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Looks like Obama will most likely have a pretty high approval rating starting out. 76% approve of how he's handling the transition. -- (link) - Don Homer Dec 15, 10:39 4
- I think people are just relieved to not have an illiterate loose cannon, fake macho-man in charge -- nm - con_carne Dec 15, 10:44
- Let's see where that number goes when he goes to Hawaii for a week! - nubby Dec 15, 10:40 2
  - If he takes off his shirt again, they're only gonna go higher. -- nm - Mop Dec 15, 10:42 1
    - *lowers sunglasses* I apPROVE! -- nm - female pollster Dec 15, 10:46
Canadian STers: Amazon.ca as of right now has Wiis in stock if you are looking for one. -- nm - Shaun Dec 15, 10:35
I think it's time for me to make the switch from Walmart to Target. Walmart staff is so ridiculously unhelpful. - kelly Dec 15, 10:31 15
- It'll be cheaper at Wal Mart. I'll put up with a lot to get their prices on stuff. - Amy Dec 15, 10:45 1
  - *still going to hell* -- nm - Diva Dec 15, 10:48
- Try Walgreen's. -- nm - mara Dec 15, 10:40
- If nothing else Target actually cares about th store appearance and tidiness...which helps in finding stuff -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Dec 15, 10:39 3
  - I don't know how Walmart does it, but the whole store smells of "cheap", whereas Target has avoided that. - loosilu Dec 15, 10:41 2
    - We have brand new "Super" Walmarts that don't smell like that anymore - oblique Dec 15, 10:44 1
      - Our newer Wlamart is much better, but still not up to target levels - The Calico Cat Coalition Dec 15, 10:52
- Hello online shopping :) -- nm - oblique Dec 15, 10:34 2
  - I know, but I want/need it ASAP. - kelly Dec 15, 10:37 1
    - pretty sure I've seen it at our Target in the pharm section. -- nm - loosilu Dec 15, 10:38
- I don't find Target staff all that useful, but the store is certainly far, far better overall, that's for sure. -- nm - Don Homer Dec 15, 10:32 2
  - ditto on the staff. i just assume I'm on my own in those places. -- nm - loosilu Dec 15, 10:33
  - LMAO! I can rarely find any Target staff at all, except at the checkout. But I do prefer the store to WalMart. -- nm - sheba Dec 15, 10:33
- took you long enough! hate Walmart. Love Target. -- nm - loosilu Dec 15, 10:31 1
  - I did a price comparison on items I often buy once. Walmart WAS cheaper, but not by much compared to Target. - Cuzzin the Red Nosed Todd Dec 15, 10:41
Words fail... -- (link) - TWuG Dec 15, 10:29 42
- The store can do what they want to - amoxy Dec 15, 10:47
- I would have wrote "Happy Birthday Adolf, your parents are assholes" -- nm - Loyola Dec 15, 10:45
- uh yikes. don't know what to think. The store has the right to refuse any cake request. The parents are sick mofos. -- nm - loosilu Dec 15, 10:37
- I'm with the parents. I am not a fan of any store choosing what morality it'll subsidize; much less something like this. - Will Hunting Dec 15, 10:35 34
  - "Look what I saw on disaster wedding cakes dot com!" "Oh, what idiot store made that cake?" -- nm - con_carne Dec 15, 10:46 1
    - (only without the wedding, natch) -- nm - con_carne Dec 15, 10:46
  - I agree. Those poor children will suffer enough without being denied a personalized birthday cake. -- nm - sheba Dec 15, 10:41
  - I have no problem with any store denying service (unless it's to a protected class), just like I have nop problem with people boycotting or shaming - TWuG Dec 15, 10:38
  - I'd have offered Happy Birthday Adolf...and if the parents didn't like it, they could shop elsewhere. -- nm - Jim Dec 15, 10:38
  - They reserve the right to refuse service. The customer reserves the right to shop elsewhere. -- nm - Mop Dec 15, 10:38 2
    - yep. privte entities can totally do this. if you're a pornographer, lots of printers will refuse your work. so you just find one that'll take it...nm - x Dec 15, 10:41 1
      - right, not like it's a government agency. -- nm - loosilu Dec 15, 10:41
  - it's a private business, don't they have the right of refusal? -- nm - loosilu Dec 15, 10:38 22
    - It's a stupid refusal, and they're idiots. But yeah, they have the right. -- nm - mara Dec 15, 10:41
    - Exactly. -- nm - nubby Dec 15, 10:40
    - Yeah, but honestly, they're not refusing on the basis of anything other than a name that's historically evil. - Will Hunting Dec 15, 10:40 19
      - the name isn't historically evil, the person was. And yet, it is still a very powerful symbol of that particular ideology. - znufrii Dec 15, 10:48
      - You don't need a "basis". Only sorta related but that dad looks just like the hillbilly dude on the Simpsons. -- nm - Amy Dec 15, 10:43 3
        
