Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Human Genome project connects to global warming

Deleted thread: 73719

This post was 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

posted by suelange

Best Colleges in the United States

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Mefi 101: spamming bad, and a bannable offense. -- cortex

posted by asst2drsalary

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

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

Deleted thread: 73691

This post was deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- jessamyn

posted by Sparx

House apologizes for slavery

Deleted thread: 73690

This post was 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

posted by BrnP84

Propaganda, the newest Olympic event?

Deleted thread: 73677

This post was 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

posted by shetterly

Merge With Caution

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This post was deleted for the following reason: This would be something more appropriate for Metatalk than for the front page. -- cortex

posted by sjuhawk31

Problem Child

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This post was 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

posted by Xurando

Monday, July 28, 2008

Bush OKs execution of Army death row prisoner

Deleted thread: 73649

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

posted by bondgirl53001

A Reporter at Large: Dr. Kush

Deleted thread: 73643

This post was deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- jessamyn

posted by geoff.

Put Your Head Between Your Legs and Kiss Your Ass Goodbye

Deleted thread: 73639

This post was deleted for the following reason: ancient dude. -- mathowie

posted by netbros

Saturday, July 26, 2008

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

Deleted thread: 73608

This post was 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

posted by Toekneesan

Can we go back to 55 again?

Deleted thread: 73600

This post was deleted for the following reason: did you mean this for ask metafilter? -- mathowie

posted by ackptui

Translate Server Error

Deleted thread: 73599

This post was deleted for the following reason: it is what it is and that is deleted. -- jessamyn

posted by Turtles all the way down

Cat Free

Deleted thread: 73598

This post was deleted for the following reason: yeah, we've done this before -- mathowie

posted by netbros

True Norwegian Black Metal

Deleted thread: 73595

This post was deleted for the following reason: Exceeds the weekly Norwegian Black metal quota (This should go in yesterday's open thread) -- vacapinta

posted by puke & cry

the harder to wake, the better to have

Deleted thread: 73594

This post was deleted for the following reason: What the fuck? This seems kind of like random Ha Ha LJer With Problems. -- cortex

posted by parmanparman

Friday, July 25, 2008

RIP Randy Pausch

Deleted thread: 73574

This post was deleted for the following reason: Over yonder. -- cortex

posted by roomthreeseventeen

Randy Pausch

Deleted thread: 73572

This post was deleted for the following reason: Already there in metatalk. -- cortex

posted by New Frontier

Crooks and Liars

Deleted thread: 73563

This post was deleted for the following reason: is there a point to this other than partisan OMGfilter? -- jessamyn

posted by netbros

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

Deleted thread: 73553

This post was deleted for the following reason: weak ad for dating site -- mathowie

posted by jcterminal

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Can you blame him

Deleted thread: 73545

This post was deleted for the following reason: DREW CURTIS GO HOME -- cortex

posted by punkfloyd

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

the real internet 101

Deleted thread: 73530

This post was deleted for the following reason: man kids today got all kinds of internets its crazy man -- cortex

posted by konolia

From Above

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Double -- vacapinta

posted by netbros

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Call+Response The Movie

Deleted thread: 73501

This post was 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

posted by meowN

Outdoor Inspiration

Deleted thread: 73488

This post was 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

posted by netbros

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

Deleted thread: 73486

This post was 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

posted by lanycwriter

Monday, July 21, 2008

Proof & The Pro-Family Pudding

Deleted thread: 73474

This post was 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

posted by Rykey

Sunday, July 20, 2008

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

Deleted thread: 73454

This post was deleted for the following reason: Looks like we killed it dead. -- cortex

posted by Taksi Putra

Saturday, July 19, 2008

It seems like your thong is showing.

