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Israeli paper Haaretz claims Belgian authorities had advance, precise intelligence that Brussels airport and subway would be targeted -- (link*) - pixie ninja Mar 23, 14:54 6
- How specific was the intel though? The U.S. had intel that AQ wanted to use planes as missiles - ty97 Mar 23, 17:32
- Two notes about this... - David Mar 23, 15:03
- I didn't see until a while ago that turkey warned belgium about the guy they deported who was a bomber. - b. Mar 23, 15:00
- (although they don't really elaborate on what that intel actually was) -- nm - pixie ninja Mar 23, 14:56 2
  - Condi Rice -- nm - Max Mar 23, 15:00
  - but according to Belgium's representations to the US, it was all good in the hood, bro -- (link) - pixie ninja Mar 23, 14:59
I like this - randall munroe (xkcd) is working on high school science textbooks. nm but: -- (link) - b. Mar 23, 14:53 1
- and another icft: falcon eggs in nyc are expected to hatch soon. here's a page with a cam. nm but: -- (link) - b. Mar 23, 14:54
Wow, AoS keeps bringing the awesome. Glad they stuck with it after a mediocre Season 1. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 23, 14:43
ay, this year.. ken howard has died. nm but: -- (link) - b. Mar 23, 14:39
Georgia Adds Swastika, Middle Finger To State Flag -- (link) - Remlik Mar 23, 14:39 11
- For those of you that care about the actual bill - Strongbad Mar 23, 14:46 10
  - Then again, Governor Deal is one of the most corrupt governors in office, so it'll come down to who offers him the best deal. -- nm - David Mar 23, 14:55 2
    - I've never liked him. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 23, 14:57
    - it's right there in his name -- nm - pixie ninja Mar 23, 14:57
  - this will hurt them so much economically. Indiana is still feeling the effects of that stupid RFRA. -- nm - Remlik Mar 23, 14:54 1
    - Arthur Blank wants his Super Bowl in the new stadium. NCAA would likely take the Final Four away also. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 23, 14:58
  - They can override a veto by voting the exact same way they did to pass it. -- nm - mara Mar 23, 14:50 3
    - 2/3 vote of both bodies can over-ride the veto. - Strongbad Mar 23, 14:57 2
      - Ah, sorry, CNN was unclear on that. And/or I'm dumb. - mara Mar 23, 15:00 1
        
        No worries. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 23, 15:04
  - Thanks for the added info. -- nm - Krusty Mar 23, 14:50
Dem Super PACs already reserving blocks of swing state ad time for the fall -- (link) - pixie ninja Mar 23, 14:37 1
- meanwhile on the other side -- (link) - pixie ninja Mar 23, 14:40
Batman v Superman 37% ;Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 21% -- nm - Beaker Mar 23, 14:30
74f outside. probably have thunderstorms this evening, snow by morning. -- nm - Truman Mar 23, 14:28 2
- thundersnow here tonight whoo! -- nm - ML Mar 23, 14:28 1
  - i'm not sure as an adult that i have experienced a true thundersnow. I have always wanted to though. -- nm - Truman Mar 23, 14:30
I always liked this Phife Dawg verse -- (link) - con_carne Mar 23, 14:21 [youtube] 1
- Brothers can't deal with the shorty named Phife. -- nm* - Krusty Mar 23, 14:49
This Atlanta traffic reporter threw lots of Phife rhymes into his report. I love this guy! -- (link) - Krusty Mar 23, 14:21 [youtube] 2
- "You on point Mark?" that's great -- nm - ML Mar 23, 14:26 1
  - I was chuckling throughout but that was a good one. -- nm - Krusty Mar 23, 14:27
Jian Ghomeshi trial - Judge ruling expected tomorrow! Trial Details at link -- (link*) - Beaker Mar 23, 14:20 2
- (I think he gets off...then gets off again) -- nm - Beaker Mar 23, 14:21 1
  - i think he gets off tomorrow, but i hope for the June trial they learned something. -- nm - Andie Mar 23, 14:22
so my Canadian friends, this is what you can all go in on together to get me -- (link*) - crash davis Mar 23, 14:17 1
- and here is what I'm actually expecting -- (link) - crash davis Mar 23, 14:31
"When's the last time you heard a funky diabetic?" -- nm* - Krusty Mar 23, 14:12 8
- uh, possibly Killer Mike? -- nm - crash davis Mar 23, 14:26
- last time i talked to krusty. -- nm - Truman Mar 23, 14:14 6
  - I can eat bags of sugar. ;-) -- nm - Krusty Mar 23, 14:15 5
    - so can i. -- nm - Truman Mar 23, 14:16 4
      - I thought you were saying I was a diabetic. - Krusty Mar 23, 14:18 3
        
