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1 NannyState 423

Bin Laden has been very good for business. In fact, his last Halliburton dividend check arrived with a personal note postmarked "Preston Hollow Sta. Dallas"....

2 felixthecat2 375

+1...

On November 29, 2009 7:46 PM in Elsewhere In The ist-a-verse
3 hotstepper 337

these rejects would have never stepped foot on White House grass on Clint Eastwood's watch....

On November 27, 2009 6:11 PM in Investigation Into State Dinner Party Crashers
4 jaycjay 208

It has nothing to do with NYC; the state issues liquor licenses. It's $51, plus a $10 filing fee. ...

On November 29, 2009 8:03 PM in Big Drop In Number Of Bars Open Late On New Year's
5 Mr Mel 204

Nobody has the real story yet. ...

6 Spirit of 76 192

Even if the doors were locked or jammed, why would she break the back window rather than either the driver's side or passenger side window? Did she expect to drag him out over the front seat headrests...

7 JacqueMehoff 187

not only did he buy endorsements but he also tried to buy elections in other states to further his agenda. luckily people there were too smart to fall for his antics. he supported a republican vs a pr...

On November 29, 2009 12:28 AM in Bloomberg Spent $102 Million On Campaign
8 JenChungsBra 167

It was an AP story, and apparently others noticed as well: http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/tapped_archive?month=11&year=2009&base_name=what_color_was_that_again...

9 longacre 151

Sorry, no link, but check out the book "Dereliction of Duty" by the US Air Force Lt. Col. Robert Patterson who carried "the football" for Clinton. The guy is completely unpolitical, almost apologetic ...

On November 29, 2009 11:20 PM in Senate Report: Bush Missed Chance To Catch Bin Laden
10 valeriob 134

I'm over here making a family guy reference and here this idiot comes, copy and pasting this same exact comment as a reply to SEVEN other posts I've made on other stories. What a whack job this kid is...

11 mordicai 131

I think the comparison to the GHWB presidency is spot on....

On November 29, 2009 11:25 AM in Senate Report: Bush Missed Chance To Catch Bin Laden
12 Kojak 131

You think this is bad, check out what happens in London. It all overflows into the Thames. Talk about swimming up shits creek....

13 Snoopy 130

"He is such a great kid. I don't know how this could have happened to my oldest son." Ismelda Rodriquez....

On November 29, 2009 8:00 PM in Suspect Who Escaped Custody Re-Arrested In Tears
14 HOTCUP 119

while you're at it, slap a concrete wall around williamsburg and send a helicopter after all the hipsters that try to crawl across the east river. DON'T THEY KNOW THAT LIFE IS REAL???...

On November 29, 2009 10:33 PM in Another Bronx Teen Struck By Errant Bullet
15 inoyourider 118

What a piece of trash...shot a man in the chest and only served two years? Time for life. Or even better (and my fav), the death penalty and send the bill to his family....

On November 29, 2009 8:52 PM in Bronx Hit-And-Run Driver Had Suspended License
16 ANGRYGOD11 117

Wasn't the time record companies had any clout over TV networks over many years ago? Isn't record company an outdated term?...

On November 28, 2009 12:27 AM in GMA: Adam Lambert, No; Chris Brown, Yes
17 zodak 111

is that the only way to be in parade? i've often considered getting a part-time job there just so i can be in it....

18 HowBoutDemCowboys 107

Have you EVER watched a nature channel? Do you see animals eating other animals? Do you not know that humans are animals? Do you not know that we have incisors to cut through meat? Do you ALWAYS d...

On November 24, 2009 2:44 PM in Turkey Cruelty Ad Nixed By NBC
19 Clarice City 103

Yes, it's a name, but people use it as an ethnic slur. It's unfortunate....

On November 24, 2009 11:44 PM in Should MTV's Jersey Shore Be Cancelled?
20 whitecastlerock 99

Gee Jay-Allow people to be outraged or stunned. 50K for two deaths? How many license suspensions? Citizenship issues as well? No one said he shouldn't be given a trial by jury. Are you or someone you ...

21 thefacts 97

Please provide a news link to back up your absurd statement or you will appear as dimwitted and inept as Bushie....

22 ides_of_march 95

No worse than the narcissist-in-chief. ...

23 potsmoker 94

your life is not broken because you didnt get a christmas present,...

