Area homosexual saves four from fire
posted to MetaFilter by punishinglemur at 5:08 PM on June 30, 2008

"The closing track 'Re: Stacks' is the last dot of light before everything goes black, and when it quietly comes to a close, it's like death."

Now that's a review.
posted to MetaFilter by punishinglemur at 1:08 PM on June 21, 2008

Did anyone else notice the disturbing racial undertones in Clinton's speech? Claiming she was fighting pundits who were proclaiming that her (white) race was over: "Even when the pundits and the naysayers proclaimed week after week that this race was over, you kept on voting." Yeah, you're a martyr for the white race. Nice one, Hillary.

Just as bad was McCain's promise to "run this race" like some sort of racial overlord: "But I’m ready for the... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by punishinglemur at 9:59 PM on June 3, 2008

Item: The rules stated that Florida and Michigan were not allowed to hold their primaries when they did. The rules stated that states could be penalized for breaking the rules. This makes sense: rules are pointless if there's no penalty for breaking them.

Item: Harold Ickes, a Clinton staffer, voted last year to strip Michigan and Florida of delegates as a penalty for breaking party rules regarding the timing of primaries.

Item: At the recent... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by punishinglemur at 2:12 AM on June 4, 2008

paulsc: "Considering that Florida's Republican controlled legislature actually set the date for the Democratic primary, more than 7 months in advance, one would think practical considerations might have come to bear much earlier, and in a less messy way than they have."

Unfortunately for your point, Democrats in the legislature voted for that date. And by "Democrats," I don't mean one or two. I mean all but one or two. Better yet,... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by punishinglemur at 3:42 AM on June 4, 2008

Which policies did they find that condone racism?
posted to MetaFilter by punishinglemur at 5:55 PM on April 23, 2008

If only more people had Googled Ron Paul, we could've pulled ourselves out of this mess.
posted to MetaFilter by punishinglemur at 9:22 PM on March 16, 2008

Okay, so bets on the NY Post's headline for tomorrow morning?

If he resigns? SPITZ SPLITS, perhaps.

More on this important issue.
posted to MetaFilter by punishinglemur at 4:30 PM on March 10, 2008

Pretty sure this qualifies as mentioning it: "This will generate a reasonably random 16 character password. Do it for each site and copy it into KeePass."
posted to MetaFilter by punishinglemur at 11:14 PM on March 9, 2008

This is the key passage from a NY Times story on the controversy:
In a telephone interview on Sunday, Mr. Patrick said that he and Mr. Obama first talked about the attacks from their respective rivals last summer, when Mrs. Clinton was raising questions about Mr. Obama’s experience, and that they discussed them again last week.

Both men had anticipated that Mr. Obama’s rhetorical strength would provide a point of criticism. Mr. Patrick said he told Mr. Obama... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by punishinglemur at 12:20 PM on February 18, 2008

dsword: The problem with your comparison is that political campaign speechmaking is not the same as academic paper writing. From all accounts, Deval Patrick was acting as something just short of a campaign speechwriter; he provided Obama's writing team with examples of language he had used, Obama has Patrick's permission to use his language, and Patrick has stated that he wanted Obama to use his language.

Most of the things you'll hear a politician say on the stump... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by punishinglemur at 3:39 PM on February 18, 2008

dsword: I just don't see why using Deval Patrick's language and using the language of an uncredited speechwriter receive such different levels of outrage. Many of the most famous moments in political speechmaking were produced by professional speechwriters, yet the transcript will never show the true author, nor will anyone have any problem citing the candidate him or herself as the source of the quotation.

It seems like the problem people have is that in this case,... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by punishinglemur at 4:15 PM on February 18, 2008

Who called Hillary a bitch for running a negative campaign?
posted to MetaFilter by punishinglemur at 4:33 PM on February 18, 2008

These are absolutely terrible; unsurprisingly, they also have over 12 million views on YouTube and are now on the front page of Digg.
posted to MetaFilter by punishinglemur at 4:57 AM on December 29, 2007

It seems a little crass to bash Bush over a photo taken of him shedding a tear at a ceremony honoring a soldier "killed when he jumped on a grenade to save fellow members of his Marine patrol."
posted to MetaFilter by punishinglemur at 7:06 PM on December 18, 2007

Apparently people were in the mood for flaccid, unadventurous albums from bands who've been around for at least half a decade.
posted to MetaFilter by punishinglemur at 3:42 PM on December 18, 2007

Holy shit, these people appear to be enjoying themselves! Let's rise up, internets, and bitch about it!

Yeah, well, I was watching American History X last night and it seemed like the guy who raped Derek in prison was enjoying himself. But I'm not going to congratulate him for it.
posted to MetaFilter by punishinglemur at 2:34 PM on December 18, 2007

A glaring omission from these lists: "Fruit Juice," exposing the orange juice industry's hidden gay agenda.
posted to MetaFilter by punishinglemur at 2:49 PM on December 12, 2007

Like so many of you, I too am seriously concerned about Congress requiring my ISP to report my kiddie porn browsing habits.
posted to MetaFilter by punishinglemur at 6:01 PM on December 6, 2007

EMRJKC94: You're concerned about the wrong laws. This bill does not criminalize looking at such images, or any images for that matter. It requires an operator of "an electronic communication service or a remote computing service" to report to the CyberTipLine any person who is viewing images that appear to violate other laws already in effect.

fleetmouse: The bill requires an operator of "an electronic communication service or a remote computing... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by punishinglemur at 7:14 PM on December 6, 2007

Also, EMRJKC94: your neighbor would only have to snitch if s/he was both operating "an electronic communication service or a remote computing service" and obtained "actual knowledge" that you were accessing content which violates laws intended to ban child pornography. If that's your neighbor, it means you are using an internet connection provided by her to view images of child rape. God forbid she tell someone to check into it.
posted to MetaFilter by punishinglemur at 7:19 PM on December 6, 2007

