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MeFi post:
Anthrax suspect kills himself ahead of arrest
This is an interesting recounting of the probe until recently by Brad Garret, one of the main agents involved.
posted to MetaFilter by CunningLinguist
at 10:29 PM on July 31, 2008
Yeah, I wish they had asked him what he said, exactly.
posted to MetaFilter by CunningLinguist
at 10:36 PM on July 31, 2008
I'm trying to get the link fixed. I didn't know the LAT was so fickle.
posted to MetaFilter by CunningLinguist
at 11:52 PM on July 31, 2008
You know, this blue/white collar digression is misplaced. The real class division in this story is the scientists who (the theory goes, whether Hatfill or Ivins or whoever) wanted to scare people straight about the anthrax danger, and the postal workers and hospital staffer who died because the stuff leaked through envelopes. No one at the networks or Capitol Hill died after all, just the guys who handled their mail.
posted to MetaFilter by CunningLinguist
at 9:52 AM on August 1, 2008
The smoking gun has a protective order his shrink filed against him, accusing him of "homicidal threats."
posted to MetaFilter by CunningLinguist
at 10:19 AM on August 1, 2008
MeFi post:
Information Design + Politics = WIN! (Hopefully)
This is such an obvious media opportunity - play your cards even halfway right and you should be all over TV all day Monday. It's quirky *and* feel good! Do you have anyone around who understands how to manage press?
posted to MetaFilter by CunningLinguist
at 7:35 AM on July 19, 2008
I agree about the weird silence - especially with the Netroots thing going on this weekend.
posted to MetaFilter by CunningLinguist
at 9:42 AM on July 20, 2008
Also, why hasn't Sean updated his site?
posted to MetaFilter by CunningLinguist
at 9:43 AM on July 20, 2008
I have to agree. It's mystifying.
posted to MetaFilter by CunningLinguist
at 3:45 PM on July 24, 2008
Here's the LA Times story.
He's close to 100k.
My favorite line is at the end:
"Tevis sheepishly broke the news to his mother last week that she needed to step in front of a camera: Four people so far have given enough to get the DVD."
posted to MetaFilter by CunningLinguist
at 7:16 AM on July 28, 2008
Here's the WSJ story. If possible, they missed the point even more: no mention, unless I missed it, of the smallness of the average donation and how micro-donations can add up fast. Funny, since the Journal is supposed to be more obsessed with finance than politics.
But Sean got one of those iconic WSJ engravings, so it's all good.
posted to MetaFilter by CunningLinguist
at 8:22 AM on July 29, 2008
MeFi post:
Anger can make a man verbose
Coren is my new hero. I have to deal with dribbling, knuckle-dragging morons changing my copy all the time but I don't get to complain like this. (Like the guy who didn't know regimen was a word and corrected it to "regime." Sheesh.) Go Coren!
posted to MetaFilter by CunningLinguist
at 6:13 AM on July 24, 2008
I've got a story in the paper today with a picture that's captioned, "seen here with a cache of weapons and a Teflon vest."
I feel your pain. At least they didn't change "cache" to "catch." I've seen that.
posted to MetaFilter by CunningLinguist
at 6:56 AM on July 24, 2008
MeFi post:
Escaping the Amish
In ten years, the Amish will have cell phones
Dude, they use cell phones now and have been for at least ten years. At least many of the Amish I spoke to in Lancaster do. No wires, you see.
Here's a nearly decade old Wired article about it.
posted to MetaFilter by CunningLinguist
at 7:19 AM on July 16, 2008
They also don't drive cars (obviously - buggies) but will bum a ride whenever possible. Total mooches.
I really don't want to have to defend the Amish, because I'm not big on religion in general or clannish modern-reality-denying sects in particular (hiya Hassids!), and I get that you are going to be stubbornly over the top on this, but you can't really attack them for being too rigid and also not rigid enough.
Plus, when those ten little... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by CunningLinguist
at 9:10 AM on July 16, 2008
MeFi post:
Happy Birthday Adam!
You're kidding, right?
posted to MetaFilter by CunningLinguist
at 1:52 PM on July 15, 2008
# 1704 - August Gottlieb Spangenberg, German religious leader (d. 1792)
# 1737 - Princess Louise-Marie of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1787)
# 1779 - Clement Clarke Moore, American educator, author, and poet (d. 1863)
# 1796 - Thomas Bulfinch, American mythologist (d. 1867)
# 1808 - Henry Edward Cardinal Manning, English Catholic archbishop (d. 1892)
# 1812 - James Hope-Scott, English barrister (d. 1873)
# 1837 -... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by CunningLinguist
at 1:56 PM on July 15, 2008
By the way, "Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, queen of Portugal" is my next sock pupper
posted to MetaFilter by CunningLinguist
at 1:57 PM on July 15, 2008
Puppet, even
posted to MetaFilter by CunningLinguist
at 1:57 PM on July 15, 2008
MeFi post:
Everybody loves a choo-choo
The comments are almost the best part, especially from the older folk:
Oh yes. . . it was the late 30’s . . . can’t believe it . . . and I was a child on the subway with my Mom. The trip was total adventure from Lafayette and Clinton to 34th Street - down the stairs, under the turnstyle, watching the people, feeling the scratchy woven seats, whoshing through the underground tunnels, the long ride up the escalator and my small self with tiny white gloves and... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by CunningLinguist
at 11:06 PM on July 3, 2008
MeFi post:
George Carlin Dead at 71
"There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls."