        Which is where we get to the point that the store is choosing what morality it'll enforce. - Will Hunting Dec 15, 10:48 2
        
        lots of businesses make those choices. why pick on this one? -- nm - loosilu Dec 15, 10:49 1
        
        Because it's teh subject of the post? - Will Hunting Dec 15, 10:56
      - Actually, the kid's name is Adolf Campbell. How many people do you know that put the kid's first AND middle name on a cake? - Jim Dec 15, 10:41 13
        
        I'm not surprised with that name that they insisted. But they also asked for a blank cake to write it themselves, I don't see why that should be dn'd - Max Dec 15, 10:43 4
        
        Wal-Mart is happy to make the cake, apparently -- (link) - Roger More Dec 15, 10:48
        
        No, the STORE offered that solution and the parents refused. -- nm - Jim Dec 15, 10:45 1
        
        ah yes, I misread it the first time. -- nm - Max Dec 15, 10:45
        
        I think you got it backwards ... the bakery offered the blank cake but the family refused. -- nm - loosilu Dec 15, 10:45
        
        I think they probably use his middle name all the time, because that's how sick they are, and the kid thinks of that as his name. Kind of like - mara Dec 15, 10:43 5
        
        If I was at the store, I simply would offered "Happy Birthday Adolf" and been done with it. Take it or leave it. -- nm - Jim Dec 15, 10:44 4
        
        They're just words. The name on the cake is the least of the problem here. -- nm - mara Dec 15, 10:45 3
        
        what if they wanted the words "DEATH TO N*GG*ERS"? -- nm - loosilu Dec 15, 10:47 2
        
