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Does anyone find anything ... odd ... about this company's new logo? -- (link) - Beryllium (iPhone) Aug 7, 17:29 14
- AdBlock eliminates most of the page. -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 7, 17:37
- i dont see a logo. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 7, 17:32 12
  - Heh, that's another problem with it entirely. The swoosh and 3 letters in the upper left. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Aug 7, 17:34 11
    - I saw it right away, but have no idea what bothers you about it. -- nm - TWuG Aug 7, 17:34 10
      - I wouldn't say it bothers me. It greatly amuses my coworker that our competitor has entitled itself "azn", though. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Aug 7, 17:36 9
        
        (I was just pinging ST to see if anyone had his "omg racial slur lolz" reaction) -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Aug 7, 17:37 2
        
        Either I'm dense this evening or it's a real stretch. I don't see what you're hinting at. -- nm - Fuzzy Aug 7, 17:39
        
        "Albino Zombies, NO!" -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 7, 17:38
        
        Still don't get it. -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 7, 17:37 5
        
        word -- nm - Spawn Aug 7, 17:40
        
        Yeah.. me, either. AZN doesn't sound like anything, doesn't ring any acronym bells. Beats me what we're supposed to LOLing over. -- nm - TWuG Aug 7, 17:40
        
        Maybe the page for AzN on urbandictionary would clear it up -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Aug 7, 17:39 2
        
        Is your cow orker (spoiler) - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 7, 17:41 1
        
        No, but my other coworker's who are, also had no clue what he was lolling about. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Aug 7, 17:42
If I could change one thing about the current health care system? Get ANYONE to actually take my money in exchange for coverage. -- nm - TWuG Aug 7, 17:23 8
- You're really married to that second part? -- nm - Reagen Aug 7, 17:26 7
  - Well, free coverage would be nice. And "anyone" should actually be "anyone in the business of providing health insurance", other than that - TWuG Aug 7, 17:28 6
    - I'm just saying the first part is easy. - Reagen Aug 7, 17:30 5
      - Getting them to take my money? I've tried to give it to them repeatedly. They keep refusing. -- nm - TWuG Aug 7, 17:34 4
        
        *sigh* OK. I'll take your money. -- nm - BB Aug 7, 17:35 3
        
        Show me the coverage you're providing and maybe we can work a deal. -- nm - TWuG Aug 7, 17:38 2
        
        Coverage? I just said I'd take your money... - BB Aug 7, 17:39 1
        
        And I only offered it in *exchange* for coverage! :-P -- nm - TWuG Aug 7, 17:41
i love the fact that his name is caaca. its awesome - tRuMaN Aug 7, 17:21
i love the "...'sup?" bit in that Kia hamster commercial -- (link) - zork Aug 7, 17:19 [youtube] 1
- Agreed, that cracks me up every time -- nm - amoxy Aug 7, 17:32
I think it's cute that Vermin thinks we want Sarah Palin to go away. - Reagen Aug 7, 17:08 1
- He's like those last few Michael Vick defenders. "It's just a little slimy! It's still good!" -- nm - David Aug 7, 17:09
So....this is what soccer is at it's highest level. So damn pretty. - Will Hunting Aug 7, 17:07 3
- I really, really want to go see FC Barcelona play at Candlestick tomorrow. - Stephen Aug 7, 17:11 1
  - no way of getting tickets here. every TFC game is a sell out and Madrid's practice even solld 18,000 tickets. -- nm - zork Aug 7, 17:20
- Everyone should try to get to a live EPL game at some point - Reagen Aug 7, 17:10
Rep. John Dingell tells screaming teabaggers to not waste their breath -- (link) - Farmer Ted Aug 7, 17:01 2
- Well, obviously. You need all the oxygen you can get when a man's balls are in your mouth. - TFox Aug 7, 17:02 1
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The Sports Guy goes to the national Sports Collectors Convention (any STer's ever been?) -- (link) - Evil Beaker Aug 7, 16:59
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does anyone know of any good Mexican restaurants in Santa Fe? I'm going there in 2 weeks. -- nm - peglegpete Aug 7, 16:56
The Blue Jays tried to get Alex Rios through waivers? Cheap asses. - TFox Aug 7, 16:53 25
- He's in what should be his prime years. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 7, 17:23
- Every player gets put through waivers. It's not a rare thing in August. - Will Hunting Aug 7, 17:08
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  - word -- nm - Spawn Aug 7, 17:42
- Wha? He has an OPS of .728 and is owed $60 million. If someone claims him on waivers, they should just dump him sans compensation. -- nm - David Aug 7, 16:56 19
  - Because that's what you do as soon as anyone dips below their avg for a half season. -- nm - TFox Aug 7, 16:57 18
    - He was .798 last year. His contract is grossly out of proportion with current baseball economics. - David Aug 7, 16:59 17
      - *interested* -- nm - Pittsburgh Pirates Aug 7, 17:02
      - I don't see how $10M per is all that atrocious for an Alex Rios. - TFox Aug 7, 17:00 15
        
