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Obama To Push Tax On Being 'Too Big To Fail' - Loyola Jan 13, 07:49 5
- would just be easier to raise capital reserve requirements proportionally with the size of the bank. - znufrii Jan 13, 07:58
- I'd rather the make it illegal to be too big to fail and split these huge banking/investment firms up. - TWuG Jan 13, 07:51 2
  - I do too, but it's a step in the right direction at least. -- nm - Loyola Jan 13, 07:54 1
    - I'd say it's not a step in the right direction. It will be just another set of numbers to factor in to making risky moves, with the added knowledge - con_carne Jan 13, 07:56
- now they are taxing tall people ? -- nm - decline Jan 13, 07:50
the old lady sitting across from me in the airport lounge is *glaring* at me. I have no idea why. - mafic Jan 13, 07:49 9
- Are you reading something trashy? Did you take her seat? Are your feet touching her bags? Does your shirt say - TWuG Jan 13, 07:54
- Maybe she heard about your visa problems? -- nm - prayformojo Jan 13, 07:53
- Doing the tongue between two fingers thing at her is not an option? -- nm - HdnAgnda Jan 13, 07:52
- Smile and give her a wave. -- nm - Loyola Jan 13, 07:51
- She's an aggressive Coug. -- nm - Shaun Jan 13, 07:50 3
  - what comes after cougar? 'cause she's 80 if she's a day. -- nm - mafic Jan 13, 07:53 2
    - Are you rocking a bald head by any chance? Maybe she thinks you are a nazi skinhead. -- nm - Shaun Jan 13, 07:54
    - Silver Fox! -- nm - decline Jan 13, 07:53
- unzip your fly and blow her a kiss. -- nm - decline Jan 13, 07:50
Need some help from ST. There's enough of you here that have some fascination with Kylie Minogue...does anyone - Jim Jan 13, 07:37 4
- you could try looking for it on beemp3.com - decline Jan 13, 07:52
- Will a streamable version do? -- (link) - con_carne Jan 13, 07:51
- No but wouldn't it be cool if we had some sort of file transfer thing on ST. -- nm - Loyola Jan 13, 07:40 1
  - We have(had) a music email group for new bands / music to share, but we haven't sent anything around for quite some time. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 13, 07:41
i have a very unknown and crazy family history on my mom's side (forged wedding certificates, pilfered trust funds, midnight runs from Scotland to - Andie Jan 13, 07:33 12
- Of course the most important thing is that Andie comes from call girl stock. -- nm - Dano Jan 13, 07:52 2
  - there is actually a photo of me, my mom, my grandma and her when i was a teeny baby. -- nm - Andie Jan 13, 07:57
  - direct female line! -- nm - Andie Jan 13, 07:55
- My dad's side of the family is kind of like that. - Dano Jan 13, 07:42 7
  - i thought our's was a lost cause too. - Andie Jan 13, 07:51 1
    - Hope you find a lot of stuff. We did some looking for my mom's side of the family over the holidays. - Dano Jan 13, 07:56
  - Dano - did you see B2? -- nm - LMS Jan 13, 07:49 3
    - Yes. Saw "ass arching out of low-slung jeans." Been looking forward to that movie as much because it's Andrea Arnold as for him. -- nm - Dano Jan 13, 07:51 2
      - He is very sexy and charming in it. He's doing Jane Eyre for us in the Spring, just need to work out how to get a set visit. -- nm - LMS Jan 13, 07:54 1
        
