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China police arrest 21 in alleged $7.6B investment fraud -- (link) - Beaker Feb 1, 11:01 1
- If you spread it around, it's only $360 million each. -- nm - Mop Feb 1, 11:07
ST Poll # call it: Who drops out tomorrow? -- nm - ty97 Feb 1, 10:57 17
- I think Huck and Santorum should...but they are stubborn. - Will Hunting Feb 1, 11:23
- (a more snarky response is that everyone other than Trump, Cruz, and Rubio *should* drop out) - ML Feb 1, 11:06 5
  - I think a case can be made for Christie going far. -- nm - Mop Feb 1, 11:08
  - I think Kasich should stay in through Super Tuesday to see what happens. -- nm - Max Feb 1, 11:07 2
    - Maybe to boost VP cred, but the NYT endorsement is his kiss of death IMO. -- nm - ML Feb 1, 11:08 1
      - He is a loser. No VP I have will be a loser! -- nm - Trump Feb 1, 11:09
  - Technically, Trump should drop out. -- nm - Spawn Feb 1, 11:07
- sub-poll: who does the drop-out(s) endorse? -- nm - ty97 Feb 1, 11:04
- Luke Kuechly. -- nm - David Feb 1, 11:03
- Christie, Fiornia and O'Malley -- nm - amoxy Feb 1, 11:02
- O'Malley's broke - mr. plow Feb 1, 11:02
- I'm not sure anyone drops until after NH. - ML Feb 1, 10:59 4
  - I think Santorum's holding out for a surprise in Iowa. If he can't get support there he won't get it anywhere. -- nm - Max Feb 1, 11:01 3
    - Agreed on the analysis, although he might hold out for SC. -- nm - ML Feb 1, 11:04
    - also, Huckabee, Carson -- nm - mr. plow Feb 1, 11:02 1
      - I'm not sure Carson's experienced enough to know when to drop out. -- nm - Ender Feb 1, 11:04
- Santorum -- nm - Max Feb 1, 10:58
BP to announce 70% collapse in profits. -- nm - Spawn Feb 1, 10:56 7
- time to buy! -- nm - colin Feb 1, 11:09
- link? - Mel Profit Feb 1, 10:59 4
  - seems like if you have BP stock, now is the absolute worst time to sell. - ty97 Feb 1, 11:00 2
    - It's probably far too late, agreed, to do anything but wait and hope. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 1, 11:02
    - Today is better than tomorrow! -- nm - Spawn Feb 1, 11:01
  - here -- (link) - ML Feb 1, 11:00
- Solar! -- nm - amoxy Feb 1, 10:56
My Tivo picked up a new episode of the Venture Bros. last night at midnight. WTF? -- nm - Mop Feb 1, 10:51 6
- "Man, you used to be cool. Whatever, I'm going out. Don't turn on the bathroom light in the morning - I might be sleeping in the tub." -- nm - Tivo Feb 1, 10:55
- season 6 premiere -- nm - Beaker Feb 1, 10:53 3
  - !!!!!! -- nm - amanda jonas Feb 1, 10:59 2
    - it was part of my TV PSA follow-up post! -- nm - Beaker Feb 1, 11:02 1
      - I... I... we had midget wrestling in town saturday night so I'm kind of off my game! -- nm - amanda jonas Feb 1, 11:03
- Your Tivo stays up later than you. - Spawn Feb 1, 10:53
"The NFL's Super Bowl ad features fans who might have been conceived on Super Bowl night" -- (link) - ML Feb 1, 10:48 6
- Depending on who was performing you might even be able to pinpoint conception to halftime. -- nm - Max Feb 1, 10:54
- that is a lot of 3 month olds who look like Gronk -- nm - Beaker Feb 1, 10:53
- (hey, where are the Vikings babies at....oh) -- nm - ML Feb 1, 10:51
- "My mom got fucked harder the night of SB XLVIII than Peyton did" -- nm* - mr. plow Feb 1, 10:51
- really? -- nm - amoxy Feb 1, 10:49 1
  - I have had a lot of SB sex, but none that I really want to remember. - Spawn Feb 1, 10:52
Top 10 Calvin Johnson moments. -- (link) - Shaun Feb 1, 10:48 3
- And a Mout Rushmore catch of "How in the..what?" - Will Hunting Feb 1, 10:53 [youtube]
- (it was a catch) -- nm - ML Feb 1, 10:50
