MeFi comment:
"I think the specialization = overspecialization and/or learned helplessness. Sure, we developed into blacksmiths, millers, farmers, etc. But your blacksmith still posessed a wide variety of other skills and could move into another job field. I think..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by hap_hazard, anvilcity
Yesterday
MeFi comment:
"Well, it'll take about 10-15 years or more to re-balance the Afghani environment (irrigation, soil cultivation, agrarian logistics, etc - they used to have great fruit trees) so people can make a living off of something other than opium.
I don't..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Haruspex
Yesterday
MeFi comment:
"You’d think the one thing we’d learn is not to let a small handful of greedy bastards monopolize all the wealth processes or we have panics and crashes when people try to corner the market.
Not that I don’t like capitalism, but c’mon,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by hap_hazard
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"“Pray that he changes his ways before puberty.”
Yet another thing that needs to be said in a James Earl Jones voice.
Actually, I’ve ‘broken’ into Lincoln Park Zoo a number of times (as a kid). Ridiculously easy. I didn’t harm anything or do any..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by echolalia67, batmonkey
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I’ve been wanting to say something about this whole kind of thing for some time. And let me be clear on this, I’m not going to mince words here, I’m going to set you people straight on this kind of thing - Hitler? Way out of line.
It needed to be..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ShawnString
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"McCain: The debate is off.
Obama: No it isn’t.
McCain: ...!?
Obama: ...
McCain: ok" [
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favorited 51 times, recently by donnagirl, kryptondog, minifigs, lodurr, Garak, kcds, 999, flatluigi, madamjujujive, nooneyouknow, gueneverey, callmejay, ChuqD, schyler523, RussHy, shmegegge, pinespree, ooga_booga, xorry, tehloki, Hot Like Your 12V Wire, RedEmma, Bibliogeek, East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94, sebastienbailard, bam, kaibutsu, rtha, Green Eyed Monster, marble, JDHarper, Quidam, Jpfed, AsYouKnow Bob, hal9k, lostburner, cashman, Picklegnome, mrzarquon, orrnyereg, bluishorange, hazyjane, cowbellemoo, sotalia, not_on_display, yeloson, fleetmouse, jock@law, grouse, Brandon Blatcher, milarepa
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"“It's good that they are re-thinking their less than lethal technology, because rubber-coated steel bullets sounds like an incredibly stupid effort in that direction.”
Yes and no. Here’s the thing - rubber bullets (steel coated) are less lethal..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by kittyprecious
3 days ago
MeFi comment:
"“This is what happens when you fail to google Ron Paul.”
I know this is a serious topic, but that was pretty funny.
“But Zimbabwe was visibly different.”
Buddy of mine always took ballpoint pens to impoverished areas to give to kids instead..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by filthy light thief
3 days ago
MeFi comment:
"“Nobody likes a know-it-all...”
This explains why I am so universally beloved. Damned if I know anything really.
“ ‘Truth, in the great practical concerns of life, is so much a question of the reconciling and combining of opposites,” he once..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by languagehat, wtdoor
4 days ago
MeFi comment:
"“typo fixed, carry on”
Waht was rwong wiht it?
“Would it have Taikonauts space-walking overhead while the chairman of the Federal Reserve is on his knees? Would it have more mobile phones than people, a revenant remilitarized Russia, and global..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by djfiander, jamjam
4 days ago
MeFi comment:
"“Remember conservatives HATE government and want it "drowned in the bathtub."”
Funny. 8 years of massive government expansion supporting corporate malfeasance and unilateral militarization and you’d think liberals would hate it and want..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by BrotherCaine
5 days ago
MeFi comment:
"“I'm actually the only person I know who liked the storyline that led to Jordan becoming the Spectre”
I liked it too.
I think GL can be done well as a film (in the abstract - not considering what it’ll actually be).
There’s some kinda..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by tehloki, good in a vacuum, Smart Dalek
5 days ago
MeFi comment:
"“Dude: Ron Livingston.”
Whoa, yeah! Dead on.
“It usually all starts quite normally, but towards the end there’s always one or two odd WTF statements.”
I get that with Libertarians. Pretty much meet eye to eye on all the civil rights stuff...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by ooga_booga, FatherDagon
5 days ago
MeFi comment:
""This isn't about law enforcement. We don't capture people because they've broken laws.
