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Ha. Gray Davis now more popular than Arnold. -- (link) - Reagen Jul 29, 11:10 3
- I love California -- nm - ty97 Jul 29, 11:18
- Awesome. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 29, 11:16
- RECALL! -- nm - Mop (221 lbs) Jul 29, 11:15
Crap, couldn't finish the game off. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 29, 11:05
So...if you're a Phillies fan...wouldn't you rather have just kept Cliff Lee?? -- nm - Jim Jul 29, 11:05 5
- Absolutely. They screwed the pooch on this. Oswalt has an ERA of 3.71 over the past 3 seasons and he costs $16M next year. -- nm - David Jul 29, 11:16 1
  - Are they compelled to pick up the option? I've read conflicting reports. (nm) - musubi, adorable Jul 29, 11:18
- Not really. I got Halladay below market for 3 more years. - Will Hunting Jul 29, 11:08 1
  - That's not what he asked. They could have had Lee & Halladay this whole time. (nm) - musubi, adorable Jul 29, 11:11
- We're pretty happy with Halladay -- nm - decline Jul 29, 11:08
'Up to 6,600 graves mislabelled' at Arlington Cemetery -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Jul 29, 11:04
Albert Haynesworth fails his conditioning test -- (link) - Beaker Jul 29, 11:01
only the second time in the company's history, Nintendo loses money in a quarter. -- (link) - Inigo Jul 29, 10:52 9
- Market cap of $35bil. An article I found said it was $85bil in '07. -- nm - Mop (221 lbs) Jul 29, 11:03 2
  - Memo to Microsoft: You have about $40bil cash-on-hand at present. -- nm - Mop (221 lbs) Jul 29, 11:14 1
    - Memo to Sony: You have $20bil. With a bit of haggling, the Big N can be yours. -- nm - Mop (221 lbs) Jul 29, 11:15
- That's crazy. How can they have sales figures like that and still lose money? What are they spending it on? -- nm - Mop (221 lbs) Jul 29, 10:54 5
  - suchi is expencive nowadays -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 29, 11:05
  - 70.5 Billion Yen was spent on a foreign exchange hedge. -- (link) - Inigo Jul 29, 11:02
  - Engadget says it's due to lower DS prices and a strong Yen making the 87% of its sales which are foreign worth less. -- nm - Ender Jul 29, 10:57
  - Hookers and crack? -- nm - mara Jul 29, 10:55 1
    - Being Japan, more like: Large divorce settlements and mummifying grandparents. -- nm - Mop (221 lbs) Jul 29, 10:56
GG Hunting and Vermin - amoxy Jul 29, 10:51 1
- GG! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 29, 11:02
I missed the "what are you wearing?" poll! I only wear black to work now becuase - workmanda Jul 29, 10:50 3
- LISBETH! -- nm - Mop (221 lbs) Jul 29, 10:53
- Who died? - not2fast Jul 29, 10:51 1
  - Hey you - haven't you hit that mark yet? - MojaveMeg Jul 29, 10:55
"Boardwalk Empire": Can anyone tell me what city that is in the background of the set timelapse video? It is LA or AC? -- (link) - not2fast Jul 29, 10:48 18
- is that not the empire state on the left? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 29, 11:06 1
  - It is. -- nm - Krusty Jul 29, 11:18
- That is Manhattan. Looks like the set is near me here in Long Island City. -- nm - Krusty Jul 29, 10:52 11
  - You can see a number of buildings like the Empire State building on the left, the U.N. in the middle and the tall black one is the newer Trump - Krusty Jul 29, 10:53 10
    - From this blog it's Brooklyn. Must be somewhere in Greenpoint since it's so close to me. -- (link) - Krusty Jul 29, 10:58 1
      - Yup, Greenpoint. I wish I knew, I would have walked over to see if I could get some pics. Damn. -- (link) - Krusty Jul 29, 11:00
    - What's the sound stages near there, Stienway Studios? -- nm - znufrii Jul 29, 10:56 5
      - I used to live literally a couple of blocks away. It's a booming neighborhood now. -- nm - loosilu Jul 29, 11:09 2
        
