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This is not a photoshop. -- (link) - Reagen Dec 7, 12:02 [flickr] 1
- Very well done, if true. -- nm - Dr.Vermin si Dec 7, 12:05
18 Days Till Christmas Poll! Stalker gift... Bought? Sent? Received? -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 7, 12:01 9
- YES - heading to Post Office after work to send - YES -- nm - JenBro Dec 7, 12:30
- Partial, No, Yes. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 7, 12:14
- no x3 -- nm - con_carne Dec 7, 12:10
- yes, no, no. -- nm - Diva Dec 7, 12:05
- Yes, yes, no. There must be a lot of packages out there in the system. -- nm - MojaveMeg Dec 7, 12:03
- yes no no -- nm - peglegpete Dec 7, 12:03
- yes, yes, no (unless it's an Amazon box I haven't opened yet amongst our other purchases) -- nm - oblique Dec 7, 12:03
- Sub-poll: Opened? -- nm - oblique Dec 7, 12:02
- yes, yes, no. -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 7, 12:01
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- So I should expect a shipment from KMart? ;) -- nm - lileve Dec 7, 12:01
- *gold star* - Elf Andie Dec 7, 12:00
that FC Twente goalie does not know how to kick. craziest goal I have ever seen in the Champions League -- nm - CQ Dec 7, 11:57
This is such a great story. The FBI plants a mole in a Muslim community. He starts talking jihad, trying to get others to talk about it to. They just -- (link) - mara Dec 7, 11:57 2
- nice. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 7, 12:00
- I'm rather heartened by that story as well. -- nm - Dr.Vermin si Dec 7, 11:59
bosox still interested in carlos beltran -- (link) - pixmas Dec 7, 11:54
LIR: M Meg -- we have 16 units and are looking @ 30% - OAE Dec 7, 11:44 1
- RENTERS!!! -- nm - Spawn Dec 7, 11:47
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- goddam socialist -- nm - Danedukenuuk Dec 7, 12:04
- One or three years I get. But to have this fight again in an election year can't help but hurt the Left. -- nm - nubby Dec 7, 11:48 14
  - How so? It seems to me this issue in two years will make it clear who is the party of the rich, and who is the party for everyone else -- nm - con_carne Dec 7, 11:51 13
    - ...who are employed by the rich. -- nm - Dr.Vermin si Dec 7, 11:53 7
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      - Of course.....from 2001 to 2010....how'd all these rich-tax cuts help? - Will Hunting Dec 7, 12:01 4
        
        Of course we have no way of knowing how good or bad things would have been without them. -- nm - Ender Dec 7, 12:08
        
        Tax revenue for the past 60 years has remained about the same - Strongbad Dec 7, 12:05 2
        
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        That we weren't collecting any more revenue in the Carter era (70%) than the modern day (~35%) -- nm - Strongbad Dec 7, 12:12
      - "Vote to help rich people! This time it'll work out, we swear!" -- nm - Reagen Dec 7, 11:55
    - Clearly no one cares about that, not the GOP voters...not the GOP leaders, not the Democrats who couldn't even try to point out the logical - Will Hunting Dec 7, 11:53
    - ~We won't be fooled again...~ -- nm - The Who Dec 7, 11:52
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      - less divided now that the blue dog wing got fairly demolished -- nm - pixmas Dec 7, 11:52 1
        
