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"Can you all imagine the holy raging shitstorm, the howls of righteous conservative fury, that would have erupted if it had been revealed that Obama had, as late as 2002, belonged to a group advocating some form of secession from the United States?..." [
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favorited 7 times, recently by blueberry, iamkimiam, dejah420, brain cloud, lord_wolf, scody, dirigibleman
3 days ago
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"billyfleetwood said:
1996-2002
Sarah Palin Was Mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, a town of approx. 7,000. She was elected by a margin of 909 to 292 votes. I will be fair, and giver her credit for executive experience. It must be noted, however that the..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by marsha56
3 days ago
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"This is great analysis of the hate-filled Giuliani speech by Joshua Marshall at Talking Points Memo:
A few other thoughts. You'll notice that Rudy Giuliani apparently ran too long and they had to drop the Palin mini-movie that was supposed to..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by BrotherCaine, gatorae
4 days ago
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"Seems like something I'd expect to see in a dystopian scifi movie casting Americans as howling monkes.
The spectacle of the RNC is so weird, especially during this McCain speech. There's definitely a tone of rage and anger in the crowd, a tone I..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Blazecock Pileon, madamjujujive
4 days ago
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"You know what would have been classy of Giuliani? When the audience started laughing at Obama's community organizer work, for him to politely say, "We owe our respect to anyone who works hard in their community. But there are other problems..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by emelenjr
4 days ago
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"I found it interesting how this article showed that people's attempted adherence to intellectual authenticity and taste can actually show them up to be ridiculous phonies:
“Manhattan dating is a highly competitive, ruthlessly selective sport,”..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by UbuRoivas, tehloki, wastelands, scody, nasreddin
6 days ago
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"small ruminant: Frankly, I don't see having a pregnant 17 year old daughter as a detriment. So she's dealing with the same stuff every other family does.
birdherder: And yes, this is going to whip "the base" into even more excitement..." [
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favorited 8 times, recently by matteo, zardoz, delmoi, frenetic, batmonkey, Guy Smiley, Forktine, pyramid termite
6 days ago
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"if this is what the culture wars are coming to, then i say to hell with both sides, because we don't have a decent culture thanks to you
In other words, this is why we can't have nice things...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by lukemeister
6 days ago
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"Love that last comment by Cell Divide.
It is Republicans, not Democrats, who have viewed controlling what people may and may not do with their reproductive systems as a suitable matter for public policy, debate, and legislation. And it is the..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by clarahamster, Blazecock Pileon
6 days ago
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"Yes, he might die. He had his head slammed against a wall ... sometimes, without medical attention, head injury results in sudden death. Nobody at Metafilter can really know whether he is going to die, but yes, he might...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by davidmsc
8 days ago
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"Don't go see a lawyer. Don't sue the doctor. Don't be one of those people who sue for something frivolous like this. I don't understand, from the description of the problem, what you're alleging the doctor did wrong --- the clinic was initially..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by Dolukhanova
10 days ago
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"Even if you agree to binding arbitration a good lawyer can usually figure an angle where the circumstances warrant consideration from the court.
This is an irresponsible assertion. You're basically advising people to agree to binding arbitration..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by By The Grace of God
2 weeks ago
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"I don't quite understand your train of thought here. You say:
I do feel a little disappointed, actually. I'd like to think that my neighborhood is a homey, warm community, and this is just a datapoint against that.
But this kind of weird,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by CorporateHippy
3 weeks ago
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"I think a lot of commenters here are missing the point.
It's not that she has a problem with the number, per se --- it's what the number says about him that she has a problem with.
She's basically saying, "I kind of think you're a scumbag..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by waxbanks
3 weeks ago
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"I read somewhere that Joyce Carol Oates (who teaches writing at Princeton) requires her students to focus not on writing well, but to write things with plot and structure. If I understood her method correctly, she believed that if she taught her..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by zueod, b33j, tyrantkitty
3 weeks ago
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"The fact that you dislike the path you have to take to get somewhere, doesn't mean you will dislike the place it leads.
Be careful about bailing out on your medical career. Doing so could be a mistake you will regret for the rest of your life!..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by elisynn, missmagenta
3 weeks ago
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"But to throw away the key on kids who themselves never had a chance at a normal life, deny them education or any hope at all, is disgusting.
Don't limit your outrage to kids who are serving life sentences. There are lots of adults who are serving..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by desiderandus
4 weeks ago
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"On the other hand, my experience has shown me that it's nearly impossible for poor people to end up in these programs.
