Post 74544 by Kickstart70 deleted for the following reason: old NYT op-ed as a post? really? -- mathowie
2008-08-31
smoke signal?
Post 74543 by philip-random deleted for the following reason: What? This should maybe got in Metatalk, except it wouldn't make any sense there either. -- cortex
Rain might hurt New Orleans more than wind or surge
Post 74538 by Rafaelloello deleted for the following reason: please put this in the existing thread, thank you. -- jessamyn
Hurricane season? Good time to go camping.
Post 74536 by woodway deleted for the following reason: Gustav linkage would probably be best just added to the open thread. -- cortex
Six pounds, seven ounces and maybe a lie.
Post 74535 by parmanparman deleted for the following reason: you should probably keep this in the existing palin thread -- mathowie
Palin's Pastors
Post 74526 by Seymour Zamboni deleted for the following reason: there's an open thread on Palin right now and this is really not a substantive enough Palin update to have its own thread. -- jessamyn
2008-08-30
Later I'll show you my phaser. More tea?
Post 74520 by Brandon Blatcher deleted for the following reason: Show me photos of costumed scifi/fantasy fans in their homes once, shame on you... -- cortex
Books are boring!
Post 74517 by vronsky deleted for the following reason: Go ahead and toss the new linkage into yhbc's post, yeah. -- cortex
2008-08-29
2008-08-28
Door Cat
Post 74432 by armoured-ant deleted for the following reason: This post appears to be going over like a clever designer cat toy shaped like a lead balloon. -- cortex
2008-08-26
2008-08-25
A map of the flesh
Post 74382 by Brandon Blatcher deleted for the following reason: do you like it here? do you like it there? did you like it before? -- jessamyn
2008-08-24
2008-08-23
DNC snubs one of its biggest constituencies
Post 74347 by kldickson deleted for the following reason: if this is newsworthy enough to be on metafilter, maybe you could make a decent post that doesn't make it seem like you have some sort of axe to grind? Perhaps you can practice on politicalfilter.com Also you "last post" people? You are NOT HELPING. Thank you. Please go outside. -- jessamyn
2008-08-22
Try saying this ticket 3 times fast...
Post 74338 by JoeXIII007 deleted for the following reason: sorry, the other one IS better. I'll move the comments over too -- mathowie
Southwestern Style
Post 74330 by homunculus deleted for the following reason: seems like a great post for politica... oh what's that you say? really? and it's relevant now why? oh, okay then. -- jessamyn
Rhapsody in Blue
Post 74321 by digaman deleted for the following reason: Turn that frown three hundred and sixty degrees around. -- cortex
2008-08-21
If you can't get it from voting, sue!
Post 74314 by rough ashlar deleted for the following reason: americasright? Sorry, but not really a good post -- vacapinta
2008-08-20
Box Office Stream Graphs
Post 74279 by alms deleted for the following reason: Previously, though totally neat. And don't miss the Mefi treatment. -- cortex
All about Seth Green
Post 74267 by NikolaTesla deleted for the following reason: This would be a pretty middling post on it's own, but the last link is a total self-link, which pretty much teleports us straight to ban-ville. -- cortex
Time out. Breathe, smile. Perhaps laugh.
Post 74263 by seanmpuckett deleted for the following reason: while not a bad random collection of stuff on youtube, the fact remains that this is just a random collection of stuff on youtube. we don't really do 'open thread' stuff here so much and your tags seemed to indicate that there was some sort of MeFi problem that these videos might be addressing and if that's the case maybe metatalk is where you want to be? -- jessamyn
2008-08-19
2008-08-17
“Early morning hath gold in its mouth.†-- Benjamin Franklin
Post 74202 by orthogonality deleted for the following reason: Blech. I get you that it's notably tasteless, but it's, you know, an actual ad for an actually scummy-looking business and the tastelessness is the only thing it has going for it. -- cortex
2008-08-16
Sit Down Mark Spitz
Post 74192 by thisisdrew deleted for the following reason: Wikipedia editing minutiae isn't generally great post material, and this isn't an exception. -- cortex
The Life of the Prior Taxpayer
Post 74177 by popechunk deleted for the following reason: may wan tot post this into the existing thread on the same topic -- jessamyn
2008-08-15
High Quality Images from Pyongyang, North Korea
Post 74154 by deern the headlice deleted for the following reason: been there, seen high quality images from that -- cortex
can you name that song?
