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Imported beats domestic
a disease that has gone on to become the number one killer in the world.
Actually, heart disease is the number one killer in the world.All Countries -- Causes of Total deathsIschemic heart disease 7,208,000
Cerebrovascular disease 5,509,000
Lower respiratory infections 3,884,000
HIV/AIDS 2,777,000
Chronic obstructive lung diseases 2,748,000
Diarrhoeal Diseases 1,798,000... [more]
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at 7:23 AM on October 6, 2008
Dispute Behind Nobel Prize for HIV Research -- "French researchers win for virus discovery; controversial scientist shunned."
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at 10:04 PM on October 6, 2008
MeFi post:
Sarah Palin may be a better debater than you think
Palin On Fox News: Couric Annoyed Me.
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at 2:10 PM on October 3, 2008
Last night, in my Sociolinguistics/Narrative class, we analyzed a bunch of transcriptions from recent political speeches.
Geesh...another group of Californian, arugula-loving, priviliged college-educated elistists!
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at 2:17 PM on October 3, 2008
SNL: Queen Latifah To Play Gwen Ifill In Potential VP Debate Sketch.
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at 2:25 PM on October 3, 2008
Sarah Palin says she learned that the McCain-Palin campaign was conceding Michigan to Obama when she read about it this morning (Oct. 3)
Palin disagrees with Michigan move"Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said Friday that she disagrees with the John McCain campaign’s decision to pull staff and resources out of Michigan.
'I want to get back to Michigan, and I want to try,' Palin said in an interview on Fox News. 'Todd and I, we'd... [more]
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at 2:30 PM on October 3, 2008
'I want to get back to Michigan, and I want to try...'
Breaking News: Sarah Palin teams up with Mickey Rooney -- "Let's put on a show!"
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at 2:32 PM on October 3, 2008
Fox News: Palin Won VP Debate Because She Had A Bigger Flag Pin"Steve Doocy...[pointed] out the fact that although both Biden and Palin were wearing flag pins, Palin’s was 'about three times the size of his. So I would say flag-pin wise, she is a hands-down winner,' said Doocy. [Gretchen] Carlson noted that her pin had 'a few more jewels' too. Watch it.This has gotta be an SNL skit, amirite? No. Holy shit.... [more]
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at 2:38 PM on October 3, 2008
Oh, what's that? During the first Presidential Debate Obama was wearing a flag pin and McCain wasn't! Traitor!
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at 2:40 PM on October 3, 2008
*a steamy romance 50 years ago with a Brazilian babe*
Um, bringing up the 50 years ago steamy romance stuff doesn't help.
That's 50 years ago when McCain didn't need Viagra®.
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at 2:46 PM on October 3, 2008
Breaking News: Sarah Palin teams up with Mickey Rooney -- "Let's put on a show!"
Oh, wait. I forgot. She's already teamed up with Rooney's peer!
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at 2:47 PM on October 3, 2008
msalt -- don't forget...she's a "mavrick!"
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at 2:57 PM on October 3, 2008
Frank Rich is out. Ice cold.
Rich also zeroes in on McCain's health in the column:The second bit of predebate news, percolating under the radar, involved the still-unanswered questions about McCain’s health. Back in May, you will recall, the McCain campaign allowed a select group of 20 reporters to spend a mere three hours examining (but not photocopying) 1,173 pages of the candidate’s health records on the Friday of Memorial Day weekend.... [more]
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at 7:21 AM on October 5, 2008
Oh, it's on.
Obama's new ad: McCain "erratic" and "out of touch".
Politico:Branding his opponent as “erratic in a crisis,” Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) is preempting plans by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) to portray him as having sinister connections to controversial Chicagoans.
Obama officials call it political jujitsu – turning the attacks back on the attacker.... [more]
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at 8:54 AM on October 5, 2008
AP: Palin's Ayers Attack "Racially Tinged".