        10mil last offseason could have gotten you Adam Dunn or Raul Ibanez. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 7, 17:10 6
        
        Make Rios a free agent this offseason, what do you think his annual contract value would be? Not less than $8M, no way. - TFox Aug 7, 17:12 5
        
        Pat Burrell got $8 million a year. His career OPS is .844. - David Aug 7, 17:15
        
        (Or, put another way: someone claimed him, so someone is obviously perfectly fine taking on the commitment.) -- nm - TFox Aug 7, 17:14 3
        
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        at the "risk" of taking on the contract. -- nm - TFox Aug 7, 17:37
        
        Someone traded for Jeff Francouer, too. -- nm - David Aug 7, 17:16
        
        Career wise, he's subpar in OBP, average in OPS and is getting paid like a superstar. - David Aug 7, 17:02 7
        
        He's getting Gary Matthews Jr money. We can agree for you to be wrong. -- nm - TFox Aug 7, 17:04 5
        
        I actually scoffed at how unaware your first post was. - David Aug 7, 17:07 4
        
        I found this list of the 44 worst contracts in baseball, and didn't see him on it. -- (link) - TFox Aug 7, 17:08 3
        
        From March 3, just as timely as your nonsense opinion. - David Aug 7, 17:11 1
        
        My team would be the bomb in Phantoms, yo. -- nm - TFox Aug 7, 17:13
        
        don't make david go 5P on your ass -- nm - Farmer Ted Aug 7, 17:10
        
        (And he's horrible this year.) -- nm - David Aug 7, 17:03
- HR! -- nm - Guy Aug 7, 16:55
when will i beat able to humiliate david in halo? -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 7, 16:46 10
- ~ When I see an elephant fly... ~ -- nm - BB Aug 7, 16:47 1
  - you should look for one this evening then. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 7, 16:54
- around the same time the Royals win their next World Series. -- nm - David Aug 7, 16:47 5
  - look, you can make all the excuses you want. but everyone knows - tRuMaN Aug 7, 16:48 4
    - Bartender, no more absinthe for this man. -- nm - David Aug 7, 16:54 3
      - sure sure, go hide behind bery, or crash, or whoever, scaredy cat. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 7, 16:54 2
        
        Call sign: C for (Calvin) 18. Come get some. - David Aug 7, 16:56 1
        
        scardy cat. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 7, 17:05
- *shakes head* -- nm - Beryllium Aug 7, 16:46 1
  - stupid fingers. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 7, 16:47
Agree or disagree: Government should provide for all citizens' needs and none of their wants. -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 7, 16:41 43
- Disagree. I need air. Not government's business to provide it. Though it is nice that they help keep it clean. - TWuG Aug 7, 17:47
- I think I don't care because it's Friday. -- nm - Redmond Aug 7, 17:05
- Disagree. Gov't should provide for my need to not get killed by invading forces. The rest of my needs are up to me. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 7, 16:50 28
  - "Damn, that flood wiped out the road to that guys house. He has no way to get into town unless we fix it." "That's his problem - not ours." -- nm - Dept of Transportation Aug 7, 16:54 2
    - After watching some highway crews, I think the DOT could be privatized with good results. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 7, 16:55 1
      - might vary by state, but a lot of work is done through private contractors, but paid by taxes -- nm - Guy Aug 7, 16:56
  - "Look, that guy's house is on fire!" "He'll take care of it." -- nm - Firefighters Aug 7, 16:52 1
    - Look that woman has no food let's buy her slurpees. -- nm - Department of Slurpee buying Aug 7, 17:04
  - I'd like my goverment to provide for a few other needs, such as the means for interstate commerce and a criminal justice system. -- nm - Fuzzy Aug 7, 16:52
  - So, that's all you want from a government - socialized armed forces, and the tax collection required to sustain that? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 7, 16:51 17
    - They can keep delivering the mail too, I suppose. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 7, 16:53 4
      - so ... you want to keep the US Armed Forces and the US Postal Service and the IRS ... what else do you want to keep, federally? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 7, 16:55 3
        
        Not sure about the IRS. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 7, 16:56 2
        
        Well, you need some way to fund the US Armed Forces. Assuming that stamps alone fund the USPS, which is doubtful. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 7, 16:56 1
        
        Easy! We send them overseas and they can keep what they take! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 7, 16:59
    - (The US armed forces, contrasted with Blackwater/Xe, pretty much highlight why I prefer government-run programs over corporate-run programs ...) - Beryllium Aug 7, 16:53 11
      - DMV. Enough said. -- nm - Redmond Aug 7, 17:15 1
        
        Oh for the love of Remlik. - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 7, 17:27
      - Last I heard, Blackwater had a pretty good record going. - Dr.Vermin Aug 7, 16:54 8
        
        I posted something a day or two ago (ST for "Blackwater") that will chill you. Thems some bad-bad boys. -- nm - Mop (face it, the scale says 240 lbs) Aug 7, 17:01
        
