MeFi comment:
"OK, so all these moderate Repubs are being pushed out by the wingers. Thing is, had they repudiated Bush and the neo-cons and the social conservatives, many of us of the soft left and the pragmatic anti-war coalition would have welcomed them and..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by longdaysjourney
Yesterday
Ask comment:
"Because it's not "operation mode", it's "mode of operation". "Of" something makes it genitive case, and for 2nd (?) Declension singular, the ending is "i".
The nominative plural has the same ending, but if..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by beefetish
Yesterday
MeFi comment:
"The Whelk writes "At least we don't put menstruating women in cages lest they kill the corn spirt. Right?"
Well, you may not. But how's your corn growing?..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by verb
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Humans have spent 15,000 years breeding dogs to be exquisitely attuned to read human emotions from our faces, voices, and body language, and to follow commands. We've spent maybe 6,000 years breeding horses, mostly to pull heavy loads and to run fast,..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by liza, marble, furtive
2 days ago
MeFi post:
Om nom nom nom
favorited 14 times, recently by not_on_display, ilyanassa, Cassilda, trip and a half, maryh, of strange foe, jamjam, extramundane, sonic meat machine, mandal, ZenMasterThis, Kattullus, FuManchu, nickyskye
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Speaking of GiveWell, the dude who lost his board position for astroturfing ("Effective January 3, 2008, Holden Karnofsky has been removed from his position as Executive Director of GiveWell and from his position as Board Secretary") got it..." [
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favorited 11 times, recently by dejah420, fieldtrip, shelleycat, colt45, litlnemo, gladly, PareidoliaticBoy, Pope Guilty, DreamerFi, stet, fourcheesemac
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"chronkite writes "wrecked THREE PLANES, "
He in fact lost five planes, four not due to enemy action: flying too low while landing, he crashed into Corpus Christi Bay; then he flew into power lines in Spain; then he had a flame-out..." [
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favorited 9 times, recently by natteringnabob, six-or-six-thirty, any major dude, mikelieman, kev23f, Floach, blueberry, demon666, scody
2 days ago
MeTa comment:
"Brandon Blatcher writes "that sounds like a coding nightmare."
In the database:
create table warnings (user_id, warning_level);
create view img_denied as
select id from user where user_joined > dateadd( week, -2, Now() )
union..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Brandon Blatcher
2 days ago
Ask comment:
"How do you know this isn't a present for her boyfriend? How do you know you aren't going to be the object of his affections? (This is why I've declined these invitations when I've gotten them.)
At minimum you need to fully understand the..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by koeselitz, Phalene
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Quoting the lines Paul Newman read is a fine remembrance, but let's also quote his own words:It was one of my life's proudest achievements.
More than the films, more than the awards — finding out that I was on Nixon's Enemies List meant that I was..." [
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favorited 22 times, recently by andifsohow, matteo, Dragonness, mrzer0, mystyk, jlbartosa, gen, violette, funkiwan, jtron, longdaysjourney, everichon, Rumple, lupus_yonderboy, skyper, hecho de la basura, Brandon Blatcher, Optamystic, neroli, drjimmy11, The Loch Ness Monster, Auden
4 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Obviously false. Everybody knows women don't have orgasms. Certainly not any I've dated.
Nervous hysteria, maybe." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by diablo37
4 days ago
MeFi comment:
"posted "'One year I put them on the cocktail glasses at my Halloween party.' Via BoingBoing (no Katamari/papercraft/steampunk/DRM content)."
No need to apologize for the BoingBoing connection. ;)
Because in the best of all possible..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by mrbill
4 days ago
Ask comment:
"amtho writes "Um, I think orthogonality's method is _the same_ as telling her."
Yes, but with deniability.
As a society we've become too frightened, too robotically regimented by HR's rules, to the detriment of our humanity. Be loyal..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by Asymptote, Grlnxtdr, drjimmy11, letitrain
6 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I used to be so proud to be an American. As a kid, I delighted in saying the Pledge (except for the "under God" bit), always stood an put my hand over my heart when the National Anthem played. On th Furth of July, I alwasy made a point of..." [
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favorited 20 times, recently by JHarris, vsync, effwerd, odinsdream, Goofyy, adamsc, RussHy, etaoin, matteo, Malor, lupus_yonderboy, dr_dank, mer2113, nikitabot, PROD_TPSL, scody, LucretiusJones, TedW, Balisong, Durn Bronzefist
7 days ago
Ask comment:
"OK, let's break this down.
