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[eznark]

Wheat beer is the worst. My beer has to be as bitter as me.

Since you're a filthy euro you probably don't have a lawn or do yard work, but a crisp wheat beer on a hot day is fantastic. I can't drink hoppy beers when I'm outside and it's warm.

 

[RBH]

The Minnesota House passed the conference committee version of the Vikings stadium bill early Thursday, May 10, leaving Senate approval as the last obstacle before the bill would head to Gov. Mark Dayton's desk.

The bill passed 71-60 after about two hours of debate on the floor.

The conference committee bill raises the amount the team would pay by $50 million. The team's contribution is now $477 million, up from $427 million.

That drops the state's contribution from $398 million to $348 million. Minneapolis' contribution remains unchanged at $150 million.

Vikings vice president Lester Bagley said the team agrees to the new contribution. "The Vikings and the Wilfs have stepped up," he said. "We've made a commitment to secure this franchise."

The bill was approved in the conference committee and was taken up on the House floor a little after 1:30 a.m. Thursday.

Rep. Tina Liebling, DFL-Rochester, said she didn't think the deal was good enough for the public. "I think the state got rolled," she said.

But Rep. Jim Abeler, R-Anoka, said the team "almost undid the deal themselves" because of what the state was requiring, and that any more could drive them away.

The Minnesota Senate is expected to take up the bill after covening about 9 a.m. If it passes in the Senate, it would go to Dayton, who has been a key supporter of the bill.

Here is how some other key issues were resolved in the conference committee bill:

-- Vikings retain stadium naming rights.

-- St. Paul gets $2.7 million annual payment to offset investment in Minneapolis, likely to help build a new St. Paul Saints ballpark.

-- Construction cost overruns are the responsibility of the builder; operating cost overruns are responsibility of public stadium authority.

-- Minneapolis retains charter exemption language designed to allow it to spend money to renovate Target Center.

-- Sports-themed tipboards survive but are not taxed.


King Wilson, executive director of Allied Charities of Minnesota, said the conference bill retains a split in charitable gaming tax revenue that is less favorable than they wanted: The state would get $59 million per year and the charities would get $13 million.

"Obviously, we're disappointed," Wilson said. "At this level, we're not convinced the machines are going to be economically viable."

Wilson said it may not make sense for organizations to install electronic pull-tab and bingo games at this level of taxation.

"I hope it'll be successful," he said. "I hope we're wrong."

The state depends for its share of the stadium funding on taxing new, electronic forms of charitable gaming. Critics have said the funding mechanism is unproven.

Although the House and Senate debated the Vikings stadium bill in public session for nearly 20 hours over the past few days, Wednesday's action was mostly behind closed doors.

Rep. Morrie Lanning, R-Moorhead, said the process had to be more compressed than it normally would have been but that the bill had had substantial public airing.

http://www.twincities.com/vikings/c...te-meeting-among-conference-committee-members

 

[Slo]

I'm ashamed at every one of those pictures.

 

[Dutch Gronk]

What the hell is Brett doing there ?!

 

[Talon]

I'm ashamed at every one of those pictures.

Good.

 

[Fox318]

I'm ashamed at every one of those pictures.

 

[DMczaf]

Oh this is going to get a ton of use this fall.

 

[Tamanon]

Did....did he paint his fingernails purple?

 

[DMczaf]

Did....did he paint his fingernails purple?

Don't question Minnesota business attire.

 

[cuevas. PhD.]

Did....did he paint his fingernails purple?

Nah, don't you know how dirty people from Minnesota are?

 

[Slo]

YOU PEOPLE

 

[eznark]

Did....did he paint his fingernails purple?

All the :jnc's

 

[Goro Majima]

I can forgive the deranged old dude with the fingernails painted. At least he got in through the door to speak his mind.

That guy with the sideways hat?

hahahahahahahahahahahahaha

 

[DMczaf]

YOU PEOPLE

YOUR PEOPLE

 

[Dutch Gronk]

I swear to God, Sidney Rice was wide open!

 

[cajunator]

Racists.

 

[squicken]

NSFW or safe for anything but holy shit at Time's cover this week. Absurd

 

[eznark]

NSFW or safe for anything but holy shit at Time's cover this week. Absurd

Good lord. My daughter had drank out of a cup since she was 1 and some parents latch their kid on til...8? How the fuck old is that kid?

 

[Talon]

Good lord. My daughter had drank out of a cup since she was 1 and some parents latch their kid on til...8? How the fuck old is that kid?

It says he's 3 on the cover.

Camo pants.

 

[eznark]

I guess the mom is short, tough to tell without some perspective but he looks big.

Still, people breast feed til 3? Are you kidding me.

 

[Talon]

I guess the mom is short, tough to tell without some perspective but he looks big.

