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MeTa post:
Mefi Suggestion Box
- a really robust search/browse toolset that puts all other web searches to shame
- everyone gets five images per year to use as they see fit
- user-customizeable CSS
- follow-up filter feature in AskMe
- a way to easily link to previous discussions on the exact same topic in MeTa [not for deletion purposes but just "hey this is what the discussion looked like last time we talked about this, fyi]
- a way to zap people with electricity in MetaTalk
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn
at 10:41 AM on October 5, 2008
MeFi post:
"There will be enormous, enormous losses..."
Wait a second. The system isn't crashing because they didn't understand what they were doing. The system is crashing because they knew they were doing something superbly risky and did it anyway because of greed and irrational exuberance.
posted to MetaFilter by Justinian
at 11:52 PM on October 5, 2008
MeFi post:
Sarah Palin may be a better debater than you think
I think there's a lot of underestimating Biden going on as well...
posted to MetaFilter by billyfleetwood
at 6:08 PM on October 1, 2008
Chris Matthews was just freaking out on MSNBC over her comment about expanding the powers of the VP. I was in the car when she said it, and I could hear the guy in the car next to me scream "OH MY GOD, YOU DUMBSHIT FASCIST!" when she started in.
posted to MetaFilter by scody
at 7:40 PM on October 2, 2008
our Jewish brother and sisters, God bless 'em
Oh man. The part where she smarmed to Biden how his wife's reward was in heaven because she was a teacher nearly made me retch. In my dream universe (you know, the one where Samuel L. Jackson shows up in the Couric interview to yell "Newspapers, motherfucker -- DO YOU READ THEM?"), Biden snaps back "my wife's reward is in my pants, you nitwit, now shitcan the... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by scody
at 8:25 PM on October 2, 2008
I will pay someone cash money to have this thread not be about konolia Rafaelloello .
posted to MetaFilter by madamjujujive
at 9:08 PM on October 2, 2008
MeTa post:
The 2008 MetaFilter election prediction contest
Colorado - Obama
Florida - Obama
Indiana - Obama
Minnesota - Obama
Missouri - Obama
Nevada - Obama
New Hampshire - Obama
North Carolina - Obama
Ohio - Obama
Virginia - Obama
Obama by 12%
A mutant winning Florida would be... appropriate.
posted to MetaTalk by qvantamon
at 7:58 PM on October 2, 2008
MeFi post:
The Ghosts of Futures Past
unless you really believe Cthulhu is coming back in four years time
At this point, I'm just wondering who the Republicans will pick as his running mate.
posted to MetaFilter by roystgnr
at 9:21 AM on October 1, 2008
MeFi post:
Because there are more important things to do on Friday night
Is he hoping to accuse Obama of putting his campaign over the economy?
If so, Obama's response ought to be "I'm capable of handling the financial meltdown and debates at the same time. A President doesn't always have the luxury of dealing with one issue at a time."
posted to MetaFilter by DevilsAdvocate
at 12:39 PM on September 24, 2008
I will pay someone cash money to have this political thread not be about konolia.
posted to MetaFilter by Bookhouse
at 12:53 PM on September 24, 2008
I heard an aphorism once from the field of game theory: "when a loss is inevitable, all moves are equally rational."
posted to MetaFilter by DevilsAdvocate
at 1:04 PM on September 24, 2008
Divine_Wino said: Every night HST comes to me in my dreams, splashes some Chivas on my face, ashes a Dunhill in my ear and hisses into my ear "It's... Just... Not... Fucking... Weird... Enough... Yet, Man!"
When I first read that, I spent an embarrassingly long amount of time trying to figure out why Harry S Truman would be acting that way.
And I was trying to figure out when the Hubble Space Telescope became sentient.
posted to MetaFilter by dirigibleman
at 4:45 PM on September 24, 2008
For MeFites with a libertarian-friendly streak, this fellow from the Cato Institute pointed out in yesterday's WSJ that the "credit crunch" (and, by extension, any disastrous failure) is limited to just the areas of finance populated by Paulson and his pals:
First of all, the financial storms over the past year have -- before last week -- been largely confined to securities markets and to interbank loans among commercial and investment banks. Bank... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by mediareport
at 8:56 PM on September 24, 2008
From a comment at balloon juice about that awesome Palin interview today:
"I'm still in shock over how terrible the Palin/Couric interview was. “Train wreck” is being charitable – it was more like a train derailing on a bridge, tumbling a thousand feet into a canyon and landing on a pile of old dynamite and gas drums. And then a jumbo jet crashed into the flaming wreckage. Followed by an earthquake that caused the whole mess to slide off a cliff into the sea, where... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by lattiboy
at 9:44 PM on September 24, 2008
I've just read all of this in one go and I feel like I've been spanged in the face by a frying pan made of stupid. I'm just dazed... American elections are awesome.
posted to MetaFilter by ninebelow
at 7:20 AM on September 25, 2008
With apologies to Shel Silverstein.
"I cannot go to Senate today",
said grumpy old man John McCain.
