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so, where's the outrage? -- (link) - znufrii Oct 29, 11:31 1
- At the Truth and Reconcilation hearings a decade from now, this article is going to come back and bite Venkatesh in the ass. -- nm - Mop Oct 29, 11:33
so apparently the gm/chrysler deal is more or less done as long as the financing comes and the govt wants to kick in $10 billion....nm - x Oct 29, 11:27 8
- I don't get this. "We'll merge... IF you give us money." Yeah, you know what? Fuck you. Don't merge. Goodbye. -- nm - Mop Oct 29, 11:34
- not surprised. angered, but not surprised. -- nm - ty97 Oct 29, 11:31
- wtf?!! I want to be fucking bailed out too!! Fuckers!!! - Diva Oct 29, 11:30 5
  - It would be cheaper to bail us all out individually. -- nm - Amy Oct 29, 11:34
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    - it's an embarassing example of government money being used to prop up inefficient companies that can't make it on their own in the market....nm - x Oct 29, 11:37
    - Vermin, I think is in Australia on vacay -- nm - ty97 Oct 29, 11:33 1
      - I hope he enjoys their two-tier health care system. -- nm - Mop Oct 29, 11:35
LYC: If I ever come back from lunch again with 16 emails - I will be shooting a hostage. That is all. - Epiphany Oct 29, 11:26 3
- I left class for 15 minutes to "negotiate" and I had 33 emails when I returned. -- nm - frankenstein loves mandy lane Oct 29, 11:33
- You're kidding, right? I mean, you expected a lot more than 16? You're disappointed you ONLY got 16, right? -- nm - Mop Oct 29, 11:32
- 16 is a lot? -- nm - loosilu Oct 29, 11:27
Fed pulls trigger on half-point drop. Wall Street was betting on a full point? Dow flirting with negative territory. -- nm - Mop Oct 29, 11:20 9
- market wanted 75 bp, but it'll still rally....nm - x Oct 29, 11:21 7
  - market wants an effin pony. - ty97 Oct 29, 11:22 6
    - And those of us hoping to live on our investments are screwed again :( -- nm - MojaveMeg Oct 29, 11:25 1
      - true, those of us way far away from retirement can be more cavalier about this -- nm - ty97 Oct 29, 11:26
    - /= Everybody wants a box of chocolates, and a long-stemmed rose. =/ -- nm - zombie taurus Oct 29, 11:25
    - *bites 97's white ass. waits for pony* -- nm - Diva Oct 29, 11:25
    - hmm. i could be wong about the rally thing....maybe uncles ben and hank should've bought some ponies....nm - x Oct 29, 11:24 1
      - Fine with me. Traders are too fickle anyway. -- nm - ty97 Oct 29, 11:25
- There were murmurs of a 3/4 point cut. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 29, 11:21
rate cut 50bp -- nm - znufrii Oct 29, 11:20
Seriously though, what should tonights drinking word be? (if you watch the Obama infomercial) -- nm - Diva Oct 29, 11:16 5
- Joe -- nm - psilotum Oct 29, 11:30
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- You already know who you are voting for TT! Watch Pushing Daisies instead!!!!! -- nm - ty97 Oct 29, 11:17 2
  - I pretty much DVR all of my regular viewing these days. -- nm - Diva Oct 29, 11:19
  - We always record PD, since lil miss ccc is still awake when it airs -- nm - The Grim Grinning Ghosts Oct 29, 11:18
TT Poll: Vote for or Against GA Amendment 2. - ty97 Oct 29, 11:15 11
- no. no to all amendments. unless they're legalizing pot. -- nm - colin Oct 29, 11:29
- NAY!!! - nubby Oct 29, 11:29
- On the little I've looked at it, I vote "Nay." -- nm - JaxSean Oct 29, 11:24
- Nay -- nm - sgtmike Oct 29, 11:17
- What's Georgia got to do with it? -- nm - Epiphany Oct 29, 11:17 4
  - I'll take "Rejected Tina Turne Song Titles" for $600, Alex. -- nm - ty97 Oct 29, 11:22 3
    - L3 -- nm - Epiphany Oct 29, 11:23 2
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        ~She took the last train - out of my heart~ -- nm - Epiphany Oct 29, 11:24
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- nay -- nm - znufrii Oct 29, 11:15
Hee, funny Obama quote of the day: "(McCain will) be accusing me of being a secret communist because I shared my toys in kindergarten." -- nm - The Grim Grinning Ghosts Oct 29, 11:14 1
- Where did you get that from? He just used that at the downtown Raleigh today. Is it new or older? -- nm - The Legend of Sleepy Hdn Oct 29, 11:34
I have Obama's speech for tonight all scripted out. It will include the historic phrase "Now is your time, America." - Mop Oct 29, 11:10 6
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  - Jesus was God in man-form. -- nm - Mop Oct 29, 11:21 2
    - what about POG form? -- nm - Reagen Oct 29, 11:21 1
      - He's back! -- nm - Mop Oct 29, 11:23
- *drinks* -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 29, 11:14
- *hires you as his speechwriter* -- nm - Obama si Oct 29, 11:11
WTF does this ballot question even mean? - JCVDano Oct 29, 11:07 18
- it means the government can divert earmarked tax dollars from schools, hospitals, to build roads, senator's vacation lodges, muni buildings -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 29, 11:13
- "Allows local units of government to use education property taxes to fund development projects." -- (link) - JaxSean Oct 29, 11:11 3
  - support / opposition: - JaxSean Oct 29, 11:13
  - what a great idea, now we can take more money away from our kids' educations! -- nm - znufrii Oct 29, 11:12 1
    - It's not - it's taking the property tax paid by schools and realocating it to local development. But the language is rather unspecific. - JaxSean Oct 29, 11:26
- vote no on all amendments. that crap never leaves once its on the books. -- nm - colin Oct 29, 11:10 6
  - And I think I'll vote against all those property tax decreases. I rent. -- nm - JCVDano Oct 29, 11:13
  - Isn't that the point? Amendments aren't meant to be temporary, normally -- nm - ty97 Oct 29, 11:11 4
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      - After further reading it does look like this question is in response to a specific GA Supreme Court decision so an amendment is the only way for it. -- nm - JCVDano Oct 29, 11:26 1
        