- Without looking, none of them even sniff the Super Bowl -- nm - amoxy Feb 1, 10:50
Looks like Cappie renewed So You Think You Can Dance. -- nm - Spawn Feb 1, 10:47
I'm home today since my son's still sick with a cold. I got to watch the NHL All-Star Game and this John Scott thing is just the perfect fairy tale. - Mop Feb 1, 10:44
need cookies. blue or yellow oreos? -- nm - amanda jonas Feb 1, 10:44 2
- got both. -- nm - amanda jonas Feb 1, 11:01 1
  - Make some green ones. -- nm - Max Feb 1, 11:02
holy eff, Derek Carr -- (link*) - ML Feb 1, 10:41 8
- "That's one of the best throws in Pro Bowl history." - Jon Gruden -- nm - Spawn Feb 1, 11:04
- Off-balance on one foot. That's dazzling. -- nm - David Feb 1, 10:44 1
  - I'm more impressed with the accuracy instead of the arm. - Will Hunting Feb 1, 10:45
- Wow. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 1, 10:43
- All David sees is Sherman getting burned. -- nm - Shaun Feb 1, 10:43 3
  - him RKOing Clay Matthews was funny though -- nm - Beaker Feb 1, 10:56
  - It is the Pro Bowl. Don't defenders have one hand tied behind their back? -- nm - amoxy Feb 1, 10:56
  - It's tough to play that much better - Will Hunting Feb 1, 10:44
pfm's kid is *still* out of school?? -- nm - ML Feb 1, 10:39 7
- no. They were back today -- nm - prayformojo Feb 1, 11:04 2
  - that's not necessarily the same thing as "schools are open again" -- nm - mr. plow Feb 1, 11:07
  - Ah. FB confuzzled me. -- nm - ML Feb 1, 11:05
- I think they fired all the teachers and burned the school for heat. -- nm* - ty97 Feb 1, 10:41
- We have an odd mix of giant piles of snow on intersection corners but no snow on grass. -- nm - Max Feb 1, 10:40 2
  - how was your weather this weekend? I meant to look or ask. we hit 60 yesterday. -- nm - amanda jonas Feb 1, 10:43 1
    - Beautiful yesterday, 60 here too with a nice breeze. I almost stopped to snap a pic of the sunset walking home from the grocery store because it was - Max Feb 1, 10:52
What people write to their doctors is...something. - Mel Profit Feb 1, 10:36 2
- I'm hoping this is a crossover episode with JD's friend below. -- nm - David Feb 1, 10:40 1
  - It very well could be. these poor souls. - Mel Profit Feb 1, 10:55
Nice, my favorite Ben Foster movie is coming up on Starz. -- nm - Todd Manning Feb 1, 10:33 5
- Big Trouble! -- nm - David Feb 1, 11:00
- EXCUSE me!! me loves me some Ben Foster - which movie is it? -- nm - Epiphany Feb 1, 10:37 3
  - Get Over It. Apparently it's Starz Comedy. -- nm - Todd Manning Feb 1, 10:46 1
    - thanks! never seen it - watching now -- nm - Epiphany Feb 1, 11:03
  - X-Men: The Last Stand. -- nm - Shaun Feb 1, 10:43
"NFL reaches deal with CBS and NBC for Thursday Night Football; fees for Thursday night rights will be roughly $450M" -- nm - ML Feb 1, 10:25 18
- NFL press release. Deal is for 2016 and 2017 -- (link) - ty97 Feb 1, 10:47
- ...per game. -- nm - NFL Feb 1, 10:28
- More shitty football. Yay! -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 1, 10:27 12
  - well no, the same shitty football--just now on a network instead of NFLN -- nm - ML Feb 1, 10:28 11
    - "CBS & NBC will split games w/NFLN" -- (link) - ty97 Feb 1, 10:38 2
      - "CBS (5 games a year), NBC (5 games) and NFL Network (8 games) for two years" -- nm - ML Feb 1, 10:52
      - i haven't seen over how many years yet. -- nm - mr. plow Feb 1, 10:41
    - Expect The Big Bang Theory to move to a new night. -- nm - David Feb 1, 10:34 6
      - Just cancel it. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 1, 10:34 5
        