1. We're not here to do your homework.
2. The answer is in your assigned text; read it.
3. Your code looks like crap, for a variety of reasons (see below).
4. Because I'm feeling very generous today, I will give you..." [
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favorited 13 times, recently by koeselitz, zixyer, phllip.phillip, JohnnyGunn, Kwine, facetious, Lemurrhea, trip and a half, kscottz, acro, doowod, alkupe, cmonkey
7 days ago
MeFi comment:
"cytherea writes "Existing golden parachutes will not be touched. Fixed link for live blog."
Forget the parachutes for now (the result will be that people with parachutes will it tight until they use the parachutes, but won't be willing..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by mediareport, yertledaturtle, furtive
7 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Republican strategists have been recommending this for a week: vote down the Bill, calling it the "Obama-Bush plan".
Having in large measure created the problem, and haing supported the Bush Administration which also bears heavy..." [
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favorited 9 times, recently by Dreamghost, jonp72, nax, fleetmouse, tehloki, jamjam, ahdeeda, JHarris, sheila t
7 days ago
MeFi comment:
"matteo writes "Karl Rove's porcine visage, on 50-inch plasma,"
Jesus, you're one of the rich." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by shitcock
8 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Narin writes "I'm confused by the official vote tally linked to above, namely by this fact;"
Short answer: to circumvent Republican parliamentary maneuvers used to delay new legislation, the bailout was an amendment to a House..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by Green With You, Ctrl_Alt_ep, cjorgensen, ymgve
8 days ago
MeFi comment:
"you just lost the game writes "the only way people would stop going to McDonalds is if the burgers screamed and tried to wriggle out of your hand when you bit into them."
Not even then, as this graphic and disturbing video shows. [Not..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by phaedon
9 days ago
Ask comment:
"You're adopted.
(Your real parents were wizards.)" [
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favorited 15 times, recently by brain cloud, fantabulous timewaster, arcticseal, Maishe, coizero, EarBucket, ShawnString, Hildegarde, dismas, jamaro, sperose, artychoke, amethysts, Inspector.Gadget, thinman
10 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Why??? How can he just NOT WANT ME just because we broke up? I am a very good looking girl." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by LanTao
11 days ago
MeFi comment:
"pardonyou? writes "'I'm looking at him right now, and I see perfection,' Palin said. 'Yeah, he has an extra chromosome. I keep thinking, in our world, what is normal and what is perfect?'"
Lots of Rupublican compassion for an extra..." [
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favorited 20 times, recently by kcds
11 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Ljubljana writes "Ditto Europe and the world. I absolutely don't understand why Europeans are so hostile to Bush and the Republicans when it's clear that Europe has benefitted greatly from the last eight years."
I've got this neighbor...." [
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favorited 60 times, recently by katiecat, supercrayon, AceRock, mystyk, Manjusri, dopeypanda, dirtynumbangelboy, Greg Nog, contessa, elizardbits, peacheater, penduluum, Wilberto, showbiz_liz, Kronos_to_Earth, myopicman, phatkitten, aclevername, Brainy, Mister Cheese, Naberius, xchmp, Phalene
11 days ago
MeFi comment:
"benzenedream writes "Silly scientists. That would be because he's possessed by a Legion of Neocons and Rovians."
But seriously, you're probably right.
I mean, of course John McCain is depressed. At one time, he belived in things. In..." [
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favorited 45 times, recently by jjwiseman, hindmost, enkiwa
12 days ago
MeFi comment:
"BigLankyBastard writes "The 'never before' clause seems to apply to having regular Army troops assigned to work with Homeland Security, which, as a fairly shiny-new entity, has a lot of things it has never done yet."
As a rule mission..." [
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favorited 36 times, recently by nushustu, JHarris, mystyk, Balisong, manguero, Librarygeek, cj_, Smedleyman, lalochezia, Marla Singer, tractorfeed, cmyk, clearly, rtha, yertledaturtle, acro, 999, symbioid, Shepherd, cobra libre, Challahtronix, regicide is good for you, twine42, RussHy, jivadravya, straight
12 days ago
MeFi comment:
"What jonp72 said: "Frankly, as far as I'm concerned, Sarah Palin hasn't been questioned enough about her links to the Alaska Independence Party."
