 1, 13:46 3
  - I can neither confirm or deny if a bear suit was involved -- nm - oblique Dec 1, 13:53
  - yea, I wonder what the winner got -- nm - dogbert Dec 1, 13:50 1
    - yep -- nm - toblr.2 Dec 1, 13:59
Suspicious Package On Penn State Campus -- (edited) - budice Dec 1, 13:41 1
- The suspicious package is addressed to a Miss Amanda Jones with a return address that simply reads "Your Secret Stalker". -- nm - pmb Dec 1, 13:44
Damn, the Twins got the Park guy at a freaking bargain price. -- (link) - ML Dec 1, 13:35 2
- What...the...hell....Orioles. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 1, 13:38 1
  - This'll play at Target Field -- (link) - ML Dec 1, 13:46
"Now, listen, here's the simple and undeniable fact: the overwhelming majority of violent criminals are Democrats. The media doesn't report that," -- nm - Ted Cruz Dec 1, 13:29 16
- he also said there is no shortage of rubbers - when he was younger you could get them out of a machine for .50 cents! - Pippy Giblets Dec 1, 13:36 3
  - Right. That clearly solves the women's health issues that were being discussed. -- nm - pmb Dec 1, 13:37 2
    - my favorite, my absolute favorite " there is no war on women". - Pippy Giblets Dec 1, 13:55 1
      - It is more of a police action. - toblr.2 Dec 1, 13:58
- I'd love to see his research on that. - pmb Dec 1, 13:36 8
  - legit research says that former prisoners who have their voting rights restored register overwhelming democratic, *but that's REFORMED criminals -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 1, 13:49 2
    - People who have been through the system, now are probably finding it difficult to find jobs and want people in office who care about those issues. - pmb Dec 1, 13:53 1
      - Most republican crooks are in big business and finance and we know they don't go to jail. -- nm - toblr.2 Dec 1, 13:56
  - I was searching to see Canadian voter results in prison (ours can vote) and found this US link. -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Dec 1, 13:44 2
    - Before, during or after prison? (I can see good reasons why they would vote Democrat regardless) -- nm - Roger More Dec 1, 13:56
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  - lol, research. -- nm - znufrii Dec 1, 13:37
  - I believe Ann Coulter has a whole book on how presidential assassins were all Democrats. -- nm - Max Dec 1, 13:37
- He's stress-testing the media on how much they'll bust him on lies. -- nm - David Dec 1, 13:35 1
  - He sees how it's working for Trump. -- nm - pmb Dec 1, 13:36
- wow. -- nm - znufrii Dec 1, 13:30
PvZ: Garden Warfare 2 now up for pre-order -- (link) - oblique Dec 1, 13:29
Tiger Woods had a press conference today. He sounds just about done. - Will Hunting Dec 1, 13:27 8
- I recall an interview with Jack Nicklaus back with Tiger had won his 13th major or so... - Christmas LeBaron Dec 1, 13:48
- Retirement dinner at Perkins -- nm - sweet baboo Dec 1, 13:34 1
  - Hometown Buffet or Golden Corral -- nm - budice Dec 1, 13:39
- "I am really good at playing video games. That how I pass a lot of my time." - ML Dec 1, 13:33
- Michael Jordan stopped playing before you were born? -- nm - Spawn Dec 1, 13:28 3
  - Jordan was great...Jordan also couldn't win 41 games by himself. - Will Hunting Dec 1, 13:30 2
    - Yeah but he did it against the best field of all time. Tiger dominated chumps -- nm - sweet baboo Dec 1, 13:35 1
      - Tiger's career includes the deepest fields in the game's history. - Will Hunting Dec 1, 13:40
wlir - re the $500 mil, Chicago has paid in cop settlements - It's Chicago's general policy in just about any suit or potential suit to settle. - toblr.2 Dec 1, 13:24 7
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  - It isn't just the police deprtment, it's the city and its districts. And well known enough that it gets gamed. -- nm - toblr.2 Dec 1, 13:53 4
    - That makes it pretty much like any other party to a lawsuit. - pmb Dec 1, 13:55 3
      - Yeah, but it goes beyond that. - toblr.2 Dec 1, 14:08 2
        
        Again, it's a simple cost-benefit analysis. They often have insurance for these things as well that dictate defense. Defending any claim - pmb Dec 1, 14:14 1
        
