MeFi comment:
"On the off chance that this goes to 2000, or becomes a long boat thread, I'm dropping this comment in so I'll be alerted. I'm much more interested in the failed PR angle than the OMGHYPOCRISY angle, but that's just me. These people trade on..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by twins named Lugubrious and Salubrious, liza
Yesterday
MeFi comment:
"If this happened in Canada, the UK, or France, then it is evidence of how inherently broken socialized medicine is. If not, never mind.
Well, I'd say it's a particularly good example for why we already have socialized medicine in the US, and it..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by roystgnr, lalochezia
3 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Restaurants, for instance, could spray a thin mist over customers to put them at ease. It could be used as a benign form of tear gas, quelling any violent feelings among groups of demonstrators, or even to prevent extramarital affairs.
Ok, I'm..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by tehloki, crunch buttsteak, limeonaire, Blazecock Pileon, Pope Guilty
10 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Well, they're on the same page in many respects, so it's a misreading insofar as he draws false distinctions between himself and her, defining himself as not-Arendt when he actually sounds most similar to her. She, too, saw thinking and philosophy as..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by palimpsest, nasreddin
12 days ago
MeFi comment:
"orthogonality, I'd like to thank you for the post, and ignore that little rant of yours, which isn't really worthy of you. Looking at these images and reading these stories excites a powerful rage and frustration, and I think it's the kind of thing..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Huplescat
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"So, is the point of this thread that most protesters are ill-informed and thoughtless? You should talk to globalization protesters some time: "What do you think of the Tobin tax?"
Is the point of this thread that this is an unanswerable..." [
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favorited 8 times, recently by jtron
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"In both cases, it's not really the speech that's illegal, but the context that you're putting the speech in.
Err... all speech is in a context. But you don't have to kidnap someone to get arrested for writing a ransom note: it's a common crime in..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Optimus Chyme, iamkimiam
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"If I were a Democratic strategist, I would put pins like this on the internet to rile up the base." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by hjo3
2 weeks ago
MeFi post:
"The test for determining the scope of this provision must not be subject to manipulation by those whose power it is designed to restrain."
favorited 10 times, recently by magstheaxe, peppito, PROD_TPSL, jawdirk, twins named Lugubrious and Salubrious, spiderwire, LobsterMitten, Richard Daly, bardic, JHarris
2 weeks ago
MeFi post:
My advice to the graduates: Plastics.
favorited 17 times, recently by D Wiz, eafarris, prefpara, garrett, vegetableagony, tksh, whimsicalnymph, Jody Tresidder, padraigin, chihiro, rongorongo, Shutter, eurasian, pantufla, Korou, stbalbach, i love cheese
3 weeks ago
MeFi post:
Think you can do better than Congress? Prove it.
favorited 11 times, recently by box, Liosliath, Xoder, WalterMitty, zouhair, Lossewen, MrMustard, jeffburdges, majick, Saxon Kane, P.o.B.
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Thanks, The Loch Ness Monster. That's the kind of response I was hoping for. I personally don't feel angry about environmental concerns, but I am worried whenever I see apparently honest requests for clarification met with such indignity.
Yep,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by nasreddin
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I'd just like to chime in as someone only mildly concerned by the extinction but massively interested in reasons and reason giving.
With something like extinction, there are some very reasonable, very thoughtful objections the the knee-jerk..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by lalochezia, the other side
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I never really thought it could just be one guy. This piece doesn't make it clear, though: is he really on his own? These video finds have really defined this decade: the reason more young people than ever before are both interested in politics and..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Lou Stuells, Servo5678
4 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"If Roe is overturned in the near-future (next 10-20 years)... transport themselves in Mexico and Canada.
Please please please do some research into the actual decision, perhaps read the US Constitution, before your speak. 'Overturning Roe v. Wade'..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by FuManchu
4 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"If you hope work for good things, you will rarely get them.
If you don't hope work for good things, you will never get them.
Fixed etc." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by jammy, Ludi
Last month
MeTa comment:
"There is no good reason to alter the word so as to incorporate mention of her chickly parts.... What does the perfix "cer-" then add? Dude. It does not add anything.
Geeks are good. Let us now celebrate their geekiness. This, however,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by kittens for breakfast
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Awesome.
Today is about celebrating a pretty awesome moment in American history. Congrats all, we just nominated a black man for president, a man who's shown he's committed to communities, to cultivating civic engagement, local deliberation, and..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by empath
Last month
Ask comment:
"I'd also like to be able to get into a habit of writing regularly, and not having to churn out 20 pages in a night.
Other issues include things like working out regularly, sticking to a healthy diet, and just getting out of bed in the morning......." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by Bistle, Rubbstone, nemutdero, limon, synecdoche
Last month
MeTa comment:
"In my opinion, tonic water has no place in a civilized OMG NO PUT DOWN THE BASEBALL BAT I WAS ONLY KIDDING.
