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"Saints placed RB Mark Ingram on IR." -- nm - Mark HaML Dec 9, 13:59
"Mets Have Increased Interest In Bartolo Colon" - Mark HaML Dec 9, 13:56 1
- Bartolo has increased interest in the post below -- (edited) - Bartolo Dec 9, 14:01
Individual slices of chocolate -- (link) - prayformojo Dec 9, 13:54 2
- I like that size, but sheets of chocolate have been available for years from cake decorating and baking supply places and such. from pretty thin to - bb.-8 Dec 9, 13:56 1
  - The almond Rocca place sells 25lb chocolate bars foe a Damn good low price -- nm - General Zeit Dec 9, 13:59
Jeb! just throwing shit against the wall now -- (link) - jar jar trump Dec 9, 13:52 1
- the other ... what? That doesn't even make sense. Ted Cruz is the closest comparison. - Beryllium Dec 9, 13:54
ST Holiday poll is there a certain type of treat or food that you like thats only mostly avaliable durring the Holidays - eag Dec 9, 13:47 13
- Buche de noel -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 9, 14:01
- Probably available any time, but we only make rugelach this time of year - General Zeit Dec 9, 13:58
- Egg nog and lefse -- nm - mara Dec 9, 13:51
- Candy canes. I also love holiday M&Ms, even though they're really no different. -- nm - Sith Lord Sexypants Dec 9, 13:49 1
  - you sound pretty gullible -- nm - jar jar trump Dec 9, 13:50
- egg nog -- nm - R2-Deev2 Dec 9, 13:49 1
  - Another thing I seem to be able to get year-round. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 9, 13:50
- most of the things I can think of, I can get the rest of the year just by asking (peppermint hot chocolate, for example) ... -- nm - Beryllium Dec 9, 13:48
- buckeyes - znufrii Dec 9, 13:48
- peppermint ice cream -- nm - Max Windu Dec 9, 13:48 1
  - This. -- nm - The Death Sceire Dec 9, 14:19
- pumpkin pie -- nm - jar jar trump Dec 9, 13:48
- no, but *thank you* for the reminder. There is something my mom loves that i can only get this time of year. -- (edited) - Landie Calrissian Dec 9, 13:48
tired. tired. tiredtiredtired. -- nm - ty97 Dec 9, 13:44
man, we got the vanilla sugar wafers in snack drawer this week - jar jar trump Dec 9, 13:36
i can't wait for the day when Donald Trump is about as relevant as Sarah Palin. - Landie Calrissian Dec 9, 13:32 13
- He was a celebrity before this nonsense started. -- nm - Sith Lord Sexypants Dec 9, 13:34 12
  - So what you're saying is that it's never going to happen, because trump is huge -- nm - Beryllium Dec 9, 13:41 11
    - I think he's just going to retire, but I don't think he would get apprentice back, to many burned bridges -- nm - General Zeit Dec 9, 13:53
    - I fully expect him to milk this newfound celebrity for the rest of his miserable existence. - Sith Lord Sexypants Dec 9, 13:49 5
      - Right. When he loses, you don't think he goes again in 2020? -- nm - Reagen Dec 9, 14:00 3
        
