One Jackal : Many days

Post 72944 by lalochezia deleted for the following reason: Because EQUATORIAL GUINEA EIGHT NINE! AHAHAHAHAHAHA! Also. -- cortex

It's a Man's Life

Post 72938 by John of Michigan deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- jessamyn

The Cock Mightier than the Dong

Post 72936 by mrgrimm deleted for the following reason: It's a cute gotcha (see also Cupertino effect), but as post material this is really thin and it's kind of everywhere today already. -- cortex

Vote Republican, you'll get what you deserve.

Post 72935 by schyler523 deleted for the following reason: This went pretty badly last time. -- cortex

They listened!

Post 72934 by trixare4kids deleted for the following reason: Previous thread is still open. Take it there. -- cortex

Edith Macefield and her house

Post 72924 by Surfin' Bird deleted for the following reason: Edith previously -- cortex

Monty Python meets Star Trek

Post 72890 by five fresh fish deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- mathowie

micro

Post 72886 by plexi deleted for the following reason: hi, please make an effort to explain why this isn't just a "your favorite band sucks" sor tof post, really... I'm waiting... without context a single link youtube music video is a really bad post for metafilter -- jessamyn

Hecklers might finally get the last word.

Post 72882 by weezy deleted for the following reason: You just posted this yesterday and fessed up to being friends with the dude. -- cortex

Canadian and Australian comedy recommendations?

Post 72876 by NucleophilicAttack deleted for the following reason: Nuke, you seem to have aimed for the green but hit the blue. -- cortex

I'd hook this to my e-meter

Post 72873 by not_on_display deleted for the following reason: Cute, but also kinda butt execution-wise; the post is predicated on an in-joke, which rarely goes well; and, gosh darn it, a lot of people seem to just hate it. I'd delete it. -- cortex

Free speech?

Post 72858 by weezy deleted for the following reason: "I am friends with this comedian" is not an okay premise for a post. -- cortex

In Space There Is Only Clicking

Post 72852 by Mister_A deleted for the following reason: So, this is, questions of lulz aside, basically a really shitty post on purpose? -- cortex

Run Dino Run!

Post 72851 by schyler523 deleted for the following reason: Done Dino Done -- cortex

Flash Friday! - Impossible Quiz!

Post 72850 by pez_LPhiE deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- mathowie

Ryanair and its very friendly skies

Post 72827 by dov3 deleted for the following reason: Single link to an uber-FARKy post on Consumerist that the people there think sucks? -- cortex

Supremes overturn DC gun law.

Post 72818 by aiq deleted for the following reason: Second post is the stronger one. Head over there. -- cortex

Jack in the wine box

Post 72802 by amelliferae deleted for the following reason: Yup, Askme. -- cortex

Robert Williams faces life in prison for the 44 individual charges against him, including rape, assault, robbery, attempted murder, arson, and kidnapping.

Post 72789 by dasheekeejones deleted for the following reason: this is not a good post for metafilter. it's a tragic story but it's single link crimefilter piece. -- jessamyn

Stop and smell the...

Post 72788 by spamguy deleted for the following reason: As the owner of buttslol.com, I feel I share your feelings regarding stop signs that say "POOP", but there's not much there and people seem to not like this very much. Better luck next time around. -- cortex

Barry and Stuart

Post 72780 by sluglicker deleted for the following reason: "this just happens to be bad" -- jessamyn

National Lampoon's Palestinian Vacation

Post 72773 by quonsar deleted for the following reason: BABY DOUBLEROG -- cortex

Sucking it in for the man

Post 72764 by veedubya deleted for the following reason: prett ymuch being discussed in this other thread -- jessamyn

Meet Kevin.

Post 72751 by allkindsoftime deleted for the following reason: Let's avoid a theme-post pileup if we can; throw this in the other thread, please. -- cortex

Medieval Help Desk

Post 72742 by Miko deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- jessamyn

Reduce, reuse, Teecycle

Post 72723 by lillitot deleted for the following reason: self-link -- vacapinta

The Weather Underground documentary film

Post 72722 by hortense deleted for the following reason: This is a lot thinner of a post than the two previous one to which you linked yourself. Why is this a new post? -- cortex

If I can, you can.

Post 72719 by sluglicker deleted for the following reason: this is more of an ad than a canning site. -- jessamyn

Nice hippo.

Post 72715 by SixteenTons deleted for the following reason: hippowned -- cortex

The Internet is for losers

Post 72706 by Surfin' Bird deleted for the following reason: 500 word op-ed rant from 1994? I dunno if that's the best of the web in 2008 -- mathowie

The Big Picture

Post 72701 by ztdavis deleted for the following reason: double exposure -- cortex

Did Bank of America Write the Housing Bailout Bill?

