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mandy look at woot today. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 16, 06:42
Does anyone know how Lara Logan was sexually assaulted in Cairo, exactly? Some have said gang raped but I doubt the validity of that. -- nm - Hotkiss Feb 16, 06:36 19
- Hopefully we'll never know and she can keep those horrible details private. - ty97 Feb 16, 06:38 2
  - this would be ideal. We know enough already, don't we? -- nm - loosilu Feb 16, 06:40
  - hi, you must ne new here. -- nm - 24 hour news cycle Feb 16, 06:39
- no details have been given, but the word "rape" has not been used. - loosilu Feb 16, 06:37 15
  - the news radio here yesterday kept going back and forth between the two terms -- nm - zork Feb 16, 06:51
  - "a brutal and sustained sexual assault by a mob of men." -- nm - mara Feb 16, 06:48 13
    - I read it as she was grabbed and touched in unwelcoming places. -- nm - Hotkiss Feb 16, 06:53 5
      - I wouldn't use the word "brutal" for that, myself, but obviously I don't know more than the Times. -- nm - mara Feb 16, 06:54 4
        
        apparently she was also badly beaten, which is why she is now hospitalized. -- nm - loosilu Feb 16, 07:05
        
        I'm sure it was a lot scarier than being groped on an Indian train (for example) -- nm - oblique Feb 16, 06:55 2
        
        If I had to choose I'd probably want to be groped on a Japanese train. -- nm - zork Feb 16, 07:09
        
        are we really debating whether it was really so bad? -- nm - loosilu Feb 16, 07:08
    - What is gang rape? -- nm - WATSON Feb 16, 06:51
    - yikes -- nm - Don Homer Feb 16, 06:50 5
      - This is actually news to people? The NY Times quotes the network itself here: -- (link) - mara Feb 16, 06:51 4
        
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        This was the first I heard about it (but I never listen/watch the news) except what I see on Twitter during the day or here -- nm - oblique Feb 16, 06:57
        
        I don't have time to be familiar with the specifics of all news stories all the time, so it was to me fwiw. -- nm - Don Homer Feb 16, 06:54
        
        (Sorry, didn't mean to sound judgemental. These were the words used in the first reports, I'm just surprised people weren't aware of them.) -- nm - mara Feb 16, 06:53
Not sure if it was mentioned yesterday but that Criterion deal with Hulu means it will no longer be on Netflix -- (link) - oblique Feb 16, 06:27 3
- ugh. -- nm - Don Homer Feb 16, 06:50
- facebook blocked: is this only streaming or discs also? -- nm - sycor Feb 16, 06:47 1
  - streaming -- nm - Don Homer Feb 16, 06:50
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- The rumors I heard pre-airing was that it had buzzer issues. - ty97 Feb 16, 06:58
- I don't think so. The article I read indicates it actually has to physically push the buzzer which I assume means a motor of some kind? -- nm - oblique Feb 16, 06:28 6
  - Yeah, it does have to physically press the buzzer and still has to wait until after the question is done being read. -- nm - Ender Feb 16, 06:31
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    - This was the one I read yesterday. Contains match spoliers -- (link) - oblique Feb 16, 06:36 3
      - Wait, they feed it the question in text form? Bullshit. - nubby Feb 16, 07:04 1
        
        "Did you mean to say Operator? Press or say one if this is correct" -- nm - Watson SI Feb 16, 07:06
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Fun. Hot girl hides camera on her ass. Hilarity ensues -- (link) - oblique Feb 16, 06:25 [youtube]
WTF Indiana? The IN house voted 70-26 to ban gay marriage in the state yesterday -- (link) - MDH Feb 16, 06:24 3
- duh. Welcome to the most conservative state in the union. To many old guard politicos in office here. -- nm - Remlik Feb 16, 07:01
- what would Harry Baals think? -- nm - loosilu Feb 16, 06:34
- Haters gotta hate. -- nm - TWuG Feb 16, 06:26
LYC: This mornign I have to modify a bunch of spreadsheets that Excel takes 10+ minutes to calculate. what is this, 1996? -- nm - loosilu Feb 16, 06:19 4
- You'll never win Jeopardy with that dataset -- nm - oblique Feb 16, 06:21 3
  - oh yeah? well, I'm collapsing buildings in IL right now. Take that! -- nm - loosilu Feb 16, 06:21 2
    - Feel free to take out the new state capitol building and the ugly ass hotel downtown. I live by the lake, try not to drown or crush me. -- nm - TWuG Feb 16, 06:24 1
      - The fun is all in Southern IL, unfortunately. otherwise I'd be tormenting the ST Chicago contingent. -- nm - loosilu Feb 16, 06:30
dang, the ppi numbers today have the fresh + dry vegetable component +13.7% for january....nm - x Feb 16, 06:10 4
- should I lock up my celery? -- nm - loosilu Feb 16, 06:20 3
  - i'm hoarding kohlrabi....nm - x Feb 16, 06:22 2
    - how's the stash of cotton gym socks? -- nm - loosilu Feb 16, 06:23 1
      - you gest - I am stocking up on t-shirts - Epiphany Feb 16, 06:26
Friggin' "Joey"? - Mel Profit Feb 16, 06:09 1
- Don't get...crazy -- nm - oblique Feb 16, 06:20
I'm so excited for survivor tonight because I am making some of my friends watch with me who've never seen the show and who say they hate reality TV. - amanda jones Feb 16, 06:01 1
- The commercials with giant Rob and Russell and wretched. I am on the fence for watching... -- nm - Beaker Feb 16, 06:01
long time coming: borders files chapter 11.... - x Feb 16, 05:57 31
- is that also Chapters in Canada or are hey separately owned? -- nm - Beaker Feb 16, 06:23 4
  - I've never heard of a connection between them -- nm - J Feb 16, 06:24 3
    - Chapters here is owned by Indigo founded by Heather Reisman (wife of mego-rich the Onex guy). they also own the Coles name -- nm - zork Feb 16, 06:29 2
      - I knew Indigo was in there...didn't know they had Coles though -- nm - J Feb 16, 06:30 1
        
