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Does Time Magazine Think Americans Are Stupid? - http://www.slate.com/blogs...
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"You may notice something striking about this week’s American edition of Time magazine. While readers in Asia, Europe, and the South Pacific—really, the rest of the Time-reading world—confront a serious profile about Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti and his role in the euro crisis, Americans are in for a special treat: a cover story called “The Surprising Science of Animal Friendships*.” (The asterisk leads to a footnote at the bottom of the cover that says, “BFFs are not just for humans anymore.”) With not one but two adorable dogs against a hot-pink background, this week’s Time really signifies the editors’ staunch commitment to serious, hard-hitting journalism, even if it means risking unpopularity. Sarcasm aside: This is not the first time this has happened. In fact, Time faced ridicule for giving the rest of the world a cover story on the Arab protests while feeding Americans a cartoon cover about “Why Anxiety Is Good For You” only two months ago."
- AJ Batac :)
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Is there any way to subscribe to a non-US version? Because that's about the only reason I would.
- caj needs a haircut
Well, yes. We certainly don't like bad news, or things that challenge us too much. There, Time is competing with other news magazines. Here, they're trying to compete with Cosmo.
- Jennifer Dittrich
They did this when all of the other Times were showing the Occupy movement, and our cover was something inane
- ωαřмaiden ☆TeamOtto☆
I think it's for Akiva's sake :)
- Eivind
"Does Time Magazine think Americans are stupid?" Yea, pretty much. Then again, given the politicians they seem to elect, their short attentions spans, their overall inability to focus on anything too complicated, let alone understand it, I think Time is providing what Americans can handle (barely). And no, I am not being too sarcastic.
- Angel R. Rivera
I don't think it is a matter of Americans being stupid or not, I think it's a cultural obsession with the trivial.
- Andy
as exemplified by youtube? ps:the UK is even worse. must be something about english :p
- Iphigenie
The Daily Show did a nice bit on this.
- Spidra Webster
It's ridiculous but America invites it on itself. For a country that likes to get involved in everyone else's business, most American citizens are entirely isolationist when it comes to the rest of the world.
- Akiva
But what about those puppies, and how come they are friends?
- Ken Morley
Spidra, I thought the Daily Show bit was fantastic.
- <3Heather<3
That other story is about Europe. We Americans don't care about Europe. It's far away and the people there talk funny. Also, PUPPIES!
- The original Kevin
Nah, it is pretty much about Americans being a stupid (or at least a big segment of them). Exhibit A: the politicians they elect. See George Carlin on the subject.
- Angel R. Rivera
That actually truly became a viral campaign opportunity for Time. Whenever they come up with a bullshit cover for US, people talk about them.
- deerstep
helping to keep americans away from the other side of the world ;) american dream
- ems
New haircut! I haven't changed the color, it just looks crazy dark in the photo. But I lurves the cut :)
Yolanda, Anna Lynn M., Cilla Martinez and 33 other people liked this
The color looks way richer now. Very nice.
- Anika
Gorgeous!
- Janelle Scarpelli
It's the great FF babes hair days festival with all the new do's this week.
- SteVe C
Very lovely!
- vicster
Thanks!
- Kelly
Very cute, Kelly!
- Anne Bouey
I love it when Kelly blesses us with her presence every time she gets her hair done.
- chrisofspades
pretty
- Shevonne
ABOVE ALL THAT IS RANDOM 5!!! - Christina & Sarah - YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/watch...!
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Tinfoil 2.0, Brent, Soup in a TARDIS and 4 other people liked this
These girls capture exactly why 99% of all pop/dance music in last 10 years is unbelievably stupid. Add gold teeth to them and you have lil wayne, take off some clothing and you have kei$ha
- SteVe C
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Watch it, it's funny.
- SteVe C
That's awesome and so sad.
- Tamara J.
lulzy lulzy
- Soup in a TARDIS
This was rather inspiring, in a way....
- Cristal Blue Persuasion
I'll have what Cristal is having
- SteVe C
Best VDay ever. I hope everyone had a magical night like mine. :)
Iain Baker, Paul Buchheit, انجل and 3 other people liked this
If you use the FriendFeed Facebook application make sure you've configured it properly. We are switching to a new method of publishing in the not too distant future. If you see this message at http://apps.facebook.com/friendf... just click on the link to provide the proper permissions. (via http://friendfeed.com/bgolub...)
