MeFi comment:
"Was just in Europe for over a week. It was really embarrassing to be asked about Palin. What can one say beyond, "I don't understand why, either?"
The last time I was in Europe, I was asked to explain how we could elect Reagan. Could we..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by blueberry
7 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Marie Mon Dieu, I vote these days not because I think it does any good (after 2000 and 2004, I'm no longer sure my vote is is even tabulated, and with the electoral college, it is gonna get tossed anyway), but because I refuse to make it easy on the..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by ceri richard, blueberry, brain cloud, fourcheesemac
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"How many terrorist attacks were there on the US before 9/11? That weren't by American citizens (McVey and crew, Aryan Nations types, Confederate sympathizers, Native peoples we attacked first, etc.)?
Ok, now subtract all those that were not by..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by chuckdarwin, Marisa Stole the Precious Thing
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Folks in Macomb Co. Michigan are not reading the New York Times." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by konolia
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Until recently, I worked in the county referenced in the Times article. Macomb County is notoriously racist. They don't like Muslims, they don't like Ay-rabs, they don't like blacks).
What I hear in those heart-breaking quotes is, "Thank..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by dejah420, blueberry
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"If you ban ideas, they just go underground.
I disagree with Konolia, she sidetracks issues, doesn't argue in good faith and all of that, but banning her, or books, or telling her she can't say certain things, or telling people how to think...all..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by DevilsAdvocate, blueberry, Rumple, cashman, Skorgu
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"This progressive voter from a border state thinks we could learn an awful lot from foreign leftists. For one thing, they actually *are* leftists. For example, the CBC announced this evening that the leader of the Green Party will be participating in..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by longbaugh
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"An awful lot of you seem to be assuming that women voters are shallow idiots, and that PUMAs are more than an invention of Fox News." [
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favorited 30 times, recently by manguero, nonmerci, Telf, dejah420, redfisch, echolalia67, sidesh0w, mer2113, shitcock, AsYouKnow Bob, jtron, sondrialiac, jokeefe, C.Batt, tractorfeed, madamjujujive, Nattie, naju, Morrigan, middleclasstool, Mayor West, Atom Eyes, holyrood, lord_wolf, hydropsyche, merelyglib, zeoslap, mothershock, mkultra, interrobang
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Alaska is even closer to Canada than to Russia, despite having formerly been part of the Russian Empire.
Therefore, she probably is a Preston Manning Reform type. You see, the AIP is actually just a front for the Reform Party. Alberta wants Alaska..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by jb
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Christopher Hitchens and Camille Paglia are not far left. They are more moderate right with a severe need for attention." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by bitter-girl.com
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"City librarian is generally not considered to be a political job, though. You might want to bring in your own city manager, secretary or maybe even a DPW head. But I haven't heard of a patronage librarian appointment since Dewey..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by clarahamster, DevilsAdvocate
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"That loyalty purge sounds like petty game playing to me. The kind of petty game playing that only the truly insecure indulge in.
(Jessamyn, you know small town libraries better than I do, so I didn't think you were saying city librarian was a..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by blueberry
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"A woman can certainly control her own body. I am a woman, and I control my own body.
But when I was pregnant, that was someone else I was carrying.
No it wasn't. And, this is the crux of the issue.
You have every right to decide that some..." [
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favorited 9 times, recently by lumensimus, marble, Lou Stuells, glycolized, zardoz, shiu mai baby, fourcheesemac, small_ruminant, Kadin2048
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
""Muslim faith" is actually a bit redundant. A Muslim is "one who submits to God." So the 'faith' bit is inherent. If one is speaking Arabic, many Christians are Muslims.
Of course, I missed the memo where all Muslims were..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Blazecock Pileon, brain cloud
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Gyan, you might want to try some of Marin Alsop's podcasts. She's been scheduling a lot of contemporary music and she likes to talk about it.
I hate standing ovations for average performances. I give them when I can't stay seated. The last time..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by KirkJobSluder
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"wendell, I really miss the old school moderate Republicans. Sure, there are still a few around, such as Olympia Snowe, but, man I wish Bill Milliken was still active (I think he's still alive), or even William Weld.
I never thought I'd be..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Your Time Machine Sucks
4 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Most of the pit bulls I know are sweeties who want everyone around them to be happy. They are convinced that the way to happiness is cuddling and scratching and petting.
Sarah Palin is no pit bull. I think she's more of a snapping..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by quin, hecho de la basura, Divine_Wino
4 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I don't think that those who support the Christian Fascists against their own financial interests are stupid. I think they are so ground down by the difficulties of just surviving on low pay in crap jobs, let alone trying to support a family while..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Lou Stuells
Last month
MeFi comment:
"I think fourcheesemac's attempt to drive Konolia out of the convo is destructive. I disagree strongly with her on about everything, except that she has the right to express her views.
