MeFi comment:
"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..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by RedEmma, oneirodynia, Nattie
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"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..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by MikeKD
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"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..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Pope Guilty, null terminated
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"If only more people had Googled Ron Paul, we could've pulled ourselves out of this mess." [
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favorited 12 times, recently by schyler523, kableh, tehloki, East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94, brownpau, Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese, DU, sidereal, The Bridge on the River Kai Ryssdal, flotson, grandsham, every_one_needs_a_hug_sometimes
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"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..." [
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favorited 18 times, recently by whitneykitty, moonlet, cass, phatkitten, tehloki, null terminated, Dreama, rfbjames, JHarris, flibbertigibbet, t2urner, sriracha, mmahaffie, o0o0o, tarheelcoxn, Nattie, cashman, The Bellman
7 months ago
MeFi comment:
"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..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Mitheral, Servo5678
7 months ago
Ask comment:
"Does that mean it's wrong to take a flight or drive a car?
No. It means it's wrong to take a flight or drive a car without considering the impact of that flight or drive on the environment.
Are there any reasonable excuses?
Yes. If you need to..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by oblio_one
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Apparently people were in the mood for flaccid, unadventurous albums from bands who've been around for at least half a decade." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by klangklangston, willie11
9 months ago
MeFi comment:
"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..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by puke & cry
9 months ago
MeFi comment:
"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." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by tehloki, h00py
11 months ago
Ask post:
Remote access to grandparents' computer
favorited 13 times, recently by DelusionsofGrandeur, notcomputersavvy06, paul_smatatoes, nearandfar, milkdropcoronet, geekyguy, Grod, Orrorin, claudius, drill_here_fore_seismics, Fins, bigmuffindaddy, Mercaptan
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