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Bail bondsman shoots, kills mom after picking up son for violating keep away order from mom -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 14, 11:56 2
- "Wait, was that the mom?" -- nm - ask questions later Apr 14, 11:58 1
  - don't take my boy that I don't want anywhere NEAR me -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 14, 12:32
I really hope the families can find recourse - this was such a tragedy. Families of Germanwings Crash Victims File Suit in U.S. -- (link) - JenBro Apr 14, 11:54 3
- airplane suits are tough because there is an international treaty that limits damages to a fairly nominal amount -- nm - the brain Apr 14, 11:55 2
  - Do the treaties cover intentional murder? -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 14, 11:57
  - effin lawyers -- nm - Spawn Apr 14, 11:56
The hot dog joint was a big hit. Thanks for the help, guys. -- nm - spamlet Apr 14, 11:46 7
- "Now guess what this was made of." -- nm - Reagen Apr 14, 11:52 1
  - I kind of wanted to tell him not to Google it. - spamlet Apr 14, 12:32
- what kind didja get? -- nm - decline Apr 14, 11:49 2
  - It's a Chicago style joint. He went full Chicago style, I just did mustard and grilled onion. -- nm - spamlet Apr 14, 12:33
  - a hot dog -- nm - ML Apr 14, 11:51
- Was the "sandwich" question asked? -- nm - Spawn Apr 14, 11:48
- mmmmmm...Woofies -- nm - Jim Apr 14, 11:47
If I ever go to med school, it must be this one -- (link) - ty97 Apr 14, 11:38 1
- the neighboring business school mascot was later found in the pelican's pouch. -- nm - Max Apr 14, 11:44
Ummmm....IPO Avatar 4 and Avatar 5 -- (link) - ty97 Apr 14, 11:36 33
- Seems like a giant waste of time and resources. -- nm - Max Apr 14, 11:55
- I think he's suffering from the rarely-diagnosed GRRM disease. - Roger More Apr 14, 11:41
- 5? that seems unnecessary. -- nm - Andie Apr 14, 11:39 7
  - So did the first one, for that matter.. (NM) -- nm - Marlowe Apr 14, 11:54 2
    - nah the first one was a fun if highly derivative film -- nm* - Remlik Apr 14, 11:56 1
      - and was ground breaking for 3d. Still the best use I have seen -- nm - Beaker Apr 14, 12:04
  - If you use the wrong numeral, is that mispelling or misnumbering? -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 11:48
  - You misspelled 2 since 2 seems unnecessary, let alone 5. -- nm - Shaun Apr 14, 11:42
  - 2 seems unnecessary, let alone 5 -- nm - decline Apr 14, 11:40
  - You misspelled 2. -- nm - Spawn Apr 14, 11:40
- In all honesty...if he keeps delaying 2 - no one's gonna give a shit about any of them. -- nm - Jim Apr 14, 11:38 16
  - I didn't give a shit ten minutes after the first one ended. -- nm - sleep commander amanda jones Apr 14, 11:49 6
    - I didn't give a shit enough to bother seeing the movie. -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 11:52
    - I liked the movie and it was the best use of 3D I'd seen in a film. But, the whole "Avatar 2 is coming. -- nm - Jim Apr 14, 11:51 2
      - hey, do you think (sp) - sleep commander amanda jones Apr 14, 12:01
      - No, it's really coming this time. No seriously, I'm for really real making it now. All that shit - I don't care anymore. - Jim Apr 14, 11:52
    - clocked? -- nm - the brain Apr 14, 11:50
    - " I didn't have any unanswered questions. Did you?" -- nm - Pippy Jack Sparrow Apr 14, 11:50
  - I think there's like 4.5billion reasons people will care. - Will Hunting Apr 14, 11:40 7
    - he'd have to make it holographic in the audience's laps to cash in on that legacy. -- nm - Max Apr 14, 11:54 5
      - *likes* -- nm - Blue Man Group Apr 14, 11:57
      - If anyone could figure out a way to do it..... -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 14, 11:55 2
        