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      - That's a good reason to vote against it. -- nm - ty97 Oct 29, 11:16
- To authorize local school districts to use tax funds for community redevelopment purposes. (more) - ty97 Oct 29, 11:09 2
  - I still have no idea what it means. -- nm - JCVDano Oct 29, 11:11 1
    - sounds like they want to use education taxes for non-education stuff maybe. - ty97 Oct 29, 11:12
- free beer, crack and hookers for everyone? -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 29, 11:09
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  - Yeah - I think I'm voting no just because I'm not amending the Constitution with something I don't understand. -- nm - JCVDano Oct 29, 11:10
Berymanders. Circuit City ad through Adsense. -- nm - Mop Oct 29, 11:02 4
- Speaking of which... F-you, HSX. If The Trades can get ads for NBC's primetime line-up and Fuse, you can do better than the crap you're running. -- nm - Mop Oct 29, 11:03 3
  - one of the reasons beta was soooo slow was that each page downloaded the same flash movie showing strobo-violent sledge hammer torture, bout made me - zeitgeist Oct 29, 11:11
  - Do you sell ad space or do you have an automated provider you go through? -- nm - kilboooo Oct 29, 11:04 1
    - We use a third party. -- nm - Mop Oct 29, 11:05
So, do you think it's safe to keep a carton of eggs in the back of my car for a few hours? - kelly Oct 29, 11:01 11
- heck, it's safe to keep them at room temp overnight. -- nm - loosilu Oct 29, 11:25 1
  - I wouldn't. -- nm - znufrii Oct 29, 11:30
- I'm a bit paranoid about this sort of thing, but frankly, I live in canada ... I have a dark car with a black interior, and I could probably - Beryllium Oct 29, 11:10
- in this weather? sure. -- nm - decline Oct 29, 11:06
- oh sure. -- nm - Diva Oct 29, 11:06
- you know its not like they use refrigerated trucks to deliver them to the store -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 29, 11:06
- totally....nm - x Oct 29, 11:04
- eggs from china? -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 29, 11:03
- yeah should be fine. they won't hatch in that cold. -- nm - Remlik Oct 29, 11:02
- Yup. -- nm - mara Oct 29, 11:02
- oh god yes. it's not hot out. -- nm - Halloween Candie Oct 29, 11:01
like anyone cares.... so, (thanks Amy!) i've been bringing lunch 3 or 4 times a week for the past month or so, it really does save an amazing amount - Halloween Candie Oct 29, 11:00 4
- I recommend reading bitten at the NYT for ideas. huge pots of soup are easy to cook and freeze in sections. -- nm - frankenstein loves mandy lane Oct 29, 11:34
- And, you can watch hulu! -- nm - Amy Oct 29, 11:33
- I've saved so much money thanks to the club giving us a free lunch. It's so nice! -- nm - lileve Oct 29, 11:03
- Forgetting to eat lunch saves money too. - Mop Oct 29, 11:02
ST Poll: What's your percentage chance that your candidate will win the Presidency? - kilboooo Oct 29, 10:58 22
- the reps are professional about stealing elections ever since the town of chicago out frauded the county and nixon gave us that famous line - zeitgeist Oct 29, 11:19
- I have never been right before so I do not see it changing this time around - Epiphany Oct 29, 11:16
- I'm not sure of anything. This is a country where somehow W. gets 2 terms. Anything can happen. -- nm - Diva Oct 29, 11:08 3
  - you just know there's going to be lawsuits and voter fraud on both sides. -- nm - Remlik Oct 29, 11:14 1
    - We're already hearing about problems arising from early voting. If this thing is close at all, there's going to be hell to pay. - Diva Oct 29, 11:18
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- 0%....nm - x Oct 29, 11:03 6
  - Bob Barr? -- nm - psilotum Oct 29, 11:06 5
    - na. i'll be writing in someone like i usually do. i just haven't decided who....nm - x Oct 29, 11:08 4
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        I know who it won't be - x si Oct 29, 11:10 2
        
