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Diagnosis via press release.
Josh Marshall speculates on Dick Cheney's health based on a press release put out by a shoe store. The store says Cheney's feet have "changed to a size 10EEE". Swelling of the feet is a primary symptom of congestive heart failure.
posted to MetaFilter by jpoulos
at 2:26 PM on December 2, 2004
(33 comments)
The Chilling Effect.
Some ABC affiliates have opted not to broadcast a scheduled airing of
Saving Private Ryan, due to concerns over new FCC indecency regulations. They don't want to get fined. The FCC won't say in advance whether the film is indecent ("that would be censorship"). But don't worry, the
Parents Televsion Council says the "context" makes it OK. Which is fine, but who utlimately gets to judge the context?
posted to MetaFilter by jpoulos
at 11:46 AM on November 11, 2004
(75 comments)
"The president was cautious the president was prudent the president did what a commander in chief should do. No matter how you try to blame it on the president the actual responsibility for it really would be for the troops that were there. Did they search carefully enough? Didn't they search carefully enough?" Rudy Giuliani
blames the troops for the current missing explosives scandal. (
340K wmv file). Can we finally stop talking about this hack as a viable candidate for national office?
posted to MetaFilter by jpoulos
at 8:44 AM on October 28, 2004
(31 comments)
Meet the new Walkman.
20GB HD, 25 minutes of cache for skip-free playing. Works with Sony's
Connect music service. Sharp-looking little player.
posted to MetaFilter by jpoulos
at 7:02 AM on July 1, 2004
(48 comments)
Not-in-the-NewsFilter
"Is Mr. Ashcroft neglecting real threats to the public because of his ideological biases?" Paul Krugman on the case of William Krar, a terrorist the justice department isn't talking about.
posted to MetaFilter by jpoulos
at 10:36 AM on June 22, 2004
(32 comments)
Mysterious Fax Adds to Intrigue Over the Medicare Bill's Cost
"Late one Friday afternoon in January, after the House of Representatives had adjourned for the week, Cybele Bjorklund, a House Democratic health policy aide, heard the buzz of the fax machine at her desk. Coming over the transom, with no hint of the sender, was a document she had been seeking for months: an estimate by Medicare's chief actuary showing the cost of prescription drug benefits for the elderly....
"Ms. Bjorklund had been pressing Mr. Foster for his numbers since June. When he refused, telling her he could be fired, she said, she confronted his boss, Thomas A. Scully, then the Medicare administrator. 'If Rick Foster gives that to you," Ms. Bjorklund remembered Mr. Scully telling her, "I'll fire him so fast his head will spin.'"
(NYTimes.com, reg req)
posted to MetaFilter by jpoulos
at 7:17 AM on March 19, 2004
(5 comments)
POWER RANGERS:
Did the Bush Administration create a new American empire—or weaken the old one?
The left's favorite blogger,
Talking Points Memo's Joshua Michah Marshall has been published in this week's
New Yorker.
posted to MetaFilter by jpoulos
at 6:57 AM on January 26, 2004
(29 comments)
Top Court Rejects Baby Death Conviction Appeal
"The U.S. Supreme Court rejected on Monday an appeal by a South Carolina woman convicted of homicide and sentenced to 12 years in prison for causing her baby to be stillborn by using cocaine."
posted to MetaFilter by jpoulos
at 9:50 AM on October 6, 2003
(47 comments)
Build your own Howard Dean website!
The Dean campaign has released web site "kits" under the GNU GPL and based on the
Drupal codebase, which allow web-based communities to quickly and easily build their own sites to support Dean's campaign. Last night, he
held a conference call with over 3,500 "house parties" and individuals to spread the word. If Dean gets the nomination, he'll have technology to thank for it.
(yeah, via slashdot.)
posted to MetaFilter by jpoulos
at 1:32 PM on September 30, 2003
(28 comments)
EPA misled public on 9/11 pollution
"In the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center, the White House instructed the Environmental Protection Agency to give the public misleading information, telling New Yorkers it was safe to breathe when reliable information on air quality was not available."
posted to MetaFilter by jpoulos
at 9:27 AM on August 23, 2003
(17 comments)
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Why do black folks seem to always order red or orange soft drinks?