        ...it'll be Elon Musk. -- nm - Max Apr 14, 11:56 1
        
        He's too busy trying to figure out to get less than a 10% failure rate in cars. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 14, 11:58
      - Choose Your Own Adventure, the Movie! With just your thought waves! -- nm - Andie Apr 14, 11:55
    - i don't think people feel the tug of avatar like they do for Titanic. Avatar was a technical wonder but we've seen it now. - Andie Apr 14, 11:51
  - Nobody actually cares about any of them. -- nm - Ender Apr 14, 11:39
- Going back to the same well time and time again doesn't seem like Cameron's style. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 14, 11:37 5
  - Well he's said the story will take the main characters to other moons that are around the planet. He must have a story he really likes -- nm - Remlik Apr 14, 11:58 2
    - The Moon of Raretanium, The Moon of Weirdtanium, The Moon of GiveMeAllYourMoneyium... -- nm - Spawn Apr 14, 12:01
    - nah, just a story that Fox is willing to pay for four movies -- nm - the brain Apr 14, 12:01
  - Word. -- nm - Titanic 2 Apr 14, 11:49 1
    - Sinking was just the beginning... -- nm - Beaker Apr 14, 11:55
so - I'm thinking I want to have this slide put in at my house ... off the front porch going down to my driveway beneath - next to the garage. - JenBro Apr 14, 11:31 8
- Did you watch the Property Brothers series where they remodeled their own house in Vegas? - Meg Apr 14, 11:54 1
  - Nooo ... I'll have to look for it on line - that would be so awesome too! -- nm - JenBro Apr 14, 12:13
- kinky -- nm - decline Apr 14, 11:35
- (spoilers: it's a sex slide) -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 11:33 4
  - totally -- nm - Pippy Jack Sparrow Apr 14, 11:34 3
    - my 4th of July Parties would be at a whole new level - oh - and I just won 4 tickets to ABBAMANIA - WOO! - JenBro Apr 14, 11:46 2
      - !! congrats! -- nm - Pippy Jack Sparrow Apr 14, 11:50 1
        