Vacation Kerala, Murat Hoşver (ne0c0de), Bakugan and 69 other people liked this
Closer integration with Facebook??
- Ahsan Ali
A little late on the info as I deleted this link last week at I was told I was pushing all of my FF to FB people were not happy.
- Ed Mason
why do you not post the link comments from friendfeed to the wall? just the links loses 80% of the value.
- Gregor J. Rothfuss
I'm tired the FriendFeed Facebook app. keeps asking me to fix "the problem" so it can post to my wall. I don't want it to post to my wall! Contacts on Facebook and FriendFeed are different types for me. On Facebook it's about being friends in real life, on FriendFeed it is about interests. At least that is how I use FF and FB. My Facebook friends would probably feel I was spamming uninteresting stuff if my FF posts where copied to FB (well, at least if I used FF so intensive as I want to:-))...
- Stig Nygaard
Please let us select what to publish on FB from FF? I'd rather have tweets not appear on FB, particularly as I post from Ping.fm to FB and Twitter.
- Kol Tregaskes
New publishing method? I hope nothing will change for those FF users who don't use Facebook. (am I alone here?)
- Olivia Lovag
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I agree with Gregor ... By not having the comment sent with the link, it's just plain and boring and I'd rather just post directly to Facebook. Unfortunately, however, this would negate the very useful benefit of using the "Share on FriendFeed" bookmarklet.
- Dewade Fowler
I don't mind it publishing to my wall, but I don't want it to be my status update. It worked fine before y'all fixed it! (Go ahead. Roll your eyes.) ;)
- Shawn Zehnder Rossi
I get that cannot publish message all the time, because I specifically took away its permissions to publish to my wall. If the FF app gave me some sort of control over what it put on my wall, then I'd give it permissions to do so. As it stands, if everything I posted to FF made it to my FB wall, I'd be defriended by 90% of my friends rather quickly.
- Otto
Yay for new publishing methods! stream.publish FTW!
- Jesse Stay
I don't want to publish my friendfeed updates to facebook, they're too many. I blocked it and i'm always receiving error messages on facebook.
- Oscar
On the same environment, I saw that lite.facebook.com is fast as hell! With proxies, my comments gets directly inputted while FriendFeed takes a couple of seconds, one step at a time. And the message, as Oscar said, is always present if you decide to stop FriendFeed from posting to said service when you have the application on FB. It (script) thinks it wasn't decided, as if it was the...
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- Zu from AOD
Mine failed to post the most recent entry to my wall for unknown reasons. (I have it configured to use privatebrlewis@friendfeed rather than my regular brlewis ff account.)
- Bruce Lewis
hmmm
- Jim Hill
damn that must be fun lol :)
- Britttany leigh harner
Could you add this: http://ff.im/oH1ft please..
- Emre M.
I've uninstalled the FriendFeed application and now I cannot re-add it. I see the friendfeed app for a split second and then it reports an error.
- Erik Jacobs
Hacım, the search function is totally down, any news on that?
- mcd
:)
- Posizionamento
Not wroking.. i get error. ive ent email ur not respongin even 1y ago and totaly 4
- Janis Ķengurs
No Matter How Hard You Try, It Is Impossible To Fax A Cat #shareit
Ahmet Yükseltürk, selimovski, Joan Miro and 739 other people liked this
LOL!
- Kol Tregaskes
That poor cat looks so confused.
- Georgie Bestie
but it's so warm on top of the scanner!
- DJF
Time for a cat scan!
- Jemm
Iz I the right way up for printing?
- Vicky
This is clearly not my cat. If this was my cat he's have one arm shoved down into the printer trying to tear up all the internal whirling bits with his bare claws.
- Soup in a TARDIS
LOL, Soup!
- Kol Tregaskes
that is one adorable kitten!
- Anna Lynn M.
<3
- Furkan Tunalı
Too Funny! Reminds me of the San Mateo Cat Shelter where one of the cats loves to sleep on top of the laster printer where the paper comes out...
- Greg Lato
Kitty!!!!
- Janice
keep trying!
- Morgan
FEED ME A CAT
- tehKenny
Kol, it is NOT impossible. And that's all I'm saying.
