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haha: "Easier financial conditions will promote economic growth. For example, lower mortgage rates will make housing more affordable.... - x Dec 8, 06:45
Elderly NYC woman given $100 ticket for throwing her newspaper in a trash can. -- (link) - Ender Dec 8, 06:44 2
- here I thought it would be for not recycling it... -- nm - znufrii Dec 8, 06:47
- Newspapers are really looking at new sources of revenue in the internet age. -- nm - HdnAgnda Dec 8, 06:46
Live webcast of first private orbital spacecraft launch. Now set for 10:38 ET -- (link) - oblique Dec 8, 06:42
*twitch* Batman Arkham Asylum is $14.99 (Xbox, PS3) on the Amazon Daily Deal today. -- (link) - JaxSean Dec 8, 06:39 4
- Great game, can't wait for 2. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 8, 06:40 3
  - We're already getting too many games for xmas, otherwise I'd grab this now. - JaxSean Dec 8, 06:43 1
    - Epic Mickey is the 1st Wii game I've seen that makes me want a Wii. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 8, 06:43
  - I actually popped it into the ps3 the other day on a whim. Still tons of fun -- nm - decline Dec 8, 06:41
Katy Perry is pulling a P!nk with her latest tour: She's booked for almost all of 2011 (it's selling really well) and there are no US dates. - MDH Dec 8, 06:32
As salaries rise, Fresno State coach Pat Hill takes pay cut... -- (link) - Don Homer Dec 8, 06:31 9
- He really is a class act. -- nm - Ender Dec 8, 06:39 1
  - Course.....he's still getting paid a ton. - Will Hunting Dec 8, 06:39
- And here's a table of all 1-A college football coaches salaries... -- (link) - Don Homer Dec 8, 06:33 6
  - Damn, Chris Ault is a bargain. (Nevada) -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 8, 06:38 5
    - He won't be there for long. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 8, 06:42 1
      - I dunno, he's come back there 3 times iirc. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 8, 06:47
    - A couple of these are hilarious how much they're overpaid (like Jim Grobe at Wake Forest, nearly $3 mil). -- nm - Don Homer Dec 8, 06:41 2
      - He probably smartly cashed in when he had that ACC title 2-3 years ago. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 8, 06:47
      - June Jones at $2.1M is amusing. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 8, 06:43
is it time to go home yet? -- nm - tRuMaN don't need no teaching Dec 8, 06:30 2
- do you have to wifesit for the boss again today? -- nm - Beaker Dec 8, 06:33 1
  - continuing practical education. 8 hours. -- nm - tRuMaN don't need no teaching Dec 8, 06:47
another huge for profit ed provider is laying off. -- (link) - amanda jones Dec 8, 06:21 1
- for the industry is it bad management or an unsustainable business model ? -- nm - decline Dec 8, 06:29
for the next 4 years you get to hear me tell you Toronto Mayor stories. In addition to calling his detractors "left-winged kooks", Don Cherry also - Elf Andie Dec 8, 06:21
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- That's why I kinda lean toward trying to lure Gruden. He loved Tebow...and I think they could do good things together. - Jim Dec 8, 06:26
to my Stalkee: went to mail your package yesterday but the PO was closed (I should have know, it being New Year and all). Will def mail by Saturday! - Hotkiss Dec 8, 06:14
Web shopping and "dynamic pricing" or "How the browser you use might impact the price you pay when shopping online" -- (link) - TWuG Dec 8, 06:13
I would expect to see this in a comedy/satire movie or show but not in real life. Local newscaster here in NC talking about Elizabeth Edwards' passing - HdnAgnda Dec 8, 06:07
ST fun project for the day (jessaymn style) -- (link) - oblique Dec 8, 06:07 1
- "Come talk about this post at SlackerTalk, the net's leading slacker destination!" -- nm - nubby Dec 8, 06:30
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- Jesus, the House voted 410+ to 0 on each of the 4 counts..... - Will Hunting Dec 8, 06:13 2
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    - Yeah! Give the guy a break! -- nm - Ray Nagin Dec 8, 06:27
Snowman as big as a house -- (link) - LMS Dec 8, 05:53 2
- Sweet. -- nm - Don Homer Dec 8, 06:09
- Tomorrow: 16 ft. snowman crushes home, kills two -- nm - oblique Dec 8, 05:55
