MeFi post:
Sexually explicit salmon hentai comics
favorited 11 times, recently by crystal.castles, hot soup girl, Iamtherealme, muymuy, nicolin, twins named Lugubrious and Salubrious, limeonaire, QIbHom, prambutan, Liosliath, Blazecock Pileon
8 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Note how both these claims involve allies who would likely have to consent to a US-led strike against Iran.
I highly doubt Canada would have to consent to a US-led strike against Iran, and the BBC report, as it quotes a think tank, is a bit of a..." [
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9 days ago
MeTa comment:
"Speaking as a non-American, How is Tony Snow any worse than whoever the press secretary was for Bill Clinton? You guys have a real problem. Your government is so discredited that any government employee working for it, including a press secretary,..." [
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favorited 7 times, recently by Mael Oui, dzot, xorry, malpractice, sadiehawkinstein, The Toad, loiseau
11 days ago
MeFi comment:
"dersins is here to call attention to those issues and to provide information to inspire the actions necessary to address them." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Smart Dalek
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Holy cow, I couldn't believe some of the comments that are crawling out of the woodwork in this post, especially the comments that equate generating investment income with harvesting the blood of the innocent. I'm no hyper-capitalist, but, goddammit,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by BrotherCaine
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"DVD included...is available for viewing (for one week only) on Pitchfork.tv
I'm assuming this is being marketed to people my age (mid-thirties and older) who were around when Liz Phair was originally a big sensation back in the early 90s.
The..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by proj
2 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"Jeez. I tried to order a t-shirt, I really did. But something prevented me...
I think you may find there are actually limits to what SCIENCE! can do, and that a very special power (who is pissed off by all this SCIENCE!) shit may have something..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by tarheelcoxn, lukemeister
2 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"dirtynumbangelboy is always misquoting me, especially in economics related threads, and even on other economics-related websites. You are no economist, dirtynumbangelboy , and should stop behaving like one (especially in the Globe and Mail RoB..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Sangermaine, kuujjuarapik, Dreamghost
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I often wonder what "being a nice guy" really means, and at the end of the day a "nice guy" = a wimp, or someone who is inherently weak, while the "assholes" are typically somewhat harder-edged, somewhat tougher,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by aeschenkarnos
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"localroger, I'd read the fact that you drove past idled tar sands equipment on the way from Calgary to the Icefields Parkway to mean that you had taken one hell of a detour.
Good point, and it also illustrates the problem with Greenpeace's..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Turtles all the way down
4 weeks ago
Ask comment:
"Japan also operates a small coastal whaling fishery in Taji, Wakayama (and a few other places); dolphins, pilot whales and other smaller species are harvested here, and the majority of the whale meat found in local supermarkets in Japan comes from..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by Koko, cowbellemoo, timshel, misozaki
Last month
MeFi comment:
"IBS says a 'junior-level employee' changed the Wikipedia entry to reflect Russert's death
I just can't believe that anyone getting paid to be a journalist would waste time updating Wikipedia. The first rule of freelance writing, for example, is to..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by PeterMcDermott, Artw
Last month
Ask comment:
"Chilled lettuce soup is good.
Somen is pretty much a typical Japanese summer dish. It's really nice when it is hot out. Here's a recipe.
The Japanese also eat a lot of char-broiled fish, specifically bonito. Here's a Japlish recipe.
Today I..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by jamaro
Last month
MeFi comment:
"The central conceit (and flaw) of Malthus was that yields are fixed. Technology has, over the past century or so proven that to be so far from true it's astonishing.
Technology and cheap energy.
Another problem with Malthus is that he did not..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Snyder
Last month
MeFi comment:
"So you can wave the passport of your wonderful country (and I mean that neighbor) but we are all in this together.
Sorry, but you are wrong wrong wrong and...wrong. The housing crisis has not affected Canada whatsoever. We have a lower..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by Meagan, peacheater, the dief, Turtles all the way down
Last month
Ask comment:
"Nothing beats the original comic book series - it makes Akira the movie look like a mere promo trailer. With the original comic book series, it's like I have a Blu-Ray player...in my mind...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by horsemuth, Blazecock Pileon
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Reason 3. Wither the Middle East's clout
This region that's contributed little to modern civilization exercises inordinate sway over the world because of its one significant contribution -- crude extraction.