Deleted thread: 73443

This post was deleted for the following reason: poster's request - possible spam harvester. -- jessamyn

posted by Burhanistan

Wikipedia on Wrap Rage

Deleted thread: 73447

This post was deleted for the following reason: a single link to a short page on wikipedia is a little thin for a metafilter post. -- jessamyn

posted by suelange

A Little Universal Perspective on Things

Deleted thread: 73442

This post was 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

posted by NetizenKen

Underwater Sex

Deleted thread: 73438

This post was 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

posted by jason's_planet

History of Sony Playstation

Deleted thread: 73435

This post was deleted for the following reason: oh god, you're so fucking banned SEO dumbass. -- mathowie

posted by pickaloo

Scott Peterson

Deleted thread: 73410

This post was deleted for the following reason: this is a single link cnn story and a weakish almost-blog. -- jessamyn

posted by wallstreet1929

Friday, July 18, 2008

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

Deleted thread: 73425

This post was deleted for the following reason: previously -- jessamyn

posted by spacewaitress

I Can Has Funny Celebrity Lookalikes?

Deleted thread: 73421

This post was deleted for the following reason: previously -- jessamyn

posted by WCityMike

I'm the Batman

Deleted thread: 73419

This post was 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

posted by Lord_Pall

Many Happy Returns

Deleted thread: 73406

This post was deleted for the following reason: stop with the crappy editorializing, it screws up otherwise decent posts. -- jessamyn

posted by chuckdarwin

This is exactly the freedom that the terrorists hate.

Deleted thread: 73402

This post was deleted for the following reason: what the fuck? Fark's porn section is in the back, through the swinging saloon doors. -- mathowie

posted by ignignokt

Thursday, July 17, 2008

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

Deleted thread: 73392

This post was deleted for the following reason: sketch cross-linky stuff makes this look very self-linky. -- jessamyn

posted by progressor

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

Deleted thread: 73386

This post was deleted for the following reason: it really is a great video, isn't it? SpiffyRob: no. -- jessamyn

posted by goodnewsfortheinsane

Cleaning up itunes

Deleted thread: 73385

This post was deleted for the following reason: yeah, we usually don't do software posts unless they're really amazing/free/available for everyone -- mathowie

posted by ObscureReferenceMan

PorNOTgraphy, AMIRITE?

Deleted thread: 73382

This post was 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

posted by fucker

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

"I never claimed to be perfect"

Deleted thread: 73365

This post was 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

posted by Talez

Duck Darwin Awards

Deleted thread: 73359

This post was deleted for the following reason: teh doubly cuteness! -- jessamyn

posted by ambulance blues

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

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

Deleted thread: 73340

This post was deleted for the following reason: rape jokes from 1986? really? -- mathowie

posted by orthogonality

Happy Birthday Adam!

Deleted thread: 73330

This post was deleted for the following reason: dude! not cool use of mefi. -- mathowie

posted by majikstreet

Monday, July 14, 2008

Are you at work? Me too!!

Deleted thread: 73303

This post was deleted for the following reason: eh, not really a good post, just a mediocre concept and blog. -- mathowie

posted by wannaknow

Sunday, July 13, 2008

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

Deleted thread: 73268

This post was 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

posted by flapjax at midnite

Saturday, July 12, 2008

Depressing

Deleted thread: 73261

This post was deleted for the following reason: Atlantic Monthly just got monthlier. -- cortex

posted by rtboo

Is it can be apoccalipse tiem nao?

Deleted thread: 73248

This post was deleted for the following reason: Probably better as a comment in the existing thread. -- vacapinta

posted by ZachsMind

Free web magazines

Deleted thread: 73247

This post was 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

posted by Tokil

Friday, July 11, 2008

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

Deleted thread: 73230

This post was deleted for the following reason: Ron Paul's new site is interesting because... why exactly? -- mathowie

posted by octobersurprise

Make your own vacuum tubes

Deleted thread: 73222

This post was deleted for the following reason: Double -- vacapinta

posted by Wolof

WSJ outs moot LOL

Deleted thread: 73218

This post was deleted for the following reason: posted previously apparently -- jessamyn

posted by tits mcgee

Ambigram-o-matic

Deleted thread: 73213

This post was deleted for the following reason: a man, a plan, a canal: doublepostama! -- cortex

posted by Mitheral

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Working for peanuts

Deleted thread: 73212

This post was deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- jessamyn

posted by freshwater_pr0n

No More Gas

Deleted thread: 73208

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

posted by Navidson

Does WALL-E demonize fat people?

