MeFi comment:
"From Bookhouse's link:Stop! Think! Your rallies are beginning to look, sound, feel and smell like lynch mobs.
John McCain, you're walking a perilous line. If you do not stand up for all that is good in America and declare that Senator Obama is a..." [
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favorited 9 times, recently by every_one_needs_a_hug_sometimes, blueberry, zarah, lord_wolf, Spatch, WCityMike, jamjam, scody, iamkimiam
4 ¼ hours ago
MeFi comment:
"Amazingly, as a straight man, married to a woman, I have not noticed any ill effects on marriage by this ruling.
We're working on it! But things have been so busy - we've got hurricanes to steer into innocent Christian cities, and, um, economies..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by spinturtle, etaoin
4 ½ hours ago
MeFi comment:
"Sometimes, I really don't understand the causes some people pick up. Of all the injustices in the world, is this really worth the time and energy?
Yes. Oddly enough, I am capable of caring about/getting outraged about/working to change more than..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by longsleeves, Brocktoon
more than 12 hours ago
MeTa comment:
"Oh, and I think the censorship in that thread was totally fettered, because, you know, there are still answers in it and stuff." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by justkevin
Yesterday
MeFi comment:
"My polling place is in an elementary school, and the little voting desk things are set up in one part of a large auditorium.
When I went to vote in California's Other Primary (we had two, one for president and one for state stuff, because we're..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by longsleeves, filthy light thief
4 days ago
Ask comment:
"I'll keep this short: talk therapy. You're depressed. (IANAD, psychologist, LICSW, etc.) Talk therapy and meds.
but I haven’t come to terms with the fact that I may need to pay for a magic substance to “fix” the way my brain functions.
If you..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by gt2, bettafish, WinnipegDragon
6 days ago
MeTa comment:
"I use about 400 degrees and don't get a lot of splatter, and line the cookie sheet with tin foil.
That's what I do when I make bacon candy." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ChuqD
8 days ago
MeFi comment:
""I'm not one of those who maybe came from a background of, you know, kids who perhaps graduate college and their parents give them a passport and give them a backpack and say go off and travel the world. No, I've worked all my life. In fact, I..." [
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favorited 35 times, recently by arcticwoman, grubi, ooga_booga, kosher_jenny, iamabot, blueberry, gen, god particle, RussHy, Eater, nax, Senor Cardgage, lodurr, Hutch, hazel, penduluum, iamkimiam, mrzer0, MythMaker, vac2003, malocchio, dbiedny, lord_wolf, Lizc, brevator, tehloki, Dormant Gorilla, shiu mai baby, Balisong, kittyb, Beardman, notsnot, naju, jonmc, DU
8 days ago
MeFi comment:
"It's funny. I watched Bull Durham this afternoon, and at one point, Crash tells the kid something like "Meat, everybody in the Show has a fastball."
Palin is in the Show. She isn't ready...." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by jonp72, limeonaire, Cool Papa Bell
8 days ago
MeTa comment:
"I'd like to take this opportunity to confess that, as a lesbian and a member of at least two ethnic minorities (there might be some Jewish way back there in the Old Country, but none of the relatives on that side of the family will talk about it), I..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by sadiehawkinstein
8 days ago
Ask comment:
"...And again, I totally believe in evolution and that we evolved from chimps
We didn't, though. We share a common ancestor, but humans did not evolve from chimps, or from any other existing ape...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by dabitch
11 days ago
Ask comment:
"Periodically, I put my most-worn cap in the dishwasher. Top rack. It comes out clean, and then I put it in sunny (indoor) spot until it dried completely (a few hours) and then it's good to go and stinky...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by roger ackroyd
11 days ago
MeFi comment:
"As to this guy, the reason he was captured was because they had good reason to believe he was cooperating with al Qaeda.
Cite, please.
Or is your argument: They captured him, so he must be guilty?
Yeah, and they held him for seven years..." [
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favorited 6 times, recently by tehloki, LobsterMitten, lupus_yonderboy, cgc373, mrzarquon, nickyskye
12 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Yet, they sit there and hiss and lunge at every goddamn thing that passes - all day long. There are lots of lovely parks on both sides of the river with huge fields and lots of open space on which to sit and create evil in peace. Do they hang out..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by sebastienbailard
12 days ago
MeFi comment:
""this stuff -- this talking to reporters and taking interviews -- is hard, especially when you don't have much experience in having to speak intelligently in public on a national level."
