MeFi comment:
"Indeed, Internet industry executives and government officials have acknowledged that Internet traffic passing through the switching equipment of companies based in the United States has proved a distinct advantage for American intelligence agencies...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by homunculus, batmonkey
5 days ago
MeTa comment:
"i'm infinitely tempted to use bloggery and Johnson in one sentence
no.... must.stop.typing." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by lukemeister
6 days ago
MeFi comment:
"The Guardian on the republican 'attack dogs'
Now that same machine is backing McCain. This week in St Paul it will be gearing itself up to try to repeat its five wins in the past seven elections. Yet, amid the smears and muck-raking, perhaps there..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ignignokt
6 days ago
MeFi comment:
"You are right in that there were mitigating factors that caused a situation leading to famine, however, every analysis that I've read (disclaimer: I am a fan of Amartya Sen's work) points to the fact that it could have been averted or at least..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by nickyskye, hadjiboy
7 days ago
MeFi comment:
"The links already show how Amartya Sen's emotional experience of the Famine contributed to his Nobel-prize-winning thesis on development economics.
it influenced an entire generation I think. my only experience is of my grandfather, who lived..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by nickyskye, languagehat, the cydonian, rainygrl716, Huw
7 days ago
MeFi comment:
"my mother was born in Calcutta, the third of 8 living children, in 1944. there was another great famine scare in the neighbouring state of Bihar and this was in 1966, narrowly averted by wheat ships from the US. that was the year I was born, in..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by nickyskye
7 days ago
MeFi comment:
"The Whitney exhibit is reviewed in the link "inspire us", btw.
Sure the visionary was a crackpot (or not, keep in mind he was doing this back in the early decades of the previous century), but i'm still blown away by the opening words of..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by keevinl
7 days ago
MeFi post:
If information is power, then access is empowering
favorited 12 times, recently by Monochrome, StopMakingSense, Sangermaine, andraste, Haruspex, jdotglenn, madh, YouRebelScum, ChasFile, ejaned8, Telf, surenoproblem
8 days ago
MeFi comment:
"having faced US marines on the street outside the US embassy compound in my passport country of birth asking me to 'move along now' while toting their big guns, their Aviator Raybans and their uber patriotic attitude that their turf must be protected..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Durn Bronzefist
11 days ago
MeFi comment:
"i just think that it seems to demonstrate that women can run things better. jokes aside, the microfinance institutions such as Grameen Foundation et al have found that women borrowers tend to repay at close to 90% or more while its men who tend to..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Deathalicious
2 weeks ago
MeFi post:
First among equals
favorited 13 times, recently by Sticherbeast, twl, liquorice, nihraguk, Abiezer, dhartung, bjtitus, BrotherCaine, nvly, LobsterMitten, nickyskye, crossoverman, Samuel Farrow
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"It is remarkable how quickly other people’s bloody tragedies can be transformed into simple morality tales by Western observers sitting in cushioned, air-conditioned offices...." [
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favorited 11 times, recently by Auden, nooneyouknow, jivadravya, C.Batt, Pope Guilty, ilovemytoaster, H-Bar, Popular Ethics, boo_radley, enn, chunking express
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"nescafe is excellent when mixed with henna powder for staining hair. btw, nails get stained orange and never fade, they just get replaced by new nail growth so think twice before putting on nails unless you want half orange nails untill the whole..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by effwerd
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"ubu, as usual I digress, but ref
Just had to fix that, coz I love the word 'diwaana'. As an aside, I'd be interested to find out sometime how many filmi songs *don't* include either dil, pyar or diwaana in their lyrics. I suspect that most feature..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by nickyskye
3 weeks ago
MeFi post:
Building mighty dreams
favorited 23 times, recently by swapspace, No Mutant Enemy, Tube, nímwunnan, Haruspex, effwerd, myopicman, greytape, nicolin, sjjh, Blazecock Pileon, stet, mattoxic, ZenMasterThis, Rabarberofficer, Akeem, elpapacito, horseblind, barchan, East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94, idb, kuujjuarapik, fearfulsymmetry
4 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"amberglow, scroll down past hte french to read the whole article. will open your eyes." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by adamvasco
Last month
MeFi comment:
"as a south asian woman with an american master's degree who left after i discovered i was too afraid to simply live there in peace, although i'm hindu etc, i read this article and just wondered what it must have been like to have been..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by dabitch, ryoshu, orthogonality
Last month
MeFi comment:
"In a thread about the influence of Persia, this wiki entry on Babur is a fascinating read. Just read it after our discussions." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by UbuRoivas
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Ubu: Yah, that's the village, seems about 40 odd years ago the ancestral house was demolished for a new one and distant relatives found a cache of gold coins in the basement from the time of Akbar. Could be a fairytale for the family archives but an..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by UbuRoivas
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Mutant, you bring up some interesting points here. Before I start a long blather on the issues you highlight in your comment, just a datapoint of background for contextual relevance. I'm a member of a small indian business family, from the..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Sangermaine, merelyglib, Roach
Last month
MeFi comment:
"valkyryn: and I'll raise you one.
