DBD 2.8.12 An Important Question
by Avinash Kunnath on Feb 8, 2012 2:43 AM PST
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I wish In n Out delivered#doubledoubleanimalstyle
— Aaron Rodgers (@AaronRodgers12) July 26, 2011
Why is there no In-N-Out anywhere near civilization in the East Bay?
PS: Where should they put it?
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Oakland Airport is not civilization?
TROLL ON YOU BEARS. - atoms
even if it does snow, we’ve got plenty of laker championship banners to keep us warm! - raptorapocalypse
Nor Pinole?
Disclosure: I’ve lived in Hercules so I understand a lack of civilization.
Jorge Gutierrez is "The guy with the hair plays with the flair"
There are In-N-Outs in Oakland, Concord, and San Ramon.
Not close to you?
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Great if you’re Michael Barton or Zach Kline or Jonah Hill. Not so good for anyone else.
This is only helping the Jumbacos win.
by Avinash Kunnath on Feb 8, 2012 9:05 AM PST up reply actions
There are In-N-Outs in San Lorenzo, Union City, and Fremont, as well. A Berkeley location would be nice, though.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 9:30 AM PST up reply actions
Pleasant Hill is on the way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Is Pleasant Hill pleasant? Is it on a hill?
by Avinash Kunnath on Feb 8, 2012 9:57 AM PST up reply actions
we always refer to Stoneridge as being in Unpleasanton.
by fiatlux on Feb 8, 2012 9:59 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
There is a hill, kinda. And yes
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And in Union City, right next to 880 and Alvarado-Niles near the movie theater.
We don’t qualify as civilization, though.
Old Toothwrangler
I mentioned both of those!
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 11:34 AM PST up reply actions
Civilization requires something useful happening for the rest of us in Pinole
Fill in the blank: People go to Pinole to __________________.
If the answer is “order double-double animal style”, then city planning has gone terribly wrong.
by Avinash Kunnath on Feb 8, 2012 9:01 AM PST up reply actions
“…get to San Pablo”?
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 9:03 AM PST up reply actions
That’s the key actually in location selecting for In N’ Out, the spot must meet a certain number of criteria to be considered, one of which being on a major transit route, where people would be traveling longer distances. They also need to be readily seen from the freeway, have similar successful businesses in the area (an old In N Out employee friend told me they frequently call the local Krispie Kreme to see hwo their business is doing), etc
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
(an old In N Out employee friend told me they frequently call the local Krispie Kreme to see hwo their business is doing),
It’s a conspiracy to make sure we turn into those fat people in Wall-E
Cal: Bears with Books.
that's basically
how you end up with those freeway exits with 5 fast food chains in the same place, been a big part of their siting for years now.
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
I think the Burger King model used to be ‘find a successful Mcdonald’s then build next to it.’
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred
pqtm. I still remember practice consultants saying that you should look at the # of Starbucks in an area when determining where to buy or build your practice.
Something about how “Starbucks does extensive demographic research.”
Yeaaaaaah, all those kids and teenagers really do love their coffee.
Old Toothwrangler
from Charles “Lol” Pringle.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 1:38 PM PST up reply actions
When I was an undergrad without a car, I have taken the bus for 1+ hour just to get to the In-N-Out in Pinole (and also get something from the adjacent Best Buy). I dragged my roommate on that trip (he didn’t think it was worth his time).
by LEastCoastBears on Feb 8, 2012 10:08 AM PST up reply actions
What is this Oakland airport you speak of?
by Avinash Kunnath on Feb 8, 2012 8:57 AM PST up reply actions
There’s one on Hegenberger, not far from the Coliseum BART (though, it is across the freeway, so you’d have to hike up the overpass).
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 9:31 AM PST up reply actions
It’s not the greatest In N Out, but it’s a scant 20 minutes from Berkeley on a good day.
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--Thoroughbred
tbf, you do need a car to get there.
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--Thoroughbred
I’d straight up say it’s unequivocally the worst In n Out!
KEEP CALM
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Feb 8, 2012 10:29 AM PST up reply actions
In-and-Out is seriously not that good
Have you Californians really never had good burgers before?
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Feb 8, 2012 10:57 AM PST up reply actions
Naw, I agree with him here, take Five Guys for example. Higher quality for pretty much every ingredient and more options!
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
LOL
I had Five Guys while in DC. It’s as if In-n-out merged with Wendy’s. I wouldn’t say higher quality… In-n-out is healthier.
I’ve heard RAVE reviews about whattaburger though.
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by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 12:14 PM PST up reply actions
I’m curious to try Fatburger and Whattaburger.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 12:15 PM PST up reply actions
oooooooo FATBURGER
I’ll have to say they’ve gone down a little, but any place that lets you have monstrous burgers AND put an egg on it any time of day is AWESOME in my book
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by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 12:18 PM PST up reply actions
there’s one by the USC campus on Fig.
by the federer express on Feb 8, 2012 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
yeah
thankfully, I live by the one on Vermont and Hollywood
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by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 12:30 PM PST up reply actions
wow. that’s all from The Hat? I gotta go
by the federer express on Feb 8, 2012 1:06 PM PST up reply actions
The Hat?
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 1:09 PM PST up reply actions
No….
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 1:12 PM PST up reply actions
This is now one of my favorite DBDs just for bringing in The Hat.
by Yes We Cannon on Feb 8, 2012 4:24 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t know man…. Randy’s Donuts gives them a run for their money…
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by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
I was just at Bob’s last week… it’s good. SC Spudnuts is better. Actually the best I ever had was at this place in Bakersfield… they had just taken them out of the vat and I watched them glaze them… OMG it was soooooo fantastic. I imagine it’s what a user’s first hit of heroine is like.
also, i can never resist Kingpin’s
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by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 4:14 PM PST up reply actions
Why would a user want to punch a female hero?
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 5:06 PM PST up reply actions
How can you claim to be Angeleno and never had a Fatburger? Next you’ll say you’ve never been to a Tommy’s
I would club many thousands of baby seals for a Tommy’s burger right now
California Golden Blogs: Ethnic food → pizza and chili → boboli → boobies.
Best breakfast sandwich I’ve had in my life.
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by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 9:15 PM PST up reply actions
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
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by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 9:03 PM PST up reply actions
Hey now, let’s not throw around accusations like that. Of course I’ve had Tommy’s.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 10:18 PM PST up reply actions
what about ’Tom’s’ in the Valley, on Burbank (I think). Best hole in the wall burger joint.
#trollgang
I never really spent all that much time in the Valley, aside from a couple of months I commuted from Reseda to Santa Monica.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 10:21 PM PST up reply actions
I’ve been to a Tommy’s for the cultural milieu but never eaten it.
I got tired of waiting because I found out there's only a fine line between biding one's time and wasting one's time.
Then you missed out.
Of course I loved it when I was a teenager (many moons ago,) I certainly wouldn’t eat it now.
Whataburger
I can’t say that I’m a huge fan of Whataburger. I have been to two different ones in El Paso, TX and Roswell, NM. Other than the fact that they are 24 hours (and maybe my experience is skewed because the 3 AM Whataburger is not made as well as if one gets it at regular time), I don’t really feel it’s that great. I thought it was greasier than juicier. I did like that you can get it with green chili (but I also only found out relatively recently that one can get chili added from In-N-Out as well) but found the burger a bit bland other wise.
I don’t think it’s in the ball park of Five Guys or In-N-Out.
by LEastCoastBears on Feb 9, 2012 2:13 PM PST up reply actions
Five Guys is in Sacramento up by the arena, but that's too far to go to have a hamburger.
(Much easier to go to the Midtown Squeezeburger.)
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
(By which I mean Squeeze Inn.)
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
Slightly dissonant now that they've got the whole "spacious, well lit" thing going on in their new locations
and the original had to be closed down.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
Smashburger
What about Smashburger? We’re getting one in downtown Louisville. I’ve never heard of it and don’t know if it is out in Ca.
Jorge Gutierrez is "The guy with the hair plays with the flair"
There are different types of good burgers. InO has qualities that are vastly different qualities of other good burgers.
TROLL ON YOU BEARS. - atoms
even if it does snow, we’ve got plenty of laker championship banners to keep us warm! - raptorapocalypse
Such as….
Small patties? weird mayonnaise spread they put out in the sun? crappy cheese? uninteresting bun? awesome biblical references on the bottom of cups?
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Feb 8, 2012 11:04 AM PST up reply actions
Patties? Get two of them.
Weird Mayonnaise? Get it animal style.
Crappy cheese? well, nothing you can do about that. If you really don’t like it, take it off.
Uninteresting bun? Have them mustard it before they toast it.
Biblical references on the cups? Don’t read them.
You’re welcome.
TROLL ON YOU BEARS. - atoms
even if it does snow, we’ve got plenty of laker championship banners to keep us warm! - raptorapocalypse
I meant the animal style mayonnaise…what is that stuff?
Don’t get me wrong, InO is definitely edible. But it’s closer to McDonalds and Burger King in my mind as opposed Five Guys or Whattaburger
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Feb 8, 2012 11:11 AM PST up reply actions
well, yeah, as they should be. look at the price points. In N Out is $2 a burger, while 5 Guys is $6.
by the federer express on Feb 8, 2012 11:13 AM PST up reply actions
Is it really still that cheap? I could have swore they raised prices. Somehow I always end up spending like $10…maybe I gotta keep off the special orders
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Feb 8, 2012 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
A Double Double is $3.30 as a reference point.
by the federer express on Feb 8, 2012 11:16 AM PST up reply actions
animal style?
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Feb 8, 2012 11:17 AM PST up reply actions
I suspect it’s Thousand Island based
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 11:29 AM PST up reply actions
[shrug] I haven’t had one of those in at least 15 years.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
Re; Uninteresting Bun
Double-double protein burger.
by Avinash Kunnath on Feb 8, 2012 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
Please name a better chain burger place.
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--Thoroughbred
There’s one in Burbank. which Barney’s are you talking about?
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by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
The burger place has locations in SF, Oakland, Berkeley, San Rafael…
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 12:41 PM PST up reply actions
Barney’s is aight, but I wouldn’t label it as a great burger. My biggest complaint is that they never seem to season their burgers.
California Golden Blogs: Ethnic food → pizza and chili → boboli → boobies.
CHANGE THE CHANNEL, DUDE
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by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
By the way speaking of Barney's
They’re still having trouble… Rishi’s buying too many shirts from online consolidators…
Have you been to Barney’ in SF?! It’s clear why I choose online shops!
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No… but if you’re every in LA or NYC for their huge warehouse sale you have to go to it. It’s awesome. My single biggest sartorial regret is not getting this ridiculously ice jacket there a few years ago… it was butter white leather… I would have tore it up in that…
no see the ice keeps your body heat locked in and when you get too hot, the ice melts and the water cools you off keeping you the perfect temperature at all times
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
I thought you were referring to the colour, which would be sick, as long as it’s not see-thru.
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it was actually a buttery white… It was a Jil Sander… Rishi, it was beautiful (he says wistfully)…
I only tried it on because the original price was like $4K and I thought it was totally ridiculous, and then when I put it on it was perrrrrfect… it was marked down to $1100…
How the Barney’s sales work is they keep marking the prices down until the last day so I came back a couple of days later on the last day and it was, sadly, gone.
What could have been man… what could have been.
So what you’re saying is buy that Indochino suit before I regret not buying it?
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yes. if you LOVE it get it… don’t get it because it’s non sale… I did that with an armani suit that to this day i hate. but i wear it every once in a while to punish myself for such a stupid buy
i mean don’t get it just because it is a great price if you don’t love it. I did that with the above referenced suit… got talked into buying it because the price was so great (and in fairness it looked good on the hanger)…
Need to go.
TROLL ON YOU BEARS. - atoms
even if it does snow, we’ve got plenty of laker championship banners to keep us warm! - raptorapocalypse
What is it?
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
It is a LOUD BOISTEROUSY bar restaurant in West Hollywood… GREAT pizza and other stuff and oddly, given that it’s in the heart of “boys town” Weho, a major pick up joint for straight folks.
Hmm, sounds neat.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 12:53 PM PST up reply actions
Ugh, Vegas is too loud. All that drinking and sunshine and partying.
I just want to stay home and knit.
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I got beaten on Kittens Got Talent by that stupid piano-playing cat
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we’re getting to a point where that could be catastrophic tho
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 1:25 PM PST up reply actions
Better get new tires!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Feb 8, 2012 1:43 PM PST up reply actions
It mayo be too late, but if we mustard up enough courage, I’ll lettuce keep going.
by Yes We Cannon on Feb 8, 2012 4:28 PM PST up reply actions
unless it’s after a certain time… then it gets.. well, depends what you’re into
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by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 12:47 PM PST up reply actions
Do they have veggie burgers?
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 12:15 PM PST up reply actions
I’ve only been to The Counter once but it was lovely.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 12:18 PM PST up reply actions
Nope. There are several burger local places I’ve been meaning to go to: True Burger in Oakland, Val’s in Hayward, Umami Burger in SF, Roam in SF… What’s Burger Bar like?
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 12:23 PM PST up reply actions
Pineapple… burgers. That’s not really sounding very appetizing.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 12:25 PM PST up reply actions
pineapple alone, odd. w/ a meat or veggie patty – fuckin amazing. dont tell me you’ve never had islands you socal boy!
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
Pineapple alone is amazing. Not a fan of it with meat, really.
I’ve had Islands but I didn’t have the pineapple burger because it sounds nasty.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 12:30 PM PST up reply actions
Also gross — pineapple on pizza.
Wait, didn’t I have this discussion earlier? I’m getting old.
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I’m so with you on this.
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by CalBandGreat on Feb 8, 2012 12:32 PM PST up reply actions
agreement
it’s not inedible, but it ain’t good. It’ s also, sadly, usually combined with really terrible lunchmeat ham or gristly back bacon.
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 1:27 PM PST up reply actions
wtf pineapple and jalapenos on pizza =
stfu fatty rishi stop eating all the pizza let us have some
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Jalapenos on pizza are great.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
I prefer artichokes.
TROLL ON YOU BEARS. - atoms
even if it does snow, we’ve got plenty of laker championship banners to keep us warm! - raptorapocalypse
Fuck you! Canadian Bacon is the best1!!!!11242a
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by CalBandGreat on Feb 8, 2012 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
It’s not an either/or. There’s plenty of room for both.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 12:35 PM PST up reply actions
Not if you load up on artichokes spinach mushrooms garlic and zucchini like I do.
TROLL ON YOU BEARS. - atoms
even if it does snow, we’ve got plenty of laker championship banners to keep us warm! - raptorapocalypse
dude pineapple on a burger w/ teri sauce is hella good
KEEP CALM
AND
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Feb 8, 2012 1:40 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
actually, The Habit has pineapple burgers down to a science. pretty dang good.
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by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 12:28 PM PST up reply actions
Where’s The Habit?
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 12:30 PM PST up reply actions
Hmm, they’re opening locations in Pleasanton and San Mateo soon, so I’ll check it out.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 12:39 PM PST up reply actions
Mushroom Swiss Char sounds good.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 12:43 PM PST up reply actions
yes
Chevron has fucked up the air quality, but it’s gotten a little better
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by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 1:47 PM PST up reply actions
stop rating the bad burgers, then!
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by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 12:18 PM PST up reply actions
I like the one in Santana Row.
I also like Pluto’s in Santana Row. I had a peanut butter sandwich there once when I was drunk and it was tasty.
This has nothing to do with In N Out
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i like plutos! like a less yuppy version of mixt greens. and if santana row is less yuppy, that is shocking.
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Pluto's is entirely cromulent
there’s one in downtown Chico if you need someplace to eat up there.
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 1:27 PM PST up reply actions
How do I know? But if you do, you can eat something good while there.
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 1:43 PM PST up reply actions
Is the food at the Sierra Nevada brewery good? The only time I’ve been there, I was drinking for three hours and forgot to eat anything.
by Yes We Cannon on Feb 8, 2012 4:33 PM PST up reply actions
It’s pretty good, but great googily moogily does that place get crowded on weekends. It’s not worth waiting 45 minutes for.
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 4:46 PM PST up reply actions
Sounds like you pulled a RaptorApocalypse!
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SHOT SHOT SHOT SHOTSHOTSHOT
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 4:48 PM PST up reply actions
i had it and was not pleased with the product for how much i paid.
solid sit-down burgers in the SM area can be found at jack’s prime and the godfather lounge
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
I’ve been to Jack’s Prime and Jeffrey’s. how does Godfather rate?
by the federer express on Feb 8, 2012 1:39 PM PST up reply actions
Jack’s Prime is good (thanks, Scootie!)
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 2:08 PM PST up reply actions
Let me restate that… it’s good. But i had one of those annoying experiences there that forever taints how we see a place… I ordered the cobb salad, and when they brought it to me it was one of those presentations where it’s not mixed and teh dressing is on the side… I asked them to take it back and mix it and our waitress said she couldn’t because they didn’t have counter space in the kitchen, or something like that. I looked at her incredulously (i’m good at that)… Of course this was at the one on Ventura Boulevard in the Valley, so that could have had something to do with it.
sounds like a service problem then. alrighty
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by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
Oh whoops, I thought I was on CGB, not yelp
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by Rishi on Feb 8, 2012 12:25 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
The traffic was bad on the way there! 1 star!
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 12:26 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I went to McDonalds and the food was bad! 1 star! 0 if I could!
TROLL ON YOU BEARS. - atoms
even if it does snow, we’ve got plenty of laker championship banners to keep us warm! - raptorapocalypse
by cldpc on Feb 8, 2012 12:27 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
The Counter: One Star
I went to The Counter and ordered a delicious burger. I was two bites in and really enjoyed it.
Suddenly, Steve Sarkisian came in and stole my burger mid-bite.
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by Rishi on Feb 8, 2012 12:30 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
But in fairness… don’t you expect your salad to be – DON’T EVEN THINK I AM GOING TO TYPE THAT – “mixed” with the dressing when it’s presented to you?
hmmm, a lot of places these days serve it on the side for those health-conscious types
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
I always get my hollandaise on the side when I order a benedict.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 12:33 PM PST up reply actions
waaaaaa?
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
What? That way I can deploy it precisely how I want.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
If “all of your food and then ask for a second serving” isn’t the answer, I don’t know what is!
(my favorite breakfast to cook is eggs florentine)
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 12:37 PM PST up reply actions
Benedict Florentine is the best!
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
Also good.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
mine certainly is.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 12:55 PM PST up reply actions
No
If I’m eating a salad, most likely, it’s because I want to eat healthy.
Most restaurants put too much dressing when they mix their salads. So I put the dressing on the side and thus can control how much dressing I eat.
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so you don’t think the ingredients of the salad should be mixed either???? otherwise aren’t you just eating a plate of food?
eating a plate of food? why, that’s a ridiculous proposition!
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 12:35 PM PST up reply actions
I’m always eating a plate of food….
And obviously I’d want the ingredients mixed in, but I’m not trying to limit my consumption of that stuff. Dressing has like 1000 calories
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Hmm, are cobb salads supposed to be served mixed? I feel like the ones I’ve ordered haven’t been. Kinda like salad nicoise.
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Cobb salads are supposed to be composed salads; therefore not mixed.
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no
unless you’re at [sigh] Intermezzo. Getting the dressing on the side at Intermezzo is as bad as rooting for furd.
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 1:29 PM PST up reply actions
You should have told her, if she wasn’t going to toss your salad, then she can go toss your salad.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 12:31 PM PST up reply actions
zzzzzzzz
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by Rishi on Feb 8, 2012 12:34 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
----np-----
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
The one thing I dislike about the Counter is that I wish the buns were more substantial….all the ones they have fall apart pretty easily so it’s hard to put the burger down and pick it up again.
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How oftendo you go, it’s pretty far from E ville?
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been to the one in PA a bunch of times, I think there’s also one in WC. And TG, and also MK, and XP, and QQ and….
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What’s that about Top Gear, Mila Kunis, eXperience Points, and the Student Section?
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 2:10 PM PST up reply actions
Damn, you’re right
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 2:13 PM PST up reply actions
You bring up a good point. Are there going to be concession stands at New Memorial run by local restaurants? Cause that would be cool.
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This whole discussion just dont quit
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How do I not ruin things? I’m new to that
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Umami Burger
Father’s Office
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by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
Umami Burger is good, but again, in a different way than InO.
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I’ve only been to the Hollywood one.
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that place is SO small. The Hermosa Beach one is niiiiice
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by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 1:11 PM PST up reply actions
Not a chain, I don’t think, but what about Oscars by campus Northside. It used to be good, at least in the early 90s. Corner Hearst & Shattuck I think.
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STOP THE MADNESS!
