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3-second Men
Well, that's just Jesse, isn't it?
I don't think so. Virginia took up arms against the federal government. Traitors.
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at 9:53 PM on July 8, 2008
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The Hillsong Church
But then, I'm not a Christian. Maybe some Christians could get up on their soapboxes and talk about, I dunno, the stuff Jesus actually said instead of the stuff Jesus barely made mention of.
Maybe you could read about the Episcopal Church (Christians!) and the coming schism that flows from their acceptance of gays into their community?
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at 8:23 PM on March 18, 2008
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Big healthcare is watching.
In the US so many people are limited in their career choices because of the need for health insurance. I believe all work is honorable. It’s just that when the children of say, fire-fighters or teachers, become fire-fighters and teachers because of the need for “benefits”. . . yay Aristocracy.
Also what mediareport said. Most Democrats put on a good show but they don’t take any of it too seriously. They know what restaurants in DC have the best steak and Chilean sea... [more]
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at 9:55 AM on January 20, 2008
MeFi post:
Tase! or "Youtube Justice"
You know that's B.S.... how many times have you seen a cop use his lights to get through an intersection to get to the donut shop quicker? To speed through traffic just for the helluvit?
Doohicke, fyi, often police officers are dispatched to a call then advised to stop responding and resume patrol (for example when another unit has arrived at a scene and advised no other assistance is required).
So the next time you see a... [more]
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at 8:22 PM on November 28, 2007
MeFi post:
Holiday Gift Guides
lorimer: Were there sketches or paintings for sale last year at the Affordable Art Fair?
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at 11:44 PM on November 27, 2007
Thanks for the information I am going to check it out.
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at 12:22 AM on November 28, 2007
MeFi post:
Trent Lott Fallout: The Gay Escort Who Knew Too Much?
The days of anti-gay closet cases getting a pass from their pals in the media who respect their "open secret" (read: ignoring their work against gay equality and nodding politely when seeing them out with their partners on the DC social circuit) are done. . .
These folks are dinosaurs holding fellow citizens in second-class citizenship while quietly using the perks of their wealth and power to avoid that very second-class citizenship themselves. Fuck them and... [more]
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at 11:04 PM on November 26, 2007
MeFi post:
Save the dollar
Come all ye young rebels, and list while I sing,
For the love of one's country is a terrible thing.
It banishes fear with the speed of a flame,
And it makes us all part of the patriot game.
My name is O'Hanlon, and I've just turned sixteen. My home is in Monaghan, and where I was weaned I learned all my life cruel England's to blame, So now I am part of the patriot game.
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at 9:29 PM on November 15, 2007
MeFi post:
Hiroshima re-enacted with CGI
Those who confuse the argument that the bombing of Hiroshima saved lives with a knee-jerk jingoism of the Robert McNamara stripe have not been paying attention
The fact that few Americans see this as possible, let alone true, is saddening. That a war crime may have shortened the war and saved lives is perplexing to me.
McNamara quotes LeMay that they admitted to themselves that the bombing... [more]
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at 6:14 PM on December 27, 2006
MeFi post:
It Was All Just a Bad Dream
Remember Kirkland & Ellis?
I though the author of the Slate piece went easy on Vinson & Elkins. She writes about accountants ethical obligations but what about the "crime-fraud exception to attorney-client privilege"?
It would be interesting to see what would flow from the attorney-client privilege being cracked open in this case.
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at 8:33 PM on December 11, 2006
MeFi post:
Ken Mehlman's "Memory Hole"
Drudge denies that he is gay.
Michelangelo Signorile once said, "Drudge may say that he is not gay, but one thing is clear, no matter his sexual orientation: he's a nasty faggot."
New York Post, June 16, 2002, p. 10
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at 6:16 PM on November 10, 2006
MeFi post:
red or blue pill?
alas, though you may speak of leaving your country, I would guess you won't...just being a bit upset, no?
You never know. After the 2004 election I obtained dual citizenship in a EU country.
About the only group left that doesn't have a good reason to hate the Administration is Big Business. And they don't actually have many votes.
But they do have influence.... [more]
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at 9:00 PM on November 1, 2006
MeFi post:
Potatoes for everyone
The other point is that Ireland is now Western Europe biggest polluter.