Taking your thoughts a step further, imho, lets break the rules you've set, for argument's sake and start from your sentence - The ones that succeed have some degree of luck, but most of them are simply excellent..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Sangermaine, madh, infini
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Mutant, not only that but I liked the fact taht Roddick took steps to sell the organization to someone who [hopefully] might retain the corporate DNA that Body Shop embodied and I believe her children did not inherit that wealth. It was, so I heard,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by madh
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Oh ok, would a moderator please remove my subjective question in order to reconfigure the FPP according to the guidelines please. I coloured outside my box...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by blasdelf
Last month
MeFi comment:
"damn, i wish i could sue all the stupid sites around the web that either publish my writing and fill it with google ads or add me to weird social networks and people listing sites without me even knowing about it (I'm lookng at YOU XOOM)
... but..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by dabitch
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Its cultural, across Asia, 'kids' live with their parents until they marry or even after that." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Korou
Last month
MeFi post:
We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.
favorited 12 times, recently by ewagoner, fundip, Cassilda, mecran01, P.o.B., nicolin, aquanaut, theyexpectresults, Navelgazer, defenestration, treepour, loquacious
Last month
MeFi comment:
"LOL@Ubu
Anyway, I should have come back earlier to answer questions on arranged marriage, at least my own, fwiw, but it was way past bedtime in Singapore. So here goes, if anyone is still following the comments on this thread,
If you don't..." [
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favorited 6 times, recently by msjen, naju, UbuRoivas, sparkletone, BrotherCaine, homunculus
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"“I think people will embrace it. They’ll see it as an opportunity for their children regardless if they’re Shia or Sunni. They’ll say their kids deserve a place to play and they’ll leave it alone.”
...
posted by Drexen at 3:02 AM
This is an..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by stumcg
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"@Ubu - Yes, I used to be held up as the black sheep (premarriage days) in fact an uncle specifically said to me that he'd keep me away from his then 16 year old daughter so that I didn't corrupt her mind (his intent was to marry her off asap)...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by BrotherCaine
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"brendan o neill's says Bring on the Chinese
Oxfam called on British consumers to donate some of their Christmas shopping money to its new campaign to send “funusual” gifts to poor parts of Africa. Alongside the gift of crap, you could also lavish..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by nasreddin
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Until something happens one way or another, this is pure speculation. There has never been such an imbalance in world military power as there is today. The US projects military power globally, and is the only country to do so. This is not something..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Sitegeist, bhouston
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"The Collapse Gap - comparing the collapse of the USSR and an imaginary one in the USA, from the post linked to in the FPP." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by BinGregory
5 months ago
MeFi post:
my grandma married an engineer, so did my mom, oh and I'm one too
favorited 11 times, recently by rmm, longdaysjourney, hadjiboy, greenspice, surenoproblem, peppito, BrotherCaine, conradjones, donfactor, sperose, kensanway
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"China, as a leading global economy and regional power is simply issuing statements pointing out that those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. I'd say that's pretty valid...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by pravit
5 months ago
