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The Game Room / Re: Ban the Person above you

« on: November 18, 2012, 12:18:30 AM »

Banned for working for the government

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The Game Room / Re: Which would you prefer?

« on: November 18, 2012, 12:18:01 AM »

Alvin <3

Publix or Acme/

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Programming and Graphics / Tomorrow's Talker Segment

« on: November 17, 2012, 08:44:49 PM »

Does anyone have video of the Tomorrow's Talker segment which was supposedly Alexandra Steele's last day on air? I think it was on YT before and then removed - Steele was acting very bizarre and hyper in that video. I wish to see that segment again I believe it was sometime between August 3rd - 10th of 2010.

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General Discussion / Re: Michigan Weatherman Sonny Eliot Dies at 91

« on: November 17, 2012, 12:24:48 AM »

May he RIP.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: November 17, 2012, 12:24:03 AM »

I've only had them once. I thought they were quite good but they are so full of trans fats and sugars. I remember that one commercial from 2000 when a twinkie came out of a swimming pool. I think it was something like that...a lady was in the pool and then a twinkie came up from nowhere. I remember that commercial as if it was yesterday

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Local Forecast / Re: What lf songs do you wish to have?

« on: November 15, 2012, 10:05:48 PM »

Christmas Songs I Wish I Had

"Snowy Holiday" by Eddie Reasoner

One of my holiday favorites.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: November 14, 2012, 11:55:45 AM »

Oops the autocorrect on my phone is not working I'll fix that

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: November 14, 2012, 11:53:51 AM »

I got a reply from Melissa but since I have no access to TWC I can't confirm: 2 minute locals still on mornings from 6 am to 11 am. After 2 pm, they are shortened to 1 minute. Not sure if the :28/:58 locals during primetime and overnight count either I assume it's not
etime 

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: November 14, 2012, 01:35:46 AM »

There's about a week and a half left but I was wondering, anybody plan on doing any Black Friday shopping?. On my list I want a mid sized Tv for my room, a new laptop, new camera, new iPod Touch and a WinTV PVR tuner. Maybe I'm being too optimistic But I am considering mainly a new Dell laptop that's under $700

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General Discussion / Re: What are you listening to?

« on: November 14, 2012, 01:32:59 AM »

Misere Mani - era, Curtis mayfield - move on up

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: November 13, 2012, 10:26:49 PM »

i'll see if i can get a reply tomorrow regarding the 2 mins.

let us know plz

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General Discussion / Re: 20 States File Petition to Secede From the Union...

« on: November 13, 2012, 03:28:45 PM »

These petitions are worthless because it's an appeal to the federal government. If they truly want to secede, they'd send something like this to the state legislature. At that point, their respective Congresses will either give the yay or nay to secession, at which point they will request their departure from the Feds.

Economically, it's a disaster for the states. You have to understand, the economy in this age is globalized - every country has a penny somewhere on this globe other than their own home ground - and most countries have pennies everywhere. These new states won't. And they'll have no credit record or anything, which doesn't look good for a company wanting to invest in a new country. Likely, companies will leave for states that haven't seceded where the United States is still in control, and therefore a safe bet. All these companies leaving will slam the state's economy and ultimately cripple it, if I understand correctly.

Also, the federal government isn't just going to let a state secede just like that. The United States is going to make sure all of its federal offices and aid are out of there. Yes, this means the Post Office will permanently close. The National Weather Service offices will close. The military bases? Military is federally controlled, so they will likely pull them out. Oh, and FEMA. Good heavens, states like Louisiana and Texas (who already got past the 25,000 signatures) will be in a load of trouble the next time a hurricane hits them hard - there's no federal government to assist them rebuild.

So now you're losing companies making you money, you're losing federal aid, and you're losing any defense you originally had as part of the Union. Long story short, it's not a pretty picture.

Wow, thanks for the detailed explanation. It seems that everyone's a loser in that case

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General Discussion / Re: 20 States File Petition to Secede From the Union...

« on: November 13, 2012, 03:07:49 PM »

Well said, Patrick. I know I got a little heated in this thread (I deleted my post), but seriously. This country is now more polarized than ever and people need to come together to truly get things to work. This was ever-so evident with the efforts of Chris Christie, known by many as the Critic-In-Chief, working together with the Commander-in-Chief to help everyone in New Jersey. There is no excuse not to work together like that for all occasions - not just when a big disaster strikes.

Agreed. It was very unexpected to see Christie and Obama get along like that, but they did and that's the best way to come through a crisis like this. Christie is also honest and that's why he is getting my vote for governor next year.

But for the sake of the topic, how successful will states be in seceding? Wouldn't this hurt the economy more than help it?

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General Discussion / Re: 20 States File Petition to Secede From the Union...

« on: November 13, 2012, 11:27:50 AM »

Yes, I kind of believe a lot of the issues do involve race. People need to get over it and accept the fact our president is black. This is 2012, not 1962. It's a shame that people will choose another candidate simply bc of race and not leadership skills etc and (surprisingly enough) most of the predominantly white states like in the West had Romney winning the vote there. Instead of fighting with one another, ppl and states should learn to work together and unite as one in order to figure out how we can fix the financial and health insurance mess with our country. This secession nonsense will only drive us to ruin

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General Discussion / Re: 20 States File Petition to Secede From the Union...

« on: November 13, 2012, 01:13:02 AM »

I think it's dumb. NJ will no way secede even if they get enough signatures. I just can't see it happening with enough troubles in our state