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Spooky! In interview last week prof Yeats said that [a] big west coast earthquake concerned him far less than a �big one� that might occur in Haiti. -- (link) - Mop (225 lbs) Jan 14, 08:53
"I'm with NBC president Jeff Zucker. Faced with a struggling network, some might have gone with a long-term solution... - nubby Jan 14, 08:53 4
- Oh my, this won't end well for NBC... -- nm - Ender Jan 14, 09:46
- Do we get to guess who said this? -- nm - Mop (225 lbs) Jan 14, 08:54 1
  - Sorry. The Onion, in one of their fake quotes. -- nm - nubby Jan 14, 08:54
- I'm wondering how soon it is before he's fired and Bonnie Hammer brought in to run the network. -- nm - Remlik Jan 14, 08:54
Is CQ around? Liverpool are *screwed* -- (link) - Loyola Jan 14, 08:51 3
- two of them in my FF team :'( - celedhring Jan 14, 08:58
- Does Michael Owen still play for them? -- nm - Dano Jan 14, 08:52 1
  - No, he went to Real Madrid for a few years, then back to England at Newcastle, now at Man Utd. - Loyola Jan 14, 08:55
A senior Russian police officer has been charged with manslaughter after shooting dead a snowplough driver for scratching his car; -- (link) - Loyola Jan 14, 08:48 1
- ~ Mr. Plow, that's the name. That name again is...~ - HdnAgnda Jan 14, 08:49
Jim, you have return mail. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 14, 08:47
Was considering seeing The Met Opera Carmen at the theater this weekend, but it looks like it's sold out. -- nm - Dano Jan 14, 08:41 6
- I want to see that later in the run, with Olga Borodina playing the lead role. -- nm - znufrii Jan 14, 08:57
- I'd *love* to do this. -- nm - Diva Jan 14, 08:45 2
  - The one I'm circling is Verdi's Simon Boccanegra broadcast from La Scala in Italy, starring Placido Domingo, on April 29. -- nm - TFox Jan 14, 08:52 1
    - I'm seeing that at the Met on Monday. -- nm - znufrii Jan 14, 08:54
- This is on my list of dates I intend on taking SheFox on in 2010: movie theater opera night. -- nm - TFox Jan 14, 08:42 1
  - I'm not an opera fan, but figured if I were going to give it a try Carmen would be a good bet. -- nm - Dano Jan 14, 08:44
I'm just saying: Having sex twice a week can reduce heart disease in men by half, study reveals -- (link) - Mop (225 lbs) Jan 14, 08:37 7
- Holler haha -- nm - MDH Jan 14, 08:53
- Awesome. I have got a seriously healthy heart. - HdnAgnda Jan 14, 08:51
- error notfound -- nm - znufrii Jan 14, 08:38 4
  - Let's try this. -- (link) - Mop (228 lbs) Jan 14, 08:40
  - Someday it will happen for you. *pats znufrii on the head* -- nm - oblique Jan 14, 08:39 2
    - heh -- nm - Beaker Jan 14, 08:52
    - *gaze* -- nm - znufrii Jan 14, 08:40
And the only unanimous All-Pro this year is... - David Jan 14, 08:33 3
- I'd love to see who didn't vote the Lechler. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 14, 08:40 2
  - or Revis for that matter -- nm - Beaker Jan 14, 08:49 1
    - If you got 2 CB spots....you could slot Champ or Asoghama in at one and have a defense - Will Hunting Jan 14, 08:50
re logistics: Fairfax US&R team, first aid team to arrive, brought 72 personnel and 42 tons of supplies. - loosilu Jan 14, 08:32
Got this in my e-mail this morning. You'll love it. - Mop (225 lbs) Jan 14, 08:30
225, bitches! -- nm - Mop (225 lbs) Jan 14, 08:29 6
- Yes!!! Keep it up :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Jan 14, 08:35 5
  - I'm hoping for 3 lbs a month but December was a disaster (in that I held steady). January will fix that. -- nm - Mop (225 lbs) Jan 14, 08:36 4
    - I gained 5 lbs in December. I hate Christmas :( - celedhring Jan 14, 08:41 3
      - i weighed myself yesterday for the first time in 36 days, i fullly expected to be up, but i was exactly the same. - Andie Jan 14, 08:57
      - I hit a plateau about a month ago - which included the holidays - but I think I'm on my way down again. I really don't have to - MojaveMeg Jan 14, 08:52 1
        