- Steven Perez
Push harder
- Josh Haley
LOL@Jemm
- AJ Batac :)
آخی
- یک بابک
Hehe, Steven. I won't ask. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Gosh, just noticed this post has nearly 150 likes! :-D
- Kol Tregaskes
1 closer....hilarious!
- Jeffrey Marsh
There we go 150 likes. :-D
- Kol Tregaskes
I'm in ur faxx masheen -- sendin de faxxez....
- Stephanie Segel
thanks, i needed a laugh
- chaz2b
FAXCAT IS NOT AMUSED
- Karl Knechtel
iz dat some copycat?
- bora "head" basman
LOL, now nearly 200 likes! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Thats no fax machine, thats my new patented kitty juicer!
- Threepwood
Just one more like... please. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
it's over two huuunddreeeed
- bora "head" basman
MOAR!
- Pat Hawks
I need 9 copies please !
- Faraz Mullick
A cute cat :)
- Mohammad Abdurraafay
Haha, Faráz.
- Kol Tregaskes
Next target, 250 likes. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Friendfeed loev faxcat :o
- Karl Knechtel
;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Pussy by fax. What will they think of next?
- Mattb4rd
X))
- Neya
OMGosh, next up is the 300 likes mark. Anyone care to join in? ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Honestly, i'm not generally a fan of the Cat memes... But that is classic.
- Alistair (alpinefolk)
You know this is the 7th most liked entry on FriendFeed ever: http://beta.friendfeed.com/search... !!!
- Kol Tregaskes
Kol, this thread is pure genius.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
But only almost 50 comments.. :)
- Simon Wicks
Simon, there's not much to comment regarding the picture :) But meta-comments are more than appropriate!
- Ivan Zuzak
Simon, yeah we need 1500+ comments now, who wants to start? ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
there we go then for the 1500+!!
- Jaap Willem
1600+ to beat the FFundercats live chat thread. I think with this real time now on all threads we're going to see some truly epic comment numbers.
- Simon Wicks
Ivan, no the picture speaks for itself. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
OK, now it's the 4th: http://beta.friendfeed.com/search... - it's gonna take a huge effort to break the record of 452+ likes here: http://beta.friendfeed.com/imified...
- Kol Tregaskes
OK, now this is the 3rd most liked entry: http://beta.friendfeed.com/search... :-D Crazy!
- Kol Tregaskes
Too bad I am fresh out of likes of I would do it again.
- Jason (not an Argonaut)
I'm using this photo in the latest chapter of can haz murder
- anna sauce
Hehe, Anna. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
One more for 350 likes, LOL. This is mental! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Come on, 350 cats for a cat getting crushed? You guys are mean. :-P
- Richard A.
I'd like again if I could :-)
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
bump
- Simon Wicks
Richard, LOL!
- Kol Tregaskes
Awesomely funny!
- Martha
Next target: 400 likes? ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
theres one more for you Kol
- Toby Graham
Toby, you're very kind. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Cute *_*
- Sybelle
Hehe.
- Kol Tregaskes
Just 6 more likes for the 400 then I'll leave you alone. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
can you spare a cat 6 likes?
- Jason (not an Argonaut)
sweet
- Eric Hofmann
Haha, Jason, wow 406 likes, madness! :-D
- Kol Tregaskes
Madness? THIS. IS. FAX CAT.
- Mike Nayyar
Well 452 likes is the record, hmm I think that is pushing it. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Awesome.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
this is underfaksink at its worzt
- pb:
Petr, I have no idea what you mean, but thank you. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
@Kol .. :] that, partially, might have been the purpose.... I don't know it exactly either. :] .. was I reflecting on a cat under the fax, and that it is hard to fax that way ... /?:] ... "underfaxing at its worst" ..
- pb:
Ah, OK, Petr. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
there ya have me ! :] .... see, to be honest with you, i saw this pic couple days ago, but i let it go, without posting it ..... what does that make me? :]
- pb:
:-)
- Kol Tregaskes
OMGosh, just 23 more likes to beat this: http://beta.friendfeed.com/imified... ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
433 Like ! Wow !
- Like
Freemor, yes very cute! :-D
- Kol Tregaskes
cute~
- Chan Pen
that's why is called a cat scan and not a cat fax.