        :) -- nm - JenBro Apr 14, 11:54
Dear today: bite my ass -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 11:30 2
- Shiny Metal -- nm - bender Apr 14, 11:37
- kinky -- nm - decline Apr 14, 11:31
In the end, the SUPE2 stock will have lost all the ground it gained since *June* last year. -- nm - Max Apr 14, 11:29 4
- just past $300M. It is a Blockbuster!!! -- nm - WB Apr 14, 11:49
- is that bad ? -- nm - decline Apr 14, 11:30 2
  - only a little -- nm - Pippy Jack Sparrow Apr 14, 11:33 1
    - I've made many $H off of that stock. -- nm - Shaun Apr 14, 11:45
Guys, where are we buying laptops online these days? - ML Apr 14, 11:19 13
- Make sure to get cash back, yo. -- (link) - spamlet Apr 14, 11:40 1
  - I actually shop around a bit for CB now. I *really* like topcashback lately. -- nm - sleep commander amanda jones Apr 14, 11:51
- Whichever one has the best offer at SlickDeals. -- nm - David Apr 14, 11:28
- Costco.com -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 14, 11:26
- Newegg, Amazon...Occasional deals at EBay, Woot -- nm - budice Apr 14, 11:24 3
  - Frys too -- (link) - budice Apr 14, 11:25 2
    - WalMart has had some laptops for awhile too -- (link) - budice Apr 14, 11:26 1
      - Microcenter too -- (link) - budice Apr 14, 11:31
- Macmall -- nm - spamlet Apr 14, 11:20 3
  - won't find any deals there -- nm - decline Apr 14, 11:21 2
    - I could have said store.apple.com but that would have been too obvious. - spamlet Apr 14, 11:38 1
      - macmall actually does sell PCs, I've purchased from them before - ML Apr 14, 11:41
- where ever the best deal is this week -- nm - decline Apr 14, 11:19
"Anything that suggests there is still work to do for true gender equality sends some men into a rage" -- (link) - znufrii Apr 14, 11:17 6
- #notallmen -- nm - Max Apr 14, 11:47 1
  - No, just the ones who make anonymous rape threats in the comments sections of articles. -- nm - znufrii Apr 14, 11:49
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  - Yup - znufrii Apr 14, 11:25 1
    - And it's women. -- nm* - nic to be determined Apr 14, 13:38
- see also, white people and race -- nm - the brain Apr 14, 11:19
The problem with that "tolerate my intolerance" proposal is that they're still not acknowledging that what they're objecting to is an element of a per - Reagen Apr 14, 11:06 1
- Last year,decade it was no gay weddings, before that no inter racial, haters gotta hate...somebody -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 14, 11:44
Survivor spoils - the brain Apr 14, 11:02 3
- oh, also spoilers - the brain Apr 14, 11:04 2
  - That whole thing was so weird to me (spoils) - Jim Apr 14, 11:32 1
    - Spoil - nic to be determined Apr 14, 13:31
Did you think Saudi Arabia was a desert? Me too. "Severe rainstorms continued in Saudi Arabia on Thursday, after a week of severe flooding ..." -- (link) - mara Apr 14, 10:55 2
- I've seen flood debris stuck ten feet up a tree in the middle of the Australian desert. - Roger More Apr 14, 11:06 1
  - Yup, never camp anywhere near a 'dry' wash. Even when there's a cloud nowhere in sight. -- nm - Meg Apr 14, 11:49
Ted Cruz is reaching out to senate colleagues to try and mend fences for their support -- (link) - the brain Apr 14, 10:44 14
- Has there been anything further on the Cruz/5 affairs story? -- nm - amoxy Apr 14, 10:47 12
  - No, although rumor still has him on the DC madam's customer list, which might be coming out. -- (link) - mara Apr 14, 10:53
  - follow the soup... -- nm - Deep Throat Apr 14, 10:52 1
    - *laughing* -- nm - mara Apr 14, 10:54
  - yeah, that kind of weirdly disappeared... -- nm - Andie Apr 14, 10:51 8
    - Lawyers. -- nm - ML Apr 14, 10:55 1
      - Maybe he's slept with at least one person at each news outlet. -- nm - Max Apr 14, 11:27
    - It was the Enquirer. Probably lacked substance from the start. -- nm - TWuG Apr 14, 10:53 5
      - i trust the Enquirer more than other sources, actually. - Andie Apr 14, 10:55 4
        
        nailed John Edwards -- nm - Beaker Apr 14, 11:05 1
        
        I thought he was the one doing the nailing -- nm - decline Apr 14, 11:16
        
        i think the difference is Trump's friend is the new CEO - the brain Apr 14, 10:57 1
        
        ah, that i did not know. -- nm - Andie Apr 14, 10:58
- frustraTED. -- nm - groiny Apr 14, 10:45
i hate when something that should be internettable (totally a word) inexplicably requires phoning and talking to a human. - Andie Apr 14, 10:43
FYI, Comixology has Doctor Strange issues 1-5 for half off today with the code "magic". -- (link) - Ender Apr 14, 10:36 3
- As I have said, my fav current Marvel book. -- nm - Spawn Apr 14, 10:37 2
  - Which is why I just bought the first 3 yesterday. -- nm - Ender Apr 14, 10:49
  - do you think they'll give Bilbo a part in the movie? - decline Apr 14, 10:39
Lewandowski won't be prosecuted -- (link) - decline Apr 14, 10:34 1
- This aggression will not stand, man. -- nm - the other lewandowski Apr 14, 10:37
did you like The Mist movie? then you'll love The Mist tv show -- (link) - the brain Apr 14, 10:33 13
- I thought it was ok. The Mist is in my top 3 King stories ever...so I would have liked better, but it was pretty decent -- nm - Jim Apr 14, 10:36 6
  - I think I need to read the book. -- nm - groiny Apr 14, 10:39 5
    - I go back and forth between It and The Mist as my favorite thing he's ever written. And it's only like 125 pages or so. -- nm - Jim Apr 14, 10:42 3
      - the Stand is #1 for me - man I loved that book. -- nm - decline Apr 14, 10:50 2
        