We capture people and imprison them in time of war because we think they will try to kill our men, or aid in the process of killing our men. Fighting..." [
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favorited 54 times, recently by JHarris, Amanojaku, dopeypanda, nicolas léonard sadi carnot, cmacleod, GalaxieFiveHundred, Samizdata, mulligan, effwerd, odinsdream, Iridic, Goofyy, Civil_Disobedient, LobsterMitten, tavegyl, dbiedny, biscotti, Optimus Chyme, adamsc, RussHy, etaoin, Balisong, matteo, mr. strange, fullerine, gds, mystyk, diamondsky, homunculus, Malor, roygbv, motdiem2, yertledaturtle, Drastic, vivelame, quarsan, mrzarquon, [expletive deleted], breath, lumensimus, lenny70, vorfeed, lizarrd, nikitabot, PROD_TPSL, Richard Daly, rtha, nickyskye, spiderwire, wendell, scody, orthogonality, five fresh fish, TedW
5 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Perhaps they would be more successful with a non-standard low orbital reentry vehicle, something American, say a 1960 Chevy Corvette C1." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Meatbomb
5 days ago
MeFi comment:
"“If say two dozen Mefi-ites click the ban button on your page, you lose your account and your $5. I'm all for diversity - but I'm really not interested in reading Class Goat's postings, nor your response”
No one’s putting a gun to your head to..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by spiderwire, Snyder, rtha
5 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Sir:
My name is Danjuma Sule, one of the sons of major Gen Gumel Danjuma Sule, The late Nigeria's former minister of mines and power in the regime of the late former Nigeria's military Head of state, Gen Sanni Abacha.
I am the captain of a hijacked..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by The Ardship of Cambry
6 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Mrs. Palin - what do you think of Japanese foreign minister Takahisa Zeze and his Bukkake stimulus package?" [
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favorited 14 times, recently by ooga_booga, five fresh fish, Senor Cardgage, LucretiusJones, shitcock, butterstick, jal0021, Nattie, jonp72, milov, DU, fungible, milarepa, Marisa Stole the Precious Thing
7 days ago
MeFi comment:
"*waxes moustache*
*wears stripey, knee length short sleeved bathing garment*
*endorses music industry*
*fires up the old Victrola*" [
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favorited 4 times, recently by paleyellowwithorange
9 days ago
MeFi comment:
"“Tooting your own horn never works well.”
Eh. Ron Jeremy made a career of it.
“I’d much rather have a gun-toting beer-drinking person in the white house than these guys we’ve got now.” (Isn't that what got us these guys we've got now?)”
You..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by bigbigdog, Senor Cardgage
9 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Palin reminds me of this very popular girl I knew in high school.
She was doing a report on the branches of government - pretty much just winging it because she was dumb as a bag of hammers. And she asked who was on the Supreme Court.
So we’re..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by jtron, avocet, butterstick, arto, jonp72
9 days ago
MeFi comment:
"“I'll try to find you some and I'll bring them to you.’
Just like Lassie! Wow!
“McCain doesn't want to win at this point. Or maybe it's the Republican Party that doesn't want to.”
McCain: The election is getting too close. I might..." [
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favorited 30 times, recently by ooga_booga, fullerine, schyler523, ahdeeda, teleri025, Pantengliopoli, Hot Like Your 12V Wire, RussHy, ymgve, kaspen, Jpfed, Balisong, Mayor Curley, Durn Bronzefist, blueberry, Divine_Wino, stenseng, yellowbinder, spiderwire
9 days ago
MeFi comment:
"“TV commentator on Palin's remark that Putin has to fly over Alaska: "... talk about air space." “
I think someone should ask Palin, on foreign policy, what she thinks of the Japanese bukkake situation.
“There's no way McCain's..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Mental Wimp
9 days ago
MeFi comment:
"“God’s sitting up on his cloud saying, “damn it... How many signs do you people need??? Vote for Obama, you morons!!”
I believe that joke ends “Why didn’t I save you? What are you talking about I sent a jeep, a boat and a helicopter?”
“I once..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by grubi, mammary16
9 days ago
MeFi comment:
"This bothers me. I’m a conservative. I don’t like: “Hey guyz! Let’s try this thing we’ve never done before!” just on general principles.
But a bit from each column here.
The president can already call out federal troops for national emergencies...." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by The Light Fantastic, Kadin2048
10 days ago
MeFi comment:
"“They don't make the distinction between Congress meeting as-a-whole as opposed to the small individual committees which are actually doing the negotiation. They don't.”
They should. And they would if it was given to them straight. Your right..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Atom Eyes
10 days ago
MeFi comment:
"*sotto voce*
The vestments, the scenery, the makeup, the props...