- Phil Maxwell
oh ... a scan. not fax?! .... it looked to me like she was faxink
- pb:
Just 5 more likes needed. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Fax, Petr. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
even a flat cat... faxes just can't handle the hair. You'd have to shave the cat first, else the hair will burn and stick to the drum... a mess! (I am extrapolating from transparencies, mind, i don't have access to a cat to test)
- Iphigenie
Hehe, Joelle. This is now tied for the 'likes' top stop. One more then, hehe. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Hehe, Greg. Blimey! Erm, is that not far from 500 likes now? ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Bloody marvelous, Kol. Wish I could like it again... too cute (and help u to 500 likes).
- Roberto Bonini
I couldn't believe it when I logged on from the morning over posting it and saw it was at something 200 likes! You all have a strange fetish with cats and fax machines, hehe. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Am I the only one who saw this and their first thought was - My goodness did someone break that cats neck? It still freaks me out a little
- SteVe C
Steve, it does look a little out of place, but cats are pretty bendy. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
They fax much better if you flatten them first. What?
- The original Kevin
LOL, Kevin.
- Kol Tregaskes
i can also imagine the cat going there cause it is snug and warm
- Iphigenie
Ey, it would be a tad warm on there, especially after a long working day. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Caption which needs to be said aloud: Uh Ohz, I'm totally FAXED!
- sofarsoShaw BAZINGA!
Hehe, Shawn. 10 more for the big 5-0-0. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Countdown! 8 more now!
- Mike Nayyar
bump for more likes
- Josh Haley
bump
- Roberto Bonini
One more!! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
I took mine away, too much pressure.
- SteVe C
Wow, there we go, 500 likes!! Thank you all!! :-D
- Kol Tregaskes
I think Fax Kitty deserves a prize for that.
- Georgie Bestie
меня, признаться, подзаебал этот кот
- Парадокс Смейла
Kendra, absolutely. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
So we can put this post to rest now. :-) 505 likes final count, wow! :-D Good night all!
- Kol Tregaskes
did 3 people really un-like this? now at 506. wtf (edit: uh, oh, yeah, me and 2 + 506 others makes 509. dammit, jim, i'm an artist, not a mathematician)
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
wish I could double like!
- metalerik
Wish I could just like it at all. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
This is also still on the Best of page. That must be the longest running best of post? :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
But it's a cat being crushed...
- Richard A.
برای چی این همه لایک خورده؟؟؟؟؟
- نصرآبادی
Hehe, Richard.
- Kol Tregaskes
copy cat
- gibilix
518 like! most liked post?
- Lu Tao
ay yerim yaa çok tatlı kedicikk :))
- Arzu
Lu, yeah but a long way now. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
*bump*
- Andre
Blew past 500 likes - LIKE!!!!!
- Roberto Bonini
OMGosh, nearly heading to 550!!
- Kol Tregaskes
So we know how many people use this site.
- Richard A.
So that's what Paws Printing means.
- Jack&Cleo
Richard, we getting there. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Jack, hehe.
- Kol Tregaskes
this thread is making history.
- vijay
Indeed .. this is a most epic thread
- Mattb4rd
Hehe. 9 more for 550!
- Kol Tregaskes
8...
- sofarsoShaw BAZINGA!
7. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Actually only 5...cuz "You, Earl E Morningwood, yasin ghasemi and... 542 liked this"
- sofarsoShaw BAZINGA!
Who wants to bet how many likes this thead is going to get???
- Roberto Bonini
Gosh, no idea.
- Kol Tregaskes
take some bets then come back in a year to check?
- Iphigenie
:)
- SokooteDel
Holy smokes .. this pussy cat is approaching 600 likes!
- Mattb4rd
552 now, so there are some unlikes going on, hehe, oh well. Still an amazing amount of likes. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
560!
- sofarsoShaw BAZINGA!
And back down to 559. Hehe.
- Kol Tregaskes
And how could anyone not love kitties after seeing this photo?
- Susan Beebe
I liked it without reading this discussion - evidentially we have a lot of people who like the idea of faxing a cat!
- Rich
Rich, yes, worrying, hehe. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
564!
- sofarsoShaw BAZINGA!