Joe Scarborough takes Obama to task....for being a political incompetent - Will Hunting Dec 8, 05:53
Watch first-run movies at home for the low, low price of just $20,000! -- (link) - Don Homer Dec 8, 05:47 2
- Oh boy! Jonah Hex 2! -- nm - HdnAgnda Dec 8, 06:01
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Netflix adding ABC contenting including every episode of LOST, Ugly Betty, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, Scrubs, and Good Luck, Charlie -- (link) - oblique Dec 8, 05:43 3
- More details: Prior seasons of Grey's, Housewives, Brothers & Sisters, Reaper. Disney: Phineas and Ferb, more Suite Life and Wizards of Waverly, and - oblique Dec 8, 06:40
- so would it be NBC's Scrubs episodes or just the ABC ones that enver happened? -- nm - Beaker Dec 8, 05:43 1
  - Even when it was on NBC it was still produced by ABC studios. -- nm - Ender Dec 8, 06:27
LYC: Water weirdness. Woke up to no water running in the house. Called water dept, asked if anyone reported problems in my subdivision, they said no. - mara Dec 8, 05:35 7
- just a taste of my power. nm - jessamyn114 Dec 8, 05:39 6
  - heh. I was just catching up on the backboard and reading the blog post. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 8, 05:59
  - Awesome -- nm - TFox Dec 8, 05:51
  - heh -- nm - Beaker Dec 8, 05:43
  - OMG, steve and jessamyn will probably team up to totally ruin my life now. -- nm - mara Dec 8, 05:40 2
    - A YouTubed 'apology song' with uke might be the way to set things right. -- nm - HdnAgnda Dec 8, 06:14 1
      - she would need to autotune it, too. -- nm - amanda jones Dec 8, 06:20
I knew it! - Mel Profit Dec 8, 05:33 5
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  - beating your FBB Team, but that's not important right now. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 8, 05:38 3
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      - *laughing* -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 8, 05:54
      - Someday my goal is to own my box! - pixmas si Dec 8, 05:41
fun with words: "temporary" tax cuts that will never be allowed to expire. "debt ceilings" that are never reached since they can always be raised....n - x Dec 8, 05:13
the ongoing exchange on Ika.com makes my head hurt -- nm - Beaker Dec 8, 05:12
Another group of Delta Air Lines workers has rejected union representation -- (link) - Strongbad Dec 8, 04:40 4
- Wages aren't the issue. Pensions are. Lucky for Delta, you and I are covering that bill based on Delta's last bankruptcy. -- nm - ty97 Dec 8, 04:44 3
  - I rarely fly Delta, and plan to even less in the future once Southwest comes to Atlanta. - Strongbad Dec 8, 04:48 2
    - Are you a taxpayer? Then you're paying Delta's pension. -- nm - ty97 Dec 8, 04:54 1
      - it's gonna get worse, in 2009, pbgc's "reasonably possible" risk exposure for plans it may have had to take over was $326 million.... - x Dec 8, 05:19
Arrested Development the complete series for $28 on DVD... -- (link) - Don Homer Dec 8, 04:38 1
- Nice -- nm - HdnAgnda Dec 8, 05:00
Harry Reid is reportedly trying to insert a bill legalizing online poker (for $$) into the tax package. -- (link) - Strongbad Dec 8, 04:32 19
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  - *ding* -- nm - znufrii Dec 8, 06:25
  - If this gets legitimate progress, the value of 4th rate casinos goes thru the roof. - Will Hunting Dec 8, 06:08 2
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      - You degenerate. (nm) - Will Hunting Dec 8, 06:16
  - I understand that critique, but I don't get how this would help Vegas casinos? -- nm - Strongbad Dec 8, 06:07 2
    - Part of the deals are you can only do online if you own a brick and mortar casino....so.....those entities get a monster cut. - Will Hunting Dec 8, 06:15 1
      - Interesting. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 8, 06:28
- Cool. After how the UIGEA came to be....that's perfectly symmetrical. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 8, 05:42
- Also, Democratic activists are asking Senators to filibuster the tax compromise - Strongbad Dec 8, 04:34 8
  - compromise? -- nm - ty97 Dec 8, 04:43 7
    - I've seen it called a compromise between Obama and the GOP, yes. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 8, 04:46 6
      - It's an interesting use of the word. -- nm - ty97 Dec 8, 04:55 5
        
