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The reports of our leader's death have been greatly exaggerated. It's just that his twitter account was down. -- (link) - Taliban Aug 10, 07:15
" -- nm - znufrii Aug 10, 07:14
A facebook friend of mine witnessed the mid-air collision over the Hudson this weekend. That would haunt my dreams. -- nm - HdnAgnda Aug 10, 06:56 1
- A facebook friend aka "hook-up" - MDH Aug 10, 06:57
Alright, Republicans. We give up. -- (link) - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 10, 06:48 16
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  - Nice, thanks for the link. -- nm - mara Aug 10, 07:20
  - yeah, more like this please. -- nm - znufrii Aug 10, 07:05
- Have there been arrests made yet? Anywhere? There should be. Especially those who publically call for others to disruption. -- nm - HdnAgnda Aug 10, 06:55 11
  - That would be going a little bit too far there, I think. -- nm - znufrii Aug 10, 07:00
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    - Not to me. If they can't act civilized in meetings then toss em. If they resist. Arrest them. -- nm - HdnAgnda Aug 10, 07:07 7
      - Which is completely different than your initial suggestion that we arrest "Especially those who publically call for others to disruption." - znufrii Aug 10, 07:11 5
        
        Is a public disturbance not generally considered to be a misdemeanor? -- nm - HdnAgnda Aug 10, 07:17 4
        
        Would depend on the jurisdiction, but applying it in this situation raises serious first amendment concerns. and rightly so. -- nm - znufrii Aug 10, 07:18
        
        US Citizens have a constitutionally-guaranteed right to assemble, protest, and exercise their freedom of speech. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 07:18 2
        
        There are limits to that. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 10, 07:20 1
        
        FIRE!!!!!!!! -- nm - znufrii in a crowded theater Aug 10, 07:20
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    - Agreed. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 06:59
- Sarah Palin now calling for civility in health care debate -- (link) - znufrii Aug 10, 06:53
Ex child-star Mark Lester thinks he might be the father of Michael Jackson's daugher Paris. -- (link) - LMS Aug 10, 06:41 22
- that would be a neat trick since he and Debbie Rowe are caucasian, but Paris doesn't seem to be. -- nm - loosilu Aug 10, 06:43 20
  - I think she just has a pretty good tan now. Look at pics of her as a toddler. She looks very caucasian to me. -- nm - CovingtonCat Aug 10, 06:48 19
    - compared to her supposed "siblings," she is very dark. -- nm - loosilu Aug 10, 06:49 18
      - She's not dark in this pic (or in any other pics I can find of her as a toddler) - CovingtonCat Aug 10, 06:55 [Image] 16
        
        agreed, but she is not a toddler now, and she's not white like that guy's kids. -- nm - loosilu Aug 10, 07:00 13
        
        people pics -- (link) - 'lia Aug 10, 07:08 12
        
        could be his kid, but really, who cares? -- nm - 'lia Aug 10, 07:09 11
        
        Paternity issues potentially and there's the little issue of hundreds of millions of dollars in assets -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 10, 07:15 4
        
        as well as the hundreds of millions of debt -- nm - decline Aug 10, 07:16 3
        
        Problems seem to be he didn't have the liquidity...not that he was broke. - Will Hunting Aug 10, 07:21 1
        
        and his sales certainly got a huge boost in the last month. -- nm - loosilu Aug 10, 07:22
        
        apparently his assets cover the debt, and then some. -- nm - loosilu Aug 10, 07:20
        
        apparently, some slimeballs popping up and claiming paternity. -- nm - loosilu Aug 10, 07:13 2
        
        see my post below vvv -- nm - 'lia Aug 10, 07:18
        
        the creepest part is Lester saying 'I gave Michael Jackson my sperm' -- nm - decline Aug 10, 07:15
        
        well, he probably does. -- nm - Elf Andie Aug 10, 07:10 2
        
        and zsa zsa gabor's husband really cared when he came forward and said he was anna nicole's baby daddy -- nm - 'lia Aug 10, 07:17 1
        
