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I love that Donald Trump is now seriously considering a presidential run. -- nm - Don Homer Feb 11, 06:40 1
- Headline writers will have a week of "You're Fired!" fun when he fails miserably in Iowa -- nm - TWuG Feb 11, 06:48
I'm surprised that more hasn't been made about Panetta being *totally wrong* about Mubarak stepping down - prayformojo Feb 11, 06:37 10
- The thing is, EVERYONE was getting the word that he was stepping down. Mubarak changed his mind within minutes of going in front of the cameras. -- nm - TWuG Feb 11, 06:50
- Brian Williams (?) commented last night that he got his data from... - OAE -- Old Antarctic Explorer Feb 11, 06:40 1
  - twitter? -- nm - Hotkiss Feb 11, 06:44
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  - just Egypt? I'd expand that list quite a bit -- nm - Beaker Feb 11, 06:41 2
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    - Seriously. -- nm - Don Homer Feb 11, 06:44
- The CIA has appeared to be worthless for decades now. What a waste of money. -- nm - Don Homer Feb 11, 06:38
- mmm, panera. -- nm - amanda jones Feb 11, 06:37 1
  - heh. this was my first thought. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 11, 06:41
So, Alex needs speech therapy. He's behind. Had an evaluation this morning. - Don Homer Feb 11, 06:37 4
- Remind me how old he is? - prayformojo Feb 11, 06:39 3
  - About 15 1/2 months. (How is Abby doing now in that regard?) -- nm - Don Homer Feb 11, 06:41 2
    - Pretty well, Just took her a while to get out of the gate. - prayformojo Feb 11, 06:43 1
      - That's good. -- nm - Don Homer Feb 11, 06:44
Let me know when it quiets down! -- nm - Mubarak at the Red Sea Feb 11, 06:34 2
- Just read Twitter, fool. -- nm - mara Feb 11, 06:35 1
  - hee -- nm - Epiphany Feb 11, 06:45
Today sucks - Guigue Feb 11, 06:30 3
- but it is TGIF? -- nm - Beaker Feb 11, 06:32 2
  - *nods* Happy Friday!! -- nm - Don Homer Feb 11, 06:45 1
    - it's been the longest week. ever. I woke up thinking it was Saturday -- nm - Epiphany Feb 11, 06:46
Oh my gawd this week just won't end -- nm - Hotkiss Feb 11, 06:30 3
- nmbhk - loosilu Feb 11, 06:32 2
  - nmbl - Hotkiss Feb 11, 06:37 1
    - nmbhk - loosilu Feb 11, 06:49
Record first day of sales for UFC 129 in Toronto (42,000 tickets sold) -- (link) - Beaker Feb 11, 06:26
so they're gona finally kill fannie and freddie. finally there's one thing i can agree with the current treasury clowns on (if they pull it off).... - x Feb 11, 06:26 5
- It'll take years to accomplish, but it'll be a good thing. -- nm - TWuG Feb 11, 06:35 2
  - my guess would be that it ultimately won't happen.... - x Feb 11, 06:42 1
    - There's definitely a lot working against it happening. Unfortunately, just ending it will - TWuG Feb 11, 06:47
- re your IM, that seems like a bad call, although 30 sounded crazy. -- nm - loosilu Feb 11, 06:35
- link? -- nm - znufrii Feb 11, 06:33
10 States With the Deadliest Eating Habits -- (link) - amoxy Feb 11, 06:04 3
- ouch, especially #1. -- nm - loosilu Feb 11, 06:37 1
  - south dakota actually looks worst to me when I weigh the data mary-way. -- nm - amanda jones Feb 11, 06:38
- ie. the south and midwest will eat itself into oblivion -- nm - Hotkiss Feb 11, 06:12
do we know about this? Harry Baals building gets thousands of votes -- (link) - amanda jones Feb 11, 05:56
No wonder MDH was all excited about the Gaga single. It's like the gay national anthem -- nm - oblique Feb 11, 05:34 11
- I can't wait for Xtina to fuck it up. -- nm - nubby Feb 11, 06:03 3
  - L4! -- nm - Epiphany Feb 11, 06:46
  - *nice* -- nm - loosilu Feb 11, 06:33
  - this is pretty very funny. -- nm - amanda jones Feb 11, 06:32
- Is there a non-youtube place I can hear it from? I can't find... -- nm - Hotkiss Feb 11, 05:56 1
  - try here -- (link) - decline Feb 11, 05:58
- It's her most overtly Madonna sounding song ever. Actually, it sounds exactly like Express Yourself. -- nm - Dano Feb 11, 05:52 1
  - It's like a mashup of Express Yourself and Waterfalls by TLC (the verse reminded me of Waterfalls). -- nm - Jim Feb 11, 05:55
- Lots of rammed parts? - HdnAgnda Feb 11, 05:48
- Just listened to it...I dig it. -- nm - Jim Feb 11, 05:41 1
  - *nods* Nothing I didn't like about it. Expect it to be very popular -- nm - oblique Feb 11, 05:42
what drought in china means for politics in egypt... - x Feb 11, 04:50 6
- if China will have to import, why wouldn't Egypt just cut out the Chinese middleman and import directly from China's source? -- nm - Hotkiss Feb 11, 04:56 5
  - they'll have to. but if china--who account for ~1/6 of global production in wheat--end up a net importer, it's going to get.... - x Feb 11, 05:14 4
    - and china has much, much deeper pockets than Egypt does (or just about anybody else for that matter) -- nm - decline Feb 11, 06:01 3
      - yep. tho i do imagine they'll try to mitigate their costs some by releasing stockpile wheat and corn.... - x Feb 11, 06:05 2
        