        all i know is that it won't be someone on the ballot....nm - x Oct 29, 11:17
        
        *high pitched cry* -- nm - Paws McGee si Oct 29, 11:11
- 348.2 to 189.8 -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 29, 11:02
- Dunno, and I ain't even guessing. - ty97 Oct 29, 10:59 6
  - it can't come quick enough, but I want to savor Tuesday evening watching CNN -- nm - The Grim Grinning Ghosts Oct 29, 11:01 5
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      - I don't want the Dems to get 60 seats - ty97 Oct 29, 11:13 1
        
        as long as it's 58 or 59, and 2 or 3 moderate republicans that can be won over easily if necessary - znufrii Oct 29, 11:18
    - Wednesday morning for me. - ty97 Oct 29, 11:02 1
      - well have a new President-elect...still have to wait another 76 days for Bush to be out of there. -- nm - The Grim Grinning Ghosts Oct 29, 11:04
- I think it is near 85%. -- nm - TFox Oct 29, 10:59
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- weather permitting -- nm - peglegpete Oct 29, 10:56 5
  - "Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s. West winds 10 to 15 mph...diminishing to around 5 mph after midnight." - x Oct 29, 10:59 4
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      - Noon & 7pm will give you the same revenue stream...hell, might help out with buying two tickets. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 29, 11:20 1
        
        under current rules, they're only allowed to have a certain number of day-night double headers (6, I think?) in a season. -- nm - znufrii Oct 29, 11:22
      - it's impractical. going back to 154 game season would be great in theory too, but it aint happening... - x Oct 29, 11:07
Dear Loyal HSXers -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 29, 10:54 2
- Dearest loyal HSXers, I, Prince Abdul bin Badalwan of deepest Nigeria, am writing in a time of extreme urgency ... -- nm - Beryllium Oct 29, 10:55 1
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Palin shocker, Part 1: McCain won�t regulate greenhouse gas emissions -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 29, 10:53 3
- why the hell are they moving away from the center and back to the right? That's not going to help them at all. - The Grim Grinning Ghosts Oct 29, 11:03 1
  - I'm amused that Limbaugh seems to be saying that the way to win more votes is to be *more* exclusionary. - Reagen Oct 29, 11:23
- I am shocked! Shocked, I tell you! -- nm - zombie taurus Oct 29, 10:56
and also in Fallout 3 (slight spoils) - Jovian Oct 29, 10:52 1
- fyi hint for future of the game.... - Remlik Oct 29, 10:58
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- *rocks the cradle of love* -- nm - Epiphany Oct 29, 11:18
- spoils - Jovian Oct 29, 10:53 2
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    - heh - Jovian Oct 29, 10:55
More Jace Hall Show goodness. Ep 2: Jace shows Jolene Blalock (ST: Enterprise) the two girls, one cup video. Ep 3, Jace plays video games with Chuck. -- (link) - Mop Oct 29, 10:48 1
- We've been dispensing intellitxt ads for this. I had meant to post the Jolene Blalock thing. -- nm - David Oct 29, 11:11
*asterisk overdose* -- nm - Beryllium Oct 29, 10:48 10
- Hey.... - lileve Oct 29, 10:48 4
  - Holy poop. What I say in head does not go out of my fingers correctly. -- nm - lileve Oct 29, 11:00
  - Perhaps. When I implement the stuff for browsing/searching old boards, that might be a part of it. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 29, 10:50 2
    - You're a rockstar. You deserve a Wired article. -- nm - Amy of Darkness Oct 29, 10:55 1
      - Well, thank you, I'm flattered. :) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 29, 10:59
- ********************************************* ********************************************* ********************************************* *********8 -- nm - znufrii Oct 29, 10:48 4
  - now you've gone and stretched it. -- nm - kilboooo Oct 29, 10:48 2
    - wouldn't have fit otherwise... - znufrii Oct 29, 10:49
    - that's what you said -- nm - ty97 Oct 29, 10:49
  - *makes a note for a future bugfix* -- nm - Beryllium Oct 29, 10:48
*goes all Gideon v. Wainright on your ass* -- nm - znufrii Oct 29, 10:46 1
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Howdy -- nm - lileve Oct 29, 10:45
LIR: Jovian. The game is Fall*out*, not Fall*off* -- nm - kilboooo Oct 29, 10:45 1
- heh. seriously. I was cracking up. that my first steps in the world...were steps to my doom. nm - Jovian Oct 29, 10:51
*falls off B2* -- nm - kilboooo Oct 29, 10:45 2
- the google map said there be monsters at the edge of the board -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 29, 10:46 1
  - *waves to POTC3* -- nm - Count Beakula Oct 29, 10:47

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