15 minutes of trolls

Post 73749 by one_bean deleted for the following reason: lollercaust -- cortex

Human Genome project connects to global warming

Post 73719 by suelange deleted for the following reason: A post to the front page should be more with the linking and less with the personal thoughts on the matter; this does read more like something for your blog than for the Mefi. -- cortex

Best Colleges in the United States

Post 73716 by asst2drsalary deleted for the following reason: Mefi 101: spamming bad, and a bannable offense. -- cortex

Bunny Movie, only without the creepy, brown Ebert unfriendly stuff

Post 73691 by Sparx deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- jessamyn

House apologizes for slavery

Post 73690 by BrnP84 deleted for the following reason: please grind your axe elsewhere, over the top editorializing is a sure fire way to sink a political post and tank discussion. -- jessamyn

Propaganda, the newest Olympic event?

Post 73677 by shetterly deleted for the following reason: Will, your writeup comes off as kind of axegrindy in general, and with the whole BB kerfluffle in the last few weeks that aspect is really hardcore grudgefilter. This is kind of a problematic FPP for both those reasons. -- cortex

If you didn't bake a cake, for shame

Post 73674 by nax deleted for the following reason: poster's request. -- jessamyn

Merge With Caution

Post 73671 by sjuhawk31 deleted for the following reason: This would be something more appropriate for Metatalk than for the front page. -- cortex

Problem Child

Post 73670 by Xurando deleted for the following reason: This kidn of reads liek a blog entry about how you feel about where you live. That's really not a good way to set up a mefi post. -- cortex

Bush OKs execution of Army death row prisoner

Post 73649 by bondgirl53001 deleted for the following reason: This is a terrible way to post about something as lightning-rod as Bush + military + death penalty. -- cortex

A Reporter at Large: Dr. Kush

Post 73643 by geoff. deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- jessamyn

Put Your Head Between Your Legs and Kiss Your Ass Goodbye

Post 73639 by netbros deleted for the following reason: ancient dude. -- mathowie

Scattered, Smothered, Covered and Hitched, in a Waffle House Parking Lot

Post 73608 by Toekneesan deleted for the following reason: LOLhicks is really not a very good post for metafilter and the crappy comments sort of drive that point home. -- jessamyn

Can we go back to 55 again?

Post 73600 by ackptui deleted for the following reason: did you mean this for ask metafilter? -- mathowie

Translate Server Error

Post 73599 by Turtles all the way down deleted for the following reason: it is what it is and that is deleted. -- jessamyn

Cat Free

Post 73598 by netbros deleted for the following reason: yeah, we've done this before -- mathowie

True Norwegian Black Metal

Post 73595 by puke & cry deleted for the following reason: Exceeds the weekly Norwegian Black metal quota (This should go in yesterday's open thread) -- vacapinta

the harder to wake, the better to have

Post 73594 by parmanparman deleted for the following reason: What the fuck? This seems kind of like random Ha Ha LJer With Problems. -- cortex

RIP Randy Pausch

Post 73574 by roomthreeseventeen deleted for the following reason: Over yonder. -- cortex

Randy Pausch

Post 73572 by New Frontier deleted for the following reason: Already there in metatalk. -- cortex

Crooks and Liars

Post 73563 by netbros deleted for the following reason: is there a point to this other than partisan OMGfilter? -- jessamyn

...because the apocolypse doesn't have to be lonely.

Post 73553 by jcterminal deleted for the following reason: weak ad for dating site -- mathowie

Can you blame him

Post 73545 by punkfloyd deleted for the following reason: DREW CURTIS GO HOME -- cortex

the real internet 101

Post 73530 by konolia deleted for the following reason: man kids today got all kinds of internets its crazy man -- cortex

From Above

Post 73514 by netbros deleted for the following reason: Double -- vacapinta

Call+Response The Movie

Post 73501 by meowN deleted for the following reason: Metafilter is not just a place to copy and paste stuff you've already stuck on Digg and your blog. -- cortex

Outdoor Inspiration

Post 73488 by netbros deleted for the following reason: I'm not quite sure why this seems right for MeFi. If there's somethin super-interesting about it, mention that in the post, otherwise it seems like "yet another outdoors site" -- jessamyn

Old Guy on Plane Takes a Swing at a Cop, Gets Arrested

Post 73486 by lanycwriter deleted for the following reason: this is a link to your own blog and thus against the rules. Did you click the checkbox? That is supposed to prevent things like this. I am sorry, you are banned. -- jessamyn

Proof & The Pro-Family Pudding

Post 73474 by Rykey deleted for the following reason: this is really not a great post for metafilter. It has lolxian angles, we-hate-mccain angles and politicsupdatefilter angles. Plus discussion is not going so great. -- jessamyn

East Africa's contacts with the Classical World By Pieter Derideaux

Post 73454 by Taksi Putra deleted for the following reason: Looks like we killed it dead. -- cortex

Wikipedia on Wrap Rage

Post 73447 by suelange deleted for the following reason: a single link to a short page on wikipedia is a little thin for a metafilter post. -- jessamyn

It seems like your thong is showing.