CAN’T EVERYONE SEE THIS BURGER DISCUSSION IS TEARING US APART?!!
We survived Toshgate, but now it seems that a discussion over hamburgers will be the downfall of CGB.
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by CalBandGreat on Feb 8, 2012 12:26 PM PST up reply actions
80/20 OR GTFO
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Always 80/20. No doubt.
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by CalBandGreat on Feb 8, 2012 12:30 PM PST up reply actions
it’s the best burger for the price, availability, and speed in which you receive it. case closed.
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by GoldBlooded on Feb 8, 2012 11:09 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Also I love the strawberry shake.
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It was fantastic."
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
In California? Obviously you have never had burgers out of the state. End of discussion. Period.
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Feb 8, 2012 11:13 AM PST up reply actions
Name your counter-burgers or you’re just fronting.
by Avinash Kunnath on Feb 8, 2012 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
So it’s got to be a chain? Have you guys tried Back Yard Burger? Whattaburger?
And I just wanted to say “End of discussion” and “Period” bc Goldblooded quoted “case closed”
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Feb 8, 2012 11:17 AM PST up reply actions
You are absolutely 100% correct. You win the argument. Period. End of Discussion. Case closed. Now, never talk about it again!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Feb 8, 2012 11:18 AM PST up reply actions
So we’re moving on to politics or Rishi’s 6-pack workout tips?
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Feb 8, 2012 11:20 AM PST up reply actions
Can you complain about Dosa in SF? Overpriced and overhyped
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Feb 8, 2012 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
Can I complain? You can complain too of course
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Feb 8, 2012 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
Dude you have not had Dosa unless it’s fresh from Ghani’s stand in the outer precinct of Jaiphur….all other Dosa is subpar!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Feb 8, 2012 11:24 AM PST up reply actions
I wouldn’t go to Dosa again.
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
I love the looks of the one on Fillmore but then I look at the menu and think there are 20 better restaurants on the same street.
I love you Scootie!
So many better and cheaper options.
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 11:47 AM PST up reply actions
Id go to Rishis moms house
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You’re the one who lured us with her cooking.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Feb 8, 2012 1:44 PM PST up reply actions
Selfish.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Feb 8, 2012 1:50 PM PST up reply actions
If I bring a girl home to eat mommy’s cooking, she assumes I want to marry her. I can’t have that happen again.
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That is generally the case…
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What about multiple girls? A girl and a boy? A few of your CGB buddies?
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Feb 8, 2012 1:55 PM PST up reply actions
No home cooking for TBB then.
California Golden Blogs: Ethnic food → pizza and chili → boboli → boobies.
I have skirts! Some even cover all of my legs!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Feb 8, 2012 2:00 PM PST up reply actions
I am, in fact, a millipede.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Feb 8, 2012 2:01 PM PST up reply actions
Legs?
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wait who is making the assumption? mother assumes you want to marry girl, or girl assumes you want to marry girl?
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 2:06 PM PST up reply actions
in Rishi’s case, girl assumes you want to marry mother =/
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by boomtho on Feb 8, 2012 2:07 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
i’m definitely afraid the former is likely the case in my family. which is why i rarely ever tell my parents if i’m dating someone.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 2:10 PM PST up reply actions
How many weddings have they planned for you?
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Feb 8, 2012 2:14 PM PST up reply actions
none. i’ve never brought a girl home to meet the ’rents.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 2:15 PM PST up reply actions
If I ever invite a female friend over, my mom wants to know why I’m not dating her.
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Even better if your mom asks HER why you aren’t dating!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Feb 8, 2012 2:16 PM PST up reply actions
That could be really clever or toads awk.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 2:19 PM PST up reply actions
if you need your mom to put the moves on a girl on your behalf, this could only be awkward.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 2:21 PM PST up reply actions
Even if she’s not Indian? Or is your mom so desperate that she doesn’t care any more?
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
I don’t think I’ve invited a non-Indian female over for homecooked food, now that you mention it
#racis
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attaboy
cause you make them cook for you amirite?!?
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 3:02 PM PST up reply actions
lol pls i dont think ive met a girl whose cooking i trust yet id rather just cook for her and spare both of us
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Will your mom cook platonically for me, please?
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Feb 8, 2012 3:09 PM PST up reply actions
This is not the Bollywood film that I ordered.
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I’m currently wearing pants AND a blue sweater. I’m on the right side today, y’all.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Feb 8, 2012 3:14 PM PST up reply actions
THIS MORNING! Man, I’m almost winning today.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Feb 8, 2012 3:15 PM PST up reply actions
Did you only shower because of Africa?
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 3:16 PM PST up reply actions
No! 1) I don’t do things for a man’s approval!
2) I think he was around a lot of smelly people there, anyway.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Feb 8, 2012 3:18 PM PST up reply actions
Not turning someone off with body odor is not the same as seeking approval :)
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 3:20 PM PST up reply actions
Woot!
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You guys make me happy. Also, I’m going to see Ladysmith Black Mambazo tonight! Not because of Africa.
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Feb 8, 2012 3:19 PM PST up reply actions
suuuuuure :)
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 3:20 PM PST up reply actions
I doubt you’re being serious, but do you generally find that you are a better cook than your inamorata?
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 3:13 PM PST up reply actions
I find that I’m generally more creative, while they’re probably more methodical.
Not a bad thing.
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I see. I have dated some lousy cooks.
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 3:23 PM PST up reply actions
Rishi cooks with his inamorata.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 3:19 PM PST up reply actions
I presume your inamoratas are your hands.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 3:51 PM PST up reply actions
yeah that could have been executed better.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 3:58 PM PST up reply actions
I am the biggest red meat troll ’round these parts
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Feb 8, 2012 11:18 AM PST up reply actions
I thought that was Rishi
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 11:20 AM PST up reply actions
i said AVAILABILTY, jesus christ why are you being as combative as me
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by GoldBlooded on Feb 8, 2012 11:26 AM PST up reply actions 3 recs
NOW YOU KNOW HOW IT FEELS
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 11:30 AM PST up reply actions
I learned it from you ok???!
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(hides espresso machine under bed)
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 12:14 PM PST up reply actions
yup
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 12:32 PM PST up reply actions
meh
those chains are all dishing up rooburger.
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
As in, kanga-?
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 11:30 AM PST up reply actions
Solar start-ups set new efficiency records
(PhysOrg.com) — Although Alta Devices and Semprius make different types of solar panels, both start-ups have been breaking records in the past few days. Santa Clara, Calif.-based Alta Devices announced that its solar panels have achieved an efficiency of 23.5%, which has been verified by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) as the highest solar panel efficiency to date. And Semprius, based in Durham, North Carolina, has announced that its concentrated solar panels have achieved an efficiency of 33.9%. Unlike traditional solar panels, concentrated solar panels use lenses to concentrate sunlight at intensities of up to 1,000 suns.
In addition to breaking records, another thing these two types of solar panels have in common is that they’re both made of gallium arsenide (GaAs) instead of the more conventional silicon. Although GaAs is more expensive than silicon, it’s much better at absorbing sunlight. To keep costs down, both companies have developed designs that use minimal amounts of the material.
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Go Bears!
From another article:
Alta Devices itself is the result of solar technology research breakthroughs achieved at the University of California Berkeley. The company was founded in 2007 and has received venture capital funding. It plans to produce its panels for commercial use later this year.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 9:33 AM PST up reply actions
MMMmmmmm…. gallium arsenide ….
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It’s what plants crave!
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 11:27 AM PST up reply actions
Not… Brawndo?
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 11:30 AM PST up reply actions
It’s got electrolytes!
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 11:48 AM PST up reply actions
Idiocracy...
For a second, I thought I was on Reddit.
Men's Basketball gearing up for trip down south
California Set for Hollywood Casting Call
The Golden Bears (18-6, 8-3 Pac-12) will face five of their final seven regular-season opponents on the road and begin the treacherous stretch of their schedule with visits to USC (6-18, 1-10) and UCLA (13-10, 6-5), this weekend. Cal will be seeking its first regular-season sweep of USC since 2005-06 and the first against UCLA since 1993-94. The Bears have not won all four regular-season meetings against USC and UCLA since 1958-59.
Cal has earned highly-coveted splits in each of its previous two Pac-12 road trips, but a sweep may be necessary to keep the Bears in the hunt for the conference title. That won’t be an easy task as Cal has won just seven regular-season games in the last 10 years as guests of the Trojans and Bruins.
It’d be kind of funny if you were the only person in the entire arena.
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Me: GIVE ME A C!!!
Me: C!
Me: THAT SUCKS!!!! NOW THIS TIME I MEAN IT. GIVE ME A C!!!!
Me: C!!!!!!
something like that.
Wasn’t that what you had to do at each game at least once?
Jorge Gutierrez is "The guy with the hair plays with the flair"
That’s how he pumped himself up as mic man before every game, by yelling at himself in front of a mirror.
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FTFY?
That’s how he pumped himselfup as mic man before every game, by yelling at himselfin front of a mirror.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 1:37 PM PST up reply actions
Maybe if you give a good enough C you can be a family again!
by Yes We Cannon on Feb 8, 2012 4:51 PM PST up reply actions
I’m planning on going this Thursday, will you be there?
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
I’m going Saturday! Too cheap to buy $40 tickets so I’m just going to scalp before the game
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Feb 8, 2012 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
The GF has booked me for V-day related stuff on Saturday so no UCLA for me, but come out on Thursday if you will be around and all 6 of us Cal fans can meet up!
"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"
I like the idea of that $C game bc we’ll probably win.
I bet we find a way to choke the UCLA game
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Feb 8, 2012 11:07 AM PST up reply actions
Probably win? Have you not seen SC’s results this season. Book it.
I got tired of waiting because I found out there's only a fine line between biding one's time and wasting one's time.
USC will crush us for the their 2nd win! Double reverse sideways jynx.
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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Feb 8, 2012 11:13 AM PST up reply actions
I hear rumors that SC is fielding a team composed strictly of mannequins, one of whom will be ruled ineligible.
I got tired of waiting because I found out there's only a fine line between biding one's time and wasting one's time.
You really do know a lot about USC basketball, can’t wait for your roundtable discussion!
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The refs will allow a behind the backboard shot at the buzzer for the win.
Jorge Gutierrez is "The guy with the hair plays with the flair"
Again? What un-original refs.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 2:13 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, but those were the Pac-10 refs that did that. The Pac-12 refs are working with a blank slate!
by Yes We Cannon on Feb 8, 2012 4:52 PM PST up reply actions
Nah, those are actually their brains. They just look like blank slates.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 5:11 PM PST up reply actions
I want to go Thursday too. What section are people in?
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I don’t have tix yet, I figured it probably wouldn’t sell out and just pick up tix at the box office (unless someone, like fiat, has another suggestion)
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I’d be down for this.
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I think one of the all time safest bets is that SC won’t sell out this game. Let’s see what we can do.
Fingers crossed.
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You need to trust me on this one ;-) OK, i’ll post something in manana’s DBD, but let’s make a plan of El Cholo at 6 and then the game.
Echo – we need you there too.
El Cholo is in Santa Monica no?
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i was totally thinking of some other place then.
I’ve never been to El Cholo, I always hit up the Korean BBQ spots in the area instead. HAHA
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by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 4:55 PM PST up reply actions
We could just do that…
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Wait… I walk past that place all the time! DOH
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wait nevermind I don’t walk past it all the time.
I currently don’t have a car… so I may need assistance with tomorrow.
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8th and Fig.
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I am also sure these details can be worked out tomorrow. I just wanted to give you a heads up.
Another heads up… would you guys mind if I invited my former office mate? He’s an SC fan but since SC sucks in basketball I don’t think it will be a big deal.
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Actually, never mind screw it. I miss being in the company of a lot of Cal people.
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He has to wear Cal stuff!!!
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I believe there are a couple. One of them is relatively close to USC.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 5:13 PM PST up reply actions
I’m here to help, what can I say :)
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 5:51 PM PST up reply actions
Well, I have PTO for a reason, right??
I’ll go. Where in El Cholo will everyone be? I don’t wanna just stroll in and be like “HAAYY GUYSSSS GOOOOO BEARS? WHERE IS EVERYONE!?”
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by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 4:21 PM PST up reply actions
I think you should be able to tell what fiatlux looks like by this point.
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yes, definitely. will be great to meet you. maybe we can get a group and have dinner at El Cholo before!
Ah, El Cholo.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
(my dad used to eat there in the 1950s)
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
They had a Blue Corn Enchillada, I think, which I can’t find on the menu right now (a veggie version at least), which was one of my all time favorite dishes.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 11:29 AM PST up reply actions
Hmmm it’s the Green Corn Tamale, actually. It’s apparently been a while.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 11:32 AM PST up reply actions
Hmmm… don’t think i’ll be able to make the USC game. Definitely going to the UCLA game, however.
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by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 11:56 AM PST up reply actions
did someone just get injured??
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by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 12:03 PM PST up reply actions
I'm glad sentences like this
The Bears have not won all four regular-season meetings against USC and UCLA since 1958-59.
and this
That won’t be an easy task as Cal has won just seven regular-season games in the last 10 years as guests of the Trojans and Bruins.
Are on the official website.
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Dont let fiatlux see this!!!!!
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The first one would be fine and fun to point out AFTER if we should sweep them in LA…
The second one is just pointless.
Here's Ollie Williams with the AccuScore prediction. Ollie?
WE’RE GON LOSE
Thanks, Ollie. Next up, man forced to eat own beard.
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A lot of cool images for a “New World Order” dystopia game these days. Sadly.
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 6:45 AM PST up reply actions
Remember the day of the “Flash crash”? (May 6th, 2010)
It’s probably the closest I’ve come to feeling that the world was coming to an end since September 11th.
Stock markets are plummeting through the floor, the tvs are filled with images of rioters in Greece, phones are off the hook with people panicking.
We’re living in interesting times.
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We’re living in interesting times.
This is certainly true. Seems like with all the unrest and rising coverage of natural disasters something is going on…
I like to think of this as “santa claus thinking”. Politicians assume debt can be rolled over forever. Bankers and megacorporations assume they can grind more and more out of their customers while providing less and less service or product. Insurers gouge premiums while reducing payments to hospitals and providers. And unions think that no matter how ridiculous the promises they have obtained from politicians that their pension checks will arrive monthly into perpetuity. And I guess China assumes the containers of plastic and clothing will be paid for, eventually.
Yay go Santa! Is it Christmas yet?
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 7:11 AM PST up reply actions
What about 1987, which inspired this song?
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 9:35 AM PST up reply actions
No. See that’s why I liked 1989 better. That song was in response to events in 1986 and before, like the Chernobyl incident, uprisings / crack downs in South Africa, broken US / USSR talks… not crazy about that “interesting” either… though it does put things in perspective. 1986 had a lot of not good stuff happening.
I was pretty distracted then
My mom had died the week before and our toilet blew up while I was out of town flooding our downstairs office. Poopcarpet that has sat for a couple of weeks (and apparently had been used by centuries of dogs before that) does not smell good.
I think my moment like that was in 2008 and they were shutting down Bear Stearns and cramming down banks and brokerages onto other banks. And the securitization market died overnight, which was mind-blowing to me because so many of the lawyers I worked with while in NY did notthing but churn CDO deals for years and years and years. AIG, GM… huge, huge companies with gigantic ripple effects. I didn’t sleep much not because it was directly impacting me but just out of wonder at where the collapse would move.
Unfortunately, the Greece (Spain/Portugal/Italy) debt problem keeps hanging around and around, and if something goes wrong(er) at some point and somebody starts issuing escudos or lira… zhang.
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 7:08 AM PST up reply actions
Sorry to hear that.
Interestingly enough, I was in New York the day of Bear Stearns… but I was there for an interview and was a little clueless as to the ramifications of everything. Hell, my concern was acing my interview and then going out partying more than anything else that day.
Lehman was definitely a huge “world is collapsing” moment too.
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Those days all kinda blur together, as I found it very surreal when each of those places (and AIG, and the bond insurers…) fell apart. When I worked in NY many, many of my contemporaries spent their lives for years putting together securitization deals, and so it was mind-boggling that those went away over night. I never, ever heard of a failed remarketing of weekly variable rate munii bonds. Crazy, and spooky when all those things seemed to be blowing up permanently or at least temporarily.
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 9:06 AM PST up reply actions
Glad they’re much less interesting for us! And hopefully the eurokids will figure theirs out soon.
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 9:15 AM PST up reply actions
I wouldn’t hold my breath. The fact that a tiny country like Greece is controlling the financial future of the rest of the world (exaggeration) is not a good sign.
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Or vice-versa that the Germans have a veto over the whole thing. Unless they come up with a gigantic pile of money from somewhere I don’t see how the Spain/Portugal/Italy problems are solved even if Greece grinds all public workers into delicious strudel.
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 9:20 AM PST up reply actions
Pretty much this
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 9:39 AM PST up reply actions
I don’t know much but I know it’s either that or drachmas and disaster.
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
The Greeks can’t pay their debt so all the rest of the Euro countries need to pool their money, issue a bond, and pay together. And give the Greeks a spanking for being bad, bad boys.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
And the Germans (and others, Rotterdam Dutch) don’t want that because they don’t want their credit sullied (or their taxpayers taxed) to pay for the others.
Which of course, as cugel noted, probably should have been hashed out about 20 years ago.
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 11:49 AM PST up reply actions
Unresolved issues re: formation of the euro-zone are still unresolved.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
But Slovenians count as 3/5 of an EU citizen, amirite?
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 11:29 AM PST up reply actions
Lehman was definitely a huge "world is collapsing" moment too.
No joke.
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I’m going to put either bailing from SC during the Rodney King riots or from downtown DC while watching smoke coming off the Pentagon and watching people walking home as higher on the list than this.
I got tired of waiting because I found out there's only a fine line between biding one's time and wasting one's time.
For me it was watching some of the Japan tsunami videos. There was one where a refinery was burning…and the fire spread from one giant gas tank to another, each one exploding as the heat spread around the facility, flames coming from everywhere. It literally looked like hell on earth.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Feb 8, 2012 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
yeah I'm not comparing disaster-level scales
but in terms of economic structure those days were really unnerving as stuff unraveled left and right and bipartisan legislation (shudder) suddenly came to save the universe.
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
and our toilet blew up while I was out of town flooding our downstairs office. Poopcarpet that has sat for a couple of weeks (and apparently had been used by centuries of dogs before that) does not smell good
I definitely don’t want to go to your house for Christmas.
We celebrate festivus anyway, so I can just air my grievances against you here.
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 11:32 AM PST up reply actions
Women's Basketball welcomes southerners to the north
California Tries To Avenge Losses in UCLA, USC Rematches
The California Golden Bears (17-6, 8-3 Pac-12) will try to hold onto second place in the Pac-12 as they face third-place UCLA (12-10, 7-4 Pac-12) on Thursday, Feb. 9 at 7 p.m. The Bears will close out the weekend with a TV game, carried on FSN/CSN Bay Area when they host the USC Trojans (12-10, 6-5 Pac-12) on Saturday, Feb. 11 at 8 p.m.
Hmmmm. I’m going to be in Berkeley around 7pm Thursday anyway. Maybe Ms. Atoms will be interested in catching a hoops game.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 9:40 AM PST up reply actions
Women's Swimming takes on Furd on Saturday
No. 1 Cal Faces No. 8 Stanford in Big Meet
One of the best annual dual meets in the nation hits the San Francisco Bay Area this week as top-ranked California takes on eighth-ranked Stanford in the Big Meet at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Avery Aquatic Center. The Golden Bears – the defending NCAA champions – seek to close the regular season with a victory at Stanford – the defending conference champion – one year after beating the Cardinal, 155-145, at home at Spieker Aquatics Complex.
A win would give Cal its first unbeaten dual-meet record since the 2005-06 season, when the Bears finished 11-0. However, a perfect dual-meet record has not been the best indicator of Cal’s overall success, as, in their national championship seasons, the Bears produced a 4-4 record (2008-09) and a 7-1 record (2010-11). Cal placed fourth at the 2006 NCAA Championships.
wtf this race won't end
Santorum Sweeps Missouri, Minnesota, Colorado; Romney Campaign Plays Down Nonbinding Contests.
Mr. Santorum’s three victories—one in the Mountain West and two in the Midwest—give his campaign a much-needed burst of momentum while stirring doubt about Mr. Romney’s abilities to woo conservatives to his side in important electoral swing states such as Missouri and Colorado. So far, Mr. Romney has won in states where he has devoted significant campaign time and advertising dollars.
In two of the states, Colorado and Minnesota, Mr. Romney had won by large margins in 2008. He was hugely favored in Colorado in the days leading up to the Tuesday caucus. Two of his top aides have deep experience in the state, and his campaign has been busy organizing there for months.
