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No hablo Ventanas. - Cristo

i figured it out and got rid of it.thanks guys. - Monique the crochet freak from Android

"noting that the game will take place in the expansive open world of Los Santos, which the main character can safely traverse in a two-door sedan loaded with study materials and potted plants." - Andrew C (✓) from Bookmarklet

"We could build the California HSR [a 16+ year project] for this, basically. And we spend it every year [on the war in Afghanistan]." - Andrew C (✓) from Bookmarklet

Some figures put California's HSR phase 1 at $68B, so I don't know if he's counting phase 2, transposed the digits, or just assumes phase 1 will overrun its projected costs. - Andrew C (✓)

"What happened is clear. [Jonathan] Karl lied to us [about the stupid Benghazi thing] because he trusted his source. His source, however, burned him, and Karl's lie was exposed. Instead of burning his source to show that he takes this matter seriously and won't be lied to again, he is doubling down and protecting his source, because as we all know with our current media, access is more important to accuracy. If the editors at ABC News had any damned integrity, Karl would be forced to expose his source, apologize, and then take a couple weeks off. Maybe some summer school ethics course." - Andrew C (✓) from Bookmarklet

"Even as Apple became the nation's most profitable technology company, it avoided billions in taxes in the United States and around the world through a web of subsidiaries so complex it spanned continents and went beyond anything most experts had ever seen, Congressional investigators disclosed on Monday." - Andrew C (✓) from Bookmarklet

"Apple Operations International has not filed a tax return in Ireland, the United States or any other country over the last five years. It had income of $30 billion between 2009 and 2012. By shuttling revenue between international subsidiaries, Apple was able largely to sidestep paying taxes, Congressional investigators said. " - Andrew C (✓)

I go to bed late anyways, but for the record, it's 2:46 and that bird (or birds) hasn't stopped yet. - Andrew C (✓)

Many factors are acknowledged as contributing to GM’s decline: it juggled too many brands, over-extended its dealer network, failed to respond rapidly to market cues, and struggled to work with its union, the United Auto Workers. But the extent of its problems with the UAW is astonishing—and the problems themselves warrant explanation. Consider some of the onerous arrangements that GM’s management agreed to. Labor costs for a typical UAW worker at a GM plant were by some estimates $73 per hour—compared to the $44 per hour for workers at non-unionized Toyota and Honda plants in the U.S. Or take the infamous “jobs bank”: surplus workers, rather than getting laid off, would receive 95% of their full salaries plus benefits while the company waited to reassign them. But instead of being temporarily idle, thousands of “bankers” would be there for months, if not years, while they watched movies, solved crosswords, and just passed the time. Some senior employees would even pull strings to get... more... - Eric from Bookmarklet

"Doug Altner is analyst and instructor at the Ayn Rand Institute" - and now I understand why he left out those points. - Andrew C (✓)

"That's right, the new Philadelphia Eagles head coach is apparently the first person to teach Vick how to properly hold a football. As of press time, it is unclear how the most fundamental lesson in football went untaught throughout Vick's peewee, high school, college and professional career. Perhaps his coaches were too awestruck by his talent that they forgot their heads." - Andrew C (✓) from Bookmarklet

A friend suggested that the Annyong poster might be a Korean riff on the Lionel Ritchie Hello poster. ( http://25.media.tumblr.com/ea6e6c1... ) - Andrew C (✓)

Too bad I couldn't stay longer. Judy Greer apparently showed up around 3-ish. https://twitter.com/arreste... - Andrew C (✓)

"Ever wondered how much those ginormous bottles of booze cost at the latest hip new happening nightclubs? Just for fun lets do the math on the Zen package to see what their margins are... Retail price for 2 Magnum of Grey Goose = $150 Retail price for Patron Gran Platinum = $150 TOTAL RETAIL PRICE: $2,000 MARKUP = ~$10,000 MARGIN = 80% So if the club sent someone to BevMo or Total Wine every time someone ordered a Zen and resold it at the club, they'd make about $10k per trip. They pay less than wholesale on these bottles... probably 30-50% of the retail ($600-800)... adding another $1500 of profit to each order." - Eric - seven eleven from Bookmarklet

That thing kind of reminded me of the Stanley Cup. - Julian

I was just thinking today that there hasn't been a single Presidential election (the first election in which I was eligible to vote was 1984, I think) where I've been satisfied with things after 2 years in. Either someone loathesome like Reagan gets in or if I get a Democrat, they go back on election promises and/or are so wimpy and compromising in the face of Republicans that I can barely keep my food down. - Spidra Webster

I definitely don't think both parties are the same, but the difference is more in social policy than fiscal policy. So even though the Dems will generally defend women's rights and LGBT rights where the GOP won't, we would've gotten austerity either way, although one way would've probably been far worse. - Victor Ganata from iPhone

It's just manager. - Jed Harris-Keith

they gave me a Mr. Manager sticker, as well as a free frozen banana. were you there? we should have planned ahead to meet up! - Marie

Sorry! The heat dulled my brain. - Andrew C (✓) from Android

Another amazing visualization of the density of running jokes in Arrested Development. - Andrew C (✓) from Bookmarklet

What I remember most of all actually is the complete BS deus ex machina that solved the plot for them. - Andrew C (✓) from Bookmarklet