On the flip side of the coin, my experience in a well-ranked philosophy grad program suggested that the rich rarely end up in..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Sneutrino, umbú
4 weeks ago
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"This is a fascinating question. I would like to propose a distinction that is being neglected in some answers: the distinction between being upper-class, and being well-bred. These two domains intersect, but as we might illustrate with a Venn..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by vegetableagony, fizzix, elisynn, magic curl
Last month
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"The story is bullshit. This is pure fiction.
This is sex, people. It's supposed to be transgresive.
I didn't realize that sex is "supposed to be" anything. That's a strangely absolute statement coming from someone who, presumably,..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by magstheaxe
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"He finally said to me that people were going to pick on him no matter what he does, so he's going to do what he wants.
He sounds like a strong kid, with a good perspective on life. That observation he made is very mature and suggests that he has..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by General Malaise, headspace, Asherah, Ladysin
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"When employees of our government, delegated with the responsibility of protecting the law, break the same laws in the course of serving their own private interests, the system (and worse, its moral justification for existing) fails, and invites..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by potch, pinothefrog, desiderandus
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"What's "metaphysical" about the metaphysical deduction of the categories can be understood by reference to the Aristotelian definition of metaphysics -- the study of being as being. Kant, I believe, was trying to understand what kinds of..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Haruspex, synecdoche, el_lupino
Last month
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"One more thing ... I promise this will be my last comment in this thread (for a while).
It really bothers me that this guy is causing big public scenes, over matters that he is not competent to judge. The video linked by pinothefrog shows his..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by pinothefrog
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"It's just you... I happen to think it'd be a very cool thing.
Okay, but doesn't it seem a bit intrusive to be digging around into the truthfulness of a story you clearly doubt is true ... when the person telling it is someone you consider a friend?..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by nakedcodemonkey, Solon and Thanks
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"I emailed the client and told her the working arrangement she's suggesting is not really how we operate
That's smart. I have been running my business for three years, and when I finally realized that I could say, "that's not how I operate,..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Gucky, shiny blue object
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"To me, the most essential, all-embracing element of good breeding --- and yet the most difficult to define --- is tact.
A person can be well-educated, competent, familiar with the finer things in life, well-dressed and well-groomed, and yet lack..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by elisynn
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"I put together an academic website about seven years ago, for a very niche academic subject. I wanted academics to know about the site, so I did two things:
(a) I contacted a bunch of academics (in fields related to the subject of my website) who..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by chicainthecity, FissionChips, cjorgensen
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"I have long suspected that tailgating is a symptom of the competitive attitude some infantile drivers have while driving, drivers who seem to think, "I am not moving unless I am passing people." That is, if they are moving with the flow of..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by thebrokedown
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"If dogs are as important to you as they are to me and my wife, I cannot fathom why you are even giving this guy enough of a chance to write an AskMe question about him. He does not sound salvageable as a mate.
I know that there are people like..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by zarah, arishaun, Robert Angelo, dancestoblue
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"Life's too short for bad books.
I agree with this, but at the same time, the question of what constitutes a "bad book" is fraught with philosophical difficulties. In fact, I question whether there is such a thing as a "bad book...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by wheat
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"Regardless of whether the article "gets Ivy culture" we have a terrible problem in this country. People have no education. Anyone with an education knows this. Around the water cooler, it can be difficult to find people who've read..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by divabat
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"I've seen criminal defendants in federal court use an argument that I thought hailed from the Uniform Commercial Code. It seems to spread among inmates incarcerated in federal facilities. It is funny to watch these things happen; the defendant..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Kadin2048, UbuRoivas
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"of course I know the right answer, but I am too much of a coward for that.
I think you are really underestimating the harm that you are about to cause this woman. Do you realize what an assault you will be committing on her very dignity as a..." [
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favorited 6 times, recently by Nattie, yohko, vers, Dormant Gorilla, Ookseer, Optimus Chyme
Last month
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"how do I find someone to represent me for a reasonable fee?
If you are, in fact, someone being investigated for insider trading, shift your focus from "how do I find someone to represent me for a reasonable fee?" to "how do I find..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by MattD
Last month
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"Savannah: “I held my head down so that they could not see that I was about to cry.”
Mick: Kerry Wilson, I hope those words haunt you to your grave.
The chances are nil that Kerry Wilson will ever think he did anything wrong...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by perilous, dejah420
Last month
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"Whoops, forgot to add the part of my response that addressed your actual question.
I think it is certainly possible to make "principle-centered living" work for you, but it depends upon a certain strength of will (or resolve) that not..." [
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