        see, thats what a true friend does. - Truman Mar 23, 14:19 2
        
        😁 -- nm - Krusty Mar 23, 14:27 1
        
        emoji are on st now? bery, why do you hate me? - Truman Mar 23, 14:29
STIGABOL: Looking for a floor lamp that has an aqua blue-ish shade. Canadian site if possible. GO! -- nm - Beaker Mar 23, 14:11 10
- Hudson Bay, only costs two beaver pelts - nmbk - crash davis Mar 23, 14:14 2
  - what's that in maple syrup? -- nm* - Beaker Mar 23, 14:21 1
    - last time I checked, 1 pelt = 22.3 liters -- nm - crash davis Mar 23, 14:22
- glass shade or fabric? traditional or more modern style? -- nm - Andie Mar 23, 14:12 6
  - so, like this: -- (link) - Andie Mar 23, 14:13 4
    - that idea yes -- nm - Beaker Mar 23, 14:14 3
      - finding the right shade on the right base is the hard part. you could just buy one with a plain shade and then change the shade itself. -- nm* - Andie Mar 23, 14:16 2
        
        that is really sensible -- nm - crash davis Mar 23, 14:18 1
        
        yup, thanks! -- nm - Beaker Mar 23, 14:19
  - either, more traditional if possible. Library style -- nm - Beaker Mar 23, 14:13
My eyeballs hurt. I really hate pollen season. -- nm - sycor Mar 23, 14:03
10 bizarre children's books that actually exist -- (link) - pixie ninja Mar 23, 13:58 10
- That cover of "My Parents open carry"? I can't tell who is the mom or the daughter -- nm - amoxy Mar 23, 14:06 4
  - The parents are the ones with the guns, duh -- nm - Roger More Mar 23, 14:08 1
    - LOL - back cover endorsement, "What a beautiful bedtime story - Stephen Colbert" -- nm - Roger More Mar 23, 14:09
  - I'm pretty sure the one without the gun is the daughter. -- nm - sycor Mar 23, 14:08 1
    - Thats what you think -- nm - Florida Mom Mar 23, 14:09
- I think cooking with Pooh would be a bad idea. -- nm - sycor Mar 23, 14:04 1
  - Winnie will be upset. -- nm - nic to be determined Mar 23, 14:20
- "Why is the social worker a cat? Why?" - crash davis Mar 23, 14:01 2
  - "Children Are No Match for Fire" sounds *awesome* -- nm* - pixie ninja Mar 23, 14:05 1
    - it gives me visuals of someone using kids as strike anywhere matches -- nm - crash davis Mar 23, 14:07
Hey, remember when Spawn had a painter go to the wrong address? This happened in texas -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 23, 13:44 2
- Are you talking about this? -- (link) - GregW Mar 23, 14:16
- Wasn't me - I got brick -- nm - Epiphany Mar 23, 13:56
This Wonder Woman doll, made me laugh -- (link) - Flavorize Mar 23, 13:42
~Microphone check one two what is this? The five-foot assassin with the roughneck bizness~ -- (link) - ML Mar 23, 13:42 [youtube] 3
- Nice! I like you. -- nm - Krusty Mar 23, 14:06 2
  - I've been listening to Tribe all day - ML Mar 23, 14:07 1
    - Word. Here's one of my favorites, a classic ... -- (link) - Krusty Mar 23, 14:11 [youtube]
we should do an ST March Madness for posters like that one site is doing with female rockers -- nm - pixie ninja Mar 23, 13:40 10
- you just want to be seeded -- nm - crash davis Mar 23, 13:42 9
  - #1 in the West, bruh -- nm - pixie ninja Mar 23, 13:57 8
    - in what very, very limited category? -- nm - b. Mar 23, 14:09 5
      - inverse signal to noise ratio -- nm* - Roger More Mar 23, 14:16
      - i am the Steph Curry of posters. don't make me rain long-range 3s down on you -- nm - pixie ninja Mar 23, 14:12 3
        