        that means that World's Biggest Bookstore is under the chapters/idigo banner too -- nm - zork Feb 16, 06:52
- glad I used that gift card when I did. -- nm - znufrii Feb 16, 06:13 15
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    - ^^ dick - znufrii Feb 16, 06:22 13
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        hard to redeem gift cards if all the stores are shut down -- nm - Beaker Feb 16, 06:30 6
        
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        Borders could liquidate at any time, I would not hold onto gift cards. -- nm - ty97 Feb 16, 06:34 2
        
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        this. Holding on to it would be dumb. -- nm - loosilu Feb 16, 06:34
        
        hyde just said that 30% of the stores are going -- (link) - zork Feb 16, 06:32 [Backboard] 1
        
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        *shrug* - znufrii Feb 16, 06:28 [Backboard] 4
        
        if you waited a bit you might have gotten 80% off stuff -- nm - zork Feb 16, 06:30 3
        
        doiubtful, if it goes anything like Circuit City. -- nm - loosilu Feb 16, 06:31 2
        
        yup, usually liquidations are nadled by a third party vendor, not sure they're obligated to honor gift cards. -- nm - znufrii Feb 16, 06:35 1
        
        nadled? really, fingers? -- nm - znufrii Feb 16, 06:37
- I'm amazed it took this long. Perhaps they should have merged with Blockbuster - ty97 Feb 16, 06:11 6
  - probably not great. they're torching 30% of their stores right away... - x Feb 16, 06:17
  - I really like Borders (and B&N) for its atmosphere. But I usually just browse and lurk, never buy. -- nm - Hotkiss Feb 16, 06:14 4
    - very reliable for their restrooms in NYC. -- nm - loosilu Feb 16, 06:21
    - heh. I go in, browse, look at the price, look it up on Amazon, order from Amazon. (Except when Borders has 50% off coupons.) -- nm - JaxSean Feb 16, 06:16 2
      - yup, why pay full price or get 25% off, when I can order off Amazon and usually get 50% off. -- nm - Beaker Feb 16, 06:21
      - this -- nm - oblique Feb 16, 06:20
- Book stores will soon go the way of the record/tape/cd store. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 16, 06:01
- all of these business that i never ever patronize anymore always seem to go out of business -- nm - prayformojo Feb 16, 05:59
- well done on the IM -- nm - Hotkiss Feb 16, 05:59
ST: anyone take St John's wort? -- nm - Beaker Feb 16, 05:37 4
- Georgetown wort is better. -- nm - Dano Feb 16, 06:19
- i used to years ago....nm - x Feb 16, 06:18
- I have. -- nm - loosilu Feb 16, 06:18
- *puts thumb between index and middle finger* I've got your wart! *waggles it at you* -- nm - oblique Feb 16, 05:48
Today, I award myself a Certificate for Outstanding Brilliance in Figuring Out the Solution to a Problem I Should Have Solved 2 1/2 Years Ago! - prayformojo Feb 16, 05:32 1
- Damnit. I thought your IM was about the box. Stop working on work and work on the real problems! :) -- nm - oblique Feb 16, 05:48
These protests... Yemen, Bahrain, Libya, etc... are they really so extraordinarily abnormal? - Hotkiss Feb 16, 05:18 3
- Since this has never happened before, i would say yes. And this is a perfect time for you to learn a little about the area, don't you think? - loosilu Feb 16, 06:29 1
  - the closest thing I can think of the is the fall of the communist countries back in the late 80's early 90's. -- nm - Remlik Feb 16, 07:05
- Egypt is in the midst of a non-violent (mostly) change to a more democratic system. That's unprecedented in their history and highly unusual for that - TWuG Feb 16, 06:23
anti-government protestors hit Libya's second largest city -- (link) - Beaker Feb 16, 04:57
ST Poll: Tony La Russa; does he go in the HOF as an A or as a Cardinal when he retires? -- nm - Beaker Feb 16, 04:50 4
- I'd prefer to see him go in as an A -- nm - J Feb 16, 05:54 2
  - this was my thought. It was where he made his name. Will be interesting to see how it goes when the time comes -- nm - Beaker Feb 16, 06:40 1
    - exactly, I grew up an A's fan so that's all I know him as -- nm - J Feb 16, 07:03
- I guess it would probably be the Cardinals (1 WS title each, winning % about the same, but more years with them). -- nm - Don Homer Feb 16, 04:52
Kindle is out for delivery! (Finally went ahead and ordered one the other day.) -- nm - Don Homer Feb 16, 04:50
Wake up -- nm - prayformojo Feb 16, 03:36 4
- why? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Feb 16, 05:47
- dammit, people - prayformojo Feb 16, 04:34 2
  - Here we are now -- nm - CQ Feb 16, 04:49
  - *dances* -- nm - JaxSean Feb 16, 04:34
The King's Speeceh - A+, and I don't usually even like historical dramas! -- nm - Hotkiss Feb 16, 00:30 2
- You'll probably like Mrs Brown as well if you haven't already seen it. -- nm - LMS Feb 16, 06:13
- glad you liked it, that's the same grade I gave it -- nm - J Feb 16, 05:22
what I really like about this story about the Japanese whale hunt is the environmental activist boat named "Gojira" -- (link) - crash davis Feb 16, 00:03
damn, Art Schlichter. another theft charge? -- (link) - moles Feb 15, 22:54 1
- isn't his last name Austrian for shop lifter? -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 15, 23:17
Jeopardy: What database is Watson using for his knowledge? Did they just Wikipedia into his RAM? -- nm - Mop Feb 15, 21:49 7
- They created the database themselves. -- nm - mara Feb 16, 05:08
- It'd be pretty awesome if some of the braver "Wikipedia edits" showed up as potential answers. -- nm - Jelly Feb 16, 03:36
- *opens up its back door, tosses a glass of scotch on the rocks inside* cheatin bitch -- nm - moles Feb 15, 21:51 4
  - apparently we can just pepper it with US Cities questions until it cries. -- nm - Reagen Feb 15, 22:18 3
    - at the risk of encouraging its own sentience, it shouldn't count if it can't learn the facts on its own like every other player - moles Feb 15, 22:26 2
      - the test isn't really whether it can name the state capitals - it's if it can figure out what state capital you're asking for. -- nm - Reagen Feb 15, 22:39 1
        