I think we'll have to recruit more ffeeps before this record will ever be broken
- Jason (not an Argonaut)
maybe a good way to clone cats :)
- Roberto
Hehe, Roberto.
- Kol Tregaskes
This surely couldn't hit 600 likes, could it!?
- Kol Tregaskes
It could! Keep bumping it up!
- imabonehead
It will :)
- Roberto Bonini
My next cat post: http://beta.friendfeed.com/the-fun...
- Kol Tregaskes
Wow, not even 600 Likes? Feh. ;-)
- j1m
No yet. Close though. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Stuck on 581.
- Kol Tregaskes
One of the best funny cat pictures I've seen! :-)
- John Collis
Kristian, it appears to be. Hehe, John.
- Kol Tregaskes
ای بابا این پیشول بی خیال نمی شود، بابا پاشو برو دنبال یه بازی دیگه ، از هفته پیش تا حالا تو فکس ولو شدی حوصله ات سر نرفته، پاشو اقلا بپر رو کیبوردی چیزی
- Maryaminaa
11 more to 600. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
داداش كوتاه بيا، مي خواي ركورد بزني!؟
- Exir
هستم بره این کامنتتو ترجمه کنه اکسیر ! :))) داره از فضولی میمیره الان ! :D
- Shayan
Hehe, 6 more likes. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Need 1 more like, by my calculation, to get to 600
- Josh Haley
Another unlike then, back down to 598. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
it's 598+3, at the moment ;-)
- Andre
There we go, 601!! Wow, can't believe it. :-D Thanks everyone!!
- Kol Tregaskes
3 people un liked :(
- Roberto Bonini
I think there have been made unlikes over the last week, oh well.
- Kol Tregaskes
too many likes, the kitteh is burning up..stop the madness...;)
- Jason (not an Argonaut)
Haha, Jason.
- Kol Tregaskes
614!!!!!
- sofarsoShaw BAZINGA!
Whoa! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
man! ..Kol is gaining ... and I saw that pic one day before Kol posted it :X ..and i let it go! :[)]
- pb:
Petr, who's he?
- Kol Tregaskes
omg, this post passed 600 likes!
- imabonehead
@Kol ..well the man .. Mr Photographer .. ok .. let me go there ..
- pb:
I see. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
631 likes, amazing stuff. :-D
- Kol Tregaskes
Day 11 and this thing's still going!
- Phil Maxwell
Why fax yourself when you can get famous via FriendFeed? :-)
- Willem (@wim66) ☠
whereas a cat *scan* is totally feasible
- Megan Craig
Kol, congratulations, you won the Friendfeed Award for the most likes entry!
- Jérôme
Kol is this from your rival: Squashy Cat Photography?
- sofarsoShaw BAZINGA!
Haha, Shawn. Have you really bumped this one again? ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
LOL I was actually looking at best of month and I thought I'm going to be clever :-)
- sofarsoShaw BAZINGA!
this makes me laugh every darn time I see it
- Stephanie•CogSciLibrarian
Who is this NShawnFW? ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
kitties do like to find new spots to nap :)
- Maryam
LOL, now over 650 likes.
- Kol Tregaskes
این هنوز در نیومده از لای این دستگاه؟
- Maryaminaa
Wow. this is good..... pleased, Kol?
- Roberto Bonini
Pleased? About the number of likes? I'm happy regardless. :-D
- Kol Tregaskes
So do we think it will go to 700 likes? ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
what do you mean by "it" ? say "he" or "she". :)
- Maryaminaa
Haha, I was referring to the entry. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
lol
- Maryaminaa
I see someone already posted 'Copy Cat' !! LOL Great picture
- Kevin J Hatton
:-)
- Kol Tregaskes
O HAI! I IZ WATIN FR COOPONZ, KTHXBYE.
- WYRD 101
Neksnapper 3000 Kitten Eradicator - Kills Kittehs Dead
- Mattb4rd
Hehe.
- Kol Tregaskes
10 more likes for 700! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
7 more by my count!
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
Oops, yes you're right, Bec. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Isn't it illegal to fax a pussy?
- aerobroken
It's really only social convention which regards it as inappropriate, same with Xeroxing it, like one does with their b__tocks. Wait are we still talking about cats cats here or...
- sofarsoShaw BAZINGA!
