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QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 19, 2008 -> 09:00 AM) Assuming no episode this week? No episode this week because of Grey's Anatomy's 2-hour finale.

Finally got around to watching Magnolia last night. The first hour or so was entertaining, but it really went downhill from there.

I thought Toby was going to Costa Rica. Why would an HR representative replace a business executive? Toby's gone. Great episode, though. Did not expect that ending, or the other surprise.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ May 15, 2008 -> 01:39 PM) For those who do not know, the LOST season finale is 3 hours long. Part one is tonight. Parts 2 and 3 are May 29th. There was a rumor that on May 29th they may air Part 1 before the 2 final hours, but I have not seen that confirmed. A 3 hour marathon finale would be badass. How is this any different than calling tonight's just another episode and the episode on May 29th a two-hour finale?

It's a longer video, about 48 minutes. If it doesn't load the first time (max. 20 viewers at once), just try a few more times and it should start playing. http://www.regent.edu/admin/media/schlaw/LawPreview/

FWIW, Bush did not mention Obama by name.

QUOTE (Texsox @ May 15, 2008 -> 06:40 AM) That leaves cutting off aid. Tough decision. Survival comes in threes. Three minutes without oxygen, thee days without water, and three weeks without food. I'm not certain there is time to put together a solution that goes around the regime. Going through the regime only benefits the regime and doesn't help those who need help. Giving aid to make ourselves feel better about the situation when we know very well that the aid will just be confiscated by the regime doesn't make much sense to me. Direct air drops might be another solution.

QUOTE (Texsox @ May 13, 2008 -> 11:45 AM) Perhaps I am not explaining myself properly. My theory, I've had enough to eat, pass it on. Your theory. f*** 'em stop the aid so everyone starves. And stopping aid helps how? But they won't. They'll just keep hording it for themselves or selling it on the black market. They're not going to give out the aide for free to those who need it.

QUOTE (Texsox @ May 14, 2008 -> 11:26 AM) No, it's because he used drugs. No drugs and none of this happens. That may be the catalyst of the whole thing, but the charges are because he perjured himself to the grand jury. If he doesn't lie, then there's nothing to charge him with. How someone could defend perjury and blame it on a book is beyond me.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ May 14, 2008 -> 04:42 AM) Erstad and Podsednik are not in White Sox uniforms in 2008. Carlos Quentin is in a White Sox uniform in 2008. It's not eerily similar. The performance, not the names on the jerseys. The Sox are now 0-10 when they don't go yard.

QUOTE (joesaiditstrue @ May 14, 2008 -> 12:23 AM) in before the "Fire walker" posts start coming, even though we had 14 hits and 7 runs yesterday it's the players fault they're as bad as they are, period the solution? get different players, or hope these guys decide they can hit something that isn't a fastball, don't see that happening anytime soon though edit: guess i wasn't in before the fire walker posts We've tried different players several times now. Why not try a new hitting coach? If this isn't the time to dump Walker for underperforming, when is? How do you judge the effectiveness of a hitting coach?

What were McCain, Clinton, and Obama's votes on this?

How did neither Cabrera nor Uribe get tagged with errors in the 5th?

QUOTE (bmags @ May 13, 2008 -> 06:31 AM) that's addressed in the paragraph by Sen. Clinton. Oh, right, this is the PRO-Hillary thread. I'm used to her getting trashed regularly. My mistake!

I'm confused. New York does border Canada.

I finally bought COD4 for PC last weekend. The recommended settings on my old POS computer are hilariously bad (800x600, no AA, etc.) I did get an airstrike in my second online match, though.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 23, 2008 -> 11:46 AM) I'm afraid I have to disagree with you on this one...because frankly, I'm not sure where exactly the people in this article are getting their data. To quote them directly: Except...I can go to the NASA Goddard Space studies data with a simple Google search (frankly I'm too lazy to do all 4) and it shows no such thing. Here's the temperature graph they include for the global picture (there are others at the link, none of which show a .7 degree C Drop.) If you look at the graph on the left, we are .6 degrees C above the zero line. The article 2k5 links to says that the temperature last year dropped by .7 degrees C. In other words, they're saying that the 2007 point on that graph should come in at -.1, not at .6. I have no idea where they come up with that claim. I wanted to revisit this post since I just dug a little deeper into the numbers. It looks like the people claiming that there is a cooling trend are just looking at Jan. '07 vs. Jan '08 numbers (as opposed to yearly averages), citing the difference, and saying "cooling trend!"

QUOTE (Brian @ May 11, 2008 -> 11:26 AM) I always contribute more questions than answers to this thread, so here goes another. Before it was revealed Michael was the spy on the freighter, a note was passed to Desmond and Sayid in the sick bay that said, "Don't Trust The Captain." Did I miss something or was that way off? It seemed like the captain was a good guy before he was killed. He did give Sayid conflicting coordinates for getting back to the island...

AJ's a career .285/.328/.431 hitter. I wouldn't say that makes him not a good hitter, and certainly he's on an entirely different level than Uribe.

There are an awful lot of biblical references in this show.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ May 9, 2008 -> 01:07 PM) It's a joke that she would think she is deserving of the 100% vote. The fact that she could only get 55% when all the candidates with a true chance took their names off the ballot says a lot. WHY ARE WE CONSIDERING ALLOWING THESE VOTES WHEN MICHIGAN VIOLATED THE NATIONAL PARTY RULES AND KNEW THEIR VOTES WOULDN'T COUNT!?!?!?!? WTF WTF WTF I hate Hillary! Do you want the chance of FL and MI going to Obama in November?

QUOTE (DrunkBomber @ May 8, 2008 -> 10:08 PM) They have a theater like this in Woodridge. Ive been there a few times (believe it or not) They actually have waiters that get you food and drinks in the theater and most of the seats are at tables or desks almost. They have $11 pitchers of long islands specials and stuff too. Its an interesting idea, just doesnt seem to work very well. Its good for first dates though... Hollywood BLVD I was going to mention them. Their parking lot sucks big time, though. Its in a strip mall with a bunch of other places. They just built a huge theater on River Rd. near 294 and 190 (pretty much next to O'Hare). They have luxury seating, no kids, booze, etc. http://cinematreasures.org/theater/21297/ https://www.muvico.com/Default.asp?

Of course she rejects this plan. She cannot give Obama a fraction of an inch at this point.

2nd and 3rd, no outs. Bases loaded, 1 out. Zero runs. White Sox baseball 2008.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 8, 2008 -> 03:07 PM) And Crede pops it up on the first pitch again. Crede, PK, and Swisher are just worthless right now. And Cabrera. don't forget him.