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One student of the Cheese Belt mouse? check ! -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Feb 17, 12:35
Some are picking Inglourious Basterds to come out on top for Best Picture at the Oscars. -- (link) - Don Homer Feb 17, 12:32 7
- As long as it's not "Blind Side", cool. - Diva Feb 17, 12:35
- Ugh. -- nm - David Feb 17, 12:34
- I'd be good with that, though definitely surprised. - Reagen Feb 17, 12:34 1
  - Quentin has an Oscar. -- nm - Diva Feb 17, 12:43
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  - mocking you has nothing to do with IB - Danedukenuuk Feb 17, 12:35
- i would not mind that. i don't think the new voting system favors it however -- nm - poochinski Feb 17, 12:33
Toyota says its new cars will have an accelerator override system. When you depress the brake and gas pedal at the same time it cuts the accelerator - CrankYanker Feb 17, 12:28 8
- Those people deserve what happens. -- nm - Mayans Feb 17, 12:32 1
  - the Mayans were a harsh, judgmental culture -- nm - poochinski Feb 17, 12:33
- link says "brake override system" but if it cuts acceleration then the proper term is "accelerator override", isn't it? -- (link) - CrankYanker Feb 17, 12:31
- Those people are dumb. -- nm - Spawn Feb 17, 12:31
- Those people should be shot. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 17, 12:30 2
  - that escalated quickly! (but then again, it's about toyotas ... :) ) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 17, 12:31 1
    - It's not the Toyota's fault the people are dumb. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 17, 12:34
- Those people learned wrong. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 17, 12:29
somebody's hair is in danger of being brushed behind an ear! -- nm - kare Feb 17, 12:26 4
- I loved his delivery on the inner monologues -- nm - prayformojo Feb 17, 12:35
- Hmm, does this mean it's getting long? -- nm - mara Feb 17, 12:35 1
  - my hair is getting annoyingly long. i'm almost to the point where i need to put it in a bun to sleep. -- nm - kare Feb 17, 12:36
- kinky -- nm - oblique Feb 17, 12:34
i hate days like today - around this time of afternoon i start thinking about the evening and say "at least i can relax tonight - i don't have any - prayformojo Feb 17, 12:26
In other news, a girl in her 20's was giving a potential buyer a test drive in her Corvette...the car went out of control, went airborne and hit - CrankYanker Feb 17, 12:25 6
- Author/infomercial snake oil salesman Kevin Trudeau sentenced to 30 days in jail. -- (link) - mara Feb 17, 12:36
- Ah, saw that earlier and didn't realize it was a private sale situation. -- nm - MojaveMeg Feb 17, 12:29
- I would dare not assume nefarious actions. I would imagine a Corvette is a lot of car to handle for one not accustomed to it. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 17, 12:26 1
  - Oh, I thought the buyer was driving. Withdrawn. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 17, 12:27
- i expect she was trying to show off what the car can do - zork Feb 17, 12:26 1
  - Possibly, but the news says there were no skidmarks so she never hit the brakes...sounds odd. -- nm - CrankYanker Feb 17, 12:33
(women's downhill in progress - spoilers) - crash davis Feb 17, 12:24 5
- spoiler - Diva Feb 17, 12:29 4
  - morlocks! -- nm - poochinski Feb 17, 12:31 1
    - preach. -- nm - Diva Feb 17, 12:32
  - frakkin morlocks -- nm - crash davis Feb 17, 12:30 1
    - I know!! -- nm - Diva Feb 17, 12:32
Shocking ST revelation of the day: Diva is a snakeshifter! (nm) - David Feb 17, 12:18 1
- *sics loosi's mongoose after Diva* -- nm - zork Feb 17, 12:27
Show runner of Supernatural has stepped down, will be hands on Exec Producer.... -- (link) - Remlik Feb 17, 12:14 16
- Hmmm - I'm thinking Supernatural season 6 may not look like any other season - Epiphany Feb 17, 12:20 4
  - This year is the end of the existing 5 year plan anyway so no matter what they had to go in a new direction. -- nm - Ender Feb 17, 12:23 3
    - true - if they return to the beginning - where it's mostly about the fables/urban legends - would love that -- nm - Epiphany Feb 17, 12:28 2
      - They're certainly going to need to go smaller. They really can't top the apocalypse for grandness. -- nm - Ender Feb 17, 12:36
      - Maybe it's be 22 episodes of them just sitting around talk about that time they stopped the end of the world. -- nm - sycor Feb 17, 12:30
- �That doesn�t mean there can�t be a new story. Buffy did it. The X-Files did it. You close a chapter on a big mythology storyline... - David Feb 17, 12:19 8
  - did you just call Buffy a failure? -- nm - Beaker Feb 17, 12:34 2
    - It's probably more true for X-Files ... "Season 9? What season 9?" :) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 17, 12:36
    - sounded like it. - sycor Feb 17, 12:35
  - Not sure what else they could have done though - they had the actors and the creator wanted out - CW did not want to give up a cash cow - Epiphany Feb 17, 12:21 2
    - Oh, I agree and I think it's the right play to let him pick the successor instead of meddling like CW usually does. -- nm - David Feb 17, 12:22 1
      - Oh I am sure they did try - it also explains why Kripke was not at the 100th episode party - Epiphany Feb 17, 12:24
  - as long as they don't put no shirts on your Jensen!! -- nm - poochinski Feb 17, 12:21 1
    - you make me laugh and laugh with this stuff - Epiphany Feb 17, 12:23
- saw that. makes me nervous for season 6 -- nm - sycor Feb 17, 12:15
- *worried* -- nm - Beaker Feb 17, 12:15
Heh. Rick Santorum in 2012! -- (link) - Don Homer Feb 17, 12:13 4
- ... -- nm - Mayans Feb 17, 12:19
- is he out by then? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Feb 17, 12:17
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  - We've got a runner! -- nm - US Marshal Service si Feb 17, 12:19
okcupid blog: the case for an older woman -- (link) - poochinski Feb 17, 12:11 7
- i want to click on this but i'm assuming i shouldn't when it's work-tracked. wah. plus i'm certain it'll piss me off. -- nm - kare Feb 17, 12:24 5
  - in short, it's making the case for men dating up in age -- nm - poochinski Feb 17, 12:27 4
    - (not necessarily older than them, but moving their range of potential ages later) -- nm - poochinski Feb 17, 12:28 3
      - dudes who need the case made for them don't deserve the wisdom and amazingness of an older woman! -- nm - kare Feb 17, 12:29 2
        