        but, see, he wasn't. -- nm - Elf Andie Aug 10, 07:20
        
        You can also tell in that pic... - Cuzzin Todd Aug 10, 06:56 1
        
        the question is, can she jump? -- nm - loosilu Aug 10, 07:00
      - (meaning, I think she is clearly mixed race) -- nm - loosilu Aug 10, 06:50
- LOOK AT ME! (him not LMS :) ) -- nm - Beaker Aug 10, 06:42
Tiger Woods has now won 70 times out of 232 starts since turning professional. - Will Hunting Aug 10, 06:40 3
- yeah, but he's still scared of Lefty Bitch-tits! -- nm - pixie si Aug 10, 07:42
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- Tiger Tiger Woods ya'll -- nm - MDH Aug 10, 06:44
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- honestly, I dont think brady will have has good of a season as everyone else thinks. - tRuMaN Aug 10, 06:45
LYC: I caught some of the Joan Rivers roast last night, way funnier than I imagined - MDH Aug 10, 06:37 2
- Jeff Ross was on The Sports Guy's podcast last week, good listen if you like the Roasts as they discuss alot of them. -- nm - Beaker Aug 10, 06:39 1
  - In my last 2 years at UMD we had Giraldo and Ross come as openers. - MDH Aug 10, 06:48
Some aspects of Alzheimers found to be vision issues -- (link) - CovingtonCat Aug 10, 06:33
Mmm... deep fried Oreos. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 10, 06:24 8
- deep fried twinkies are the way to go. -- nm - znufrii Aug 10, 06:35 6
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    - 6-ish, at the usual subway car, I think. - znufrii Aug 10, 06:43 2
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        J will be coming from Brooklyn, and I'm in TriBeCa, so I could meet up downtown without a problem. - znufrii Aug 10, 06:48
  - does it have to be a choice? -- nm - loosilu Aug 10, 06:39 1
    - good point. -- nm - znufrii Aug 10, 06:41
- Is it county fair time? -- nm - HdnAgnda Aug 10, 06:35
40 years ago was the Tate-LaBianca murders (aka the Manson Family murders). -- (link) - Don Homer Aug 10, 06:21 14
- LYC: I read Helter Skelter when I was like 15 years old. -- nm - Beaker Aug 10, 06:46
- I'm comin' down fast, but I'm miles above you. -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 10, 06:27 1
  - that took care of my earworm problem. -- nm - loosilu Aug 10, 06:47
- and would-be presidential assassin, and Manson Family member Squeaky Fromme to be paroled this weekend -- (link) - znufrii Aug 10, 06:24 3
  - Luckily I doubt Manson himself will ever get out. -- nm - loosilu Aug 10, 06:48 2
    - everytime he comes up, I'm always surprised he's still alive. -- nm - znufrii Aug 10, 06:48 1
      - I give him credit for remaining honest. -- nm - loosilu Aug 10, 06:52
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  - I didn't realize that Sarah Jane Moore had been paroled 2 years ago as well. - znufrii Aug 10, 06:27 5
    - I would have been happy for all of them to stay there for life. -- nm - loosilu Aug 10, 06:29 4
      - I don't think Hinckley's going anywhere anytime soon, though... -- nm - znufrii Aug 10, 06:30 3
        
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        I do think the incremental approach is best. - znufrii Aug 10, 06:35
        
        *cracks knuckles* Check today's paper. -- nm - znufrii SI #6 Aug 10, 06:33
So, Toronto and area had an INSANE lightning storm last night, it went on for hours. I shot 30 seconds of video as we drove home - there are about 8 - Elf Andie Aug 10, 06:19 [flickr] 3
- It was wild wasn't it. Knocked out my computer dammit. - grammar Aug 10, 07:31
- the first three seconds is great (so's the rest). -- nm - mafic Aug 10, 06:51 1
  - there were SO much dramatic lightning, i would have shot more, but, battery issues! -- nm - Elf Andie Aug 10, 07:07
It's official, Jerry Springer comes to Broadway -- (link) - znufrii Aug 10, 06:17
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- TO go off on Trent Edwards yet? -- nm - Beaker Aug 10, 06:32
- Start the draft! -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 10, 06:11
- that fake punt was a thing of beauty. -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 06:11 6
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    - Wow. That's awesome. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 10, 06:17 4
      - But why waste that on a preseason game? Now teams will be expecting it in the real games... -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 10, 06:59
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        yup. why waste it in a preseason game. -- nm - Beaker Aug 10, 06:30
        