        Yup. I may be forced to move and I don't think I can afford the rent here anymore. Over $2k for a 2 bedroom. Insane prices. -- nm - Krusty Jul 29, 11:15 1
        
        we were paying $1300 for a two bedroom. -- nm - loosilu Jul 29, 11:17
      - Yup. And they're building a new studio near the East River. Lot's of filming planned for Queens. -- nm - Krusty Jul 29, 10:58 1
        
        Lots not lot's. Ugh. -- nm - Krusty Jul 29, 10:59
    - Pfft. Couldn't get a better view, 'eh? -- nm - Mop (221 lbs) Jul 29, 10:55 1
      - It was better before a bunch of highrise buildings went up near the East River. I can only see the top of the Empire State Building - Krusty Jul 29, 11:01
- Sure looks like NYC. That's almost certainly the UN building across the water. -- nm - Mop (221 lbs) Jul 29, 10:50 1
  - The show is set in 1920's Atlantic City, so I figured it had to be that or Hollywood. -- nm - not2fast Jul 29, 10:52
- AC -- nm - Beaker Jul 29, 10:48 1
  - or at least that is what the show is suppossed to be about -- nm - Beaker Jul 29, 10:51
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Reports say that Oswalt will approve the trade to the Phillies. -- (link) - Will Hunting Jul 29, 10:41 11
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  - Not really, they just recently called up the last real prospect above A ball that they have. - musubi, adorable Jul 29, 11:01
- Ed Wade is just so terrible. He makes Omar look good. (nm) - musubi, adorable Jul 29, 10:54
- were'nt he shot by Jack Ruby? - Danedukenuuk Jul 29, 10:44
- SITWAP: Orioles hire Showalter. -- nm - Krusty Jul 29, 10:43 5
  - "my name is Buck and I love to...." -- nm - Beaker Jul 29, 10:45 3
    - Party. ;-) -- nm - Krusty Jul 29, 10:46 2
      - I loved that. Geez, couldn't they just change his name to Marty or something so it at least made sense? -- nm - not2fast Jul 29, 10:48 1
        
        Exactly. It was terrible editing but very funny. -- nm - Krusty Jul 29, 10:54
  - Oops...linky... -- (link) - Krusty Jul 29, 10:43
- It's nice to know Patton Oswalt has a side career. - JaxSean Jul 29, 10:43
I'm really excited about my stalker assignment. I've got some work to do -- nm - CQ Jul 29, 10:40 1
- I think I have a plan. The one place I'd really like to buy one never has them in stock :/ - MojaveMeg Jul 29, 10:52
From Bush to Obama in four easy steps -- (link) - amoxy Jul 29, 10:39
Polish historians create 3D view of what Warsaw looked like after their failed 1944 uprising against the Nazis (Repost, cause it is a must see) -- (link) - Beaker Jul 29, 10:39 3 1
- New York after the Palin Presidency -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 29, 11:51
- great work, not lets also recreate, Kiev, Budapest, Leningrad, Stalingrad, Sevastopol and and and -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 29, 10:48
- amazing. -- nm - loosilu Jul 29, 10:39
British Vicar charged with conducting 360 sham marriages over 4 years. -- (link) - not2fast Jul 29, 10:36 8
- tangent, read an article a few weeks ago about a woman, married for 17 years with 2 kids, and her husband still hasn't been able to get US Citizenship - znufrii Jul 29, 10:41 6
  - sorry, a green card, not citizenship... -- nm - znufrii Jul 29, 10:50
  - If government officials thought it was a sham marriage, they'd deport him, not drag their feet for 17 years. There's more going on. -- nm - Mop (221 lbs) Jul 29, 10:47 4
    - "He probably got the questions wrong because he�s an idiot." -- nm - Roger More Jul 29, 10:53
    - here's the article -- (link) - znufrii Jul 29, 10:48 2
      - Reading the linked "questions immigration officials ask" - pretty sure I wouldn't be able to say what colour my wife's toothbrush is - Roger More Jul 29, 11:03 1
        