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- "Fiscally responsible conservative" is the lie of the year. Congrats, Republicans! -- nm - con_carne Dec 7, 11:46 12
  - Yeah, let's continue to blame the Republicans. - Strongbad Dec 7, 11:59 6
    - Well, Bush was to fiscal sanity as Charlie Sheen was to sanity so ..... - Will Hunting Dec 7, 12:03 4
      - You won't find me defending W's spending habits. - Strongbad Dec 7, 12:06 2
        
        yet...you just seemingly....did. - Will Hunting Dec 7, 12:07 1
        
        Surprisingly enough, we disagree. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 7, 12:10
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    - I'm sure this made sense in your head. -- nm - Reagen Dec 7, 12:02
  - Damn right you should congratulate them. They managed to get the President to bend over the table while they are in the vast minorities. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 7, 11:47 4
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    - technically, they got Pelosi, Hoyer, and Reid to bend over first - pixmas Dec 7, 11:48 1
      - yep. A commentator I heard this morning pointed out that its the total ineptitude of the Democatic party that caused this. -- nm - decline Dec 7, 11:50
- no, really, next time he totally means it guys -- nm - pixmas Dec 7, 11:43 2
  - (pinky promise!) -- nm - pixmas Dec 7, 11:45 1
    - Don't be such haters, Professional Left!! *puts on knee pads again and heads to Boehner's office* -- nm - Obama Dec 7, 11:47
SITWAP: The Walking Dead season 1 finale broke a record for 18-49 year olds (basic cable drama) - Strongbad Dec 7, 11:34
NFL Playoffs pretty clear now - budice Dec 7, 11:32 8
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  - this is my ultimate nightmare. bears finish 10-6, give lovie a contract extention and miss the playoffs - dogbert Dec 7, 11:40
  - and an 8-8 team getting in (NFC West) -- nm - Strongbad Dec 7, 11:35
  - At the same time, it's actually quite possible that the Rams could end up 9-7 and the NFC West may not be a total embarrassment. -- nm - Jim Dec 7, 11:35 4
    - I think it's just as likely they go 7-9 as 9-7. heh. -- nm - Don Homer Dec 7, 11:37 3
      - I think San Fran and Seattle are wins. new Orleans is a loss...KC is a probable loss, but I'm still not sold on them. -- nm - Jim Dec 7, 11:38 2
        
        It's still theoretically possible for 6 wins (with 2 ties) to take the division! -- nm - Don Homer Dec 7, 11:44 1
        
        Actually one scenario has 6-9-1 winning. -- nm - Don Homer Dec 7, 11:45
Ingmar Bergman Project #14: Hour of the Wolf (B) - Dano Dec 7, 11:29 3
- I'm surprised you didn't like Persona more (did I miss a review on that one?). You have some good ones from the 70s coming up imo. -- nm - Don Homer Dec 7, 11:31 2
  - Yeah, Persona seemed like one I should have liked more and it's widely considered his masterpiece but I couldn't get into it. -- nm - Dano Dec 7, 11:36 1
    - And I'm behind in posting films I've watched, so I'll do a few today. -- nm - Dano Dec 7, 11:41
has this been posted? The Quaid Conspiracy -- (link) - decline Dec 7, 11:24 11
- they must be on meth -- nm - CQ Dec 7, 11:41
- 4 pages of that crap when 1 page could have summarized everything. -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 7, 11:37 1
  - it's a full Vanity Fair article. it's not meant to be a summary. -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 7, 11:52
- "it has forced us to become more green". WTF? They should be driving a cheap off-grid beater, not replacing a Mercedes with a prius. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Dec 7, 11:33 5
  - what is an off-grid beater? -- nm - crash davis Dec 7, 11:36 4
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      - how is a cutlass off-grid? -- nm - crash davis Dec 7, 11:41 2
        
