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MeFi post:
Ow, my balls!
More likely, Fox like other distributors are tightening up after such a mediocre (if not worse) summer for movies.
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at 3:19 PM on September 4, 2006
Of course, pure capitalism is not nearly as stimulating as bandying about conspiracy theories. ;-P
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at 3:30 PM on September 4, 2006
MeFi post:
Bansky Vs Paris Hilton
Thank goodness for allofmp3 for allowing me the opportunity to preview her 'songs'. The processing of her 'vocals' is not only obvious but in many places fails to mask her shortcomings as a singer.
Paris may hang out in Pure like it's her throne room, but Celine Dion has nothing to worry about.
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at 8:43 AM on September 3, 2006
MeFi post:
The World's Worst Idea Ever
A witch!
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at 9:39 AM on September 1, 2006
The Ohio Suspect Sex Registry
(Note 1: none of the following have been charged with any crime in connection with this registry.)
(Note 2: Sex Offender is hereby defined as anyone who has committed a sex act in any position other than doggy-style, has ever used birth control including the rhythm method, or has masturbated to orgasm.)
Bob Taft - Sex Offender (or maybe not)
Hope Taft - Sex Offender (or maybe not)... [more]
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at 10:04 AM on September 1, 2006
From the hearing six years later:
Have you ever abstained from sex to avoid pregnancy?
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at 10:35 AM on September 1, 2006
MeFi post:
What happened to Katrina foreign aid?
"if you are looking for people to ask why they support the US Government..."
Just stay right here on MeFi and state that this situation is the nature of bureaucratic bumbling, regardless of who control the executive and legislative branches.
The faith around here in a government that could actually work is as misguided as a christian's faith in god.
"How far have we fallen.... [more]
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at 8:28 AM on August 31, 2006
"the large majority of which still has not been allocated"
They're still designing the bureaucracy to handle it.
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at 9:53 AM on August 31, 2006
MeFi post:
pranktivist?
This goes a long way in explaining why they accepted a subpar levee in the first place.
posted to MetaFilter by mischief
at 11:50 AM on August 29, 2006
MeFi post:
Bulldozer Politics
"all those inconvenient poor people" : You mean the ones forming the tax base written in red ink?
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at 3:41 PM on August 23, 2006
"Is the city government seizing the land as well..."
I cannot find a single reputable news source that supports the FPP's links or gives any details about this city ordinance, not even the New Orleans Times-Picayune. For all we know, this whole story is a hoax.
However, I would not at all be surprised that Nagin finally figured out that the priority in rebuilding New Orleans means appeasing first those who pay the... [more]
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at 7:09 AM on August 24, 2006
I did. Their archive only goes back 14 days.
posted to MetaFilter by mischief
at 7:33 AM on August 24, 2006
More appropriate to the question at hand:
"The city attorney and several council members also said then that homes will not be taken away if not gutted and boarded up by the deadline."
posted to MetaFilter by mischief
at 7:59 AM on August 24, 2006
First, you all complain that government entities are not moving fast enough. Now, Nagin and the city council have made proactive decisions and you all complain that government entities are moving too fast.
You can't have it both ways, people.
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at 8:07 AM on August 24, 2006
Yes, you want it both ways. Nagin is taking the very liberal step of promoting the good of all at the expense of a few. Nagin is taking the expense of gutting these houses onto the city; I haven't read anything about him sending the homeowners bills.
New Orleans has two choices, a slow meandering rebuild that pleases everybody, or a fast rebuild that will inevitably step on some toes.
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at 8:39 AM on August 24, 2006
Wrong, Astro Zombie, I am doing no more than pointing out the contradictions.
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at 8:41 AM on August 24, 2006
"Why hasn't the billions promised materialized? Why aren't there public works projects doing the repair work? Why are all these people wholly dependent on private companies and non-profits and not their local and federal governments?"
Bureaucracy.
posted to MetaFilter by mischief
at 2:40 AM on August 25, 2006
For a bit more expanded answer (on the federal level anyway):
A) FEMA is not big enough to handle a situation like Katrina. True, FEMA responded marginally to past hurricanes, but none of those were of Katrina's scale. FEMA has neither the manpower nor the skillsets needed to rebuild a city. If the american public wants a federal government with that much power, the Constitution would have to be scrapped and a completely new system of governing would need creating.... [more]
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at 3:09 AM on August 25, 2006
OK, believe in fairy tales then.
