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What are the worst on or off Broadway shows playing currently?
posted to Ask Metafilter by sharksandwich
at 10:27 PM on July 16, 2008
(14 comments)
The Department of Homeland Security has
expressed interest [PDFs] in forcing all commercial airline passengers to wear a taser bracelet that can be used to incapacitate anyone on an airline. This
video, from the company that will produce the bracelets, explains how the bracelet would be put on the passenger at the point that they clear security, and would not be removed until they leave secure areas. It would take the place of boarding passes, carry personal and biometric information about the passengers, track and monitor every passenger via GPS and shock the wearer on command, immobilizing him or her for several minutes. DHS official, Paul S. Ruwaldt of the Science and Technology Directorate, office of Research and Development is also excited about the possiblility of using it as an interrogation tool at airports. Ah freedom, who knew it smelled like burning flesh?
posted to MetaFilter by dejah420
at 10:35 AM on July 12, 2008
(152 comments)
Strip searching 13 year old girls is bad mmmkay.
Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled in a 6-5 decision that students cannot be strip-searched based on the uncorroborated word of another student who is facing disciplinary punishment. In an even bigger twist, the court has found that the school official who ordered the strip search, Vice Principal Kerry Wilson, is financially liable in the case and cannot claim qualified immunity.
posted to MetaFilter by Talez
at 4:12 AM on July 13, 2008
(99 comments)
Lorenzo Semple, 84, has been a screenwriter for more than 50 years; his credits include "Papillion," "The Parallax View" and "Three Days of the Condor." Marcia Nasatir, 81, is a longtime agent and production executive, was the first female VP of production at United Artists, and produced films like "The Big Chill" and "Hamburger Hill." Together, they are the "
Reel Geezers," offering irresistible film reviews on YouTube. To wit:
Superbad,
Iron Man,
Sex and the City,
Lars and the Real Girl,
No Country for Old Men,
There Will Be Blood.
posted to MetaFilter by jbickers
at 3:35 AM on June 11, 2008
(27 comments)
Please Vote for Me (official site) is a documentary about Chinese third-graders electing a class monitor.
posted to MetaFilter by generalist
at 9:57 AM on June 1, 2008
(35 comments)
The "a few bad eggs" theory crushed
- ACLU summarizes the Justice Department Inspector General's report. "This new report should become exhibit A at the next congressional hearing on the Bush administration's use of torture," said Christopher Anders, Senior Legislative Counsel to the ACLU. ... "The questions are who did what and what crimes were committed. This Justice Department report helps answer both questions."
posted to MetaFilter by Kirth Gerson
at 7:00 AM on May 22, 2008
(32 comments)
There was a post (I believe on Boing Boing) a few months ago about a sci-fi short story in the form of an internet message board. The message board was for a group of time travelers, and the new members were always being scolded for going back in time and killing Hitler (this was against the rules, as without Hitler we wouldn't have many technologies, etc etc). I have Google strings that I've tried inside...
posted to Ask Metafilter by pedmands
at 5:10 PM on May 14, 2008
(14 comments)
{Hipster,Scenester}filter: What's up with all of the kids on fixed gear bikes these days? And why don't they wear helmets?
posted to Ask Metafilter by virga
at 7:58 PM on April 26, 2008
(60 comments)
My friend asked me to be the photographer for his wedding (which pleased me a lot!). As an enthusiastic amateur, what should I know about wedding photography? What photos shouldn't I miss?
posted to Ask Metafilter by tomble
at 5:45 PM on April 28, 2008
(31 comments)
Lately NPR podcasts such as
Fresh Air,
Wait, Wait..., and
All Songs Considered have been acting wonky with multiple files of the same podcast, often incomplete, showing up in my podcatcher. I subscribe via Google Reader and dL files manually to my player, and have tried un- and then resubscribing to the feeds, but to no avail. Is it NPR's problem or an RSS issue on my end? I haven't been able to find any notices regarding service issues on the NPR sites.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Alvy Ampersand
at 9:11 AM on April 3, 2008
(15 comments)
New Feature: My Ask MeFi
posted to MetaTalk by pb
at 11:05 AM on April 2, 2008
(154 comments)
I'm looking for additional information about the author Jack Black
posted to Ask Metafilter by The Castle
at 6:57 PM on May 30, 2007
(4 comments)
Say that a (US) presidential administration was doing something it wasn't supposed to be doing. Could a future presidential administration find this out and prosecute the former administration's officials?
posted to Ask Metafilter by ontic
at 9:25 AM on March 27, 2006
(16 comments)
What are some good books about Chicago?
posted to Ask Metafilter by nitsuj
at 1:00 PM on March 20, 2008
(24 comments)
I've been living on my own for about five years now, but I still cannot for the life of me understand grocery shopping. I've tried buying the staples, easy-to-cook meals, and even specific recipes. But I always end up ordering take out after a week.
posted to Ask Metafilter by pedmands
at 7:41 PM on March 3, 2008
(34 comments)
In case anyone wondered what happened with the College Admissions Official From Hell (thread
here), an update! Thank you to the good people of AskMe.
posted to MetaTalk by InnocentBystander
at 10:55 AM on February 20, 2008
(93 comments)
The King of Kong, continued.
