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the apple lead for their electric car efforts is reportedly leaving the company. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 22, 15:42 2
- that doesn't bode well -- nm - ML Jan 22, 15:44
- "Man, those things crash *all the flippin' time*. Things are goddamn death traps." -- nm - Apple Car Guy Jan 22, 15:43
That stuff about Rey not being included because it would be a spoiler? BS.. -- (link) - nic to be determined Jan 22, 15:35 3
- Flavorwire anonymous sources are *unimpeachable* -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 22, 15:39 2
  - walks like a duck and quacks like a duck.... -- nm - Beaker Jan 22, 15:40 1
    - yep. it boggles my mind that this was the thinking. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 22, 15:41
winter storm amanda jonas poll: all the east coasters still with us? -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 22, 15:31 17
- I am well stocked on food and ready for a weekend of movies and tv. -- nm - Krusty Jan 22, 15:49
- we're going streakin'! -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 22, 15:41 3
  - ah, so you DID find the bourbon -- nm - ty97 Jan 22, 15:43 2
    - too.many.bars near the new office. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 22, 15:47 1
      - so... -- nm - Deev Jan 22, 15:48
- watching some kittens eat dinner, listening to a podcast, cleaning, having a beer. still alive! -- nm - all the boys love christine baranski Jan 22, 15:34
- I'm still convinced that this is going to be a bit of a bust -- nm - prayformojo Jan 22, 15:33 10
  - shh, you. it's like you never read that timeline you've posted over the years. -- nm - b. Jan 22, 15:45 2
    - timeline? -- nm - prayformojo Jan 22, 15:48 1
      - the progressive diary entry? :) - -- nm - b. Jan 22, 15:50
  - I'm still not impressed. -- nm - pfm, up to his neck Jan 22, 15:44 1
    - the traffic cams up home look like The Shining -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 22, 15:46
  - Local NYC weather guy was pointing out that there are lot of 'blank spaces' in the overall system (sorta like multiple eyes of a hurricane if you will - ty97 Jan 22, 15:43
  - I think we will get maybe 2 inches. small ones are sweeter. -- nm - all the boys love christine baranski Jan 22, 15:34 3
    - like gherkins -- nm - Max Jan 22, 15:45 2
      - chubcumbers -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 22, 15:46 1
        
        (Not smaller) -- nm - Amanda Jan 22, 15:52
At least two people are dead in that Canadian school shooting. -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 22, 15:07 4
- Updated: FIVE. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 22, 15:24 2
  - :( - -- nm - b. Jan 22, 15:45
  - Oh god. -- nm - andie Jan 22, 15:44
- ugh -- nm - Beaker Jan 22, 15:07
Buffalo laughs at DC's snowcompetence -- (link) - slipping jimmy Jan 22, 15:05
The Vikings TV show is coming to comics -- (link) - Beaker Jan 22, 15:04
Here's what the tax code would look like if Bernie Sanders got everything he wanted -- (link) - Strongbad Jan 22, 14:47 16
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  - ik,r? -- nm - znufrii Jan 22, 15:20
- The only problem I see with this is if you make everyone healthy then you'll wind up with too many able-bodied people looking for scarce jobs. -- nm - Max Jan 22, 14:54 5
  - Solution? - prayformojo Jan 22, 14:56 4
    - The Soylent Green factories are accepting applications. -- nm - TWuG Jan 22, 15:03 2
      - Logan's Run -- nm - Beaker Jan 22, 15:18 1
        