        I'm still down 10lbs since mid october, with no festivities in sight until summer, I think I'll be fine :) -- nm - celedhring Jan 14, 08:54
China to Goodle: don't let the door hit your ass on the way out. -- (link) - Beaker Jan 14, 08:20 13
- I hope they block every Chinese IP address. Our servers get hammered daily by Chinese hackers. Enough of this sh*t. -- nm - Mop (225 lbs) Jan 14, 08:33
- I hope they kick them out so fast... -- nm - Diva Jan 14, 08:21 10
  - Google is actually trying to do the right thing here though! -- nm - Beaker Jan 14, 08:26 9
    - not really, they just decided to act like theiy're doing the right thing once their asses were getting kicked by Baidu... - x Jan 14, 08:35
    - The right thing really is not to do business with china at all ... -- nm - Beryllium Jan 14, 08:29 5
      - what now? -- nm - Mattel Jan 14, 08:32
      - there goes half the stuff you own. -- nm - loosilu Jan 14, 08:32 3
        
        no, really. north americans would much rather buy stuff from goods producers with far higher production costs!....nm - x Jan 14, 08:39 2
        
        *splurt* -- nm - Sony Corp. Jan 14, 08:42 1
        
        bwahahaha. just where exactly do you think that Sony manufactures most of their goods? - x Jan 14, 08:45
    - My meaning wasn't clear. I hope Google leaves China. -- nm - Diva Jan 14, 08:29 1
      - gotcha -- nm - Beaker Jan 14, 08:31
- Google. -- nm - Beaker Jan 14, 08:20
Why yes Amazon.ca I would like Breaking Bad season 1 for $30. Thank you. -- nm - Beaker Jan 14, 08:18 24
- No more buzzkilling Beaker's purchase! He wants it. Nuff said. Enjoy the show. -- nm - HdnAgnda Jan 14, 08:45
- That doesn't seem like that good a deal for a 13-episode season of a show. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 14, 08:20 13
  - about the best you can hope for in Canada really...sadly. -- nm - Beaker Jan 14, 08:21 12
    - Really? Bummer. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 14, 08:22 7
      - it was $36 earlier this week. -- nm - Beaker Jan 14, 08:31 6
        
        You should just cancel the amazon.ca order and do an in-store pickup at FS. It's 29.99 and in-stock. -- nm - Shaun Jan 14, 08:33 3
        
        I needed it to get free shipping with some other stuff :) -- nm - Beaker Jan 14, 08:42 1
        
        Ah. Gotta hit that $39 price point. -- nm - Shaun Jan 14, 08:47
        
        Unless you just hate FS, which can be understandable. -- nm - Shaun Jan 14, 08:36
        
        I've been tracking for the magical below $30 figure :) -- nm - Beaker Jan 14, 08:32 1
        
        My "magical" mark is $20, $15 if I see that. - Cuzzin Todd Jan 14, 08:37
    - watch. it. online. -- nm - Andie Jan 14, 08:22 3
      - I hate watching TV on my computer. -- nm - Beaker Jan 14, 08:23 1
        
        You need a streaming media centre then. Get a PS3! -- nm - Shaun Jan 14, 08:25
      - it's $22.49 on amazon.com, throw US conversion and shipping on and it is probably a hair more. -- nm - Beaker Jan 14, 08:23
- You know this is not how the internet works, right? - Guigue Jan 14, 08:20
- Enjoy! Good (dark) stuff. - HdnAgnda Jan 14, 08:19
- dang - they're tough on our neighbors to the North. I got that for like 15 bucks. :( -- nm - Diva Jan 14, 08:19 6
  - We get hosed on almost everything, on a straight conversion basis. -- nm - Shaun Jan 14, 08:20 5
    - check to see if it's cheaper to buy it from amazon.com. dvds usually are, even with shipping. -- nm - Andie Jan 14, 08:22 1
      - I usually do, but I have like $30 of .ca e-giftcards now thanks to swagbucks. -- nm - Shaun Jan 14, 08:23
    - : ( -- nm - Diva Jan 14, 08:22 2
      - Especially now when our dollar is ~96 cents. -- nm - Shaun Jan 14, 08:23 1
        