"My pressure's up, my penis is down,
My first wife lost her pageant crown.
I have to buy a house, maybe a car,
Throw more of your money to the war.
I was a POW for FIVE! long years,
I need a break to drink some beers.
Sarah's troubles... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by sephira
at 7:44 AM on September 25, 2008
In the event of a McCain no-show, Obama should hammer home as much as possible that McCain taxes the health care deductions from your paycheck, while Obama cuts taxes on everyone who makes less than $250k. Again and again, with no one to counter, for 90 minutes, in to millions and millions of homes around the country during prime time on a Friday night.
posted to MetaFilter by fingers_of_fire
at 11:40 AM on September 25, 2008
It always makes me feel better when I read something like this. It's a reminder that somewhere in the Republican party there are people with whom I have ideological disagreements, and nothing more. It isn't just the party of greed-drunk criminals and monstrously fucktarded whackadoos.
And I swear on a stack of Action Comics #1s that if the Democrats were acting like this, I would either vote third party or not vote for POTUS. Really, normal... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Bookhouse
at 5:47 PM on September 25, 2008
Video for "Bush is a high-function moron"
posted to MetaFilter by KokuRyu
at 9:38 PM on September 25, 2008
Whoops, this is the clip I meant to link (not that the other one isn't hilarious too).
He directly mashes up Bush's 2003 Iraq war pitch with Wed night's banking crisis speech. It's amazing. They are THE SAME SPEECH in form and argument: give me unlimited powers or something really scary will happen to you.
("Clusterfuck to the Poorhouse" is good too.)
You know, there probably aren't any left on MeFi, or... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by fourcheesemac
at 4:41 AM on September 26, 2008
Money quote from Kathleen Parker:
If BS were currency, Palin could bail out Wall Street herself.
If Palin were a man, we'd all be guffawing, just as we do every time Joe Biden tickles the back of his throat with his toes. But because she's a woman -- and the first ever on a Republican presidential ticket -- we are reluctant to say what is painfully true.
Parker isn't the WSJ. She's a major columnist at the right-wing... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by XQUZYPHYR
at 8:29 AM on September 26, 2008
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Thank y'all for this great thread. Things that have been said here have made me think about all this shit going down in new ways. I credit MeFi that I can understand a lot of what's going on right now, because The News certainly isn't doing this in any comprehensive manner. I really commend those of you (and there are so many!) who are adding such substance to this discussion. *I love you guys.*
Enough meta. Now back to the... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by fiercecupcake
at 9:44 AM on September 26, 2008
snsranch: All I can hope for is that minority Americans come out and vote like they never have before and end this.
My fear? Replay of 2004.
That's an understandable fear to have, especially since McCain's campaign has become eerily familiar over the last couple of months. Some people are clearly getting that sinking feeling they got in 2004 when they realized that "It's just so stupid it just might work" turned out... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by joedan
at 9:54 AM on September 26, 2008
Watch this. (Youtube)
Bill Maher's "new rules" segment from last night. Utterly brilliant Swiftian reversal of the usual racist spin. The best New Rules segment evah.
posted to MetaFilter by fourcheesemac
at 7:38 AM on September 27, 2008
Not that the "newspapers" thing isn't awful enough on its own, but...
I just remembered that her college degree is in journalism.
posted to MetaFilter by Flunkie
at 5:44 PM on September 30, 2008
Ignoring the sheer repulsiveness of this sentiment, one would think that John McCain would know that, by the time Japan had surrendered, there weren't any more nuclear bombs to drop.
If it were up to him, there'd have been more.
He'd have suspended whatever else he might have been doing to go down to Oak Ridge and man the calutrons himself, all of them, alone. You don't need TVA dams when you've got a *MAVERICK* on a... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by ROU_Xenophobe
at 11:06 PM on October 1, 2008
MeFi post:
New York Subway
Wrong in that it could lead to eye contact or people demanding you acknowledge their existence as human beings.
posted to MetaFilter by Artw
at 9:24 AM on September 30, 2008
MeFi post:
The story of a cab ride.
Loosefilter: I don't know about snarking Christ. Jesus was way cool.
I'd snark Matthew, though, no question. Uncritical parable-ist fanboi, AMIRITE
posted to MetaFilter by Fiasco da Gama
at 7:03 PM on September 28, 2008
Jeez, that made me cry.
The cab ride I'll never forget is a much lighter story. I was taking a cab to the shop to pick up my rust bucket which had recently left me stranded on the freeway for the umpteenth time. I was broke because of this car and because of health issues and life in general, and I was dreading the upcoming repair bill. All of it was sort of the last thing I needed after a string of seriously bad luck. I didn't need a cab fare either, but I didn't have... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by katillathehun
at 8:00 PM on September 28, 2008
“Oh, you’re such a good boy”, he said. When we got in the cab, he gave me an address, then asked, “Could you drive through downtown?”
“It’s not the shortest way,” I answered quickly.
“Oh, I don’t mind,” he said. “I’m in no hurry. I’m on my way to a hospice.”