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sweeeeeeet
This thing will be all Donner Party in a couple of months!
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 6:46 AM PST up reply actions
I’m in it for the lulz and in hopes that whoever survives will be unelectable. Of course, I guess that’s what McCain figured too.
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 7:11 AM PST up reply actions
Longer and more bloody this thing is the more it helps Obama.
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Yeah, but that’s what they said about Hillary and Obama. Fortunately both of them seemed more palatable to their electorate than any of the GOP dudes.
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 9:21 AM PST up reply actions
I think the difference there was that there were two distinct groups ofpeople who loved both of those candidates and fought to get either of them to the nomination. Here, it seems like everybody is fighting against Romney.
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ABM would be funnier.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 9:59 AM PST up reply actions
Nah
That race was nothing, nothing like the scorched earth campaign that Newt & Mitt are waging. It’s one thing to say you’re better, it’s quite another to say your opponent is a despicable human being.
Also, I think Mitt’s business “experience” will be a liability in the general election with independents, that plus his general cluelessness will kill him.
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I think that Hillary got abit scortched earth near the end of the campaign. A lot of race baiting then. Very frustrating.
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I think it started in Pennsylvania, Hillary was getting desperate. Also, she’s a good example of an obvious front-runner losing, so it could happen to Mitt.
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Bill said some things he shouldn’t have. I think dismissive comments like Obama only winning because of the black vote, and comparing his candidacy to Jesse Jackson, things like that. Also there may have been more serious allusions to the sense of Obama’s otherness that were intended to play with rural whites but I’m not remembering right now.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 10:32 AM PST up reply actions
It related a lot ot the West Virginia primary, which was very late in the rpocess
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ah, one of the many third rails of american politics. don’t state what happened if it what happened could sort of be offensive. It’s not the happened part that bothers people, it’s the stating it part.
The “black vote” is like 10-15% of the total at best. There’s no way Obama could have won with just the black vote. He’s obviously not Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton. Now, was his high 85%+ margin with that demographic really helpful in putting him over the top? Obviously. But to compare him with Jackson or Sharpton is absolutely dismissive and denigrating, especially in the context of a Democratic primary.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 10:56 AM PST up reply actions
especially in the context of a Democratic primary.
context… he was speaking of particular states, where i am pretty sure the black vote was a much higher percent. It wasn’t his finest moment, but again, it’s what it was.
Yeah, I certainly don’t hold a grudge against him for it, and I get that he really just wanted to help is wife however he could, but it was poor form for a Democrat.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 11:24 AM PST up reply actions
The Working Class COUGH COUGH doesn’t like Obama.
I can drink vodka with them working class COUGH COUGH
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You seem to have a nasty cold. Can I interest you in some Dayquil?
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ITS ALL THIS VODKA, IT BURNS THE CHEST!
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Can I cover it with your face?
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I’m definitely in it for the lulz. This is not even remotely comparable to Obama/Hillary though. The issue there was that they had large bases of extremely excited constituencies within the Democratic Party. Both Obama and Hillary were on the verge of potentially historic candidacies. The current GOP primary is the opposite; nobody is excited. Also, one candidate (Romney) has way more money and organization than any of the others, so it’s way more asymmetrical than 2008 as well.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 9:45 AM PST up reply actions
You’re an outlier :)
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 9:46 AM PST up reply actions
I AM EXCITE
TROLL ON YOU BEARS. - atoms
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Regarding which candidate?
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I’m gonna guess the wall street ceo guy.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 9:47 AM PST up reply actions
I’m going to assume Bobby Jindal.
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Piyush Power!
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 9:51 AM PST up reply actions
Basically all this is going to do is bloody Romney, continue this intra-party mudslinging for longer, and waste more of his time and resources that he could be spending on Obama. I’m still pretty sure it’ll be all over by Super Tuesday, but the longer this goes on, the better.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 9:46 AM PST up reply actions
Newt is so full of himself, I’ll bet he keeps going, even after Super Tuesday.
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In my ideal world, he decides to drop out immediately and endorse/campaign for his buddy Santorum. But yeah, he’s not going to do that, because Newt thinks he’s a World Historical Figure.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 10:00 AM PST up reply actions
In my ideal world, Santorum drops out and endorses Newt, much more bloody fun.
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Well, right, but that’s not going to happen after last night.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 10:03 AM PST up reply actions
What states is he going to win on Super Tuesday? Maybe Georgia, but that’ll be discounted since it’s his home state. What else? Maybe Oklahoma or Tennessee? Perhaps, but he’s going to have a tough time of it, especially if he doesn’t have money, and the anti-Mitt vote and funding consolidates around Santorum. Santorum’s favorability is much much higher than Newt’s.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 10:05 AM PST up reply actions
Why? He’d still be doomed.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 10:08 AM PST up reply actions
So Santorum should have got out last week?
The whole point is people who get into this thing don’t usually whimper out (Fred Thompson, I’m not talking to you…). The GOP is disappointing. And for those of us who aren’t crazy about the way the country is headed it’s really discouraging.
Santorum is actually a lot more viable than Newt. The Republican establishment can’t stand Newt. They were seriously freaking out when he won South Carolina, after which a entire cavalcade of GOP establishment types came out to endorse Romney. Gingrich has soooo much baggage, and his reputation nationally is extremely polarizing. If you look at all the national polls, his net favorability is wayyy negative. Plus his temperament is so nasty and cutting. Santorum at least doesn’t have that kind of baggage and actually comes across as pretty personable (if slightly boring). Plus he has a solid constituency within the party (social conservatives).
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 10:17 AM PST up reply actions
but that is beside the point you are making.
Newt’s gone off the deep end again. Santorum is a nothing (in terms of viable politics)
It’s beside the point that Newt has no chance because the party leaders are determined not to allow him to become the nominee because he’d be a disaster? If it weren’t for a single man (Sheldon Adelson) more or less keeping his campaign afloat, it’d probably be over already.
I’m not super impressed with Santorum either, but he doesn’t inspire the same sense of horror and dread in the party establishment that Newt does, is my point.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 10:35 AM PST up reply actions
I don’t know much about Santorum. Should I Google him? What would I find?
by Avinash Kunnath on Feb 8, 2012 10:39 AM PST up reply actions
I wonder what would happen if he becomes the GOP candidate re: the google thing. Its kinda insane
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Well, I think it was initially a vanity candidacy for Newt, which at best was aimed at increasing his profile in the conservative movement, which would sell more of his books and increase his appearance fees on his speaking tours. But then the GOP field turned out to be SO weak. Some of the presumed “serious” nominees like Pawlenty and Perry turned out to be completely inept or fatally handicapped (Huntsman), and others like Mitch Daniels or Jindal or Haley Barbour didn’t jump in at all, and as we’ve seen, the base has been looking for pretty much anybody except Mitt, so Newt’s candidacy got to be a little more serious, and his ego started wrapping itself around the notion that he could be a contender.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 10:53 AM PST up reply actions
By his 8th term, we’ll have a 14,000 foot tall wall of cheese!
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Unless you were native American.
I got tired of waiting because I found out there's only a fine line between biding one's time and wasting one's time.
Or on the Supreme Court.
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It was fantastic."
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so you’re just going to run to the bottom of the DBD and cow-er?
A really repugnantly unlikeable degenerate
by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 12:04 PM PST up reply actions
I would have preferred “gouda, gouda” but ok.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 12:07 PM PST up reply actions
in which case i hope nobody connects this to the conversation about tipping.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
Apparently Adelson is willing to throw his money behind Romney if needed. His priority is US – Israel policy and he apparently feels that any Republican would be better than Obama.
I got tired of waiting because I found out there's only a fine line between biding one's time and wasting one's time.
Oh, I’m sure. I was just tossing it out there to show that that’s pretty much the only tent pole holding Newt’s campaign up.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
Would you say that Adelson has pitched a tent for Newt’s campaign?
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That is exactly what I’m saying.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 12:27 PM PST up reply actions
I knew someone would make that kinda joke (I almost did)
by the federer express on Feb 8, 2012 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
Also, Newt is apparently in several “blood fueds” with other national GOPers. Like Boehner and he are apparently arch nemesis. Or something.
So, its very personal.
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Oh totally gunning for Newt now.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Feb 8, 2012 10:33 AM PST up reply actions
He should! Buy all that is unholy, he continue on to the bitter end!!!!!
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Quick Rishi, we need links to great deals from hell!
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He could sweep Super Tuesday and still be honor-bound to commit seppuku for being involved in this farce.
We’re well outside the realm of the rational here.
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It was fantastic."
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I don’t think so, stranger things have happened. Newt was Speaker of the House, as unlikable as he is, he’s a legit candidate.
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Except for the people-wanting-to-vote-for-him part.
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It was fantastic."
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in hopes that whoever survives will be unelectable.
That was a certainty before this even began.
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It was fantastic."
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Nothing’s a certainty. If the economy goes back into the shitter, that would make re-election a lot more difficult no matter whom he faces.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 10:12 AM PST up reply actions
less turrible than newt/santorum/mitt
by the federer express on Feb 8, 2012 10:25 AM PST up reply actions
Well, it shows that candidates matter a lot. They had a shitty candidate in John kerry. Nobody really liked him.
Romney is the GOP Kerry
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Romney doesn't even rise to that level.
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It was fantastic."
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I think you’re giving kerry too much credit.
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I think you're giving Romney too much credit!
We seem to have reached an impasse.
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It was fantastic."
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That I have an exceptionally low opinion of the Republican candidates?
My subterfuge is ruined. I’ve been outed as as a disdainer-of-Republicans.
Seriously man, I’m as close as you’re going to get to nonpartisan around here (democracy doesn’t actually work y’all) so don’t try to make this about party politics.
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It was fantastic."
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Somebody doesnt want a vote in th upcoming CGB election!
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A vote for Twist is a vote for serial killers.
HydroTech 2012: He draws killer arrows.
by Avinash Kunnath on Feb 8, 2012 10:32 AM PST up reply actions
HYDROTECH FOR TWIST!
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so a guy who says he has an exceptionally low opinion of “Republican” candidates doesn’t want to make it about party politics. Got it!
I think his point is that he has a low opinion of Democratic candidates, too
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Yes, "Republican" candidates!
As in, the three guys running under the Republican banner trying to get the Republican nomination! Who are all pretty crap! Sheesh.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
I'm thinking of my write-in candidate for 2012
I’m starting to think Billy Dee Williams will be my choice.
by Avinash Kunnath on Feb 8, 2012 10:57 AM PST up reply actions
My write in vote, as always, belongs to Toyama Koichi.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
Well I mean if we're going to start listing... do we really want to be here all day?
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
(Also my opinion of Kanye is only exceptionally low in a very relative sense.)
(I’m pretty sure my official position is: above average—possibly even great producer, below average MC, in general not the deity/savior of modern music his proponents make him out to be.)
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
Counterpoint
Kanye would never invite you to any of his parties.
You’re better off tracking down KRS-One for a Big Bang Theory watch party.
by Avinash Kunnath on Feb 8, 2012 11:49 AM PST up reply actions
I don’t think Kerry was unlikable, he was just a bad candidate from the point of view of running a good campaign. Staff can only do so much, ultimately the candidate himself has to provide leadership, he didn’t have it.
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he was definitely unlikable to a lot of people. and not just politically. He just came off as an east coast dandy. which, he is.
Kerry was unbearably patrician, Romney is something like a used Mercedes salesman.
Pick your poison, as it were.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
Yes, the GOP was stunningly sucessful in their attacks on his military record.
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And the fact that Kerry didn’t even respond? Just pathetic.
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I think he thought he could “rise above” and “take the high road.” It only compounded the folly.
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and i a sure the democrats will be equally successful attacking Romney’s business record. That sword cuts both ways.
They probably will.
To me, the difference is that the GOP is the party of military (or so it seemed in 2004) and then it really went after Kerry on the military issue. In my view, it was hypocritical, bc if the Democrats tried to dos omething to a similar veteran of the Vietnam War the GOP would have exploded with fury.
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yup
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 10:43 AM PST up reply actions
I thought
the trumpeting of his military record was lame in the first place, so wingnut commercials thereafter didn’t have much effect. Of course, since I only saw the name “Notbush” on my ballot it didn’t matter.
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 11:35 AM PST up reply actions
Ha!
Kerry was stiff, no doubt, but I think “unlikable” is too far. If you said “hard to warm up to” or something like that, I’d agree.
But if think that about Kerry, what on earth do you make of Mitt, who’s Kerry x 100, and has the marvelous of saying exactly the wrong thing. The man’s a walking gift.
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Its surprising to me how poorly Romney is running hsi campaign.
10K bet
Dont care about the very poor
Corporations are people
Tax stuff
Hes been running for President since like 2006. Has he learned ANYTHING by now?
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The more important question: Are his suits up to par?
by Avinash Kunnath on Feb 8, 2012 10:35 AM PST up reply actions
Oh come on, that’s not the issue. The fact that he pays a lot less % in taxes than me, well, that might just figure in there somewhere.
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Oh, I didn’t know you donated millions of dollars to charity too! You’re so generous, Cugel!
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A bunch of that “charity” is the Mormon Church, which he is obligated to do as a member of that religion, and is an organization which heavily funded an effort to deny rights to gay people in California. He’s free to do it, but I’m not particularly disposed to view it with much favorability.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 11:13 AM PST up reply actions
Needs more Tom Brady.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 11:52 AM PST up reply actions
to illustrate why he should be the best dressed
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Feb 8, 2012 10:51 AM PST up reply actions
That's pretty much how I read it too!
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
I’d like to think once you get past a certain point and can afford professional stylists
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I think the mark of a truly wealthy person is one who doesn’t actually care about how they look because they just don’t need to.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Feb 8, 2012 11:07 AM PST up reply actions
Issue? What issue? We talking about suits, I don’t think who the best dressed candidate is really an “issue”.
How much he pays in taxes, yes THAT will be an issue, count on it.
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I don’t bedgrudge him what he paid. He paid the legal rate he was obligated to. But the fact is he paid that low rate because he and his ilk actively lobbied for it, and they are advocating to lower that rate even further. That’s what’s troubling.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
I was referring to the $20M / year line… seems there was a point to that more than just he could afford a nice suit.
And yet!
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
Just a joke – I don’t think whether he makes 2 mil, or 200 mil makes any difference in his qualifications to be president.
You don’t have be so touchy.
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Sorry Cugel, fiatlux and I are both legally and contractually obligated to be that touchy. I have a notarized copy of the agreement if you’d like to see it.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Feb 8, 2012 11:27 AM PST up reply actions
Money just accentuates your style. If it sucks when you’re poor, money only gets you more Ed Hardy shirts.
Ron Paul looks like he dresses himself in a solar eclipse every morning
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Lyndon LaRouche has worn the same suit for 60 years!
by Avinash Kunnath on Feb 8, 2012 11:17 AM PST up reply actions
Dont care about the very poor
Completely taken out of context. The main stream media is complicit in this as instead of pointing out that it’s been taken out of context they use it to show how Romney falls all over himself.
I’m not concerned about the very poor; we have a safety net there. If it needs repair, I’ll fix it. I’m not concerned about the very rich, they’re doing just fine. I’m concerned about the very heart of the America, the 90 percent, 95 percent of Americans who right now are struggling, and I’ll continue to take that message across the nation."
That is a very very poor arrow to pull from your quiver.
Al Gore inventing the internet anyone?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Feb 8, 2012 10:41 AM PST up reply actions
No, it is a perfect arrow to pull my the quiver.
Mitt Romney needs to know the rules of the game. He needs to know that in modern America even a small 1 liner can blow up in your face. 1 line. Thats his insane the tightrope is.
You can say its bc of the lame stream media or whatever. You can blame this person or that, but it is what it is.
And Romney failed there.
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I think it’s crazy how much impact one seemingly small thing can have. Edwards’ haircut comes to mind.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Feb 8, 2012 10:44 AM PST up reply actions
And hey, sometimes it doesnt have to even be a real thing like the birther thing.
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“John Kerry wasn’t actually that incredibly courageous, only mildly courageous.”
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Feb 8, 2012 10:52 AM PST up reply actions
Which is probably true, but on the other hand, he actually served in Viet Nam (he could have avoided this), unlike some others.
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Anyone who went to SE asia and actually held a gun and shot at things and was shot at is like 1000x more courageous than most of the electorate
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Feb 8, 2012 11:05 AM PST up reply actions
The ticker-tape parade for Ong-Bak is well-deserved though.
by Avinash Kunnath on Feb 8, 2012 11:07 AM PST up reply actions
The ticker-tape parade for Ong-Bak is well-deserved though.
(Specifically Ong-Bak II, I believe.)
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
That's generally how kicks are supposed to be thrown.
Too many fragile bones in your foot, plus there’s going to be a little bit of give as your foot bends back at the ankle on contact. The nerves in the shin can also be deadened over time so you don’t end up hobbling around grimacing in pain every time you connect.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
(I'm not sure how well that applies across the board, but it's definitely the MO of Muay Thai kickboxing.)
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
in the kenpo and karate i learned it’s all foot – either instep, ball, or heel
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
I like the Muay Thai style kick because it reduces things to:
Swing a baseball bat at something soft. The baseball bat is your leg.
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
also takes away reach and increases time taken to kick, and ya gotta swing yer whole fuckin leg which changes the fulcrum etc
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
There's examples of both being successful on neutral turf (MMA)
so we’re all winners!
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
sigh. now you’re equivocating.
The fact is, the quote you reference is what’s wrong with politics today. It was taken out of context. And then repeated out of context by the media. I said mainstream.
Would be me like saying “I hate that there are poor people in America. In the America I aspire to, every person can afford food and healthcare and an education…”
It’s really lame to include that in some sort of “here’s why he’s at fault for what’s happening”
I included it in a list of reasons why Romney is running a poor campaign.
I believe strongly that it is reflective of him running a poor campaign.
I am not saying that he was right or that he waas wrong. I am not even saying whether it was correct in context or out of context or whatever.
All I am saying is that it became a “thing” that that was VERY avoidable and that somebody campaigning better would have avoided that.
Its an unforced error, in my view. He has had MANY and he needs to avoid those.
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All part of the rules of the game. You could be 100% right and it changes nothing.
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Oh yes, the same press who spent years shitting their pants over whether or not to call waterboarding torture.
Their pusillanimous coverage cuts one way: against the popular interest.
I got tired of waiting because I found out there's only a fine line between biding one's time and wasting one's time.
So now are you talking about what’s wrong with politics, whether Romney made a bad decision, or whether Romney straight up hates poor people?
It seemed clear to me that Twist was saying that Romney made a bad decision in the reality of current politics, his opinion of poor people aside.
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WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS SHIT!? I paid good money to see this argument to it’s glorious slapfighting end!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Feb 8, 2012 11:20 AM PST up reply actions
Ugh, that’s what I get for not asking for the Spazzy McGee™ slapfight stamp of quality!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Feb 8, 2012 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
You know what?
I 100% agree that it was taken out of the context of what he said, and it’s stupid and unfair of the media to make hay about it simply based on the literal string of words, out of context.
HOWEVER!
1) Mitt Romney has absolutely ZERO room to complain about it. He and his staff did the exact same thing – they took a clip of Obama quoting the McCain campaign in 2008 when they said “If we talk about the economy, we lose”, and cut it into a clip, completely out of context, which made it sound like Obama was saying it about his own campaign, in 2012. When Romney’s campaign was called on it, they were completely unapologetic and said that’s just how the game is played. Well, what goes around comes around.
More importantly though:
2) What Romney actually said about “I’m not concerned about the very poor; we have a safety net there. If it needs repair, I’ll fix it. I’m not concerned about the very rich, they’re doing just fine.” is complete bullshit. He’s been heavily supporting Paul Ryan and his budget, which completely GUTS Medicaid and other “safety net” services to the poor. Romney’s own tax plan is a HUGE HUGE sop to the very wealthiest. So what he said is a total lie. He’s not going to plug any safety nets and he is very very concerned about the wealthy.
That’s what the media ought to be calling him out for, if you ask me.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 11:10 AM PST up reply actions
regarding #2, that’s exactly what Krugman says in the article I posted below. he wants to gut the social services the poor get.
by the federer express on Feb 8, 2012 11:12 AM PST up reply actions
context
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/03/opinion/krugman-romney-isnt-concerned.html?_r=1
Faced with criticism, the candidate has claimed that he didn’t mean what he seemed to mean, and that his words were taken out of context. But he quite clearly did mean what he said. And the more context you give to his statement, the worse it gets.