Still, people breast feed til 3? Are you kidding me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rTwj1s2Bk0&feature=related
Obviously, NSFW.

 

[eznark]

I assume the video is, but there is nothing about that picture that is unsafe for work.

 

[Wrayfield]

Wheat beer is the worst. My beer has to be as bitter as me.

Since you're a filthy euro you probably don't have a lawn or do yard work, but a crisp wheat beer on a hot day is fantastic. I can't drink hoppy beers when I'm outside and it's warm.

Funny how Ez sounds more German than you here. What Weizen are you drinking that is sweet?

Anyway, nothing beats dark Andechser from tap. Fuck that fruity Belgian shite.

 

[cajunator]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rTwj1s2Bk0&feature=related
Obviously, NSFW.

That's.....what the FUCK.

 

[Talon]

"I'd rather have breast milk than all the melons in the world!"

 

[Goro Majima]

I don't have kids but apparently researchers and stuff suggest you should quit breastfeeding between 4 months and 6 months.

Maybe these people thought it was 4-6 years?....

edit: that's exclusive breastfeeding, nevermind!

WHO recommends 2 years and beyond? Screw that.

 

[I H8 Memes]

Kid on that cover looks smug as hell.

 

[Tamanon]

The NFL Offseason leads to some strange conversation trees.

 

[cuevas. PhD.]

would.

 

[Dutch Gronk]

If breast milk isn't for adults, why do they make the packaging so enticing?

 

[Milchjon]

Funny how Ez sounds more German than you here. What Weizen are you drinking that is sweet?

Anyway, nothing beats dark Andechser from tap. Fuck that fruity Belgian shite.

I'm actively trying to avoid Hefeweizen&co, so maybe my memory's a bit cloudy, but I definitely remember all of those I've tried to have a very unpleasant taste. Maybe not really sweet, but definitely not what I want my beer to taste like.

 

[Goro Majima]

Kid on that cover looks smug as hell.

I would bet there's a high correlation between parents who breast feed their children until kindergarten and parents who don't discipline their children.

 

[eznark]

I would bet there's a high correlation between parents who breast feed their children until kindergarten and parents who don't discipline their children.

What do the kids do one they get to kindergarten?

 

[Talon]

Cuevas, you sick fuck.

 

[eznark]

Cuevas, you sick fuck.

I had to double take. I assumed it was a cajunator post

 

[I H8 Memes]

What do the kids do one they get to kindergarten?

Depends on whether or not it is a Catholic School.

 

[cuevas. PhD.]

fuck you guys, she's hot

 

[Goro Majima]

What do the kids do one they get to kindergarten?

Teachers get to raise the horrible children of horrible parents obviously.

Oh and breastmilk in a thermos probably.

 

[Talon]

What do the kids do one they get to kindergarten?

 

[eznark]

I'm so glad my wife is normal

 

[squicken]

Is the kid abnormally tall or is she just very short? He looks like he's 5 or 6 at first blush

 

[squicken]

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...her-of-vernon-and-vontae-charged-with-murder/

Michael Davis, the 19-year-old brother of 49ers tight end Vernon Davis and Dolphins cornerback Vontae Davis, has been charged with first-degree murder in the family’s hometown of Washington, D.C.

Police say Michael Davis killed 66-year-old Gary Dederichs by hitting him on the head with a hammer on April 24. That was the first of five attacks in the area in which a man fitting Davis’s description hit someone in the head with a hammer. The other four victims all survived but were left with injuries.

On April 26, Davis was arrested by police responding to cries of help from a woman with a head injury. As Davis attempted to flee he threw a backpack that contained a hammer.

Davis has been held in jail since that arrest on two charges of assault with intent to kill while armed. He is scheduled to appear in court on Friday.

wtf?

 

[yankeehater]

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...her-of-vernon-and-vontae-charged-with-murder/



wtf?

What a sick fucking person. I cant understand anyone killing for no reason like that.

 

[Futurevoid]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKd5hHTarJs

Too soon?

 

[squicken]

First thing I thought of was Maxwell's Silver Hammer but decided against it. That guy must be insane. He was a serial hammerer

 

[eznark]

Gang initiation?

 

[Milchjon]

Gang initiation?

5-6 victims? Which gang would require that?

 

[eznark]

5-6 victims? Which gang would require that?

Fuck if I know, I don't even know if gangs are a thing anymore. Just seemed like an episode of The Shield

 

[Slo]

5-6 victims? Which gang would require that?

 

[TheDrizzlerJ11]

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...her-of-vernon-and-vontae-charged-with-murder/



wtf?

Crazy. Pretty sure this guy has a history of weird behavior. Vontae and Vernon are 2 of my favorite players, too bad.

EDIT:

Yup, dude was held for psychiatric evaluation a year ago after his teachers and guardians became fearful of his behavior.