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MeFi post: Alhamdulillah
I find arab calligraphy beautiful. But, in the same way, I find some types of graffiti equally gorgeous.
posted to MetaFilter by edmz at 11:30 PM on November 27, 2007

MeFi post: Massive flooding in Tabasco
I'm watching T.V. and the latest number of stranded people is at least 1 million not 300k.

Tabasco Hoy, a mexican newspaper, has great coverage. In this article you can see a video of what the city looks like from above.
posted to MetaFilter by edmz at 7:08 PM on November 2, 2007

MeFi post: All the news that's fit to print
The article was interesting and had a ring of credibility to it until I read that one of the censored stories was "Mexico’s Stolen Election" that claims that "overwhelming evidence revealed massive fraud".
posted to MetaFilter by edmz at 11:27 AM on October 12, 2007
tommy,

believe me, we got plenty of articles down here (Mexico) claiming a fraud. It was expected because of a history of frauds and because of the very close election.

So, at least down here thats was no news.

The brief of the article doesn't reflect what a good percent of the population and the political analysts thought of the election. That is not to say that there weren't glitches, mistakes or errors. In most... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by edmz at 1:45 PM on October 12, 2007

MeFi post: bin Laden transcript
A coincidence that this shows almost at the same time that bush asks for support for the war on terror on the Apec summit?
posted to MetaFilter by edmz at 2:09 PM on September 7, 2007
nickyskye,

Bin Laden using Just For Men?
posted to MetaFilter by edmz at 4:36 PM on September 7, 2007

MeFi post: The Universe is Finite
C. Batt,

What is the 'shape' of the finite universe? If not a structure similar to a moebius strip, then how is it possible for the universe to be finite, and yet not have a bounding limit, and if it has a bounding limit that implies (in my layman's brain) that there's an inside and an outside, which then forces me to contend with "what's outside?"

that question is answered elegantly in a Brief History of Time.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by edmz at 8:37 PM on August 2, 2007