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Business: LinkedIn shares down 40% today, $10B wiped off market value -- (link*) - budice Feb 5, 07:23
First, manufacturing. Next: fast food. Now: robots are taking over golf. -- (link) - ML Feb 5, 07:19 [youtube]
Unemployment under Obama's watch -- (link) - decline Feb 5, 07:16
Hail, Caesar! drew $543K last night at 1,815 theaters from showtimes starting at 7PM. -- (link) - LMS Feb 5, 07:14 12
- it's gonna bomb big -- nm - ML Feb 5, 07:15 7
  - I shorted the shit out of everything this weekend. -- nm - groiny Feb 5, 07:18 3
    - i was toying with re-longing The Choice, but i probs not. -- nm - Andie Feb 5, 07:20 2
      - I have never even heard of this movie. - groiny Feb 5, 07:21 1
        
        i have seen trailers, and these stupid Nicholas Sparks things always do better than i expect. -- nm - Andie Feb 5, 07:22
  - It's a Coen Bros. film. Aside from True Grit, they mostly limp along. - Mel Profit Feb 5, 07:17 1
    - I heard from someone that it is their funniest movie. - groiny Feb 5, 07:18
  - If not for ST, I would know nobody that plans to see it in theaters. -- nm - Spawn Feb 5, 07:16
- What does it mean?! -- nm - ty97 Feb 5, 07:14 3
  - If only there were a helpful chart -- nm - LMS Feb 5, 07:19 2
    - dammit - i can't find the link. - Andie Feb 5, 07:24 1
      - oh alright then -- (link) - LMS Feb 5, 07:30
Sakurajima go boom -- (link) - decline Feb 5, 07:09 1
- A nuke plant 30 miles away?! I've seen this movie. Granted, it was dark and hard to tell what was going on, but I've seen it! -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 5, 07:12
Johnny Manziel's agent dropped him like a bad habit -- (link) - budice Feb 5, 07:07 7 1
- After talking with his doctors and family and outlining steps necessary, he can no longer represent JFF. - Will Hunting Feb 5, 07:11 3
  - "Accountability is the foundation of any relationship, and without it, the function of my work is counterproductive" - ouch -- nm - decline Feb 5, 07:13 1
    - i.e. "my client is a little douchebag." -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 5, 07:14
  - Pretty sure his agent has been paying cops etc off for a while, now. - Spawn Feb 5, 07:12
- I hope he never plays football again. - Znufrii Feb 5, 07:09 2
  - Why? Erik has a nice spiral. -- nm - Spawn Feb 5, 07:11
  - CFL bound -- nm - decline Feb 5, 07:10
frig- I just got a nosebleed... -- nm - Diva Feb 5, 07:01 6
- I'll talk to tim mie and his lost stocks of anthrax... - Mel Profit Feb 5, 07:06 1
  - yeah - it was just a surprise iz all. -- nm - Diva Feb 5, 07:12
- someone is upset about this latest development -- (link) - Epiphany Feb 5, 07:05 [Image] 1
  - Ha! -- nm - Diva Feb 5, 07:11
- it could be serious, you better go home. -- nm - decline Feb 5, 07:02 1
  - you have the best ideas. -- nm - Diva Feb 5, 07:03
First phase of solar plant switched on in Morocco -- (link) - Beaker Feb 5, 06:59 1
- There's film studios nearby, it'll make a great location. -- nm - LMS Feb 5, 07:12
HSX openers this weekend. I'm shorting errything. Excepts for Puts. I'm longing Puts. -- nm - Diva Feb 5, 06:58 2
- I have no idea. Probably this. -- nm - ty97 Feb 5, 07:06
- Yup. -- nm - Shaun Feb 5, 07:05
Beck Reimagines David Bowie’s ‘Sound and Vision’ (as only he can) -- (link*) - LMS Feb 5, 06:48 [vimeo]
Picture of the crane that collapsed in Tribeca -- (link) - decline Feb 5, 06:47 2
- and I'd hate to have one of those cars -- (link) - decline Feb 5, 06:51 1
  - Why? They should make out pretty good in this. -- nm* - Ender Feb 5, 06:55
2 former Federal prosecutors that investigated companies and got them to agree to independent monitors are now... -- (link) - spamlet Feb 5, 06:46 1
- I don't see the problem -- nm - Congressperson-turned-lobbyist Feb 5, 06:52
Feb 5, 1869 – The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia. -- nm - Beaker Feb 5, 06:45 5
- 1919 – Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D. W. Griffith launch United Artists. -- nm - Beaker Feb 5, 06:45 4
  - 1945 – World War II: General Douglas MacArthur returns to Manila. -- nm - Beaker Feb 5, 06:46 3
    - 1958 – A hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb is lost by the US Air Force off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, never to be recovered. -- nm - Beaker Feb 5, 06:46 2
      - 1972 – Bob Douglas becomes the first African American elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame. -- nm - Beaker Feb 5, 06:46 1
        
