Post 66102 by homunculus deleted for the following reason: if this is not a "let's laugh at the wackiy fundies" post please include something other than a huffpo link and some LOLYUTUBES otherwise it's just the same stuff by the same people over and over again. Seriously, there is a decent way to talk about the Value Voters Summit and this is not it. -- jessamyn
2007-10-31
tonight on dateline this man will die
Post 66079 by AceRock deleted for the following reason: tonight on doublefilter this post will yoink -- cortex
2007-10-30
Mild / Moderate earthquake near SF
Post 66064 by TeatimeGrommit deleted for the following reason: Once again, a small/moderate quake in CA that didn't cause any particular ruckus isn't FPP material. If something big happens, post about it then. -- cortex
5.6
Post 66059 by sushiwiththejury deleted for the following reason: It sounds like this wasn't really that big of a deal. In related news, rainstorms in Portland and a stiff wind in Chicago. -- cortex
How to Read the Bible
Post 66055 by St Urbain's Horseman deleted for the following reason: If you're main link is something that you had to stick on SendSpace just so it would be available, you're not really posting something on the web. -- cortex
2007-10-29
Elatia interviews Paul K
Post 66003 by CCBC deleted for the following reason: peacay is awesome, but that thread is still totally open. -- cortex
This is not a basketball game.
Post 65999 by melorama deleted for the following reason: and melorama laterals to tdstone and IT'S AN FPP! -- cortex
Maddox strikes again...
Post 65996 by c:\awesome deleted for the following reason: That maddox iPhone post a while back was the exeception that proves the rule, which, to be clear, is pretty much "okay we are aware that maddox has a website please stop posting every damn thing he writes". -- cortex
2007-10-28
now
Post 65967 by four panels deleted for the following reason: omg it's a glitch in the matrix -- cortex
2007-10-26
X-COM!
Post 65911 by Steven C. Den Beste deleted for the following reason: Understand that I love X-Com with a burning, unending passion, more deeply than most people love their pets and/or children: we've had links to Home of the Underdogs many times (here's an older canonical example) and, your "now available" notwithstanding, there doesn't seem to be anything new here. I'd love to see a great X-Com post, but this isn't the way to do it. -- cortex
=GoogleLookup("entity"; "attribute")
Post 65901 by allkindsoftime deleted for the following reason: Under the circumstances, we probably don't need a new post for this. -- cortex
2007-10-25
Only YOU can prevent forest fires
Post 65891 by sluglicker deleted for the following reason: this is a hand-waving OMGFilter post about something that has affected a lot of people in pretty bad ways, its a little early to bring out the conspiracy angles and this particular post is light on facts and heavy on the verbage. It might be better on your own blog or a group blog that appreciates a good raised eyebrow approach to current events. -- jessamyn
2007-10-24
Researchers Knock Out HIV
Post 65849 by Uther Bentrazor deleted for the following reason: Seems like this is mixing sensationalism with misleadingness in a pretty touchy context. Probably not a good plan for this post. -- cortex
Will HG Wells' Prediction Come True?
Post 65848 by Azaadistani deleted for the following reason: I'd say keep me up-to-date on that whole perkiness issue, but this is really pretty much a double. -- cortex
Government Permission to be Required for Flight.
Post 65845 by darth_tedious deleted for the following reason: This has pretty much been covered previously and better. -- cortex
Whither Apple?
Post 65828 by Chrysostom deleted for the following reason: um, two of your links are the same, otherwise it's a post to kottke's blog post and a stock price why? it's not that this is a bad topic, just an odd way of phrasing it along with some tepid links. -- jessamyn
Mama Warbucks
Post 65826 by saulgoodman deleted for the following reason: this is an axegrindy HC post. I know it's election time and all, but it's too early for "your favorite candidate sucks" posts and if you have issues with the way other political posts have been handled, it would be better to take those to Metatalk or your own blog. -- jessamyn
2007-10-23
This is a pretty gnarly cat (mildly NSFW)
Post 65805 by Divine_Wino deleted for the following reason: This double deletion reason left intentionally unfunny to spite Divine_Wino. -- cortex
2007-10-22
Dumbledore's gay
Post 65764 by Poagao deleted for the following reason: dang ol' heck when are we gonna quit it with these gay politician posts by gum -- cortex
2007-10-21
2007-10-20
QSL cards
Post 65734 by damn dirty ape deleted for the following reason: My favorite is the doublekiller. -- cortex
Irish whiskey. The stick. A good hard case. And women.
Post 65727 by four panels deleted for the following reason: There's a fair volume of previous discussion of the practice of posting links to The Onion, with which you may or may not be familiar but which leans pretty solidly toward the Don't camp. On the other hand, there's a post discussing The Onion just down the page a little. -- cortex
Right Brain / Left Brain
Post 65724 by bluedaniel deleted for the following reason: GIRL KEEPS ON SPINNING SPINNING / INTO THE DOOOUBLLLLLEE -- cortex
2007-10-19
2007-10-18
Bush: Iranian Bomb Means World War III
Post 65685 by richards1052 deleted for the following reason: A thin newsfilter link as the premise for a three paragraph statement of personal opinion is pretty much exactly the wrong way to make a post to Metafilter. -- cortex
2007-10-17
Out of Africa
Post 65642 by four panels deleted for the following reason: I am inherently gloomy about this double's prospects. -- cortex
2007-10-16
Having your cake... and admiring it, too.