Post 72695 by tgrundke deleted for the following reason: Rushed post plus telling us how you feel adds up to not really a great way to post to the front page. Maybe build in some proper context for what's going on, drop the editorializing, and try again tomorrow when you're not running out the door? -- cortex

Jay Z is Brooklyn's nerdiest

Post 72694 by Juggermatt deleted for the following reason: I am going to really put myself out there and knock the hustle-knocking. This is a hustle double-knock right here. In the future, please have any content at all in your posts. -- cortex

The Mike Wallace Interview

Post 72693 by peacay deleted for the following reason: Ain't no party like a Mike Wallace party cuz a Mike Wallace party don't stop -- cortex

Cities of Color

Post 72683 by homunculus deleted for the following reason: Earlier today. -- cortex

Erotic Electo Stimulation

Post 72680 by jonson deleted for the following reason: unless this is just LOLKINK... this is just sort of a single ink to something in a sex toy catalog. -- jessamyn

Mars photos.

Post 72675 by Deflagro deleted for the following reason: there's a mars therad with photos from yesterday, maybe post these there? -- jessamyn

Oystermouth Railway

Post 72672 by dollyknot deleted for the following reason: this needs to be a little more linking to something cool on the web (one wikipedia link is not enough) and a little less editorializing about railways. railways are cool, you should make a better post about railways. -- jessamyn

Ice On Mars

Post 72663 by chuckdarwin deleted for the following reason: more like martian twice -- cortex

The Work of Byron Katie

Post 72662 by The ____ of Justice deleted for the following reason: removed at poster's request -- mathowie

Website for "out-the-poor" prices of new cars

Post 72646 by m94402 deleted for the following reason: So long Mr. Wang -- mathowie

Earthquake Strips

Post 72630 by bitmage deleted for the following reason: previously -- cortex

Six. Severed. Feet.

Post 72628 by whatgorilla deleted for the following reason: This is the sort of updatefilter up with which we will not foot. -- cortex

Ephemera from Mom

Post 72627 by OmieWise deleted for the following reason: you never sometimes call, you never occasionally write... -- cortex

The longest last time

Post 72625 by rodgerd deleted for the following reason: Link to a short blog entry is not generally great post material. -- cortex

Because sometimes the Constitution is just one big, inconvenient headache.

Post 72619 by Wet Spot deleted for the following reason: This is kinda crap, here. -- cortex

Commodities Bubble?

Post 72616 by bargainhunter deleted for the following reason: God bless NPR and all that, but this is a single link to a very short writeup. Seems pretty thin. -- cortex

Endangered Species, Wildlife Conservation, Animal Habitats

Post 72599 by netbros deleted for the following reason: This pretty much reads like a WWF press release. Why is this a post? -- cortex

And this time from a bank!

Post 72598 by Imperfect deleted for the following reason: You've kind of got a mix of scare-mongering and then somewhat-revoked scaremongering and then an AskMe question here. It's an interesting situation, but this post with this article isn't really a good way to make a front page post about it. -- cortex

Not Chuck Norris-ist.

Post 72570 by unSane deleted for the following reason: Yet Another Norris Quote Thing, and pretty meh at that. Sorry, Chuck. -- cortex

I call it “Executive Stress Relief.”

Post 72567 by desjardins deleted for the following reason: thank you come again -- cortex

Violent struggle, but cute.

Post 72566 by pompomtom deleted for the following reason: pompomtom is sorry that this is not free. He'll post something else great later. -- jessamyn

Dunhill Vacation News Hits 1.6 million Subscribers

Post 72499 by mmkaos deleted for the following reason: you are a bad man -- jessamyn

A Week of Food Around the World

Post 72496 by DarlingBri deleted for the following reason: I guess this is making the blog circuit again? -- cortex

Moments in American History, in a HEPA Filter

Post 72495 by jcterminal deleted for the following reason: uh, posting your pal's ebay auction is kind of a bad idea -- mathowie

Best mobile phone ever made

Post 72492 by daveyt deleted for the following reason: Too much ad copy. Too much life story. -- vacapinta

Opinions Are Like Assholes

Post 72491 by Poolio deleted for the following reason: Not really a strong post. Probably best discussed in the existing metatalk thread. -- vacapinta

Various Identity Models

Post 72481 by sixcolors deleted for the following reason: this doesn't really make sense as a post for metafilter - four pdfs with very little context and some jargon that doesn't make sense. maybe flesh it out some and explain why you think it's neat stuff on the web. -- jessamyn

Something New, Something Old...

Post 72477 by Helixxx deleted for the following reason: Which part of self-links being a bannable offense was unclear? -- cortex

That new rainforest known as "Iowa"

Post 72474 by sararah deleted for the following reason: Missed it by a few minutes; go ahead and add this stuff to the other thread, though, it's nice extra background. -- cortex

Hungry much?