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        ah, I had a vehicle like that once :) -- nm - crash davis Dec 7, 11:43
- I'm surprised they haven't suggested Ronni Chasen was killed by the Whackers....and she wanted to drive to Siberia?!? -- nm - MojaveMeg Dec 7, 11:30
- Depressing. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Dec 7, 11:25
Widely-reported propaganda about Wikileaks. -- (link) - mara Dec 7, 11:23 4
- A) Aw, poor wikileaks. B) Holy crap, look what I found when wikipediaing 'propaganda'. -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Dec 7, 11:31 [Image] 3
  - I think a lot of people, including some on ST, have been taken in by it. Although it's interesting that not *all* were first published by papers. -- nm - mara Dec 7, 11:33 2
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    - since when have we ever let facts get in the way of a good argument? -- nm - znufrii Dec 7, 11:34
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- It sounds legally backward, but business verification should be mandatory in any case. -- nm - Max Dec 7, 11:24 3
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    - DC requires companies to report new hires for child support reasons, so I think that would be similar. - Max Dec 7, 11:37
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st mysteries cont'd: ralph wiggum, male or female? -- nm - pixmas Dec 7, 11:18 3
- Who is Earl the Car? -- nm - lileve Dec 7, 11:26 1
  - and the Chicken Man -- nm - pixmas Dec 7, 11:30
- yes. -- nm - Reagen Dec 7, 11:18
LIR: con_carne. You might like this for your searching -- (link) - oblique Dec 7, 11:17 1
- Much appreciated, senor -- nm - con_carne Dec 7, 11:26
This is a woefully short article, but it claims that strong evidence links UN peacekeepers from Nepal to cholera outbreak in Haiti. -- (link) - mara Dec 7, 11:13 4
- This is what the Prime Directive is all about, people. -- nm - J.T.Kirk Dec 7, 11:15 3
  - What the fuck would you know about adhering to the prime directive, green-alien chick banger? -- nm - J.L. Picard Dec 7, 11:16 2
    - she's Batgirl! -- nm - peglegpete Dec 7, 11:18
    - This is what ST is all about. Two nerds arguing using fictional characters -- nm - amoxy Dec 7, 11:18
I still can't get over "sign them up for the soup kitchen" Too effin funny - CQ Dec 7, 11:13 20
- I think I missed something. - Spawn Dec 7, 11:17 19
  - b. was looking for ideas for a toys for tots type thingy and (spoils) - CQ Dec 7, 11:23 18
    - hang on. That was pixie doing an SI. -- nm - loosilu Dec 7, 11:24 17
      - I didn't realize that, and I did a callback joke about it today! - con_carne Dec 7, 11:36
      - oh, heh. even better! -- nm - CQ Dec 7, 11:33
      - And with this, Pixie's post is even more bravo. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 7, 11:25 14
        
        I do think some people should be more explicit about the SI. in that case all pixie did was alter the spelling. - loosilu Dec 7, 11:26 13
        
        Name was changed, the username was pixie....that's enough for me. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 7, 11:32 7
        
        Although not enough for CQ. -- nm - mara Dec 7, 11:33 6
        
        and me and concarne as well. -- nm - loosilu Dec 7, 11:39 4
        
        Y'all are really harshing on Pixie's funniest contribution to this community in years. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 7, 11:48 2
        
        totally not, it was funny as hell. -- nm - loosilu Dec 7, 12:05
        
        I'm kind of harshing on CQ, actually. -- nm - mara Dec 7, 11:51
        
        MASS HYSTERIA! -- nm - Dr.Vermin si Dec 7, 11:42
        
        sorry for being so dumb. *starts tearing up* -- nm - CQ Dec 7, 11:35
        
        in this particular instance, idgaf -- nm - pixmas Dec 7, 11:28
        
        Indeed. Quick verification of this is available by hovering over the user name, though -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Dec 7, 11:28 3
        
        Yes, we all know that, but it still slips by. In that case I also thought it was her at first. I don't verify the handle on every post. -- nm - loosilu Dec 7, 11:28 2
        