First of all, just a few days ago, Mr. Romney was denying that the very programs he now says take care of the poor actually provide any significant help. On Jan. 22, he asserted that safety-net programs — yes, he specifically used that term — have "massive overhead," and that because of the cost of a huge bureaucracy "very little of the money that’s actually needed by those that really need help, those that can’t care for themselves, actually reaches them."
This claim, like much of what Mr. Romney says, was completely false: U.S. poverty programs have nothing like as much bureaucracy and overhead as, say, private health insurance companies. As the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has documented, between 90 percent and 99 percent of the dollars allocated to safety-net programs do, in fact, reach the beneficiaries. But the dishonesty of his initial claim aside, how could a candidate declare that safety-net programs do no good and declare only 10 days later that those programs take such good care of the poor that he feels no concern for their welfare?
by the federer express on Feb 8, 2012 10:47 AM PST up reply actions
Ouch
Damning, really, but then the poor aren’t going to vote for him anyway.
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Oh my god, did you even read it? It has NOTHING to do with the quote and is just Krugman being disingenuous because he knows he has a ready choir to preach to.
He’s taking different issues, and conflating to try and advance his point.
The only “damning” thing, really, about it is how often this tactic works.
I did read it. are we reading the same article?
by the federer express on Feb 8, 2012 11:05 AM PST up reply actions
Sorry.
Romney says the social net as we know it today is terrible. Lots of waste. Lots of graft. We need to fix it and make it better.
He also say there is a safety net in place for poor people.
Saying the first does not disqualify his point on the second. Saying the second does not do so to the first. It’s classic conflation by Krugman.
Lots of waste. Lots of graft.
But that’s in no way true. And that’s the thing politicians like Romney say when they want to eliminate something.
Krugman’s right, at least this time.
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you honestly don’t think there is lots of waste in welfare? food stamps? unemployment?
you know the odd thing about these whole discussions, is I suspect you and i would agree on 90% of stuff… name a social issue and i bet we agree(ish) on it… name a national defense issue and I bet we agree(ish) on it…
Look, I know a lot of republican types are philosophically against welfare on principle, which is fine, I understand this. But make that argument on it’s merits, if welfare it self is bad thing, say that.
But that’s not what happens, instead Mitt (and others, not just him) will trot out the “waste and abuse” argument on any government policies they disagree with irrespective of any actual facts. That bugs me as being intellectually dishonest.
Is there some? No doubt. How much? Very little, but the fact isn’t really relevant to why Mitt would claim that that is the problem.
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Also, his 2008 NY Times Op-Ed will be repeatedly thrown around and probably cost him Midwest votes:
IF General Motors, Ford and Chrysler get the bailout that their chief executives asked for yesterday, you can kiss the American automotive industry goodbye. It won’t go overnight, but its demise will be virtually guaranteed.
Surprisingly, the Op-Ed as a whole actually makes lots of valid points about restructuring that ultimately took place. However, that headline (which he probably didn’t write), “Let Detroit Go Bankrupt” won’t sit well with lots of folks.
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 11:33 AM PST up reply actions
Hey that was pretty good. But actually when you said “me llamo es Mitch” you don’t need the “es”. Just “me llamo Mitch”.
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Not to get all Aardvard isn't a rodent on you gringos but,
“Me llamas Mitt” = You call me Mitt
“Me llamo Mitt” = I call myself Mitt
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of course, that’s why i said “Me llamo es mitt” = I call myself IS MITT
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I found this lesson by Rosetta Stone to be funny and full of DBD references. REC.
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funny little story…
so i get accused of dropping names… but i’m not really dropping names i’m just talking about stuff that happens…
anyway, had some friends over a couple of years ago on fourth of july… and one of my friends friends was the most obnoxious name dropper… in a really bad “we all know you don’t really know that person” kind of way… so i was tuning out when at one point in the convo someone mentioned Rosetta Stone and this guy said “Oh, i know her, she’s great to work with…”
I just about lost it. My best friend and I had to excuse ourselves… So Rosetta Stone has become sort of meme for us…. as in “I wonder if he knows Rosetta… Rosetta Stone.”
Next time you see this poor insecure bastard, you should ask him if he knows Sister Mary Elephant.
Cheech and Chong would get a kick out of the response.
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"You're kidding right?"
“Que?”
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
SANTMENTUM!
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don't care if already posted
#trollgang
by turkey on Feb 8, 2012 1:49 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
This is a virgin viewing
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The Santorum is building up!`
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I vote for this being the worst thing ever written on a dbd. Congrats, cldpc.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 9:47 AM PST up reply actions
GO FROTH AND CONQUER
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There is plenty of material to keep this conversation lubricated.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 9:52 AM PST up reply actions
This is the worst Jamba Juice offering ever.
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by sec119 on Feb 8, 2012 10:12 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
LITRULY!
I realize that it, in reality, had zero effect on delegate math. However, when it comes to the game of politics, yesterday was huge.
Electability was Romney’s #1 strength. I am the most electable! However, he is struggling to beat Santorum. And it wasnt just losing.
It was getting 3rd place in Minnesota. It was losing every.single.county in Minn and Mo.
If Romney had just lost 1 or 2 of the states (esp. Mo) it wouldnt hae been that big of a deal. But since he lost all three AND he lost them embarrassingly, then it gives Santorum new life.
I still think Romney will be the nominee, but he really isnt making it easy on himself.
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Yes, yes it does.
Newt was dead in the water before last night and only his own self-conceit is pushing him at this point
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The Game of Politics is a lot like the Game of Thrones
except instead of “you win or you die” it’s “you lose now or you lose later.”
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
When is the DBD ever NOT a complete waste of time? Oh, you meant the caucuses.
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It was pretty damn embarrassing for Romney.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 9:48 AM PST up reply actions
I actually don’t think he’s wrong. It doesn’t mean anything in terms of the GOP nomination. It’s still overwhelmingly likely to be Romney. But it does really underscore Romney’s weakness and the lack of enthusiasm for him.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 10:02 AM PST up reply actions
Right, and that narrative gets another week, I guarantee you the Romney campaign isn’t happy about this outcome.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
Oh, no. Not at all. But they have the funds to just inundate Arizona and Michigan with negative Santorum ads over the next few weeks, and solid wins in those states will push the coverage back toward inevitability.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 10:07 AM PST up reply actions
But I feel like its a pyrhhic victory. Theyll napalm Santy with negative ads, but then people will continue to sour on Romney. I dont think people like to see Romney go SO negative. Its lose-lose for him
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 10:37 AM PST up reply actions
Pyrex Victory!
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 10:48 AM PST up reply actions
I always assumed the victory was the result of a crucible of combat.
A really repugnantly unlikeable degenerate
by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 10:50 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I think Santorum will be harder to go negative on. Not sure this is a winning strategy for Mitt – Newt yes, he can be hurt, but what to you hit Santorum with?
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Earmarks, his endorsement of Specter over Toomey.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 10:49 AM PST up reply actions
Earmarks are the worst argument ever. Nobody cares and everybody earmarks anyway.
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The GOP electorate seems to care.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 11:04 AM PST up reply actions
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"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 9:42 AM PST up reply actions
Women's Tennis goes east for the weekend
Golden Bears to Face Hurricanes at ITA Indoors
The seventh-ranked California women’s tennis team (4-0) received the fifth seed and will face 11th-ranked Miami (2-0) in the first round of the 2012 ITA National Women’s Team Indoor Championships hosted by the University of Virginia. The Golden Bears and the Hurricanes will meet in a noon dual (9 a.m. PT) at the Boar’s Head Tennis Club in Charlottesville, Va.
Cal holds a 6-4 edge in the all-time series against Miami. The last time the two teams met, a ninth-ranked Hurricane squad earned a 4-3 win over a seventh-ranked Cal squad on Feb. 9, 2008, in a consolation match at the ITA Indoor Championships.
Article for Mama and Papa Bears
There is a rich vein of sleepover folklore, and it seems every parent has a nightmare story to share. There was the 10-year-old who was allowed to watch “The Hangover” on a sleepover away from home. There was the young guest who decided he’d rather sleep in the master bed than in the spare bed in his friend’s bedroom. There was the party where every girl cut her hair at 2 a.m., and the one where every girl went home with a case of head lice.
“So far it’s pretty innocent,” Ms. Rose says of her kids’ sleepovers, adding, “Of course, there’s that one who brought the bra, and they all had to try it on.”
“Nothing good comes from a sleepover. Best case scenario, they’re tired the next day,” says Enrique Hervada, whose sons, ages 15 and 13, have never spent a night away.
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Sleepovers were a staple of my childhood. I don’t ever remember anything particularly heinous or terrible happening at them.
I agree. Hell, for me, it was a lot of Super Smash Brothers and Tony Hawk. The worst thing we did was eat a whole bag of Flamin Hot Cheetos.
But, then again, I don’t remember text-only relationships.
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So much Tony Hawk. And I never skated!
by Yes We Cannon on Feb 8, 2012 10:21 AM PST up reply actions
Then why did you audition to be Aladdin for Disney on Ice?
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred
I hope you’ve been practicing your singing voice.
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred
I’ve really only got the “Don’t you dare close your eyes!” from “A Whole New World” in a deep voice down.
by Yes We Cannon on Feb 8, 2012 5:15 PM PST up reply actions
I’ve done “A Whole New World” as a duet in karaoke. I don’t know why I just admitted that.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 5:17 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
There is absolutely nothing to be ashamed of. I’ve got the song memorized.
TROLL ON YOU BEARS. - atoms
even if it does snow, we’ve got plenty of laker championship banners to keep us warm! - raptorapocalypse
That song taught me what a red-letter day was.
by Yes We Cannon on Feb 8, 2012 5:19 PM PST up reply actions
Aladdin, but… I could probably sing both :-|
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 5:52 PM PST up reply actions
Get a karaoke room, you two!
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--Thoroughbred
Okay, but I demand that it must be shining, shimmering, splendid.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 6:04 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
yes yes, many couples have done that and still do that. One of my friends’ MO is to sing that with each of his girlfriends.
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--Thoroughbred
Really? Singing “A Whole New World” is an MO?
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 5:52 PM PST up reply actions
It’s pretty funny. Painful, but funny.
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--Thoroughbred
What about Missouri?
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As long as you can invite her for a magic carpet ride, I think you’ll be ok.
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred
I could be wrong, but I think it works the other way around.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
by Cugel on Feb 8, 2012 5:38 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Girl lays down on bedroom floor. Other girls each put two fingers under her and while chanting “light as a feather, stiff as a board” try to lift her up. Generally done just after we finished with the Ouija board.
Spoiler alert
It does
It begins with that first attempt, the one that fails. You may be shocked to know that it isn’t a lack of faith or witchcraft holding everybody back, but the fact that the group isn’t really coordinating their lifting. Frequently, participants are told to just try hefting little Madison off the floor without any kind of initiation or plan, causing the kind of completely disjointed and bullshit effort you get from a bunch of teenage girls.
But synchronize the four lifters’ eight index and middle fingers together, like, oh, maybe with a chant, and suddenly you have more than enough lifting power to heft a schoolgirl. And note that limiting the lifters to two fingers isn’t much of a disadvantage — the index and the middle fingers are the strong ones (if you don’t believe us, take note of how you carry your groceries next time). Louis Cyr, an old-timey strong man, could lift over 550 pounds with just his middle digit. We were going to add another joke here, but then we saw this picture …
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You should try this at the next CGB HH!
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--Thoroughbred
also, someone should yell, “DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM” really loudly. I failed.
by the federer express on Feb 8, 2012 2:24 PM PST up reply actions
Are you pregnant!?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Feb 8, 2012 2:08 PM PST up reply actions
See?!
All you talk about is baby shit! Because you’re baby crazy!
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
I told you, I’m plain cray, not baby cray!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Feb 8, 2012 2:10 PM PST up reply actions
Actually, I am probably overly boy-crazy.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Feb 8, 2012 2:16 PM PST up reply actions
Hahahahahahahahahaha
Sadly, Africa is now back and working in my building. This is not a happy surprise.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Feb 8, 2012 2:18 PM PST up reply actions
No, she was dating the continent, spend $50 calling it, then she wasn’t, and now it’s back and poorer than ever and making things awkward.
And this is why we still haven’t cured breast cancer.
This.
The heat really takes a toll on you.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Feb 8, 2012 2:55 PM PST up reply actions
He must have been lurking for a long time.
California Golden Blogs: Ethnic food → pizza and chili → boboli → boobies.
I believe he was indeed.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 5:14 PM PST up reply actions
I guess I should just be relieved that I didn’t get the Cool Story Tom Brady.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Feb 8, 2012 2:55 PM PST up reply actions
Oh. I secretly dated a labmate who went to Africa with the Peace Corps, but he’s now back, just got a job on my floor (in a different lab), and I’m having a hard time dealing with it.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Feb 8, 2012 3:11 PM PST up reply actions
or…. female. or misspelled. or yes
no bear, no care
by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 3:12 PM PST up reply actions
WE ARE FBOOK FRIENDS!!!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Feb 8, 2012 3:16 PM PST up reply actions
This.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Feb 8, 2012 3:15 PM PST up reply actions
CALumbus Bear will totally go over there and beat him up if you ask nicely.
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred
Dr. Mrs. CALumbus Bear already offered to make fun of him in person <3
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Feb 8, 2012 3:15 PM PST up reply actions
Just infect him with Schistosomiasis. Snail larvae may slowly dissolve his intestines, but years later you’ll both look back and have a good laugh!
KEEP CALM
AND
Z ON
Oooh good call
Sidebar: Earlier today, my labmate was wondering why we don’t prescribe tapeworms for weightloss.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Feb 8, 2012 3:17 PM PST up reply actions
He dated someone else and still misses her. What a mess!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Feb 9, 2012 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
She is also a volunteer and will be there another year. But, I’m awesome and am moving on. RIGHT?!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Feb 9, 2012 8:14 PM PST up reply actions
Good on you!
I find the best way to get over a breakup is to rebound with as many girls as possible.
I would recommend the same for you.
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Hahahahahahahaha. Thanks, Rishi.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Feb 9, 2012 8:36 PM PST up reply actions
I’ll start my rainbow family WAY in the future!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Feb 8, 2012 2:18 PM PST up reply actions
unless you’re intoxicated
no bear, no care
by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 2:11 PM PST up reply actions
that’s more the floor’s problem than mine.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 2:12 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
unless it’s you’re own floor, hahha
no bear, no care
by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 2:12 PM PST up reply actions
bold words from one who improperly used “let’s” once already in this very dbd! but i do appreciate the grammar nazi-ing.
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
damn
guilty. good catch
no bear, no care
by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 2:46 PM PST up reply actions
It is you are own floor!
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 3:11 PM PST up reply actions
Not in Ohio!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Feb 8, 2012 2:56 PM PST up reply actions
Apparently, it’s also a not-well-regarded movie.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Feb 8, 2012 3:13 PM PST up reply actions
You do realize what it would take for a man to dot the i whilst practicing his cursive whilst peeing while drunk, right?
KEEP CALM
AND
Z ON
Oh, this was so far down I forgot what the thread was about.
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Feb 8, 2012 3:18 PM PST up reply actions
Exceptional muscle control?
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 3:18 PM PST up reply actions
That’s a disappointing explanation
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 2:15 PM PST up reply actions
the young guest who decided he’d rather sleep in the master bed
That would prompt a call to his parents and ejection from my house.
I got tired of waiting because I found out there's only a fine line between biding one's time and wasting one's time.
True Story
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Sleepovers are great, and especially because it lets the parents have the house to themselves for a while. It’s like Coop parenting.
Cal: Bears with Books.
From that perspective, it sounds pretty great. My mom hated when I went to sleepovers though, b/c I was so tired the next day.
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Maybe b/c you are a boy. Maybe you boys spend all your time playing video games and watching scary movies.
Cal: Bears with Books.
I spent most of the time at sleepovers, doing my hair and talking about who liked me.
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So, a regular day?
Cal: Bears with Books.
by AndBears on Feb 8, 2012 9:48 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
recd
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 11:37 AM PST up reply actions
Doesn’t someone else have to be there for it to be a sleepover?
by Yes We Cannon on Feb 8, 2012 9:51 AM PST up reply actions
Beanie babies are people too!
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 11:37 AM PST up reply actions
Were you watching us thru the basement window?!?!
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--Thoroughbred
I can guess. Plus I had a lot of guy friends in HS, they are unchanged from 10-yr olds
Cal: Bears with Books.
It doesn’t really change much over time, barring the increased interest in boobs and beer.
I got tired of waiting because I found out there's only a fine line between biding one's time and wasting one's time.
WSJ seems to be going hard after the parent demographic.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 9:54 AM PST up reply actions
seems like a mistake… “let’s target people who have no time to read!”
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 9:55 AM PST up reply actions
"Nothing good comes from a sleepover. Best case scenario, they’re tired the next day," says Enrique Hervada, whose sons, ages 15 and 13, have never spent a night away.
Hey Enrique, you are a fucknut
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by Fire Starkey on Feb 8, 2012 1:00 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
LOL
that was my mom. Till senior year HS
no bear, no care
by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 1:02 PM PST up reply actions
No better way to prepare your kids to take care of themselves outside the home than to never let them take care of themselves outside the home.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
Should I wait until I get home to Google “DTF”?
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
It’s shorthand for Downtown Fullerton, a happening area in Orange County!
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 1:09 PM PST up reply actions
DTF is awesome. and most of the girls are also, coincidentally, DTF.
no bear, no care
by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 1:16 PM PST up reply actions
BOOOOO REDDIT
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
Nothing good comes from it…except your child(ren) having fun and spending time with their friends. What an asshole Enrique is.
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good, less chance the little fuckers will break something or get in trouble
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haha
or fight back when you give them Childrens’ Nyquil at breakfast!
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 1:43 PM PST up reply actions
Men's Tennis seeks to add to win column
Cal Looks to Rebound as Hornets and Warriors Visit
The 13th-ranked California men’s tennis team (3-2) hosts a pair of weekday duals as final tune-ups before the Golden Bears head to Charlottesville, Va., for the 2012 ITA National Team Indoor Championships. Cal takes on Sacramento State (0-2) in a 1:30 p.m. PT match on Wednesday, Feb. 8, and will match up with Hawai’i (1-4) at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 10.
The Bears are led by senior Nick Andrews who has played exclusively at the top court in dual matches, this season. Cal’s only ranked singles player is No. 42-ranked sophomore Ben McLachlan. Andrews and junior Christoffer Konigsfeldt form the fifth-ranked doubles team in the country while McLachlan and junior Carlos Cueto team up to hold the No. 27 spot among doubles teams.
Well, this one just makes me giggle like a schoolgirl
Tween D8-ing: It’s All About Texts
Fourteen-year-old Claire August has fond memories of Valentine’s Day. Last year, a seventh-grade classmate she was dating gave her a little box of candy hearts.
It was one of the few times during their monthlong relationship that they talked face-to-face. Like most tweens, Claire, who lives in Davis, Calif., and her crush communicated almost entirely via text message and Facebook. When her mother Anne Smith asked Claire if they had held hands, she replied, “Oh, Mom, no. It’s junior high!” They even broke up via text message.
Nearly half of 11- to 14-year-olds say they have been in a dating relationship, according to a 2008 survey of 1,043 tweens by Tru, a Chicago youth market-research firm, for Liz Claiborne. A larger share—60%—think parents should let middle-schoolers date, according to a recent online poll of 787 users by Yoursphere, a social-networking website for tweens and teens.
But “dating” in middle school doesn’t mean what many adults think. Tween couples talk mostly via text and chat. Their relationships are fleeting but all-consuming. They date in packs—but expect their boyfriends and girlfriends to be monogamous. And they keep their parents largely in the dark.
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haha
IRL my nephew has his fb status listed as married lol
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 6:49 AM PST up reply actions
No, he lives in CA, not Ohio.
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 7:13 AM PST up reply actions
Funny that FB status counts as IRL now.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 9:59 AM PST up reply actions
He did the same to me. What a dick!
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Not true
I did NOT text you my dick.
Man crush on Aaron Rodgers, since 2003.
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pqtm
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 5:14 PM PST up reply actions
pics or you're Brett Favre
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
which is why the spawn don't get a phone
until they are older.
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Feb 8, 2012 12:45 PM PST up reply actions
Cal seeks improvement in leadership at conference
Bears Attend Leadership Conference
Four Golden Bear student-athletes, California director of student-athlete affairs Allie Rowe and assistant director Maryam Sharifzadeh spent Jan. 27-29 soaking up as much information as possible at the Athletic Prevention Programming and Leadership Education conference in Huntington Beach, Calif.
Women’s soccer’s Kate Bennett, Tommy Dowley of men’s swimming, football’s Nick Forbes and Robin Rostratter of volleyball all made the trip down to southern California.