        I have no idea what color MY toothbrush is. -- nm - loosilu Jul 29, 11:14
- But them of them were gay marriages, right? -- nm - Religious Right Jul 29, 10:39
Risk Interconnection Map 2010 (very cool) -- (link) - Beaker Jul 29, 10:36 6
- What's a "CII" and why would it breaking down be a problem? -- nm - Mop (221 lbs) Jul 29, 10:44 1
  - critical information infrastructure -- nm - Beaker Jul 29, 10:47
- Where are the Zombies? -- nm - amoxy Jul 29, 10:42
- so the nanoparticle toxicity is going to cause an earthquake, slowing down the Chinese economy. -- nm - Reagen Jul 29, 10:40 2
  - it's all tied together in the Risk Universe (I developed one several years ago for the company I now work for) -- nm - Beaker Jul 29, 10:41 1
    - It's like a Michael Crichton plot generator. -- nm - Reagen Jul 29, 10:59
Anybody stay at the Monte Carlo in Las Vegas? They have some great deals right now. -- nm - ceregon Jul 29, 10:31 2
- Yes, good middle-of-the-road hotel on the Strip. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 29, 10:50
- Hmm! That was our favorite buffet we ate at in 2008. - Dr.Vermin Jul 29, 10:35
Cuomo investigating whether insurers defrauded grieving military families -- (link) - Mop (221 lbs) Jul 29, 10:31
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- way more pointed but less catchy. -- nm - Reagen Jul 29, 10:36
Jesus. Frenchwoman admits to killing 8 of her newborn babies -- (link) - Beaker Jul 29, 10:30 12
- The comments are funny: "I AM ALSO HORRIFIED BY DISGUST!" - oblique Jul 29, 10:46
- 15 years for killing 6 newborns? *shakes head* -- nm - CQ Jul 29, 10:46 1
  - yeah, how is that "manslaughter"? -- nm - loosilu Jul 29, 11:13
- So, over the years, she's had 8 kids, and suffocated each of them to hide them from her husband? - JaxSean Jul 29, 10:42 4
  - How in the hell did the husband not know? -- nm - amoxy Jul 29, 10:54
  - you'd think she'd realize how babies are made after at least the third time... -- nm - znufrii Jul 29, 10:44 2
    - no see, it's not her fault. She has mental problems, or it's societies fault, or it's her husband's fault. what an asshole she is -- nm - CQ Jul 29, 10:47 1
      - well she obviously has mental problems. -- nm - loosilu Jul 29, 11:09
- This is where legal abortions will ultimately take us! -- nm - Religious Right Jul 29, 10:32 3
  - This is where illegal abortions will ultimately take us! -- nm - Pro-Choice Activists Jul 29, 10:34 2
    - *golf clap* -- nm - Mop (221 lbs) Jul 29, 10:39
    - nice -- nm - znufrii Jul 29, 10:39
Yunel Escobar winning over Toronto -- (link) - Beaker Jul 29, 10:26 5
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- *giggle* - David Jul 29, 10:29 3
  - Of course the honeymoon phase is in place, but he's working his ass off thus far and the leaders on the club have taken to him, which clearly..... - Name Withheld By Request Jul 29, 10:33 1
    - It didn't happen because he didn't want to do it. - David Jul 29, 10:36
  - Toronto sportsfans are like the teenaged girl that's sure this time the starting QB knows how she feels. -- nm - Reagen Jul 29, 10:32
"That's big news in Minnesota, because it brings the number of people with fitness club memberships up to one." -- nm - Beaker Jul 29, 10:25 1
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I'm all for Rangel not running for re-election. What say you? What's an appropriate punishment? -- nm - Mop (221 lbs) Jul 29, 10:25 2
- "You know, it's a dumb question and I'm not going to respond." -- nm - JaxSean Jul 29, 10:26 1
  - This is why Rangel must go. -- nm - Mop (221 lbs) Jul 29, 10:29
Poor Baltimore. 33.5 games back, if every other team in the AL East lost every remaining game they'd still need to go 34-27 from here on to win the division. -- nm - Ender Jul 29, 10:22 9
- Hey, if we play .820 ball the rest of the way, we can meet pre-season expectations. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 29, 10:30 8
  - Though I'm not sure 81 wins was a realistic expectation. Haven't done that since '97, and haven't won even 75 since '04. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 29, 10:32 7
    - (I still think it was a big mistake to get rid of Mazzili.) -- nm - Don Homer Jul 29, 10:35 1
      - No one else bothered with him; good managers don't get ignored. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 29, 10:37
    - This was expected to be an upper 78-82 win team. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 29, 10:33 4
      - In fairness, most people assumed Wieters would play baseball this year. -- nm - TFox Jul 29, 10:36 3
        