If you enjoyed "The King of Kong," check out the Onion AV Club's recent, impromptu, and insightful interview with Billy Mitchell. Also featured are responses by filmmakers Ed Cunningham and Seth Gordon.
posted to MetaFilter by Monster_Zero
at 1:35 PM on February 9, 2008
(49 comments)
What's the origin of/meaning behind the idiom of inviting a lady to inspect one's collection of etchings as a (euphemized/veiled?) sexual proposition?
posted to Ask Metafilter by juv3nal
at 11:24 PM on January 21, 2008
(15 comments)
Is it worthwhile to enter therapy if you're not in acute distress?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Anonymous
at 10:21 PM on January 18, 2008
(32 comments)
Let's pause for a moment to view the best part of any gameshow -- the
stupid contestants.
posted to MetaFilter by flatluigi
at 8:44 PM on January 13, 2008
(36 comments)
Sibel Edmonds, the FBI whistleblower under a
gag order, recently spilled
part of the beans to the Sunday Times. Considering the seriousness of the allegations: moles have infiltrated top US nuclear research facilities; the moles have sold US nuclear secrets to foreign governments; all of this behavior has been aided and abetted by top government US officials in exchange for bribes;
you might think a
US media outlet would be interested in the story.
You'd be wrong. Now it seems she has
named names.
posted to MetaFilter by ryoshu
at 12:21 PM on January 8, 2008
(60 comments)
Every Bachelor Pad must have a ?????? Moving into my own apartment after a few years of living with a roommate. What things do I need to make sure to have the coolest, most comfortable, awesome bachelor pad ever?
posted to Ask Metafilter by boyinmiami
at 11:08 AM on January 7, 2008
(52 comments)
I want to produce photobooks for sale. I would like to upload them to a printing site where others can go and see them and purchase them without further reference to me. They would deal directly with the printer. But I would like to receive a commission from the printer for each one sold. Does anyone know of a printer of photobooks who would provide this service or of a way I can achieve my objective?
posted to Ask Metafilter by granma
at 10:31 AM on December 16, 2007
(12 comments)
How do I change the default address that comes up when I type someone's name in Apple Mail.app?
posted to Ask Metafilter by nbrier
at 1:08 PM on November 29, 2007
(3 comments)
I can't focus on blue lights. Is this normal?
posted to Ask Metafilter by twine42
at 5:16 AM on November 22, 2007
(18 comments)
Chew On This. Take a deep breath, swallow hard, and follow the food you eat on its day-long journey through the digestive system.
posted to MetaFilter by forallmankind
at 7:50 AM on November 22, 2007
(13 comments)
What podcasts will make me more intelligent just by listening to them? I enjoy the BBC's "In Our Time", which features serious discussion of historical events and people by academics working in the field, and also quirky, thought-provoking programs like WNYC's "Radio Lab" and "This American Life". I'm not so keen on some of the podcasts I typically get from newspapers that gloss over the surface of a subject with little analysis. What other highbrow podcasts are made by people who really know their shit?
posted to Ask Metafilter by nowonmai
at 9:01 AM on November 20, 2007
(63 comments)
Classy behavior: What are some examples of classy behavior in everyday life? (And NOT in sports, please)
posted to Ask Metafilter by charris5005
at 8:53 AM on October 6, 2007
(67 comments)
Secret U. S. Endorsement of Severe Interrogations. The New York Times has a 4000-word report today on secret Justice Department opinions--never previously disclosed--authorizing severe interrogation methods. Congress has outlawed cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment; in response, Justice declared that the CIA's most extreme interrogation methods are not cruel, inhuman, and degrading. These secret opinions, issued in 2005, are still in effect. Most lawmakers did not know they existed.
White House response: "This country does not torture."
posted to MetaFilter by russilwvong
at 11:00 AM on October 4, 2007
(107 comments)
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[Via Crikey] and "M" link quite disturbing
posted to MetaFilter by mattoxic
at 9:46 PM on October 1, 2007
(48 comments)
What do you do if it's 1979 and you are a sixteen year old in East Germany? Your Mom and her boyfriend, an officer in the intelligence service, have decided to defect.
If you are
Thomas Wagner, you wait twenty-odd years, and then you
post the whole experience to your blog.
posted to MetaFilter by mwhybark
at 2:32 AM on July 25, 2004
(14 comments)
Recovering the files of the Stasi
A group of German scientists has developed a computer scanning system that will be used to reconstruct millions of files torn up by the East German secret police after the Berlin Wall fell in 1989.
posted to MetaFilter by Irontom
at 7:27 AM on November 18, 2003
(18 comments)