        1985- the mayor of Rome & the mayor of Carthage meet in Tunis to sign a treaty of friendship officially ending the Third Punic War which lasted 2,131 -- nm* - years Feb 5, 06:48
Chicago Stock Exchange Being Sold to Chinese -- (link) - budice Feb 5, 06:44
Stamos chillin' with some BSG alums -- (link) - budice Feb 5, 06:40
I got the call from my landlord. We have to move but not immediately, thankfully. - Krusty Feb 5, 06:39 38
- good luck! -- nm - Epiphany Feb 5, 06:58
- Time for Portland? -- nm - spamlet Feb 5, 06:47 17
  - A little too short of notice to go there. Though, I'm ready to do something different for a while. - Krusty Feb 5, 06:51 16
    - Bah, just DO IT!! -- nm - Bacon Feb 5, 06:59 7
      - Theresa needs to figure out her job situation as her job doesn't exist in Portland. Not many big law firms out there. - Krusty Feb 5, 07:05 6
        
        it's fun when you start to shake things up like this. git 'sum. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 5, 07:18 2
        
        This. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 5, 07:22 1
        
        Let the adventure begin! -- nm - Spawn Feb 5, 07:23
        
        You won't have cranes falling on you out here. -- nm - Bacon Feb 5, 07:14
        
        sending encouraging thoughts to you both! -- nm - Diva Feb 5, 07:13
        
        Krusty is groing up this year!!! ;) -- nm - Bacon Feb 5, 07:09
    - The STL is cheap and halfway to Portland :) -- nm* - spamlet Feb 5, 06:51 7
      - Move to Boston! Where you can root for real sports teams. that win even. - Mel Profit Feb 5, 07:11 1
        
        Heh. :-) I always thought you two should move here. -- nm - Krusty Feb 5, 07:21
      - Move to Knoxville. If Will and Kelly do, too, we can have a party. -- nm - Dark Callisto Feb 5, 07:01 1
        
        Ha! :-) -- nm - Krusty Feb 5, 07:10
      - Heh. :-) - Krusty Feb 5, 06:54 2
        
        Move to Chicago so you can have good pizza. -- nm - Shaun Feb 5, 06:56 1
        
        There's a great NY style place in Logan Square. -- nm - ty97 Feb 5, 06:56
- Sounds like you have the right, Krusty-like attitude. Enjoy the change. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 5, 06:46 2
  - Thanks! We're still planning a visit to you and Diva this summer. Expect us! -- nm - Krusty Feb 5, 06:55 1
    - always welcomed. come to the country. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 5, 07:07
- Ugh. Good luck, hope you find something great! -- nm - Znufrii Feb 5, 06:43 1
  - We're likely going to Bay Ridge in Brooklyn. We can get a 1B for about $1,300 or so. -- nm - Krusty Feb 5, 06:46
- Was this expected? -- nm - prayformojo Feb 5, 06:41 9
  - Kind of. We knew he wanted to kick us out and fix up the place to make much more money but no idea if or when it would happen. - Krusty Feb 5, 06:45 8
    - Is it legal for them to do so? -- nm - ty97 Feb 5, 06:56 5
      - *shrug* Doesn't matter really. We're not going to fight to stay and then live here with an angry and hateful Italian family below us. ;-) - Krusty Feb 5, 06:59
      - He said they didn't have a lease. -- nm - Shaun Feb 5, 06:57 3
        
        This NYC. We created Bernie Sanders. We have rights. -- nm - ty97 Feb 5, 07:03
        
        We would be considered month to month tenants and have very little rights. He only has to give 30 days notice for us to vacate. - Krusty Feb 5, 07:02
        
