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for my flaming friends, some good news - Gloria Gaynor's I Will Survive selected for preservation at the LOC -- (link) - crash davis Mar 23, 11:44 6
- Jolly good! -- nm - Mop Mar 23, 11:48
- Eh, it's good news, but I'm not going to sparkle and twirl until the LOC preserves the entire Kyle Minogue catalog. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 23, 11:48 2
  - She's a national treaure. -- nm - Mop Mar 23, 11:51 1
    - Of another country -- nm - Roger More Mar 23, 11:53
- YES! -- nm - ty97 Mar 23, 11:45 1
  - sing it, ty! -- nm - decline Mar 23, 11:49
Atlanta and Denver airports evacuated after suspicious packages. -- (link) - spamlet, spreading happiness and joy where he goes Mar 23, 11:43 1
- aka, standard overreactions following an event -- nm - ty97 Mar 23, 11:43
Breaking News!!: ARod is retiring - decline Mar 23, 11:38 10
- But not before earning the final $42 million of his contract. -- nm - David Mar 23, 11:44 1
  - brother's gotta get paid -- nm - decline Mar 23, 11:45
- I thought he retired last year? -- nm - JaxSean Mar 23, 11:42 5
  - I wish. -- nm - Krusty Mar 23, 11:44 4
    - Wasn't he your best hitter last year? -- nm - spamlet, spreading happiness and joy where he goes Mar 23, 11:44 3
      - He was very good in the first half but did nothing in the second half. He can't play the field so he locks up the DH. - Krusty Mar 23, 11:47
      - spamlet's nickname lies. -- nm - ty97 Mar 23, 11:45 1
        
