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Oh yeah! Those were awesome.

True, although it's not too much different than when Rick and Lori got freaky whilst Carl was with them in the tent in Season 1. :tongue:

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I love Kmart [ame]www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PVhIMr4ScI[/ame] edit: why won't it embed the vid

^^ We commented after last weeks episode (when he first appeared). I really liked this week's episode! It's a nice little departure. Did anybody watch this week's Talking Dead? There's something I'd like to discuss...

In regard to U.S. tax write-offs for charitable purposes: The deduction is taken off your taxable income, not dollar-for-dollar against your tax payment. So, in general you would get something like 20% of (the value of) your donation back. In addition, I'm not sure that the whole amount could be considered a deduction for charitable purposes; you did receive merchandise after all. There might be some sort of formula that the IRS uses to determine the "difference" though... I'm not positive. Regardless of the above two notes... deductions for charitable donations apply only to charities that exist/operate in the United States. Kids Company does not, so you're not going to get any kind of deduction whatsoever. (And if you doubt this, you can take it from experience because I acquired something from another Coldplay-sponsored Kids Company auction a few years ago.) Just wanted to give you to the heads up. :nice:

It's not at all regarding whether or not it was offensive. Even without seeing it, I feel confident saying that it probably wasn't offensive. That's not at all the point. Shortly before the video was posted he made (yet another) account to post the video. It would take more time than I have on my break atm to tally all of the accounts that he's created since he was banned. It's like whack-a-mole on steroids. And the method of viewing a potential interview with him was indeed discussed earlier in the thread (albeit briefly). So it's not like the decision to remove it was completely out of the blue. We certainly don't mind if it is PM'd, that's fine with us. I love you too Nick. Please have my baby.

why does he look like he gets younger every year

DO NOT. RELEASE. THE BALLOONS!!! Has it really been almost 3 years? :freak:

Oh man I just had a thought of what could happen. Rick finally tells Daryl about Carol, Daryl gets annoyed and decides to try to find her with his awesome tracking skills, but is so focused on the task that he doesn't notice the Governor. Then the Governor notices Daryl, and thinks about how Daryl and Merle got away, and for revenge takes out Daryl. Oy.

Early Obamacare Data To Signal How Many Americans Are Still Waiting To Enroll WASHINGTON, Nov 10 (Reuters) - The Obama administration will release healthcare enrollment numbers for Obamacare's rocky October rollout this week that could be more important for what they fail to say, than for what they do. President Barack Obama's Democratic administration, which is under intense pressure from Republicans to release the data, has signaled that the total will be low after weeks of technical problems with the federal website, HealthCare.gov. But that will only underscore the huge number of people believed to be waiting for a chance to obtain benefits, according to policy experts and congressional aides. The 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or ACA, aims to provide health benefits to millions of uninsured Americans. It mandates that most Americans at least be enrolled for health insurance by March 31 or pay a fine. Analysts say the October number should offer an early indication of whether Obama's landmark health initiative is proving more popular with poor people who qualify for Medicaid or with working-class families eligible for subsidized private insurance through new online marketplaces that have been set up in all 50 states. U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told the Senate Finance Committee last week that the early tally would be "very low," and that the data would break out the numbers for states and show how many enrolled in private insurance plans versus expanded Medicaid programs. But administration officials have not said whether the data will provide clues to other important questions, including whether young healthy adults, needed by insurers to offset older people with higher health costs, are eager to obtain coverage. A small sign-up number, particularly one dominated by Medicaid enrollment, would be seized upon by Republican critics as evidence that the law is a failure that must be delayed or overhauled before it leads to wider problems within the $2.9 trillion U.S. healthcare system. The administration is racing to make the federal enrollment website HealthCare.gov work smoothly by the end of November. "There's going to be a huge crunch. It's a big choke point. The risk is people having lapses in coverage because the system can't handle the volume, which would be a huge political problem for the administration," said James Capretta of the conservative Ethics & Public Policy Center. Prior to the launch troubles, as many as 7 million Americans were expected to sign up for private health insurance offered through the online marketplaces for 2014. An additional 9 million were expected to enroll in an expanded Medicaid program for the poor by March 31, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Before the Oct. 1 website launch became a debacle, internal administration memos anticipated 494,620 enrollees in October and 706,000 in November nationwide, according to congressional investigators. Administration officials declined to confirm the numbers, saying projections are subject to rapid change. A failure to fix the website that leaves large numbers of people uninsured could put tremendous pressure on the administration to delay implementation, including the individual mandate that requires most Americans to have insurance in 2014 or face a penalty. Administration official have not said exactly when this week the data will be released. Republican aides in the U.S. House of Representatives believe the Department of Health and Human Services and its Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will try to avoid scrutiny by not providing detailed data. "They could give us very granular data showing enrollment by state, by plan level, how many enrollees had subsidies and at what level - all that stuff. But I think they're going to give us something aggregated nationally," said one aide. So far, the administration has only said that 750,000 people have applied to determine their eligibility for Medicaid or for tax credits under the healthcare law. A Reuters tally of 7 states that are running their own exchanges and providing detailed information on enrollment shows more than 35,000 Americans have picked a private insurance plan so far. More than 145,000 have enrolled in Medicaid.