        He'll try but find no one's listening. -- nm - toblr.2 Dec 9, 14:03
        
        the party would have him disappeared first -- nm - jar jar trump Dec 9, 14:02 1
        
        He will go third party then if he is not forced to this time. -- nm - Spawn Solo Dec 9, 15:20
      - Maybe he'll land beside Papa Bear. He can be Builder Bear. - Beryllium Dec 9, 13:49
    - I think he's just going to retire, but I don't think he would get apprentice back, to many burned bridges -- nm - General Zeit Dec 9, 13:45
    - my (hopeful) prediction... he doesn't win the nom. He gets lots of headlines for a month. Fox offers him a weekly tv show. - Landie Calrissian Dec 9, 13:45 2
      - "Bitter and beaten" will never happen. He's the type of person who says "I meant for that to happen" to everything that occurs to him. - TWuGbacca Dec 9, 13:49
      - On the plus side, he'll have plenty of tall structures to choose from. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 9, 13:46
"Donald Trump Dubbed Over Darth Vader is Perfect" -- (link*) - Mark HaML Dec 9, 13:31 [youtube] 1
- Almost 4 minutes to get to a "You're fired"? -- nm - Spawn Solo Dec 9, 15:19
Weird theory du jour: the Scooby Doo mystery team are all based on the Five Schools in new england -- (link) - jar jar trump Dec 9, 13:24
Why would investors buy bonds this week when they are nearly a lock for interest to rise next week? -- nm - General Zeit Dec 9, 13:23 2
- because the expectation of a rate hike is (probably) already mostly priced into the market. -- nm* - znufrii Dec 9, 13:30
- Maybe they're doing regular purchases on a staggered schedule, and they don't want to mess with the schedule. -- nm - mara Dec 9, 13:29
"Nature's Earthly Choice Organic Lentil Trio or Red Quinoa" - I wonder if that company knows something that we don't. -- nm - bb.-8 Dec 9, 13:23
well, that's awesome. I just found out that a family friend, in her mid-60s, eloped in Vegas today. -- (edited) - Landie Calrissian Dec 9, 13:15 2
- Lost Vegas 2 -- nm - jar jar trump Dec 9, 13:18
- Nice! -- nm - Pippy Bells Dec 9, 13:17
Princess Disney received a Christmas Card in the mail today from the North Pole. It was from Santa!!!! - Walt_Disney Dec 9, 13:11 8
- Canada Post has a great "letters to Santa" program. -- nm - Mop Dec 9, 13:19 1
  - Well, until Trudeau gets ahold of it -- nm - jar jar trump Dec 9, 13:20
- spoilers - ty97 Dec 9, 13:14
- "We regret to inform you..." -- nm - jar jar trump Dec 9, 13:13
- Santa sent it - decline Dec 9, 13:12 3
  - I call elves on that -- nm - General Zeit Dec 9, 13:19 1
    - So did he. -- nm - General Liiou Dec 9, 13:21
  - Yeah, why is this a question? -- nm - Spawn Solo Dec 9, 13:16
NFL Trivia: QBs with 4k passing yard seasons + bonus points for how many they have had. -- nm - Spawn Solo Dec 9, 13:08 11
- Going older school, how about Marino and Moon? 5 each? -- nm - Admiral Ackbaron Dec 9, 13:13 2
  - yes, no -- nm - Spawn Solo Dec 9, 13:16 1
    - Marino had 6 and Moon had 4, so on average I was correct. :) -- nm - Admiral Ackbaron Dec 9, 13:36
- Peyton, 11, Rodgers 5, Luck 2, Eli 4, Brady 7, Rivers 5, Favre 7, Brees 10 -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 9, 13:10 1
  - Going top 6: yes, no, no, no, yes, yes, yes, yes. Answers within. -- (link*) -- (link*) - Spawn Solo Dec 9, 13:14
- there have been literally dozens of QBs with 4k+ passing yard seasons -- nm - Mark HaML Dec 9, 13:10 3
  - [50, to be precise] - Mark HaML Dec 9, 13:17 1
    - Yeah, was typing while on the phone. -- nm - Spawn Solo Dec 9, 13:17
  - Ok, give me the top 6. -- nm - Spawn Solo Dec 9, 13:11
- Mr MVP (Phillip Rivers)...I'll say 3 -- nm - Beaker Dec 9, 13:10 1
  - Yes, no bonus -- nm - Spawn Solo Dec 9, 13:12
In DC News: "Painting Company Tells Customer Who Canceled "Death To Muslims" Owner threatens the reporter/will change comp name so ppl don't know -- (link) - MDH Dec 9, 13:08 22
- could be worse. -- (link) - znufrii Dec 9, 13:22
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  - plenty to go around. a bit crappy customer, awful employee, owner who says it wasn't a threat just a statement and more. -- nm - bb.-8 Dec 9, 13:30 12
    - Why is the customer crappy? - Will Hunting Dec 9, 13:35 11
      - I was thinking that canceling outright instead of trying to work with the company was a little bit crappy - things happen, you know? - bb.-8 Dec 9, 13:52 5
        
        Nah, you say 8am, first appointment of the day almost assuredly, and the guy isn't even on the road at 8:10am? -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 9, 13:56 4
        
        maybe I shouldn't have said crappy - more that I am likely to at least -- (edited) - bb.-8 Dec 9, 14:01
        