True. But I have seen more coherent sentences and..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by mygothlaundry
13 days ago
MeFi comment:
"What I said about this elsewhere: I have a not-very-sneaky suspicion that this is the McCain campaign's way of going "See? This issue is so important, and our guy is so responsible, that he will stop this foolish running for president and Get..." [
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favorited 8 times, recently by kryptondog, ShawnStruck, darkstar, phatkitten, Servo5678, Lizc, phrontist, scody
2 weeks ago
Ask comment:
"The hardest thing I've ever done, the thing that tested (to their limits and beyond) my tenacity, stamina, emotional control, and physical capacity for perseverance and good judgement in the face of tiny amounts of sleep, horrendous stress, and..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by Wolfster, lalochezia, yohko, The corpse in the library, dancestoblue
2 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"Weed from the corner bottleshop: The weed is all quite potent, but a bit dry...
loquacious of course lives up to his handle. It makes me laugh every time I read it...." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Kimothy
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Empress, I'm not sure what we're arguing about. The Buffalo news piece isn't great. But it's not completely crap, either. And since we're all reading it online, it's really not that hard to build some context oneself, to try to see where this case in..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by scrump
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"There has to be SOME specific SOMETHING unique about this couple that could potentially threaten their chances and cause a judge to reject their plea.
But there doesn't. That's what's so terrifying about the NYT and WaPo articles. I mean, an..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by scrump
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"nowhere do I read that there are any imminent and obvious reasons why his asylum plea COULD be rejected.
Here's a dandy reason for them to be nervous:
"The Bush administration increasingly emphasized partisan political ties over expertise..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by lemuria, acro
2 weeks ago
Ask comment:
"The heterosexual couples that I know who do this do it because they're not married - so no husband/wife language works - but they are far, far beyond the boyfriend/girlfriend stage of things. I dunno - what other word do you think they should use?..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by DevilsAdvocate, bettafish, Wreath Ass
2 weeks ago
Ask comment:
"The Pyrex website says:
# Avoid Sudden Temperature Changes to your Glassware. To avoid the risk of breakage due to a sudden temperature change to your Pyrex glassware, DO NOT add liquid to hot glassware, place hot glassware on a wet or cool..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by limeonaire, chicainthecity, DevilsAdvocate
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Am I the only one here who thinks this is extremely tacky and cheap looking?
So far, yes.
I loved this part of the article, for some reason: The rippling gold-plated dial was made by exploding a thin sheet of stainless steel onto a mould..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by the cydonian, tehloki, darkstar, mecran01
2 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"yeah, I deliberated over "what" vs "What?", but decided that, tonally, "What?" conveyed what I was hearing in my head better than "what" did. It's funny what teh convenchunz of teh internets mayk us think about...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by shiu mai baby
2 weeks ago
Ask comment:
"You know, if an adult wants to stay out all night and get hammered - especially when they're far away from their sweetie - then the conversation that's had before the hammering is "Honey, I've had a shitty week, and although it's only Wednesday,..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by chicainthecity, orrnyereg, Miko, fairytale of los angeles
3 weeks ago
Ask comment:
"Mary McCarthy was my first thought, as well. But that's just a gut feeling, not an Answer." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by moxiedoll
3 weeks ago
Ask comment:
"Worked in France for a while, years ago, and heard it/used it in business contexts often. As long as you use(d) a normal, business-y sort of tone, there's nothing flirtatious about it. In English, "Nice to meet you" and similar can..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by keijo
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I don't remember reading about German internment camps.
Both Italians and Germans - first-generation immigrants, mostly, but a few citizens - were held in camps in the U.S. during WW2. About 60% of Japanese people held in U.S. internment camps..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by jb
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"In the Night Kitchen is #25 on the ALA's list of most frequently challenged books from 1990-2000.
Some people are dumb. Fortunately, Sendak is not one of them...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Artw
4 weeks ago
Ask comment:
"Hard to say about Sunday, but if Ike does what they seem to think it's going to do, there will be flooding, and difficulty with road travel because of it. Power will likely be out. And Austin will be full of people evacuated from Houston. None of..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by davidmsc
4 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"desjardins - "Irish settlers - both voluntary and forced - were crucial to the Australian colonies from the earliest days of settlement. The Irish first came over in large numbers as convicts (50,000 were transported between 1791 and 1867), to..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by desjardins
Last month
MeFi comment:
"It's ridiculous that it's in wheat bread.
Yup. I spent an absurd amount of time in the bread aisle at my local Safeway looking for sandwich bread without the HFCS. Finally found a rye without it.
Whole Foods doesn't sell many products with HFCS...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by MikeKD
Last month
MeFi comment:
""David Simon (born 1960) is an American author, journalist, and writer/producer of television series. He worked for the Baltimore Sun City Desk for twelve years. He wrote the books Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets and The Corner: A Year..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by LobsterMitten
Last month
MeTa comment:
"I do not feel bad when gays lose their place in the service because they lied up front and were deceitful.
Yeah, because every 18-year-old guy (or woman) who's grown up in a homophobic culture knows they're gay when they enlist.
I didn't come..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by MythMaker, jonmc, jtron
Last month
MeFi comment:
"I heard this piece on the way home yesterday. I was, initially, delighted to hear NPR talking about the Bechdel Rule, and then even more delighted to hear Alison herself being interviewed about it.
But I was puzzled, and then pissed off, when they..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by radiocontrolled, ClaudiaCenter, pomegranate, fiercecupcake
Last month