        so it's delusional lawyer/writers from southern california who inexplicably don't like avocados. alrighty, you can be the number one seed for that. -- nm - b. Mar 23, 14:22 2
        
        We already know his major endorsement deal: a new men's fragrance, "Alpine Misanthrope." -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 23, 14:25 1
        
        dammit, I wanted to be the face of "Alpine Misanthrope"......*goes off to scream at agent* -- nm - crash davis Mar 23, 14:29
    - Only because Bery is recused due to conflict of interest -- nm - Roger More Mar 23, 14:04
    - Always Reppin. -- nm - Remlik Mar 23, 14:01
bad news: Bernie is holding another rally in LA; good news: it's at the Wiltern and on the Purple Line -- nm - pixie ninja Mar 23, 13:26 1
- Are you taking Mulholland Drive to the 101, Stuart? -- nm - crash davis Mar 23, 13:38
in six weeks, US Marshals arrested at least 8,000 violent offenders - crash davis Mar 23, 13:25 7
- what about Richard Kimble? -- nm - pixie ninja Mar 23, 13:59
- What's the movie where Pacino (I think) does a "sting" where people, with warrants, think they are meeting the Yankees? -- nm - Flavorize Mar 23, 13:38
- Otoh, it get the feeling they let a holes stay on the street for months so they can do these mass round ups -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 23, 13:29
- Am I the only one asking how we had that many out on the loose in the first place? That was only 12 cities. -- nm - GregW Mar 23, 13:29 3
  - Parolees, bail skips, I wonder if they monitor them for ahile, round up their associated crimes, they do use these planes and fake cell towers to - zeitgeist Mar 23, 13:34
  - years ago when I lived in Seattle, the Times did an expose piece on how many folks had outstanding warrants and weren't being pursued -- nm - crash davis Mar 23, 13:30 1
    - to elaborate, the warrants squad had like 13,000 outstanding warrants and were overwhelmed - between traffic offenses were some bad people - crash davis Mar 23, 13:34
Game of Thrones’s Liam Cunningham Interview (GOT spoilers) -- (link*) - amoxy Mar 23, 13:22 11
- We learn another thing about POTUS. Watch out people! If Trump wins he will tweet GoT spoilers! -- nm - crash davis Mar 23, 13:29
- spoiler question - Diva Mar 23, 13:26 9
  - spoiler comment - crash davis Mar 23, 13:36 6
    - yonh! -- nm - Diva Mar 23, 13:40 5
      - another embarrassing confession, I don't know that acronym -- nm - crash davis Mar 23, 13:41 4
        
        it's not an acronym. it's a nonsense word I use for "yes!". -- nm - Diva Mar 23, 13:42 3
        
