MeFi comment:
"Actually, I have watched a reorg in person. And I was speaking here about GM and Ford, not some tiny firm. You want a name of a firm that's too big to fail? Think GM. Or as any major airline.
If you think that some judge would allow GM or Ford to..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by lupus_yonderboy, These Premises Are Alarmed
An hour ago
MeFi comment:
"he sounds really cool, seems like Finns are inn this year" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by keijo
9 hours ago
MeFi comment:
"oh man, the perfect solution to the desi challenge of porn without ruining someone's good reputation ;p" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Mercaptan
3 days ago
MeTa comment:
"oh and no charity, put the money somewhere useful like kiva.org" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by nudar
4 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Actually, I'm starting to see the more economically powerful an entity becomes, the less it feels it can afford freedom.
posted by sourwookie at 7:43 AM on September 18
what happens when they become less economically powerful and can't keep up..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Kid Charlemagne
3 weeks ago
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
Last month
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
Last month
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
Last month
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
Last month
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
Last month
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
Last month
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
Last month
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
Last month
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
Last month
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
Last month
MeFi post:
First among equals
favorited 12 times, recently by Sticherbeast, twl, liquorice, nihraguk, Abiezer, dhartung, bjtitus, BrotherCaine, nvly, LobsterMitten, nickyskye, Samuel Farrow
Last month
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
Last month
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
Last month
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
Last month
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
2 months 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
2 months ago
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
2 months ago
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
2 months ago
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
2 months ago
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
2 months ago
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
2 months ago
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
2 months ago
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
2 months ago
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
2 months ago
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
2 months ago
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
2 months ago
