nina: slans vs. mundanes. I've been scaring 'normies' my entire life. -- Xpovos
A: yes I have officially appointed you and Paul to uphold The cuddly side of the board. Otherwise you scare away to many of the normies.... -Nina
i was going to reply with something super-snarky, but then remembered that i have to uphold the cuddly side of the message board 
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a: then i'm disappointed in you for confusing etymology and entomology. -nina
I had a gym coach who perhaps semi-idiosyncratically (based on the lack of Google hits for this term) called certain wind-sprints in that fashion, "Suicides". Apropos? -- Xpovos
"the next susan g. komen race for the cure will consist of rapid back-and-forth sprints with quick turnarounds." 
Ah, ok. Got it. Thanks. -Paul
Paul: Planned Parenthood provides services for low-income women, including breast cancer screenings. They perform in-house breast examinations and make referrals for mammograms. Komen's funding to PP was for the mammogram referrals, if I understand the situation correctly. -- Xpovos
planned parenthood does some breast cancer prevention type thing, from what I'm understanding. - mig
nina: I don't know much about the whole Komen/Planned Parenthood situation, but why is a breast cancer charity giving money to a pro-choice organization anyway? -Paul
oh todays. hehe. no i hadn't read todays yet. ~a
maybe. did he have a comic about it? ~a
a: was that an XKCD reference? -nina
wow, i've heard people get all pedantic about the word "literally" but your article takes it a few steps further by going into the literary uses of literally used non-literally. also the entomology of the word? yay. ~a
http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/rtd-opinion/2012/feb/03/tdopin02-hinkle-its-enough-to-literally-make-your--ar-1659986/ kind of an interesting article, made me think about how often i've misused the word 'literally' myself. - mig
Yeah I agree Rubio seems like the most logical choice. - mig
As nina suggested, I think Rubio has the potential to motivate the conservative base to get behind Romney which will help avoid low turnout problems. That's a national effect. Rubio's charisma also means that he'll turn off relatively few independents, even those who strongly disagree. Plus he'll help pull some marginal Hispanic voters. -- Xpovos
I'm not sure either of the Paul's would accept a VP nod, especially from Romney. Especially more so that Romney will be an absolute fucking disaster as a presidential candidate. - mig
Aaron: Sure, except the chances of that murder happening are so slim that I don't think it's worth the negative of crippling Gary Johnson's potentially good Libertarian run and actually making me have to consider maybe voting for Romney. -Paul
*fund or not fund. -nina
aaron: i think Komen gets way more money from non-political sources than from a small group of evangelicals. basically, they're saying they're apolitical, and will not fund or not fund based on that. -nina
nina: i'm confused, won't this just result in an outcry from the evangelical christians who were demanding she pull funding for planned parenthood in the first place? - aaron
paul: all of my awesome plans involve like, four, five murders minimum - aaron
paul: you should be happy about rand paul being a possible VP, wouldn't that mean you'd be just one murder away from having a super awesome president? - aaron
looks like the public outcry made Komen back down. http://newsweek.tumblr.com/post/16978896297/statement-from-susan-g-komen-board-of-directors-and -nina
also, apparently Roseanne Bar is running for President on the Green party ticket - nina
Rubio is also incredibly charismatic, charming, and believable. And, he's young enough to be the perfect Republican marionette. He could be a good VP candidate this year, but if he does right in the next four years, he'll be a killer pres candidate. -nina
a: There's no doubt that a VP choice can make a difference, but mostly that difference is negative (Sarah Palin effect). I think Romney picking the younger Paul would be a mistake, and I think Rand would decline, honestly. McDonnell is a logical choice, as Virginia will be very much 'in play', but not very exciting. Rubio is from an 'in play' state, AND is exciting
yeah, the VP seems to be mostly irrelevant. ~a
I heard NPR talking about VA Gov McDonnel (sp?) as a possible VP choice so apparently Romney will have plenty of options to pick from. -Daniel
Xpovos: I saw an article yesterday talking up the possibility of Romney selecting Rand Paul as his running mate to try to get the support of Ron Paul's followers. A small part of me thinks that could be cool, but mostly I think it would make me sad. -Paul
http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/blog/4389268/Climbing_the_Ladder_How_to_earn_a_League_Promotion-1_31_2012#blog blizzard explains some ways to definitively know if you'll get promoted to a higher league. - mig
Helps if I add the link... http://dailycaller.com/2012/02/02/rubio-america-cannot-truly-fulfill-its-destiny-unless-it-ends-abortion/ -- Xpovos
Nina's already mentioned Rubio as he was a cosponsor of one of the idiotic online piracy bills. Here's something more to rile up most of you over him. Look for Romney to select him as VP. -- Xpovos
I still do it occasionally (too much coffee man!) but I guess I never said it afterwards. -- Xpovos
amy: "enter twice" . . . they're all from 2000 and 2001. i guess we drank more coffee back then. ~a
yikes. i pressed enter twice in a row in very fast succession by accident, and i guess that was the result. weird! -amy
yaaaaaay. thank you .D it is a happy day -amy
yaaaaaay. thank you .D it is a happy day -amy
http://notalwaysrelated.com/don%E2%80%99t-need-guns-to-take-cheap-shots/19817 some times I am not sure why the stories make it to the page... ~g
yeah really i don't think i have much sympathy for it either. but it's still (arguably) illegal so the courts are required to have some sympathy i guess. ~a
a: regardless of who was first, BC's whining (which I'm not sure has any basis in fact) is the kind that I have no sympathy for. - mig
a: ah, while I saw the commercial and the pics it didnt register that the razr had been redesigned... I almost commented on my inability to spell the phone previously too... ~g
I think the crux of the argument in France is the assumption that google will eventually start charging for their mapping services. If they do then I think they have a valid argument that google is temporarily offering it free to drive out all competition and create a monopoly. But I havent seen evidence that they will start charging. ~g
the droid razr is a smartphone. ~a
although I think he used to have one... ~g
mig: i don't think you have your facts straight. BC has been doing this for much longer than google, so they didn't say anything like "people are already providing it for free". . . . regardless, google is becoming a monopoly in many industries and there are laws that regulate monopolies. ~a
a: honestly I am not sure... but I sincerely doubt he is going to be buying a razor... afaik it isnt a smart phone... ~g
g: maybe i did. i thought he was mocking you. he wasn't? 
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good lord the france thing is dumb. I want to charge for this service. OMG people are already providing it for free. SO UNFAIR! - mig