Post 65617 by crossoverman deleted for the following reason: THIS IS A CAKE SHAPED LIKE POST 58282 -- cortex
Post 65616 by thedailygrowl deleted for the following reason: This doesn't really seem like Big News to the point that it's worth a random newsfilter post. -- cortex
Post 65610 by Mayor Curley deleted for the following reason: pointing and laughing at the mentally ill people is sort of tired and not a particularly awesome post for metafilter -- jessamyn
'The Digital Dump'
Post 65593 by lamarguerite deleted for the following reason: Stump-job for some film's site-and-trailer, replete with over-the-top guilty-conscience editorializing? Not a good way to make a post. The link to your own blog that isn't visible because you forgot to put link text into it is also not okay. -- cortex
2007-10-15
2007-10-14
Religion and morality
Post 65547 by arcticwoman deleted for the following reason: This is a pretty crappy article on what sounds like a pretty crappy study, and the subject matter seems likely to kind of piss people off. I appreciate the disclosure, arcticwoman, but I think in this case your emphatic non-involvement with the prof. in question might have motivated you to post something not very good. -- cortex
Ted Talks (a lot)
Post 65546 by jourman2 deleted for the following reason: We've had a lot of links to TED before, including a general here-they-are post. Probably don't need a brand new one. -- cortex
2007-10-13
I was robbed by two men.
Post 65526 by Blazecock Pileon deleted for the following reason: and left and two and three and four -- cortex
2007-10-12
Describer-In-Chief
Post 65513 by homunculus deleted for the following reason: It's just a clip from The Daily Show? -- cortex
Some are going to get hot under the collar
Post 65495 by Skeptic deleted for the following reason: blacklite wins Posting About Al Gore Winning Nobel Peace Prize Prize. Skeptic wins Being A Good Sport About blacklite Winning Gore Post Prize Prize Prize. And cortex wins Obnoxious Contrived Excuse to String Together 'Prize Prize Prize' Prize. -- cortex
2007-10-11
2007-10-10
No, it's not like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife.
Post 65465 by fuse theorem deleted for the following reason: the reason this was deleted at the poster's request last time is because everyone in the thread was sort of like "eh" and this one has some extra editorializing in there for good measure. -- jessamyn
Marketing on e-bay; effective or deceptive
Post 65441 by DamnYouSerpico deleted for the following reason: Dude working for musicnation and brazenly linking to musicnation should probably avoid posing questions about deceptive marketing. -- cortex
2007-10-09
Post 65423 by Kickstart70 deleted for the following reason: When you're backlinking a whole string of recent posts and presenting it as Yet Another, I think we've pretty much worn out the Republican Gay Sex Sting news thing. -- cortex
I can haz LOLXTIANS, rite?
Post 65419 by louche mustachio deleted for the following reason: i made you a double but i deleeted it -- cortex
a candidate to support: let's help Shelley
Post 65415 by Postroad deleted for the following reason: With all due to respect to mixscarlet and Postroad respectively, we've linked her blog before and this is kind of uncomfortably Vote For Pedro territory. -- cortex
2007-10-08
Killing Joke - the four horsemen of the post-punk-rock apocalypse
Post 65363 by the_very_hungry_caterpillar deleted for the following reason: Why did you not post all this in the very recent, very relevant KJ thread of which you are clearly already aware? -- cortex
2007-10-06
Victor Davis Hanson - Observations about the War
Post 65328 by rockhopper deleted for the following reason: Single link op ed screed on a subject we covered just a few days ago -- mathowie
2007-10-05
Let's all go to the Fire Dances
Post 65294 by psmealey deleted for the following reason: I know you put a lot of work into this, psmealey, but when you end up reworking your post as an edit of an existing wikipedia article, you've wandered into kind of weird, not-cool territory. You might want to consider doing this again later on with your original research + a link to wikipedia as your post content, but this is pretty crazy, bad-precedent stuff as is. -- cortex
It bears repeating.
Post 65266 by allkindsoftime deleted for the following reason: If you're posting about something that has been posted about a lot before, and you know it, and you're just doing it anyway because It's Really Important, you are not using mefi correctly. -- cortex
2007-10-03
Are we just sick of each other?
Post 65252 by PeteNicely deleted for the following reason: Okay, you appear to have lead off this post with a self-link. I'm not sure this relationship is going to work out. -- cortex
2007-10-02
New Rule
Post 65224 by augustweed deleted for the following reason: These people aren't even interesting-crazy, they're just annoying-crazy. Meh. -- cortex
Muslims Hate Boobies, and other stories of West meets Allah
Post 65216 by gandledorf deleted for the following reason: The front page shouldn't really be used as a roundtable like this; this pretty much feels like Hey, Let's Talk About Muslims wrapped up in some all-over-the-board links. (Including, yet again, 12angrymen -- I know you like that blog, gandledorf, but it shouldn't come up every damn time.) -- cortex