        nmbl -- (link) - mara Dec 15, 10:48 [Backboard] 1
        
        fair enough. -- nm - loosilu Dec 15, 10:49
        
        I agree with Jimcumber. -- nm - loosilu Dec 15, 10:42
        
        Right. Sick motherf*ckers. -- nm - Don Homer Dec 15, 10:42
  - I agree. -- nm - mara Dec 15, 10:36 2
    - Na-uh! God forbid they have a Jew working in the bakery, much less a holocaust survivor. You wanna be the one who tells him "Print it or you're fired. -- nm - Mop Dec 15, 10:40 1
      - Man, i'd hate to see how that baker ever passed history class when they talked WW2. - Will Hunting Dec 15, 10:42
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- What's with the story putting quotes in bold? -- nm - nubby Dec 15, 10:33
- Good on the store. What poor children to have such terrible people as parents. -- nm - Don Homer Dec 15, 10:31 1
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- He's had a pretty darn good kitty life. -- nm - Don Homer Dec 15, 10:30
For Loosi and her germ filled life, the following story might be of interest.... - Walt_Disney Dec 15, 10:28 1
- cool. -- nm - loosilu Dec 15, 10:30
ha! you people think I'm gory. A friend of mine just put up a new FB profile pic of himself at a Moroccan market, posing with a camel's head. -- nm - loosilu Dec 15, 10:27 5
- Yeah, but does it still spit? -- nm - sheba Dec 15, 10:31
- what does one do with one of those? - Mel Profit Dec 15, 10:28 3
  - err, I dunno. head cheese? I sent him a message to ask. -- nm - loosilu Dec 15, 10:31
  - Go on to the next scene! It's just fake blood. -- nm - Tugg Speedman Dec 15, 10:30
  - cook it and eat it -- nm - Roger More Dec 15, 10:29
The bribery industry is about to need a government bailout. Siemens owes $800 million to the SEC and $800m to the Germans. -- (link) - Max Dec 15, 10:27
"Play guitar better!" *stab* *stab* *stab* -- (link) - JaxSean Dec 15, 10:26
my email address in exchange for getting 5% cashback at selected merchants? - znufrii Dec 15, 10:21 4
- set up a yahoo or gmail account just for public exposure, use it for this, for rebates, 'contests' mailing lists warrant registration or jerks at bar -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 15, 10:30
- the downside is almost all of it has to be purchased online. - znufrii Dec 15, 10:30
- if you create a new email account that you're never going to check -- nm - Roger More Dec 15, 10:24
- Spam spam spam spam spam spam spam (sing it with me) Spam! Wonderful spam! -- nm - TWuG Dec 15, 10:22
Did anyone else sign up for the Cantor Fitzgerald movie market community? -- nm - Inigo Dec 15, 10:20 14
- Yep, already asked a question on the discussion board - Curmudgeonx Dec 15, 11:03
- Yeah. -- nm - David Dec 15, 10:35
- I'm in, answered the survey and updated the profile -- nm - ceregon Dec 15, 10:35
- Haven't signed in yet but I will tonight. -- nm - MDH Dec 15, 10:33
- I wasn't invited. ~wah-wah~ -- nm - emoticripple Dec 15, 10:31 1
  - I wasn't either. -- nm - Inigo Dec 15, 10:34
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- moi. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 15, 10:25
- Nope. 9/11, the stock market melt down, HSX 2.0 ... Cantor Fitzgerald is cursed. -- nm - sheba Dec 15, 10:23 2
  - Wow, this sounds like something I might post... -- nm - secretslacker Dec 15, 10:32
  - but it comes with a free scoop of Frogurt -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 15, 10:27
- I saw three other names I recognized. -- nm - Max Dec 15, 10:21 2
  - Oh, duh. I was looking at online members. I see four so far... -- nm - Inigo Dec 15, 10:25 1
    - Okay, 6 from ST. Plus, Billy The Kid. -- nm - Inigo Dec 15, 10:33
Washington Post newsstand price goes up 50% as of today -- (link) - Max Dec 15, 10:17 6
- Wouldn't mind reading their editorial piece on deflation. -- nm - Loyola Dec 15, 10:26
- you can't get blood from a rock...nm - x Dec 15, 10:20 1
  - doesn't mean we can't try! -- nm - Hammerin' Hank Paulson Dec 15, 10:27
- The home delivery price is still a steal. -- nm - Don Homer Dec 15, 10:18 2
  - Did you see that the city of Detroit is losing 7-day a week home delivery from both dailies? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 15, 10:35
  - I'm thinking I'll subscribe now and cancel in February just so I can be sure to get an Inauguration edition. -- nm - Max Dec 15, 10:19
Anyone here know about the band +/- (Plus/Minus)? New record's pretty cool... - secretslacker Dec 15, 10:11 4
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  - Or Five For Fighting. -- nm - Jim Dec 15, 10:39
- They're on eMusic and they've given away a few of their songs. I wasn't too bad. - JaxSean Dec 15, 10:15 1
  - I wasn't? *It* wasn't too bad. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 15, 10:16
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- *yawn* -- nm - nubby Dec 15, 10:25
So is Pushing Daisies doen airing new eps now or do they still have one or two to go? Haven't watched last Wed's yet. -- nm - HdnAgnda Dec 15, 10:07 3
- I still can't believe they are killing the show...yeah, rating are down, but that's what happens when you don't advertise a show - The Calico Cat Coalition Dec 15, 10:24 1