        Carousel. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 22, 15:29
    - Final solution. Meaning a Thunderdome reality show on tv more often than American Idol, *finally* -- nm - Max Jan 22, 14:57
- the biggest road block (to me) is that most people still don't understand marginal tax rates. -- nm - Reagen Jan 22, 14:54 1
  - maybe Adam McKay can make another lowest-common denominator movie about them -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 22, 14:55
- Something is wrong with the $75,300 bracket - amoxy Jan 22, 14:52 3
  - looks like he's adding the employer share of the payroll tax, and I'm guesing SS caps at 118,500 -- nm* - znufrii Jan 22, 15:01 1
    - though I'm not sure why he's applying the individual social security cap when the rest of the chart uses married filing jointly tax brackets. -- nm* - znufrii Jan 22, 15:17
  - Yeah. That doesn't look right. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 22, 14:59
- That doesn't seem very surprising. -- nm - Qale Jan 22, 14:51
- okay by me -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 22, 14:49
Caesar salad, garlic bread and fish cakes for supper -- nm - Beaker Jan 22, 14:41 6
- homemade fish cakes? cod or something else? like these? (I have questions.) nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 22, 15:44
- Pepperoni pizza. -- nm - Krusty Jan 22, 14:42 4
  - Chicago Style!! -- nm - Bacon Jan 22, 14:45 3
    - Nope, real pizza like you can't have. -- nm - Krusty Jan 22, 14:47 2
      - you mean that soggy stuff you can fold. -- nm* - nic to be determined Jan 22, 14:51 1
        
        If it's soggy you need to find a better pizzeria. The crust is crunchy and so delicious. - Krusty Jan 22, 14:54
Bob Dole: Trump would be better nominee than Cruz -- (link) - Strongbad Jan 22, 14:38 12
- How badly must the GOP hate Cruz to want to get in bed with Trump. -- nm - TWuG Jan 22, 14:42 10
  - It shows you how little power the Tea Party actually has. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 22, 14:47 9
    - lol -- nm - znufrii Jan 22, 15:27
    - You don't even know -- nm - Ex-Speaker John Boehner Jan 22, 14:51 4
      - That was very successful. They even got their own nominee and everything. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 22, 15:21 3
        
        After weeks of begging him to take the dead-end job. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 22, 15:29
        
        They flexed their muscles and got rid of a guy they wanted out. Nobody is saying they have the power on their own to acheive all their goals, but - pmb Jan 22, 15:29
        
        They also kneecapped the party's first choice to replace him -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 22, 15:24
    - Really? I think it shows the opposite. The establishment is having to turn themselves into a knot because of them. They can't consolidate their - pmb Jan 22, 14:50 2
      - This. The *establishment* GOP has lost control of the base. -- nm - TWuG Jan 22, 14:54 1
        
        They relinquished it to talk radio and Fox News. -- nm - Mara Jan 22, 15:45
- Kick in the balls or punch in the face. You decide... NOW! -- nm - Mop Jan 22, 14:40
GOP Kansas Senator Imposes Dress Code For Female Witnesses -- (link) - amoxy Jan 22, 14:37 3
- Make them wear a Burka!! -- nm - Bacon Jan 22, 14:46
- Kansas Supreme court cancels Wichita's new pot laws -- (link) - Peglegpete Jan 22, 14:40 1
  - Kansas: still leading the country in being the least progressive. -- nm - Krusty Jan 22, 14:43
Bah - gotta love volunteers that call in 20 minutes before their shift :/ -- nm - Meg at the bookstore Jan 22, 14:37
" I'm not saying Dirty Grandpa is terrible, but I fully expect a terrorist organization to claim responsibility for it any minute now." -- nm - Reagen Jan 22, 14:33 12
- ST Poll: Has DeNiro given up? It's all Paycheck "What else am I gonna do?" Work now, right? - Mel Profit Jan 22, 14:36 11
  - His David O Russell stuff is him trying, even if I don't care for them that much. -- nm - Reagen Jan 22, 14:41
  - I read an article about this yesterday. "The Shaming Of Robert DeNiro" -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 22, 14:41 8
    - I think if we weren't seeing DeNiro humiliated in his movies, it would be less jarring. - Roger More Jan 22, 14:58
    - Good article. - Mel Profit Jan 22, 14:56 5
      - (though those scripts may never get made) -- nm - Roger More Jan 22, 14:59 4
        
        the older women seem to find scripts that are viable. I refuse to believe DeNiro can't walk into an office, toss a script on a desk and get something - Mel Profit Jan 22, 15:05 3
        