        I came in after the fact but I instantly noticed the difference. -- nm - Reagen Dec 7, 11:31 1
        
        you are sharp of eye, but more than one person didn't catch it. I wouldn't want that - loosilu Dec 7, 11:31
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- Sweet, thanks! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Dec 7, 11:13
Jim, on your final speculation - Reagen Dec 7, 11:12 1
- That would be fantastic. -- nm - Jim Dec 7, 11:21
look, i just thought an alarm clock and a bundle of road flares would be a nice christmas present for hyde - pixmas Dec 7, 11:12 2
- But why did you order it from Yemen? -- nm - Reagen Dec 7, 11:12 1
  - they had a good deal on printer cartridges! -- nm - pixmas Dec 7, 11:13
Speaking of E!, the channel finally launched up here. - Reagen Dec 7, 11:11 32
- Seriously, Al-Qaeda plays these dvds in recruitment meetings and frankly I'd be willing to strap on a vest if it could rid the world of this pestilenc -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 7, 11:30
- A.Carolla said about the Kardashian show "it's everything that's wrong with America wrapped up in one show." - Dr.Vermin Dec 7, 11:20 2
  - Does this also apply to Palin Plus Kate Plus Eight Go Camping? :) -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Dec 7, 11:26 1
    - Depends on what the bag limit is. -- nm - Dr.Vermin si Dec 7, 11:44
- Watch The Soup and leave the rest. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 7, 11:15 1
  - Completely. -- nm - con_carne Dec 7, 11:49
- We'll make it stop if you take back Celine. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 7, 11:15
- I've been watching E! since day one. A lot of is horrible but they've done some amazing shows over the years. - David Dec 7, 11:14 11
  - Really, their Douchebag of the Year list should be subtitled "The Things We Inflicted On You This Year". -- nm - Reagen Dec 7, 11:21 1
    - Ooh, I like that. You're reading it as an apology. -- nm - David Dec 7, 11:23
  - Chelsea ain't bad, and I still do enjoy The Soup, though it's not what it used to be... -- nm - znufrii Dec 7, 11:16 8
    - After her AJOLI crap, she can rot. -- nm - Spawn Dec 7, 11:20 3
      - AJOLI couldn't steal anyone that didn't want to be stolen. -- nm - loosilu Dec 7, 11:25
      - "How dare she use her sexuality to get a man!" Signed, the woman who used her sexuality to get a job. -- nm - David Dec 7, 11:23 1
        
        Exactly. -- nm - Spawn Dec 7, 11:28
    - Right....she throws under bad. - Will Hunting Dec 7, 11:16 3
      - In fact, he owes bad an apology. -- nm - David Dec 7, 11:21
      - now let's not say anything we can't take back... - znufrii Dec 7, 11:17 1
        
        The next joke Lopez doesn't bigfoot over during a monologue will be the first. - Will Hunting Dec 7, 11:21
- That would be Bieber. -- nm - loosilu Dec 7, 11:13
- heh. (And I don't even think Joan Rivers is on that channel anymore iirc.) -- nm - Don Homer Dec 7, 11:12 7
  - she still does Fashion Police. -- nm - znufrii Dec 7, 11:14 4
    - (and the one or two times I've seen 10-minutes of that show, it's pretty funny.) -- nm - JaxSean Dec 7, 11:16 1
      - I do enjoy it when they play "Starlet or Streetwalker" -- nm - znufrii Dec 7, 11:18
    - I wonder how many times a day she mutters to herself "I shouldn't have pissed off Johnny." -- nm - Reagen Dec 7, 11:15 1
      - chevy chase and magic johnson got late night shows in the 90s, for god's sake! -- nm - pixmas Dec 7, 11:15
  - She's in the ads. -- nm - Reagen Dec 7, 11:13 1
    - oh. -- nm - Don Homer Dec 7, 11:13
- i blame howie -- nm - pixmas Dec 7, 11:12 3
  - Don't lay this one on me. - howie Dec 7, 11:24 2
    - You know, I think I know which building you work at now. - con_carne Dec 7, 11:44
    - Oh sure, you're "only following orders". -- nm - Reagen Dec 7, 11:28
zoom zoom -- nm - oblique Dec 7, 11:11 1
- See the USA in a Chevrolet! -- nm - Dinah Shore Dec 7, 11:16

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