OMGosh 700+ likes now!! LOL. Thank you all 702 of you. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Wow, not so bad huh? \u)
- Zu from AOD
Before faxing it, you have to flatten it out a bit. You're going at it all wrong! :-)
- Rick Cogley
Must try this at home!
- Anthony K. Valley ©
Bumping some old great posts. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Now THAT is a classic!
- Allan Besselink
you have to flatten it first!!! ;)
- Neda S.
This is very good humor!
- TrafficBug
Hey, we've hit the 700-like mark. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
just a couple thousand to go
- Jason (not an Argonaut)
LOL
- Smeerch
__awesome__
- scotu ._.,
and it got resurrected once again!
- Iphigenie
I managed to do it once, but I don't think I'm going to do it again. The results were a little fuzzy.
- Seth Greenblatt
Bump.
- Kol Tregaskes
ahahahahaha salaaa baaaaaakkkkkk
- missipipi
I'm so glad this thread has been revived. The cat in the fax machine never fails to delight.
- Michelle Jones
aha! 700 kişi zorla kapağın altına tepilen kediyi beğenmiş
- Siminya
I've heard of cheap paper but this is ridiculous!!
- Neda S.
Copy the cat
- Alyn William
And there I was thinking this was the most liked post on FriendFeed. Darn, just 3rd. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Just 100 more likes to go. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Missed this the first time around.
- John (bird whisperer)
:-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Wow, over 700 likes. :-D
- Kol Tregaskes
715 likes and counting.
- Kol Tregaskes
Fax Yeah!
- Playing Well with Others
:-)
- Kol Tregaskes
who revived that one?
- Iphigenie
Me, sorry.
- Kol Tregaskes
Just 40 more likes. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
all right let's do it...
- Iphigenie
Love this one!
- Fossil Huntress
:-)
- Kol Tregaskes
The Google+ web app, while nice, is even heavier than the Facebook web app! Hope a native iOS client comes out. But nothing beats the lightness of Friendfeed.
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"David Cameron risked a fresh row over poverty today by speaking of families having children before they can afford to support them. The Prime Minister told how some of his constituents had contrasted their own decisions to wait to get married and start a family to other people on benefit having "as many children as they want"."
- M F
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I guess he admires the words/thoughts of Beveridge??? If anyone has read what he actually thinks, you'll know what I'm talking about, even though he was Labour, he had some right nasty views! :'(
- Halil
Yes I read parts of the Beveridge Report, he did not want to give state benefits to divorced women and single mothers for instance.
- M F
M F, that's the mild views, he went even further than that, he had disgraceful fascist ideas/views for a British peer, who ironically set the foundations for the welfare state.
- Halil
The thing is that someone in Cameron's situation cannot understand that for most of us planning is not always so straightforward. People lose jobs, get ill, have accidents, marriages fall apart after they have carefully planned the arrival of their children.
- M F
You can't realistically plan a family, if you do, you'll never have one or you'll be old parents! As you say, you can't factor in all the adverse variables that might happen to you, you just have to get on with it and have kids! People like Cameron et al, who never face financial situations other than, what holiday destination will we go to this week, do not understand that, and it's damn right rude and arrogant of him to express these views.
- Halil
Most people want the best for their kids. It is only a minority that is irresponsible. I think it was a Rowntree report of a couple of years ago that said that over 50% of children living in poverty had working parents. This was promptly ignored by the government (Labour) because it contradicted the trendy rhetoric that the only way out of poverty is work and that people who are poor somehow deserve it by being well just lazy.
- M F
#SaturdayFF--Birthday edition: My mom drove herself to the hospital, checked in at 8:00am, and I was born 30 minutes later. #littlefart x_x
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Nice! :D That's my style.
- Rochelle
I've made the joke that I just thought she was too overbearing and I couldn't wait to get away. haha! ;)
- Anna Haro
No, no, no...my birthday is in November. Like the Morrissey song, "November Spawned a Monster" ;)
- Anna Haro
I like your mom - I did the same thing, only it was at 10am when I drove myself to the hospital and my son was born a little over an hour later...
- Webgoddess Needs A Drink
Women in Anna's family don't mess around!
- Mark J
I like how Anna ends her stories with a little fart.
