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Wow the new X-Files sounds awesome guys (first episode general spoils) - ML Jan 12, 06:23 5
- X-Files: *SOMETHING* is out there -- nm - JaxSean Jan 12, 07:27
- nWo 4 Life -- nm - Strongbad Jan 12, 06:29
- 6 episodes to handle all of that? Impressive. - Will Hunting Jan 12, 06:29
- sounds like a plot that Rand Paul and Al Gore wrote. -- nm - Truman Jan 12, 06:26
- I was planning towatch, but the ads do absolutely nothing for me, so will skip it -- nm - Beaker Jan 12, 06:24
The SOTU address as a Wes Anderson film -- (link) - Reagen Jan 12, 06:21 [youtube] 1
- Combining two awful, tortuous things does not make a good thing. -- nm - ty97 Jan 12, 06:23
is the Benghazi movie getting a lot of attention in the US? (i feel like it's practically invisible here.) - Andie Jan 12, 06:20 11
- I've seen a lot of ads but no general buzz about it on social media. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jan 12, 06:30
- well - they are giving away free screening tickets to see it on the Jumbo Tron at Jerry's World here in Dallas. - Pippy Stardust Jan 12, 06:29
- I feel like there have been tons of ads on the cable channels -- nm - decline Jan 12, 06:27
- I've seen nothing about it. No ads anywhere. -- nm - Krusty Jan 12, 06:22 1
  - i feel like i may just have to not play the options. i have no handle on how this will play south of the border from me. -- nm - Andie Jan 12, 06:23
- I've seen quite a bit over the last week. -- nm - ML Jan 12, 06:21 4
  - same. I think it depends on what you watch. Makes sense to see it during sports and such -- nm* - Beaker Jan 12, 06:21 3
    - oh, you're seeing it? -- nm - Andie Jan 12, 06:24 2
      - ESPN, TBS, TNN, SyFy - i've seen multiple ads on these stations in the past week -- nm - decline Jan 12, 06:38
      - yeah, I've seen a bunch -- nm - Beaker Jan 12, 06:24
- i see lots and lots and lots of ads -- nm - prayformojo Jan 12, 06:20
FL Legislature considering a bill that would convert the entire state to Daylight Savings Time 365 days a year. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 12, 06:19
I love these photos -- (link) - LMS Jan 12, 06:18
Huh, for the first time this winter, there is snow in our immediate forecast and even that's only 50%. - Will Hunting Jan 12, 06:13 3
- its supposed be 50ish here on thursday, then drop into the low 20s for the weekend. - Truman Jan 12, 06:21 2
  - Yeah, I just want a consistent winter at this point. Pick one. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 12, 06:22 1
    - Yup. This up and down is annoying. -- nm - Krusty Jan 12, 06:23
Epic Kojima burn. -- (link) - Shaun Jan 12, 06:11
NFL relocation decision may be announced today (!!!) -- (link) - ML Jan 12, 05:59 5
- I wish they would deny them all. -- nm - Krusty Jan 12, 06:22
- (the link doesn't state it, but it would be a joint Chargers/Rams stadium) -- nm - ML Jan 12, 06:02 2
  - That's the rumor here as well. -- nm - iSpam Jan 12, 06:10
  - meh. -- nm - Truman Jan 12, 06:09
- Cleveland to the XFL -- nm - Beaker Jan 12, 06:00
Your Tuesday is now complete: The 4K Restoration of Lawrence of Arabia. -- (link) - Shaun Jan 12, 05:55
are we doing the pool for the drawing this wednesday? -- nm - Truman Jan 12, 05:45 5
- Yes, Zeitgeist is taking the loot to buy the tickets. Send it to blkhatwhtdog at Yahoo. -- nm - Krusty Jan 12, 05:53 3
  - Z. money sent -- nm - decline Jan 12, 06:11
  - I may just buy the ticket and send him an image of it. - Truman Jan 12, 06:09 1
    - That's what I'm likely to do as well. -- nm - Krusty Jan 12, 06:15
- zeitgeist is handling. -- nm - Andie Jan 12, 05:53
I ended up 27mil yesterday. Thanks you STAR7. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 12, 05:39 18
- Cracked $2 billion because of yesterday. -- nm - Tim Jan 12, 06:27
- Wow, I went up 7 spots yesterday and up ~22M. Currently chilling at 551. -- nm* - Shaun Jan 12, 05:56 5
  - went up 21. I cracked top 3000 (2996) -- nm* - decline Jan 12, 06:19
  - is this a poll? 345. I think my highest ever was 298. -- nm - loaner machine mandy Jan 12, 05:57 3
    - 114. My highest recently was 113. My highest ever was around 70. -- nm - ty97 Jan 12, 06:22
    - I was in the 700s last year when I started playing actively again. -- nm - Shaun Jan 12, 05:58
    - i am at 410. I would like to be in the 300s by March. -- nm - Andie Jan 12, 05:58
- holy crap. I didn't even look last night. I went down two spots!! -- nm - loaner machine mandy Jan 12, 05:52 8
  - I checked right after the delists and was up 11mil. That was an insane evening. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 12, 05:58 7
    - Here's my experience. -- (link) - Shaun Jan 12, 06:03 [Backboard]
    - i was up about 15M at 8pm. I didn't check any later. but i went up two spots, that never happens. -- nm - Andie Jan 12, 05:59 5
      - I'm a nerd. I have a excel sheet showing daily values for spots 101 to 150 so I can see how I'm doing. - Will Hunting Jan 12, 06:01 4
        