Post 73443 by Burhanistan deleted for the following reason: poster's request - possible spam harvester. -- jessamyn

A Little Universal Perspective on Things

Post 73442 by NetizenKen deleted for the following reason: siriiusly? this is a single link to an animated gif with an odd god reference tossed in at the end. -- jessamyn

Underwater Sex

Post 73438 by jason's_planet deleted for the following reason: have you confused this site perhaps for another where we do this sort of thing? because this is not that place. -- jessamyn

History of Sony Playstation

Post 73435 by pickaloo deleted for the following reason: oh god, you're so fucking banned SEO dumbass. -- mathowie

Normally this game would cost you one thousand dollars, but it is free today.

Post 73425 by spacewaitress deleted for the following reason: previously -- jessamyn

I Can Has Funny Celebrity Lookalikes?

Post 73421 by WCityMike deleted for the following reason: previously -- jessamyn

I'm the Batman

Post 73419 by Lord_Pall deleted for the following reason: this is int he batman thread form two days ago and is a weak post that everyone seems to hate. -- jessamyn

Scott Peterson

Post 73410 by wallstreet1929 deleted for the following reason: this is a single link cnn story and a weakish almost-blog. -- jessamyn

Many Happy Returns

Post 73406 by chuckdarwin deleted for the following reason: stop with the crappy editorializing, it screws up otherwise decent posts. -- jessamyn

This is exactly the freedom that the terrorists hate.

Post 73402 by ignignokt deleted for the following reason: what the fuck? Fark's porn section is in the back, through the swinging saloon doors. -- mathowie

Russia in the 90's: the Ripples of the Economic Collapse

Post 73392 by progressor deleted for the following reason: sketch cross-linky stuff makes this look very self-linky. -- jessamyn

One, two, three, four chickens just back from the shore

Post 73386 by goodnewsfortheinsane deleted for the following reason: it really is a great video, isn't it? SpiffyRob: no. -- jessamyn

Cleaning up itunes

Post 73385 by ObscureReferenceMan deleted for the following reason: yeah, we usually don't do software posts unless they're really amazing/free/available for everyone -- mathowie

PorNOTgraphy, AMIRITE?

Post 73382 by fucker deleted for the following reason: I've seen this done better before (funnier, less crude) and the site is covered in obnoxious ads, sorry. -- mathowie

"I never claimed to be perfect"

Post 73365 by Talez deleted for the following reason: put this in the stil open thread. and really axegrind filter is sort of tawdry even if your side is "right" -- jessamyn

Duck Darwin Awards

Post 73359 by ambulance blues deleted for the following reason: teh doubly cuteness! -- jessamyn

"the prospect that a man who made his living joking about these things would be a United States Senator must be horrifying"

Post 73340 by orthogonality deleted for the following reason: rape jokes from 1986? really? -- mathowie

Happy Birthday Adam!

Post 73330 by majikstreet deleted for the following reason: dude! not cool use of mefi. -- mathowie

Are you at work? Me too!!

Post 73303 by wannaknow deleted for the following reason: eh, not really a good post, just a mediocre concept and blog. -- mathowie

Headless Hitler! (but they saved his brain...)

Post 73268 by flapjax at midnite deleted for the following reason: and when i lean my head against the frosted shower stall / i see the broken figure silhouetted on the wall -- cortex

Depressing

Post 73261 by rtboo deleted for the following reason: Atlantic Monthly just got monthlier. -- cortex

Is it can be apoccalipse tiem nao?

Post 73248 by ZachsMind deleted for the following reason: Probably better as a comment in the existing thread. -- vacapinta

Free web magazines

Post 73247 by Tokil deleted for the following reason: Well, let's see. The whois for this matches the whois for one of the links for a previous questionable, deleted post. And your one friend in the world, on Vimeo, is that guy. You've just slid from "bad at posting" to spammer. -- cortex

"Every man, woman, and mutant on this planet shall know the truth about rEVOLution."