  - With the doubling or even tripling of viewers with DwtS over Pushing Daisies, they'd be stupid not to. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 15, 10:27
- Episode 10 is next week, then ABC may do all 3 final episodes in one night in January. -- (link) - JaxSean Dec 15, 10:11
~~and like a little girl cries in the face of a monster who lives in her dreams~~ -- nm - sheba Dec 15, 10:00
Auburns new football coach won 5 games in the Big 12? - Will Hunting Dec 15, 09:59 4
- I heard that the Yankees were offering him a multi-year deal. -- nm - nubby Dec 15, 10:26
- Hey, they wouldn't ditch Tommy Tuberville for just anybody. -- nm - David Dec 15, 10:02
- Mind boggling he would get the nod over Turner Gil. Hard to argue with Barkley on that. -- nm - Don Homer Dec 15, 10:01
- And that was a bad couple seasons even by Cyclone standards. -- nm - Cuzzin the Red Nosed Todd Dec 15, 10:01
Quark: "And you know what's really frightening? If you drink enough of it, you begin to like it." - Beaker Dec 15, 09:57 2
- Mmmmm, root beer. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 15, 09:59 1
  - and home made vanilla ice cream ... heaven. :) -- nm - sheba Dec 15, 10:02
nmbHyde - zork Dec 15, 09:56 2
- i won't fall for it! i'm not a lab rat!....nm - x Dec 15, 10:07 1
  - whatev. -- nm - zork Dec 15, 10:19
Flashpoint returns January 9th. Good show. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 15, 09:55 4
- YAY! I *LOVE* that show. I hope it does well enough to get a second season. -- nm - TWuG Dec 15, 09:56 3
  - Pink Ranger is great in it :) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 15, 09:59 2
    - I was stunned when I saw that credit at imdb -- nm - TWuG Dec 15, 10:12
    - I'm a little disturbed that I know who you're talking about -- nm - con_carne Dec 15, 10:11
SITWAP: Laid-off IT workers expected to drive increase in cybercrime. -- (link) - TaurusII Dec 15, 09:53
CQ ... a slinky. Everyone loves a slinky. And a cd you think she will enjoy. -- nm - sheba Dec 15, 09:53 3
- Do an old timey kid's stocking. Nuts, an orange, a little wooden toy etc. -- nm - Amy Dec 15, 09:57 1
  - salt water taffy! -- nm - con_carne Dec 15, 10:26
- nicety -- nm - CQ draped in tinsel Dec 15, 09:55
LIR - CQ stocking stuffers - bath stuff, tea/coffee, pre-paid tickets to Bride Wars :) -- nm - Roger More Dec 15, 09:53 2
- Coupons for some Lovin' -- nm - Danonezer Scrooge Dec 15, 09:55
- ah, thanks! -- nm - CQ draped in tinsel Dec 15, 09:55
TV Psa: Prison Break, Chuck, Heroes -- nm - Beaker Dec 15, 09:53 3
- HIMYM -- nm - HdnAgnda Dec 15, 09:53 2
  - TG. It was a dead week/weekend. -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Dec 15, 09:55
  - And also the Fall finale of T:SCC. I think it moves to the Friday dead zone when it returns. -- nm - HdnAgnda Dec 15, 09:54
Dano is effin funny, heh -- nm - CQ draped in tinsel Dec 15, 09:51 1
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SITWAP: Night of the Triple-Lutz Dead: Zombies haunt Chicago-area ice rink. -- (link) - TaurusII Dec 15, 09:51 2
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  - "one threw up and never made it to the ice" -- nm - CQ draped in tinsel Dec 15, 09:59
Interesting piece on the so called manipulation of gold prices. Interesting when taken into account with a change of position in the Gartman Letter. -- (link) - Loyola Dec 15, 09:50
JD's cousin tomorrow: "I need another $250 until the weekend." -- nm - Reagen Dec 15, 09:50 8
- Sounds like the Big Three CEO bailout sketch on SNL a couple weeks back. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Dec 15, 10:23
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  - It's led to the greatest pain in my recent life. - Mel Profit Dec 15, 10:11
  - Please see your email in reference to my loan request. - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Dec 15, 09:54
  - Just never "lend" what you can't afford to "give". -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 15, 09:52 2
    - Now you tell us. -- nm - Banks Dec 15, 09:56
    - And I see that sheba made the same point on B2, so I'll shut up now. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 15, 09:54
  - I'm owed 7 grand so don't feel too bad :) -- nm - Loyola Dec 15, 09:52
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- guy's just gotta decide where he wants to live for the next 5-8 years -- nm - decline Dec 15, 09:54 7
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    - They do, but they need more arms moreso. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 15, 10:04
    - I figured he would've been their first stop to replace Giambi. - znufrii Dec 15, 09:59 2
      - They have Swisher for first base. They really don't need a first baseman -- nm - CQ draped in tinsel Dec 15, 10:01 1
        
        I suppose it came down to a "bird-in-the-hand" argument for them. - znufrii Dec 15, 10:05
    - they can't buy everyone! -- nm - CQ draped in tinsel Dec 15, 09:58 1
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