        i just look at the ports above me from the rank screen - click on user name and it tells you their last trade date. i'm not dedicated enough for -- (edited) - Andie Jan 12, 06:02 3
        
        3 of the 5 people ahead of me are active. Boooo. -- nm - Shaun Jan 12, 06:14
        
        That's a polite way of rolling your eyes and muttering "nerd". :) -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 12, 06:12 1
        
        no, no, it explains why you have billions more than me. :) -- nm - Andie Jan 12, 06:12
- It now takes over 6 billion H$ to make the top 100 LTD -- nm - ty97 Jan 12, 05:44 1
  - My goal for this year is 6.5B and spot better than 110. - Will Hunting Jan 12, 05:56
Owner of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News, and Philly.com donated the news orgs to media institute -- (link*) - ty97 Jan 12, 05:25 1
- interesting. -- nm - znufrii Jan 12, 05:35
The 14 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (1/12) -- (link) - Beaker Jan 12, 05:16
so...we're either getting a ton or a shit-ton of snow overnight and tomorrow by the sounds of it (one service is saying 1-2 feet of snow) -- nm - Beaker Jan 12, 04:57 7
- Yep it's coming, we're getting it now -- nm - J Jan 12, 06:10 1
  - Toronto - one hour ago, taken at my subway stop. -- (link*) - Andie Jan 12, 06:11
- Where you from Beaker? -- nm - Loyola Jan 12, 04:58 4
  - New Brunswick Canada -- nm - Beaker Jan 12, 05:06 3
    - Get youe storm beer ready, get your storm chips ready, get your storm pizza ready. Shit where is Frankie's forecast? Must find. -- nm - Shaun Jan 12, 05:58 2
      - Bam! -- (link) - Shaun Jan 12, 06:05 [youtube] 1
        
        love Frankie -- nm - Beaker Jan 12, 06:09
Jan 12, 1932 – Hattie Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate. -- nm - Beaker Jan 12, 04:37 4
- 1962 – Vietnam War: Operation Chopper, the first American combat mission in the war, takes place. -- nm - Beaker Jan 12, 04:38 3
  - 1967 – Dr. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation. -- nm - Beaker Jan 12, 04:38 2
    - 1969 – The New York Jets of the American Football League defeat the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League to win Super Bowl III in what is - Beaker Jan 12, 04:38 1
      - 1971 – All in the Family an American sitcom premiered on the CBS television network -- nm - Beaker Jan 12, 04:38
Claire McCaskill is a Ted Cruz birther. -- (link) - iSpam Jan 12, 04:36 16
- I don't think "birther" is an entirely fair comparison, no one that I've seen is arguing that he is hiding the truth of where he was born... -- nm* - znufrii Jan 12, 05:41 9
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  - right, it's just about his eligibility per my quote below -- nm - Beaker Jan 12, 05:44 7
    - I mean its still petty and ridiculous to raise the question as a political point, don't get me wrong. -- nm* - znufrii Jan 12, 05:45 6
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        it seems an easy enough question for him to answer - znufrii Jan 12, 06:10 4
        