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at 6:46 AM on August 25, 2006
MeFi post:
Farewell Pluto
A189 - The word Pluto IS in the wording of the previous FPP.
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at 7:50 AM on August 24, 2006
Mary's Violent Emotions Made John Stay Up Nights
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at 9:03 AM on August 24, 2006
MeFi post:
Are you covered?
Flood insurance is not the only concern:
The Louisiana Department of Insurance recently granted Farm Bureau a special emergency status that allowed it to drop wind and hail coverage on 7,500 existing customers.
State Farm has not dropped coverage but is not writing new policies.
Allstate, following Farm Bureau, is trying to drop its wind and hail coverage on its 30,000 customers in 18 parishes and has threatened to leave... [more]
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at 8:15 AM on August 23, 2006
MeFi post:
...liah ewylduorp os tahW
As a USMC veteran, I can reassure that Iowa farmer that the only Marines who know where Iowa is are from there, and those who live in that state won't find him because they probably would hold the map upside-down. ;-P
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at 8:02 AM on August 23, 2006
MeFi post:
Federal Appeals Court: Driving With Money is a Crime.
Although the linked article and the FPP have excised rather important evidence to make a rather biased point, a reading of the actual decision leads me to believe that the decision is more a case of "kicking it upstairs".
Note that Gonzalez did not claim that any of the money was his, nor that he was on trial for any crime.
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at 11:17 PM on August 20, 2006
What I want to know is how $125,000 wrapped in foil got through the detectors on his initial flight to Chicago.
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at 11:35 PM on August 20, 2006
Gomez, Morgan and Gonzalez are claimants. Also, habeas corpus does not apply here, because no one was charged with a crime; it's a civil matter.
I agree, though, this law sucks. Hopefully this will be the case that nullifies it.
posted to MetaFilter by mischief
at 12:12 AM on August 21, 2006
milnak: I guess you did not know that Vegas is a major distribution hub for illicit drugs from Tijuana to the Midwest.
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at 12:19 AM on August 21, 2006
Yeah, I caught that about 5 minutes ago. I personally would have bought a cashiers check.
posted to MetaFilter by mischief
at 12:24 AM on August 21, 2006
People or businesses with poor credit can still buy a cashiers check.
I doubt these guys would have had this problem if they had just identified the guy who was selling the truck. That's a MAJOR hole in their story.
posted to MetaFilter by mischief
at 12:45 AM on August 21, 2006
Why would that happen, Blazecock? Buying a cashiers check for that amount is already a reportable transaction.
posted to MetaFilter by mischief
at 1:05 AM on August 21, 2006
As I said, this law sucks.
Regardless, flying across the country and then driving back with that kind of money is stupid, especially if their business was legitimate. It doesn't take a law degree nor even a high school diploma to know that local police and the feds are going to cast a suspicious eye at $125K wrapped in tin foil.
People doing stupid shit = the government doing stupid shit.
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at 1:20 AM on August 21, 2006
CAFRA has, for all intents and purposes, corrected this unfair advantage and now imposes upon the government the burden of proving, by a preponderance of evidence, that the property should be forfeited. Congressman Hyde and other members of Congress were actually pushing for a much more stringent burden of proof, that is, by "clear and convincing evidence", however, this effort fell victim to compromise.Prior to the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000 (introduced by Henry Hyde (R)... [more]
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at 2:31 AM on August 21, 2006
By acting civilly, the government seeks to remedy a harm, through the fiction of the property's "guilt."
Heh, "acting civilly". Cornell Law background on forfeiture.
posted to MetaFilter by mischief
at 3:14 AM on August 21, 2006
CAN confiscate, ryan, not WILL confiscate.
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at 4:09 AM on August 21, 2006
MeFi post:
This might explain why the U.S. keeps getting caught spying on peaceful war-protestors.
Too bad it's just someone's blog fantasy. If it had been true, we could have had something to talk about.
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at 9:26 PM on August 17, 2006
mk1: Wanna buy a bridge?
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at 10:02 PM on August 17, 2006
Marked "For Official Use Only," the PowerPoint deck became public when government transparency purist John Young posted it on his website, Cryptome, this week. I couldn't open it, but I located what appears to be the original on the website of the New York branch of the ISSA, a security organization, from a briefing given them last June 21.
Emphasis mine, and not what I would call convincing. Then again, this IS on the Intarwebs...
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at 12:14 AM on August 18, 2006