- Eivind
Kaiser Chiefs Turns Fans Into Producers for Record Release - http://mashable.com/2011...
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It appears my iPhone has been 'lock screen jacked'. Well played cousin... well played ;)
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$5 says someone is going to release a Rebecca Black spoof featuring Jesus called Good Friday
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Sucker Bet. I don't want part of that. :)
- caj needs a haircut
I mock... but if I had thought of it earlier, I'd fucking have a crack at doing it #SelfChuckle
- Johnny
from iPhone
I saw a headline last week that someone did release a Christian version of her song (I didn't watch it though)
- Sir Shuping is just sir
Pressure is getting to Arsène Wenger, says Tottenham's Harry Redknapp - http://www.guardian.co.uk/footbal...
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Sir Tim turns the tables - BBC - dot.Rory - http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs...
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"Our interview with the web's creator Sir Tim Berners-Lee threw up some interesting news lines. The man asked by the broadband minister to sort out the row over net neutrality told us progress was slow - and made clear where he stood. While he understands the need for the ISPs to manage the traffic on their networks, he is adamant that they should not be allowed to discriminate between different content providers. That would be like the days when AOL controlled your internet experience, he said, and it would end innovation online. So it's clear that Sir Tim is not exactly a neutral arbitrator - he thinks net neutrality is a vital principle which must be defended. The big ISPs may not be too happy about that - though they will feel much warmer about his criticisms of the Digital Economy Act, which they have delayed through a judicial review."
- Kol Tregaskes
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Contemplating patience and letting go of spite and jealousy. I'm better than that and at least I know I need to work at it.
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It's tough. I need this mantra, too. I am a very impatient person.
- Trish R
Patience is a struggle for me too. I am constantly trying to work on it.
- Tamara J.
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Trish, I should be enjoying my spring break and instead I'm worried about finding a job after I graduate in a year and pondering how I'm going to make it financially in the mean time. My head is buzzing like that silver ball in a pinball machine. It will be fine. It will be fine. It will be fine.
- Derrick
Incredible Monster Truck Backflip Grave Digger Ryan Anderson Son-uva Digger - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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- Halil
The High Probability Of Finding 'Life Beyond Earth' : NPR - http://www.npr.org/2011...
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"Scientific interest in extraterrestrial life has grown in the past 20 years. The field of astrobiology now includes researchers from a wide variety of disciplines — microbiologists studying bacteria that survive in the most extreme conditions on Earth; astronomers who believe there may be billions of planets with conditions hospitable to life; chemists investigating how amino acids and living organisms first appeared on Earth; and scientists studying rocks from Mars are seeing convincing evidence that microbial life existed on the Red Planet. In First Contact: Scientific Breakthroughs in the Hunt for Life Beyond Earth, Marc Kaufman, a science writer and national editor at The Washington Post, explains how microbes found in some of Earth's most inhospitable environments may hold the key to unlocking mysteries throughout the solar system."
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"Extremophile research started with microbes living in hot springs like Yellowstone and near deep underseas "black smoker" thermal vents that are even hotter. Each year scientists reach further and almost always get results — finding life miles underground, encased in ice, or bathed in acid. A very different group of researchers is also getting closer to synthesizing something akin to...
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- RAPatton
Listen to a Full-Length Ramones Concert Set to Sci-Fi B-Movie Trailers :: Blogs :: Awesome of the Day :: Paste - http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs...
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"Did you ever find yourself lying on your bed, headphones on, listening to The Ramones and thinking, “You know what? This would be the perfect soundtrack for science fiction B-movies from the Atomic Era”? Yeah… it never happened to us either, but nevertheless, a full-length concert from the New York punks has surfaced complete with visual stimulation in the form of images of King Kong, Godzilla and The Blob."
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I lol'd.
- Jandy
Make Your Own Kimchi - Project - Food News - CHOW - http://www.chow.com/food-ne...
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"Kimchi may taste complicated, but making it is not. Chop, brine, drain, and mix, then let time and fermentation work their magic. What you're left with is a spicy, addictive dish that's particularly healthy. While kimchi on its own is the perfect accompaniment to assertive Korean food, it also provides amazing flavor in dishes like braised short ribs, fried rice, roasted Brussels sprouts, and tofu stew."
