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"Despite the fact that I'm strongly against the death penalty, I'm frankly angry that the prosecution decided to withdraw it.
There's no contradiction there. One can believe that the death penalty should be eliminated as a matter of policy. That..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by jdotglenn, Kadin2048, DevilsAdvocate
8 days ago
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""No one told me there would be unremitting noise every Saturday for the rest of my life.”
Yeah, well did anyone tell you that before investing $1M in real estate, you should do enough due diligence to find out about an unconcealed 40-year..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by crataegus
2 weeks ago
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"Looking back on the recent deaths of Jesse Helms and Bozo the Clown, I'm rather saddened to see Bozo the Clown pass on." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by tapeguy
2 weeks ago
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"and we still don't even know why all the Violet Blue posts were deleted yet
Does it matter?
If they just don't like her hair are they not within their rights to deny her their referral traffic and page rank?
If she's the real killer that got..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Artw
3 weeks ago
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"I shouldn't have snarked. I don't hate Doctorow, I think he's at least a mediocre-to-good author, and I agree with him on most of the issues the advocates. And although I don't believe that Boing Boing can be fairly described as a "personal..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Blazecock Pileon, Artw
3 weeks ago
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"But, aren't "Let's go to mass," or "Let's go to Bible study," or "Let's go to group therapy," (similarly, "marriage counseling," "English class, etc.) similar constructions that are generally regarded as..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by nax
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Look! Over there! It's a black and white scarf. She must be a terrorist like that Barack Hussein Osama guy! Ooh! Over there! A rainbow scarf! Supporting San Francisco values! Stay distracted, plebe. Forget about that curtain and whatever might be..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by malaprohibita
Last month
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"To be fair to her, I was the one who said closure. Frosty_hut didn't use that catchword. I may well have ascribed to her motives she doesn't have. But is it a question of obsession to think that five minutes of telling them why you're going might..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by frosty_hut
2 months ago
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"My first instinct would be to argue that you shouldn't walk away from a 10-year job so meekly -- that it looks like you accepting the blame, you should line up something else first, etc -- but it sounds like a less than deal environment anyway, and..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by frosty_hut
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I never understood what value film critics bring to society anyway. They could all be taken up in the Rapture and I'd never notice.
Well, Doohickie, there are really two types, and each has a different value:
A film reviewer's value is to help..." [
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favorited 8 times, recently by jlbartosa, Ziggy Zaga, Nattie, regicide is good for you, Shepherd, Dizzy, DevilsAdvocate, pushing paper and bottoming chairs
2 months ago
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"I can't imagine that likeapen would be fired for complaining about the smoke, either to the owners or to some public authority. Not unless the owners are fools. I expect it would be much more likely that likeapen would be fired in a month or two for..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by sondrialiac, moxiedoll
3 months ago
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"I'm not sure why we're seemingly associating the "spends foundation money on personal stuff" concern with the "sells edits for cash" concern. Blazecock, do you see a connection there that I don't? I though they were basically..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by JHarris
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"it involves tears, guilt, regret, and it will take as long as it takes. Could be thirty days, could be thirty years.
We make the mistake, I think, of treating all crime as if it's one thing.
If the crime is "selling crack on the corner,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by SBMike
Last year
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"Zoey08, Please, please, shut up. ANYTHING you say can only do harm. It MAY not actually do harm, but it MIGHT, and it surely CANNOT under any circumstances do any good. Don't be baited into speaking further.
Ignore all advice except that she must..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by box
Last year
MeFi comment:
"I don't believe that most people really think AAC is some Apple-locked format. But I also don't think most people know what AAC is at all. What they do know is that .MP3 is "the one that's free from restrictions and plays anywhere." So I..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by arto
Last year
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"I'm a bit confused. I thought that he wasn't at all wealthy, so how much of gold-digger can she possibly be?
However, in the spirit of giving SOME sort of answer, I believe the classic "soap-opera villainess" method to "intimidate,..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by nooneyouknow, ClaudiaCenter
Last year