Is Todd Palin now, or has he ever been a member of....
Again, as jonp72 points out, a..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Amanojaku
12 days ago
MeTa comment:
"In fairness, "your words say much about you" isn't strictly an ad hominem: you're being judged on your argument; ad homnem applies when we ignore the argument but attack you, e.g., "I can't refute what you say, but everyone should..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by doctor_negative, jtron
13 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Alvy Ampersand writes "If a Republican had said such a stupid and ignorant thing about a Democrat - and they have - would you consider the outrage generated manufactured or illegitimate?"
And the taxes and rent control and omigod..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by jonp72
13 days ago
MeFi comment:
"konolia writes "And I think most of all people like myself are interested in people not feeling like they NEED to have an abortion if they get pregnant."
"People like you" -- Christian Republicans -- are in favor of expanded..." [
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favorited 24 times
13 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Well, I was against it until now. But if serial bad advice giver Kristol's against it, huh, maybe it is a good thing.
Oh wait, it's just that Kristol figures this is the last 700 Billion we'll be able to tease out of the Chinese, and he insists on..." [
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favorited 6 times
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Excerpts (from Daily Kos) from seven op/eds on the Paulson bailout." [
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favorited 2 times
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Having worked for many years in the banking industry and been closely involved with risk management and derivatives, I can tell you that it looks like catastrophe is already here.
. . . .
Paulson is basically rolling you and the rest of..." [
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favorited 3 times
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"troy writes "This is going to be bad, 10X worse that RTC, about as bad as Iraq."Think of this plan as 'The Surge' in monetary policy if it helps, for that's the basic crisis-management framework that was used to get us here."
And..." [
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favorited 1 time
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Caduceus writes "This would have worked a lot better if you'd gotten Obama's name right."
No offense, but:
Joke dialog written from the point of view of a racist Obama hater..." [
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favorited 1 time
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Do I smell manufactured outrage?
Yes, I do! YUMMY manufactured outrage.
About an uppitty ni, er, New Yorker with -- Edith, did you see that? -- with conked ni nap, uh, ethnic hair. Probably drives a big Cadillac with the Welfare Mommas in..." [
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favorited 1 time
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"OK, an 80% stake means the government -- us -- is by far the majority shareholder.
If so, are we the owners going to give the new CEO and top executives millions in compensation and benefits and golden parachutes for them to use when they screw up?..." [
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favorited 88 times
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"'sup bitches? Cute girl like you would enjoy ironing my shirts, amirite?" [
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favorited 3 times
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Hey, what about my translation of ancient alchemy texts, The Philosopher's Hairy Stones: A Streetwise Guide to Alchemy, and Phlogiston the Essence of Fire?
In hip modern language, it vaguely explains how to transmute lead into gold, how a secret..." [
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favorited 28 times
2 weeks ago
Ask comment:
"No, no, no.
Let's imagine that we had the perfect update statement to do exactly what you want.
We take a row where firstname = "John" and lastname = "Jones", and we'd make that row's contact = "John Jones"...." [
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favorited 4 times
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Follow the money.
A strict deletion-ist policy keeps Wikipedia smaller, but more importantly gives the opportunity to "compromise" by allowing the deleted article to be resurrected on Jimmy Wales's for-profit wikia.com.
Jimmy always..." [
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favorited 3 times
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"As I understand it, Securities and Exchange Chairman Chris Cox was just an over-zealous out of control enlisted man acting outside the orders of the Commander-in-Chief, who has very definitely said we don't torture and we do regulate the securities..." [
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favorited 1 time
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Solon and Thanks writes "... Is that actually a joke? I must be missing something, because if I'm interpreting it correctly that's quite sad."
And the sad makes it even funnier. Jokes work by leading the listeners down the garden path,..." [
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favorited 1 time
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"tkchrist writes "She had to quit her job to care for their daughter. Soon they lost their house due the medical expenses. They had to liquidate their life savings and retirement. And by age five their daughter finally died a slow horrific death...." [
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favorited 9 times
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"fixedgear writes "Craft is not so good, and craft that requires expensive raw materials is really bad, particularly if I can't afford it/can't understand it/can make fun of it."
I'm, essentially, a craftsman. I write code, software, for..." [
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favorited 5 times
2 weeks ago