But seriously, you're free to drink in my class, just don't annoy anybody and don't come looking for class notes if you black out...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by flapjax at midnite
Last month
MeFi comment:
"A review of What This Cruel War Was Over:
The straightforward argument of What This Cruel War Was Over is that soldiers themselves—far from being ignorant patriots or naïve dupes—knew that the war was about slavery. Confederate soldiers understood..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Richard Daly
Last month
MeTa comment:
"It takes an awful lot of chutspah to make a metafilter post with two links, then, when it's deleted, to repost those links on metatalk by way of j'accuse. And these aren't particularly interesting links.
That said, semmi has a pretty fantastic..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Brian B.
Last month
MeFi post:
Tilling Word and Land
favorited 58 times, recently by turgid dahlia, surenoproblem, acro, eclectist, librarina, showbiz_liz, madamjujujive, BinGregory, eponymouse, kjell, mathowie, Divine_Wino, gordie, Harald74, salishsea, jgee, a louis wain cat, hap_hazard, sculpin, jeanmari, entropy, melissam
Last month
MeFi comment:
"lh- If 86% of all rapes go unreported, and the race of the assailant significantly influences reporting, then it would be quite easy to skew the statistics so that 6% of the population is responsible for 48% of the crimes. Given the population..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by peacheater
Last month
MeFi comment:
"She must have lots of time on her hands ever since her break up with Cass Sunstein and his continuing dalliance with Samantha Powers.
From the essay:
This formidable woman, powerful, unique, who has wit, achievement, success, and glamour, who..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Salamandrous
Last month
MeFi comment:
"I don't have a lot to say about this, since I've had most of my visceral responses since the last thread went up, but I do have one question: if most major financial and industrial figures know the figures are deceptive, why do they seem to respond..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by JHarris
2 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Actually, thinking about it, it's extremely unlikely that they didn't contact finite before they went to press. They've got a legal department for a reason....
However, if by some chance they didn't contact you, finite, be sure to treat them like..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by Pope Guilty, acro, dabitch, jamjam
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Not a transcript, but my notes from the lecture:
1. Though household incomes have increased over the last thirty-five years, median incomes for males have actually dropped by $800. (Women make less still.) Household incomes have only increased..." [
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favorited 27 times, recently by crabintheocean, purple_frogs, anthill, Laugh_track, BinGregory, russilwvong, Durn Bronzefist, madamjujujive, jjjjjjjijjjjjjj, Coffeemate, jb, glycolized, dobie, scission, MythMaker, drstupid, oaf, Bugg, eurasian, klangklangston, gsteff, The Light Fantastic, rmless, scody, seanyboy, tyllwin, ukdanae
2 months ago
MeFi post:
My boyhood, for instance, which no longer exists, exists in time past, which no longer exists.
favorited 8 times, recently by palomar, P.o.B., hot soup girl, rooftop secrets, Iamtherealme, ceri richard, PlusDistance, jack_mo
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I'm hoping there are some people in this thread who can help flesh this out for me. I've read the article and I am completely, completely baffled.
Feminism isn't a single thing. Since white upper class women have already garnered all the benefits..." [
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favorited 22 times, recently by vsync
2 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Get yourself a hook (we're YOUNG, IVY LEAGUE, and used to be HEDGE-FUND ANALYSTS!) and a sound bite (TRANSPARENCY IN GIVING!), add a saucy attitude and beat it to death, and everyone who loves concept morsels over sinewy facts will lap it up and beg..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ukdanae
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"That creates exactly the wrong incentives and promotes only the basest kind of self-interest: not self-betterment, not planning for the future, but instant gratification.
You know what? I agree. Let's stop paying all doctors, lawyers, politicians,..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by peacheater, tkchrist, Pope Guilty
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Keep in mind that we're talking about a program that starts in MIDDLE SCHOOL here.
The gap in math abilities between white kids and black kids starts in the sixth grade, for God's sake. I've done tutoring for the PENCIL Foundation, and it's..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Pope Guilty
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Hmm... I like this. In many families in the upper-middle class, there are already monetary and gift incentives for studying and grades. If properly directed to students whose parents aren't offering such incentives, I could see it working to..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by mdn, Hactar, lunit, Reverend John
2 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I got this question from a student the other day:
"If I start a religion based on pornography, would our advertisements and circulars be protected speech?'
God bless 'em, every one...." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by Hicksu, Canard de Vasco
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"bartering can still be a form of capitalism.
In order for it to become capitalism, there has to be a common currency, which means it's not bartering anymore. The thing that makes capitalism work is the commodity-fetish, that one commodity (cash..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by nasreddin, meadowlands, peppito
2 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Racism is the exercise of power detrimental to one group by another. Racism is quite often backed up by institutional practices.
Just so we're clear: by this definition, whites in Zimbabwe are the target of racism because of land reform. I feel..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Wolof
2 months ago