        it's appropropriate. The dems *did* get something out of the deal, however small in comparison. - znufrii Dec 8, 06:32
        
        Obama And Tax Compromise: Loved And Hated -- (link) - Strongbad Dec 8, 05:12
        
        Obama defends tax compromise with GOP -- (link) - Strongbad Dec 8, 05:11 2
        
        I didn't claim you were alone in using the word oddly. -- nm - ty97 Dec 8, 06:13
        
        Well compromise fits Obama and the GOP's narrative a lot more than capitulation does - Will Hunting Dec 8, 05:48
- yay! Go Harry! -- nm - Beaker Dec 8, 04:34
You're either with us, or you're with WikiLeaks... -- (link) - Don Homer Dec 8, 04:29
Woman has used the same Christmas tree every year since 1928... -- (link) - Don Homer Dec 8, 04:28
G'morning ST. Just here to share today's xkcd. -- (link) - Jelly Dec 8, 03:30
Wikileaks: Australia FM blames US, not Julian Assange -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Dec 8, 03:22
Pet Goat and Two Dog Pals Saved From Sheriff and the Street -- (link) - CovingtonCat Dec 8, 02:59
Thing I learned today that I wish I knew years ago.. Shift+F11 will insert a new Excel sheet -- nm - ty97 Dec 8, 00:58 1
- Right clicking on the tab at the bottom left does the same thing. - Trisha Dec 8, 01:24
I realize it's the middle of the night, but when mara wakes up: Thanks for that backboard link. - ty97 Dec 8, 00:46 1
- Yeah, I guess there must be. That cannot be typical. -- nm - mara Dec 8, 05:36
Jayson Werth is apparently worth 13 times as much as Carlos -- nm - David Dec 7, 23:08 4
- �3.50? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Dec 8, 03:15
- Pena -- nm - David Dec 7, 23:08 2
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    - Damn, maybe the Orioles didn't get jipped in trading for Reynolds then. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 8, 05:42
(okay, I like the Daft Punk themes.) -- nm - Max Dec 7, 22:33 2
- I think it would be cool if they did the Tron soundtrack. -- nm - Dano Dec 7, 22:41 1
  - (a lot) -- nm - Max Dec 7, 22:44
Wow, the first 5-10 minutes of last nights season premiere of The Closer were intense (spoilers?) - Stephen Dec 7, 22:12 1
- didn't you ever see Crime Story? :) -- nm - peglegpete Dec 7, 22:18
"Baby Jesus To Scale" -- nm - Reagen Dec 7, 22:07
thanks for 30 years of nothing, mark david chapman -- nm - pixmas Dec 7, 22:04
I remember the first I suggested bery update the ST twitter feed. - David Dec 7, 22:02
heh, I used to read jessamyn's online journal fairly regularly several years ago. - b! Dec 7, 21:47 2
- booo-ring! - pixmas Dec 7, 21:49 1
  - I know you are, but what am I? -- nm - b! Dec 7, 21:53
It's always nice when the DNA Magazine weekly email arrives. -- nm - Dano Dec 7, 21:40 2
- "mapped chromosome of the week: 14!" -- nm - pixmas Dec 7, 21:42 1
  - centerfold spread? -- nm - celedhring Dec 8, 01:30
So the lesson for today is that this thing is connected to the rest of the internet. -- nm - Dano Dec 7, 21:27 9
- I have no idea what you people are talking about. -- nm - David Dec 7, 21:51 5
  - We were visited by one of the "Others" today. -- nm - Dano Dec 7, 21:55 4
    - It started off innocently enough... -- (link) - Dano Dec 7, 21:56 [Backboard] 3
      - who was that? -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 8, 05:17 1
        
        just read the BB. That's something. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 8, 05:26
      - I would have guessed it was the slutty niece from last week. -- nm - David Dec 7, 22:06
- I though Bery's link program was meant to mean links clicked here didn't track back to ST -- nm - Karl_S Dec 7, 21:35 1
  - No, it meant that we would be able to prevent truly interesting links from forever rolling into the wastelands of B21+. - Beryllium Dec 7, 22:46
- Put that thing away! -- nm - Chip Kelly Dec 7, 21:34
For those looking for tv's, 55" Toshiba LED for $1239 (including wall mount). -- (link) - pmb Dec 7, 21:20 2
- *DAMN!* I'd be wary of that retailer, though. Some operation out of NJ. The BBB likes them, though. -- (link) - Mop Dec 7, 21:26
- mandy? pete? bubers? how does pmb's post make you feel?? -- nm - ST TV Hunters Support Group Moderator Dec 7, 21:22
I am rolling this bitch!! -- nm - Jessmyn si Dec 7, 21:15 13
- #11? -- nm - loosilu Dec 7, 21:19 10
  - Try to figure out why Wizard Hat and Robe refer to you before tackling another question. - Chip Kelly Dec 7, 21:20 9
    - I'm not the the internet perv here, hon. -- nm - loosilu Dec 7, 21:21 8
      - I think some beg to differ. Don't sleep with the messenger. I just deliver the news. -- nm - Chip Kelly Dec 7, 21:23 7
        
        put it this way ... if I were, and I'm not saying I am, that would not be my outfit. -- nm - loosilu Dec 7, 21:24 6
        
        i love watching you overthink these complex references out in writing. - TFox Dec 7, 21:28 4
        
        and does it mean Redmond is the teenage girl? -- nm - loosilu Dec 7, 21:28 3
        
        If someone says, Don't throw out the baby with the bath water. Do you get scared for the baby? -- nm - Chip Kelly Dec 7, 21:30
        
        i must insist that you explore the dvd commentary for the societal commentary layers in my off-the-cuff remark. -- nm - TFox Dec 7, 21:30 1
        
        I saw it, but I still don't believe it! - amoxy Dec 7, 21:31
        
        Skype, now! -- nm - Chip Kelly Dec 7, 21:27
- Fastest SI use. Ever. -- nm - Epiphany Dec 7, 21:18 1
  - I missed the roll because I had to add it -- nm - Chip Kelly Dec 7, 21:19
i kiss you! -- nm - pixmas Dec 7, 21:14 3
- *hamster dance* -- nm - loosilu Dec 7, 21:15 2
  - numa numa -- nm - amoxy Dec 7, 21:29 1
    - ate my balls -- nm - Qale Dec 7, 22:31

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