        Keaton does about one movie a year. DeNiro usually does 4 or 5 -- nm - Col. Stuart si Jan 22, 15:56
        
        he had some big tax bills he had to pay off. Frankie Machine could be a return to form -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 22, 15:09 1
        
        this makes sense. At least there's a reason. - Mel Profit Jan 22, 15:14
    - This goes back to 2000 and Meet the Parents. His good movies since are far outweighed by his embarrassments. - Mop Jan 22, 14:54
  - he might be in the Michael Caine [1980's] phase of do everything offered -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 22, 14:38
AAAAH!!! I just had a great talk about moderating a panel at that conference. Looks like it's happening! - Mop Jan 22, 14:29 1
- It would be really funny if the conference was MERGE 2016 -- nm - Beryllium Jan 22, 14:42
Rank the following: The LEGO Movie, Big Hero 6, Wreck-It Ralph - prayformojo Jan 22, 14:27 30
- I really liked all three. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 22, 15:01
- Lego and Ralph in a dead heat, then Hero. -- nm - kelly Jan 22, 15:00
- Wreck it Ralph si the best and the others are horrible -- nm - Bacon Jan 22, 14:54
- Lego, Big Hero 6, Wreck-it-Ralph -- nm - Krusty Jan 22, 14:49
- BH6, Wreck It, Lego. Loved all 3 though. -- nm - Beaker Jan 22, 14:39
- Apparently I like Wreck-It Ralph a good bit more than you guys. I'd put it first, just ahead of LEGO. I think Big Hero 6 is a step or two behind those -- nm - prayformojo Jan 22, 14:37
- bh6, lego, and I haven't seen wir. (should I?) -- nm - b. Jan 22, 14:34 3
  - I think Wreck It Ralph is better than the rest. -- nm - CQ Jan 22, 14:46 2
    - okeydokey, I've added it to my watch-someday list. :) - -- nm - b. Jan 22, 14:52 1
      - It's awesome -- nm - Bacon Jan 22, 14:55
- 3-2-1 -- nm - CQ Jan 22, 14:33
- Big Hero. and I did not see the other ones -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 22, 14:31
- Lego.......Wreck and Big Hero virtual tie. -- nm - Reagen Jan 22, 14:30
- Big Hero 6, LEGO, haven't seen it. -- nm - Diva Jan 22, 14:30
- Hmm. I seem to be in the minority. Wrecking It Ralph, Lego Movie, Big Hero 6. -- nm - Mop Jan 22, 14:30
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- Lego, Big Hero 6, Never saw it. -- nm - Andie Jan 22, 14:29
- I can't rate them, as I haven't seen Wreck It Ralph. But I prefer to re-watch BH6. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 22, 14:29
- Big Hero 6, virtually no gap, Lego Movie, huge gap, Wreck It Ralph -- nm - David Jan 22, 14:28 6
  - lol, this exactly. -- nm - Jovian Jan 22, 14:41
  - yah, I almost said a tie. lego wins for creativity, bh6 for heart - I went with heart. -- nm - b. Jan 22, 14:38
  - This, though I haven't seen WIR, but I can't imagine it being better than BH6. -- nm - TWuG Jan 22, 14:32 1
    - thats cause its not even in the same league as BH6 -- nm - Jovian Jan 22, 14:42
  - This -- nm - amoxy Jan 22, 14:29
  - these first two seem accurate, I cannot speak to the third. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 22, 14:29
- Lego...Big Hero 6............................................ .........................Wreck-It Ralph -- nm - ML Jan 22, 14:28 4
  - this -- nm - Spawn Jan 22, 15:55
  - The exact opposite. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 22, 14:36 2
    - Yep -- nm - Bacon Jan 22, 14:55 1
      - welp, sorry SB -- nm - ML Jan 22, 15:15
The 8-12/12-18 line runs through upper Manhattan. It looks like Tim might not even get snow. - ty97 Jan 22, 14:27 4
- Meanwhile, I figure DC has it's first foot already? -- nm - ty97 Jan 22, 14:28 3