Deleted thread: 73207

This post was deleted for the following reason: Kind of covered already in the thread from last week. -- cortex

posted by jjg

And a quiet Dick Cheney whispering, 'hush'.

Deleted thread: 73196

This post was deleted for the following reason: A sneak preview of a piece of a book doesn't really make for a great post. -- cortex

posted by msamye

Wednesday, July 09, 2008

Those Jezebel girls again . . .

Deleted thread: 73182

This post was deleted for the following reason: Yeah, you probably just be a comment in the original thread. -- mathowie

posted by Dee Xtrovert

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

Deleted thread: 73172

This post was deleted for the following reason: what -- cortex

posted by jason's_planet

SilicOwned

Deleted thread: 73170

This post was deleted for the following reason: Silicone? Silictwo. -- cortex

posted by adamms222

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

Deleted thread: 73154

This post was 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

posted by chuckdarwin

Tuesday, July 08, 2008

Holy Overkill, Batman!

Deleted thread: 73138

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

posted by Kimothy

wish you were here

Deleted thread: 73129

This post was 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

posted by tylerfulltilt

Monday, July 07, 2008

simply kittens

Deleted thread: 73118

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

posted by HuronBob

Thomas M. Disch, 1940-2008

Deleted thread: 73099

This post was deleted for the following reason: Double -- vacapinta

posted by Kattullus

Sunday, July 06, 2008

Edited for your protection.

Deleted thread: 73088

This post was 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

posted by Mr_Zero

UK Government data mash-up competition

Deleted thread: 73063

This post was 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

posted by baggymp

Bacon, eggs, and a toast

Deleted thread: 73074

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

posted by jagorev

Saturday, July 05, 2008

Hip-Hop Animatronics

Deleted thread: 73062

This post was deleted for the following reason: Yeah, looks like we pretty much covered this a month ago. -- cortex

posted by empath

Friday, July 04, 2008

quad

Deleted thread: 73043

This post was deleted for the following reason: oh for pete's dragon -- cortex

posted by quonsar

And take that punk bitch Strom Thurmond with you.

Deleted thread: 73041

This post was deleted for the following reason: The second thread managed not to be a totally asshole move, so we'll keep that one. -- cortex

posted by Saucy Intruder

RIP Jesse Helms

Deleted thread: 73040

This post was deleted for the following reason: gnfti's post seems most solid, let's keep that one. -- cortex

posted by yoga

Tantric Massage in London

Deleted thread: 73037

This post was deleted for the following reason: no. -- jessamyn

posted by nikheal

Thursday, July 03, 2008

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

Deleted thread: 73017

This post was deleted for the following reason: Yeah, don't go posting your friend's stuff to the front page. -- cortex

posted by mds35

Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Mrs. Green?

Deleted thread: 72996

This post was 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

posted by swift

More Cultured Than Yogurt!

Deleted thread: 72991

This post was deleted for the following reason: JULIET: Farting is such repeat sorrow. -- cortex

posted by dawson

Tuesday, July 01, 2008

Cause Without a Rebel

Deleted thread: 72973

This post was deleted for the following reason: poster's request -- cortex

posted by WCityMike

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

Deleted thread: 72964

This post was 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

posted by phaedon

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

Deleted thread: 72952

This post was deleted for the following reason: Popular opinion appears to be that this is kind of butt. -- cortex

posted by kldickson

One Jackal : Many days

Deleted thread: 72944

This post was deleted for the following reason: Because EQUATORIAL GUINEA EIGHT NINE! AHAHAHAHAHAHA! Also. -- cortex

posted by lalochezia