What an ignoramus...." [
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Last month
MeFi comment:
"Social engineering is typical identified as the number-one security risk (rather than electronic snooping, etc, to gain confidential info)." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by davemee, MikeKD
Last month
MeFi comment:
"I've worked as a speechwriter for government, and I've also written corporate communications for the world's second largest automaker. I've worked other PR-related jobs as well, and I've never felt like a liar (even when I worked for government)...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by sadiehawkinstein, treepour
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Why the conflation of sexual orientation with emo? Sort of gets things off on the wrong foot.
It's because, like, emo kids are TOTALLY GAY, know what I mean?..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by PostIronyIsNotaMyth
Last month
MeFi comment:
"But cold-bloodedly using students that young to do her dirty work is just disgusting. I think the parents of the other kids in the class have almost as much right to be upset.
I used to be a middle school teacher before I moved on to other things,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by jamjam
Last month
MeFi comment:
"If all it takes to unhinge you is someone being a bit of an asshole, you shouldn't be a cop.
Agreed, but it is indeed amazing the amount of shit cops have to put up with. They never know if they're going to get their head blown off by conducting a..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by longdaysjourney, jonmc
Last month
MeFi comment:
"It would be great if we could not refer to cops as 'pigs.' Second, I don't think what the trooper did to the cameraman was justified, but only remarked that the cameraman was being obnoxious, too. As well, it's unfortunate that cops like this give..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by [NOT HERMITOSIS-IST]
Last month
MeFi comment:
"A very large nail in the rotting coffin of the conservative movement.
George Packer has written a pretty awesome essay about the demise of the conservative movement in America...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by voltairemodern, Blazecock Pileon
Last month
MeFi comment:
"book and dhammond's explanation explains everything. I kind of wish I lived in Europe so I could see more of this de Leeuw character. Seems pretty funny, actually. Actually, he seems quite hilarious.
But, then again, I like to fuck my cat...." [
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2 months ago
Ask comment:
"Sticking to answering your actual question (and refraining from editorializing and hand-wringing like our elders), being a former geek myself, I noticed that in any crowd of geeks there is always at least one guy who is cute and has social skills..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Ladysin, amethysts, willie11
2 months ago
MeTa comment:
"AskMe is not a doctor, and should not be treated as such. Basically, the only way to get an answer with a basis in science is to go to a doctor. Anyone who relies on MetaFilter as a pregnancy test is looking for trouble.
If you want to ask how to..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by hulahulagirl, matteo
2 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Always happens. For example, sometimes BoingBoing picks up a MetaFilter post, sometimes MetaFilter picks up a BoingBoing post. The difference: you can actually read MetaFilter comments without melting your brain...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by lukemeister
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"We're all Buddhists - we all live and we all die. So this story has nothing to do with Buddhism. However, Roach has violated the precepts of the particular sect he belongs to. (Mahayana) Tibetan Buddhists have every right protest what this shyster is..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by gorgor_balabala, The Bellman
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"The description of "Into Thin Air" is really dumb, and really wrong:
This book details the author’s fateful ascent up Mt. Everest in which eight other climbers were killed in a storm. Perhaps the most inspiring story is that of one..." [
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2 months ago
Ask comment:
"After living and working in Japan for ten years, I returned to Canada in 2004. My resume, as it was, said one thing: teaching. The only problem was that teaching is poorly paid (I have a family to support) and nobody was hiring social studies or EFL..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by elisynn
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I read somewhere that the Yakuza actually register with the police!
You would be surprised at how much you "read" or "hear" about Japan in the English-speaking press is utter bullshit. Same thing is happening with China..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by JHarris, Pope Guilty
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"An entire generation of my ancestors died so you could live.
While azazello clumsily botched his argument with a crude, playground-style ad hominem attack, it *is* worth pointing out that the Russians almost single-handedly won the war in Europe...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Artw
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Your link to "military might" that s on "display" sends us to a Wikipedia page about the Red Army, which does not exist anymore. Here's the Wikipedia page for "Russian military"...
My Wikipedia link above has an..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by kersplunk
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"If you don't have encyclopediac, instant recall of pedophile-related posts, then what *do* you have?
And this post insults the memory of Oscar Wilde...." [
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2 months ago