        thank, I'm so easily confused :) - crash davis Mar 23, 13:43 2
        
        Yonh, you are.. (NM) - Marlowe Mar 23, 14:26 1
        
        :) -- nm - crash davis Mar 23, 14:34
  - Very (spoilers) - amoxy Mar 23, 13:30 1
    - spoiler - Diva Mar 23, 13:39
Another LAM post - at least the board meeting wasn't a dead loss... -- (link) - Meg Mar 23, 13:13 [flickr] 24
- Nice plaque!!! -- nm - colin Mar 23, 15:03
- Nice!! (NM) - Marlowe Mar 23, 14:28
- Congrats!! -- nm - Beaker Mar 23, 14:22
- Nice! -- nm - iSpam Mar 23, 14:22
- Yay! -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 23, 14:19
- Just think, if you had slept in any longer they might have smashed that in the parking lot. Congrats! -- nm - Max Mar 23, 14:19
- Yeah! -- nm - prayformojo Mar 23, 14:14
- Dude! Awesome! And much deserved! -- nm - David Mar 23, 14:03
- VN! -- nm - Remlik Mar 23, 13:42
- '/~for she's a jolly good daaame..'/~ very nice! :) - -- nm - b. Mar 23, 13:36
- huzzah! -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 23, 13:34
- Congrats! -- nm - ML Mar 23, 13:32
- That is really nice -- nm - amoxy Mar 23, 13:31
- Congratulations!! -- nm - kelly Mar 23, 13:31
- Fantastic! Congrats! -- nm - Flavorize Mar 23, 13:26
- Hooray! -- nm - con_carne Mar 23, 13:24
- congrats! so pretty -- nm - Epiphany Mar 23, 13:23
- outstanding -- nm - pixie ninja Mar 23, 13:23
- Awesome!!! -- nm - Spawn Mar 23, 13:21
- awesome! -- nm - Diva Mar 23, 13:20
- standing ovation! -- nm - crash davis Mar 23, 13:14 3
  - They should maybe have made it clear that the society is celebrating 50 years. Me only 5 or 6 :) -- nm - Meg Mar 23, 13:16 2
    - Like who else gets a prize when they turn 50? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 23, 13:18
    - :) I definitely misinterpreted that then -- nm - crash davis Mar 23, 13:17
25 yards on kickpff, Deadspin theorized that it would backfire. Coaches would start skying kicks for hangtime to make teams run the ball out more -- nm - Beaker Mar 23, 13:11 5
- (theorized based on input from a number of coordinators) - with link -- (link*) - Beaker Mar 23, 13:12 4
  - I'm just imagining ML squirming as he reads colin's B2 post "the age of the kicker is here" - crash davis Mar 23, 13:14 3
    - no kickers! -- nm - ML Mar 23, 13:14 2
      - since it was a combo of Doug Flutie and Neil Rackers that ran pixie out of FF, I say kickers stay -- nm - crash davis Mar 23, 13:17 1
        
        Flutie had a mean drop kick. -- nm - Cadbarony Creme Egg Mar 23, 13:48
CDC tells physicians to stop testing patients for marijuana as a requisite for prescribing pain meds -- (link) - con_carne Mar 23, 13:11
Ben Affleck just sent me an email. -- nm - Diva Mar 23, 13:10 10
- *begins to babble incoherently...jabbering really...puts back of my hand to my forehead...sighs and faints dead away* -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 23, 13:35
- "i ain't your nanny" -- nm - pixie ninja Mar 23, 13:23
- There's only room for one amazing singer in Boston and he wants to be it, Diva. -- nm - Max Mar 23, 13:15 1
  - :) -- nm - Diva Mar 23, 13:19
- does he want money for the Democrats or money for BvS? -- nm - crash davis Mar 23, 13:11 3
  - He wanted to share follow up info on the Eastern Congo Initiative which I supported thru Omaze. -- (edited) - Diva Mar 23, 13:18 2
    - ask what he's wearing...for "a friend". -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 23, 13:38
    - ah, a noble email :) -- nm - crash davis Mar 23, 13:19
- if he asks you to try on Brady' superbowl rings - girlllll - do it! -- nm - Epiphany Mar 23, 13:10 1
  - ik, r? -- nm - Diva Mar 23, 13:11
Let it never be said that Serena Williams did not do her part for the free world -- (link) - ML Mar 23, 13:08 5
- along with Martha Stewart in the Lincoln bedroom -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 23, 13:15 3
  - someone else watched Pixels. -- nm - groiny Mar 23, 13:34 1
    - I waited until 3 weeks ago when it began it's cable run -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 23, 14:45
  - She just closed her eyes and thought of Connecticut -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 23, 13:20
- too awesome -- nm - crash davis Mar 23, 13:10

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