        I know the price of bread we normally buy has gone up around $0.60 or so in the last couple of months (over $3 freakin' bucks a loaf) -- nm - Beaker Feb 11, 06:10 1
        
        yep, and with feed stuff like corn doubling in price over the last six months expect that to work its way into... - x Feb 11, 06:16
Katy Perry seeking couples therapy (wow, celebrity couples are falling like crazy so far this year) -- (link) - Beaker Feb 11, 04:39 3
- She should give Gwen Stefani a call. -- nm - lileve Feb 11, 06:13
- Celebrity marriages are a joke. At best they are done because the people involved have a "need the next new thing' mentality and at worst they are to - HdnAgnda Feb 11, 04:45
- I thought I saw posted here that they were in couples therapy even before they got married. -- nm - Diva Feb 11, 04:42
What I was saying was that I noticed he had a fever. -- nm - James Bond's classmate at ethics committee Feb 11, 04:29
Not really a glowing review for "Just go with it" when the review ends with...(adult spoilers) - volnelk Feb 11, 04:29
Dark Horizons: Meet The Cast Of "The Hobbit" -- (link) - LMS Feb 11, 04:18
Wake up -- nm - prayformojo Feb 11, 04:14
New Bootsy single w/Bobby Womack - Don't Take My Funk Away -- (link) - CovingtonCat Feb 11, 03:16
"The Iraqi embassy in Egypt is offering food, financial aid and free flights home to Iraqis there who feel threatened by the ongoing unrest." - Hotkiss Feb 11, 03:16
*says a prayer for the people of Egypt* may their resolutions be peaceful -- nm - JenBro Feb 11, 02:54
Sex and the City 2: The Abridged Script -- (link) - Reagen Feb 11, 00:41 2
- This is perfect. -- nm - kelly Feb 11, 04:40
- When a wedding is this gay, Liza Minnelli just materializes -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 11, 00:47
What's up with all the gastrointestinal professors running over their allotted time. - James Bond (aka Igor) Feb 10, 23:51 6
- well duh, they are just slightly above an asshole -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 11, 00:45
- I know, right? -- nm - Reagen Feb 11, 00:17
- Oh.. and today one of my patients was an actor. Has over 100 roles on IMDB. Mostly did TV shows. Cool guy. - James Bond (aka Igor) Feb 10, 23:57 3
  - wait till you use an HSX bond symbol on their chart -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 11, 00:46
  - "hi, I'm Troy McClure, you might remember me from such illnesses as trichotillomania, and Moebius syndrome." -- nm - mafic Feb 11, 00:28 1
  - oh wow.. won an emmy too. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Feb 10, 23:58
So all this time the accepted scenario for the populating of the Americas was based on migrations from Asia across the Bering land bridge... - MojaveMeg Feb 10, 23:41 3
- North American culture found in Siberia, such as... - OAE -- Old Antarctic Explorer Feb 11, 06:26 1
  - fast food wrappers....nm - x Feb 11, 06:27
- They should call it the "Fuck This Shit" theory. - Reagen Feb 11, 00:20
Well isn't this funny. So I met up with a HS friend recently. Message I get on facebook: - James Bond (aka Igor) Feb 10, 23:34 6
- She missed out because she didn't ask. -- nm - Max Feb 11, 07:17
- I was told basically the same thing at a HS reunion. My introverted self should have stepped up. Now I can only impart this to my son when he hits - HdnAgnda Feb 11, 04:25
- If I remember back then, you like high dollar cars better...some of still remember back then... -- nm - BAD Feb 10, 23:43 1
  - I write "I am sure BAD remembers..." haha.. but then removed it. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Feb 10, 23:46
- Is there an adult who hasn't thought, I wish I could go back there then knowing what I know now -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 10, 23:36
- are you sure you're not signed up at cursedfacebook.com? -- nm - cupixie Feb 10, 23:35
Oh my *god.* -- (link) - Dignan Feb 10, 23:15 7