Post 73230 by octobersurprise deleted for the following reason: Ron Paul's new site is interesting because... why exactly? -- mathowie

Make your own vacuum tubes

Post 73222 by Wolof deleted for the following reason: Double -- vacapinta

WSJ outs moot LOL

Post 73218 by tits mcgee deleted for the following reason: posted previously apparently -- jessamyn

Ambigram-o-matic

Post 73213 by Mitheral deleted for the following reason: a man, a plan, a canal: doublepostama! -- cortex

Working for peanuts

Post 73212 by freshwater_pr0n deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- jessamyn

No More Gas

Post 73208 by Navidson deleted for the following reason: This sure looks like a self-link, judging by the email address you signed up under. -- cortex

Does WALL-E demonize fat people?

Post 73207 by jjg deleted for the following reason: Kind of covered already in the thread from last week. -- cortex

And a quiet Dick Cheney whispering, 'hush'.

Post 73196 by msamye deleted for the following reason: A sneak preview of a piece of a book doesn't really make for a great post. -- cortex

Those Jezebel girls again . . .

Post 73182 by Dee Xtrovert deleted for the following reason: Yeah, you probably just be a comment in the original thread. -- mathowie

King Bruce Lee Karate Mistrz! King Bruce Lee Karate Mistrz!

Post 73172 by jason's_planet deleted for the following reason: what -- cortex

SilicOwned

Post 73170 by adamms222 deleted for the following reason: Silicone? Silictwo. -- cortex

I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further.

Post 73154 by chuckdarwin deleted for the following reason: outragefilter - if this is a decent piece of news that people should know, don't poison your own thread with caustic tags. If you just want to say "you know, fuck this guy" this isn't the best place to do it. -- jessamyn -- jessamyn

Holy Overkill, Batman!

Post 73138 by Kimothy deleted for the following reason: A bunch of links to pedestrian merchandizing is actually a bad post, not a batpost. -- cortex

wish you were here

Post 73129 by tylerfulltilt deleted for the following reason: er, this post is sort of a mess. He's not dead, I mean he's still dead, I mean, I don't get it? -- jessamyn

simply kittens

Post 73118 by HuronBob deleted for the following reason: This post is butt. I like kittens too, but seriously. Butt. This is a butt post. -- cortex

Thomas M. Disch, 1940-2008

Post 73099 by Kattullus deleted for the following reason: Double -- vacapinta

Edited for your protection.

Post 73088 by Mr_Zero deleted for the following reason: this is a single link blog post that, despite some interesting typographical tricks, is really just an excuse for a "bush, dumb president or THE DUMBEST PRESIDENT?" thread. -- jessamyn

Bacon, eggs, and a toast

Post 73074 by jagorev deleted for the following reason: three year old ho-hum food story from a forum? Not really best of the (recent) web. -- mathowie

UK Government data mash-up competition

Post 73063 by baggymp deleted for the following reason: I'm not totally clear on who is running which sites and such, but "The Power of Information Task Force was established by Cabinet Office Minister Tom Watson MP in March 2008." definitely makes this way too close to a self-link to be okay. -- cortex

Hip-Hop Animatronics

Post 73062 by empath deleted for the following reason: Yeah, looks like we pretty much covered this a month ago. -- cortex

quad

Post 73043 by quonsar deleted for the following reason: oh for pete's dragon -- cortex

And take that punk bitch Strom Thurmond with you.

Post 73041 by Saucy Intruder deleted for the following reason: The second thread managed not to be a totally asshole move, so we'll keep that one. -- cortex

RIP Jesse Helms

Post 73040 by yoga deleted for the following reason: gnfti's post seems most solid, let's keep that one. -- cortex

Tantric Massage in London

Post 73037 by nikheal deleted for the following reason: no. -- jessamyn

I discovered my Uncle was a Wizard in the late 70s.

Post 73017 by mds35 deleted for the following reason: Yeah, don't go posting your friend's stuff to the front page. -- cortex

Mrs. Green?

Post 72996 by swift deleted for the following reason: this is kind of one of those OUTRAGEOUS NEWS posts that aren't interesting and there's not a lot to say aside from wow, that's horrible news. -- mathowie

More Cultured Than Yogurt!

Post 72991 by dawson deleted for the following reason: JULIET: Farting is such repeat sorrow. -- cortex

Cause Without a Rebel

Post 72973 by WCityMike deleted for the following reason: poster's request -- cortex

Believe it or not, I'm a complete catch.

Post 72964 by phaedon deleted for the following reason: [ring ring ring] HELLO MY NAME IS MASSENGILL Q. SUMMERSEVE AND I'M CALLING ON BEHALF OF YOUR LOCAL PHONE COMPANY AND-- [click] -- cortex

Oh, let's see... A, C, phlegm...

Post 72952 by kldickson deleted for the following reason: Popular opinion appears to be that this is kind of butt. -- cortex