        My job here is done then. -- nm - spamlet, spreading happiness and joy where he goes Mar 23, 11:46
- Not cool. -- nm - Krusty Mar 23, 11:41 1
  - He's also dating Anne Wojcicki (Google's Sergei Brin's ex-wife) - decline Mar 23, 11:46
Fired from two jobs? How does that even work? -- nm - David Mar 23, 11:29 2
- In most places in the US it works like a Trump reality show - ty97 Mar 23, 11:33
- Psst, hey boss, I think that new new guy is gay...ok I'll take care of it...hey new guy, you're outta here -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 23, 11:31
ST Poll: This is making huge waves on a DC blog. Thoughts on the reaction of the poster/commenter? - MDH Mar 23, 11:28 23
- No good deed goes unpunished. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 23, 11:47
- I love that her first thought was to post about it online. -- nm - spamlet, spreading happiness and joy where he goes Mar 23, 11:44
- Outrage machines have no off switch. - The Real Death Sceire Mar 23, 11:42
- She completely has the right but I personally have never understood the need to breastfeed where ever you sit. - Name Withheld by Request Mar 23, 11:38 3
  - Baby's gotta eat when baby's gotta eat. -- nm - znufrii Mar 23, 11:49
  - You see it a couple times then it's no big deal, like two guys showing affection, only weird if you haven't seen it before or weren't allowed to -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 23, 11:42 1
    - I've got two kids, one who is still breastfed. I still personally think it's inappropriate in mass public settings, but completely get that... - Name Withheld by Request Mar 23, 11:55
- One thing we have learned is that if there are treats (teats) you have to share with the class! -- nm - adolescent boys Mar 23, 11:37
- I think they are both overreacting. - volnelk Mar 23, 11:35
- Are you suggesting her motivation to warn was not sincere? Teen adolescents can be total assholes which is why they are segregated into midschool -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 23, 11:35 2
  - (I don't think MDH is suggesting anything and the whole thing is c&p from the mom) -- nm - ty97 Mar 23, 11:36 1
    - Correct. This was the mother's write in to the blog. -- nm* - MDH Mar 23, 11:49
- 2. makes me think BS and the poster is not a mom at all - con_carne Mar 23, 11:35
- personally #3 is whackadoodle to me -- nm - crash davis Mar 23, 11:34
- was she hawt? -- nm - decline Mar 23, 11:34 1
  - I'm gonna go with 110% odds of no -- nm - ty97 Mar 23, 11:35
- Zealots gonna overreact - ty97 Mar 23, 11:32
- i think she *completely* over-reacted. She was not asked to stop. She was given a head's up about something I feel pretty sure the librarian had a - Andie Mar 23, 11:31 2
  - This was exactly my thought as well. -- nm - MDH Mar 23, 11:48
  - exactly. and she's the one who turned it confrontational. -- nm - b. Mar 23, 11:33
- Because, boobs. -- (edited) - znufrii Mar 23, 11:31
- in all honesty, they should probably have a private room for that kind of shit. -- nm - groiny Mar 23, 11:30 1
  - Right, they can't just allow adolescent boys to run around the place willy-nilly -- nm - znufrii Mar 23, 11:32
March Bandness Quarterfinals Day 3 - Bracket Buster - Name Withheld by Request Mar 23, 11:22 2
- Ann Wilson FTW! -- nm - Strongbad Mar 23, 11:36
- That's time bias. Oh well. I'm with Harry and Benatar in the finals. Benatar to cut down the nets. -- nm - volnelk Mar 23, 11:27
This is apparently what Rep. Rod Blum (IA) thinks of DC. -- (link) - MDH Mar 23, 11:21 9
- In most movies this is a plot point in a murder mystery or a supervillian lair, death ray to destroy DC and takeover the world -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 23, 11:39
- I'm curious. What's being built? -- nm* - znufrii Mar 23, 11:25 5
  - buildings -- nm - decline Mar 23, 11:31
  - stuff -- nm - pixie ninja Mar 23, 11:26
  - tweet replies say it's all part of the same project 'near the docks' or something - ty97 Mar 23, 11:26
  - They are destroying, I mean building an entire new Wharf complex. Hotels, music venue, restaurants, etc. - MDH Mar 23, 11:26 1
    - Gotcha -- nm - znufrii Mar 23, 11:28
- (odd that he's not verified) -- nm - ty97 Mar 23, 11:24
- hope they catch the guy who's been holding him hostage in the Capitol -- nm - pixie ninja Mar 23, 11:23
WWE: huh...New Day to induct the Fabulous FreeBirds into the HOF -- nm - Remlik Mar 23, 11:19 5
- Wha? - Will Hunting Mar 23, 11:31
- for a second my brain mistranslated this to Rock'n'roll and the Fabulous Thunderbirds -- nm - crash davis Mar 23, 11:22 1
  - ain't that tough enough? -- nm - groiny Mar 23, 11:23
- They should have the Von Erichs do it.... - groiny Mar 23, 11:21 1
  - well Kevin is still around -- nm - Remlik Mar 23, 11:27
taxi dispatch mistake may have prevented Brussels bombers from carrying their largest device to the airport -- (link) - pixie ninja Mar 23, 11:15 10
- and to think that David gripes about foreign taxi mistakes on the Amazing Race -- nm - crash davis Mar 23, 11:19 9
  - no, david apologizes for New York City natives being supremely dumb about local taxi mistakes -- nm - pixie ninja Mar 23, 11:22 8
    - We mock them harshly. It seems like everyone chokes in their hometown. They get cocky and make stupid mistakes. - Krusty Mar 23, 11:29 6
      - where was that again? fire island? -- nm - crash davis Mar 23, 11:39 5
        
        Randall's Island -- nm - pixie ninja Mar 23, 11:48
        
        I was thinking of the couple that choked trying to get out to Queens from Newark airport. - Krusty Mar 23, 11:43 3
        
        Airtrain --> NJ Transit ---> Penn Station ---> LIRR -- nm - ty97 Mar 23, 11:44 2
        
        They took a cab, got caught in traffic and they didn't give good directions. They almost got beat there by another team that was behind them. -- nm - Krusty Mar 23, 11:55
        