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Have you ever made it? I've always wanted to try but never have. I love kimchi. Or is it kimchee? I've seen it both ways.
- Trish R
I have never made it, but I loved it from the first bite. It's a shameful, lusty kind of love, though.
- ha3rvey (Hugs 50% off!)
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I get a craving for it every time it pops up in my feed.
- Trish R
I'm tempted to try it on a burger.
- ha3rvey (Hugs 50% off!)
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do so harvey. it is tasty. good with butter fried sweetbreads too.
- tiffany
Lambing season begins - in pictures - http://www.guardian.co.uk/environ...
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Fingernails are pretty,
fingernails are good.
Seems that all they ever wanted was a marking.
Them balloons are pretty big,
and say they should
ever fall to ground
call the magic marker.
This is a genius list seeded with This is a Call by The Foo Fighters
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Great day at WonderCon...my 11 year old dreams came to life. Recognize her?!?
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I may or may not have had too much vodka last night.
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- Iain Baker
Interested in hearing about your fave beef stew recipes. Looking to make some soon with my crock pot. I understand the basics (beef, carrots, broth, tomatoes, potatoes, celery) but anyone willing to share a tip or hint you've had success with? Seasonings? Flavors?
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Found these so far: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe... and http://allrecipes.com/Recipe...
- Just Katie
Brown the beef first and use all of the beef bits in the stew. You can do this part the night before. It really boosts flavor.
- Katy S
Alrighty, making a note now
- Just Katie
bay leaf - throw one or two in there (and remember to take them out when you serve) for serious flavor.
- Webgoddess Needs A Drink
Bay leaf....brown meat....
- Just Katie
Adding quantities of good red wine can't hurt.
- Brent - Yes I am
I add rotel to it. Gives it some spice.
- Paulette
Use beef broth rather than water.
- Shannon - GlassMistress
Yeah the second recipe I found suggests red wine. And I'm seeing lots of broth over water suggestions. Awesome ideas....
- Just Katie
I've never added water. I tend to use diced tomatoes and/or red wine.
- Katy S
Noted the rotel....
- Just Katie
Would suggest deglazing too. Once you've taken the browned meat out of the (not nonstick!) pan/pot/whatevs, take a small amount of water (1/4 cup or so?) and add it to the pan, then scrape quickly with a wooden paddle or spoon to loosen the browned bits. Watch out you don't burn yourself on the resultant steam. Once the browned bits are off the bottom of the pan, you can just add that water to the stew pot. You can also deglaze with any water-type liquid like wine, come to think of it.
- Andrew C (✓)
stout beer
- Spidra Webster
Thanks everyone! I really appreciate the ideas and helpful tips. I cooked last night and was happy with the result so I think I'm ready to take on a stew.
- Just Katie
I was re-reading Alton Brown's cookbook and he has some stew tips we haven't covered here. (1) Dredging the meat in flour can provide the flour you'll need to thicken the stew. (2) Pour off the rendered fat from the browning step before deglazing. ("Pour off" means into a bowl, preferably not plastic since this is hot fat, so that it can solidify and you can dump it in your garbage. Don't pour the fat down the drain as it will solidify in your pipes and clog them.)
- Andrew C (✓)
If you have time, the easiest way to de-fat the stew is to cook it a day ahead. Cool it down quickly, then put it in the fridge -- putting a large amount of hot stew in the fridge warms everything else up while fridge struggles to catch up. The next day, the fat should mostly be in a solid layer on top, which is easier to remove than skimming liquid fat.
- Andrew C (✓)
Andrew - Excellent! I forgot to mention that I dredge the meat in a flour, salt, and pepper mixture before browning.
- Katy S
Ok. great suggestion except....I have *no* clue what it all means :) I'll have some research to do before i try all that.
- Just Katie
I love this recipe. I keep coming back to it again and again. http://allrecipes.com/Recipe... Man-Thing loves it, too.
- Mary Carmen
Katie: "dredging" is just coating meat with (optionally) seasoned flour. Mary's recipe above has one way to do it.
- Andrew C (✓)
So did you evar cook the stew? Curious minds need to know.
- Brent - Yes I am
Not yet....I'm working up to it
- Just Katie
The Aurora - http://vimeo.com/21294655
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Beautiful video
- Juan Pablo González
Breathtaking
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