Ooooohh, I received my card! :awesome: I kind of want to wait until after Thanksgiving to open it though. Hmmm, decisions decisions...

I was there in spirit.

go Lions, woo hoo, way to beat daaaa Bears

It was snowing on the way home from work. I wasn't expecting that. :|

oh snap he's baaaaaack At first I thought maybe the Gubbner offed his two buddies in the meantime, but the trailer that played during the Talking Dead showed that he was sitting next to three tents so maybe the other two are indeed still alive and helping him out. We still don't know for sure who was feeding the rats to the walkers though...

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWrUEsVrdSU]Atoms For Peace - Before Your Very Eyes - YouTube[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RK-oQfFToVg]YouTube Challenge - I Told My Kids I Ate All Their Halloween Candy 2013 - YouTube[/ame]

I'm pretty sure Rick will do option 1. When she told him that he could just not say anything to anybody, that wasn't an option for him. If he tries to hide it from Tyreese, then Tyreese is just going to keep nagging Rick "why don't you care about finding out who did it, blah blah blah." Plus everyone else at the prison would still feel uneasy thinking there's a killer still in their midst. If Rick were to go for option 2 or 3, he knows that would backfire on the chance that she either tries to come back to the prison or one of their people happened to bump into her later on. Essentially, if he were to tell them that Carol died and then they find out in-person that she's alive... it will kind of be like what Shane did in Season 1 (when he said that Rick was dead). Yeah option 1. Yes, I liked that song. :nice: First time I've heard it. I wonder which member of the cast/crew suggested that?

Yeah, I didn't see that one coming. Crazy. It didn't hit me that Rick was serious until he dropped her bag on the ground. I'm surprised that she didn't bring up Daryl at all in an effort to combat Rick's decision. I wonder how Daryl will react once he finds out.

It's a little pricey but this is one of the coolest things I've seen recently. You'd still be able to listed to your playlists during the zombie apocalypse!

:surprised: Ooh, so the NFL's ploy/strategy of getting people across the pond interested in the sport is working!

In regard to the original article, I agree that 80mph gusts is a bit severe. But It 0.8-1.6 inches of rainfall within a period of 6-9 hours? That seems rather tame. I would understand if that amount fell within 30 minutes or something, but over 6-9 hours isn't warning-worthy in my book.

Awesome finish to the Lions game yesterday. Great quick-thinking, Stafford! Way to go!

I started to suspect her when she kicked over the water bucket after talking with Tyreese. Oh my. My original thought last week was that the new guy (former army medic) was the one who did it, thinking it would be "medically necessary" to "contain the situation". Looks like that thinking belonged to Carol all along!