Post 74132 by musicmaverick deleted for the following reason: you're banned douchebag who owns the music site being linked to! -- mathowie
When propaganda fails
Post 74131 by Surfin' Bird deleted for the following reason: this is not a good post for metafilter. two fox news youtubs that you still felt the need to lol on top of? You may think this is someplace else. THIS IS METAFILTER. Thank you. -- jessamyn
2008-08-13
So, USA - Russia War Starts Any Day Now...
Post 74098 by terrymiles deleted for the following reason: Ongoing discussion of Russia/Georgia/Ossetia/US in this THE SKY IS FALLING-free thread. -- cortex
Radical! Leftist! Socialist!
Post 74092 by jckll deleted for the following reason: "CRAZY MAN IS CRAZY" I appreciate the time you've taken with this post, but it's really OMG crazyfilter with a bunch of extra editorializing which isn't okay even if you've spent a lot of time crafting it. Seriously. Have you considered taking this to politicalfilter.com? I would. -- jessamyn
Are the end results worth it?
Post 74087 by Mastercheddaar deleted for the following reason: You really need to stop and think about how you're presenting your post, and why, before you put it on the front page. This is way too Outrage Editorial. -- cortex
Here we go again!
Post 74084 by ChickenringNYC deleted for the following reason: Oof, editorialize much? This is not a good way to make a post. -- cortex
2008-08-12
2008-08-11
2008-08-10
Candid Camera
Post 74009 by cosmic osmo deleted for the following reason: Almost all of these are old, uncredited pics, some are photoshopped as well. ick. -- mathowie
2008-08-09
Obama facts
Post 73995 by Class Goat deleted for the following reason: Ugh, yeah, this is more suck than interesting. -- cortex
The driest of tinder
Post 73989 by bicyclefish deleted for the following reason: please put this in the existing Georgia thread, thank you. -- jessamyn
2008-08-08
Vote for which panels you'd like to see at SXSW '09
Post 73960 by gauchodaspampas deleted for the following reason: Though SXSW is a big conference, I don't think this is very interesting to more than a select subset of users on the site. -- mathowie
2008-08-07
The Gaydar Challenge
Post 73934 by getitinwriting deleted for the following reason: Please do not try to make Metafilter a platform in the leveraging of your Innovative Internet Marketing, thanks. -- cortex
It is with a heavy heart that I address you today!
Post 73933 by beaucoupkevin deleted for the following reason: McSweeney's has been linked here often enough that multiple not-mind-blowingly-awesome posts inside of a month is probably not a great idea! And this one is kind of a one-note gag! -- cortex
2008-08-06
Ha Ha America
Post 73883 by Happy Dave deleted for the following reason: Three 'Ha's are better than two, apparently. -- cortex
2008-08-05
Add forgery to the list
Post 73854 by Saucy Intruder deleted for the following reason: ericb-favorin' poster-sanctioned spikin' action -- cortex
2008-08-04
Baghdad 5 years later
Post 73847 by Surfin' Bird deleted for the following reason: if you're quoting editorials please use quote marks, otherwise this seems like an outragefilter overeditorialized posts. There are many good posts about Iraq and the terrible things that are going on there, but another OMGOMGOMG post doesn't lead to greater understanding. -- jessamyn
2008-08-03
The Hive Mind (for the Hive Mind)
Post 73815 by Second Account For Making Jokey Comments deleted for the following reason: was this broken before? because it's certainly broken now. -- jessamyn
It was just an experiment, duh
Post 73813 by bonaldi deleted for the following reason: HEY LOOK WHAT I FOUND IT WAS UNDER A BRIDGE -- cortex
2008-08-01
My dog has no nose. How does it smell? Awful!
Post 73762 by the_very_hungry_caterpillar deleted for the following reason: Vat is braun und schticky? -- cortex