The audience that lifts you when you're down...
The headaches, the heartaches, the backaches, the flops...
The sheriff who escorts you out of town...
The opening when your heart..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by shmegegge
10 days ago
MeFi comment:
""McCain is not going to drop Palin any more than people are going to drop that line of argument. Forget about it."
Maybe Palin will drop him.
The zeitgeist on this, man. You can almost see it. HST checked out way too early. I..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by hap_hazard, Divine_Wino, fourcheesemac
11 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Seems like the move is consistent with the message the McCain campaign has been drumming.
Just recently Schmidt was castigating the congress for adjourning for recess on Sept. 26 before addressing the Wall Street stuff.
But (as Miko pointed out)..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by AsYouKnow Bob
11 days ago
MeFi comment:
"“Everyone knows who Superman is.”
You’re right about origin stories. I don’t think everyone knows Superman tho’. Oh, everyone knows the story. Not a lot of people really get him though.
“Twenty million die by fire, if I am weak” - everything you..." [
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favorited 6 times, recently by manguero
11 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Treuth, Fyfe billion in mynte gold certeyn soundis a myght of moneye assembled, but be ay redy, ye shul assaye fortune by wey of somme goynge shitel bestes. I wull make money off my javeloth oxyn to kepe with my promys.
(For right as men blamen an..." [
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favorited 1 time
11 days ago
MeFi comment:
"“But far be it from me to inject facts into a good stemwinder shitflinger about immigration,”
Say what you will about immigration, but Stemwinder Shitflinger is a hell of a trial lawyer.
Generally though we should favor asylum and immigration...." [
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favorited 1 time
11 days ago
MeFi comment:
""I love the idea of hacking the LHC,"
Why?
Honestly. They're spending all kinds of money, the guys in the lab have gone through years and years of training and hard work, and for that they get to spend tens of hours upon hours doing..." [
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favorited 31 times
11 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I agree Dave Faris. But that's the point. "Not wanting to risk it" = overreaction.
Y'know, there's so many people that have this set pattern "fight" mindset. That if someone challenges you, well you just gotta show up and..." [
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favorited 3 times
11 days ago
MeFi comment:
"“The second Dark Knight series is pretty garbage, with terrible art, but has some cool stuff in it”
Also agreed. Miller has done some excellent work. Doesn’t seem like he’s done any lately. He’s got some good ideas - but that’s not enough. I’m..." [
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favorited 2 times
12 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Treuth, Fyfe billion in mynte gold certeyn soundis a myght of moneye assembled, but be ay redy, ye shul assaye fortune by wey of somme goynge shitel bestes. I wull make money off my javeloth oxyn to kepe with my promys.
(For right as men blamen an..." [
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favorited 1 time
12 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I enjoy this stuff (lousy at it tho). When I was in collich I took a course in Chaucer and we had to learn to speak middle English a bit. And I’m getting tested in this professors office on it (speaking it) and I’m thinking (fresh out of the..." [
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favorited 3 times
12 days ago
MeFi comment:
"We needed the surge because Iran trucked off the weapons of mass destruction which is why we need to go in there now. Even though we did go in with enough people at first. Unilaterally extending the tours of the troops is the best way to support the..." [
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favorited 5 times
12 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Say what you will about Iago and Richard III - they’re no Cruella de Vil. *wtf?face*
“Moby-Dick from Moby-Dick by Herman Melville”
Yeah, pretty much anything they say after that is pops and whistles. The whale is the villian there? Uh huh...." [
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favorited 1 time
12 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Snu Snu
“I was always partial to the theory that you could postulate behavioral differences that would explain the lack of evidence for interbreeding. I.e., perhaps they simply didn't perceive one another as potential mates”
I’d think it’d be..." [
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favorited 3 times
12 days ago
MeFi comment:
"“It seems time for the police to work on getting another aspect of their forensic science together, broadening their psychological database dealing with those who might commit violence on themselves or others,”
Y’know, they should. But with the..." [
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favorited 6 times
13 days ago
MeFi comment:
"“I imagine that a small news organization heading into airspace restricted by FEMA during a disaster would be punished out of existence by the Federal Government.”
Scary that folks might think that. Even worse, that it wouldn’t be worth it.
Oh,..." [
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favorited 10 times
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I kept thinking Patrick Stewart. That guy has a wacky sense of humor.
(on a tangent - I SO miss mosh pits *sigh*)" [
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favorited 2 times
2 weeks ago
