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se7a7n7
11/16/09

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I remember when the I-35W Mississippi River bridge collapsed in early 2007. Lou Dobbs talked about it and actually said something to the effect of...

We have to ask ourselves. If our bridges are not safe, are our borders safe? This story reminds us that we need to strengthen our borders.... #newyorkpost
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El_Gato
11/16/09

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The ny post is known for it's variety of exclusives. One of its most famous was the unbylined story it ran back in 2004 on John Kerry selecting Dick Gephardt as his vp running mate -- what many in the biz call a "Permanent Exclusive." Then there was the time it ran that bogus story about Bernie Madoff having terminal cancer, a bullshit exclusive. #newyorkpost
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MrInBetween
11/16/09

@El_Gato: Actually, it's called an "Eternal Exclusive" The alliteration makes the phrase, though "Bullshit Exclusive" also works. #newyorkpost
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LatestBy
11/16/09

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$8 million will buy a lot of bricks for your Mexi-wall, Lou. #newyorkpost
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Valerie Flame
11/16/09

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That's a reporting trick, not something that's supposed to play out in print. So, what's your reaction to being caught stealing $30,000 from the city? Oh, it was only $15,000? Confirmed. #newyorkpost
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restless
10/06/09

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Yeah, IDK. The term "addiction" being applied to hobbies that people devote time to, is, like, um kinda years away from BEING A JUNKIE.

There's reading...and then there's stealing money from your friends and family to shoot junk through a dirty needle in some abandoned building while you lose your job and your home.

Come on. Let's keep it "real".
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If_I_Had_a_Poodle
10/06/09

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problem? hells no. it's a cure.
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stevenstevo
10/06/09

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Why is addiction with the internet but not with TV? Or what about someone who reads for 6 hours a day? Is that addiction? I would imagine girls with social phobia read more books than do those without social phobia.
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theartdodger
10/06/09

@stevenstevo:

Yeah, the TV thing immediately came to mind. Advertising pays bills, so it's unlikely TV watching will be classified as an addiction, even though it should.

But, I can't sign off on the book thing. One of the things that helps classify something as an addiction is the way the brain fires off as you do it. I get the feeling when many people read books they don't have "drug-like" experiences.
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If_I_Had_a_Poodle
10/06/09

@stevenstevo: and write more poetry in journals
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Drunken Economist
10/06/09

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Oh hellyeah this is SO ME. Now fsck off.

Now back to my new addiction:

[www.bijint.com]
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not2techy
10/06/09

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"I am shocked, shocked that people are addicted to the Internet."

"Your winnings, Mr. Denton."

"Thank you."
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$Image of Terrafractal$ Terrafractal
10/06/09

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As a female who has been clinically diagnosed with ADD and anxiety/depression...well...this actually makes sense considering my behavior, but the internet will never hold a fucking flame to alcohol, opiates, or thc.
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skahammer
10/08/09

@Terrafractal: If by any chance you also have low standards, then you've basically hit the trifecta for being Exactly My Type.
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shostakobitch
10/05/09

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i prefer to combine my addiction to the internet with my addiction to weed. o sweet succor, deliver me temporarily from mediocrity and student loans!

when are they going to develop a drug that works, you know, forever?
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BookishLookish
10/06/09

@shostakobitch: Come on-a my house.
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Matt Cherette
10/05/09

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Why the hell would they perform this study on 11-year-olds?
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son of spam
10/05/09

@mattchew03: Because the olds are hogging all the really fun addictions.
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Cicada
10/05/09

@son of spam: Like oxycontin and viagra.
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Moff
10/05/09

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Goodness, they could have just asked my old therapist, and he could have told them this a year ago.
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WickedWitchoftheWest loves dough.
10/05/09

@Moff: This totally fits in with the meds I take for depression and anxiety. I don't really have an internet addiction though. Really. I could quit.
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lionel-mandrake
10/06/09

@WickedWitchoftheWest loves dough.: It's just a really tough time right now, as soon as I get through this rough spot I'll stop. I promise.
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Mediahohoho
09/04/09

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I'll take that bet. This is all playing very well with the true believers, but it's not going to lead to Republican gains outside of Jesusland, which is already solidly wingnut anyway. Never has the hallelujah chorus resonated with so few souls. Secession has a better shot than a Republican majority anytime soon. I think the "Obama addresses kids" kerfluffle is the shark jumping episode. I mean, you (by which I mean, the conservative *grunt* movement) really can't get much stupider than that.

Someday, someone will actually try your theory. It'll be interesting. Especially when the gray panthers burn down the white house. Till then, I'm willing to give Keynes a try, as we've had half of Stockman, Friedman, Laffer's theories (the tax half) shoved down our throats by people who grow the government incessantly.

Finally, want to put $100 billion in the treasury? End the biggest entitlement program in the budget, the tax exemption for mortgages. It discriminates against renters, it's social engineering and classic big government bullshit. But my guess is, you've benefited from it, so you're all for it.
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gabrielsong
09/08/09

@Mediahohoho: Where is this Jesusland you speak of? On the coasts we believe, as well.
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Mediahohoho
09/08/09

@gabrielsong: It's not that you believe, it's what you believe. Personally, if I were Jesus I would have disowned "Christians" a long, long time ago.
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Mediahohoho
09/03/09

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Did Vitter spend his Halliburton bucks on diapers or hookers to change the diapers?
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