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How is this different than what was happening with Enron? -- (link) - Reagen Apr 13, 06:57 1
- in short, its different, more complex, and actually easier to understand. - tRuMaN Apr 13, 07:00
btw, if anyone cares, i went to my job interview - apparently i'm the new producer of an indie feature film. - Andie Apr 13, 06:57 15
- Don Homer! (pending funding) -- nm - znufrii Apr 13, 07:06
- 'andie' -- nm - Diva Apr 13, 07:03 2
  - this makes me giggle. -- nm - Andie Apr 13, 07:04 1
    - good. And congrats (pending funding)! -- nm - Diva Apr 13, 07:05
- that sounds great! (pending funding) -- nm - TFox Apr 13, 06:59
- The Andie show is picking up for sweeps! -- nm - Dano Apr 13, 06:58 2
  - right but... - Andie Apr 13, 07:00 1
    - Yeah, producing an independent film isn't the way to big bucks but it should be fun. -- nm - Dano Apr 13, 07:07
- "producer of an Andie feature film" -- nm - what SyrD read Apr 13, 06:58 6
  - "Which is how they became known after the film swept the 2011 Oscars" -- nm - Future historians Apr 13, 06:59 3
    - yeah, it's REALLY not Oscar-bait. :) -- nm - Andie Apr 13, 07:04 2
      - Genie-bait? -- nm - Reagen Apr 13, 07:04 1
        