        hey, i've always been curious. what is your actual job? - Andie Jan 13, 07:55
  - just like sarah palin! -- nm - mafic Jan 13, 07:44
- Mysterious Andie strikes again! -- nm - zork Jan 13, 07:37
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- "Oh no...Oh. No! ...I'm about to have a fucking epileptic aneurysm." - Mel Profit Jan 13, 07:55
- Love it. He can do AotC and RotS anytime. Heck, give us RotJ. -- nm - HdnAgnda Jan 13, 07:37 1
  - Judging by his reference to RotJ in the TPM review, I think he really liked it. -- nm - Inigo Jan 13, 07:39
Joss Whedon on the Twilight reveal in his Season 8 of Buffy...spoilers at the site... -- (link) - Remlik Jan 13, 07:30 3
- Since I stopped reading this, is the spoiler you are talking about refer to - HdnAgnda Jan 13, 07:38 2
  - no. -- nm - Remlik Jan 13, 07:46 1
    - I humbly request to be spoiled. -- nm - HdnAgnda Jan 13, 07:53
was late to work today because I caught a stray dog (collared) and took it back to it's owner. - groiny Jan 13, 07:26 7
- Good job. -- nm - Krusty Jan 13, 07:56
- we babysat a lost pooch for a night back in the summer. People, please have proper ID on your pets' collars and chip them -- nm - zork Jan 13, 07:39
- What kinda dog? -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 13, 07:27 4
  - I would guess a pit bull mix, it had a huge melon (nudge) and was brindle color. - groiny Jan 13, 07:30
  - Blonde -- nm - oblique Jan 13, 07:28 2
    - No wonder it got lost. -- nm - Dano Jan 13, 07:29 1
      - nice. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 13, 07:30
I love Craig Ferguson. - Will Hunting Jan 13, 07:25 7
- I watched him last night, very funny. I've never seen an entire episode before but caught his opening a few times. - Krusty Jan 13, 07:57
- I wish they showed his show in the UK. I remember his stand-up show from the 90's on BBC2. -- nm - LMS Jan 13, 07:47
- WELL MARRY HIM THEN!!!! nm -- nm - kellie Jan 13, 07:26
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  - no, "Cleveland" rocks ! -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Jan 13, 08:49
  - He's the best going right now. -- nm - Jim Jan 13, 07:36 1
    - agreed -- nm - zork Jan 13, 07:37
family groups in Austrailia (nice going Wiggums) are protesting Kick-Ass.... -- (link) - Remlik Jan 13, 07:25
Your hottie of the day... -- (link) - Dano Jan 13, 07:23 [Image]
Yeah, Extreme Makeover filming here is decently cool, but I don't need front-page stories about it in the local paper every day for two weeks. -- nm - nubby Jan 13, 07:21 3
- Big Show and the Bella Twins from the WWE were there to help tear down the house. -- nm - Remlik Jan 13, 07:25 2
  - Big Show did it himself; the Bella Twins were Ty Pennington's arm-candy. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 13, 07:26 1
    - nice. I think they should have sent Santino as arm candy for Ty. -- nm - Remlik Jan 13, 07:29
Chris Johnson! -- nm - nubby Jan 13, 07:18 1
- Wish I had that dude in my keeper league. - Strongbad Jan 13, 07:22
whenever I'm looking at Slacker in IE, I keep getting the favorites menu pop up because that's the shortcut in FF I use to find the threads I'm in - zork Jan 13, 07:18 1
- the doctor says "well, then, don't use IE". ;-) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 07:29
Heh. The lotion bottle recommends "two pumps" -- nm - Dano Jan 13, 07:12 4
- so it has something in common with Redmond's dick. -- nm - groiny Jan 13, 07:34
- One pump only. -- nm - HdnAgnda Jan 13, 07:19
- ", chump" -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 07:16
- or you get the hose? -- nm - zork Jan 13, 07:14
Heh. In Gmail Labs, there is an option to go "Back to Beta" - "Soothes the soul by putting the familiar beta sticker back on the Gmail logo." -- nm - Don Homer Jan 13, 07:07
oh sure...NOW I freaking get the NFL series 22 figures from McFarlane toys for the store. -- nm - Remlik Jan 13, 07:02 2
- Ooh, any cool looking pieces in that? - Will Hunting Jan 13, 07:04 1
  - Cassel, Brady, Peterseon,Ryan,Forte. no variants...which pisses me off...not only are they 2 months late getting me figures... - Remlik Jan 13, 07:09
Anjelica Huston as Abby's mom for NCIS. -- nm - Remlik Jan 13, 07:02 6
- I know where you got that...and I like it. - Mel Profit Jan 13, 07:06 4
  - I just thought of it to be honest and yes Morticia. Where did you think of it. -- nm - Remlik Jan 13, 07:09 3
    - I immediately, after you mentioned it, went to Morticia. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 13, 07:12 1
      - gotcha. I thought you might have seen it suggested elsewhere. -- nm - Remlik Jan 13, 07:19
    - but she can also do 'normal' as well. -- nm - Remlik Jan 13, 07:10
- Good call. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 13, 07:02
Head of the UN mission in Haiti may have been killed. -- nm - Mop Jan 13, 06:54 17
- A priest in France is saying the Arch Bishop is dead. -- nm - Remlik Jan 13, 07:20
- eeek. -- nm - znufrii Jan 13, 07:07
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  - I don't know that I could have definitively said "poorest" but certainly people know it's not by any means doing well -- nm - oblique Jan 13, 07:02 3
    - apparently, we fall into the dumb class for not knowing they were the absolute poorest. -- nm - ty97 Jan 13, 07:24 2
      - nobody said anybody was dumb. -- nm - Diva Jan 13, 07:38 1
        