  - The snow in our parking lot hasn't even covered car tirewalls yet. What the crap, is it going around us?? - Max Jan 22, 14:45 2
    - I think it's supposed to really hit you overnight. -- nm - ty97 Jan 22, 14:51 1
      - charge your phone! charge your phone! -- nm - all the boys love christine baranski Jan 22, 15:25
Let the record show, Gillian Anderson and Kate Winslet are the same person. -- nm - Mop Jan 22, 14:26 4
- not.at.all. maybe you need your eyes and ears checked, or somethin'. -- nm - b. Jan 22, 14:34
- I disagree - JD Jan 22, 14:30
- They're not even the same cup size. - Beryllium Jan 22, 14:29
- *Sleeps with Kate Winslet* -- nm - David Duchovney Jan 22, 14:29
Steven Moffat stepping down as Doctor Who showrunner after next series, no new episodes except Christmas in 2016 -- (link*) - znufrii Jan 22, 14:22 4
- Good. Maybe they'll get someone who isn't so enamored with the silly. -- nm - TWuG Jan 22, 14:33 3
  - Eh. - znufrii Jan 22, 14:40
  - with as much as you've shared re: disliking it, I'm baffled that you still watch. -- nm - b. Jan 22, 14:35 1
    - I keep hoping it'll show the brilliance we got from him with Blink! - TWuG Jan 22, 14:41
"Man that Hugh Glass had it tough. *munch munch munch* He looks cold. *chug*" -- nm - Reagen Jan 22, 14:17 2
- He knows it's not a comedy, right? -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 22, 14:20 1
  - It's not *not* funny. -- nm - Reagen Jan 22, 14:22
Spectre is now available on Digital HD. - David Jan 22, 14:17 1
- (In case your Disappointment Quota for January is running low.) nm - Dignan Jan 22, 14:18
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- Probably easier to get in on the technical side, which isn't that much more diverse. - nic to be determined Jan 22, 14:41
Wow. What an opening weekend. RT ratings: 5WAVE 19%, DRTGP 6%, THBOY 0%. -- nm - GregW Jan 22, 14:14 2
- Watching 5th Wave promo stuff, I'm even more convinced Nick Robinson should be young Han Solo. nm - Dignan Jan 22, 14:16
- It's January! -- nm - Qale Jan 22, 14:14
If I understand B2 right, Michelle Williams and James van der Beek are going to star in the X-Files - prayformojo Jan 22, 14:14 16
- X-Files: They Don't Wanna Wait -- nm - Diva Jan 22, 14:18 1
  - 🎶 For Our Lives To Be Over 🎶 -- nm - Beryllium Jan 22, 14:28
- Mulder's Creek. -- nm - pmb Jan 22, 14:18
- With Pacey as Cigarette Smoking Man! -- nm - David Jan 22, 14:15 3
  - Doesn't he strike you more as Rat Boy? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 22, 14:16 2
    - Krycek. -- nm* - Reagen Jan 22, 14:17 1
      - That's what I said. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 22, 14:27
- X:Files: California -- nm - Andie Jan 22, 14:14 8
  - X-Files: Cyber -- nm - Beryllium Jan 22, 14:15 7
    - X-Files: Alien Intent -- nm - ty97 Jan 22, 14:19 6
      - Don't Trust the Alien in Apt. 23. -- nm - pmb Jan 22, 14:26 5
        
        Two Broke Biomasses -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 22, 14:49
        
        I would watch that. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 22, 14:27 3
        
        Van Der Beek needs to work more. I liked Apt 23 -- nm - Andie Jan 22, 14:28 2
        
        He's got a full time gig on CSI Cyber. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 22, 14:30 1
        
        yeah. i'm ignoring that. i want the funny charming irreverent version. -- nm* - Andie Jan 22, 14:31
B. please reconsider the DOLE SALAD [maybe with LISTERIA] -- (link*) - Peglegpete Jan 22, 14:12 2
- not in california. already checked/posted about it on the bb. but thanks! -- nm - b. Jan 22, 14:15
- Just enough to add that extra 'kick'. -- nm - GregW Jan 22, 14:14

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