2011-05-31

weird scene from inside the ring

Post 104105 by philip-random deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- mathowie

'Miracle' dog survives attack, burial

Post 104081 by shawnwasson deleted for the following reason: News of the weird stuff doesn't make good mefi posts in general. -- cortex

America's Finest News Source

Post 104076 by geoff. deleted for the following reason: As opposed to Dan Brown, who is literarily unbelievable. -- cortex

2011-05-29

yank up as a vital obituary

Post 104040 by scalefree deleted for the following reason: 404, hacked NPR -- mathowie

The dog has his day?

Post 104031 by Johnny Wallflower deleted for the following reason: Animal cruelty is a subject that needs fairly delicate framing to go well and a casual ethnic stereotype doesn't really fit the bill. -- restless_nomad

Now do you believe in rock & roll?

Post 104025 by dabitch deleted for the following reason: Double. -- restless_nomad

2011-05-28

SWAT Teams Routinely Kill Dogs

Post 103993 by Serpentio deleted for the following reason: A snuff video of dogs dying at the hands of police isn't a good post for MeFi. -- mathowie

Best Beaches

Post 103987 by allure deleted for the following reason: This is SEO spam. -- mathowie

2011-05-26

Dear Opera^WOprah

Post 103928 by spitefulcrow deleted for the following reason: is teh funneh but is in the open thread. -- jessamyn

2011-05-25

Home Invasion

Post 103896 by bardic deleted for the following reason: A lot of heavy-handedness and editorializing for such a short post -- vacapinta

“So it’s a boy, right?”

Post 103893 by -->NMN.80.418 deleted for the following reason: Posted before -- mathowie

food play

Post 103890 by the noob deleted for the following reason: toil and trouble -- cortex

John Delaney, Intrade founder dies

Post 103865 by Brian B. deleted for the following reason: Bad news and horrid timing, but this is a short obit blurb and a link to the front page of Intrade. -- cortex

Impenetrable Domesticity

Post 103860 by nicolas léonard sadi carnot deleted for the following reason: Posted previously -- vacapinta

2011-05-24

NY-26th -- Not 73% Republican anymore.

Post 103849 by skepticallypleased deleted for the following reason: Even with fixing the link this basically needs the editorial cut out of it to be okay as a MeFi post, maybe someone else can try again? -- jessamyn

House Rulz - A new Web Comic

Post 103836 by ilovecomix deleted for the following reason: This is a comic with only four entries so far from a guy you just interviewed on a podcast. This is really not okay for a post. -- cortex

Archaic U.S. labor standards are turning America into the sweatshop country of choice for European manufacturers.

Post 103831 by rhombus deleted for the following reason: please make this less of a polemic or, if you can not, please post it to your own blog. Thank you. -- jessamyn

God hates set theory? Tax dollars in 12 states and the District of Columbia now fund religious schools that use unusual religiously-based curriculum

Post 103821 by m39 deleted for the following reason: single link alternet post on supertouchy topic with pretty editorial framing is a bad fit for MeFi. Agree, this is lousy news. Next step: does that mean it's a good post for MeFi and is this the way to write that post? -- jessamyn

Cancer Victim Loses Custody of her Children

Post 103815 by Secret Life of Gravy deleted for the following reason: Lousy situation for sure, but I'm not sure what there is to do with this post other than argue with each other about who in a bad situation is the worst. -- cortex

2011-05-23

Harold Camping insists the rapture did happen. It was spiritual instead of physical.

Post 103812 by fightoplankton deleted for the following reason: yes we know. This needs to go into the open Camper thread. Thank you. -- jessamyn

Slight Mathematical Error

Post 103809 by jgaiser deleted for the following reason: there is an open thread. This needs to go there. I am aware it is not going well. Perhaps you could do something about that? -- jessamyn

Re: Joplin, Missouri Tornado

Post 103790 by shawnwasson deleted for the following reason: we've got an open thread and related news about the same thing pretty much needs to go into that thread. -- jessamyn

2011-05-22

Ebony mag from 1959 to 2008 now free online

Post 103778 by nickyskye deleted for the following reason: Double -- restless_nomad

Cannibalism within the peloton

Post 103777 by RockyChrysler deleted for the following reason: This can be discussed in the currently open thread. -- restless_nomad

Justin Bieber teams up with PhoneGuard (Stock Symbol: OPMG) to combat texting and driving

Post 103767 by skizz deleted for the following reason: A single link to a press release really isn't working -- restless_nomad