        Google Maps -- nm - iSpam Mar 23, 11:54
    - "Those morons would have won if they weren't morons!" -- nm - crash davis Mar 23, 11:25
YAAAAAAAAAAS -- (link) - ML Mar 23, 11:15
FYI...you can buy bacon and other pork in Israel -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 23, 11:11 2
- Now go to Saudi Arabia and try to do the same -- nm - crash davis Mar 23, 11:13
- Becuase they dip their bullets in it prior to arming against the Palestinians! -- nm* - Trump Mar 23, 11:12
Deepwater Horizon trailer featuring Marky Mark -- (link) - budice Mar 23, 11:08 [youtube] 4
- That was pretty terrible. -- nm - ty97 Mar 23, 11:14
- "Who's gonna fix this well!? Not you, not you, not you." -- nm - MDH Mar 23, 11:11
- "Bro, that well's gonna spill, bro" -- nm - pixie ninja Mar 23, 11:10 1
  - Hey dinosaur. I know you're not around anymore but I really think your legacy is gonna be huge so let's work together okay? -- nm - Mark Wahlberg Talks To Oil Mar 23, 11:11
Bungie's Twitch stream is now. -- nm - Shaun Mar 23, 11:06 2
- LL increase to 335. -- nm - Shaun Mar 23, 11:08 1
  - New strike and PoE has been bumped to a Y2 end game encounter. -- nm - Shaun Mar 23, 11:10
Strongbad, a note about where I live in case you might think I'm creating a weak hypothetical - crash davis Mar 23, 11:02 2
- Understood, thanks. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 23, 11:38 1
  - (and I completely 100% agree with you on the "well you chose to live there" style argument.) -- nm - Strongbad Mar 23, 11:39
ST Liberals, I'm curious: On a scale of 1 (do NOT want) to 10 (YES PLEASE!): Do you want Trump to be the GOP general election candidate? - ty97 Mar 23, 11:01 34
- Depends on the circumstances. I do not want him to be the nominee, however I don't think putting someone else in because of a brokered convention - pmb Mar 23, 11:57
- 1. -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 23, 11:47
- From a certain perspective, he's my dream candidate for the Republican party. - David Mar 23, 11:34 1
  - The "give a man enough rope to hang himself" theory of politics. -- nm - znufrii Mar 23, 11:37
- 1. I don't want him one election from the white house. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 23, 11:27
- 10 for my preferred inauguration outcome; 1 for pride in our national reputation. - Max Mar 23, 11:08
- 1 -- nm - Krusty Mar 23, 11:07
- (apologies to the non-liberals, I am interesting in your feelings of course, but I am curious how our liberals views this) - ty97 Mar 23, 11:06
- Not a liberal: 1 - Will Hunting Mar 23, 11:05
- 1, for the same reasons I abhor the Le Pens in France. - Marlowe Mar 23, 11:05
- 10 if it caused a self-realization of how it came to be -- nm - crash davis Mar 23, 11:04 2
  - (so, 1) -- nm - Roger More Mar 23, 11:05 1
    - stop puncturing my dream with reality! -- nm - crash davis Mar 23, 11:06
- 1....at first I thought he would be the perfect foil for hillary to parry, but geez every thing that would kill a mortal candidate only makes him -- nm - stronger Mar 23, 11:04 2
  - Except he has a completely different, and much less receptive, audience in the general election. -- nm - znufrii Mar 23, 11:08
  - This is the same thing that worries me. What would he say in a debate to Hillary about women that he would be bulletproof against -- nm - MDH Mar 23, 11:05
- I agree with Pixie, therefore I'm starting the Draft Bush 41 party :( -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 23, 11:04
- 5. I think Cruz is an easier beat, but I hold out faith in humanity that Trump is unelectable as well. -- nm - volnelk Mar 23, 11:03
- 1 - znufrii Mar 23, 11:02
- pure self-interest, Cruz would be an 11. Trump is an 8 or 9 -- nm - pixie ninja Mar 23, 11:02 12
  - Cruz tangent - ty97 Mar 23, 11:03 11
    - RE: his likability. Funny story from the Bill Simmons podcast about politics - volnelk Mar 23, 11:06
    - Trump is more easy to cast as a moderate, IMO. "I'm a deal-maker, I make deals, etc" -- nm - Roger More Mar 23, 11:06 1
      - Yeah, if Trump is elected I full expect him to flip on every issue he's stood on so far. -- nm - Max Mar 23, 11:09
    - he would be right-wing Mondale -- nm - pixie ninja Mar 23, 11:05 6
      - If Cruz was the nominee, I think Texas might be really close actually. -- nm - MDH Mar 23, 11:06 5
        
