I kind of figured Inglorious Basterds would win out on here. Surprising.

Reed.

I doubt this poll because Hillary only leads Biden by 16 and not by the usual 50 points.

The poll could be junk (especially considering who commissioned it) but it is worth remembering that the people who show up to the Iowa caucus do tend to be very different from the electorate at large.

PPP poll of MA:

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2013/05/hillary-over-50-even-in-massachusetts.html

Clinton 55%
Biden 17%
Cuomo 4%
Patrick 4%
Warren 4%
O'Malley 1%
Gillibrand, Schweitzer, Warner 0%

Sheesh, and I thought O'Malley's 7% and 3rd place showing in Maryland was pathetic.  Patrick and Warren only manage 4% each in their home state.

They're not even ahead of Cuomo, that is very bad (and somewhat disappointing since I consider them two of the better potential candidates).

Inglorious Basterds was technically a better made film but I think I enjoyed myself a little bit more at Django Unchained.

Didn't see a thread on this. The man had an incalculably large impact on my childhood.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/08/movies/ray-harryhausen-cinematic-special-effects-innovator-dies-at-92.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

I still say say stop motion > CGI.

Police excluded weather, natural causes, anhydrous ammonium and ammonium nitrate as cause.
A criminal inquiry has been open and a paramedic, one of the first on the grounds was arrested. Police refuse to say why, but CNN reports he had products to make a bomb.

I know I said this already but this story should be getting so much more coverage than it is!

Bush and his administration lied about weapons of mass destruction being in Iraq. Then they took us into a war where thousands died (and are still dying). Where were the Republican investigations into that?

Now they're screaming at the top of their lungs about four people who've been killed in an attack in Libya. Uh, okay.

The funny thing is that all of these people (save maybe a few true believers) know that this thing is never going to take down Obama. This is all about softening up Hillary. Good luck with that.

As most you know, I don't care for Hillary Clinton... but anyone would have to admit she's one tough broad.

If he keeps up current habits, perhaps significantly less.

What current habits are you referring to?

I don't find idiocy attractive, so Option 1.

opebo is losing again. Eww.

Hey, Bushie must have finally voted. :p

Batman is a Fascist!!!

Wrong.

Okay, maybe a little. He did, however, stand against the ultimate fascist in The Dark Knight Returns though: Ronald Reagan!

Miley Cyrus shouldn't even be on the list. Fail.

300 is a nice round number. I'll go with that.

I'm thinking 295.

Bushie just admitted to gaining another 5 pounds or so in The Update thread and he is now sitting at (at least) 275.

What do you think he'll weigh a year from now? Will he finally put a stop to family/house guest related multi-course meals? Will he stop watching television for 10 hours a day?

The poll will run for two weeks. Maybe this can help light a little bit of a fire under that giant Oklahoma ass of his but I'm not holding my breath!

What are you weighing in at these days?

Way too much.  I weighed in Wednesday Morning before I left to go to Grandma's and somehow I had bumped up to 275.  I like to think it was a fluke, because every other time I weighed in it was 270-271 and I hadn't had that much food, or so I thought.  What was even scarier is that I knew I would overeat the next two days (Wednesday and Thursday) and I knew we would be playing games all day both days, so there was not much I could do about it.  When I weigh in tomorrow, it's liable to be even higher.  So, tomorrow, I am supposed to have lunch with my Pastor Cousin, Music Minister, and Kenya Leader (who is different from the Maisha Director), but whether I have lunch with them or not, since it's supposed to be a gorgeous 75 degrees with bright sunshine and a light north breeze, I am going to find a park somewhere and walk.  I have got to do something and its time to stop making excuses and letting every little thing get in my way.  I couldn't breathe real well this afternoon and I was struggling to get a breath, and I know part of it was the barometric pressure since it was really low, but I know the vast majority of it, probably 80% of it, conservatively, was my weight.  I have no more company until late June, and I will be gone to Kenya, so I can't use that as an excuse anymore for a while.  I need to lose a little bit of weight in the next six weeks so I can have an easier time of it in Kenya.

Honestly, walking around in a park for 15 minutes isn't going to do anything for you at this point. You need to radically change your diet before you die. Seriously. No more cake. No more pie. No more five course meals. You need to start having three small, healthy meals a day and that's it. Otherwise, it's over for you. You're dead.

5'8'', 275+ is abominable. Just giving you the straight story, Bushie. If you get your diet under control, you can start doing real exercise. As in, you know, running... for like an hour a day.

Come on, Bushie. Nobody here wants to hear that you've croaked at age 35. That's the path that you're on right now. Forget Kenya. You need to get this under control now.

What are you weighing in at these days?

I wasn't trying to be rude or disrespectful earlier.  I was sassy for a few reasons.  1) I am thoroughly exhausted and didn't feel like answering a bunch of accusations I know aren't true.  2) if I answered every single accusation no one would accept what I say, so it's not worth fighting over.

What are you "thoroughly exhausted" from?

Damn, Bushie is sassy this season.

bushie do your parents have any idea of your porn addiction?

I don't think it's an addiction. I think most males watch porn, especially if they are not in a relationship (my ex-girlfriend forbid me from watching it because "she should satisfy me enough") but otherwise, there isn't anything wrong. It's just wrong he pays for it. Especially with his parents money.

Good thing you got rid of her. :p

Worst (other than openly right-wing sites) is probably Politico. Best is of course AV Club.

Politico is indeed awful.

So did you guys see Iron Man 3?

I basically thought it sucked.

The Place Beyond The Pines

Epic.

Knew you'd love it! (spoilers in white text, do not highlight if you have not seen it):

What'd you think when Ryan Gosling died? There was a lot of gasps in my theater, and I actually checked my phone to see the time since I knew the movie wasn't anywhere near close to over. Once the plot shifted I thought "this is kind of a weird narrative for a movie", but the ending tied it all up nicely and it worked. Probably a case where the misleading marketing was actually a good thing, the movie works better if you watch with the expectations of what the ads and trailer implied instead of what it is really is.

Yeah, that was a surprising. It did work though and I found the very end of the film pretty poignant. That said, I'd be lying if I said I didn't find the first hour of it to be clearly the most entertaining/exciting.

The saddest thing about it is that you can find any kind of porn you want for free.