        yup, pisses me off. -- nm - Beaker Jan 14, 08:24
"Oh sure, why the fuck not, we'll throw in some yetis." -- nm - Producers of The Mummy 3 Jan 14, 08:11 8
- I actually enjoyed the haphazard and gleefully willing shittiness of the third one. -- nm - TFox Jan 14, 08:37
- I shall be the new summer popcorn series that has deserts and lots of crazy weird bad guys. -- nm - Prince of Persia: SoT Jan 14, 08:19
- Yeah I loved the first one and really liked the second, but the third is crap. -- nm - Beaker Jan 14, 08:15 4
  - there was zero reason to make the son...spoils... - Remlik Jan 14, 08:16 2
    - that was some of my favorite stuff in the second, he and the brother had great chemistry -- nm - Beaker Jan 14, 08:18 1
      - yep. -- nm - Remlik Jan 14, 08:21
  - *crosses off to watch list* -- nm - Loyola Jan 14, 08:16
- Haha, the field goal part killed me -- nm - MDH Jan 14, 08:13
What's great about the Rush thing, is that even under the most absurdly benign interpretation of his comments, he's still wrong! -- nm - znufrii Jan 14, 08:06
Oh, so he only just doesn't know what he's talking about. That makes it better. -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 08:03 5
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  - B2 open bar report -- nm - MDH Jan 14, 08:12 1
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  - I agree that sometimes snippets are taken out of context. But in this case, the context is available, I listened to it, and it's clear cut -- nm - Guigue Jan 14, 08:08
- Exactly -- nm - Guigue Jan 14, 08:05
"in the both light-skinned and dark-skinned black community in this country" - David Jan 14, 08:02 30
- It draws from the Reid controversy, but the intent is to call the President racist by ascribing to him a motive - TWuG Jan 14, 08:09
- I listened to that snippet and it's the first I've heard him in a long time. - Jim Jan 14, 08:03 1
  - which is the beauty of the whole situation...his life's work undone. -- nm - David Jan 14, 08:13
- That's clearly an ironic comment on the Harry Reid scandal. -- nm - Ender Jan 14, 08:03
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  - Obviously, but come on - - this is about a serious humanitarian disaster. Why bother to trivialize and politicize it so cynically when thousands - Diva Jan 14, 08:09 24
    - well, consider the source. - znufrii Jan 14, 08:11
    - And he busts Obama's balls for taking 3 days to address the bomber guy at Christmas time...but he's on the airwaves immediately after this... - Jim Jan 14, 08:10 22
      - well in the case of an Earthquake, you don't have to investigate which terrorist group is responsible. -- nm - loosilu Jan 14, 08:16 1
        
        Bah, investigations shminshmeshtigations ... Heh. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Jan 14, 08:18
      - I thought Obama was all over the bomber thing when it happened. -- nm - Loyola Jan 14, 08:13 18
        
        Three days faster than Bush responded to the Richard Reid situation, in fact. -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 08:15 1
        
        I'm not here to talk about the past. -- nm - Rush McGwire Jan 14, 08:16
        
        Around 3 days to hold a press conference versus the 6 Bush took to talk about the shoe bomber - TWuG Jan 14, 08:15 13
        
        I think any Prez, red or blue, that delays even 2 days to reassure the nation deserves criticism. -- nm - Loyola Jan 14, 08:19
        
        well now, let's not let facts get in the way of good ol' Democrat bashing... -- nm - znufrii Jan 14, 08:16 11
        
        i despised Bush, but, an action should be judged on whether it's the right or wrong thing to do. Period. - Andie Jan 14, 08:21 10
        
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        Jack, remember when we tried to explain this concept to znufrii for like the entirety of campaign season? - TFox Jan 14, 08:36 2
        
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        I think I was far fromthe worst offender in that regard. -- nm - znufrii Jan 14, 09:02
        
        The point is not that one was right and one was wrong. It's "how can you possibly criticize in this situation when you didn't say a word last time?" -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 08:28 5
        
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        OK - to clarify, I don't think Bush did anything wrong in waiting as long to respond as he did. - Reagen Jan 14, 08:34 3
        