She doesn't, because she's drinking a Frappuccino, not operating the store's WiFi connection.
posted to MetaFilter by punishinglemur at 7:23 PM on December 6, 2007

I never said I agreed with our current federal child pornography laws.
posted to MetaFilter by punishinglemur at 7:33 PM on December 6, 2007

The problem, then, is not this particular law, but politically-driven prosecutions and a sensationalist media.
posted to MetaFilter by punishinglemur at 7:49 PM on December 6, 2007

That was a response to fleetmouse's most recent comments.
posted to MetaFilter by punishinglemur at 7:50 PM on December 6, 2007

Tacos: Wrong, wrong, wrong! It would not effectively make it illegal to provide free/cheap WiFi. Providers are not required to actively monitor their users. In fact, the bill specifically states this:

(f) Protection of Privacy- Nothing in this section shall be construed to require an electronic communication service provider or a remote computing service provider to--

(1) monitor any user, subscriber, or... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by punishinglemur at 7:56 PM on December 6, 2007

My tone in the above post is directed more at the Digg-style FUD surrounding this bill than you in particular, Tacos.
posted to MetaFilter by punishinglemur at 7:58 PM on December 6, 2007

Read the section of the bill I posted that explicitly states that nothing else in that section of the bill, which includes the "extent available" text, requires providers to monitor the content or communication of any user, subscriber, or customer.
posted to MetaFilter by punishinglemur at 9:56 PM on December 6, 2007

That should read, "content of any communication"
posted to MetaFilter by punishinglemur at 9:59 PM on December 6, 2007

Self-link. Get your own blog. One-link Flickr post. This is terrible.
posted to MetaFilter by punishinglemur at 11:48 PM on November 8, 2007

Han shot first, in 1977. Greedo's shot was decades late, and even then Han got the last word thanks to Greedo's terrible marksmanship.
posted to MetaFilter by punishinglemur at 12:29 AM on October 15, 2007

Head Bands
posted to MetaFilter by punishinglemur at 3:28 AM on October 1, 2007

I will take my grudge against you to the grave, bhance.
posted to MetaFilter by punishinglemur at 3:29 AM on October 1, 2007

Old-timey barber talk = rape. Ok.
posted to MetaFilter by punishinglemur at 7:05 AM on May 28, 2007

I used to think WhiteHouse.com was the official US web site. It was very confusing.
posted to MetaFilter by punishinglemur at 12:57 PM on May 10, 2007

One thing you won't hear in a Franken-Coleman race is the Republicans raising any fuss about whether or not Franken ever did any drugs, especially during his SNL years.

Also: "I know these conservative kids don't fuck or get high like we do" --Norm Coleman, 1970
posted to MetaFilter by punishinglemur at 12:41 PM on February 1, 2007

I just crapped my pants.
posted to MetaFilter by punishinglemur at 3:30 PM on January 5, 2007

The best way to get it on!

Don't miss the ads.
posted to MetaFilter by punishinglemur at 3:56 AM on November 10, 2006

formaldehyde-filter
posted to MetaFilter by punishinglemur at 9:52 PM on October 11, 2006

So let me get this straight. Reid accepted a pass to see a boxing match in his home state. He then voted against the interests of the organization that provided him with the tickets. Although he did not pay for the tickets, it would in fact have been illegal to pay for them, and the Senator who did attempt to pay had his check sent to a charity since it would have been illegal to accept the payment. What's more, Reid has paid for tickets provided to past boxing events.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by punishinglemur at 1:25 PM on May 31, 2006

Relive the "no Jack Kennedy" moment. Here's a video clip from MSNBC (edited for length) and full audio from the History Channel. Full-length but lower quality video available here.
posted to MetaFilter by punishinglemur at 1:06 PM on May 23, 2006

CELLPHONE, I live off of a main road and that main road is crawling with them. Do you want them roaming your streets (aimlessly)?

Do people not have a right to be on the public streets? Do you only have this right if you have a specific destination in mind?
posted to MetaFilter by punishinglemur at 7:22 PM on May 9, 2006

Yes, we can assume that if Tony Snow is hired as press secretary, he will do his job. That job is to present the White House's official position on questions from the press, not to provide his personal opinion. Next?
posted to MetaFilter by punishinglemur at 4:32 PM on April 25, 2006

But just think of how great the Daily Show bits will be.
posted to MetaFilter by punishinglemur at 5:10 PM on April 25, 2006

LarryC: The "Republican-controlled Congress" mentioned in the article is the United States Congress. The Illinois House and Senate bot have a Democratic majority.

Still not going to pass, though.
posted to MetaFilter by punishinglemur at 4:18 PM on April 25, 2006

Wait, people were outraged by the MiniStore? Whoa, Apple's recommendation system knows that I might be interested in Black Sabbath if I'm listening to War Pigs. Who cares? You people must start peeking out the shades and pissing yourself whenever you see the "other people purchased..." list at Amazon.
posted to MetaFilter by punishinglemur at 2:23 PM on April 24, 2006

I gave up beef a long time ago because of stories like this.
posted to MetaFilter by punishinglemur at 11:33 PM on February 10, 2006

Which way to the vegetarian section?

Also: Eating beef might rot my brain. Pork gives you trichinosis. What horrors await me if I bite down into some chicken breast?
posted to MetaFilter by punishinglemur at 9:16 AM on February 11, 2006

OR ANY OTHER PART OF THE CHICKEN
posted to MetaFilter by punishinglemur at 9:16 AM on February 11, 2006

Oh, oh, policy is just foul. All the cool kids did LD.
posted to MetaFilter by punishinglemur at 12:09 AM on February 9, 2006