The Athletic Prevention Programming and Leadership Education (APPLE) conferences – developed by the Gordie Center for Substance Abuse Prevention at the University of Virginia – are the leading national training symposiums dedicated to substance-abuse prevention and health promotion for student-athletes and athletics department administrators.
You=awesome!
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Rishi, unclesam has been doing links for like 3 days. I want to provide positive reinforcement so he continues to do that.
I am sure that when you started, I was providing positive reinforcement and it worked insomuch as you continue to provide great links. So, now, if you demand that everybody kow tow to your linking, then you just want an ending supply of belly rubs! And thats just uncouth!
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by TwistNHook on Feb 8, 2012 9:25 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
You are SO Millenial
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Are youa bout to fake a shootout?
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Hey, you’ve been skimming the DBD! I’m proud of you! Positive reinforcement!
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
I READ GUD
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Rishi, you have a pornstache????
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I’ll keep doing it as long as I have a job where I basically do nothing for the first hour of the day. Which is to say, the foreseeable future. I’m one of the first ones here so I figure I’ll contribute.
And Rishi, I appreciate your links. Together we are a linking force.
a phonez story for TnH
There are maybe 35 removable parts in a sax, and he had 34 of them back in place when he heard his father, a research chemist and jazz enthusiast, pull into the driveway.
Chron piece on Eric Drake, sax repairman, of both “Saxology” and “Saxcraft” in Berkeley
Thanks!
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Nice!
I’ve taken apart my Clarinet pretty much down to the individual pieces, but I never fully dared to do it with my saxophone.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
I’ve taken apart my Clarinet pretty much down to the individual pieces
livin on the edge, man!
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U.S. Sets Money-Market Plan
SEC Aims to Stabilize $2.7 Trillion Industry; Critics Say Rules Would Cut Returns.
Regulators are completing a controversial proposal to shore up the $2.7 trillion money-market fund industry, more than three years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. sparked a panic that threatened the savings of millions of investors and forced the federal government to intervene.
The Securities and Exchange Commission in the coming weeks will unveil a two-part plan to stabilize money funds, which invest in short-term debt instruments and are designed to be safe and readily accessible to investors, according to people familiar with the matter. At least three of five SEC commissioners would need to approve the proposals to submit them for public comment.
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oh noes
not cutting returns on MM funds!
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 6:50 AM PST up reply actions
I think for a short time, money market funds literally yielded negative returns lol
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
correct
seems like if they abandon the $1 NAV standard that they won’t be as attractive to non-serious investors any more.
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 6:55 AM PST up reply actions
I’m really glad the “as good as cash” line is being regulated, as it should be. The Auction-Rate Securities issue should never happen again.
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I like to think I’m not totally ignorant of such things but when the “break the buck” stories were coming out in 2008 I learned an awful lot.
Oh, as did many, many, many of the bond issuers who sold weekly variable rate debt. Nobody ever anticipated a failed remarketing of those, at least that I can remember.
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 7:16 AM PST up reply actions
SEC Aims to Stabilize $2.7 Trillion Industry; Critics Say Rules Would Cut Returns.
There’s a “they could hire some good offensive coordinators with that kind of money” joke in there somewhere…
2.6 trillion is supposed to go to Nick Saban’s straw brimmed hat budget
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My money market fund pays me one damn basis point in interest. How far do they realistically expect that rate to fall? And why would I give a shit?
Scootie's buyin'!
It’s pretty bad when bank “money market accounts” pay better than sweeps. Isn’t it?
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 1:32 PM PST up reply actions
Softball starts their season
No. 3/4 Cal Heads to Desert to Start Season
After seven longs months, the California softball team takes the field this Friday in Tempe, Ariz., to begin the 2012 campaign for a national title. At Arizona State’s annual Kajikawa Classic, the No. 3/4 Golden Bears take on No. 9/14 Tennessee, Bradley, Texas State and Syracuse.
About the Kajikawa Classic
California joins many other teams for the traditional season-opening four-day tournament in Tempe, Ariz. The tourney, which is spread out over five different fields, begins Thursday, Feb. 9 and concludes Sunday, Feb. 12.
The war on finance
Attacking your creditors is an intriguing strategy
Politicians seem to have three main beefs with the financial sector. The first is that bankers earn too much. The second is that banks take reckless risks and then need rescuing by governments. And the third complaint is that investors in financial markets have undue influence over an economy through their ability to affect bond yields and equity prices.
The first two problems are really related. People do not worry too much about footballers’ high pay. The problem with bankers is the extent to which they are subsidised by explicit and implicit taxpayer support. (Of course, you might worry about income inequality in general but that is not specific to banks and can be tackled by redistributive taxation.) It is hard to disagree with Paul Tucker of the Bank of England, who has written that: "Those who most espouse the disciplines of capitalism—bankers and financiers—should live by them."
The problem of banks being "too big to fail" is being addressed, albeit slowly, by the higher capital ratios being imposed by regulators. Higher capital ratios should mean lower returns on equity; over time, this should lead to less rapid pay growth for bankers. Andrew Haldane, a colleague of Mr Tucker’s, has found that the pay of bank bosses correlated well with returns on equity, but not with returns on assets—in other words, managers prospered by gearing up bank balance-sheets. That is now harder to pull off.
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An add on point to the second paragraph’s first line. I dont think people mind when STAR athletes makes a ton of money, it’s when the scubs make an otherwise ungodly amount that really gets people.
Not sure what the header has to do with the text you quoted….
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
I dunno, if only you clicked the link and saw that I grabbed the header from The Economist.
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If only! I don’t agree with The Economist using it either.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 11:54 AM PST up reply actions
Telling you is sufficient :)
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 12:00 PM PST up reply actions
Track and Field is gonna get some miles in
Trips to Seattle, Albuquerque on Docket This Week
California will have a split-squad feel this week with the team headed to separate meets in New Mexico and Washington. Portions of the team will be at the Don Kirby Invitational Friday in Albuquerque for a one-day event, while the remaining Bears will travel to Seattle for the Flotrack Husky Classic Friday and Saturday.
Both sites are familiar as Cal opened the year at the Cherry & Silver Invitational in Albuquerque and took part in the UW Invitational Jan. 27-28 in Seattle. The Bears return to Washington for the MPSF Championships Feb. 24-25.
The Don Kirby meet will feature no events longer than 800m and gets underway at 2 p.m. PT Friday. The Husky Classic will host a limited number of events Friday night (primarily the 200m, 5000m and DMR) before a full day of competition begins Saturday.
India winning fight against polio
http://the-diplomat.com/indian-decade/2012/02/07/india-winning-polio-fight/
India has closed out the first polio-free year in the country’s history. As noted by the World Health Organization (WHO), this marks significant progress for a country that as recently as 1994 was experiencing as many as 4,791 cases a year. The polio-free year means that India will no longer be considered a "polio-endemic" country, leaving its South Asian neighbors, Pakistan and Afghanistan, as well as Nigeria, as the only remaining nations holding this label.
Given the public health challenges that India faces, this is a staggering achievement. With a population of about 1.18 billion, 42 percent of whom live on less than $1.25 day, India suffers from developmental challenges that make fighting health issues such as polio particularly challenging. India also has one of the lowest physician ratios in the world.
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Bay Area College Baseball media day is today
Esquer to Participate in Bay Area Media Day
University of California baseball coach David Esquer, the 2011 National Coach of the Year, will be one of six coaches who will participate in the 2012 Bay Area College Baseball Media Day, Wednesday, Feb. 8 at Stanford’s Arrillaga Sports Center. Head coaches from the six Bay Area schools (Cal, Stanford, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Saint Mary’s, San Jose State) will be part of a live webcast 2012 Bay Area Baseball Media Day Webcast that will be available beginning at approximately 10:30 a.m. Wednesday.
The coaches from Stanford, California, San Jose State, Santa Clara, Saint Mary’s and San Francisco, along with select players, will talk about their teams to the assembled media for about five minutes each. Also posted on gostanford.com will be individual interviews with all area coaches and their players, posted by Friday. The players represented from Cal include junior second baseman Tony Renda and junior left-hander Justin Jones.
I’ve still got that kolevari song stuck in my head
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 9:34 AM PST up reply actions
Empty life-u, Girl-u come-u, Life reverse gear-u
(PS, linked video has PC in it)
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sigh. youtube is blocked at my work too, btw.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 9:44 AM PST up reply actions
Is this a popular song in India? Also, don’t take this wrong way, but I find it interesting that the women don’t mind showing a lot of skin, and clearly dance in a very sexy and provocative manner, but they never kiss in movies.
I’m probably not the only one to notice this.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
Very popular righ tnow.
Also, in addition to what you said, showing skin is okay if they’re wearing a saree, but not if they’re wearing western clothes.
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Correct
Also what you’re saying was the prevailing attitude of the nineties.
Now there’s kissing and stuff and even Priyanka Chopra in a bikini.
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whoops, I reply failed so badly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmGoZE_zD9s
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
Aaron Rodgers might host SNL?
Rodgers said Tuesday that he has spoken to cast members of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” about hosting the weekly comedy show, the MVP quarterback told ESPN Radio in Milwaukee on Tuesday.
Rodgers, who accepted the 2011 league MVP award at last Saturday’s “NFL Honors”, also said he would be happy to impart advice to Andrew Luck if, as expected, Luck is the No. 1 player taken in April’s NFL Draft. If Luck takes over the Colts’ starting quarterback job from Manning he would have a lot in common with Rodgers, who faced the pressure of replacing Brett Favre in Green Bay.
“It is a similar situation. Obviously it has different components, but it is a similar situation,” Rodgers said. “I do think part of your legacy as a quarterback is in how you bring up the next generation of quarterbacks and I would be more than willing to talk with him as I’ve talked with some other young quarterbacks in the past.”
Rodgers, who accepted the 2011 league MVP award at last Saturday’s "NFL Honors", also said he would be happy to impart advice to Andrew Luck if, as expected, Luck is the No. 1 player taken in April’s NFL Draft.
He wouldn’t be planning to troll the caveman would he?
“no, seriously, the NFL is different. throw to the guys in the other jerseys.”
by the federer express on Feb 8, 2012 9:46 AM PST up reply actions
“Throw it backwards! If you are as strong as people say, you can get it around the world to the endzone without worrying about pesky DB’s!… what… your Stanfurd architectural studies major didn’t teach you that the world was round?”
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by cldpc on Feb 8, 2012 9:48 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Billy Beane is here for the forseeable future.
I like him, but I’d also love to see the A’s make a run to playoffs in the next 7 years too…
Athletics Extend Billy Beane Through 2019
Over the last few months, there have been rumors that Oakland A’s GM Billy Beane would leave the team, in part due to frustration over the delays regarding the club’s possible move to San Jose. He was linked for a time in connection with the job with the Cubs that eventually went to Theo Epstein.
Tuesday, both Beane and team president Michael Crowley got contract extensions, according to Jon Erlichman of Bloomberg Television
Oakland about to waste $3 million to convince a team that doesn’t want to stay to stay.
Cash-strapped Oakland is on the verge of putting up $3 million for the designers of Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis – site of Sunday’s Super Bowl – to work their magic and come up with a new stadium and sports complex out at the Coliseum.
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The quote in there is something like “hey the NFL put up $200M in Santa Clara so why not us?”
Also, I wonder if this has something to do with Selig’s claims that the “blue-ribbon committee” is almost out of its holding pattern?
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 9:18 AM PST up reply actions
Browns' Fujita helping raise awareness, support for former Saints teammate Gleason stricken with ALS
Browns LB Scott Fujita enjoyed his time as a member of the New Orleans Saints … More importantly than the games and memories, Fujita enjoyed the bonds he formed with his teammates, including special teams standout Steve Gleason, who was diagnosed with ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Gleason, who travelled across the country to see experts in the field before getting the final diagnosis, broke the news to Fujita the night before the Browns played in New Orleans on October 24, 2010.
When Fujita heard the news, he immediately went to work trying to help his good friend. During the 2011 season, Fujita and other current and former Saints flew to New Orleans to present Gleason with a ring from their Super Bowl XLIV victory. That night, Gleason also received a key to the city from New Orleans mayor Mitch Landrieu.
"The Cleveland Browns have been extremely supportive of this," Fujita said. "When Steve announced the diagnosis, I was organizing an event for the day after he announced his diagnosis. It was on a Monday during the work-week for us. I talked to Pat about it and he excused me to go down and help host this party. This was the launching point for Team Gleason and from that standpoint, the Browns have always been supportive."
"The Browns actually donated a number of their tickets from their allotment for the game so this patient and his nurse could come to the game," Fujita said. "The nationwide response from everyone, the Browns, the Saints, the NFLPA, the NFL league office, out here on the West Coast, all over the place, people have been supportive."
Ellis has monster game but Dubs fall short
Golden State Warriors 116, OKC Thunder 119 – Fantastic game, but not a W
When Monta Ellis, David Lee, and Stephen Curry play like this they have a legitimate claim to being a Big 3.
Wow.
What a fantastic outing from all 3 Warriors. Ellis brought the scoring with 48 points. Lee brought a triple-double. Curry brought some hot shooting and nice passing. It’s not often you see 3 guys on a team have lines like this:
Monta Ellis: 48 points (18-29 FG, 3-6 3pt, 9-10 FT), 7 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 block
David Lee: 25 points (7-7 FT), 11 rebounds (with ZERO inside help), 10 assists (too bad Nellie never got a chance to utilize him as a Point Forward)
Stephen Curry: 16 points (7-9 FG, 1-2 3pt), 10 assists (only 3 turnovers), and 2 steals
What’s a “point foward”, exactly?
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 10:46 AM PST up reply actions
Usually describes a small forward who can distribute like a point guard. I believe I first encountered the term in the 90’s to describe Pippen, Grant Hill, etc.
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Hmm, interesting. Isn’t Lee 6-9 and center-ish? Does he have good ball-handling skills?
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 11:02 AM PST up reply actions
The first real point forward
in the modern sense was Paul Pressey who played for the Bucks under Don Nelson. Also fathered Angie Pressey (Cal volleyball star) and is FIL to Justin Forsett.
IIUC, point guard runs the offense. Tends to stay on the perimeter and attack as a guard.
Point forward is a froward, who tends to attack the rim more, but he is running the O
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University, as in University of California
by the federer express on Feb 8, 2012 10:49 AM PST up reply actions
UC Cal State Berkeley
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
16!
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 11:54 AM PST up reply actions
15!
TROLL ON YOU BEARS. - atoms
even if it does snow, we’ve got plenty of laker championship banners to keep us warm! - raptorapocalypse
13!
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 12:00 PM PST up reply actions
9!
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 12:27 PM PST up reply actions
7!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Feb 8, 2012 12:50 PM PST up reply actions
like
TROLL ON YOU BEARS. - atoms
even if it does snow, we’ve got plenty of laker championship banners to keep us warm! - raptorapocalypse
LOVE!
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Feb 8, 2012 12:53 PM PST up reply actions
5!
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 12:54 PM PST up reply actions
6!
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 12:55 PM PST up reply actions
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 2:56 PM PST up reply actions
GO
TROLL ON YOU BEARS. - atoms
even if it does snow, we’ve got plenty of laker championship banners to keep us warm! - raptorapocalypse
LAKERS!
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 2:58 PM PST up reply actions
YAY
GO UC EAST BAY!
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 3:01 PM PST up reply actions
Yay Hayward!
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 3:13 PM PST up reply actions
GO BEARS!
(it was on 3)
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 3:13 PM PST up reply actions
Thanks!
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 11:02 AM PST up reply actions
Very exciting game! Lee and Monta we’re balling. Way too many turnovers in the 4th (like usual). Not sure if I’m a Mark Jackson believer….
6 1st round draft picks, 2 Super Bowl Champions and counting
by Another Successful Tedford QB on Feb 8, 2012 11:09 AM PST up reply actions
Sharks take on Flames tonight
Oh How Formulaic These Games Against The Flames Can Be
This is where the lede goes in a news story. It tells you the most important information from the story like who is involved and what they’ve done or are going to do. For example, the lede for today would center around the fact that San Jose Sharks will be playing a game of ice hockey against a mediocre Calgary Flames team tonight at 7:30 PM, and will be looking to rebound from a 5-3 loss to Phoenix on Saturday.
That’s kind of a long lede, which isn’t ideal. However, a short sentence here can ease the transition.
Claims of Faked Shootouts Tarnish Police Across India .
One of India’s most famous police officers is on trial—accused of being a killer-for-hire—in a case that embodies the difficulty of trying to clean up the nation’s notoriously corrupt crime-fighting forces.
The officer, Senior Inspector Pradeep Sharma, was once so widely revered that two Bollywood movies have been inspired by his exploits. They include the 2004 hit “56 So Far,” a reference to the large number of gangsters killed by the big-screen hero.
Today Mr. Sharma is in jail, charged with killing a real-estate broker on behalf of a business rival in 2006, in what is known in India as a “fake encounter”—a murder that is falsely reported as a police shootout.
Faked police shootings are common in India, according to civil-rights groups, police officers and senior government ministers, who say they have taken steps to rein in the practice. While vigilante-style justice declined in Mumbai, it has spread to other parts of India, with cases being pursued in the capital city of New Delhi, and the western state of Gujarat, among other places. The Supreme Court, in a ruling last year to deny bail to Mr. Sharma and other officers, bemoaned ’the growing lawlessness in the country."
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Related
Bollywood’s Love Affair With Mumbai’s Cops
Mr. Varma says Bollywood reflects the mood of the public and that people are drawn to the heroism of a group of men who did an extraordinary service to the city by killing off the underworld, and are now under attack for doing exactly what they were supposed to do–exterminate people.
"I don’t think there are anybody more popular than Daya Nayak and Pradeep Sharma at that time," Mr. Varma says. "Almost the whole country knew their names."
Mr. Nayak was so famous that when he opened a school in his hometown in Karnataka in 2002, none other than Mr. Bachchan and Mr. Dutt, Bollywood superstars and two of the heroes of the upcoming "Department" movie, were in attendance.
Mr. Varma credits the real-life encounter specialists with ridding the city of crime–saying they killed 250 suspected gangsters between 1998 and 2004 and they are the reason the city isn’t beset by shootouts today. He says gang warfare almost brought Bollywood to a standstill in the late 1990s when movie sets became the scenes of real shootouts and producers were being held up for ransom by gangsters.
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Kings lose by a bucket
Kings 84, Timberwolves 86: Kings Dig a Deep Hole Early and Can’t Get Out
There are many reasons Sacramento lost this game. Turnovers, bad calls, missed shots, terrible defense. But the biggest factor of all was yet another slow start to the game, as Minnesota jumped out to a 15 point lead to end the first quarter with the Kings only scoring 16 points. Sacramento would outscore Minnesota in each remaining quarter, but try as they might, they couldn’t close it out. Donté Greene had an opportunity to win it with a three pointer at the buzzer, but it was just short, and thus the Kings three game winning streak was ended.
Clips begin post-Billups era
Clippers at Cleveland – Game Preview
The Clippers played the first third of the 66 game regular season with Chauncey Billups. They will have to play the final two thirds without him. Billups went down to the floor late in Monday night’s game in Orlando, clutching his lower left leg. An MRI on Tuesday confirmed what everyone already feared — Billups had torn his Achilles tendon. He’ll be out for the season, throwing his future with the team into uncertainty, though he says he plans to play again, and would like to play for the Clippers. On paper, the loss of Billups is not insurmountable. The backcourt happens to be the one position at which the Clippers are deep. Randy Foye will move into the starting lineup, where he has always done a respectable job. Caron Butler, Chris Paul and Mo Williams will probably all need to take a few more shots to make up for Billups’ absence, but again that’s all doable. It’s the intangibles that will be harder to replace. But then again, it helps to have Paul in that regard. In this, the first game since the injury, the Clippers’ emotions may be the biggest hurdle. Dealing with the weight of the loss may be harder than his actual absence from the basketball court. We’ll see. The team could come out in a funk over the situation, or they could come out extra motivated to win in his absence.
Lakers have Caracter Issues
Would have been a better title.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 9:56 AM PST up reply actions
Or
Lakers Lack Caracter, or No More Caracter Problem for Lakers
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 9:57 AM PST up reply actions
...
Lakers Lack Caracter
you’re a lakers fan, and you suggest this one?
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 9:58 AM PST up reply actions
I wasn’t sure if unclesam22 was a hater or a fan, so I figured I’d give him multiple options.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 10:01 AM PST up reply actions
I totally had one of these moments last night at ultimate. Back story, I’m sick, and I told everyone at the game… As game was over:
Girl: Feel better!
Spazzy: You too!