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at 9:13 AM on October 5, 2008
The Economist (which we learned yesterday in her FOX News interview Palin apparently reads): Survey: Economists Overwhelmingly Prefer Obama.
It's the economy, stupid!
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at 9:18 AM on October 5, 2008
Newsweek cover story: The Palin Problem -- "Yes, she won the debate by not imploding. But governing requires knowledge, and mindless populism is just that—mindless."
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at 9:27 AM on October 5, 2008
Palin's latest message to American women: If you don't vote for me, you're going to hell.
Palin Misquotes Albright: "Place In Hell Reserved For Women Who Don't Support Other Women"At a rally today in California, Gov. Sarah Palin offered up a rather jarring argument for supporting the Republican ticket. "There's a place in Hell reserved for women who don't support other women," the Alaska Governor said, claiming she was quoting... [more]
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at 10:01 AM on October 5, 2008
Madeline Albright explains her real quote to Palin:"Though I am flattered that Governor Palin has chosen to cite me as a source of wisdom, what I said had nothing to do with politics. This is yet another example of McCain and Palin distorting the truth, and all the more reason to remember that this campaign is not about gender, it is about which candidate has an agenda that will improve the lives of all Americans, including women. The truth is, if you care about the status of women in our... [more]
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at 12:53 PM on October 5, 2008
Conservatives On Palin: She Should ‘Read A Few More Books’.
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at 12:58 PM on October 5, 2008
He's setting up an excellent argument that McCain's resorting to negative character attacks is desperate and erratic and unpresidential, and merely a trick to take the focus off the economy somehow."George Will made an excellent point this morning on ABC's 'This Week.' Americans are about to get a mailing that is going to do wonders for Obama's campaign. They're going to be getting their quarterly statements from their 401ks and their pension plans. And it ain't going... [more]
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at 1:15 PM on October 5, 2008
Begala on CNN: McCain served on board of ultra right wing (anti-Semitic) group.
Heck, if the campaign is going to "smear-by-association," one need not go beyond Palin's own marital bedroom. Her husband was a registered member (until recently) of a secessionist political party -- the Alaska Independence Party. And a group Sarah Palin herself addressed at their recent convention.
Nation Alaska First!!!... [more]
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at 1:27 PM on October 5, 2008
Rove Criticizes McCain's Handling Of Campaign, Gives Electoral Map To Obama"...in a post on his website, Rove projected that if the election were held today, Obama would get at least 273 electoral votes and become the next president of the United States. The architect of George W. Bush's two presidential campaigns attributed the Democratic nominee's rise to the current economic woes and cautioned that landscape is fluid. But, he added:'39 new state polls released in the first three days of... [more]
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at 1:36 PM on October 5, 2008
Watch: VP Debate in One Minute.
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at 1:40 PM on October 5, 2008
Todd Palin Agrees to (Troopergate) Board Interview. Hmmm.
It's important to note, however, that Todd Palin has agreed to an interview with the Alaska State Personnel Board (which is comprised of Sarah Palin appointees and is part of the state's executive branch) and not the original investigation into 'Troopergate' by the Alaska Legislature which originally voted for the probe and the one in which Todd Palin has refused to testify -- even though he... [more]
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at 4:32 PM on October 5, 2008
Mmmm...cupcakes!
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at 6:25 AM on October 6, 2008
Registration gains favor Democrats -- Voter rolls swell in crucial states.
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at 6:39 AM on October 6, 2008
Gallup -- Young Voters ‘08: Pro-Obama and Mindful of Outcome"America's youngest voters are mindful of history and the impact on their own lives as they prepare to cast ballots on Nov. 4. Among 18- to 29-year-old registered voters surveyed for a USA Today/MTV/Gallup poll, 61% support the Obama-Biden ticket, versus 32% who prefer the McCain-Palin ticket, with Obama's voters being far more likely to be certain about their vote than McCain's.... [more]
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at 6:42 AM on October 6, 2008
It's Over: Why Bill Ayers Won't Save John McCain"Perpetually fretting Democrats will not want to accept it. The campaigns themselves can't afford to believe it. Many journalists know it but can't say it. And there will certainly be some twists and turns along the way. But take it to a well capitalized bank: Bill Ayers isn't going to save John McCain. The race is over.
