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QUOTE (lostfan @ Apr 15, 2013 -> 03:43 PM) Absolutely true. After the Hassan shooting at work we got a lot of reports by well-intentioned people who report a suspicious comment their coworker made back in 2007. Better to be safe than sorry.

I see chatter about a guy that breached the police line with a backpack requesting the bomb squad. He was apparently taken into custody.

BPD asking people not to use cell phones since it might set off more bombs? Didn't mythbusters debunk that?

The Associated Press ‏@AP 3m BREAKING: Intelligence official: 2 more explosive devices found at Boston Marathon; being dismantled

Twitter people claiming that another bomb went off at the JFK library. Edit: Now people claiming it was a fire and unrelated. ReEdit: Ok, now they're saying it's an incendiary device that might have been related. This is all people listening to the BPD on scanners

NY Post claiming it's 12 dead.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 15, 2013 -> 02:57 PM) Devices were in garbage cans. NYC police rolling out protection in manhattan as well, WTF Wonder if there was some chatter the authorities picked up.

Apparently some of the Newton families were near the finish line in the VIP area...

Amazing photo:

Can't remember where we discussed the gun issue, but here's a win for anti-gun advocates: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_...-04-15-10-19-55 I don't know much about the NY law, but I heard that in order to get a concealed carry permit you had to show some kind of justification for needing it. A little surprised they SC didn't take the case, but I'm guessing they see bigger cases (Illinois) coming in the next couple of years.

To people who say golf sucks without Tiger, they're really missing out. That was a great Masters tournament.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Apr 12, 2013 -> 03:28 PM) republican texas railroad commissions tweeted this lovely image: Just the idea that we would even allow our legislative bodies to debate any form of gun control legislation is now TREASON I like it. Straight and to the point.

A cool Simpsons "tribute" to Breaking Bad http://www.grantland.com/blog/hollywood-pr...g-bad-couch-gag

These are the boots their soldiers wear. I think we'll be ok.

This guy is going to make a ton of money....... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/...me-machine.html

So when does the bottom drop?

QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Apr 10, 2013 -> 01:17 PM) Must be a post-film photo from a Japanese porn set.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Apr 11, 2013 -> 11:44 AM) It's not about "asking." It's more a matter of telling her father you care enough about his daughter that you want to marry her and basically replace him as her chief male caretaker...I believe it is respectful to do so, even if he doesn't particularly care for you. Many fathers begrudgingly respect their son-in-laws because of the way the son-in-laws care for and treat their daughter. I think that is what it is about, more so than a permission concept. SEXIST!

In non-Americans news, for you GoT fans: http://store.hbo.com/detail.php?p=373634&a...mp;cagpspn=pla# Check out the reviews. Hysterical.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Apr 10, 2013 -> 03:12 PM) Some guys over at Illinois Loyalty (a few posters now it looks like) are saying that UI and MSU are 50/50 for Cliff now. Seems optimistic imo. Would be HUGE for Illinois to get him. Brad Stevens is on a plane to Champaign as we speak...

So, the Big Ten has a chance of being pretty mediocre next year. Lots of talent leaving, with potentially more to go.

It's going to be an extreme let down. Rubio took how many weeks to look like an NBA player after coming back? And Rose is going to start that way in the playoffs? No chance. He's done, as is the Bulls' season.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Apr 9, 2013 -> 12:53 PM) Oh god, not that crap again. It was the private market that led the way on the s***ty mortgages, completely unforced by any sort of CRA or other requirements. Freddie and Fannie were late getting into the sub-prime game as well. And of course government regulations had nothing to do with all of the exotic gambling/financial products and banks leveraging themselves 40-1. The worst parts of the financial crisis were the unregulated parts--the NINA loans, the CDS's and MBS's, the leverage ratios, the mixing of investment and commercial banking. CRA loans performed better than private mortgage loans. This has been well-documented for years now. Why on earth do you think banks wouldn't be risky with their money? They over-leverage themselves and use bank funds like a casino all the time. If management takes big risks and produces huge (short-term) profits, they'll make themselves a small fortune every year. And, if they f*** it up, they'll ride to safety on their golden parachute. Or a bailout, which is the complete opposite of a "free market." No downside, no risk. I can lend/do business however the hell I want. That was the culture and has been for decades.

Are you guys seriously contending that the idea that government will back a risky mortgage doesn't play into the thought process of a lender? That the government creating a program back in the 40's or whatever it was to lend to low and middle class people didn't change the risk tolerance of lenders? You don't think it created a shift in lending practices when I no longer accept 20% down but can now accept 5%? I'm not at all suggesting that corporate greed and just straight up s***ty people aren't to blame for the bubble bursting, which is why I said I generally agree with his point. But you can't argue in absolutes when the absolute condition doesn't exist. Mortgage lending is heavily regulated, in some ways for good reason. It is in no way shape or form a "free market."

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 9, 2013 -> 12:41 PM) I stopped purchasing movies about 5 years ago. Same here. I was a "collector" until my mid 20's and now my wife and I have 2 DVD shelves full of movies we will never, ever watch.