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  - Curious - Who doesn't know this? -- nm - Diva Jan 13, 07:01 9
    - people on B2 -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 07:03 8
      - It's common knowledge (or so I thought) that poeple have resorted to eating dirt there. They have nothing. -- nm - Diva Jan 13, 07:06 7
        
        Figured it was 3rd world poor...didn't know 'poorest' in WH -- nm - SyrDragon Jan 13, 07:23
        
        or that's just what zombies do! -- nm - zork Jan 13, 07:19
        
        *shrugs* never heard that. -- nm - ty97 Jan 13, 07:18
        
        And they've destroyed the stuff that would actually let them get back on their feet. -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 07:09 3
        
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        there, when it rains, it landslides. -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 07:18
        
        I guess we don't really have to worry about their voodoo skills if they can't even use them to conjure up some food -- nm - zork Jan 13, 07:14
Late night ratings must be through the roof this week. -- nm - Mop Jan 13, 06:52
Random Pet Peeve: Everyone on my FB saying they want to be an Avatar. I'm like you mean Na'vi. - MDH Jan 13, 06:45 5
- Well, the main character and Sigourney Weaver's character were indeed "avatars" in the movie -- nm - con_carne Jan 13, 07:54
- did your friend even watch the movie? -- nm - Hotkiss Jan 13, 06:52 2
  - I assume they have, and seriously it's like 8 people. Ugh. -- nm - MDH Jan 13, 06:54 1
    - maybe they had their glasses crooked the whole time and ears stuffed with popcorn -- nm - Hotkiss Jan 13, 06:57
- "I'm a Star Wars!" - Mel Profit Jan 13, 06:51
Overheard in class: "I'll just go check my FarmVille. I'm sure something needs to be harvested." -- nm - nubby Jan 13, 06:24 5
- "Something needs to be plowed..." -- nm - Mop Jan 13, 06:52
- MAYBE!!! -- nm - nubby Jan 13, 06:44 1
  - (under decline's) -- nm - nubby Jan 13, 06:44
- "Dammit missed an acolyte AGAIN!!!" would be more amusing. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 13, 06:42
- was it you saying it? -- nm - decline Jan 13, 06:40
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- TravelZoo, Kayak -- nm - JaxSean Jan 13, 06:34 6
  - Kayak is my #1 choice by far -- nm - Hotkiss Jan 13, 06:50
  - i've used orbitz too -- nm - decline Jan 13, 06:40 1
    - I've booked 2 Vegastravaganza trips through there. No issues and easy. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 13, 06:42
  - Oh, and try Costco if you're a member. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 13, 06:36 2
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      - I've never booked travel with Costco, but I've heard a few good things and how easy it was. - JaxSean Jan 13, 06:40
- We booked via our Apple Vacations rep friend, but here are their deals out of MSP -- (link) - oblique Jan 13, 06:29
Catching up on Monday's Chuck last night, they really had me thinking that (spoil) - HdnAgnda Jan 13, 06:08 5
- It was gloriously well done. Then (spoils) - Will Hunting Jan 13, 06:10 4
  - we were...stunned. - Mel Profit Jan 13, 06:52
  - You *knew* they wouldn't but still you had to think "Did they?!?!" So much for THAT tension. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 13, 06:20 1
    - Exactly. It worked very well with the Spoils from Sunday - Will Hunting Jan 13, 06:21
  - Yeah, really. -- nm - HdnAgnda Jan 13, 06:13
Microsoft releases Kodu game development platform (for anyone age 7 and up) on the PC (before only available on Xbox) -- (link) - oblique Jan 13, 05:58
catching up on news I missed yesterday. Lane Kiffin kinda sucks doesn't he? - Diva Jan 13, 05:58 2
- He's been pretty sucky as a head coach, yet shockingly keeps getting better jobs. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 13, 05:59 1
  - I wouldn't call Year 1 at UT sucky at all. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 13, 06:21
Uh, that's not very good... Google Nexus One phone sold just 20,000 its first week. -- (link) - Don Homer Jan 13, 05:57 18
- Probably not so much the quality of the phone but that the market's been saturated. -- nm - nubby Jan 13, 06:23 3
  - True. I think a lot of people who wanted that kind of phone already have an iPhone or an HTC. Since software are now upgradeable, there's less - Guigue Jan 13, 06:34 2
    - It also may be that some people are cautiously waiting to see what Apple does with the next iPhone. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 13, 06:37
    - Plus, T-Mobile. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 13, 06:36
- I was thinking last week when listening to an NPR TotN tech segment on this phone that it sounded rather underwhelming. Even the tech guy reporting on - HdnAgnda Jan 13, 06:02 8
  - It's groundbreaking in the fact that Google is selling it "unlocked" and not specifically tied to a carrier. - JaxSean Jan 13, 06:06 7
    - Not so much. Nokia and other mfg have been doing this for a long time -- nm - oblique Jan 13, 06:27 2
      - I thought I read the goal of the Google online store is to have deals with the major carriers for their phones. - JaxSean Jan 13, 06:39 1
        