(she wasn’t sick)
KEEP CALM
AND
Z ON
by Spazzy Mcgee on Feb 8, 2012 10:38 AM PST up reply actions
zactly. Although to be fair there was a girl that left early because she was sick.
KEEP CALM
AND
Z ON
by Spazzy Mcgee on Feb 8, 2012 10:45 AM PST up reply actions
Ha! I always do that.
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by CalBandGreat on Feb 8, 2012 10:45 AM PST up reply actions
I also do that sometimes with “Have a nice flight” at the gate.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 11:00 AM PST up reply actions
When I was young, I had a crush on a jewish boy in my class. Right before winter break he sweetly wished me a Merry Christmas. I was so giddy, I immediately said ‘You too!’ … Sigh.
Cal: Bears with Books.
“You too! Oh damnit, you’re Jewish and your people killed Jesus. I’m so sorry”
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by Rishi on Feb 8, 2012 10:59 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
But they did build the aqueducts! And the roads!
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
And tha’ts how you and Twist became BFFs forever!
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred
Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow disagrees!
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
"What are you doing here!?"
“Uh, performing my ablutions?”
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
Can anybody see “recent fanpostS” on the front page?
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A bit confusing. Can anybody see the recent fanposts section FROm the front page. Thanks.
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No, but I can access and post here which is a big improvement from an hour or so ago.
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 9:21 AM PST up reply actions
Shit is fucked up.
SBN has had some server problems recently. I dont know what the situation is, bc Im not a computer talking guy. But its not a great situation and I hope they can fix it all up soon.
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SBN is fine, just hit ctrl alt delete or reboot your computer to fix it.
#doomgang
by Redonkulous Bear on Feb 8, 2012 9:27 AM PST up reply actions
No.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
I got here by clinking the “view all fanposts” link.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
Nice, we all figured it out on our own. We have the smarts, we have the smarts. S-M-R-T!
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by CalBandGreat on Feb 8, 2012 11:10 AM PST up reply actions
Vintage?
Raleigh’s and Intermezzo making a comeback THIS spring?
The owners of the old Sequoia Building site on the corner of Telegraph and Haste last week submitted plans to the city of Berkeley to enable them to reopen Raleigh’s and Café Intermezzo, two restaurant businesses that were gutted by the fire that destroyed the 1916 building on November 18th, 2011. If approved, the plans would also allow them to launch Gabriella’s, a restaurant they owned but had not yet opened on the site, and which also burned down.
Designs, drawn up by Oakland architect Kirk Peterson for owner Greg Ent, call for three canopy-like tents fixed to concrete pads, along with three shipping containers which would be used to house kitchens. The idea is to resurrect the restaurants on a temporary basis while planning a new apartment building to replace the one lost to the fire.
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BTW
My initial review of Pappy’s is positive. Way better ambiance and decor than Blakes. Haven’t eaten there yet though.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
No, but a lot of wasted space it seems. To be fair, however, the bar wasn’t open down there so there weren’t a lot of folks hanging out. Just those playing pool.
Oh, and they have what appears to be a stripper pole!
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Looks kinda like the Transbay terminal. Or that Hayes valley parking lot with the food stands.
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred
Yeah, the Hayes Valley beergardens or whatever.
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
NY orange juice closes lower as Brazil juice news, USDA eyed
NEW YORK, Feb 7 (Reuters) – Orange juice futures
settled lower Tuesday on investor liquidation as the market lost
ground for the fifth time in six sessions while the trade
cautiously awaited news on Brazil juice imports and awaited a
government crop report this week, analysts said.
The key March frozen concentrated orange juice contract
dropped 5.65 cents, or nearly 3 percent, to finish at
$1.9585 per lb, trading from $1.9155 to $2.0205.
Benchmark March hit an all-time peak at $2.2695 per lb two
weeks ago on speculation the United States may ban Brazilian
juice imports.
“We’re seeing liquidation before the report,” said The Price
Group analyst Jack Scoville, referring to the U.S. Agriculture
Department’s monthly supply/demand report containing an update
on Florida’s 2011/12 citrus crop.
The report is due out on Thursday at 8:30 a.m. EST (1330
GMT).
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you’re upset that orange juice is getting cheaper?
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 9:41 AM PST up reply actions
I liquidated all my apple derivatives and sunk them into orange juice futures!
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
I read this as
“I peed apple juice and I put OJ on my grocery list”
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 9:46 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
This does not bode well for my pulp/ non-pulp CDO.
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--Thoroughbred
Interviews and shit
The USC Trojans have lost two coaches in the week following national signing day, as wide receivers coach Ted Gilmore joined linebackers coach Joe Barry in making the jump from the Pac-12 to the AFC West.
Lane Kiffin interviewing Kenwick Thompson and Wes Chandler
#doomgang
by Redonkulous Bear on Feb 8, 2012 9:49 AM PST reply actions
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
WTF we JUST hired Chandler!
And I hope Thompson is just stringing Kiffy along.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 9:50 AM PST up reply actions
Oh wait, it’s Redonk posting this. Nevermind.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 9:51 AM PST up reply actions
Only raptor Jesus and raptor coaching staff can save us now
#doomgang
by Redonkulous Bear on Feb 8, 2012 9:53 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
ALL HAIL RAPTOR JESUS!
/needs to make a Raptor Shiva on my free time
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 9:54 AM PST up reply actions
No, doesn’t look like him. He needs a nametag, preferrably in ancient Aramaic
Cal: Bears with Books.
Looks like Mitt.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 10:42 AM PST up reply actions
LOL
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Patrick Soon-Shiong intends to take part in bid for Dodgers
Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, who could sway the balance of financial power in the Dodgers’ ownership derby, will “absolutely participate” in a bid for the team, his representative said Tuesday.
Soon-Shiong, the richest man in Los Angeles, soon could emerge as a major player in the local sports scene. He owns a small share of the Lakers, might soon own a large share of the Dodgers and is interested in ownership possibilities should the NFL return to Los Angeles.
wooooooooooooooooooooooo!
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 10:01 AM PST up reply actions
Too Soon-Shiong.
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by CalBandGreat on Feb 8, 2012 10:03 AM PST up reply actions
How did he make his money?
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#PsychoTherapy
Last night I dreamt that some dude was chasing after me to kill me, so I chopped off one of his arms with a sword. Then, he started crawling after me because of the pain, picked up a two-by-four to beat me with and then finally threw a brick at me. In the end, I escaped.
I’m thinking I have some unconscious worries about impending doom.
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what have you been reading/watching lately? this kind of sounds like the First Law series.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
Pretty much watching Family Guy, How I Met Your Mother and Top Chef exclusively lately. What’s First Law?
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by CalBandGreat on Feb 8, 2012 10:19 AM PST up reply actions
Book series by Joe Abercrombie, recommended by Fire Starkey. It’s violent.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 10:28 AM PST up reply actions
I could have sworn I read a section equivalent to exactly that dream of CBG. (Possibly not that violent, but I have a vivid imagination)
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 10:33 AM PST up reply actions
Sounds awesome. My dream was entertaining.
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by CalBandGreat on Feb 8, 2012 10:36 AM PST up reply actions
Glad you survived!
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 10:36 AM PST up reply actions
Maybe CalBandGreat is thinking of proposing.
Sounds like the about-to-be-married dream…
Old Toothwrangler
I did take a couple of days off last week. You didn’t notice? :(
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by CalBandGreat on Feb 8, 2012 10:21 AM PST up reply actions
Sounds like Monty Python, maybe you need less inanity in your life.
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It was a little ridiculous, almost comical, that the guy wouldn’t stop chasing after I cut off his arm.
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by CalBandGreat on Feb 8, 2012 10:25 AM PST up reply actions
noooooooooooooooooooooooo
HRNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGG
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by Redonkulous Bear on Feb 8, 2012 10:32 AM PST up reply actions
I remember almost all of mine. It’s a blessing and a curse.
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by CalBandGreat on Feb 8, 2012 10:25 AM PST up reply actions
me too. Last night I dreamed I was the lead in a musical and I hadn’t learned the words/songs. but no problem, they kept changing everything anyways.
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Did he attack Jim Rome?
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….he?
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 10:37 AM PST up reply actions
lol
did not know about that
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 10:41 AM PST up reply actions
I’ll never understand why he tried to fight him. If he’d laughed it off, we’d never have heard about it.
why Everett tried to fight Rome?
by the federer express on Feb 8, 2012 10:48 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, I mean I get the whole offensive calling him a female athletes name, but that’s Rome’s thing and he played right into it.
He could have handled it slightly better, but I don’t blame him really.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
Extraordinarily serious answer:
I seriously have the best location in mind: right across from Splashpad Park, next door to the Grand Lake Theater in Oakland. It’s geographically perfect, the facility there is an old hamburger stand, and there’s plenty of parking. SO upsets me that the closest In n Out is Pinole or Hegenberger
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They reopened that place: Kwik Way. Terrible food though, which sucks cause I live within walking distance.
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by CalBandGreat on Feb 8, 2012 10:27 AM PST up reply actions
It’ll be closed again soon…
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Feb 8, 2012 10:39 AM PST up reply actions
Touche. Then I’m all aboard the In-N-Out plan. However, the neighborhood blocked a bid by Fat Burger to open there because it was a chain.
Damn, old Berkeley hippies living in my hood!
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by CalBandGreat on Feb 8, 2012 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
How is there a Barney’s, and a TJ’s, then?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Feb 8, 2012 10:42 AM PST up reply actions
that place blows
you’d think you couldn’t screw up burgers and fries after 50+ years of American research and testing, but you’d be wrong.
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 11:42 AM PST up reply actions
Which is weird, b/c it was Kwik Way before, then they tried to open a Mickey D’s but neighborhood people complained, and now it’s a Kwik Way again.
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I heard they tried to open a Fat Burger. Was that just code for McDs?
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by CalBandGreat on Feb 8, 2012 12:03 PM PST up reply actions
I remember htat it was a chain, and I could’ve sworn it was Mickey D’s, but maybe you’re right.
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I remember thinking it was insane at the time since Fat Burger is nothing like Mc Donalds.
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by CalBandGreat on Feb 8, 2012 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
Emeryville would probably be the spot
Commercialized and centralized. Would immediately become the most popular In-N-Out in East Bay.
Sure it’ll be ready by 2022.
by Avinash Kunnath on Feb 8, 2012 10:37 AM PST up reply actions
This would be the greatest thing ever. I can think of several awesome locations, all walking distance to me!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Feb 8, 2012 10:39 AM PST up reply actions
Tipping question
I’m hiring some movers for the first time (sooooo thankful I’m not moving my couch, desk, bed…). Is it customary to tip them? How much?
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Wow, really? That enthusiastically NO? I would’ve thought so.
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by CalBandGreat on Feb 8, 2012 10:37 AM PST up reply actions
I did tip my movers, but I forget how much.
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I always tip the movers. I the 2 movers last time I moved $100 cash (total) last time I moved.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 10:39 AM PST up reply actions
this
and how much/how you’re paying them in the first place. If they do extra work especially.
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 11:43 AM PST up reply actions
I think I read like $40 for the head guy, $20 for the lackeys?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Feb 8, 2012 10:47 AM PST up reply actions
I usually just give a lump sum to the head guy, make sure the lackeys see I’m doing so, and let them sort it out.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 10:48 AM PST up reply actions
hmmm so dumping Gatorade for a victorious move was a bad idea?
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 10:52 AM PST up reply actions
that explains why they gave you teh stink eye afterward..
by the federer express on Feb 8, 2012 10:53 AM PST up reply actions
i would have thought the gatorade would have improved their stink.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 10:54 AM PST up reply actions
I usually just let everyone take one book and one small appliance or item of furniture
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Feb 8, 2012 10:51 AM PST up reply actions
I usually tell them the best way to get back on the freeway and which bridge will have the least traffic. Who says you have to tip with cash? So uncouth.
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 11:44 AM PST up reply actions
Thanks hive mind!
I’m reading $10-$33 per mover. Sounds reasonable.
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by CalBandGreat on Feb 8, 2012 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
Depends
I had a moving company that gave me a bid and FAR exceeded it (binding bids for movers are, apparently, illegal in Oregon….). No tips there.
If someone did really careful, conscientious job, then yes.
I'd like to smell the Roses before I die.
note for future CGB moving
movers are regulated in CA by the Public Utllities Commission. So if you work with a big company you have some avenues of self-help that you might not have in other circumstances.
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 11:45 AM PST up reply actions
Yes, and definitely do your homework and look up licensed movers. Moving scams are pretty common on craigslist, where they’ll hold your stuff until you pay them some bogus add-on fee.
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I’ve heard about those scams when I was looking for movers cross-country. This time I’m just moving to the other side of Lake Merritt and my friend owns the company and lives about a block away from me.
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by CalBandGreat on Feb 8, 2012 12:08 PM PST up reply actions
I’m VERY concerned about a moving scam here, CBG. You should pay me to consult on your move
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and if you accept payment for this consultation while in motion, would that be a moving scam?
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 1:20 PM PST up reply actions
I tipped my movers $100 because I live on the 3rd floor, up 42 steps. On a lower floor, I would probably go $20/dude plus lunch.
If it’s hot, offering ice water is kinda nice although you jerks shouldn’t think of it as a tip.
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 1:33 PM PST up reply actions
friend hired movers once, they came to her house, stopped working within an hour and demanded that she buy them chinese food for lunch.
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I’ve been craving potstickers since yesterday!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Feb 8, 2012 1:37 PM PST up reply actions
I think that I whined about it enough that several people on my other internet community had potstickers last night. I did not, however. Maybe this weekend…
So did your friend cave, or just kick out the movers?
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Feb 8, 2012 1:45 PM PST up reply actions
I hate to break it to you in a public forum, but I think this means you’re preggers.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
Cugel = pregnancy test?
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Feb 8, 2012 1:51 PM PST up reply actions
I hate to break it to you in a public forum, but I think this means you’re Jeremy Lin
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Taiwanese potstickers = best potstickers
Slapfight?
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Feb 8, 2012 2:09 PM PST up reply actions
Taiwanese potstickers = Chinese potstickers
OH NO I DI’INT
SLAPFIGHT.
/kidding
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
POTSTICKERS FOR ALL!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Feb 8, 2012 2:14 PM PST up reply actions
So we all have to share??? COMMIE!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Feb 8, 2012 2:17 PM PST up reply actions
uncool
If they were licensed you could ravage them with complaints to PUC.
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 1:44 PM PST up reply actions
I think they’re more likely to be able to get resolution from a regulated company than from three dudes with a truck posting on craigslist.
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 4:25 PM PST up reply actions
I think it depends on things like if there were stairs involved on either end and if they took care of your stuff in the process of moving.
Back in the summer of 2002, we renovated our kitchen. Part of the renovation was getting a new range that we had coveted for some time. It was delivered shortly after Labor Day, the weather was hovering around the century mark. There were 21 stairs from the street and hardwood floors that had to be protected. There was maneuvering, placement for connection, adjusting of feet to level, etc.
We provided refreshment to ensure that these guys wouldn’t pass out and continue with their work and make other deliveries. But just as, if not more, importantly, we expressed our appreciation for the effort and care they took with a tip of $40 for about 45 minutes of work to each man on the crew (there were 3 men).
To me, it was money well-spent if only because that range was, and still is, highly valued.
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TIME FOR JUMBACOANDBOATTALK
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Quick Tosh tidbit: Lupoi will be making his 1st media appearance as a Washington coach today, 3 weeks and 2 days after he was hired.
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by Redonkulous Bear on Feb 8, 2012 10:58 AM PST reply actions
I can’t wait for him to do a live chat :)
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 11:00 AM PST up reply actions
I will pitch in $$$ for expenses etc. Twist or Avi fly there now and troll him at the presser
#doomgang
by Redonkulous Bear on Feb 8, 2012 11:03 AM PST up reply actions
At first glance I thought this was a picture of an incredibly ugly woman!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Feb 8, 2012 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
I don’t know if there’s been discussion on this yet, but it seems Oregon’s new Chancellor is Robert Berdahl.
Eleven crashes involving at least 31 vehicles driving through heavy fog on Highway 37 snarled traffic this morning in both directions near Skaggs Island Road west of Vallejo, the California Highway Patrol said.
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yeah, it was really foggy this morning on the Peninsula, too
by the federer express on Feb 8, 2012 11:20 AM PST up reply actions
Valentines Day Trump'ed
Coworker discovered her BF is flying them to Costa Rica for Valentines day. Geez, how do you beat that.
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Fly to Paris on a real live unicorn, then buy it?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Feb 8, 2012 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
Point of fact, unicorns don’t fly. You could fly to Paris on a pegasus, and then buy it.
Cal: Bears with Books.
What if you traveled by Map?
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Feb 8, 2012 11:55 AM PST up reply actions
Isn’t Jurassic Park off the coast of Costa Rica or something?
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Two tickets to the thing she loves, but they turn into diamonds.
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by cldpc on Feb 8, 2012 11:25 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
SWAN DIVE!
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
Someone hand-made two bracelets out of bicycle spokes
But yeah, I’ve heard Costa Rica is cool. Snorkeling and all that!
by Avinash Kunnath on Feb 8, 2012 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
Fly Costa Rica here.
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by CalBandGreat on Feb 8, 2012 11:34 AM PST up reply actions
if all it's about is one-upping
Hire Redonk to photoshop an amazing Valentine’s Day vacation.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 11:57 AM PST up reply actions
Will you bring me back some of that moon money?
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by CalBandGreat on Feb 8, 2012 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
They’re called Newt Bucks
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
lulz
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
MARS BITCHES
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
That dude just fucked that relationship up.
First, he has now set the expectation that Valentine’s Day is a big deal and will have to do something equally spectacular every year. Dumbass.
Second, he could have done this at any time, thus making the surprise that much greater. Added bonus is your coworker would never know when a similar surprise could happen so it could’ve been so much better for him. Dumbass.
Third, she’ll expect a ring on this trip. Dumbass.
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by Fire Starkey on Feb 8, 2012 1:15 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
Do y’all like surprise trips in general?
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Feb 8, 2012 1:18 PM PST up reply actions
as a kid i did…used to love waking up to the sound of the turn signal clicking and noticing we were going skiing that day.
Answers very context-dependent.
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To Yodak Camp?
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Woah woah woah.
The question was about surprise trips. Scootie does not like surprise trips. Brownies are a gift. Scootie loves gifts. Please adjust plans accordingly.
the window? They’re someone else’s surprise now!
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by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 1:48 PM PST up reply actions
Related:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOkAgVH0-5A
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
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Same!
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Feb 8, 2012 1:38 PM PST up reply actions
Note to self: When Scootinez and I get married, do not plan any surprise trips.
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haha
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 5:50 PM PST up reply actions
With a stegosaurus at QB?
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Whoa. Mind = blown.
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Two can play this game
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not reallly
a surprise overnight might be ok. I surprised my gf in college with a night at the Mark Hopkins and that went pretty well.
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 1:36 PM PST up reply actions
Night, or even local-ish weekend (Carmel, Mendocino, Napa) would be OK.
Surprise week away involving flights? I’d get twitchy if it wasn’t how I would have aplanned it. (I am aware that this is an unattractive trait and I am ungrateful. Some things can’t be helped.)
Like planning to take a stripper bus?
But I think this makes sense. I’m generally more detail-oriented than my friends and get hung up on their event planning (unless it was done by someone who I know is more attentive than me). Adding a surprise factor would be even nastier.
I need to meet more planners, I hate planning trips.
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Kerfuffle = awesome?
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by TheBuckeyeBear on Feb 8, 2012 2:19 PM PST up reply actions
eh
I just assume a girl likes to have, you know, necessary medication, glasses/contact fluid, and whatever else she might need. It seems a little rude to deny her the chance to be prepared for a fun trip.
I guess if I were a 1% guy that could clap my hands and make anything magically appear, that would be different. “Hey, we’re going to fly on my private airline to our new tropical island!!!”
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 2:48 PM PST up reply actions
“My woman requires a change of clothes!” CLAP-CLAP
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 4:26 PM PST up reply actions
I’ve never been on a surprise trip, unless you count a trip to the ER or similar.
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Two of my buddies did semi-surprise honeymoons. Obviously they knew when they were going but wouldn’t tell where.
“Hey honey, welcome to El Salvador!! A buddy of mine said they have a Civil War re-enactment EVERY day! Cool, huh?!?”
no bear, no care
by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 1:57 PM PST up reply actions
“Welcome to Indianapolis! Gentlemen, start your engines!”
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 2:48 PM PST up reply actions
diamond cartel
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 2:49 PM PST up reply actions
speaking of diamond cartels…
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/print/1982/02/have-you-ever-tried-to-sell-a-diamond/4575/
by the federer express on Feb 8, 2012 2:51 PM PST up reply actions
sexis!