Those kinds of tactics should be reserved for the likes of..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ryanrs
Last month
MeFi comment:
"The "Obama as an anti-choice candidate" thing is a false choice. I'm older than a lot of folks here, and, yes, I've voted for anti-choice candidates on occasion, because their opponents were worse, on the whole, than them. That's life in an..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by jb, ooga_booga, Lentrohamsanin
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Actually, alto clef is just old fashioned, not weird. It is the original clef, and is movable. Wherever the indent is, that is where Middle C is, and it is legal to move it anywhere.
This was great fun in my college music theory class, when the..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by figment of my conation, tehloki, wanderingmind, oozy rat in a sanitary zoo
Last month
MeFi comment:
"GuyZero, Kim Campbell had 15 kinds of class and way more relevant experience than this Palin person.
Man, US politics has gotten so skewed to the right that I'm wistfully looking at failed Conservative Canadian pols......." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by zarah
Last month
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"I went through a 10 year custody battle when I was a kid, ended by me moving in with the non-custodial (and very abusive) parent.
It was hell on me, my brother and my parents. I learned that adults were not to be trusted, that the legal system was..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Ladysin
Last month
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"Belief is a pretty Christian concept. Fairly modern, too.
In pre-Christian Iceland, what you did was far more important than what you thought, said, "believed", etc. From what Feelinggood says, this may not have been uncommon...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by yohko
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I know yalla from Arabic. People think I'm Jewish about as often as they think I'm Muslim (I'm neither) because I tend to throw fits at work about being open on major non-Christian holidays and have no tolerance for Christian-centric bigotry...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by DU
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"While I'm sure that I'll start paying more for everything soon, because of the rising gas prices here in the US, I've got no sympathy for folks who choose to live in suburbs and drive SUVs. I chose to live in the city, with no car and take public..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by flamk, PeterMcDermott
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Gods, Canada has come a long way. I gave up my dreams of emigrating to Canada 25 years ago because gays were banned, and I refused to lie (I did when I joined the US Army, later).
At Baltimore Pride last weekend, we had Chipotle, Visa and Best..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Richard Daly
3 months ago
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"The two things that have consistently made the biggest difference for me are making a list of what I absolutely need to get done today, then being happy if I do half of it and walking...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Deathalicious, Civil_Disobedient
3 months ago
Ask comment:
"Nimbu pani is the Indian way to rehydrate. Squeeze a couple limes into a big glass of ice water, add a small pinch of salt, stir, drink. It doesn't taste salty (the salt just cuts the bitter). No sugar, some salt, tastes great...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Mapes
3 months ago
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""Sir" and "Ma'am" are appropriate for any stranger. If you are writing a formal letter, then there are books in the library and websites with the proper salutations. If you really were planning on memorizing titles from all the..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by highrise
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"The timing on this is really bizarre, as we just had the lowest Jan. in 30 years (since before crack) for murders.
I'd point out that Baltimore just added crack to heroin, rather than crack replacing heroin, and that US society seems to be quite..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by MLIS
7 months ago
MeFi comment:
"It is the northeast's New Orleans or Detroit. If a catastrophe reigned down on Baltimore, it would never come back.
Nope. I lived in Detroit for years before moving to Baltimore. Detroit has given up on itself. The city is actively trying to kill..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by longdaysjourney, Airhen, regicide is good for you
9 months ago
MeFi comment:
"This idiot made it big? I remember when he was just another looser right wing frat boy from Dartmouth who couldn't get laid at my college." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by AceRock, axon, lodurr
9 months ago
Ask comment:
"How about the Dewey Decimal Classification system? There is a nice intro pdf at the OCLC site (Warning - pdf file).
Memorize the hundreds, and maybe some of the important 10s. Snicker at Melvil Dewey's attempt to classify all knowledge in a..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by tomboko
Last year
MeFi comment:
"This reminds me of my macro econ prof. I pointed out one day that there wasn't enough gold or whatever to back the amounts of money he was talking about. He very cheerfully agreed. I compared the world economic system to a shared delusion. He agreed...." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by enn, Squid Voltaire, blacklite
Last year
Ask comment:
"I have been going crazy lately for homemade chapatis. They are quick, easy, cheap and tasty as all get out. They keep and reheat decently, too.
Start with 2 cups (you don't need to be precise here) of sifted whole wheat flour, or chapati flour..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by meijusa
Last year