        hmm, maybe! -- nm - Andie Apr 13, 07:04
  - Andie's Backyard Adventures -- nm - Dano Apr 13, 06:59 1
    - *cues the pr0n music* -- nm - budice Apr 13, 07:04
sitwap: group in congress is working on new legislation requiring certain disclosures related to political ads paid for by coporations/other groups. -- (link) - tRuMaN Apr 13, 06:56 1
- this is a fantastic idea, I think, and would go a long way towards fixing the problemm of money in politics - znufrii Apr 13, 06:59
sigh, my boss called me yesterday telling me to come into the office early to fix a couple of - tRuMaN Apr 13, 06:49 3
- "I clogged the toilet so you need to fix it before I get into work" -- nm - tru's boss si Apr 13, 06:52 2
  - but then leave so I can poop by myself -- nm - tru's boss si Apr 13, 06:53
  - umm, no. there is building maintenance for that. -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 13, 06:52
White House says 10 candidates under serious consideration for the Supreme Court opening. -- (link) - Don Homer Apr 13, 06:49 11
- Michigan would love to get rid of Granholm -- nm - scorpion Apr 13, 06:58 2
  - Team Granholm! -- nm - nubby Apr 13, 07:01 1
    - To her credit, she was a fairly good AG - scorpion Apr 13, 07:03
- The AP has confirmed 7 of them... -- (link) - Don Homer Apr 13, 06:52 7
  - Very disappointing list. Pathetic, even. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 13, 06:56 2
    - I'm not sure how the non-lawyer types could even begin to label these kinds of lists as "pathetic". -- nm - TFox Apr 13, 07:06
    - Glenn Greenwald spends his latest column eviscerating a possible Kagan nomination. -- nm - znufrii Apr 13, 06:57
  - You can't have two Justice Thomases. -- nm - Reagen Apr 13, 06:55 2
    - Just thing of the possible Three's Company-esque scenarios! -- nm - Dano Apr 13, 06:56 1
      - Episode 69: The Misunderstanding with the Can of Coke. -- nm - Diva Apr 13, 07:05
  - SCOTAP? -- nm - zork Apr 13, 06:53
That Tennessee family who sent the adopted kid back to Russia should try Estonia next. -- nm - Dano Apr 13, 06:43 4
- where I would normally write 'win', i will now write 'andie'. -- nm - Diva Apr 13, 06:45 1
  - FTA? -- nm - SyrDragon Apr 13, 06:57
- Ecuador! -- nm - Beaker Apr 13, 06:43 1
  - Just imagine how low you could make her allowance. -- nm - TFox Apr 13, 06:49
Why does Santonio Holmes get a 4 game suspension and Big Ben gets nothing? -- nm - Beaker Apr 13, 06:37 2
- Holmes' is due to a violation of the NFL Substance Abuse program; it's not discretionary. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 13, 06:39 1
  - ahh, I thought it was related directly to his incident with the woman -- nm - Beaker Apr 13, 06:42
The rise, rise and rise of the Downfall Hitler parody -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Apr 13, 06:17
The Big Picture: Poland in Mourning -- (link) - prayformojo Apr 13, 06:15
sitwap, Bodies of the last WVa miners found -- (link) - prayformojo Apr 13, 06:03 2
- WTF. Excite.com is still around? -- nm - oblique Apr 13, 06:04 1
  - heh. that's what i use as my home page - prayformojo Apr 13, 06:06
LYC: DC is a disaster. Cops/Marines on every corner and motorcades have traffic at a standstill -- nm - MDH Apr 13, 05:56 5
- did something happen? -- nm - JaxSean Apr 13, 06:01 4
  - Worldwide nuclear summit. Largest gathering of heads of state the world has ever seen. - MDH Apr 13, 06:10 1
    - It's the Justice League of the World! -- nm - JaxSean Apr 13, 06:27
  - There's a big nuclear summit being held in the city -- nm - prayformojo Apr 13, 06:04
  - One post down. :) -- nm - nubby Apr 13, 06:02
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- I toldja we'd have to pass the bill so you can see what's in it ... -- nm - Nancy Pelosi SI Apr 13, 06:52
- i love it. -- nm - sycor Apr 13, 06:40
- thats awesome. - tRuMaN Apr 13, 06:39 1
  - also, it appears that is may be due to an amendment to the senate bill by Grassley (R-IA) which was scaled back from its original - tRuMaN Apr 13, 06:43
- Is it just me or are politicans of all stripes getting stupider with each election? -- nm - Walt_Disney Apr 13, 06:15 1
  - it's just you getting smarter -- nm - Danedukenuuk Apr 13, 06:32
- Step carefully and nobody eat the cafeteria fries until we get this sorted out! -- nm - Congress Apr 13, 05:33 1
  - people still eat freedom???? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Apr 13, 06:06
got into work 15 minutes early, and today already sucks. -- nm - znufrii Apr 13, 05:26 2
- leave 30 min early -- nm - Danedukenuuk Apr 13, 06:08 1
  - if I don't end up having to go home on my lunch break to pick up something I forgot. -- nm - znufrii Apr 13, 06:41
Saw on TBS last night, new ads for Conan's arrival. That was good turnaround. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 13, 05:11 1
- Starting it at 11:00 is a good call. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 13, 05:22
Here is a link to the winner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing (by Gene Weingarten, who also won two years ago)... -- (link) - Don Homer Apr 13, 04:38 4
- It's an excellent piece, well deserving. -- nm - TFox Apr 13, 06:40
- it's a brutal read -- nm - prayformojo Apr 13, 04:57 2
  - Started it yesterday and finished this morning...could not stop thinking about it -- nm - SyrDragon Apr 13, 06:57
  - yes. -- nm - kelly Apr 13, 06:25
Jesus. Heidi went back into the show for some more work? -- (link) - Mop Apr 13, 00:51 5
- There are porn companies that would tell her that's too much. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 13, 06:40
- She may have always been annoying but she used to be pretty. Now she has lost that too. Seriously. A pic I saw of her yesterday - her face is so wrong -- nm - HdnAgnda Apr 13, 05:34 2