Post 72471 by allkindsoftime deleted for the following reason: re-heated -- jessamyn

Gasp

Post 72458 by armoured-ant deleted for the following reason: Seems to have switched since post time to phase II: COLLECT DEMOGRAPHIC DATA AND IDENTIFYING INFO. Yeesh. -- cortex

Trevor Linden retires...

Post 72446 by Cosine deleted for the following reason: This is pretty thin content-wise as sportsfiltery posts go and also sort of weirdly chatty in presentation for an post to the front page. -- cortex

What's Russian for "viral"?

Post 72445 by zardoz deleted for the following reason: *flips out* "ORIGINAL THREAD!" *throws chair* "STILL OPEN!!!" *chews scenery* -- cortex

Get Well Soon Cool Hand Luke

Post 72428 by brookeb deleted for the following reason: this is not a good post for metafilter. -- jessamyn

Giving Back to Society

Post 72423 by bingodude deleted for the following reason: Bingo. self-link. deleted. -- mathowie

"At Sport Clips, guys win"

Post 72419 by celerystick deleted for the following reason: the sites being linked should be pretty interesting for a metafilter post. This site is pretty boring and not that interesting. -- mathowie

Spin the Black Circle

Post 72401 by leotrotsky deleted for the following reason: previously -- mathowie

om nom nom nom

Post 72393 by yhbc deleted for the following reason: posted previously. -- jessamyn

Closure in the Reiser case

Post 72385 by sdodd deleted for the following reason: let's wait until he actually confesses instead of making a post about speculation beforehand. -- mathowie

Offense on a level seldom seen by man

Post 72376 by CuJoe deleted for the following reason: Deleted by request of poster -- vacapinta

Total British dead in Afghanistan reaches 100

Post 72374 by Artw deleted for the following reason: Not really a major news story having to do with the war, given we've done 1,000 war posts already in the past five years. -- mathowie

Robots, Remotes, Even Thumbs

Post 72369 by netbros deleted for the following reason: kinda spammy looking site that is less interesting than gizmodo or any of the thousands of other gadget blogs out there. -- mathowie

Man jumps from plane with no parachute, dies

Post 72359 by james_cpi deleted for the following reason: It sucks that this guy died, but this a tiny little article about some guy dying. -- cortex

Petard, Meet Hoist

Post 72333 by telstar deleted for the following reason: This is literally the same post as earlier plus wikipedia padding. -- cortex

Broadcom co-founder's secret lair.

Post 72330 by gman deleted for the following reason: this is not a good post for metafilter. -- jessamyn

Musings of a Metafilter Spammer

Post 72296 by pb deleted for the following reason: This concludes our test. -- pb

SMUGGLER

Post 72290 by Smuggler deleted for the following reason: Wow. Just wow. -- mathowie

Crime wave

Post 72286 by Artw deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- jessamyn

And Jessamyn wept...

Post 72283 by matty deleted for the following reason: I am not weeping why you think I am. -- jessamyn

Spread Like Wildfire

Post 72268 by socalsamba deleted for the following reason: OLD MEDIA DISCOVERS THAT KIDS HAVE CELLPHONES, BIRTHDAY SUITS. This is really pretty danged lightweight for a post. -- cortex

"Changes in my cervix throughout the month"

Post 72261 by pwb503 deleted for the following reason: let's go to metatalk and discuss SFW if we have to. this could have been a good post and it was derailed out of the gate. damnit. -- jessamyn

Out of my way!

Post 72258 by gman deleted for the following reason: ugh, no -- cortex

Welcome to the Internet

Post 72251 by aftermarketradio deleted for the following reason: Is that database anything other than just some guy hosting other people's music? Because it kind of looks like that, which makes this a pretty weird post. -- cortex

The Rolling Exhibition.

Post 72241 by chunking express deleted for the following reason: Previously. -- cortex

Jim Goad having a brain tumor removed Thursday

Post 72239 by unpoppy deleted for the following reason: Not exactly what MeFi is for. -- mathowie

Look ma, no controller!

Post 72216 by Hiding From Goro deleted for the following reason: previously and previouserly -- cortex

Imagine fair use

Post 72213 by finite deleted for the following reason: poster's request -- cortex

The Virtuous Life

Post 72211 by msaleem deleted for the following reason: You're an (the?) administrator of the artofmanliness forums, and this is the second post you've made linking to the site. Completely not cool. -- cortex

belt tightening for the rich

Post 72189 by slyrabbit deleted for the following reason: Not really the best post, even without the editorializing. -- vacapinta

Hypermiling.

Post 72177 by gman deleted for the following reason: Hell, he's still running on the same tank of post a year and a half later. -- cortex