        Lease or not if she has been there 20 years she gets squatter's rights! Kidding. At least he is giving them a few months notice. -- nm - sycor Feb 5, 07:01
    - I'm glad it's not more immediate/jarring. Good luck to you guys -- nm - prayformojo Feb 5, 06:47 1
      - Thanks! It was a bit surprising to get the call but we'll make it work. -- nm - Krusty Feb 5, 06:49
- good luck. did he offer any incentives to help? -- nm - Andie Feb 5, 06:41 3
  - Nope. He was good to us throughout the years and only raised out rent once in the last 10 years. -- nm - Krusty Feb 5, 06:42 2
    - ah, that was very decent of him. -- nm - Andie Feb 5, 06:46 1
      - The deal was we didn't ask him for anything and he wouldn't raise out rent. In the decade I've lived here he's fixed one thing in the place and that - Krusty Feb 5, 06:48
The new world record holder for "photo taken with the longest selfie stick" is... -- (link) - Roger More Feb 5, 06:33 1
- Compensating. -- nm - Baron Whitlock Feb 5, 06:38
What you can rent in NYC for $60,000/month -- (link) - ty97 Feb 5, 06:30 3
- Looks like the apartment from the first season of Damages. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 5, 06:36
- Everything? -- nm - Krusty Feb 5, 06:32 1
  - see? ST is helping. You can move right in. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 5, 07:09
Carly doing some truth-telling -- (link) - ty97 Feb 5, 06:28 7
- She did beat both Kasich and Christie, who are both on the stage. - spamlet Feb 5, 06:51 5
  - Yeah. Given all the dropouts, I don't see a logical reason for keeping her out at this point. -- nm - ML Feb 5, 06:52 4
    - The Dem lat night was great stuff. Even a change from three to two shows the fewer people in a debate, the better the debate. -- nm - Spawn Feb 5, 07:15
    - it's her Resting Death Stare face. - Mel Profit Feb 5, 07:13
    - Agreed. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 5, 06:56
    - Girls have cooties -- nm - Beaker Feb 5, 06:56
- She's the type that smokes cocaine. -- nm - budice Feb 5, 06:32
if I had any death metal on my phone i would be listening to that right now. this morning has become super-stressfull -- nm - Truman Feb 5, 06:27 3
- Did you get the link for Bumble Bee Tuna? That would help. - spamlet Feb 5, 06:32 2
  - yes, it auto plays. -- nm - Truman Feb 5, 06:50 1
    - No download? I'll send you the file then. -- nm - spamlet Feb 5, 07:21
1 dead, 2 seriously hurt in crane collapse -- (link) - ty97 Feb 5, 06:27 5
- The crane is *huge*. -- (link) - Krusty Feb 5, 06:31 3
  - Whoa. -- nm - kelly Feb 5, 06:51
  - Yeesh. And it looks cold there. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 5, 06:37 1
    - It's an ugly day outside. Cold, windy and snowing. That's not going to make things any easier on the workers. -- nm - Krusty Feb 5, 06:41
- ! -- nm - Andie Feb 5, 06:27
Celeb BDays: Laura Linney (52), Jennifer Jason Leigh (54), Barbara Hershey (68)......Canadians: Don Cherry (82) -- nm - budice Feb 5, 06:18 4
- Love Don Cherry. Have 2 sticks autographed by him. -- nm - Beaker Feb 5, 06:43
- MFK -- nm - Jovian Feb 5, 06:21
- MFK... KWP - Andie Feb 5, 06:20 1
  - I'm with Andie...MFK. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 5, 06:37
ST Gas Poll: How much is gas in your area? -- nm - Beaker Feb 5, 06:11 27
- 1.82 at costco -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 5, 11:49
- .83 per litre -- nm - J Feb 5, 06:49
- $1.75ish -- nm - Strongbad Feb 5, 06:40
- $ 1.54 -- nm - Epiphany Feb 5, 06:29
- about $1.90 -- nm - Diva Feb 5, 06:19 10
  - Just envisioned a gas station postng "About $1.90" as the gas price. -- nm - budice Feb 5, 06:20 9
    - For some reason the other day I was checking out gas prices at various stations. I don't drive but I still found it interesting. - Diva Feb 5, 06:21 8
      - Bi MOAR GAS! - Mel Profit Feb 5, 06:32 6
        
        The BP station had some of the cheaper prices. Hope it helps. -- nm - Diva Feb 5, 06:44 4
        
        I need to talk to you about it Sunday. I want your opinion... - Mel Profit Feb 5, 06:48 3
        
        between drinks and naps of course. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 5, 06:50 2
        
        I was thinking brunch would be a good time. -- nm - Diva Feb 5, 06:50 1
        
        it's a date. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 5, 07:03
        
        Bi vs Straight Gas? -- nm - budice Feb 5, 06:34
      - GasBuddy pretty good website and app. Maps and compares gas prices -- (link) - budice Feb 5, 06:22
- 1.89 -- nm - Znufrii Feb 5, 06:18
- $1.49 this morning -- nm - ML Galaxy Feb 5, 06:18
- ~1.75 or so -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 5, 06:17
- $0.90 litre -- nm - Andie Feb 5, 06:15
- $1.48 -- nm - oblique Feb 5, 06:15
- paid $1.93 last night. Insane for NY. -- nm - Tim Feb 5, 06:15
- Paid $1.59 last night...kinda pissed because it was $1.39 day before yesterday. DOH!!! -- nm - Jim Feb 5, 06:13
- $2.25 (Fwiw, Was $1.89 when I came to SoCal in 2000) -- nm - budice Feb 5, 06:13
- ~$1.75 -- nm - JaxSean Feb 5, 06:13
- $0.779/litre at Costco this morning (mostly $0.849 everywhere else)...love the Costco -- nm - Beaker Feb 5, 06:12
- absolutely no idea. -- nm - ty97 Feb 5, 06:12 1
  - Yup. I couldn't even guess. -- nm - Krusty Feb 5, 06:24
rollin' rollin' rollin' -- nm - oblique Feb 5, 06:09 5
- down the river? -- nm - Strongbad Feb 5, 06:41
- I am not throwing away my roll -- nm - ty97 Feb 5, 06:10 3
  - That song from Hamilton pops in and out of my head every day. -- nm - Krusty Feb 5, 06:33 1
    - I've read that it took him a year to write that song. -- nm - Diva Feb 5, 06:49
  - Just slowin your roll, harshin the mellow. -- nm - budice Feb 5, 06:10

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