        *Every* young player took a step back. - Will Hunting Jul 29, 10:39 2
        
        ...and Markakis continues to assert his mediocrity, and Roberts got hurt... - TFox Jul 29, 10:42 1
        
        Don't worry, I'm assured that Markakis isn't just an average player, he's truly deeply feared and thus doesn't see any pitches to hit. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 29, 10:45
This is gonna make David cry, but.....I'm done with Psych. - prayformojo Jul 29, 10:22 8
- wow ... just ... wow ... that's totally why I love his character -- nm - JenBro Jul 29, 10:48 1
  - It's become much more pronounced this season, IMO -- nm - prayformojo Jul 29, 11:03
- That is why I rarely watch it anymore. I can only handle so much over-the-top silliness at one time before it just becomes aggravating. -- nm - not2fast Jul 29, 10:39 1
  - I reached that point at the beginning of the second season. -- nm - mara Jul 29, 10:44
- Huh? I actually saw some of that "character growth" everyone was yammering for just the other day in this episode... - Stephen (Status Seeker) Jul 29, 10:29 1
  - Case in point: - prayformojo Jul 29, 10:32
- *cries* -- nm - David Jul 29, 10:24
- /tilts head, squints/ -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 29, 10:23
Top Chef spoilers - JenBro Jul 29, 10:22 1
- the local LV food critic is going to NYC next week to be an Iron Chef judge -- nm - peglegpete Jul 29, 10:27
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- Calvin Trager! - musubi, adorable Jul 29, 10:23
Mel you still around? what's up with the tiff on Iota? -- nm - Beaker Jul 29, 10:19 1
- what's this? - Mel Profit Jul 29, 10:30
heh. i appearantly have a new bff. - tRuMaN Jul 29, 10:19 5
- Did you hear that, gang? "She"! Yay! -- nm - Mop (221 lbs) Jul 29, 10:21
- *crosses fingers* please please please be crazy chick -- nm - Beaker Jul 29, 10:20 1
  - *nodding* -- nm - TFox Jul 29, 10:22
- Does she play ConquerClub? - Will Hunting Jul 29, 10:20 1
  - turns taken -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 29, 11:22
In my day, we made rookies pitch till their arms fell off. it proved they were men. -- nm - Reagen Jul 29, 10:17 2
- And after their arms fell off, we made them frame innocent doctors for the murder of their wives. -- nm - David Jul 29, 10:18 1
  - "Ooh! Ooh! This is it! This is where he loses the arm!" - Max Jul 29, 10:23
Hmm. Diet Barq's root beer tastes *funky*. - JaxSean Jul 29, 10:16 3
- Diet *anything* tasts funky. -- nm - znufrii Jul 29, 11:13
- Diet A&W is my fave -- nm - Beaker Jul 29, 10:17
- a lot of diet root beers are too heavy on the wintergreen. -- nm - Reagen Jul 29, 10:17
imagine me an you, I do, i think about you day and night, its only right to think abouit the one you love and hold her tight so happy to together.... -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 29, 10:15 1
- nice guys. I should hire them :) -- nm - Frank Zappa Jul 29, 10:17

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