MeFi comment:
"After Prison: Roadblocks to Reentry
A report on state legal barriers facing people with criminal records
The LAC Report Card grades and ranks every state. . .
De Facto..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by captainsohler
3 days ago
MeFi comment:
"My question is: should Iraq divide into three separate administrative entities?
First floated by the Bush Administration in October 2002 when someone leaked to Stratfor.
Congress Wants to Split Iraq in Three Pieces, But Who Asked Them?..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Marisa Stole the Precious Thing
12 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Inside North Korea
Chang W. Lee, a photographer for the New York Times, got a rare outsider's glimpse of North Korea during a trip he took as part of a contingent of journalists traveling with the New York Philharmonic for a landmark concert...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by dawson
Last month
Ask comment:
"The most effective system (and something that is outside of your control as a classroom teacher) would be a "duress" code that you could transmit to the main office.
This would require installation and training, et cetera.
For example,..." [
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favorited 8 times, recently by badmoonrising, Araucaria, good for you!, rmm, 4ster, oxford blue, jason's_planet, Rock Steady
Last month
MeTa comment:
"It's "thunder."
Oh shit, nm, my bad. It's plunder. Whatever, I get a free pass because I'm moving there in a couple of months.
No, it's "chunder" as in Aussie slang for "to vomit".
Oh, and, yeah, on topic:..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by misha
6 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Your prose style is like a slow-motion cumshot video compilation which has titillating intentionality but just ends up being funny. Like costume jewelry.
Costume jewelry gets a bad rap. Much of it is beautiful and tasteful. Consider the skilled..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Powerful Religious Baby, LobsterMitten
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"How about the time Gen. Michael Hayden argued with a reporter over whether the Fourth Amendment contained the phrase "probable cause"? Hayden maintained that it did not. Classic...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Pope Guilty
7 months ago
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"Brief overview from Hoovers
How to Learn About an Industry or a Specific Company
Answer to a question about a different industry but the how-to may be helpful...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by snickerdoodle, seawallrunner
7 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I'm sure if we dropped off a load of big-ass, man-eating lions near every Hardees, Stuckeys and Waffle House, we'd have a lot of other predator-prey activities going on, too.
A lot of dead big-ass man-eating lions is what we would have...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by EarBucket
7 months ago
Ask comment:
"Free resources on Learn Spanish.
Spanish & Japanese links from Word2Word." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by beckish
8 months ago
Ask comment:
"I strongly disagree with the suggestion to have a talk with the boyfriend. Your friend is not property. She will decide who she wants to spend time with and that is all there is to it...." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Orrorin, The Toad, Jon Mitchell
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Equating Neocons with Nazis is a gross distortion of history that that trivializes the Holocaust." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by koeselitz
8 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I realize I'm rambling but I'm drunk and had a bad day and my wife is watching American Idol.
Go join her. Please." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by justgary
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
"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..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Dreamghost
8 months ago
MeTa comment:
"My impression is that "hey, fuck it, let's take a guess" has been a prevalent attitude on AskMe since day uno." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Neiltupper
9 months ago
Ask comment:
"I had nothing to say until you said you like the chocolate idea.
I have given Jacques Torres chocolates as a gift and the recipients have always been pleased.
The chocolate is delicious and the presentation is tasteful. They have Winter..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Asherah
9 months ago
MeFi comment:
"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..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Snyder, the other side
10 months ago
MeFi comment:
"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..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by amberglow
10 months ago
MeTa comment:
"but having multiple accounts (which in AlexReynolds' case can only be for polyphonic grudgematch bleating) is wrong and bad and should be stopped.
PUH-LEEZE. This is going to turn into a "cast the first stone" scenario. I bet mathowie..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by MLIS
10 months ago
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"Alternatively, how do you avoid or deal with the haggling aspect of buying a car?
I use the New Car Price Service from Consumer Reports to get the inventory price. This report gives you the Consumer Reports Wholesale Price (which takes into..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by man on the run
11 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Here is a full text of The Dark Art of Interrogation [pdf] (Atlantic Monthly, Nov. 2003)." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by lodurr
Last year
Ask comment:
"There are a 4 recalls for the 1998 Honda Civic. Contact American Honda Motor at (800) 999-1009, have your VIN # ready, to find out if the work to correct 3 of the problems has been done on your car.
If the work has not been done you should be able..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by limeonaire
Last year
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"I doubt Metafilter men constitute a representative sample for answering this question.
Just read a random Metatalk thread to see plenty of display behavior from Metafilter men...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by gregb1007, Blazecock Pileon
Last year
MeTa comment:
"pssst, the jabber server will be coming back next month sometime. I have a spare server just for it.
Somebody let filmgeek know!" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by brundlefly
Last year
MeFi comment:
"Caitlin Flanagan: Finally Someone Makes Margaret Atwood's Fiction Seem Plausible
Blow by Blow: A Guide to Highbrow Oral Sex Writing and Reportage" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by KokuRyu
Last year
MeFi comment:
"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..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Blazecock Pileon
Last year