  - she looks so generic Hustler. AND 10 years older than she did! -- nm - Andie Apr 13, 05:57 1
    - It pleases me that you are familiar with generic Hustler to use it as a frame of reference. :) -- nm - HdnAgnda Apr 13, 06:46
- Jesus & Heidi??? hmmm Dan Brown was a lying then? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Apr 13, 04:18
Batman Arkham Asylum for $26.99 on Amazon Gold Box today: -- (link) - JaxSean Apr 13, 00:40 1
- Fun game. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 13, 05:20
DAMN that's a good looking man! -- (link) - Mop Apr 13, 00:19 1
- How YOU doin? - Epiphany Apr 13, 07:03
shirt woot tonight can kick your tshirts treadbare -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 12, 23:50 2
- I saw the thumbnail and I was hoping for a tribute to 117. -- nm - psilotum Apr 13, 00:10 1
  - As long as it has a tribute to me, I'm happy. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 13, 00:12
Left 4 Dead 2 $19 -- (link) - budice Apr 12, 23:47
My ankles hurt tonight...why? I only walked 4 miles today which about what I've been averaging. - MojaveMeg Apr 12, 23:18 3
- I'm getting aches and pains on the cold days...hurry up summer. -- nm - BAD Apr 12, 23:23 2
  - Yep, my sinuses were better today, but yesterday I had the worst pain I can remember :( -- nm - MojaveMeg Apr 12, 23:34 1
    - Do you still have a trip out to the desert coming up? -- nm - BAD Apr 12, 23:36
This prof so blows it is ridiculous. She makes too many mistakes.It is the same one I was talking about earlier. After every lecture there is always - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 12, 22:47 12
- "The knee bones connected to the... ummm..." -- nm - Ender Apr 13, 06:37
- Sounds at little like my recent experience. During my 'end of semester' discussion with the teacher she pretty much admitted she'd never actually - MojaveMeg Apr 12, 23:12 1
  - hehe. I always find it funny when teachers admit they don't know what they are teaching. You aren't suppose to say that!! You loss all the - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 12, 23:15
- it's because she hates you. -- nm - mafic Apr 12, 23:09 1
  - But she doesn't even know me. That won't be very nice on her part. :P -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 12, 23:15
- It is really dumb. In a previous lecture she was talking about a neuro tract and said it went through 2 nuclei. - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 12, 23:03 2
  - stop whining, is she HOT?????? - Danedukenuuk Apr 12, 23:05 1
    - Not really. hehe -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 12, 23:08
- do you get to write year end evals? can you talk to your advisors? -- nm - zDroid Apr 12, 22:53 3
  - We evaluate every prof, every lecture. She is pretty much going to get BAD evals from everyone. However, that doesn't help the studying process. :/ -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 12, 22:54 2
    - actually. grasshopper I'm thinking its a clever learning thing as medicine is changing every week reverses alters - zDroid Apr 12, 22:59 1
      - Basic neuro pathways don't change. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 12, 23:05
Taxes done, and once again... - Stephen Apr 12, 22:43 4
- I never thought there was much benefit to getting old...but it sure paid off this year :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Apr 12, 22:50 1
  - Excellent! :) -- nm - Stephen Apr 12, 23:21
- Don Homer! Very nice filing! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 12, 22:45 1
  - And next year there will be 2! -- nm - Stephen Apr 12, 23:22
thieves! CSI Miami is using a classic Dick Tracy villian's death -- nm - peglegpete Apr 12, 22:09
Doctor Who regeneration was 'modelled on LSD trips' -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Apr 12, 22:06
When A Bad Movie Has One Incredibly Great Scene (spoilers in the embedded clips) -- (link) - con_carne Apr 12, 21:53 2
- an old friend could discuss some movie tv show or even snl and make you see something in it even like it -- nm - zDroid Apr 12, 22:03
- The Death Blossom -- nm - amoxy Apr 12, 21:56
WWE Smackdown moves to SyFy Channel this fall. -- nm - Remlik Apr 12, 21:45
Bengie Molina currently has a Batting Average of .389 but an OBP of .368 - amoxy Apr 12, 21:38 1
- sac flies are PAs but not ABs. -- nm - Reagen Apr 12, 21:41
i think Death at a Funeral is going to shock some people with how much money it will open with -- nm - the 40 year old virgin Apr 12, 21:17 8
- agreed -- nm - Beaker Apr 13, 06:38
- interestingly it's a remake of a 2007 British film that made $8.5M in the US. - howie Apr 12, 21:41 1
  - I really disliked the British film. This one doesn't look much better, but I at least chuckle at a few bits in the trailer, so... -- nm - kelly Apr 13, 05:43
- "This is a black funeral. If you don't act a fool, you didn't care." -- nm - con_carne Apr 12, 21:30
- Big Momma's House! -- nm - Qale Apr 12, 21:20 3
  - i figure the Tyler Perry crowd is a given for $30 million, and that it will expand on that -- nm - the 40 year old virgin Apr 12, 21:21 2
    - So, black people and then other racial groups that think Martin Lawrence and Chris Rock are funny. - Qale Apr 12, 21:27
    - the urban crowd? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 12, 21:22
I'm a REALLY bad drunk dialer/texter..... -- nm - Hotkiss Apr 12, 21:12 25
- I always take an Ex's number out of the phone immediately! - Redmond Apr 12, 21:17 20
  - The problem with that is that if you do delete them and they call you, there is no warning. -- nm - Qale Apr 12, 21:25 8
    - You are correct, but let me clarify. If I dumped them it stays in my phone, if they dumped me I get rid of the number. -- nm - Redmond Apr 12, 21:28 4
      - opposite for me. - Hotkiss Apr 12, 21:30 3
        