        I agree. They don't follow through on what they promise, I have the right to cancel. -- nm - Dark Callisto vs. Evil Dead Dec 9, 13:56 2
        
        and I have a right to go batshit crazy, use racial epithets, and issue veiled threats against reporters who ask me about it! - asshole business owner Dec 9, 13:58 1
        
        Right? Thank goodness the business owner isn't being politically correct. He's just telling it like it is. -- nm - Dark Callisto vs. Evil Dead Dec 9, 14:02
      - He had a right to cancel the job, but he went a bit overboard with social media posts. -- nm - mara Dec 9, 13:39 4
        
        fwiw, I didn't mind that. -- nm - bb.-8 Dec 9, 13:52
        
        The painter went there first. The customer went to the police after that. -- nm - General Liiou Dec 9, 13:46 1
        
        And then the painter made threats against the writer and their website. -- nm - General Liiou Dec 9, 13:48
        
        I dunno...you start getting racist, it's time for the public to know full well what type of person is getting paid. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 9, 13:45
  - The painter. Sounds like an asshole who's shady. - General Liiou Dec 9, 13:29 2
    - It's some guy with a panel truck who picked up a few day labor dudes hanging on the corner now stuck without a job for the day, maybe on the hook for -- nm - General Zeit Dec 9, 13:37 1
      - Sounds like he's a few whiffs of fumes short 9n going postal, handymen are flakey, if you demand Johnny on the spot service. .. - General Zeit Dec 9, 13:43
  - The guy who doesn't even know who he's being bigoted towards. -- nm - Reagen Dec 9, 13:23
  - The Muslim. Duh. -- nm - Darth Sycor Dec 9, 13:16
- This post needs punctuation -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 9, 13:09 1
  - it really does. -- nm - Landie Calrissian Dec 9, 13:17
Not that it would ever happen. But name some A Listers you would love to see on a Celebrity Survivor edition. -- nm - Jova Fett Dec 9, 13:05 12
- Mark Cuban, Conan Obrien, any or all Kardashians, Tebow or kaepernic, the entire republican presidential candidates roster -- nm - General Zeit Dec 9, 13:34 2
  - For that last group, they just drop them on an island and just tell them they're shooting a show. -- nm - General Liiou Dec 9, 13:38 1
    - Honestly, I've considered that. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 9, 13:40
- RDJ, Chris Evans and Chris Pratt. -- nm - Spawn Solo Dec 9, 13:20
- Tom Cruise, Mark Valley, Sarah Shahi, Idris Elba, Jaime Pressly, Jon Favreau -- nm - Max Windu Dec 9, 13:17 2
  - Sarah Shahi and Mark Valley need to do a show together. Like, today. - Beryllium Dec 9, 13:18 1
    - I think Cruise wouldn't play well with others, or he might grin and nod but others would see through it and vote him off. -- nm - Max Windu Dec 9, 13:22
- Kardashian. All of them. - Will Hunting Dec 9, 13:12 1
  - Survivor: No Return -- nm - Beryllium Dec 9, 13:17
- MacGyver, Bruce Willis, Sylvester Stallone. -- nm - mara Dec 9, 13:11
- Brad Pitt. Chris Hemsworth. Helen Mirren. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 9, 13:11
- Gwyneth. Somebody has to go first. :) -- nm - Admiral Ackbaron Dec 9, 13:07
Gun Rights Groups to Hold Fake Mass Shooting at UT This Weekend -- (link) - Emperor Beak Dec 9, 13:03 39
- Is this the world's first official Asshole Convention? -- nm - Sith Lord Sexypants Dec 9, 13:30 2
  - Dress rehearsal for the Republican National Convention. -- nm - TWuGbacca Dec 9, 13:32
  - Trump rallies have been ongoing through this year. -- nm - Reagen Dec 9, 13:31
- They do simulations in schools here. But those make sense. -- nm - Spawn Solo Dec 9, 13:25 1
  - Right - about what you should actually do (i.e. run). -- nm - Dark Callisto vs. Evil Dead Dec 9, 13:27
- pew pew pew! pew pew! pew pew pew! I got you, lay down! -- nm - Reagen Dec 9, 13:22 2
  - No, I got you first! You lay down! -- nm - Spawn Solo Dec 9, 13:23 1
    - "Okay, everyone stop shooting the black guy in the back. That's a cardboard sandwich he's carrying, NOT a gun!" -- nm - TWuGbacca Dec 9, 13:29
- Community could never happen today. - Spawn Solo Dec 9, 13:19 2
  - Season 6! -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 9, 13:20 1
    - A movie or it never happened. -- nm - Spawn Solo Dec 9, 13:20
- Eh, they're basically putting on a play, in public, with cardboard "weapons" that won't look realistic. The problem is that they're trying to - mara Dec 9, 13:14 15
  - well, I hope they're not planning on taking it to Broadway. -- nm - znufrii Dec 9, 13:25 1
    - Campus: Shot In The Dark - directed by Julie Taymor. -- nm - Reagen Dec 9, 13:38
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    - I don't think the cardboard weapons will look very realistic. -- nm - mara Dec 9, 13:32
    - I hate to suggest it, but it presents an opportunity for assholes who might have already been planning something. -- nm - Dark Callisto vs. Evil Dead Dec 9, 13:24 3
      - I couldn't think of a way to say that without sounding like I was rooting for injuries. -- nm - TWuGbacca Dec 9, 13:31
      - I wsa thinking this but didn't want to say it. -- nm - Darth Sycor Dec 9, 13:29 1
        