        The city loses millions on these too. - toblr.2 Dec 1, 14:22
- interesting -- nm - Pippy Giblets Dec 1, 13:28
::pulls blanket up over head:: wake me up when there's a positive bear story, k? -- nm - barnaby. Dec 1, 13:22 6
- This bear's a survivor ;) -- (link) - Meg Dec 1, 13:25 [flickr] 3
  - he looks nice. ok, he can take a nap with me, as long as I'm the big spoon. -- nm - barnaby. Dec 1, 13:27 2
    - He's 70+ years old, hugged hairless, and his pads are patched with bits of my Dad's old work pants. - Meg Dec 1, 13:32 1
      - oh yah, I recognized him. we bears may look like we're stuffed with fluff, but we have remarkably good memories. -- nm - barnaby. Dec 1, 13:36
- Toronto Zoo's baby Panda cubs are doing great -- (link) - Peglegpete Dec 1, 13:24 1
  - they're adorable, from a distance. -- nm - barnaby. Dec 1, 13:29
LIR - re. donations - the ST Kiva team is still $825 below last year with a month to go. Do you have repayments you haven't re-invested? -- nm - Meg Dec 1, 13:19
Mark Zuckerberg & wife announce plan to donate 99% of their FB shares to "advancing human potential and promoting equality" -- (link) - budice Dec 1, 13:17 13
- "make the world a better place" -- nm - Silicon Valley si Dec 1, 13:28
- So, he's going to donate about 470mil shares or about $47billion. - Will Hunting Dec 1, 13:24 9
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    - he has a plan. nm but: -- (link) - barnaby. Dec 1, 13:39 2
      - you're so on top of things, b.bear. -- nm - b. Dec 1, 13:39 1
        
        and here's the referenced letter. nm but: -- (link) - b. Dec 1, 13:41
    - I'm sure he has people to figure it out for him. -- nm - znufrii Dec 1, 13:35
    - stock goes into a charitable trust that the zuk controls so the income is purposed and untaxed but he retains the power in both groups -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 1, 13:32 1
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    - I'm guessing "not immediately". -- nm - Roger More Dec 1, 13:29
    - I'm guessing on the numbers...article I read said he has 475mil shares... - Will Hunting Dec 1, 13:29
- Whatever. -- nm - Bear, Star of 'The Revenant' Dec 1, 13:18
- F*CK! -- nm - baby Max Dec 1, 13:18
J, I did install Black Ops last night, played some destiny while installing, took forever. - groiny Dec 1, 13:14 4
- I know you are on a break but are you doing Nightfalls? -- nm - Spawn Dec 1, 13:24 1
  - my plan is to do Nightfalls on Tuesdays and Trials on Weekends. - groiny Dec 1, 13:35
- Ya I'm having a hard time with the weapons and I don't like the "characters" -- nm - J Dec 1, 13:17 1
  - the "supers" are new, and I have not figured them out yet either. - groiny Dec 1, 13:18
NBA Fact of the Day: Kobe has made $680M in career salary and endorsements, according to Forbes. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 1, 13:13 1
- And he earned about $630M of that. -- nm - Spawn Dec 1, 13:16
Could've been worse, I suppose -- (link) - Reagen Dec 1, 13:10 9
- He's just defending his home. -- nm - toblr.2 Dec 1, 13:54
- Amateur. -- nm - Bear, Star of 'The Revenant' Dec 1, 13:13
- Just the tip? -- nm - Spawn Dec 1, 13:13
- " Officials have closed the area for the rest of the winter to give the bear its space and avoid any further confrontations" The Park is done with the - Pippy Giblets Dec 1, 13:12 3
  - I'm sure they wish him well in his future endeavors. -- nm - mara Dec 1, 13:15
  - This is how the bears win. -- nm - The Colbert Reprt Dec 1, 13:13
  - omg -- nm - Diva Dec 1, 13:13
- *sits weeping in the corner* -- nm - Leo Dec 1, 13:12
- he was just looking for a little cuddle time -- nm - decline Dec 1, 13:12
The Zuck named his daughter Max. -- nm - Remlik Dec 1, 13:10 1
- Excellent name for a woman. -- nm - Job 3:14 Dec 1, 13:35

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