I looked in the rear view mirror. His eyes were glistening.
"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Stonestock Relentless
at 8:43 PM on September 28, 2008
I'm sure it's not fiction, because it's totally something he'd do.
That's exactly how all my best lies have worked.
posted to MetaFilter by Joseph Gurl
at 7:29 AM on September 29, 2008
My most memorable cab ride took place back in 1990, when I was still going to school out in Pennsylvania. I was walking through a sketchy neighborhood after hanging out with some friends, not really paying attention to where I was going, when I was confronted by a couple of tough-looking guys who told me to hand over my wallet. Long story short, I got roughed up a bit and they took off with all of my money. I found a pay phone and called my mom, who was furious. (She was already having second... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by designbot
at 8:58 AM on September 29, 2008
MeTa post:
I must really rank
Now if you would just apologize for calling it a crazy conspiracy video, we can probably close this out.
You're right, my bad, I shouldn't have called it a "crazy conspiracy". I meant to say it's batshit insane to blame minorities for the financial crisis.
posted to MetaTalk by mathowie
at 9:23 AM on September 30, 2008
MeFi post:
Japan in the Space Elevator race
cowbellemoo: yeah, the satellite is acting as a counterweight.
A trillion yen? That's, um, ten billion USD, if they're using American trillions. You're saying we could build seventy space elevators for the price of the bailout?
posted to MetaFilter by hattifattener
at 10:43 PM on September 27, 2008
MeFi post:
Paul Newman is dead
A couple of years ago, I did a play at the Westport Country Playhouse. At the end of the first week of rehearsal, we were invited to dinner at "a board member's house" after rehearsal on Sunday evening. I didn't want to go - I was tired and cranky and the show was not going well. Add to that the two hour commute home to Brooklyn and I pretty much just wanted to bail, sneak over to the train station and be done with it. I'd profusely apologize Tuesday morning, claiming illness or... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by TryTheTilapia
at 9:14 AM on September 27, 2008
MeFi post:
Bottoms up
Everyone gets two drinks. Whenever Obama says "change", switch to the other drink. Whenever McCain says "change", drink more of the same.
posted to MetaFilter by gurple
at 2:15 PM on September 26, 2008
MeFi post:
Active Army unit to be stationed within US
The news is so scary, it apparently gave the newsreader a stroke. And the stroke apparently made her neglect to cite sources.
posted to MetaFilter by Mayor Curley
at 7:08 AM on September 24, 2008
...mostly I'm thinking how much good some boots on the ground here could have done during, say, Ike or Katrina.
Yeah, I agree. We should create some kind of semi-military organization for the home front. To allay those Orwellian fears, they'd be a state-level organization answerable to the governor rather than a federal military org. We could call it the "National Guard".
posted to MetaFilter by DU
at 8:00 AM on September 24, 2008
MeFi post:
Palin, pancakes, and the straight talk express
I feel compelled to weigh in on the small town issue.
I won't go into much detail except to say that as a social scientist, one of my research specializations could be reasonably described as the study of American small-town culture, and that I've logged more hours than most professors, I would venture, sleeping in single-wide trailers, worshipping in evangelical churches, playing country music in dangerous beer joints, drinking and talking shit in roadside garages,... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by fourcheesemac
at 8:25 AM on September 18, 2008
MeTa post:
Obama and abortion
That's right, Obama, your ass just got called out on METATALK.
posted to MetaTalk by The Straightener
at 6:13 AM on September 21, 2008
Obama voted how he voted.
That is all I need to know about him.
and more to the point - that is all we need to know about what you think about him
posted to MetaTalk by pyramid termite
at 7:32 AM on September 21, 2008
zardoz writes "is there any data to just how often it happens (in any state, for any year) that an aborted fetus is found to be alive? Just how often does this happen?"
The go-to example is from 1977 so probably less than once every 25 years.
posted to MetaTalk by Mitheral
at 7:57 AM on September 21, 2008
1977. Cannot be emphasized enough.
How many babies have American bombs killed since then? Hundreds of thousands at least.
And konolia says she's OK with at least one of those deaths, which occurred a long time after 1977, since it served to get Quadaffi's "attention." (warning, link opens long thread: here's the money quote:)
Actually, the turning point with Libya is when we bombed them and in the... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by fourcheesemac
at 8:01 AM on September 21, 2008
MeFi post:
Conservatives are scaredy-cats
Mad props to these people for getting their cocktail party chatter study published in motherfucking Science. N=48 FTW!
posted to MetaFilter by mandymanwasregistered
at 3:37 PM on September 21, 2008
benzenedream writes "Silly scientists. That would be because he's possessed by a Legion of Neocons and Rovians."
But seriously, you're probably right.
I mean, of course John McCain is depressed. At one time, he belived in things. In Straight Talk, in standing up to his own party when he thought it was wrong, that Jerry Falwell and James Dobsons were power-hungry hypocrites, that one could be honorable and a... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by orthogonality
at 7:07 PM on September 21, 2008