        I don't think your IM is completely fair either. Too blanket of a statement. In eight years, I would hope that situations and perspectives change. - Name Withheld By Request Jan 14, 08:56
        
        "Naked partisanship" being Improv Everywhere's next stunt. -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 08:43 1
        
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        As did I. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Jan 14, 08:15 1
        
        I saw him doing a tv thing about it a few weeks back in an open neck shirt. He should get bigger collar shirts, and always do windsor knots on his - Loyola Jan 14, 08:22
      - Singed testicles. -- nm - Diva Jan 14, 08:11
The conservative case for gay marriage. -- (link) - mara Jan 14, 08:01 1
- I haven't read the piece, but one relatively level-headed conservative I read pointed out this week that the author of this piece accepts.... - Name Withheld By Request Jan 14, 08:51
Shoppers can now fuel up their electric cars at Whole Foods....(link) - Walt_Disney Jan 14, 08:00 1
- And recycle Plastic #5 (yogurt, butter containers). this is great. I have a growing collection ready to go over. -- nm - HdnAgnda Jan 14, 08:07
B2: Seriously after reading the Marvin Harrison GQ article, since he wasn't charged, can't they arrest him now? This is absurd -- nm - MDH Jan 14, 07:59 2
- You can try... -- nm - Marvin Harrison Jan 14, 08:01 1
  - ..........didn't think so, suckas. Gil, let's ride! -- nm - Marv, after glaring intently for a few moments Jan 14, 08:02
One thing that I hate is when news organizations try to drive traffic to themselves when it's easier to just give a normal link. - Beryllium Jan 14, 07:58 2
- perhaps the organisation wants to know where the best responses come from for the future -- nm - zork Jan 14, 08:03 1
  - That's a fair point, yes -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Jan 14, 08:11
Andie - Good Luck!! -- nm - Diva Jan 14, 07:57 6
- The world needs less caffeine addicts...congrats to Andie for making that a goal. -- nm - Walt_Disney Jan 14, 08:01 5
  - I drink coffee so Columbian farmers won't be forced to grow coca. - loosilu Jan 14, 08:13
  - i did it once before when i was far far worse. but i'm back to finding if i don't have some caffeine by noon, i have a headache. need to get to a - Andie Jan 14, 08:08 3
    - I have given up coffee. But not caffeine totally. I don't know if I'll ever be ready to take that step. -- nm - Diva Jan 14, 08:10 2
      - i don't drink coffee (well, maybe one a month), but i just replaced it with diet coke and tea. -- nm - Andie Jan 14, 08:13 1
        
        I replaced the coffee with tea. usually black, sometimes green. I found it clarifying and not jarring the way coffee used to be for me. - Diva Jan 14, 08:16
Bad things happen to B2 cause it deserves it! God says so. -- nm - Beaker Jan 14, 07:55
I wish CNN would quit pulling rescue workers off the pile to talk on camera. -- nm - loosilu Jan 14, 07:54 12
- I was wondering why the news reporters could fly in next day, but the Marines and such are taking a boat and will be there in 2 days. - JaxSean Jan 14, 07:57 8
  - THe aid teams have to bring a hell of a lot more supplies. -- nm - loosilu Jan 14, 08:13
  - Sounds like the Marines need to be on the media's flight. -- nm - Jim Jan 14, 08:00 2
    - "Get that damn camera equipment off this plane, I need more room for my kit" - Marine Jan 14, 08:13 1
      - they bring absolutely everything they need so they're self sufficient. -- nm - loosilu Jan 14, 08:17
  - one of the morning news shows mentioned this as well. The logistics of getting much larger craft into the area is much more difficult - Diva Jan 14, 07:59 1
    - Ah -- nm - JaxSean Jan 14, 08:20
  - The reporters probably pack lighter. Marines ... probably have a lot of equipment. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 14, 07:59
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- That must be hard work and I figure that they need little breaks like that actually. Also, it helps people see the situation and they might donate -- nm - zork Jan 14, 07:56 1
  - having worked with them, I know they actually plan for media stuff. Really I hate how CNN does these stories. - loosilu Jan 14, 08:15
- Agreed. Less interruptions, more panning past public sex -- nm - Beryllium Jan 14, 07:56

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