On November 27, 2009 9:01 PM in Reverend Billy Says "Buy Nothing"
24 Splicer 87

You obviously mean Bush Jr. who will go down in history as probably one of the most mentally ill people to occupy the White House (Nixon is in the running as well)....

25 Steven 87

Then the state cries no money. hmmm. I wonder why. ...

On November 29, 2009 11:04 PM in Judges Spent Taxpayer $ On iPod, Pics Of Themselves
26 nicemarmot 85

I'm so happy my in-laws live by the train so we don't have to drive anywhere on the holidays. Seriously, driving back from upstate last Labor Day weekend took 7 hours when it should have taken about 2...

On November 29, 2009 6:42 PM in Extra, Extra
27 robingee 85

There are Christian media watchdog groups that organize protests of every little thing they find "wrong" with TV shows or even commercials and movies....

On November 29, 2009 11:44 AM in GMA: Adam Lambert, No; Chris Brown, Yes
28 youngpro 83

shooting anyone, unprovoked, is not acceptable, idiot. ...

29 hunter.blatherer 80

At first glance I read your screen name as "robbingpee"....

On November 25, 2009 8:30 PM in #1 Problem For Cabbies: Bathroom Breaks
30 Boogie Down 68

Thanks for acknowledging your ignorance. Here's further proof: Tiger Woods's mother is Thai, not Filipino. He is also of African, Chinese, Native American, and Dutch descent. I'm so glad there ar...

31 jibbly 68

Hahaha, nice one....

On November 25, 2009 12:55 PM in Protest To Keep 9/11 Trials Out Of NYC
32 mellow_fellow 68

Party pooper!...

On November 29, 2009 4:09 PM in Big Drop In Number Of Bars Open Late On New Year's
33 marcasm 64

They should be fined hundreds of thousands of dollars. ...

34 Wza 64

Plenty. People in New York watch the news. Happy? I hate when people post that shit. Don't like the story? Move on to the next thread....

35 schadenfreudian mensch 62

I'm not sure how true it was but I think I've read somewhere during it's run some people who lived near JFK just took this train to bypass the bad neighborhood stations....

On November 25, 2009 8:59 PM in Flashback: The JFK Express
36 edEx 57

8am? who even makes it that far?...

On November 29, 2009 3:07 PM in Big Drop In Number Of Bars Open Late On New Year's
37 Think twice 55
38 thewildpansy 55

Ugh, motorists. Why can't they like, ride their bikes to different states....

On November 29, 2009 12:56 PM in Drivers, Expect Traffic Today
39 jpeditor 55

Obviously they couldn't. But if someone was legally armed in that train......

40 Abbott 52

I'm sure all three have several children they've never met....

41 just_saying 52

Ms. Woods inflicted facial lacertations on Tiger Woods and then went after him with a golf club when he tried to beat a hasty retreat? Seems clear she ain't gonna tolerate no wayward hubby. There ...

42 Jen Chung 51

Sorry, that's my mistake. Had too many big cats on my mind....

On November 29, 2009 11:31 AM in Jets Out to Salvage Pride, if Nothing Else
43 S.D. 51

Yeah the rule of Law is just sooooooo inconvenient. Um, As long as you're on a Right Wing Rant, Why stop with such a short list? No Doubt their great great great great great great great great great...

44 tom9d 50

I didn't. Should I? Was it a good one?...

On November 25, 2009 12:51 PM in Should MTV's Jersey Shore Be Cancelled?
45 Angelheaded Hipster 50

how do you live in this world of cruelty, felix? as pure and compassionate as you are? ...

On November 25, 2009 1:22 PM in "Nude" Skater Hits Rockefeller Ice
46 carbomb 49

I'd like to see the celebrity death match - really. Each attempting to apply their exhibited skills on the other....

On November 29, 2009 6:22 PM in GMA: Adam Lambert, No; Chris Brown, Yes
47 Amande Harlech 49

and why is this remotely relevant? Athletes are as important for society as beauty queens....

48 Rocknrope 48

BLAARGHH BLAH BLAH NEW YORK?!...

49 Bernie Madoff-Goetz 48

Great! Even less reason for anyone to want to teach in inner city schools where simply keeping students in their seats is already 90% of the job in and of itself. Oh, well. I guess there's enough Teac...

50 CR 48

They made the mistake of not beating the shit out of the guy....

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