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Whoops. The PlayOn channel for Roku that was announced recently isn't actually from PlayOn but Roku also decided to disable it -- (link) - kilbooooo Oct 29, 07:34
Shots Fired at Marine Corps Memorial could be linked to the gun used in the Pentagon/Recruit Center/older Marine Memorial Shootings -- (link) - MDH Oct 29, 07:29
Huh....Just looking at facebook, tracing old friends...just found out his sister's a broadcaster for WBAL. - Will Hunting Oct 29, 07:25
Stereotyping Peope by their Halloween costume (nmblink) - ralph wiggum Oct 29, 07:24 1
I have seen precisely 1 ad out here that's a positive ad. And that's only half-credit. - Will Hunting Oct 29, 07:19
**I INTERRUPE THIS BOARD TO BRING YOU AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE... Secret Stalker Ends Soon! Sign Up Now!! -- (link) - Andie Oct 29, 07:16 1
- (let's pretend the typo was an homage to nubby's post below.) -- nm - Andie Oct 29, 07:17
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- Wow. That's awesome. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 29, 07:17
- the storm came from space? -- nm - decline Oct 29, 07:15
My cousin posted to FB that her older daughter made the honor roll. Her baby daddy commented: - nubby Oct 29, 07:12 4
- yeah, just like her daddy. -- nm - Andie Oct 29, 07:14
- are these your back-woods cousins? -- nm - decline Oct 29, 07:14 2
  - I'm inferring from this that you think that I myself am not back-woods. -- nm - nubby Oct 29, 07:15 1
    - I was willing to give you the benefit of the doubt :) -- nm - decline Oct 29, 07:16
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- Is he going to do another Shark movie for SyFy though... -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 29, 07:12 1
  - (That's his son.) -- nm - Dan-o'-lantern Oct 29, 07:36
- The most staggering surprising result there for me.....Cao is in a Leans Democrat race - Will Hunting Oct 29, 07:12 3
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    - Nah, I've been paying little attention to most individual races this year. There's only one that had a direct impact - Will Hunting Oct 29, 07:16 1
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A survey of British drivers found that 41 percent of drivers admitted to trying to flirt with while on the move, and 15 percent conceded they crashed - Go Ducks! Bacon Oct 29, 06:58 1
- *flashes halloween smile* -- nm - *flinch* Oct 29, 07:04
Most voters think the economy has shrunk in the past year, that taxes have gone up and that most of TARP money will be lost forever. �Those views may - Don Homer Oct 29, 06:49 12
- This isn't a new phenomenon. Bush Sr. lost re'election becuase of a recession that had ended 18 months earlier iirc. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 29, 07:07
- (This is where I have my second issue with Obama. The first being the DADT crap, but that he - and his admin - turned into horrible communicators.) -- nm - BloodyAxeSean Oct 29, 07:03
- That's all false but Obama IS a Muslim -- nm - Go Ducks! Bacon Oct 29, 06:55
- People R dum. -- nm - znufrii Oct 29, 06:52 7
  - I think it's partly to do with the Dems' failure to sell their messages, and partly because it's hard to believe the economy is growing when jobs - Roger More Oct 29, 06:59 5
    - it's one thing to have corporate profits up, stocks rebounding and all the big tarp folks paying $ back since the govt backing helped... - x Oct 29, 07:42
    - Saw a very interesting interview with a guy who wrote the Time cover story a few weeks back about his trip across America - Lon_cHaneY Oct 29, 07:38
    - In my personal little world the economy is still screwed. -- nm - Go Ducks! Bacon Oct 29, 07:02 1
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    - and what improvement there has been has been incremental, slow and uneven - znufrii Oct 29, 07:02
  - this -- nm - Beaker Oct 29, 06:53
- Not "may," they are driving decisions. -- nm - MDH Oct 29, 06:51
If I'm getting a set of crystal bar glasses I need the matching whiskey decanter, right? -- nm - znufrii Oct 29, 06:43
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- no kidding -- nm - Hotkiss Oct 29, 07:11
San Diego School Buses are testing fingerprint scans for kids for safety and security reasons.....(link) -- (link) - Walt_Disney Oct 29, 06:42
US Intelligence spending reaches $80 billion almost what Homeland Security and the State Department spent on their entire budgets combined....(link) - Walt_Disney Oct 29, 06:32 2
- I'm probably the biggest pots and pans banger of the dangers of a secret intelligence community but I'm not scared by this number... - Mel Profit Oct 29, 07:12
- It's completely out of control. Way too much. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 29, 06:50
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- it reminded me of Ollie from Family Guy. -- nm - Beaker Oct 29, 06:29
Biblio Zombies: Books to Bring Back from the Dead -- (link) - ty97 Oct 29, 06:09
wtf? 8:00 a.m. meeting and no coffee?! -- nm - mara Oct 29, 05:55 4
- update: it was brewing! i have coffee! -- nm - mara Oct 29, 06:36
- *incites Paris-level work revolts!* -- nm - Andie Oct 29, 06:04 1
  - What's the status update on the cookies, Lady? -- nm - Canadians Gettin' Angry si Oct 29, 07:06
- I'm pretty sure that's justifiable homicide. -- nm - BloodyAxeSean Oct 29, 05:58
Saskatchewan Provincial politicians vote unanimously to oppose the sale of Potash Corp -- (link) - Beaker Oct 29, 05:35 9
- I cant see the Federal Government allowing this to go through with such opposition.... - Walt_Disney Oct 29, 06:38 8
  - this is my thinking too, NB is worried as well as they have a mine here as well -- nm - Beaker Oct 29, 06:41 7
    - If I were a potash miner, I wouldn't be worried at all. This is about who controls a strategic asset that is forecast to take off in value, not - Roger More Oct 29, 06:47 6
      - they're putting 2 billion into a new mine, who knows what happens with a takeover...plus "about those management positions, yeah all gone" -- nm - Beaker Oct 29, 06:56 5
        