        me, too. -- nm - bb.-8 Dec 9, 13:31
  - Right. -- nm - Dark Callisto vs. Evil Dead Dec 9, 13:18
  - With cardboard weapons -- (edited) - Will Hunting Dec 9, 13:17 1
    - Actually, in most simulations I've seen, they can't even get their gun out of the holster. -- nm - Dark Callisto vs. Evil Dead Dec 9, 13:19
  - ... and because the "good" fake guns can't accidentally hurt innocent people running from the "bad" fake guns. -- nm - Landie Calrissian Dec 9, 13:16 3
    - I feel like it could be subverted - a bunch of people walk through the "crossfire" and lay down shot -- nm - Reagen Dec 9, 13:33 2
      - Or people "shooting" the good guys with guns with their own cardboard weapons. "Hey, we're just demonstrating that there's no way to tell!" -- nm - mara Dec 9, 13:36
      - oh, someone should do this. -- nm - Landie Calrissian Dec 9, 13:35
- What could possibly go right? -- nm - General Liiou Dec 9, 13:12
- Thanks, affirmative action -- nm - jar jar trump Dec 9, 13:09
- What in the ever-loving fvck. -- nm - ewokicripple Dec 9, 13:09
- “We love freedom, and we’re trying to make more freedom.” -- nm - Emperor Beak Dec 9, 13:08 3
  - That's not how it works. That's not how any of this works -- nm - Pippy Bells Dec 9, 13:17 1
    - *ding* -- nm - znufrii Dec 9, 13:29
  - By walking around with cardboard guns.... - Will Hunting Dec 9, 13:13
- I'm not anti-gun. I own a couple myself. But this is just dumb. -- nm - Darth Sycor Dec 9, 13:07
- Offs -- nm - Pippy Bells Dec 9, 13:06
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- and then you are amazed that Trump keeps leading... -- nm - Beaker Dec 9, 13:05
- *smh* -- nm - znufrii Dec 9, 13:05
rm - I have no idea what happens if no votes count. I would LOVE to find out. -- nm - Qui-Gon Jimm Dec 9, 12:58 4
- Bring on the dreaded purple rock. -- nm - Admiral Ackbaron Dec 9, 13:06
- it has to be revote where they vote for someone else. right? -- nm - amanda Dec 9, 13:00 2
  - VOTE PROBST! -- nm - Spawn Solo Dec 9, 13:01 1
    - It's the only way we all win! -- nm - Dark Callisto vs. Evil Dead Dec 9, 13:05
Dead Space. Dead Mold. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 9, 12:57 3
- Maybe the Marker is really just mold and Isaac is really just hallucinating from space mold spores. -- nm - Darth Sycor Dec 9, 13:01
- *eats the space mold* -- nm - Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV Dec 9, 13:00
- Dead space > not fade away -- (link*) - Peglegpete Dec 9, 12:59 [youtube]
Toga. -- nm - Qui-Gon Jimm Dec 9, 12:56 1
- or not toga -- nm - Spawn Solo Dec 9, 12:57

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