2007-10-31

Value Voters Summit 2007

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

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

The Last Supper

Post 66013 by Steven C. Den Beste deleted for the following reason: yes, yes it can. -- jessamyn

Treason of the Highest Order!

Post 66005 by augustweed deleted for the following reason: WHAM -- cortex

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

Eating out with Ann Coulter

Post 65997 by thefreek deleted for the following reason: single link huffpo OMG filter. SLHPOMGF for future reference -- jessamyn

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

Skype on your cell phone - finally

Post 65978 by SharQ deleted for the following reason: This is basically a press release, one that doesn't make sense as written to non-UK (read: most) readers; and you work for the gadget site you linked to. Thiis is not a good way to make a post. -- 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

At Least They Can Save Themselves

Post 65919 by Mikey-San deleted for the following reason: HECK. OF. A. JOB?! -- cortex

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

Poor Microsoft - only 4.3 billion and profit this quarter!

Post 65907 by LarryGDVD deleted for the following reason: A couple of news blips and a link to Microsoft's homepage? What's the interesting thing worth posting here? It feels like a generic MS conversation starter. -- 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

Dex Davis: Child of God

Post 65813 by Rykey deleted for the following reason: Man, this is more kind of not very good than fabulously bad. -- cortex

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

oink is no more

Post 65794 by ashbury deleted for the following reason: hamstrung -- 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

Paint the town red

Post 65745 by Skyanth deleted for the following reason: Great Scott, Marty! -- cortex

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

Dumbledore was gay.

Post 65720 by Yakuman deleted for the following reason: posted before -- mathowie

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

McMurder Simulator

Post 65674 by jcterminal deleted for the following reason: mcdouble -- cortex

Domain Name Recycling

Post 65669 by zekinskia deleted for the following reason: The things you linked to are, by definition, contentless crap. That kind of undermines the whole "linking to something interesting" idea. Also, the mystery of hobbitgolf revealed. -- cortex

Tigers will do anything for a tuna fish sandwich

Post 65660 by dersins deleted for the following reason: pretty cool archive of every old strip, but it's been posted several times before in other forms. -- mathowie

2007-10-17

Keep it to yourself...

Post 65647 by Balisong deleted for the following reason: there is already a post about iraq today and this post is not adding much new besides newsish updates. It's tragic and terrible but a post to a newsblog every 12 hours won't fix it. -- jessamyn

Out of Africa

Post 65642 by four panels deleted for the following reason: I am inherently gloomy about this double's prospects. -- cortex

Cause and Effect

Post 65630 by Avenger deleted for the following reason: when your "previously" link goes to a post from yesterday, that shoudl give you a good idea where to put your links. -- jessamyn

My Kid Could Paint That, Or Maybe She Couldn't

Post 65627 by FeldBum deleted for the following reason: Not really clear why this needs another post so soon. -- 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

Röckdöts

Post 65579 by Kattullus deleted for the following reason: whole umlautta shakin' goin' on -- cortex

Don't try this at home kids

Post 65576 by mock deleted for the following reason: Mountain Two -- cortex

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

Blast kills bomb disposal expert

Post 65504 by james_cpi deleted for the following reason: please keep editorializing out of FPPs, particularly newsfilterish FPPs. -- jessamyn

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

Doris Lessing wins the Nobel Prize

Post 65489 by MrMerlot deleted for the following reason: Nobel Prize for Doublature -- cortex

Destructively Delicious

Post 65484 by LarryGDVD deleted for the following reason: Larry, a link to an Amazon page for some book is not a good Metafilter post, no matter how good the book is, and people here are going to be inclined to think you're shilling or hoping for referrer cash. -- cortex

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

Language Not Safe for Fucking Work

Post 65461 by psmealey deleted for the following reason: as much as this is an awesome post, it is a recent double - post some of these links in the original thread if you haven't already? -- jessamyn

Does Your Blog Suck?

Post 65457 by fe2dell deleted for the following reason: Self-link speculation notwithstanding, some SEO dude's linkbait list post is not great front page material. -- cortex

The future of music distribution

Post 65450 by bobbyelliott deleted for the following reason: Okay, computor. -- cortex

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

Activism = Doing Nothing

Post 65432 by rougy deleted for the following reason: axe-grindy GYOB material, please create a more substantive post, wikipedia links aren't really good mefi posts. -- jessamyn

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

Dick Cheney Changed His Mind

Post 65412 by Dead Man deleted for the following reason: Three year old gotcha! newsfilter is really not a good idea for a post. -- cortex

Party like it's 1929

Post 65411 by bonehead deleted for the following reason: Dobles Americanos -- cortex

Ooh girl, you rock my worl(d).

Post 65404 by Afroblanco deleted for the following reason: poster's request -- 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

TN man pulls a Budd Dwyer

Post 65296 by sneakin deleted for the following reason: This is kind of hard to see as anything other than rubbernecking, it's flagged to shit, and subthread of LOLSUICIDE/LOLDWYER is pretty much sealing the deal. -- cortex

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

2007-10-04

Nan Goldin's Controversial 'Klara And Edda Belly Dancing' Photograph

Post 65277 by fe2dell deleted for the following reason: Without some much better context for what we're clicking on and why, this seems like a pretty bad idea for a post. -- 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

Leave The Grocery Shopping to the Women

Post 65232 by marcellot deleted for the following reason: What in the hell? -- cortex

Shredding!

Post 65227 by puke & cry deleted for the following reason: well-shrod ground -- cortex

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

2007-10-01

To look for america

Post 65205 by Tlogmer deleted for the following reason: this is not amazing it's just "laugh at the person who doesn't speak english well" and for single link youtube that's not really cutting it. -- jessamyn

Shine on and on and on and on and...

Post 65195 by schlaager deleted for the following reason: actually no. feel free to take up your radiohead discontent in metatalk about this but seriously don't do this here. -- jessamyn