        BHP Billiton want to buy the company to mine more potash, not less. It's not like, say, a takeover of a factory where the new owners can - Roger More Oct 29, 07:05 4
        
        The protectionism is gob-smackingly ridiculous. - Name Withheld By Request Oct 29, 07:30 3
        
        potential cost to Saskatewan of a couple billion dollars (up to $10) is serious cash.... -- nm - Beaker Oct 29, 07:33 2
        
        First, that number is seriously torqued. Second, not approving the deal could cost a lot more in terms of foreign invesment. - Name Withheld By Request Oct 29, 07:44
        
        It's not as though a new owner would stop paying taxes or royalties. -- nm - Roger More Oct 29, 07:41
I echo TFox's backboard sentiment. Community was something special last night. Maybe not 'Modern Warfare' special but pretty damn close. - HdnAgnda Oct 29, 05:25 4
- "I don't need to know which Dracula I am to be a sexy Dracula." -- nm - TFox Oct 29, 06:49 1
  - "if you were any sweatier and bloated you'd be just like the real one" -- nm - Beaker Oct 29, 06:53
- I didn't watch last night's yet, but last week's probably sounded better on paper. -- nm - BloodyAxeSean Oct 29, 05:59
- agreed. Fantastic Halloween episode last night -- nm - Beaker Oct 29, 05:26
LIR Jax: the 5 songs are - kelly Oct 29, 05:17 1
- You've heard Information Society. ~ I wanna know....what you're thinking. Tell me what's on your mind. ~ -- nm - BloodyAxeSean Oct 29, 05:53
Just making sure: If I bought an iPhone 4 today, it'd still be the "bad" version and come with a bumper, right? - nubby Oct 29, 05:13 4
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- AFAIK, they haven't changed the design -- nm - Guigue Oct 29, 05:36
Vancouver police find loaded M72 rocket launcher by the side of the road -- (link) - Beaker Oct 29, 04:44 11
- I DIDN'T DO IT! - tim mie Oct 29, 06:16 1
  - I know Little Love. - Diva Oct 29, 06:31
- Vancouver is hell. -- nm - HdnAgnda Oct 29, 04:58 1
  - no, there it would have been used as part of some sort of massacre -- nm - Beaker Oct 29, 05:04
- may have been there for 6 months... -- nm - Beaker Oct 29, 04:48 6
  - Well let's see. Doing the math that puts it there after the winter Olympics. -- nm - HdnAgnda Oct 29, 04:56 5
    - How was Muse? -- nm - ty97 Oct 29, 04:58 4
      - Oh man, So good! Once they started the crowd from floor to upper level did not sit at all. The 3rd song they did was Knights of Cydonia which really - HdnAgnda Oct 29, 05:02 3
        