The little speech about the Gap was pretty funny. - Eric - seven eleven

"For Brampton actor Rob Stewart, the chance at redemption arrived unexpectedly, and at a time when he needed it most. It was early 2009, several years after Stewart's sputtering career forced him to move back in with his parents, teenage son in tow. Out of curiosity, he searched Facebook one evening for the early-'90s Canadian TV show Tropical Heat (a.k.a. Sweating Bullets), in which he'd starred as lothario detective Nick Slaughter." - Andrew C (✓) from Bookmarklet

"To his amazement, he discovered a fan page dedicated to Slaughter, with thousands of members based in Serbia. "I was astounded -- a bit shocked," said Stewart, 52. To Stewart, his role as the ponytailed, Miami Vice-like womanizer had become a source of embarrassment, an example of the disappointing trajectory of his career. But as he would soon learn, in Serbia, under the thumb of former dictator Slobodan Milosevic, Slaughter was upheld as a symbol of freedom and hope. " - Andrew C (✓)

""There was sort of an absolution of the meaninglessness of my so-called career," said Stewart, who used to lie about his profession to avoid being asked to rattle off his meager credits. Everywhere he went, grown men would tear up when they recalled how Tropical Heat was an escape from the devastating news and state propaganda that dominated broadcasts in the war-torn country. "It's... more... - Andrew C (✓)

"It looks like porn studios have finally figured out a way to integrate Google Glass into their shoots. XBIZ, the adult industry news website of record, reports that studios are eager to get their hands on the device to get a grasp of their “full potential.” For example, since the face computers provide a more intimate angle than a traditional camera set-up, studios are thinking about making the actors wear them while they’re in various positions." - Jessie from Bookmarklet

Dammit Mo! *grabs brain bleach* - Soup in a TARDIS from FFHound!

"But like the cupcake or goji berries, 3D printing is severely overhyped -- I should know, it's what I do for a living." - Andrew C (✓) from Bookmarklet

These are but temporary grievances. - Mo Kargas

If you don't like the question, reject the premise and say what you want to. #ThingsWestWingTaughtMe - Heather

excellent, thank you! - Marie

"Did you mean: mandolin" - No, Amazon, I didn't. I'm in your section called "Mandolines", I typed "mandoline", I think you can give me the benefit of the doubt here. - Andrew C (✓)

Though actually I forgot to buy a ticket, so for me it's a zero in a hundred and seventy five million shot. - Andrew C (✓)

http://itcanwait.com/ - Andrew C (✓)

"Old Fashioned, Martinez, Martini, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Daiquiri, Margarita, Sidecar, French 75, Bloody Mary, Irish Coffee, Jack Rose, Negroni, Boulevardier, Sazerac, Vieux Carré, Ramos Gin Fizz, Mint Julep, Whiskey Sour, Mai Tai, Planter's Punch, Pisco Sour, Cosmopolitan, Tom Collins, Last Word" - Andrew C (✓) from Bookmarklet

"pausing to sip from a Tom Collins, a drink he began ordering in 1989 to be amusing but now orders without irony on the rare occasion when he still drinks." <-- this phrase has stuck with me ever since I read it. - Andrew C (✓) from Bookmarklet

"He's earned the moniker of feminist seemingly through just the creation of strong female characters alone. But, as friend and scholar Jake says, "Having a girl beat up guys is not equivalent to a strong female character when they ALWAYS, CONSTANTLY depend on men." So true! Let's consider some of his body of work as we undertake the Topic that Made the Fanboys Cry: Joss Whedon's feminism." - Andrew C (✓) from Bookmarklet

I think the article makes some really good points, but I also think it completely misses the larger picture (especially when it comes to BTVS): Whedon wrote a show about high school/college-aged people. No matter how strong or independent they are, no matter how feminist they are, they're still teenagers/young adults, and they're still human. They're inherently going to still be... more... - DAMMIT, MR. NOODLE

"1. Place a scoop chip on your finger like a thimble, and brace it with your thumb." - Andrew C (✓) from Bookmarklet

"While voters overall may think Congress' focus should be elsewhere there's no doubt about how mad Republicans are about Benghazi. 41% say they consider this to be the biggest political scandal in American history [...] Republicans think by a 74/19 margin than Benghazi is a worse political scandal than Watergate, by a 74/12 margin that it's worse than Teapot Dome, and by a 70/20 margin that it's worse than Iran Contra." - Andrew C (✓) from Bookmarklet

"One interesting thing about the voters who think Benghazi is the biggest political scandal in American history is that 39% of them don't actually know where it is. 10% think it's in Egypt, 9% in Iran, 6% in Cuba, 5% in Syria, 4% in Iraq, and 1% each in North Korea and Liberia with 4% not willing to venture a guess." - Andrew C (✓)

I will have a vintage globe which will tastefully match the wood paneling of my control-room/office. - Brian Johns

Mine doubles as a Death Star! It just looks like the Earth for camouflage. - Andrew C (✓)

Man, twitter told me the first one didn't go through so I sent my second version an hour later. - Andrew C (✓) from Android

Why would it not be stuck in your head? - Anne Graham

Everyone knows rock attained perfection in 1974. It's a scientific fact. - holly #ravingfangirl

I know a handful of Millenials that have those traits, though. Ugh. - Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart from Android

At least he or his editors largely keep him restricted to relatively trivial topics, so for that he's not as bad as, say, Friedman. - Andrew C (✓) from Android