        you are preaching to the choir here, lady -- nm - poochinski Feb 17, 12:31 1
        
        oh yeah?!! well.... oh. - kare Feb 17, 12:35
- (that % of women who would be interested in a threesome seems high at any age) - poochinski Feb 17, 12:17
Team Finland hockey on CTV - lone canadian leafs fan Feb 17, 12:09
tv news update on the small plane crash in Palo Alto....all three victims were employees of Tesla. -- nm - CrankYanker Feb 17, 12:05 12
- Who Killed the Electric Car II. -- nm - Spawn Feb 17, 12:12 7
  - Cessna, apparently. heh. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 17, 12:12 6
    - You know it is bigger than that. -- nm - Spawn Feb 17, 12:16 5
      - obviously the US military-industrial complex utilized the targetting ability of the HAARP array to knock the plane out of the sky. Onto a daycare. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 17, 12:17 3
        
        speaking of HAARp...Billy Corgan and Steve Jones talks about it.... -- (link) - Remlik Feb 17, 12:25 1
        
        speaking of Harp, I'd love a beer right now.\ -- nm - zork Feb 17, 12:28
        
        *ding* -- nm - Spawn Feb 17, 12:19
      - you know they found the lost Tesla Ray that was in his trunk. -- nm - Remlik Feb 17, 12:16
- the car company? yikes. that's not good. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 17, 12:06 1
  - The owner of the plane was a Senior Electrical Engineer. -- nm - CrankYanker Feb 17, 12:07
- *cues up Love Song* -- nm - nubby Feb 17, 12:06 1
  - ~Love is going to find a way~ - Epiphany Feb 17, 12:16
So our Relay For Life radio interview will air...Sunday March 7 on four radio staions! - JaxSean Feb 17, 12:04 1
- that's cool! -- nm - Andie Feb 17, 12:08
Stupid chokey Canadian skiers. -- nm - Subversive Feb 17, 12:04 2
- she got down the hill uninjured. That's an achievement this year. -- nm - Reagen Feb 17, 12:19
- stupid sexy American skiers -- nm - poochinski Feb 17, 12:08
TWuG - that's exactly who that word is for! -- nm - Reagen Feb 17, 12:03 1
- :-) -- nm - TWuG Feb 17, 12:04
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- I disagree. There are issues that must be addressed that neither side will touch because the other side would oppose any action. - TWuG Feb 17, 12:03
- I don't see the terms as synonymous at all. - znufrii Feb 17, 12:02 22
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      - But not far off. Our Gov't was designed to work slowly, for just the reasons you mentioned. - Dr.Vermin Feb 17, 12:10 10
        
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        As a result of that debate, I think there are plenty of 'reform' proposals that most everyone can agree on. - Dr.Vermin Feb 17, 12:18
        
        While that model might have worked in the past, in a mostly agrarian society, I'd argue that our needs as a country have changed -- nm - znufrii Feb 17, 12:12 7
        
        Our ridiculous drug war is a good example of legislation going through too fast. - Dr.Vermin Feb 17, 12:16 2
        
        there's a fine line between giving something due deliberation and introducing systemic dysfunction for its own sake just to slow down the process. -- nm - znufrii Feb 17, 12:24 1
        