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Why do men have nipples?
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Why do Indian woman have a red dot on their forehead?
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In Jewish dietary laws...can fish and milk be mixed, i.e. cod in cheese sauce?
The
Y?Forum, the National Forum on People's Differences. The Y?Forum "gives you a way to ask people from other ethnic or cultural backgrounds the questions you've always been too embarrassed or uncomfortable to ask them." Some of the topics discussed: Differences between people of different age, class, gender, geography, occupation, race, religion, sexual orientation.
posted to MetaFilter by jpoulos
at 7:59 AM on February 14, 2002
(78 comments)
"Enrongate" in a nutshell.
Our own
Oliver Willis has compiled a very thorough catalogue of clips from the Enron scandal, dating all the way back to April 2000. If you haven't been following all along, it's a great resource to catch up.
posted to MetaFilter by jpoulos
at 9:20 AM on January 13, 2002
(34 comments)
Unknowingly sending all your personal finance information through the servers of a sleazy ad service: Priceless.
Do you pay your AMEX bill online at
americanexpress.com? If you do, you should know that you're being ported through
the ad.doubleclick.net advertising service. Mouse over the links on the AMEX homepage and see. All your information travels through doubleclick's servers on its way to AMEX. Nice, huh?
posted to MetaFilter by jpoulos
at 8:49 AM on November 26, 2001
(13 comments)
Cartoon Network begins its "Adult Swim" programming tonight: Toons aimed at the 18-35 audience. I'm most excited about
Cowboy Bebop (Japanese site; English is under construction). (more inside)
posted to MetaFilter by jpoulos
at 10:27 AM on September 2, 2001
(26 comments)
Hmmm...I wish I had some sort of funky, unique accessory for my new car. Y'know, something
different....Wait, I've got it!
AUTOMOTIVE TESTICLES! (Via
FilePile.)
posted to MetaFilter by jpoulos
at 7:31 PM on June 4, 2001
(10 comments)
We haven't had a
Salon link on the front page for a while, so I don't feel bad about
posting this one. Conserve energy the Dick Cheney way! [Warning: left-wing, liberal, tree-hugging, granola-eating, pinko, partisan parody. You don't
have to click if you don't like such stuff.]
posted to MetaFilter by jpoulos
at 12:35 PM on May 10, 2001
(1 comment)
The Semantic Web is Coming....
There's a new web coming...and this one will surf
you. Smart agents will be all the rage, managing your appointments and finding showtimes for movies they know you'll like. What do you want the internet to be? [From
Scientific American]
posted to MetaFilter by jpoulos
at 6:44 AM on May 2, 2001
(10 comments)
Brando ill.
The saddest, scariest part of this story is that he was just getting ready to film
Scary Movie II when he got sick.
Scary Movie II...and the Oscar for "Most Pathetic Former Genius" goes to....
posted to MetaFilter by jpoulos
at 12:28 PM on April 13, 2001
(17 comments)
Has anyone been to
Megnut recently? Be sure to read the page source.
posted to MetaFilter by jpoulos
at 6:50 AM on March 7, 2001
(74 comments)
Barak Just Says No.
Former PM passes on Defense Minister post. Is it just me, or does Sharon's push for a unity government smack of Dubya's call for bipartisanship? I just don't
trust either one of them.
posted to MetaFilter by jpoulos
at 6:17 AM on February 21, 2001
(3 comments)
More on Ashcroft (via Salon)
Supported a law that makes it OK to kill abortion providers. This is not a "political difference of opinion." The man is dangerous.
posted to MetaFilter by jpoulos
at 2:17 PM on January 18, 2001
(18 comments)
I need another MeFi posting like I need a...
Here's an organization devoted entirely to *intentionally* boring a hole in one's head. Apparently, it helps your brain to "function better". Well, if you're willing to go through with the procedure, you've certainly got room for improvement in that department.
posted to MetaFilter by jpoulos
at 6:33 AM on January 5, 2001
(38 comments)
