Post 63427 by weathermachine deleted for the following reason: You didn't actually link to something interesting or new, here, which should kind of be the point of making a post. -- cortex
2007-07-31
Stick `em up, copper!
Post 63424 by jeversol deleted for the following reason: Posted recently, yo. No harm in hopping into that thread, though. -- cortex
big fish eat the little ones, big fish eat the little ones -- not my problem, give me some
Post 63422 by saulgoodman deleted for the following reason: We were just talking about this a couple weeks back. -- cortex
2007-07-30
Generation Chickenhawk
Post 63408 by dejah420 deleted for the following reason: Please see previous exhausting discussion on this topic. -- cortex
Gonzales Piñata Party
Post 63397 by Emoskimo deleted for the following reason: This'd be fine as a comment update in this recent, open thread. Lazy fine-grained updatefilter is not a good use of the front page. -- cortex
Paris Hilton Loses Inheritance
Post 63391 by rottytooth deleted for the following reason: gossip rumor about an ultra-celeb is not a good post for MeFi -- mathowie
Walking 1000 miles for charity
Post 63378 by electriccynic deleted for the following reason: A charity-stump for a guy you know is not a good idea for a Metafilter post. -- cortex
2007-07-29
Zombie Kid Likes Turtles.
Post 63374 by Sticherbeast deleted for the following reason: I cannot tell you how pleased I am that this kid is from my home town, all else aside. -- cortex
Simpsonize me!
Post 63367 by grahamwell deleted for the following reason: This isn't really new, it's really damned slow, it's straight-up marketing, the movie is out, and you linked to your own site. Any of these things might be problematic, but together they're just kind of awful. -- cortex
2007-07-28
2007-07-27
Program X
Post 63319 by homunculus deleted for the following reason: this is UpdateFilter crossed with conjecture from TPM. Seriously, is it possible to write about Gonzales WITHOUT linking to TPM? If not, why not go to TPM to talk about this? -- jessamyn
2007-07-26
Toldja
Post 63298 by squidfartz deleted for the following reason: Yeah, this is pretty much exactly the wrong way to put together a post, newsy or otherwise. -- cortex
We just LOVE your show.
Post 63281 by Navelgazer deleted for the following reason: this is creepy and upsetting and if you had more to say about it maybe think about putting it in the post next time. -- jessamyn
2007-07-25
Big Lies: Israel and the Middle East
Post 63243 by Defenestrator deleted for the following reason: yeah, not seeing any breakthrough reason why everyone should wade through a biased PDF paper. -- mathowie
Wall Street
Post 63225 by four panels deleted for the following reason: It's the coup that time didn't precisely forget after all as it turns out. -- cortex
Democrat Robert Byrd Talking about Barbaric For Hours.....
Post 63221 by ItsaMario deleted for the following reason: This is pretty dang thing and was covered in a recent, topical thread regardless. -- cortex
Step 1: Intoxicate pig...
Post 63216 by Pseudoephedrine deleted for the following reason: Turns out we pretty much need to retire "when pigs fly" from the cliche bin. -- cortex
2007-07-24
Singing With (or without) Balls
Post 63195 by KevinSkomsvold deleted for the following reason: Let's just cut this short. (See also!) -- cortex
2007-07-23
Christmas in July?
Post 63170 by rasmusnor deleted for the following reason: "Today All Things Christmas is a part of the Company InternetKom ApS", which matches rasmusnor's email. Not cool, fella. -- cortex
2007-07-22
2007-07-21
I guess it's lucky we don't torture then!
Post 63129 by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 deleted for the following reason: SLBOE. That's single link blog op-ed. If the point of your political MeFi post is basically "look at these assholes" then it's probably not a good MeFi post. Feel free to make more of an effort to link to something you found on the web that is likely to encourage decent discussion that most people may not have seen before -- jessamyn
2007-07-20
If you can't be ABOVE the law, BE the Law.
Post 63114 by orthogonality deleted for the following reason: this is one of those post-post trainwrecks we were talking about in Meta just today.... If your political post, loosely paraphrased is just "look at these assholes" it is probably not a good post for metafilter. -- jessamyn
President Cheney?