- she's been a smack addict for years. -- nm - loosilu Feb 11, 05:20
- Show me one mug shot where the well known face looks anything less than F'd up, even Paris who took some effort to be ready for her close up looked - zeitgeist Feb 10, 23:39
- Drugs are bad, m'kay. -- nm - Stephen Feb 10, 23:31
- why don't the get the software updated on the teleporter???? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Feb 10, 23:30
- wow. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 10, 23:21
- Kurt and Courtney got in The Fly's transporter. -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 23:18 1
  - That explains the eyebrow vagina. nm - Dignan Feb 10, 23:28
When the Chinese cracked down on the protests in Tiennamen Square, they pulled out the army units that were there as they were 'locals' and brought in - zeitgeist Feb 10, 22:49 7
- this assumes that the army is still taking orders from mubarak's regime, or would if he issued them -- nm - cupixie Feb 10, 22:58 4
  - i think it's pretty clear that the upper levels of the army are still doing exactly that....nm - x Feb 11, 03:04 2
    - i'm not sure - cupixie Feb 11, 03:57 1
      - maybe, and they may still decide it's best to push him out. but i see little indication that... - x Feb 11, 04:30
  - would that not requre a military coup against the military? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Feb 10, 23:14
- Mummy's! -- nm - peglegpete Feb 10, 22:55
- egypt is far less diversified then china -- nm - Danedukenuuk Feb 10, 22:50
TRANSFORMERS PRIME the new animated series starts on HUB tomorrow at 6:30 pm -- nm - peglegpete Feb 10, 22:46
Thumbs down on Traffic Light and Mr. Sunshine. I'll try them again, but I'm not hopeful. -- nm - Mop Feb 10, 21:45 1
- only the Original Traffic is best -- nm - Steve Windwood Feb 10, 21:59
david, when you get back from the midnight Bieber show, let us know how the ticket sales were -- nm - cupixie Feb 10, 21:43 1
- Remember when I went to the midnight showing of Bandslam and was the only person there when the movie started? -- nm - Dano Feb 10, 21:50
X-Men: First Class doesn't look horrible. -- nm - Dano Feb 10, 21:36 5
- I agree, though i've never liked the cartoonish cat faced version of Beast. -- nm - Stephen Feb 10, 23:34
- True. But, I'm not wild about the time period....(spoils) - flavorize Feb 10, 22:05
- I know, right? It's kind of a relief. -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 21:39 2
  - Though I'm a pushover for Michael Fassbender. -- nm - Dano Feb 10, 22:27 1
    - I would like to push you over something if you know what I'm sayin -- nm - Michael Fassbender Feb 10, 22:33
NYC skyscraper that opened today - Fascinated Feb 10, 21:19 6
- Is this the bleu building some are kvetching about? - OAE -- Old Antarctic Explorer Feb 11, 06:28
- Love it. -- nm - loosilu Feb 11, 05:33
- very nice, part twisting torso part gaudi sort of....looks interesting -- nm - Danedukenuuk Feb 10, 21:44
- the drawing looks like a tall wedding cake -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 10, 21:38
- Please, Frank, stop designing buildings. Maybe you can try your hand at sculpture or something. -- nm - Mop Feb 10, 21:35
- 8 Spruce Street -- nm - Fascinated Feb 10, 21:27
A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away -- nm - prayformojo Feb 10, 21:16 1
- Yeah! nm - ralph wiggum Feb 10, 21:22
I'd have scored 35, 38 and 37 on the three J! tests this week. -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 21:12 26
- J! Archivist doesn't seem to have posted tonight's answers yet. -- (link) - Mop Feb 10, 21:43 8
  - Ah, here we go... - Mop Feb 10, 21:47 7
    - 37 it appears for me -- nm - cupixie Feb 10, 21:52
    - Bah. If I spelled them all right... I got 27. That was just my worst ever. -- nm - Mop Feb 10, 21:49 5
      - they don't require 100% spelling on these. -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 21:50 4
        