        Phones are rarely exclusive to 1 carrier. Most lower-end models are available at many. The iPhone is exclusive in the US, but not everywhere - Guigue Jan 13, 06:41
    - And without the T-Mobile contract it costs like $500? Not the time for numbers like that, IMHO. -- nm - HdnAgnda Jan 13, 06:15 3
      - Have you priced an unlocked phone lately? That's pretty standard -- nm - oblique Jan 13, 06:30 2
        
        Most people don't buy their phones that way. - Cuzzin Todd Jan 13, 06:31 1
        
        True, but it's not some new paradigm or ground breaking effort -- nm - oblique Jan 13, 06:58
- That's what happens when you start selling a phone that's unsubsidized for everybody who already has a phone contract. -- nm - Ender Jan 13, 05:59 4
  - It's $180 if you go directly with T-Mobile, which seems the only logical choice since it's the only network that the 3G works on, iirc. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 13, 06:00 3
    - Yeah, but existing T-mobile users can't get that, only user's who aren't already with them. -- nm - Ender Jan 13, 06:01 2
      - From what I've read, existin T-mobile users not limited by contract can get a new line for the $180, then switch their number to it after it's up and - oblique Jan 13, 06:04 1
        
        That seems needlessly complicated. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 13, 06:13
"Faber's parents, although concerned, said they're convinced their otherwise typical gay son is merely going through a conservative Christian phase." -- (link) - JaxSean Jan 13, 05:57 2
- that's great. -- nm - Andie Jan 13, 07:15
- ha! -- nm - Don Homer Jan 13, 05:58
"...but stay standing." - Mel Profit Jan 13, 05:57
LIR: Netflix Streaming. While it's a nice addition, I'm in the same boat but with my Roku. But with Netflix's push, it seems likely we're all going - oblique Jan 13, 05:55 5
- Having to put a disc in would be really annoying. -- nm - Inigo Jan 13, 05:57 2
  - That and having to use the Wiimote to start a movie. With my Roku it's simple IR so I programmed my universal remote to work with it - oblique Jan 13, 05:59
  - yes. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 13, 05:57
- Love my Roku. Be nice if they can get hulu added to it though; I'm unimpressed with the other recent "channel" additions. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 13, 05:56 1
  - Me too. It's a good start though that they have opened up the channel development to 3rd parties - oblique Jan 13, 05:59
Pffft. -- nm - HdnAgnda Jan 13, 05:52
Ahh, the rich and venerable history of the Tonight Show... -- (link) - Ender Jan 13, 05:51

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