Citation?
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at 8:44 AM on October 20, 2006
MeFi post:
Let's play who's the Sunni
In October 2004 David Hackworth wrote that if he had his way he would, "make every military leader from buck sergeant to four-star memorize Sun Tzu’s The Art of War, and Imperial Hubris, by [Michael Scheuer]."
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at 7:21 PM on October 18, 2006
MeFi post:
"Oh, God! Oh, G--"
Responding to Megafly post in the metatalk thread:
I found it interesting. The Operator was lying to him and telling him that rescue was coming at the same time the NYFD (sic) was starting to pull out.
posted by Megafly at 10:08 PM EST on July 27 [+] [!]
It was painful for me to read your statement and more painful still to see that false statement stand unchallenged before the thread was closed.... [more]
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at 6:28 PM on July 28, 2006
etoile: Good work! Too bad the person who created the video did not do as much due diligence. 102 Minutes, the book, is worth reading.
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at 2:26 PM on August 7, 2006
MeFi post:
Google result Limits
jouke: Maybe I should get the book Google Hacks. Any other sources?
Web Search Garage (also by Calishain)
Deep Web Research Research 2006
Tool Kit for the Expert Web... [more]
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at 8:55 AM on March 26, 2006
MeFi post:
Daniel Ellsberg interview
But of course there won't be another 9/11 while Mr. Chertoff is on the case.
I wonder if Chertoff ever thinks, "I gave up a lifetime position on the 3rd Circuit for all of this."
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at 5:14 PM on March 24, 2006
MeFi post:
Prisons Often Shackle Pregnant Inmates in Labor
gagglezoomer: It is unfortunate that you listed California as one of the states that allow this practice, when in fact, California is one of two states that have laws that forbid the shackling of women during delivery.
It's right there in the last sentence of the fourth paragraph of the Times article you link to.
In the sixth paragraph readers learn that the California law went into effect in January 2006.... [more]
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at 5:36 PM on March 2, 2006
The practice of shackling women during childbirth is appalling. Where is the Frank Johnson of today?
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at 6:10 PM on March 2, 2006
MeFi post:
space sounds
That is spooky! Great post, dhruva, thank you.
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at 8:02 PM on July 25, 2005
numlok: thx for the FF tip!
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at 8:17 PM on July 25, 2005
MeFi post:
Your papers please...
dios: Good round-up of the applicable Fourth Amendment decisions. There is another consideration, though.
While Supreme Court decisions guarantee the minimum rights of any defendant, state high courts are free to extend additional rights to citizens on trial in their own courts based on their own interpretations of the state constitution.
Thus the NYS Court of Appeals has in the past established greater protection than what the Fourth Amendment... [more]
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at 8:46 AM on July 22, 2005
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Fascism is on the march!
Why are the Irish allowing it? WTF?
It sounds as though the Irish govt. is just doing whatever the hell it wants, without any regard to the people.
Lack of a constitution and Bill of Rights enforced by an independent judiciary is certainly one reason. The same situation that exists in the UK.
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at 7:24 PM on July 21, 2005
Are they cracking down on the IRA?
This thread is about the Republic of Ireland not Northern Ireland which is part of the UK. Pay attention.
Ireland does have a constitution, which does guarantee basic rights such as. . .
Yes, that is true. The other part of my comment was about the Bill of Rights and enforcement by an independent judiciary.
Consider that... [more]
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at 8:32 PM on July 21, 2005
MeFi post:
The Boy Who Cried 'Wolf'
The continued invocation of the spectres of terrorism and the ghost of 9/11, he argues, slowly erodes the liberties and freedoms of hundreds of years, while fighting a war against an unconventional enemy beyond our borders does not necessarily guarantee security.
I have read all of the links and I did not see “him” arguing anything of the sort. In fact, he does the parable thing and signs off.
Where are the citations for the... [more]
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at 1:44 PM on July 20, 2005
MeFi post:
Thou shalt not bear false witness...
I am with monju_bosatsu. The link to the dictionary alone would have probably been a good FPP.
What you turned it into should be in the other thread.
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at 12:32 PM on July 20, 2005