        Erm,he's won TX already. Repeatedly. - ty97 Mar 23, 11:07 4
        
        I stand by my comments. -- nm - MDH Mar 23, 11:10 2
        
        I lived in TX, but I appreciate you having more optimism in the voters there :) -- nm - ty97 Mar 23, 11:12 1
        
        the two of you made my day the other day saying Utah could possibly be in play -- nm - crash davis Mar 23, 11:20
        
        cause we are vastly stupid about a lot of things - Cruz is numero uno case in point -- (edited) - Epiphany Mar 23, 11:08
    - Cruz is the most unelectable candidate in the race. -- nm - MDH Mar 23, 11:04
- 1 -- nm - Diva Mar 23, 11:02
- 1 -- nm - MDH Mar 23, 11:02
the slackertalk BB draft is on Easter Sunday night? asshats -- nm - CQ Mar 23, 10:56 9
- Think about how high you'll be from stealing all the kids' Easter candy though. - iSpam Mar 23, 11:01
- SORRY - ML, the asshat Mar 23, 10:57 7
  - God is going to be upset with someone, you know. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 23, 11:01 4
    - God's a big fan of the long ball. I'm sure he'll understand. -- nm - ML Mar 23, 11:03 2
      - Of course he is...Peter was pitching the first game with Jesus catching... -- (link) - Remlik Mar 23, 11:32 [youtube]
      - Given the success of religious schools in the NCAA, I think Jesus loves basketball the most -- nm* - crash davis Mar 23, 11:10
    - Only if I get the 12th pick. - God Mar 23, 11:02
  - and the dingers draft is on a Saturday night. wtf is wrong with everyone. Guess I'm pre-ranking -- nm - CQ Mar 23, 10:59 1
    - dingers AUCTION draft. - Spawn Mar 23, 11:35
Only 43% of Trump supporters say they would commit to voting for a brokered non-Trump nominee for president. (link) - mara Mar 23, 10:55 5
- lol, Trump -- nm* - znufrii Mar 23, 11:00
- Cleveland's gonna burn.... -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 23, 11:00 3
  - smh -- nm - Diva Mar 23, 11:01 2
    - The only untouched thing will be Browns Stadium. - Will Hunting Mar 23, 11:03 1
      - 'Where Sadness Lives'. -- nm - Siri Mar 23, 11:57
I apologize if I came across as trying to "out gay" everyone else. -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Mar 23, 10:55 [youtube] 16
- "It's a gay-off." -- nm - Beryllium Mar 23, 11:27
- I'd rather my flame burn bright, then be some puny pilot light. -- nm - MDH Mar 23, 11:04
- Just because I'm lousy at putting outfits together doesn't mean you have to rub it in my face -- nm - crash davis Mar 23, 11:03 3
  - You make Carhartt look better than Gucci any day of the week. - ReluctantCynic Mar 23, 11:14 1
    - you are too kind -- nm - crash davis Mar 23, 11:15
  - you need the Bob Mackie: Cher & Carol Burnett costume book [if it exists] -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 23, 11:05
- I think I should start removing my sunglasses with the same flair as David Bowie. -- nm - Max Mar 23, 10:56 2
  - But you've only just mastered the signature Lt. Horatio Caine sunglasses move! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 23, 11:00 1
    - Next Level Sunglasses Mastery -- nm - Max Mar 23, 11:01
- s'ok. you'll never outgay me and Pips anyway so you're golden. -- nm - Diva Mar 23, 10:56 5
  - gayer than a goose - Epiphany Mar 23, 11:04 1
    - so very gay. -- nm - Diva Mar 23, 11:56
  - What if he's been taking lessons from Lady Wier? -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 23, 11:00 1
    - Close. -- nm - Diva Mar 23, 11:03
  - So very, very true. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 23, 10:59
- Flame On! -- nm - budice Mar 23, 10:56

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