        Awesome! Sounds like a great time. - ty97 Oct 29, 05:20 1
        
        Take a Bow was the final (encore) song at this show and it rocked. They didn't even play that one in NJ. I think they are in N'awlins for the - HdnAgnda Oct 29, 05:23
        
        There's a website I linked to at home called setlist something or other and the difference in songs and order of songs between the Raleigh show and - HdnAgnda Oct 29, 05:04
The NBA has cracked down on the most serious issue they face...they have banned upside down headbands. -- (link) - Beaker Oct 29, 04:38
Shots fired at Korean DMZ -- (link) - Beaker Oct 29, 04:32
Just read that MSFT plans to spend 500m marketing Kinnect - celedhring Oct 29, 03:06
*waits for another bedtime story from pixie* -- nm - JenBro Oct 29, 00:09 5
- this one is called "david's magical day at skywalker ranch" -- nm - wererabbit Oct 29, 00:16 4
  - oooo .. will it be scary? -- nm - JenBro Oct 29, 00:17 3
    - for david, i guess - wererabbit Oct 29, 00:20 2
      - *settles in - turns up electric blankie - cat curls up at feet* ok - ready :) -- nm - JenBro Oct 29, 00:24 1
        
        *clears throat* "a long time ago, in a backyard far far away . . . " -- nm - wererabbit Oct 29, 00:25
amazing, I saw an ad...for a consumer product. I'm surprised there was air time available between all the election ads -- nm - Dancing with the Zombies Oct 29, 00:03 1
- That's why I love to watch Canadian TV these days -- no political ads! - OAE Oct 29, 06:41
Texas hasn't had their asses whooped this badly since The Alamo -- nm - wererabbit Oct 28, 23:17 1
- that's because they go to out of state airport bathrooms to do that -- nm - Dancing with the Zombies Oct 28, 23:29
"In Hawaii, there is an easy way to do things, and a hard way." ... "Oh. So ... which way is sticking a guy in a shark tank, or dangling a guy off a - Beryllium Oct 28, 23:09
His hair was perfect. (nm) - David Oct 28, 23:06 1
- ~ wererabbits of london ~ - wererabbit Oct 28, 23:12
The Susan G Komen ad referencing "one lid at a time" sends me entirely the wrong message :) - MonsterMeg Oct 28, 22:54 1
- I don't think medical marijuana is part of treatment for breast cancer, but hey, why not. -- nm - Qale Oct 29, 00:22
I don't watch Louis CK show, but I just watched the scene he did with Ricky Gervais....NSFW, but I was in tears.... -- (link) - Remlik Oct 28, 22:36 [youtube] 1
- saw a few episodes of it, pretty funny stuff. - znufrii Oct 29, 05:50
RC Gaming Network: free Star Trek browser game....trailer.... -- (link) - Remlik Oct 28, 22:18 1
- finally - wererabbit Oct 28, 22:23
Is nervous that civil unrest is going to start at my doorstep. -- nm - Dan-o'-lantern Oct 28, 22:13
I was not expecting the new Kid Cudi single to sound so... fuckin... happy. -- nm - TFox Oct 28, 21:39 3
- Right? I was like . . . whoah -- nm - Rhode Island GOP Governor Candidate Oct 28, 21:41 2
  - Hippa to the hoppa and it just don't stoppa. -- (link) - TFox Oct 28, 21:44 [Image] 1
    - (well, that url looks horrible. its just a picture of the dude.) -- nm - TFox Oct 28, 21:45
not to set off anyone's panic buttons here, but we have like 3 days until November, & that means NANOWRIMO is looming - i'm not Undead yet ! Oct 28, 21:36 19
- Things aren't looking too promising for me. I'm concerned that I'm not familiar with my setting for one thing. - Dan-o'-lantern Oct 28, 21:51
- Right now there is only one key thing you need to do. And that is... - Qale Oct 28, 21:42
- I love to write and have an over-active imagination, but I've never felt able to write fiction...go figure. -- nm - MonsterMeg Oct 28, 21:41 16
  - I don't write fiction, and admire those that do. But I feel no guilt at all sitting it out every year. -- nm - dr. frankenloosi Oct 28, 22:18 2
    - I tried to take the time last year to work on an autobiography, but didn't really feel it was yet time to address it honestly. - MonsterMeg Oct 28, 22:24 1
      - well write it up and seal it up with the JFK Files! - Remlik Oct 28, 22:37
  - your life would make for a great mystery series. retired office worker turned archaeologist, solves murders on the digs she goes on - wererabbit Oct 28, 21:43 12
    - 2nd Book "How did Amoxy wind up in a water pit in Vegas?" -- nm - Remlik Oct 28, 21:47 11
      - Wait, what? -- nm - amoxy Oct 28, 22:14 3
        