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ABC can go ahead and cancel No Ordinary Family now, I canceled my season pass for it. - Reagen Feb 15, 21:24 6
- We're actually still watching as well. My kids really like it, and it's a show that we can actually watch as a family. - Jim Feb 16, 05:23
- yeah I dumped it a few weeks ago. Sad, good premise, liked the actors but just not a fan of the direction -- nm - Beaker Feb 16, 04:59
- I'm dvr'ing it still. - Stephen, the Most Miserable Poster in America Feb 15, 22:15
- NBC can 86 Chuck too. It's not fun anymore -- nm - Flavorize Feb 15, 22:12
- It would be better if it wasn't written like the audience were morons. - the wrong element, bad guy Feb 15, 21:32
- No, there is another. nm - Jovian Feb 15, 21:28
7-pound burritos coming to O.C. -- (link) - MojaveMeg Feb 15, 21:24 6
- Welcome to the OC Bitch! -- nm - Beaker Feb 16, 04:14
- I had a $1 burrito for lunch. It was a little better than you'd expect for that price. - psilotum Feb 15, 21:59
- max is preggers? -- nm - moles Feb 15, 21:51
- no Vegas locations. and re: IM. - peglegpete Feb 15, 21:38 2
  - Heh - "Damn squirrels eat better than we do" - this was a saying in our family that - MojaveMeg Feb 15, 21:53
  - That violates the rule: don't anything bigger than your head -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 15, 21:41
You didn't like January Jones on TDS? I enjoyed it. -- nm - loosilu Feb 15, 21:16 3
- The interview went nowhere and she was uncooperative in most of her answers. -- nm - nubby Feb 16, 04:29
- I'm with you. While it was way off topic and Jon helped immensely (for once) it was quite nice. Colbert had a good interview with Amanpour too. Also.. - Qale Feb 15, 21:22 1
  - Amanpour was a lot of fun. -- nm - loosilu Feb 15, 21:35
Ah, SI body paint models. So shamelessly naked. -- (link) - Mop Feb 15, 20:57 2
- They usually do a better covering the goods unlike Alyssa Miller here -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 15, 20:58 1
  - her shoot was really cold. -- nm - mafic Feb 15, 21:55
teen mom is *so* heartbreaking this season. *so* heartbreaking. -- nm - amanda "new chairs, yo!" jones Feb 15, 20:51 1
- do tell! how much moreso than the other seasons? -- nm - Hotkiss Feb 16, 00:30
i like Pokerstars Fifty50 tourneys. - Will Hunting Feb 15, 20:48 2
- Did you or anybody else in ST Home club get an invite to the "Play with the Pros" tourney tomorrow night? -- nm - amoxy Feb 15, 21:14 1
  - I think just the managers got one. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 16, 06:40
"I figure, people are entitled to their hobbies, and I'm entitled to find them creepy." -- nm - Reagen Feb 15, 20:46 1
- YGM. I need a quick reply. -- nm - David Feb 15, 21:05

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