        I was just gonna say... -- nm - GJOSHGREEN Aug 10, 06:21
Weekend Movie Poll -- (500) Days of Summer, B+ -- nm - znufrii Aug 10, 06:08 20
- Harry Potter: B+, The Soloist: B- -- nm - Max Aug 10, 08:45
- He's Just Not Into You: D+, Who Framed Roger Rabbit: A, first 3 eps of S1 Leverage: B -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 10, 07:05
- repulsion, B. the mysterious geographic explorations of jasper morello, A. -- nm - mafic Aug 10, 06:48
- GI Joe - C -- nm - Epiphany Aug 10, 06:47
- Stuck - C+, Stone of Destiny - C+. -- nm - LMS Aug 10, 06:44
- GI Joe - D, Perfect Getaway - D+ - colinski Aug 10, 06:41 1
  - nice on your IM, at least. -- nm - znufrii Aug 10, 06:43
- League of Extrordinary Gentlemen: C- -- nm - Beaker Aug 10, 06:40 1
  - Burn Notice season 2: A -- nm - Beaker Aug 10, 06:41
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- The day the Earth Stood Still: D - decline Aug 10, 06:30
- GI Joe B+ (Damn if I wasn't entertained), Vanilla Sky A-, The Soloist B- - MDH Aug 10, 06:14 5
  - Ugh, hated Vanilla Sky. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 10, 06:20 1
    - So you and I will trade Vanilla Sky for In Bruges. :) -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 10, 06:22
  - "She's the saddest girl I've ever seen." - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 10, 06:17 2
    - Seriously? Hmm this is weird - MDH Aug 10, 06:19 1
      - Penelope Cruz plays the same character. -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 10, 06:22
- Julie and Julia - B+. -- nm - kelly Aug 10, 06:11
- Nothing but the Truth (B+). -- nm - Don Homer Aug 10, 06:10
- GI Joe, D -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 10, 06:09
It's another case of the Mondays. Good Morning! -- nm - lileve Aug 10, 06:00 2
- I believe you'd get your ass kicked saying something like that, man. -- nm - BB Aug 10, 06:05 1
  - *grin* -- nm - lileve Aug 10, 06:06
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So...did anyone post the fan in Pittsburgh landing on his face reaching for a foul ball video? -- (link) - Jim Aug 10, 05:38
Reading grades: Blasphemy by Douglas Preston: C- ; Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman: A -- nm - Beaker Aug 10, 05:29 14
- (told you!) - loosilu Aug 10, 06:40 8
  - I really liked the TV series too. -- nm - LMS Aug 10, 06:48 1
    - me too, I have the DVDs. really wish they'd had a decent budget, though. -- nm - loosilu Aug 10, 06:53
  - just the mythology/world he created. Any word on a sequel? It kinda screams for one. -- nm - Beaker Aug 10, 06:45 5
    - which is *exactly* my criticism of the ending. -- nm - znufrii Aug 10, 06:49 3
      - I think he deliberately left it open for a sequel, yeah. -- nm - loosilu Aug 10, 06:55 1
        
        Which would have been great if he had actually written one. (spoiler) - znufrii Aug 10, 06:59
      - (apart from that, the book is fantastic, though) -- nm - znufrii Aug 10, 06:50
    - never a peep, far as I know. -- nm - loosilu Aug 10, 06:46
- Less than Zero: B -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 10, 06:05
- The Old Man and the Sea, A -- nm - znufrii Aug 10, 06:03
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  - I liked the premise but the way he - spoils - Beaker Aug 10, 05:59 1
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Well, it's only taken about a year of being at the top of my rental list but I'm being sent In Bruges today. -- nm - LMS Aug 10, 05:17 4
- saw it a couple weeks ago for the first time. totally not what I expected, but I loved it. from the few ads I'd seen, I expected something more like - mafic Aug 10, 06:40
- Great movie; one of last year's best. Hilarious at times. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 10, 05:24
- I was thoroughly disappointed. -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 10, 05:20 1
  - I loved it when I saw it at the cinema, so I've been looking forward to watching it again. -- nm - LMS Aug 10, 05:25
nmbTruman - Beaker Aug 10, 05:15 1
- tis ok. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 10, 06:26
I have the worst type of earworm, one line repeating over and over again to which I don't know the song. - Will Hunting Aug 10, 05:02 8
- I have "It's Raining Men." Somebody help me. -- nm - loosilu Aug 10, 06:19 1
  - hallelujah! -- nm - mafic Aug 10, 06:35
- On a somewhat related topic, I was compelled to listen to Layla by Derek & The Dominoes after the Weather Channel did a local on the 8s segment with - HdnAgnda Aug 10, 05:10
- It's called Champagne, by Cavo. -- nm - Jelly Aug 10, 05:03 4
  - okay, so now I have a name. - Will Hunting Aug 10, 05:04 3
    - She dont lie, she dont lie, she dont lie; cocaine. -- nm - CovingtonCat Aug 10, 05:07
    - "Billie Jean is not my lover / She's just a girl who claims that I'm the one / But the kid is not my son" -- nm - Jelly Aug 10, 05:07 1
      - This works. Thanks! -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 10, 05:09
You can look inside another world. You get to talk to a pretty girl. She's everything you dream about. -- nm - David Aug 10, 04:19
LIR - congrats to Vermin, she's just in time for Palin 2028! -- nm - Roger More Aug 10, 03:51 2
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- Don Homer! congrats Vermin!! -- nm - Beaker Aug 10, 05:14
SS T-Shirt - grammar Aug 10, 02:42

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