        It's a lie - you were later spotted at Quarks :) -- nm - MonsterMeg Oct 28, 22:15 2
        
        this is a great act II reversal -- nm - wererabbit Oct 28, 22:17
        
        Marlowe did not tie those knots nearly tight enough. -- nm - Remlik Oct 28, 22:17
      - Um, I was sitting down the bottom in the shade. You were up on the rock with him :) -- nm - MonsterMeg Oct 28, 21:48 6
        
        is that where he sunburned his pate? -- nm - dr. frankenloosi Oct 28, 22:18 2
        
        I didn't get sunburned on that day. Wished i had more pictures. -- nm - Remlik Oct 28, 22:35 1
        
        There was a group picture taken at White Dome that I would love to see. Maybe Marlowe has it. -- nm - MonsterMeg Oct 28, 22:41
        
        Oops, no, it was Marlowe.... -- (link) - MonsterMeg Oct 28, 21:50 [flickr] 2
        
        see, it's a real whodunit -- nm - wererabbit Oct 28, 21:52
        
        heh. -- nm - Remlik Oct 28, 21:51
Wrong bitches -- nm - wererabbit Oct 28, 21:24 13
- Best. Brief. Ever! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 28, 21:52 1
  - Werd. -- nm - dr. frankenloosi Oct 28, 22:21
- "tortuously interfered with his numerous teaching offers of employment and jobs..." nm - ralph wiggum Oct 28, 21:28 10
  - I stand by my assessment that Al Swearengen lives. -- nm - Reagen Oct 28, 21:34 1
    - Though Al would never be such a whiny little bitch. nm - ralph wiggum Oct 28, 21:38
  - i would love to see them grant him oral argument -- nm - wererabbit Oct 28, 21:29 7
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    - I'd be afraid he'd show up in court with a bunch of grenades wired to his torso. nm - ralph wiggum Oct 28, 21:37 1
      - i would just sit up there and nod in an obviously patronizing way at everything he said - wererabbit Oct 28, 21:40
    - "Judge Ass-Clown, if I could just come back to my first point . . ." -- nm - wererabbit Oct 28, 21:34 3
      - I love how he starts off with "TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE 9TH CIRCUIT ..." and then calls them every dirty name in the book. - ReluctantCynic Oct 28, 22:00 2
        
        I'm actually torn whether I should send this to my dad or not. -- nm - dr. frankenloosi Oct 28, 22:22
        
        It also reminded me of a bit in the Eddie Muphy movie Life where he starts screaming about "Consequences and repurcussions!!!!". nm - ralph wiggum Oct 28, 22:02
Super Mario All-Stars available for pre-order on Amazon. December 12, $29.99. - JaxSean Oct 28, 21:23 3
- That's pretty high for an already old collection of even older games. If you're interested in them, you should be playing them as ROMs at this point. - Qale Oct 28, 21:25 1
  - That reminds me--Steampowered.com has a huge sale on pc games going on for Halloween, 50-75% off -- (link) - Trish Oct 28, 21:47
- *needs to learn more about SMB3 Battle Mode* -- nm - TFox Oct 28, 21:24

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