You mean, king and queen!
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Sounds like your blood pressure did great on the SATs!
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No
I tend not to like surprises.
Man crush on Aaron Rodgers, since 2003.
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LOL
One of my buddies considered all of this when giving his girlfriend a bag of Skittles for Valentine’s Day.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 1:19 PM PST up reply actions
My favorite valentine’s gift ever was a pack of SweetHearts from a man I didn’t expect would even acknowledge the day. I still have them (though the relationship is six years gone).
They’re probably still as fresh as ever!
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 1:28 PM PST up reply actions
wreck'd
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 1:34 PM PST up reply actions
lots of slap-fighting today
1. politics
2. in n out
3. ???
by the federer express on Feb 8, 2012 11:32 AM PST reply actions
Shut up! There is NOT a lot of slap-fighting today!
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by CalBandGreat on Feb 8, 2012 11:35 AM PST up reply actions
impassioned discussions of a varied nature
by the federer express on Feb 8, 2012 11:35 AM PST up reply actions
For afficianados of English soccer
Apparently Fabio Capello has resigned.
I got tired of waiting because I found out there's only a fine line between biding one's time and wasting one's time.
That also has been mentioned on the Guardian as well – since Redknapp was cleared of tax fraud today.
I got tired of waiting because I found out there's only a fine line between biding one's time and wasting one's time.
As a Spurs fan, I’m not sure what to think. I think Redknapp has been great for us, but not sure if he can get us over the hump. I guess it depends on who the replacement would be.
There’s been outright dissension in the ranks though – players calling him out, leaks to the press, etc. Real Madrid tends to can managers far faster than players, and winning the league doesn’t keep you safe there.
I got tired of waiting because I found out there's only a fine line between biding one's time and wasting one's time.
i know that stuff was going on earlier in the season… hasn’t that settled down a bit as they’ve distanced from barca, though?
"#caltrollgang" - RB
Seems to be getting worse
I got tired of waiting because I found out there's only a fine line between biding one's time and wasting one's time.
definitely hawter than Craig Bellamy because Jaime has a neck
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
WHOSE WISHING YOU HAD A NECK THIS BIG!?
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
No one escapes on CGB! Eventually all grammatical mistakes are caught. atoms has taught us well.
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:)
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 3:37 PM PST up reply actions
Homo Sex is Sin-Sational!
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
Customer Service.
Why isn’t DBD showing up on my Android app?
and on the computer, only 2 fanpost showing up w/o clicking all fanposts (which are the same fanposts that show up on the app…)
Did you check the UW blog?
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 11:37 AM PST up reply actions
header
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by CalBandGreat on Feb 8, 2012 11:47 AM PST up reply actions
Its fucked up for everybody. Something to do with SBN. I emailed them about it
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Unfortunately, their email is broken too.
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 1:37 PM PST up reply actions
But the email comes with your choice of topping!
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
Chocolate?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Feb 8, 2012 1:48 PM PST up reply actions
Toothless woman to stand trial for alleged bank robbery for dentures money
AYNESBURG, Pa. — A toothless woman who told police she robbed a southwestern Pennsylvania bank because she needed money for new dentures has been ordered to stand trial and remains jailed, though her attorney is trying to get her moved to a mental health facility.
will they get her dentures in jail? she’s possibly better off in a low-security facility if she’s robbing banks for dentures.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
between that and my new avatar, i feel like i’m winning.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 11:57 AM PST up reply actions
/toothwrangled
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 11:46 AM PST up reply actions
She should’ve tried to get the gummyment to pay for them.
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by CalBandGreat on Feb 8, 2012 11:50 AM PST up reply actions
No more politics for me today - don't even try...
So on a scale of one to ten, one being benign and 10 being red faced bat crazy offensive, how was my discussion today?
brb burning flags but I’ll tell you later
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 12:03 PM PST up reply actions
brb buying gasoline to pour all over your burning flags
#doomgang
by Redonkulous Bear on Feb 8, 2012 12:08 PM PST up reply actions
brb using government fiat to turn aborted christian babbies into Michelle Obama sponsored lunches for socialist communist Muslim Radical Christian concentration camps.
TROLL ON YOU BEARS. - atoms
even if it does snow, we’ve got plenty of laker championship banners to keep us warm! - raptorapocalypse
Is that government fiatlux or goverment FiatSlug?
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 12:17 PM PST up reply actions
Neither...
it’s a variant on Soylent Green.
"We do not seek men who will bravely lie down to die, but men who will fight valiantly to live."
"Winning is not everything. It is far better to play the game squarely and lose than to win at the sacrifice of an ideal."
-- Andrew Latham Smith
Soylent Green is people!
(is that even really a spoiler anymore?)
TROLL ON YOU BEARS. - atoms
even if it does snow, we’ve got plenty of laker championship banners to keep us warm! - raptorapocalypse
Like I said, it’s a variant on Soylent Green.
"We do not seek men who will bravely lie down to die, but men who will fight valiantly to live."
"Winning is not everything. It is far better to play the game squarely and lose than to win at the sacrifice of an ideal."
-- Andrew Latham Smith
Soylent yellow!
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 1:38 PM PST up reply actions
2+z
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 12:04 PM PST up reply actions
z
OH NO IT'S
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
by Rishi on Feb 8, 2012 12:13 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
yeah, it’s a great book. I’m looking forward to the movie.
by the federer express on Feb 8, 2012 12:38 PM PST up reply actions
you can’t write DBD and post in it too!
oh wait.
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by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 12:07 PM PST up reply actions
It was ok, I don’t think of it as flammable, because we we’re not talking about whether or not anyone would be good at being president, just their shot at being elected. Of course, I love following (and talking about) politics, so my perception might be slightly skewed.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
I love talking polics, too. Lets tlak politics TOGETHER!
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We’d be better off had we not listened to the anti-tax nuts in Boston and stayed a part of the Commonwealth. BOOM!
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 1:39 PM PST up reply actions
would it be too Atoms of me to point out the Commonwealth didn’t exist then? Yes it would?
/shows self out.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
But we would have joined later in due course!
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 2:49 PM PST up reply actions
Make up for it by settling the In-N-Out debate.
by Avinash Kunnath on Feb 8, 2012 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
2.
I was disappointed my points on Romney’s “very poor” remark were left unresponded to, though.
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
I ran out of steam… plus, I’m in Big Sur so I have to overcome that almost forced relaxed state of mind…
Speaking of which, thinking about hitting Hearst Castle on my way up to Santa Barbara… anyone have thoughts as to if it’s worth it? the other option is to sit and do nothing, which is particularly appealing right now.
…have you never been to Hearst Castle??
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 12:18 PM PST up reply actions
shockingly, no. It may be the very last place in California I have not been.
So I should go, but i’m really in the mood to just veg and work on some stuff… decisions, decisions…
It’s pretty fab. You should go. It was designed by Julia Morgan, one of the first prominent female architects of the era.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
I know who Julia Morgan is, thank you… ;-) Although I did forget it was designed by her. You know she worked for John Galen Howard….
Sometimes tickets sell out, so you might consider getting them ahead of time.
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--Thoroughbred
Yeah, I hit traffic and missed my reservation once, which sucked.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
She designed the Berkeley City Club, too :)
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
I can think of some places in Ca you havent seen
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know who loves relaxing and meditation and communing with nature and the environment?
liberals.
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
does keeping socks on count?
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by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 12:23 PM PST up reply actions
you know who else?
Conservative wives. Think about that one.
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by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 12:22 PM PST up reply actions
can’t think i’m a pinhead libral, common sense like the bible and cold soda doesn’t apply to me
Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!
warm soda is awesome. gets organic grass stains out.
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by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 12:23 PM PST up reply actions
They ain't conservative after I'm done with 'em!
"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.
It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
by AERose on Feb 8, 2012 12:23 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Very much worth it, and I generally don’t like those type of things (gawking at the .0001%)
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
Hearst Castle is cool, you should definitely go. And right across the highway is a little lane tthat leads to a country store called Sebastian’s that makes the best sandwiches evah.
No Need to Drink
Thanks all, and Scootie for the sandwich tip… I am ashamed to say I took a nap, so passed… and then headed south… did stop in Morrow Bay to take this photo… which I immediately tweeted to all my friends on the east coast / midwest…
Feb 8th on the Central Coast of California… could be worse.
This reminds me… someone find me the quote from some 19th century frontier general who said that California is 10x better than Texas in every way.
TROLL ON YOU BEARS. - atoms
even if it does snow, we’ve got plenty of laker championship banners to keep us warm! - raptorapocalypse
Where were you for our bowl game festivities, man!?
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 4:04 PM PST up reply actions
I can’t recall if I ever committed to going to any festivities…
TROLL ON YOU BEARS. - atoms
even if it does snow, we’ve got plenty of laker championship banners to keep us warm! - raptorapocalypse
CGB festivities! We had a whole series of posts and a back-and-forth with Texas fan sites where that type of information would have been timely, useful, and awesome. You let us down, man.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 4:06 PM PST up reply actions
LOL winter
Nice pic, you bastard.
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 4:26 PM PST up reply actions
I heard on the radio the other day that there’s a blizzard in the entire state of Colorado, and right now it’s snowing in the Northeast. It’s like an entirely different language that I can’t understand.
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--Thoroughbred
Triumph at the Attack of the Clones premiere is still one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen. I wish I could find a higher quality version …
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--Thoroughbred
That was the apotheosis of the Triumph bit, for sure.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 6:02 PM PST up reply actions
it is absolutely brilliant
Without even clicking on that I think I can recite some of the great lines
“how do you explain this to your imaginary girlfriend”
“Lonely men who have never had sex, not even a catholic priest…”
“Which button do you push to have your parents come pick you up?”
“That’s the last time he’ll ever see female genitalia… "
“Eat a lot of peanut M&Ms throughout the galaxy”
“what parent forced you to do this…”
"Which button do you push to have your parents come pick you up?"
I laughed for DAYS over this line.
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--Thoroughbred
I thought it was all a very reasonable discussion.
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R&B star Ne-Yo flashed his cash during a recent jaunt to a strip club by reportedly spending $5,000 on exotic dances – while his girlfriend watched.
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yep
this just means his current gf is holding that moment in the back of her mind as ammo for their next fight, guaranteed.
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by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
Are those authentic red plastic tablecloths?
California Golden Blogs: Ethnic food → pizza and chili → boboli → boobies.
we saw
a commercial for Golden Corral’s chocolate fondue extravaganza or something and realized there might be someone that actually would go there for that.
The White Castle thing is charming except for the rooburgers.
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 1:40 PM PST up reply actions
flagged
it all began when some McD marketing nerb got baked and watched Sigmund and the Sea Monsters.
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 1:41 PM PST up reply actions
LIES LIES LIES LET ME HEAR YOUR DELICIOUS LIES
Bob Condotta
UW assistant press conference over. Asked about getting a boat, Lupoi says "I haven’t been on that boat. Maybe a canoe.’’
#doomgang
by Redonkulous Bear on Feb 8, 2012 1:09 PM PST reply actions
He hasn’t been on his brand new boat? He must have been pretty busy the last 3 weeks.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 1:12 PM PST up reply actions
no, I’m a pretty raptor.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 1:19 PM PST up reply actions
party time!
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 1:23 PM PST up reply actions
RAPTOR COACH NEVAR FORGIVES... RAPTOR COACH NEVAR FORGETS
#doomgang
by Redonkulous Bear on Feb 8, 2012 1:41 PM PST up reply actions 11 recs
Spazzy sick at home. Nothing like homemade veggie stew in the Le Creuset!
/livejournal
KEEP CALM
AND
Z ON
Le Creuset? Lodges are way better!
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Eh, the Le Creuset enamels are better than the Lodge
but for straight up cast-iron, Lodge is awesome.
you just want me to post this photo again...
and then tell me where I could have purchased it for less money…
"/>
wat
I think Cole Hardware has Lodge stuff.
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 4:27 PM PST up reply actions
East Bay restaurant supply.
California Golden Blogs: Ethnic food → pizza and chili → boboli → boobies.
This. But don’t tell anyone. It’s a big secret.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
I’ve been dropping mad cash there for the last 2 months. Trying to upgrade a lot of kitchen wares.
California Golden Blogs: Ethnic food → pizza and chili → boboli → boobies.
If Mrs Kod is into cooking & food as much as you, leave her home. That place will bankrupt you.
California Golden Blogs: Ethnic food → pizza and chili → boboli → boobies.
She likes the food, but I do all the cooking.
I’m the one who buys the Japanese knives, all-clad & le creuset cookware. She has her own set of inexpensive knives and non-stick cookware (from Marshall?) that she uses when she does cook.
I really don’t need anything.
It’s probably best that I don’t even let myself look.
Old Toothwrangler
It’s amazing. My first time was like a kid discovering Toys R Us for the first time. Except I can buy whatever I want.
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Is that the place kinda by Jack London Square?
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 9:40 PM PST up reply actions
Thought so, I almost bought a condo overlooking it. Not a really romantic view though.
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by natteringnabob on Feb 9, 2012 6:20 AM PST up reply actions
Cash is probably mad bc you keep dropping it
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pshaw, the real competition is Staub.
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--Thoroughbred
And they’re dead to me ever since the lid on my Staub wok exploded.
They wouldn’t issue me a refund, either. But instead sent me one of their Dutch ovens as a “sorry you’re burned, scarred, and had glass fragments in the paella, dude.”
Old Toothwrangler
I read that as “glass fragments in the patella,” which, let’s face it, isn’t out of the realm of possibility for you.
I got tired of waiting because I found out there's only a fine line between biding one's time and wasting one's time.
CHALLENGE ACCEP – Um. No. Just no. They already took bone spurs out of the patella and that took two years to recover.
Old Toothwrangler
well damn.
All-Blacks star Sonny Bill Williams wins NZ heavyweight title
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/rugby-all-blacks-star-sonny-bill-677645
New Zealand All-Blacks star Sonny Bill Williams became a two-sport champion after claiming the New Zealand heavyweight championship last night.
Williams, who usually plays as a centre for the All-Blacks, was part of New Zealand’s Rugby World Cup-winning side in 2011, coming off the bench in the final against France.
And the 26-year-old from Auckland added a boxing championship to his rugby world title when he stopped Clarence Tillman III in Hamilton.
HE WAS BOXING IN RUNNING SHOES?!?!
no bear, no care
by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 1:37 PM PST up reply actions
Note to self: After committing murder don’t go home and write about it in your journal
A Missouri teenager who had described the slaying of a young neighbor girl as an “ahmazing” thrill made an emotional apology Wednesday to the girl’s family and was sentenced to a potential lifetime in prison.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
But if you make a stew with it, write about it in the DBD?
"Sometimes you get it, and sometimes you get got."
by TheBuckeyeBear on Feb 8, 2012 1:42 PM PST up reply actions
In some ways, I actually feel sorry for the girl. Yes, she should be locked up for life but that girl never had a chance.
Inspiring and completing since1997 since2010!
for ppl who didn't understand FS' comment
Defenses attorneys had argued for leniency after presenting evidence from family members and mental health experts about Bustamante’s troubled childhood. Bustamante was born to teenage, drug-abusing parents; her father was imprisoned and her mother abandoned her, leaving her in the legal custody of her grandmother.
After a suicide attempt on Labor Day 2007 as she was starting eighth grade, Bustamante was prescribed the antidepressant Prozac. Her dosage had been increased just two weeks before Elizabeth’s death. A defense psychiatrist testified that the medication could have made Bustamante moodier and more violent and contributed to the murder — a theory rejected by a different psychiatrist testifying for prosecutors.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/02/06/national/a100039S37.DTL#ixzz1lpXI7hyI
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So I decided I'd start wearing my Invisalign 'retainers' again for the first time in a couple months
and my teeth hurt like hell.
Anyone care to recommend a good lunch spot the serves something… soft?
no bear, no care
SF Soup Co?
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 1:44 PM PST up reply actions
damn, i wish.
I should specify, in LA
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by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 1:45 PM PST up reply actions
Shamrock shake?
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 1:45 PM PST up reply actions
they went worldwide today, apparently
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by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 1:50 PM PST up reply actions
really?
I was just guessing but they seem to put them out at least a month before Irish-American Overindulgence Day.
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 2:50 PM PST up reply actions
Where?
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 3:28 PM PST up reply actions
I learned it from watching Twist!
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 3:52 PM PST up reply actions
never had one before… must try.
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by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 1:57 PM PST up reply actions
Oh, nevermind, I see.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 3:28 PM PST up reply actions
The holiday treat that keeps on giving, for 20,000 years or so!
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 2:51 PM PST up reply actions
Diamond Bar = ALEX MORGAN
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Are they doing the two fingered dealie ironically?
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Yes and I thought the Azn photo pose was only done ironically now
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among Asian AMericans, yes. ASian Asians, no
by the federer express on Feb 8, 2012 2:27 PM PST up reply actions
Can anybody alert these Asian Asians what the new normal is?
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They all have a large mole on their faces, that’s very odd.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
I enjoy creepy dudes in the back
Cal: Bears with Books.
by AndBears on Feb 8, 2012 3:03 PM PST up reply actions 9 recs
surprise sodomy’s still illegal, man
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by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 3:04 PM PST up reply actions
Diet
In February 2011, Chosun Ilbo reported that band members ate only 1,500 kcal a day.137 This corresponds to a seasonal vegetable, five pieces of broccoli, 100 grams of grilled chicken breast, and 150 grams of brown rice.137 Several members of the band hotly denied these claims in a interview televised by SBS in November.138 “They say we eat eight brocolli pieces and one sweet potato for a meal,” Yuri said.138 "That’s crazy. I thought they meant we ate 1,500 kcal a meal at first."138 According to Tiffany: “I feel like we eat at least 3,000 kcal a day. Our manager told us, ‘The amount of money SNSD spends on food is much greater than the amount Super Junior spends on their meals.”138
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i stay away from the sewer
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by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 1:51 PM PST up reply actions
might end up just going to Corner Bakery……
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by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 2:01 PM PST up reply actions
Invisalign? Dont let Kodiak see this!
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is he not a fan?
did my teeth get duped?
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by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 1:55 PM PST up reply actions
He thinks its a total scam
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well shit, i wish someone would have told me a few years ago. it’s all paid off now
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by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 2:05 PM PST up reply actions
bottom row, yeah
top row… sorta, more or less.
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by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 2:06 PM PST up reply actions
i DO have some interference along my front teeth when I chew, however.
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by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 2:07 PM PST up reply actions
that’d be great. if only here were in the DBD
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by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 2:11 PM PST up reply actions
here ya go
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 2:13 PM PST up reply actions
Late to the party
Sorry, kind of busy today.
You already invested the money, so no worries.
invisalign does work for limited tooth movement. You just have to be aware of the limitations.
Namely:
1) It only moves the tops of the teeth via “tipping.” No root movement = inherently poor stability. To counter this, you have to be really, really diligent about wearing your trays every night.
2) The trays cannot be adjusted. They either fit or they don’t. If you forget to wear them and your teeth shift, you might be in trouble. Again, wear them every night without fail.
3) Because the trays cover your teeth, it can result in intrusion of your back teeth. This can lead to excessive occlusion on your front teeth. No great solution here. Just have to live with it and hope you don’t develop any excessive wear or jaw issues.
4) Your teeth are unlikely to ever be perfectly aligned. The key words with this system are “better” and “reasonable expectations.”
Short version: Wear the trays. Don’t forget. Good luck.
/this is me trying to be fair and unbiased.
//admittedly, not a fan of invisalign
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Oh. Just scrolled up and read your original comment.
You’re mildly screwed. But, if they still fit, maybe not completely screwed.
Sorry, dude. Suck it up, pop some advil, and wear them. The more you wear them, the sooner they’ll maybe fit again. Hopefully, they’ll seat better within 2-3 days and your teeth will stop hurting. If not, you’re looking at new retainers.
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lol I appreciate that. I’d still like to know your full opinion on the system out of curiosity. Give it to me straight, man.
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by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 3:29 PM PST up reply actions
If you search the CGB archives for “Invisalign”, I’m sure you’ll find some good posts by Kodiak explaining all.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 3:32 PM PST up reply actions
FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!
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One of my co-residents had an invisalign patient that had to be seen by paramedics. The trays snapped onto her teeth, and she couldn’t get them off. Tore off all her fingernails in a panic. Then called 911.
And that’s how we learned that you don’t try to close extraction spaces with invisalign. The missing teeth created large undercuts so that the trays snapped on, but couldn’t snap off. The same guy who had 100k in stock options was trying to “push the envelope.”
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thanks, Kod.