        same. Mist is top 5 for me for sure though -- nm - Beaker Apr 14, 10:53
        
        That's the other in my top 3. nm - Jim Apr 14, 10:52
    - it's excellent -- nm - decline Apr 14, 10:39
- no -- nm - groiny Apr 14, 12:52 (0) -- nm - Spawn Apr 14, 10:34 5
  - the movie was solid, I don't want them to ruin it. -- nm - groiny Apr 14, 10:35 4
    - I loved the movie. I never read the book, but I assume the ending was similar. -- nm - Shaun Apr 14, 10:51 2
      - book spoils - Jim Apr 14, 11:44
      - for me, the end was not the high point, it was everything leading up to it. - groiny Apr 14, 10:54
    - Mop had the perfect fix. -- nm - Spawn Apr 14, 10:36
The Bernie policies poll question is framed to get a negative response. If it was framed as - TWuG Apr 14, 10:33 3
- What? Biased polls? Say it ain't so. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 14, 10:57
- I think that question is just as loaded. "Would you be willing to pay more to save *even more*" is basically "answer no if you're an idiot" - Roger More Apr 14, 10:50 1
  - One more thing to add - just an observation - a lot of Sanders supporters are young people who haven't reached their earnings potential. - Roger More Apr 14, 11:03
The finger thing means the taxes! -- nm - prayformojo Apr 14, 10:28
gonna suck to win 130 games and lose in the wild card round of the playoffs. -- nm - groiny Apr 14, 10:28
enjoy spending that Gawker money, Hulkster -- (link) - the brain Apr 14, 10:27 2
- not sure what that has to do with the Gawker suit, and this was out months ago. -- nm - groiny Apr 14, 10:37 1
  - The last time I saw something about that rant I fell off my dinosaur. - Shaun Apr 14, 10:40
AB InBev buys up another craft brewer, will sell 3 SABMiller brands to appease EU regulators -- (link) - znufrii Apr 14, 10:25
i have no idea what creepy chemical is in them, but a Tim Hortons ice capp is basically better at curing my headaches than tylenol. - Andie Apr 14, 10:25 15
- I found a PureLeaf Sweet Tea (as opposed to the unsweat one) works decently well for my headaches. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 14, 11:21
- Listen, bat urine has been ruled perfectly safe for human consumption. -- nm - TWuG Apr 14, 10:34
- Leafs power -- nm - the brain Apr 14, 10:31 1
  - *gets the #1 pick again* Suck it. -- nm - Oilers Apr 14, 10:36
- it is just the caffeine. That is what they put in Exedrin Migraine besides Ibuprofin. -- nm - groiny Apr 14, 10:27 10
  - but coffee and tea don't work. -- nm - Andie Apr 14, 10:28 9
    - For me, caffeine source makes a huge difference. Caffeine from soda and tea rarely make me jittery, coffee always does. -- nm - TWuG Apr 14, 10:36 4
      - there is 65mg caffeine in Exedrin Migraine. -- nm - groiny Apr 14, 10:42 1
        
        iced capp is double that -- nm - decline Apr 14, 10:49
      - the amounts matter, asprin has 25mg, coffee 300ish, espresso shots are about 60, sodas ? -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 14, 10:40 1
        
        12oz of soda is about 29mg -- nm - Max Apr 14, 11:10
    - do you know the caffiene content in the ice capp? - groiny Apr 14, 10:29 2
      - I just looked it up. A bit lower than a small coffee -- nm - decline Apr 14, 10:30 1
        
        welp, I am stumped then! -- nm - groiny Apr 14, 10:31
    - caffeine + sugar. The cold probably also helps - decline Apr 14, 10:28

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