        start drinking -- nm - Danedukenuuk Apr 12, 21:37
        
        I keep the ones I dump in case they end up being stalky, and I want to see who it is. The ones that dump me I don't want to drunk dial. - Redmond Apr 12, 21:33
        
        We can try. -- nm - Hannibal Lecter Apr 12, 21:32
    - This is the correct answer. You save the # for defense. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 12, 21:27 2
      - "Hullo? Ohhhh, yeah... Shinji. Right, right. No, I, uh, haven't been going out to that club in a while. Um, how... are... you?" -- nm - Qale Apr 12, 21:29
      - whoa who is this? -- nm - Hotkiss Apr 12, 21:27
  - you know what sucks? when you can't drop your ex's number from your memory even when you're drunk -- nm - Hotkiss Apr 12, 21:21 6
    - I have that same problem with several 976 numbers -- nm - Redmond Apr 12, 21:23 5
      - also my credit card number, which is a deadly combination -- nm - Redmond Apr 12, 21:23 4
        
        I have friends that drunk e-bay. not good. -- nm - Hotkiss Apr 12, 21:24 3
        
        "Buyer bid $1,000 for my Super Nintendo! A+++++" -- nm - Skagnetti Apr 12, 21:32
        
        ok that ive done -- nm - zDroid Apr 12, 21:27
        
        ... not good, but I give it an A+++++ would laugh again for hilarity -- nm - Beryllium Apr 12, 21:25
  - some people can learn from their mistakes -- nm - zDroid Apr 12, 21:21
  - Loosi, Lia, Pippy on the other hand. They get drunk texted. There are some others, but they aren't STers -- nm - Redmond Apr 12, 21:18
  - hotkiss calls them to confirm that it's still their number -- nm - the 40 year old virgin Apr 12, 21:18 1
    - hey! update: - Hotkiss Apr 12, 21:21
- you were supposed to tell Ecuador "no" -- nm - the 40 year old virgin Apr 12, 21:15 2
  - Oy! Papi! -- nm - Qale Apr 12, 21:21
  - But Ecuador is sooooooo hot! - psilotum Apr 12, 21:16
- the only way you get better is with practice. -- nm - Reagen Apr 12, 21:13
the Sue Sylvester "Vogue" video feels like *such* a shark-jumping moment for Glee -- nm - the 40 year old virgin Apr 12, 21:11 1
- the moment they decided on theme episodes is when it jumped. -- nm - Remlik Apr 12, 21:43
Dreamworks develops KungFu World for kiddies online; also Neopets down 25% since last year. -- (link) - Qale Apr 12, 21:10
I can never see this guy without thinking of Nubby... -- (link) - MojaveMeg Apr 12, 21:07 [Image] 2
- Heeey, that isn't Neil DeGrasse Tyson - con_carne Apr 12, 21:28
- i can never see this guy without thinking of nubby -- (link) - the 40 year old virgin Apr 12, 21:09 [flickr]
"Are You Smarter Than A Half-Term Governor" -- nm - Reagen Apr 12, 21:05
LYC: I just realized I mis-tagged one or two photos of my twin on FB, so - con_carne Apr 12, 21:03
the following takes place between 8:00 am and 9:00 am -- nm - Jack Bauer Apr 12, 21:02 2
- Get Down! -- nm - Jack Bauer Apr 12, 21:17 1
  - WHO ARE YOU WORKING FOR? WHAT'S THEIR BENEFITS PACKAGE LIKE? -- nm - zack bauer Apr 12, 21:32

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