Goddamnit, George. Don't leave us here in the dark.
Also guys, it's cunt fuck, not fuck cunt. How hard it is to get that right?
posted to MetaFilter by CunningLinguist
at 6:41 AM on June 23, 2008
"The two big mistakes were the belief in a sky god - that there's a man in the sky with 10 things he doesn't want you to do and you'll burn for a long time if you do them - and private property, which I think is at the core of our failure as a species. That's the source of my indignations, my dissatisfactions, however it comes out on the stage. I feel betrayed by the people I'm part of, these creatures, these magnificent creatures."
- Carlin, Orange County Register, March 1997
posted to MetaFilter by CunningLinguist
at 6:53 AM on June 23, 2008
I wish I could hear his opinion of obit dots. A riot, I'm betting.
posted to MetaFilter by CunningLinguist
at 7:49 AM on June 23, 2008
James Lipton: "If God exists, what would you like to hear him say when you get to the Pearly Gates?"
George Carlin: "Now we're going to have some fun around here."
Sounds about right.
posted to MetaFilter by CunningLinguist
at 7:14 AM on June 25, 2008
MeFi post:
A moment in history; Obama Wins Presidential Nomination.
Obama campaign shuts down blog claiming the candidate is a martian.
posted to MetaFilter by CunningLinguist
at 2:06 PM on June 11, 2008
Fox stays classy: chyron calls Michelle the candidate's "baby mama."
posted to MetaFilter by CunningLinguist
at 3:07 PM on June 12, 2008
Except not. What a laugh: she's blaming fox.
posted to MetaFilter by CunningLinguist
at 3:43 PM on June 12, 2008
It sure won't be Hillary.
posted to MetaFilter by CunningLinguist
at 6:09 AM on June 17, 2008
McCain rebrands.
Actually he didn't. Some dumbass blogger saw a new logo on some merchandise and assumed it was an official campaign logo. It wasn't. Just for the record.
posted to MetaFilter by CunningLinguist
at 2:06 PM on June 18, 2008
Bring back benevolent dictatorships, I say.
I say it mostly to get that rant out of my recent activity.
posted to MetaFilter by CunningLinguist
at 8:18 AM on June 19, 2008
More Obama art, some of it cool, some laughably awful.
posted to MetaFilter by CunningLinguist
at 8:24 AM on June 19, 2008
Tehanu, you obviously never saw Steve Novick's ads. I'm really surprised he lost after that campaign.
posted to MetaFilter by CunningLinguist
at 5:08 PM on June 19, 2008
Here's a truly remarkable new ad from Oregon senator Gordon Smith, touting his close work with Obama.
The remarkable part is that Smith is a Republican.
posted to MetaFilter by CunningLinguist
at 3:35 PM on June 24, 2008
MeFi post:
Eat the taco. A funnel cake won't kill you.
Obama will certainly give something as poetic and inspiring as the "Ask Not" speech. He's just that good.
In case you hadn't heard yet, I'm going to repeat this because I think it illustrates the way cosmic forces of history and destiny seem to be swirling around this guy:
When Obama gives his acceptance speech at the convention in Denver on Aug. 28, when he officially becomes America's first black... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by CunningLinguist
at 7:04 AM on June 15, 2008
I cannot think of a single Clinton speech that stands out in any way as memorable.
I felt tremendous excitement in 1992 when it looked like a smart fresh young face was going to replace a tired, old and embarrassingly stupid Bush. But I don't really remember one specific speech from that campaign.
However, Clinton's speech after the OKC bombing, which at the time seemed to be one of the most horrifying things that could happen... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by CunningLinguist
at 9:47 AM on June 15, 2008
MeFi post:
Let's see that clip.
Having met him a few times, I can testify he was exactly the same guy off air and on, though maybe a little more profane off air.
I can't imagine election night without him. Or Sundays, for that matter.
posted to MetaFilter by CunningLinguist
at 1:06 PM on June 13, 2008
For a guy who put such emphasis on his dad, it's poignant that he should die on Father's Day weekend. He was probably prepping another tribute to Big Russ for the show Sunday.
posted to MetaFilter by CunningLinguist
at 2:44 PM on June 13, 2008