        I spelled Kwanzaa with a "Q". -- nm - Mop Feb 10, 21:55 3
        
        better than spelling Yale with a 7. -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 22:01 1
        
        They could use an international airport -- nm - prayformojo Feb 11, 04:13
        
        You're the reason I fled Canada, dumbfuck -- nm - Alex Trebek Feb 10, 21:56
- I did the first one, and I believe scored 37. -- nm - mafic Feb 10, 21:37 1
  - would've got 38 and 30 on the other two. really glad I didn't do the last one. -- nm - mafic Feb 10, 21:57
- are the questions posted in the forums? -- nm - cupixie Feb 10, 21:13 14
  - Yeah. -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 21:13 13
    - damn, i think i might have only gotten 34 -- nm - cupixie Feb 10, 21:16 12
      - ooh, i guessed right on whitman. that might get me to 35 -- nm - cupixie Feb 10, 21:18 10
        
        yeah, it's good to have a few stock guesses. A lot of the time they're right - Reagen Feb 10, 21:20 9
        
        My brother and I used to say that if you got Final Jeopardy right just from the category you should automatically win. -- nm - Dano Feb 10, 21:39 7
        
        I've done that three times. -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 21:39 6
        
        I did it twice. -- nm - Dano Feb 10, 21:51 5
        
        what do you mean? like psychically guessing the answer before he even reads the question just from seeing the category? -- nm - cupixie Feb 10, 21:52 3
        
        yes. -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 21:53 2
        
        fuck you precogs -- nm - cupixie Feb 10, 21:54 1
        
        I'd have just gotten another if I could have remembered what the medical symbol was called. -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 22:42
        
        I got "ottoman" from Furniture, "George II" (or one or the other) from English Royalty and recently I got "Al Jazeera" from World Media. -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 21:52
        
        a couple others too. i think i'm good -- nm - cupixie Feb 10, 21:21
      - (also, i apparently accidentally double passed, skipping one question without even knowing it) - cupixie Feb 10, 21:17
It's going to be reaaaaly awkward when that Wake Forest kid transfers to Duke. -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 21:00
"Fry, where is your brain slug?" - amoxy Feb 10, 20:59
"Vitamin Water" cups on the table at American Idol this year. Did they lose their Coca-Cola sponsorship? -- nm - Mop Feb 10, 20:57 4
- Vitamin water is owned by Coca-Cola -- nm - amoxy Feb 10, 21:02
- VitaminWater is a subsidiary of Coca Cola. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 10, 21:02 1
  - Doh! Confused it with SmartWater. -- nm - Mop Feb 10, 21:17
- maybe Simon decided to take them to the X Factor with him -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Feb 10, 21:01

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