Post 63101 by orbis23 deleted for the following reason: Yeah, pretty much everybody knows about this. Consolation prize: commentary from the 2002 edition. -- cortex
Dude, you either support teh troops or out of Delta Psi Kappa Yotta
Post 63095 by elpapacito deleted for the following reason: This is just seven unsurprising, axegrindy minutes of "point and laugh at the stupid college students". Yuck. Take it to Kos. -- cortex
It's No Go
Post 63073 by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 deleted for the following reason: With your good graces, EMRJKC94, this is a prescient double. -- cortex
2007-07-18
A reporter goes on a cruise with the National Review
Post 63048 by JHarris deleted for the following reason: 63048 goes on a cruise with the Deleted Doublepost Tribune -- cortex
The World's Most Hated Car
Post 63046 by PeteNicely deleted for the following reason: Heavy-handed editorializing, a ranty blog post, and pledge-stumping re: something we have talked about a lot. Not really good front page material. -- cortex
2007-07-17
D'Oh!
Post 63003 by chuckdarwin deleted for the following reason: Check it out, I'm doing some deletion magic up in this thing. -- cortex
Balls
Post 62977 by Tommy Gnosis deleted for the following reason: up in the sky, it's... it's... previously posted -- mathowie
2007-07-15
Presidential Simulacrum
Post 62955 by Baby_Balrog deleted for the following reason: "George W. Bush does not exist" does exist. -- cortex
2007-07-13
I say to every honorable member of the Fatah movement that he should be happy that we got rid of the plague
Post 62913 by loquax deleted for the following reason: this is stil a screed. fortunately there is already a MeTa thread for discussing it. -- jessamyn
Throw Away Your Wig
Post 62892 by Defenestrator deleted for the following reason: This is just a press-release-as-news blurb and a pharma-camper prospectus. Not a great post. -- cortex
2007-07-12
Post 62886 by orthogonality deleted for the following reason: broken video link - also MeFi is not your go-to resource for outing snuff films, for future reference. -- jessamyn
You're full of it.
Post 62875 by Brandon Blatcher deleted for the following reason: In your defense, there's a pretty tremendous amount of space between this post and 54360. -- cortex
Don't Say The Z Word!
Post 62861 by fallenposters deleted for the following reason: rrnnngngnaarrr zombie double poooooost -- cortex
2007-07-11
Get your Gmail IMAPped and tagged
Post 62831 by electriccynic deleted for the following reason: Try reposting this on AskMe -- the blue isn't the place to ask for email configuration tips. -- cortex
2007-07-10
Just 10 More Days...
Post 62822 by Navelgazer deleted for the following reason: we do not need a potter update every day, please put this in the open thread -- jessamyn
2007-07-09
Microsoft Paint and a little time and effort
Post 62767 by konolia deleted for the following reason: I wrote this deletion reason with a Microsoft Notepad. -- cortex
2007-07-07
2007-07-06
2007-07-05
the most dangerous roads in the world
Post 62678 by konolia deleted for the following reason: "Roads? Where we're going, we don't need already had roads." [sound of flying DeLorean] -- cortex
Post 62671 by jeremy b deleted for the following reason: This'd probably be just fine as comment in the aforementioned dunkin donuts post. -- cortex
Reduce, Reuse, Reanimate... wait, what?
Post 62665 by Pope Guilty deleted for the following reason: I'm reusing this deletion reason from that time when that dude posted a link to his band. -- cortex
How Costco became the Anti-Walmart
Post 62657 by chunking express deleted for the following reason: a couple years old (repost?) that blocks most users -- mathowie
2007-07-04
Olbermann VS Bush
Post 62645 by Zinger deleted for the following reason: There's a pardon thread this'd fit in, so let's leave the incremental LibbyFilter to talkingpointsmemo; CitrusFreak12 reads too many deletions reasons; spiderwire gets a sympathy hug; happy fourth of july! -- cortex
Man eats 66 hotdogs in 12 minutes.
Post 62643 by Second Account For Making Jokey Comments deleted for the following reason: hurf durf double poster -- cortex
Developers (x4)
Post 62630 by Blazecock Pileon deleted for the following reason: Sweating to the oldies. Dude, this is like six years old. -- cortex
Judge, Judy, and Executioner
Post 62626 by John of Michigan deleted for the following reason: I think you meant to post this to the 2pm Saturday slot on your local network affiliate station. -- cortex
2007-07-03
I'm So Proud of You Motherf%$#@!&
Post 62609 by Cool Papa Bell deleted for the following reason: This is a doub-- a fucking double. -- cortex
2007-07-02
Royal Bastards
Post 62576 by gottabefunky deleted for the following reason: These bastards don't really have much on their webpage. -- cortex
The President Commutes on a Scooter
Post 62574 by mctsonic deleted for the following reason: Admin Commutes Front Page Term ofDouble Post. -- cortex