        *headdesk* You need to read a bit more about that organization. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 7, 16:55 6
        
        (Between the child prostitute usage - which many would call rape - and the wife swapping, there's also the actual illegality of explosive ordinance) - Beryllium Aug 7, 16:59 1
        
        and lets not forget the putting out contracts for hits on witnesses to their attrocities part -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 7, 17:14
        
        Probably. Though our definitions of 'evil' aren't too similar, IIRC. :) -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 7, 16:58 3
        
        evil, in this case = killing non-threat civilians, breaking some pretty rigid laws on explosive ammunition, and then some -- nm - Beryllium Aug 7, 17:00 2
        
        work is done now, heading home ... sorry for the trailing off on "and then some", I don't feel like researching right now :) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 7, 17:01 1
        
        Fair enough. I'm outtie myself. But I will read up. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 7, 17:03
  - "Hey, is that guy getting mugged?" "Yeah, but he doesn't need us to stop them." -- nm - Cops Aug 7, 16:51 3
    - Sorry, I assumed we were talking Federal. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 7, 16:52 2
      - same basic principles, no? -- nm - Guy Aug 7, 16:55 1
        
        No. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 7, 16:55
- Disagree. -- nm - Stephen Aug 7, 16:47
- As long as government is being captained by the Russels and Ronnies of the world, it can do no good. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 7, 16:45 1
  - (I suppose you can toss the "Jordans" and "Brendans" in there, too ... although a Jordan would at least *try* to do good :)) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 7, 16:45
- A bit too broad but I'd agree. -- nm - Krusty Aug 7, 16:44
- I need a lot of stuff, nubby. -- nm - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Aug 7, 16:43
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  - Then clearly you don't *need* it. -- nm - Fuzzy Aug 7, 16:44 2
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      - I just meant that for Pelosi to be involved, you would have definitely moved into "need" territory. Nobody "wants" that. -- nm - Fuzzy Aug 7, 16:49
- disagree - way too broad. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 7, 16:43
- "That would be socialism" -- nm - ignorant electorate Aug 7, 16:42
- I agree with the statement but I'm certain the main debate will be the definition of "needs". -- nm - Fuzzy Aug 7, 16:42
*flex* (nmbeverybodyexceptReagen) - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 7, 16:40
it saddens me that man vs food has not come to kansas city -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 7, 16:35 6
- Thanks for this post. It alerted me that I missed the season premiere. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 7, 17:27
- Do you guys have an interesting food challenge? -- nm - Krusty Aug 7, 16:35 4
  - yeah we do - tRuMaN Aug 7, 16:37 3
    - big burrito at a mexican, and a 5lb bbq sammcih -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 7, 16:40 2
      - also i think someone has a rib challenge. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 7, 16:40 1
        
        Maybe you could drop him an email and let him know or mention it to the owners next time you stop in one of the places. Free advertising for them. -- nm - Krusty Aug 7, 16:44
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- I think the gov't should pay for their education, and then as their employer it can set the salary. - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 7, 16:38 4
  - I don't agree with your cause-effect logic in your IM. - Dr.Vermin Aug 7, 16:48 2
    - I oversimplified, but yeah. - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 7, 17:13
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  - And their jobs are (generally) pretty stressful and require some pretty smart people. -- nm - Fuzzy Aug 7, 16:44
mets castillo sprained his ankle going down the dugout stairs? -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 7, 16:28 4
- castillo blah blah blah sprains blah blah blah going down blah blah blah. -- nm - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Aug 7, 16:37
- "At least he didn't spike himself." - Harry Doyle Aug 7, 16:36
- I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often. No grip on concrete with cleats on. -- nm - Krusty Aug 7, 16:32
- Ryan Dempster send message - Welcome to the Club! -- nm - the liioulu with umbrella Aug 7, 16:29
Palin/Bachmann 2012! -- nm - Remlik Aug 7, 16:28 5
- Bachmann-Palin Overdrive! -- nm - Guy Aug 7, 16:35 3
  - nice! -- nm - Remlik Aug 7, 16:42
  - BPO. I'm sure you could swing some sort of rising blood pressure imagery out of that. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 7, 16:38 1
    - "Takin' Care of [family] Business - and then resigning!" -- nm - Beryllium Aug 7, 16:39
- Palin / Jeb Bush -- nm - Don Homer Aug 7, 16:31
[an error occured while processing this death group directive] - BB Aug 7, 16:25
Keep your Beryllium hands off my ST -- nm - con_carne Aug 7, 16:23 5
- Hmm...won't that become a problem? -- nm - the liioulu with umbrella Aug 7, 16:27
- "Can I get the coq-au-vin without beef instead of chicken?" -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 7, 16:25 3
  - Hey - con_carne Aug 7, 16:26 2
    - Like I said, I'm actually a little relieved. -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 7, 16:28 1
      - Ah, I missed that part -- nm - con_carne Aug 7, 16:32

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