        Agreed. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 17, 12:27
        
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        of course they were largely able to get around the whole "slow government" thing - znufrii Feb 17, 12:15 2
        
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        I will concede that there are certainly areas where it hurts more than helps. - Dr.Vermin Feb 17, 12:25
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        Not arguing, just curious -- What reference do you have that the country wants DADT touched? - Fuzzy Feb 17, 12:15 2
        
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        It's not right. Just an unfortunate reality of the moment. - Fuzzy Feb 17, 12:20
        
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      - So of which are you a fan? -- nm - nubby Feb 17, 12:08 1
        
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  - Yeah. At some point when power shifts, the new regime spends all its time undoing the old regime's work. -- nm - nubby Feb 17, 12:05
For those with Netflix and those who like beer, I caught a pretty good documentary via Instant watching the other night... Beer Wars. - Don Homer Feb 17, 11:57
LYC: I'm in a pissed-off mood at the moment. - nubby Feb 17, 11:57 2
- FB game withdrawal is much more severe than i expected. -- nm - Andie Feb 17, 11:58 1
  - Bring it, bikini girl! -- nm - nubby Feb 17, 11:58
inflammatory subject aside, Vermin, I agree that Obama should go ahead and push through (or more accurately get Senate and House leaders to push) - Reagen Feb 17, 11:54 23
- Yeah, I would hate if he did that, but I couldn't criticize him for it. - Dr.Vermin Feb 17, 11:58 12
  - That's not entirely true either - otherwise you'd have privatized social security - Reagen Feb 17, 12:15
  - The Democratic Party's problem is not playing defense well enough. Their offense has been fine. - nubby Feb 17, 12:01 10
    - The Democratic Party's problem is that they're the Democratic Party. -- nm - znufrii Feb 17, 12:03 1
      - "I don't belong to an organized political party. I'm a Democrat." -- nm - Will Rogers Feb 17, 12:04
    - Their offence has been fine? On what fronts? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 17, 12:01 7
      - Trying to make a reasoned argument to the public. - nubby Feb 17, 12:03 6
        
        Maybe I'm getting the wrong impression not being immersed in your local medias, but I get the sense that the opposition goes beyond "death panals". - Name Withheld By Request Feb 17, 12:11 5
        
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        This. But too many prefer to paint the argument as intellectuals vs. idiots. - Dr.Vermin Feb 17, 12:13 3
        
        Even if it's true. :p - nubby Feb 17, 12:16 2
        
        F+! -- nm - Dr.Vermin, ;) Feb 17, 12:18
        
        nubby, please! -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 17, 12:18
- Agreed. -- nm - TWuG Feb 17, 11:56
- I'm all for the "not stooping to their level" idea, but in the end you've got to do what you feel is best for the country. -- nm - nubby Feb 17, 11:55 8
  - I don't feel that there was neccesarily stooping to any level - they had a majority in both Houses and used them. -- nm - Reagen Feb 17, 11:57 7
    - I just walked in, so it's very possible we're talking about two different things. - nubby Feb 17, 11:59 6
      - in part. More on the larger picture of how Obama would be more effective as a leader. -- nm - Reagen Feb 17, 12:02 5
        
        Are we convinced that it's not too early to just acknowledge he's likely a bad president? - Name Withheld By Request Feb 17, 12:08 4
        
        I'm not saying the stimulus was a political masterstroke or anything - if McCain would have been elected he would have done the same. - Reagen Feb 17, 12:18 2
        
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        To the IM, depends where you stand. Many would have criticized McCain just as much. (Ala yours truly and our spending last spring.) - Name Withheld By Request Feb 17, 12:21
        
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*still hoping Tiger goes full heel for his return* -- nm - Beaker Feb 17, 11:54
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- Maybe I'm optimistic, but I don't see the US turning to the European model at all. The safety nets are smaller, the labour force is more mobile, - Roger More Feb 17, 11:57 2
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  - the models are slightly different, but the slow growth will be similar. and IT and productivity improvements are good for some stuff but... - x Feb 17, 12:05
- a joke about the vapours that Americans get when they get compared with Europe. :) -- nm - Reagen Feb 17, 11:55 1
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- I'll take the escargot... -- nm - znufrii Feb 17, 11:54
This is setting up a few weeks getting the swing back, entrance into a couple of March events and then...The Masters. -- nm - Diva Feb 17, 11:51
Deadspin calls out Bill Plaschke for being a tool -- (link) - Beaker Feb 17, 11:50 4
- I do that about twice a week. Where's my post, Beak? -- nm - Diva Feb 17, 11:52 3
  - Diva calls out Bill Plaschke for being a tool -- (link) - Beaker Feb 17, 11:53 [Backboard] 2
    - Victory!!! -- nm - Diva Feb 17, 11:55 1
      - flawless, even -- nm - poochinski Feb 17, 12:00
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- heh. i love working that in to random conversation - so few people now get the reference -- nm - prayformojo Feb 17, 11:54

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