John McCain's candidacy is as much a casualty of Wall Street as Lehman or Merrill. Like those... [more]
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at 6:45 AM on October 6, 2008
The Obama campaign has released a 30-second spot tying McCain's involvement in the Keating 5 scandal to the current economic crisis.Obama-Biden communications director Dan Pfeiffer:"While John McCain may want to turn the page on his erratic response to the current economic crisis, we think voters will find his involvement in a similar crisis to be particularly interesting. His involvement with Keating is a window into McCain’s economic past, present, and future.'"The campaign is set to... [more]
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at 7:36 AM on October 6, 2008
Newsweek: Will McCain's New Anti-Obama Strategy Work? No. Here's Five Reasons Why...
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at 7:48 PM on October 6, 2008
Joe Klein | TIME Magazine: "What A Desperate Empty Embarrassment The McCain Campaign Has Become."
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at 8:06 PM on October 6, 2008
Wall Street Journal: Independent Voters Move Toward Obama.
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at 8:08 PM on October 6, 2008
At some point in the future (near or far) Sarah Palin will be the "answer" to a "question" posed on the television game show "Jeopardy."
I can only imagine what the question will be that Alex Trebek (or, his predecessor) asks of the contestants.
posted to MetaFilter by ericb
at 9:10 PM on October 6, 2008
To be precise -- Trebek will state an answer; the contestant a question. "Alex, what is ..."
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at 9:23 PM on October 6, 2008
Lockdown: Press Not Allowed To Talk To Palin Supporters.
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at 9:37 PM on October 6, 2008
MeFi post:
Oy, oy, oy...
What would you guys do to the kid?
Get him professional counseling pronto.
posted to MetaFilter by ericb
at 11:51 AM on October 3, 2008
One analogy that is popular is that you can boil a frog to death because they are cold blooded and can't detect the change in heat. What type of person made this discovery? Who gets it in their head to just plop a frog in a vat of boiling water to see what happens?
False -- a myth.
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at 3:12 PM on October 3, 2008
...the fact that animal cruelty is a problem in this boy's family is incredibly disturbing to me. There is nothing fun or funny about it at all.
Exactly. A slippery slope ...Man admits to serial killing of cats -- "He faces up to 5 years for torturing, drowning 19 felines he adopted." (September 30, 2008)
East Boston man sentenced to prison for killing cat -- "An east Boston man must serve 2 1/2 years in prison... [more]
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at 3:19 PM on October 3, 2008
All this moralizing is really silly.
Forget the moralizing. What about the legal consequences, as per above?
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at 3:21 PM on October 3, 2008
But the idea of a kid feeding the crocodile in a 30 minute free for all, it kind of makes me smile. Does this mean I'm a sociopath? It's the zoological equivalent of the Toys R Us shopping spree, isn't it? Honestly that's the image that came to me first -- running down the aisles, wanton excess and childhood joy.
"In the footage, the boy's face remains largely blank, [Alice Springs Reptile Center Zoo Director Rex] Neindorf said.... [more]
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at 3:42 PM on October 3, 2008
The Alice is a pretty small place.
Alice Springs -- the destination in the delightful "road film" The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert [trailer | 02:47].
posted to MetaFilter by ericb
at 3:45 PM on October 3, 2008
What kind of psycho fuck kid breaks into a zoo and instead of running around looking at lions and tigers and goofing off feeding the bears..... (wait for it)..... He kills things?!?!?!?!?! And what does he have against lizards? Wish this kid would have jumped into the lions den and been eaten.
Ummm, because the Alice Springs Reptile Centre doesn't have lions, tigers and bears. Oh, my!
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at 3:53 PM on October 3, 2008