So admittedly I haven’t worn the top trays for a couple of months, but I’ve worn the bottom tray pretty consistently. I’ve noticed, however, that I do have some interference between my front teeth when I close my mouth (and my jaw is a little farther back than normal, takes a little getting used to). I do have an overbite.
So a question about root movement: does this only happen with regular braces?
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by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 3:28 PM PST up reply actions
The straight dope of tl;dr
Standard disclaimer about this not being official orthodontic advice, etc…costs assessed to Twist.
First of all, root movement only happens with regular braces. Because they are fixed onto your teeth, they’re able to translate movements from the crown down to the root. (if you use the proper size wires)
Without seeing you, it’s hard to say exactly why you feel like there’s an interference in front when you close. My guess is that you were used to posturing or moving your jaw in such a way that you compensated for your overbite and the bite felt comfortable to you. Now that you’ve had invisalign treatment, you’ve had to learn how to bite differently because the trays cover the biting surfaces of your teeth. As long as you don’t have a severe clenching or grinding habit, probably not a big deal. In the absence of trauma or pathology, the jaw joint is relatively forgiving over a wide range of positions. (Just ask an ASU co-ed, amirite?)
I worked on the invisalign system as a research assistant during the clinical trial. So, I had a chance to see all the actual data and results. I have treated a number of patients with it in the past, and have decided not to use it in my practice.
I don’t personally like it because I feel that it is an over-priced way to provide limited improvements with poor to questionable stability. Many invisalign cases cost as much or more than I would charge for standard braces. However, I cannot promise the same type of result and I know that any results that I get will not be stable.
If you’re going to pay big $$$, it had better look good and stay, or you’ll have a lot of unhappy patients.
There is also an issue with dentists or orthodontist biting off more than they can chew. This system uses models that are scanned with destructive laser imagery to create a sequence of trays that follow a computer program. Unfortunately, the techs who set up the computer program are not orthodontists. In fact, many of them are not even dentists. If you’re lucky, you have a foreign-trained dentist on the floor who hasn’t been able to pass the licensing exams in the US. One of my friends from dental school was hired by Align and made supervisor…despite the fact that he had zero experience with orthodontics or dentistry.
It is a scary proposition to put your teeth and your license in the hands of an unlicensed tech who may or may not program the trays to do tooth movements that are realistic. I have seen cases where severe recession was caused because they tried to do a movement that is impossible and instead cause the teeth to flare the wrong way.
There is no legitimate research out there which support this systems’ claims. They jumped the gun and started marketing directly to consumers before the AAO could verify anything. The one accredited study with long-term data studied 50 cases of standard braces versus 50 Invisalign cases. They were graded by board standards after completion. 0/50 of the invisalign cases were graded as clinically acceptable.
I’m also not a fan of the company for a variety of unethical practices…one of which being faking their research by paying 100K in stock options to the guy running the study who then fabricated powerpoint data showing impossible tooth movements. True story.
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wow, very enlightening. thanks for the write-up.
by the federer express on Feb 8, 2012 3:53 PM PST up reply actions
Tell me more about destructive lasers and models.
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seriously. sounds like the next Mike Myers movie – Austin Powers in Octotoothy
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 3:56 PM PST up reply actions
From what I recall, it’s a way to create a three-dimensional scan of the model. That’s how they’re able to create the equivalent of a CAD-CAM representation of the arch/teeth in the computer, then manipulate the teeth in fraction of a millimeter increments.
The lasers zap the model, scan/record where there’s resistance (tooth structure present) or not. In the process, the model goes ka-boom.
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well the “ka-boom” part should play well, but i feel like the studios are never gonna greenlight “Octotoothy” with that script.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 4:07 PM PST up reply actions
Eh. I’ll drink some martinis, shoot people, and be surrounded by supermodels.
Some of my friends will be double-agents. Some of my enemies will get seduced as friends.
Then, I’ll drink some more, shoot people, and be surrounded by supermodels.
That’s already more plot than 95% of the Bond movies.
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I’m wondering why I decided on “Octotoothy” instead of “Orthopussy”. whatever, it’s a working title.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 4:19 PM PST up reply actions
They made a movie about “Orthopussy.”
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Nooooooo not vagina dentata
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 4:55 PM PST up reply actions
OK
maybe I was a nerd or something, but the sarlacc pit reminded me of something else.
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 5:12 PM PST up reply actions
WTF
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 4:58 PM PST up reply actions
(i’ve actually heard of similar technology being implemented to build models, usually using either paper or some sort of plastic layered and laser-etched to produce solid, 3D objects)
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 4:09 PM PST up reply actions
When all the teeth fall out and you need dentures, might be a good Sea-Bond plot tho
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 4:11 PM PST up reply actions
In episode 4, the Death Star used a super laser weapon to destroy Alderaan.
Gisele is largely overrated and has not aged well. Adriana Lima, on the other hand, definitely passes the eyeball test.
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also, the government’s chemical laser program is ridiculous, and can now shoot down ballistic missiles FROM A PLANE.
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by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 3:59 PM PST up reply actions
Also, the laser is focused on a giant vat of popcorn.
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after triangulating, it appears it centered on George Lucas’ private ranch.
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by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 4:17 PM PST up reply actions
KENT, THIS IS GOD.
I got tired of waiting because I found out there's only a fine line between biding one's time and wasting one's time.
AND STOP PLAYING WITH YOURSELF!
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yaaaaaaaaay.
I guess my dentist is a money-grabber.
sigh.
Ok, two questions:
1)so what if I’m not happy with the results after everything?
2)in terms of stability, wouldn’t having the trays in all day every day eventually effectively make the teeth stabilize?
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by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 3:56 PM PST up reply actions
Well, to be fair, your dentist has no other way of moving/improving teeth. So for the general dentist, it’s a viable system for limited crowding/spacing. Provided, of course, that a thorough informed consent with limitations, etc. is given.
1) If you’re not happy, you should talk to your dentist about it. There are usually 1-2 reboots or refinements built into the lab fee. It may require more impressions and new trays. Hopefully, your treatment occurred relatively recently. You have less of an argument if this was 1+ year ago. You also need to get the trays fitting again.(Wear them!!!) If someone came to see me and said, “I’m not happy with my teeth,” and admitted to not wearing their retainers for 2+ months…not a lot I can say other than, “Please try wearing your retainers and then we’ll see if any adjustments can be made.”
2) For long-term stability, wearing the trays every night will eventually help with stability. There’s a great deal of variation between individuals depending on the type of tooth movement, type of occlusion, grinding/not grinding. Generally speaking, I tell my retainer patients that they have to commit to wearing the retainers every night for 3 years to give themselves the best shot at long-term stability. After that, I tell them that they may need to continue indefinitely depending on how the teeth react. If you miss a night and the retainers get tight, the teeth are moving, and you need to keep wearing them. Some patients are able to make their teeth stable enough to where they only have to wear their retainers 3n/week, or every other night, maybe even less. They all paid their dues and wore them every night for years, however.
Old Toothwrangler
Cool, that sounds totally doable then. Thanks, Kod!!
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by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 4:05 PM PST up reply actions
wow
thanks for posting this.
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 4:28 PM PST up reply actions
I took a walk. vehicle traffic is blocked off, but they’re letting pedestrians go through on the sidewalk. weird.
by the federer express on Feb 8, 2012 2:40 PM PST up reply actions
i heard one of them got smacked in the head with a brownie on the way and isn’t too thrilled.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 2:10 PM PST up reply actions
i threw my brownie from sj to sf??!! damn, do the a’s a real baseball team wanna draft me?
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wait till your arm heals back up and you don’t have those magical pitching abilities anymore!
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 2:11 PM PST up reply actions
if i ever meet you and know in advance, i am happy to bake brownies for all. perhaps in advance of a cgb hh.
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i don’t want any of boomtho’s afternoon delight in our brownies!
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 3:00 PM PST up reply actions
f-ing retards.
CCTV police officer ‘chased himself’ after being mistaken for burglar
The junior officer, who has not been named, was monitoring an area hit by a series of burglaries in an unnamed market town in the country’s south.
As the probationary officer from Sussex Police searched for suspects, the camera operator radioed that he had seen someone "acting suspiciously" in the area.
But he failed to realise that it was actually the plain-clothed officer he was watching on the screen, according to details leaked to an industry magazine.
The operator directed the officer, who was on foot patrol, as he followed the “suspect” on camera last month, telling his colleague on the ground that he was “hot on his heels”.
The officer spent around 20 minutes giving chase before a sergeant came into the CCTV control room, recognised the "suspect" and laughed hysterically at the mistake.
if i remember the uc endownment figure correctly, furd basically raised the entire system endowment in the last 5 years.
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LOL awesome
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by atomsareenough on Feb 9, 2012 8:35 PM PST up reply actions
For all the non outliers here
Found this in my junk mail. ..
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Bought a Monster™ energy drink because I’m sleepy as pho.
As I drink it, I can taste vodka.
Conditioning sucks.
#benevolentalcoholism
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I don't get it
you mean your mouth still tastes vodka from last night? Maybe you bought FourLoko by mistake?
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 2:52 PM PST up reply actions
it means he’s naturally associated the taste of Monster with a Monster & vodka drink. And his taste buds naturally assume the vodka is there now.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 2:55 PM PST up reply actions
Thanks, sorry to make you guys translate into LOLD.
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 2:56 PM PST up reply actions
eh. i couldn’t drink vanilla Coke because i kept associating the aftertaste with a capt’n and coke. so i can somewhat relate.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 2:57 PM PST up reply actions
sounds messy
doesn’t the vodka get the cocaine wet?
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 2:59 PM PST up reply actions
no no no
vodka goes in mouth, coke goes in nose. duh.
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 3:00 PM PST up reply actions
you can microwave it, apparently. i just learned that
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by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 3:00 PM PST up reply actions
orr…
vanilla coke + vodka?
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by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 2:59 PM PST up reply actions
Maybe if your conditioning were better, you wouldn’t be tired right now!
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 3:08 PM PST up reply actions
Don't forget the wickertosh
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by Redonkulous Bear on Feb 8, 2012 2:50 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
This got quiet all of a sudden. Is SBN down?
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You’re down!
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You keep turning it off right when things get good!
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 2:57 PM PST up reply actions
It’s a shark-eat-shark world.
Also, we need a p-chop of shark-eat-sark
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 3:36 PM PST up reply actions
Great, I can’t look at that pic the same way again.
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ME
I hate peeling shrimp. Moreso when it’s already in rice.
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by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 3:46 PM PST up reply actions
i’ll only do that if it’s headless. Ugh.
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by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 3:47 PM PST up reply actions
EAT THE HEAD
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i honestly can’t. I’ll yak.
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by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 3:57 PM PST up reply actions
From the hairy BBW section no doubt.
I got tired of waiting because I found out there's only a fine line between biding one's time and wasting one's time.
Rishi’s a dolphin?
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by RaptorApocalypse on Feb 8, 2012 4:10 PM PST up reply actions
Seriously Gunther, you should see someone about that cold, if it gets much worse you could DIE!
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lawyer up.
What y’all think?
Can porn be copyrighted? One file-sharing defendant says no
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/02/can-porn-be-copyrighted-one-file-sharing-defendant-says-no.ars
The strange case of Hard Drive Productions versus “anyone that the video company’s lawyers suspect of illegally downloading its pornographic movies” has taken a new and interesting twist. One of the nearly 1,500 “Does” being sued for allegedly sharing a Hard Drive film online has resorted to what seems, at first glance, like a novel defense. In addition to her insistence that she never actually downloaded “Amateur Allure Jen,” Liuxia Wong of Solano County, California argues that copyright law doesn’t even apply to smut clips. They are not copyrightable, and therefore no infringement occurred.
The matter is quite simple, Wong’s petition for declaratory relief explains to the federal court in San Francisco. Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 of the US Constitution defines the purpose of copyright: “To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries.”
Notice the words “science” and “useful arts” in the aforementioned sentence? Since when did movies with acronyms like “P.O.V.” or “M.I.L.F.” qualify as either? Therefore, “copyright is authorized only for works which promote the progress of science and the useful arts,” says Wong’s lawyer from the firm of Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney.
“Early Circuit law in California held that obscene works did not promote the progress of science and the useful arts, and thus cannot be protected by copyright,” the brief also notes, then reiterates the point another seven times:
86. Hard Drive’s work does not promote the progress of science.
87. Hard Drive’s work does not promote the useful arts.
88. Hard Drive has judicially admitted that its work is adult pornography.
89. Hard Drive’s work depicts obscene material.
90. Plaintiff is informed and believes, and thereon alleges that to create the work, Hard Drive and its agents and/or its employees violated laws which prohibited pimping, pandering, solicitation and prostitution, including any claims of conspiracy.
91. Hard Drive’s work depicts criminal acts and/or conduct.
92. Hard Drive’s work is not copyrightable.
That’s pretty rich, to go to the effort of illegally downloading porn and try to claim it isn’t useful!
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 3:53 PM PST up reply actions
interesting. can one of hte CGB lawyers chime in?
by the federer express on Feb 8, 2012 3:54 PM PST up reply actions
Useful arts applies to patents, not copyrights.
Science in its intended meaning in the constitution meant knowledge. And since porn has enlightened millions of 50 year old fat men living in parents’ basements over the years…
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Sure, I'll try
I do not think it is a good legal argument. Basically, what Wong wants is for the court to decide that Article I, Section 8 trumps the definitions in the Copyright Act — in other words, he wants the court to declare the Copyright Act unconstitutional as applied to porn. But whether porn is a “useful art” is a legislative judgment, not a judicial one. The structure of the Constitution commits the determination of what is a “useful art” to Congress. It would be antithetical to the separation of powers for the courts to trump Congress’s judgment (as embodied in the Copyright Act) as to what is a copyrightable work.
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Again, don’t even need to consider utility for copyrights. Only for patents.
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Why?
Article I, Section 8 refers to both.
To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;
But in some sense, I’m with you. I don’t think the courts have to consider that if a work is copyrightable under the Copyright Act.
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Somewhere, there was research done on what was meant by Science and Useful Arts. I think the conclusion was that Science = knowledge copyrightable if fixed in a tangible medium of expression and Useful arts = products machines and other implements of trade that have utility.
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Ah
ic, ic
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p.s. coddamn, MORE lawyers???
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TWTNALPS
That’s what the National Association of Law Placement said!
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 5:50 PM PST up reply actions
Ive noticed reading the internal SBN email stuff that MANY of the people here are lawyers all across the baord
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I think tis bc lawyers have OPINIONS and sspend a lot fo time at the computer
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It’s almost like law schools are pumping out degrees faster than Arizona State!
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by natteringnabob on Feb 9, 2012 6:22 AM PST up reply actions
What’s this about ASU and pumping, now?
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by atomsareenough on Feb 9, 2012 7:26 AM PST up reply actions
WHose side are you on anyway, Ohio Bear?
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The side of wanting to protect my copyrighted porn!
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I’m going to do some additional research on this tonight when I get home to determine how useful porn is.
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good, good
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 6:05 PM PST up reply actions
Here, let me suggest some sites for research….
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ucberkeley.xxx, marshawn.xxx, cal.xxx
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Berkeley gobbles up .xxx porn domains
UC Berkeley, in an apparent attempt to stave off any association with, well, sexy co-eds doing naughty things on camera has bought a handful of .xxx domain names that could link to the school.
In other words, domains like goldenbears.xxx, uc-berkeley.xxx and calbears.xxx won’t offer any titillating bits, just a dark screen that says "this domain has been reserved from registration."
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Clever girl
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 3:56 PM PST up reply actions
I look forward to official co-ed Golden Bear porn!
That’s what this news means, right?
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I haven’t seen Twist on here for a while; is he busy registering californiagoldenbears.xxx?
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YAY GO BEARS!
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 4:30 PM PST up reply actions
Vintage?
I just saw this map of America on my Facebook news feed.
LOL Cal >>>>>> Furd and
UO >>>>>> OSU
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Implies that Stanfurd has fans, is wrong.
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It was fantastic."
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
Yeah, vintage, but oh well.
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by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 4:06 PM PST up reply actions
So, that means not hip?
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What is hip?
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 5:19 PM PST up reply actions
When I dip, you dip, we dip?
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only one post above Tower of Power? For shame.
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 5:49 PM PST up reply actions
A Nebraska Cornhusker HOF running back!
Man crush on Aaron Rodgers, since 2003.
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yesssssssssssssssss
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by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 5:47 PM PST up reply actions
so awesome
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"I'll never forget San Francisco and all those beautiful moments."- Andres Torres
by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 5:47 PM PST up reply actions
One of my favorite songs to play when I was in band.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
I didnt like that song in band!
In the Game of Trolls, you either troll or you die.
CaliforniaGoldenBlogs: Read It | Follow It | Like It | Wear It
with Santana!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnwCiR9igBk&feature=related
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"I'll never forget San Francisco and all those beautiful moments."- Andres Torres
by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 5:48 PM PST up reply actions
May as well post the same comment here:
I’m assuming that S is for San Jose St.
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
South Sonoma A&I!
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"I'll never forget San Francisco and all those beautiful moments."- Andres Torres
by natteringnabob on Feb 8, 2012 5:49 PM PST up reply actions
Also:
WHO WILL STOP THE NORTH DAKOTA EMPIRE BEFORE IT BECOMES TOO STRONG?!?
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
I don't care what the CGB ladies say you're beautiful to me, Aaron!
http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Issues/2012/01/30/Marketing-and-Sponsorship/NFL-Most-Marketable.aspx
Aaron Rodgers is the most marketable player in the NFL, according to an exclusive survey of sports business execs, analysts and media members conducted by THE DAILY.
ATHLETE RANK
1 Packers QB Aaron Rodgers
2 Patriots QB Tom Brady
3 Colts QB Peyton Manning
4 Saints QB Drew Brees
5 Broncos QB Tim Tebow
6 Steelers S Troy Polamalu
7 Giants QB Eli Manning
8 Panthers QB Cam Newton
9 Packers LB Clay Matthews
T10 Ravens LB Ray Lewis
T10 Cowboys QB Tony Romo
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
Yea I know…what site…I want to show my friend whom I met there a couple years ago
KEEP CALM
AND
Z ON
They’re prepping for some super long skating race now, iirc.
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred
attention Warriors nerbs
Tom Tolbert just interviewed Tim Hardaway on KNBR, it was pretty cool. You might look for an archive on their site tomorrow if interested.
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"I'll never forget San Francisco and all those beautiful moments."- Andres Torres
I like this house in moraga.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/02/05/RED41N2BDR.DTL
Dude thats awy tucked away back there. I didnt even know there were houes there
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You know MOraga geography that well?
In the Game of Trolls, you either troll or you die.
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Can you see the image? I haven’t kept track of who can see what.
by Yes We Cannon on Feb 8, 2012 5:15 PM PST up reply actions
But I want to see Ron with more riddles!
by Yes We Cannon on Feb 8, 2012 5:18 PM PST up reply actions
That one was really funny. Although I was wrong, I thought Chris was going to end up back with Ann, but no.
Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?
SPOILER ALERT!
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 5:34 PM PST up reply actions
Jeez thanks, I haven’t even gotten that far.
TROLL ON YOU BEARS. - atoms
even if it does snow, we’ve got plenty of laker championship banners to keep us warm! - raptorapocalypse
I want to see Leslie and Tom! His favorite movie is books!
by Yes We Cannon on Feb 8, 2012 5:38 PM PST up reply actions
Best video in the world
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJFyz73MRcg
2011 World Cup Champions Team India
WTF?
Woolly Mammoth spotted in Siberia
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
looks like a bear with a fish.
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred
I find your lack of faith disturbing.
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
Also dinosaurs still exist and actually enjoy snow
Cal Football: I loved them once and they broke my heart. Let that be a lesson to you. Never love anything.
This is possible b/c dinosaurs were warm-blooded. Being warm-blooded and massive was a big disadvantage though when food sources disappeared after the meteor impact.
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred
Go Bears!
"i, for one, welcome our new atomic overlords" - GoldBlooded
by atomsareenough on Feb 8, 2012 6:06 PM PST up reply actions
WOW!
The dubs really fucked that one up.
California Golden Blogs: Ethnic food → pizza and chili → boboli → boobies.
i don’t get it, he brushes the other guy’s glasses off, he puts it on his head, but then puts them in his shirt collar?
WUT?!
no bear, no care
by EchoOfSilence on Feb 8, 2012 9:15 PM PST up reply actions
NYK vs LAL on Friday night!!!
FUTBALL IZ SRS BUSINESS GUYZ // ONLY HAVE FUN WHEN ROZ BWL
--Thoroughbred
Let’s go Knights!
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by natteringnabob on Feb 9, 2012 6:22 AM PST up reply actions
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