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        right. the entire birther movement was an attempt to undercut the legitimacy of Obama's presidential authority via false accusations about his birth. - znufrii Jan 12, 06:16 2
        
        Right, it's an attempt to undercut the legitimacy of Ted Cruz's presidential campaign via stupid accusations about his birth. - Will Hunting Jan 12, 06:18 1
        
        by default, anything the Donald says is not a substantive point of discussion, so I agree with you there. -- nm - znufrii Jan 12, 06:26
- “When Laurence Tribe says it’s a question, it’s a question.” (Harvard Law professor) -- nm - Beaker Jan 12, 04:41 5
  - Here's the Guardian article with Tribe's comments fwiw -- (link) - Roger More Jan 12, 05:46 4
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      - I've realized this may be as close as we could get to a time travel paradox - znufrii Jan 12, 05:59 1
        
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    - the irony that his preferred originalist interpretation of the Constitution would disqualify him to be President is delicious. -- nm* - znufrii Jan 12, 05:56
R Debates Update: Rand and Carly to the Junior Debate on Thursday. 7 on Main Stage. Paul has announced he won't attend. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 12, 04:28 3
- relegation! -- nm - znufrii Jan 12, 05:52
- 7 in main debate, 2 in junior makes no send. 7 vs 9 on on main stage is no real difference. - ty97 Jan 12, 05:15 1
  - Oh, Huck and Santorum are also in the junior. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 12, 05:20
"Lane Kiffin helped Alabama win the national title tonite yet just got left behind by the team buses." - ML Jan 12, 04:25 1
- some dumb NFL team will likely hire him after this -- nm - Beaker Jan 12, 04:33
Sounds like Watson had a Vince Young game, but it wasn't enough. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 12, 04:16 9
- Evil will always triumph because good is dumb. -- nm - Oswaldo MoBarony Jan 12, 05:55
- Sorry Loyola. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 12, 04:16 7
  - Hey I won! Account credited, thanks! -- nm - Loyola Jan 12, 04:39 6
    - didn't you bet the under? What was the over/under then? -- nm - Beaker Jan 12, 04:41 5
      - I thought that was the under? I bet on Clemson to win the game and they had a 6.5 point headstart. - Loyola Jan 12, 04:45 4
        
        The over/under bet is on total score but either way it's nice that you won. Congrats! -- nm* - Krusty Jan 12, 05:55
        
