Right…
So… because in politics things are afoot that some don’t agree with, this should take all of our time and attention and no one has the right to gripe about anything else.
When you can’t find anything to watch on TV, get online and play poker.
Don’t want to bet real money? There are loads of Play Money sites. Some offer both — real money and play money games. Play Hold 'Em, Stud, Draw, etc.
Beats the hell out of TV.
I’ve seen Porky’s twenty-seven times this week.
I guess they’re running it for folks like me, who saw it once in the eighties and forgot all about it.
"It’s a Wonderful Life" is just around the corner for the googolth time
Thanks for reminding me of how much it pisses me off to see poker on TV 24 goddamned hours a day.
But at least that only gets shown once or twice a year.
I’m honestly surprised this pitting wasn’t inspired by the 525,600th showing of “The Mummy” which was on tonight.
Of course, I did watch about a half-hour of it. There’s some fine manly eye-candy there.
Do you know it is actually illegal to play poker for real money online? I didn’t, either, until a day or so ago.
No, I didn’t. Illegal in every state? Federal law?
Starting to make you wish Frank Capra had never been born?
Maybe not, ZebraShaSha — at the moment, anyway:
A key distinction exists on a Federal level between bettors and those operators whose business is to benefit from the actual making of wagers: “engaged in the business of betting or wagering… which entitles the recipient to receive money or credit as a result of bets or wagers, or for information assisting in the placing of bets or wagers…” As long as players stay in the “players” category and not in the in-the-business-of-wagering owners/bookies/runners/agents categories, a significant difference in status exists.
There are many ways to read the Wire Act, but only under the broadest interpretation could playing online poker be deemed illegal in terms of the Wire Act. In my opinion (which isn’t worth a hill of beans… only the US Supreme Court’s view will matter unless new legislation passes) playing online poker is not illegal for US citizens, in regards to Federal Law – unless it is a crime in an individual state, in which case the Federal Organized Crime Control Act of 1970 may apply. The Act makes it a federal crime for five or more persons to engage in a gambling business illegal under state law. Gambling online is definitely illegal in some states, but the Crime Control Act of 1970 does not apply to players. In addition, since the Crime Control Act does not refer to foreign commerce, it is hard to see how a case could be made that it applies to Internet gaming across multiple international borders."
“Finally, in November 2004, the Caribbean island nation of Antigua and Barbuda won a World Trade Organization ruling that United States legislation criminalizing online betting violates global laws. In April 2005, the WTO Appellate Body affirmed the principal conclusions involved. (The resources link below will take you to a page with links to the WTO ruling, news stories about it, and further resources on online poker / online gambling and US law.)”
"So, as long as online poker players do not participate in owning a share of the house rake; as long as players only wager against each other; as long as players participate in the skill game of poker and do not bet sports; as long as players obey state laws… draw your own conclusions. "
Read the entire article at…
http://www.playwinningpoker.com/guide6.html
Doesn’t affect me one way or the other because I play No Limit Hold 'Em online just for fun — i.e., using Play Money. Most of the time, though, I play as if it were for real money.
It’s exciting. First few tournaments I entered riveted my attention to the game.
Damn! I didn’t put quotation marks around the first two graphs.
Sorry.
… andeveryone else is just too cool to mention the Weird Al shout-out …
WHAT!?!?!
I am so getting off the computer and doing a Porky’s movie search on my satellite.
Ok, this is too good to leave be.
I skimmed through this thread on Saturday morning. Went to work. Came back around 5. Sat down and turned on the TV. Guess what was on?
Yes. I shit you not.
I haven’t laughed so hard in awhile. 
It’s been both. The Cameron one has aired constantly on the various HBOs, the made-for-tv one on WE and associated channels.
As far as this goes, my favorite is FLIX, which seems to have only 40 or so films in its library, all of which get aired at least four times a week.
Our local one is “The Breakfast Club.” If it’s Sunday afternoon, this movie will be on some channel.
(Psst - Hombre - not everyone is United Statesian, and not everyone cares about your country’s politics.)
I was starting to wonder if anybody would recognize it, actually. 
OK, I love Weird Al, but this one is personal…
Despite being 15 in 1982, I have never seen Porky’s. I’m crappin’ ya negative. Who wants to lend me the DVD?