        I'd watch a Stuart spinoff set in the comic shop. -- nm - Beaker Feb 1, 10:39 3
        
        I'd watch a Bernadette show. - Will Hunting Feb 1, 10:42 2
        
        word to the im. The only thing I've liked from him was whenever he interacted with Wil Wheaton -- nm - Beaker Feb 1, 10:55 1
        
        "Game over, Moonpie" still cracks me up -- nm - Beaker Feb 1, 10:56
        
        Why do you want CBS bankrupted? -- nm - David Feb 1, 10:35
    - As someone who likes some network tv, this is more shitty football. -- nm* - Will Hunting Feb 1, 10:29
- which averages out to about 100m per touchdown scored -- nm - mr. plow Feb 1, 10:26
- we want Wednesday games next! -- nm - Beaker Feb 1, 10:26 1
  - best way to recover from a sunday concussion is to play through it, really -- nm - mr. plow Feb 1, 10:27
*lays in wait, eyeing the perfect spot to dash underfoot, sending screen door repairman hurtling to his death* -- nm - chubbers Feb 1, 10:19 2
- I can't believe he's not sending me photos. what the hell kind of handyman is he? - amanda jonas Feb 1, 10:35
- my money is on one of them climbing the new screen :) *chubbers sharpens claws* -- nm - JenBro Feb 1, 10:22
STIS: Anyone had success with Wallapop? Thinking about trying it out to sell a microwave. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 1, 10:18
Amazon Help: I've been selecting the monthly Kindle First books, but I didn't finish January's book (Terms of Use) yet. How long do I have to read it, - JaxSean Feb 1, 10:18 6
- no time limit -- nm - decline Feb 1, 10:24
- Right, you own it. You get to "borrow" a book a month through the Kindle Lending Library, and you have until whenever to read that. - ML Feb 1, 10:23
- You own it. - Will Hunting Feb 1, 10:21
- (Or once selected, you actually "own it?") -- nm - JaxSean Feb 1, 10:20
- You own it. -- nm - Ender Feb 1, 10:20 1
  - Neechay. Thanks. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 1, 10:20
Reminder: Kindle First titles release today. - ML Feb 1, 10:17 10
- what is this, yo? -- nm - amanda jonas Feb 1, 10:35 1
  - Prime members get a free book each month out of 4-6 options before it's available to the masses. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 1, 10:36
- Captain Riley for me -- nm - CQ Feb 1, 10:29
- I think it's Little Sister for me. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 1, 10:20
- Last Girl. -- nm - Ender Feb 1, 10:20
- what, no Romantic Suspense novels for you? -- nm - decline Feb 1, 10:18
- lol. I just picked The Last Girl. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 1, 10:18
- I was just coming to post this after getting the email too. -- (link) - spamlet Feb 1, 10:18 2
  - "A cold case turns hot when a seasoned reporter and a reluctant psychic team up to solve a murder." - ML Feb 1, 10:19 1
    - I think it is a new show on CBS -- nm - Beaker Feb 1, 10:20
Ask me to write 5,000 words and it's no problem. Ask me to write 500 and I feel smothered. - David Feb 1, 10:16 11
- The solution to writing with a word limit is to pick a number smaller than the limit and aim for that. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 1, 10:43
- Looking at my Survivor column word counts - I agree with this. lol -- nm - Jim Feb 1, 10:25
- We know how to defeat you now. Go ahead write a 50 word comeback. Scratch that, make it 25. -- nm - Inigo Feb 1, 10:23
- does twitter make your head explode? -- nm - decline Feb 1, 10:22
- I can bump you up to 10 Paragraph David as opposed to what I originally set as 5. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 1, 10:21
- I'm currently on page three of a letter to somebody on why they're wrong. - spamlet Feb 1, 10:21 1
  - I am sure they will stop reading after the first page. -- nm - Spawn Feb 1, 10:54
- "If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter" -- nm - Mark Twain Feb 1, 10:18
- Ask me to write 50 and I"m usually stuck with FotBP for several hours/days -- nm - prayformojo Feb 1, 10:17 2
  - Ask me to write 5 and I'm like, no, you don't tell me what to do Chris Hardwick. -- nm - Qale Feb 1, 10:18
  - I needed another few words to end something the other day and settled on "Screw Flanders." -- nm - David Feb 1, 10:18
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- He still has a bruised lip after three months? That doesn't seem possible. -- nm - Inigo Feb 1, 10:18 1
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- um.... what happened to him that he is talking about his "skin coming back"? -- nm - Andie Feb 1, 10:18 5
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    - i guess i can see what he's saying, a bit. like, "i don't want to rehash the event itself, but if you think i'm going to stop posting about the - Andie Feb 1, 10:20 2
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      - right, this -- nm - ty97 Feb 1, 10:21
  - I am guessing since the NYPD thought he was a suspect, he was tackled or similar and sustained injuries - ty97 Feb 1, 10:19
- REB2 I did notice the "I don't want to relive this, here's a FB post about it" thing. -- nm - ty97 Feb 1, 10:17 1
  - But assuming it's true (and I don't know this person to even guess, so I'll assume it is true) I can see why they might want to mention it - ty97 Feb 1, 10:18
Belgian cyclist has a cunning plan for victory -- (link) - mr. plow Feb 1, 10:15
My Solipsism Club is very successful. 100% attendance, every week! -- nm - Reagen Feb 1, 10:14 3
- Also, Jack, I look forward to your friend's book of goth poetry. -- nm - Reagen Feb 1, 10:23
- I don't believe you. -- nm - David Feb 1, 10:17
- Funny, I can never get mine above 2/3rds, so....what the hell? -- nm - prayformojo Feb 1, 10:16
Hope that the gazebo won't be over or through my fence by the time I get home. -- nm - Meg Feb 1, 10:14 1
- well, on the bright side, you may get a free gazebo out of it -- nm - decline Feb 1, 10:17
CC House of Style was the shit -- nm - mr. plow Feb 1, 10:14
Golf-PGA: Weather damaged Torrey Pines overnight -- (link*) - budice Feb 1, 10:13 3
- Man, the PGA is really working overtime to help Tiger regain his form. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 1, 10:25
- Wow. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 1, 10:19
- Dem pines got Tore'd up! -- nm - Beryllium Feb 1, 10:14

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