        Oh, good. :) -- (edited) - Strongbad Jan 12, 05:11
        
        ahh, awesome! -- nm - Beaker Jan 12, 04:48 1
        
        I should put it all in powerball now I think... -- nm - Loyola Jan 12, 04:57
TV PSA: New Girl, Pretty Little Liars, Curse of Oak Island, The Shannara Chronicles, Shadowhunters, Grandfathered, Teen Wolf, iZombie, -- nm - Beaker Jan 12, 03:59 2
- Obama's final SOTU address to Congress -- nm - Strongbad Jan 12, 05:54
- MADtv 20th Anniversary Reunion (CW), Hollywood Game Night, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Jan 12, 04:00
Did Biden throw Hillary under the bus? -- nm - Chateau du zeitgeist Jan 12, 02:06
Powerball pool as of late monday night (get your money in) - Chateau du zeitgeist Jan 12, 01:34 1
- Flav is short for flavorize---Thanks for doing this Zeit! -- nm - Flavorize Jan 12, 09:02
Oh, good, I'm holding emoji the right way. 💩👎📉🔻⬇️ -- nm - Beryllium Jan 12, 01:20 1
- crap bad review financial crises got you down? -- nm - Chateau du zeitgeist Jan 12, 01:27
So I watched The Abominable Bride and the latest Elementary tonight. Both of them were excellent. - Beryllium Jan 12, 01:06
Jesus, finally -- nm - Final Destination 1906 Jan 11, 22:59 2
- is this about.... - Chateau du zeitgeist Jan 12, 00:13 1
  - Good thinking. I thought it might be an actual movie, which I would watch. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 12, 00:21
Wow, I was just invited to a native 'memorial sing.' David was a friend and supporter of our society and I can't believe he's been gone for a year. - Meg Jan 11, 22:33 1
- A rather long piece on who he was and what he believed in...... -- (link) - Meg Jan 11, 22:42
Money sent for the pool -- nm - Karl_S Jan 11, 22:20
Heh, that's a first for me. Watching House Hunters - master bath has a separate WC. When the door is opened the toilet lid lifts open. -- nm - Meg Jan 11, 22:13
So far, this "Beautiful Corpse" period of Bowie's career sucks. -- (edited) - Reagen Jan 11, 22:13 1
- Right. We'll even take "Tin Machine" over this phase. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 12, 05:16
When speaking to "theorists", Marty Lagina looks ready to reach across the table and throttle a bitch. -- nm - Mop Jan 11, 22:10
This is a pretty great excerpt from Penn's article -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 11, 22:07
Work sent me a check for my unused vacation time. TIPRR: What was the pre-tax dollar value of my unused vacation time? - howie Jan 11, 21:53 11
- I had a *lot* of unused vacation time. Pre: $18,083.87. Post: $12,331.91 - howie Jan 11, 22:25 7
  - The moral of this story: you should take vacations, mister. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 11, 22:59 3
    - Also, FYI every vacation I've taken in the last 10 years has been to visit my parents in Fernandina Beach. I should be going there soon. (nm) - howie Jan 11, 23:31 1
      - Shrimp Festival! -- nm - jaxSean Jan 11, 23:52
    - I'd rather have the money now when I'm unemployed than have spent the money on vacations. (nm) - howie Jan 11, 23:03
  - Whoa. -- nm - Mop Jan 11, 22:51
  - PowerBall that shit! -- nm - humbug Jan 11, 22:27 1
    - You watch too much Fox News. (nm) - howie Jan 11, 22:34
- $3,000, $1700. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 11, 22:01
- $5500, $3000 -- nm - Beryllium Jan 11, 22:00
- $1200 before; $700 after -- nm - humbug Jan 11, 21:59
It's a hell of a day on Jeopardy when $23,600 isn't enough to win the day. I felt bad for the constant. -- nm - Mop Jan 11, 21:46
Not good - I just found myself pricing out a week at Crow Canyon in June. I'm already committed to - Meg Jan 11, 21:40 5
- Remember my $1,500 Mesa Verde mug a couple of years back? This would be >$2000 for a rawhide rattle and a bird-bone whistle. - Meg Jan 11, 22:03
- "Yes, I would like to buy the whole canyon." -- nm - Millionaire Meg si Jan 11, 21:45
- and the round the world cruise after winning the lottery -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 11, 21:44
- Those trips seem like they have enough logical space in between. What's the problem? -- nm - Qale Jan 11, 21:44 1
  - It works - it just seems excessive :) Maybe if I get some of the house maintenance scheduled in between I won't feel so guilty :) -- nm - Meg Jan 11, 21:51
I liked that part in Almost Famous when this happens. -- (link) - Qale Jan 11, 21:34 [youtube] 6
- Oh, yeah. Kate Hudson's boobies. Good call, Qale. -- nm - Mop Jan 11, 21:52 1
  - Huh, she was 21 when that movie came out... - amoxy Jan 11, 22:02
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- "I will look for you, I will find you, and you will meet the voice on the other end of this phone, and it will not. be. pretty." -- nm - Almost Taken Jan 11, 21:38 2
  - You're onto something here Max! LOL -- nm - JenBro Jan 11, 21:47
  - I do kind of like everything in Almost Famous. -- nm - Qale Jan 11, 21:43
So that was quite a firefight to take down El Chapo. An RPG was involved. -- (link) - Mop Jan 11, 21:30 5
- I put on my robe and wizard hat? -- nm - Qale Jan 11, 21:34 1
  - *starts up One Winged Angel* -- nm - Strongbad Jan 12, 05:53
- fucking Sean Penn. -- nm - mafic Jan 11, 21:32 2
  - Sean Penn got raped by an RPG? - Beryllium Jan 11, 21:36 1
    - the poor RPG will never be the same again :((((((((((((((( -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 11, 21:37

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