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    10/31/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Biden was the most inscrutable choice, ever, for VP. Instead of "change" Obama brought out an old hack, who had trouble with both truth telling, even during the campaign, and with inserting his foot into his mouth. Oh, to know what kind of negotiation that was, to get him on the ticket---except, perhaps to allay terrified old white guys who feared a woman and a (half)black man on the ticket would bring on the apocalypse. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    apparently I am in the minority, but I love Joe Biden! I think he's like the lovable Steve Urkel of the White House. He comes in, says stupid stuff, knocks shit over, and is like "Did I do that?" Oh Joe. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Joe Biden is everything thats wrong and fucked up with congress. This dope won his seat in the Senate when he was 29 and has never had another job until being VP. He has learned about as much about how the country works from his perch in DC as Palin learned about Russia from staring at it. He is walking proof we need term limits.

    And he doesn't drink. I don't trust people who don't drink, unless they've already been alcoholics. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Why is it that I feel compelled to defend Gawker's subject matter against the editors/writers at least once a day lately?

    Either this new crop of staff writers is utterly fucked, or the editorial direction has taken a nosedive, or both.

    Is there some negative correlation between the quality of stories and the quality of AJAX/CSS? #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    @Motoko Kusanagi: From where I'm standing, it would appear to be a positive correlation. It's a good day when I get tripped up by fewer than five unresponsive scripts, infinite waits for comments to load or what have you. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    @romulus: The site gets prettier, and the content gets lamer. Just callin it as I see it. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    @Motoko Kusanagi: Oh yeah, I didn't mean to quibble. I agree that the site gets fancier all the time, but features seem to break often. I should have added before that it could well be my OS and browser causing headaches most readers don't experience. And in all fairness, I haven't been reading long enough to judge contemporary content against the past. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Not sure what point you're trying to make, Amrita... that you think Cheney's worldview makes some sense? That Cheney was initially popular, before everything he did brought his popularity rating to a low of 28%? I love it that Biden is willing to call a moron a moron. This is a ridiculous post. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Oh, and if you're trying to poke fun at Vice Prez Biden for weeping during the debate when he spoke about his first wife and baby daughter who died, well then, that's just messed up. #joebiden
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    10/31/09

    @Conchie Birdie: One might argue that it was the worst kind of political hackdom for him to bring them up expressly to show his "empathy" side and try to squeeze a tear out of his plastic-surgeryized eye slots. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    I'm absolutely NOT a supporter of ANYTHING Dick says... but, Good Lawwd, Biden, Bin Laden will always BE a part of the issue. I'm sorry, I guess if you had the prez saying this I could understand... but, uh, Joe? Nope.

    That being said, why are we posting crap from Fox News anyway - I thought we weren't supposed to take this stuff seriously?
    #joebiden
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    10/05/09

    In reply to New York Times Bites the Meat That Feeds It
    Just when I come to the realization that I need to start eating more to gain weight, the Times reminds me that I could be paralyzed for life.

    Chicken is still safe, right? And, uh... beans. And peanuts. What else is packed with protein? HALP.
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    10/05/09

    @croush1211: Sorry, dear, chicken is CHOCK FULL OF DEATH. Potentially.

    I'll have a chicken breast in a bleach bath, please.
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    10/06/09

    @croush1211: I know a guy who was an USDA inspector in a chicken-processing center in Texas. His job was basically to find tumor-laden carcasses after the birds are slaughtered. He doesn't eat chicken anymore. Tumorous chicken breast, by the way, is an excellent substitute for tofu!.
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    Image of NigelAstydameia NigelAstydameia
    10/05/09

    In reply to New York Times Bites the Meat That Feeds It
    Great reporting. It will keep me off hamburgers for quite some time...
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    10/05/09

    In reply to New York Times Bites the Meat That Feeds It
    Here's the scary part. This means that Cargill probably doesn't care at this point, because they know they've got the entire-country-needs-massive-foodbanks-and-soupkitchen-supplier-as-we-head-very-deeply-into-the-greatest-depression-since-ever-contracts all hammered out
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    Image of Lizawithazee Lizawithazee
    10/05/09

    In reply to New York Times Bites the Meat That Feeds It
    Agreed, this is a rare, meaty piece that was very well done. It cut me to the bone.
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    10/05/09

    @Lizawithazee:
    I was thinking of going that way with this, but I'm still stunned after hearing Mrs. Smitros read me most of the story yesterday.
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    10/05/09

    @Smitros: Except what I wrote is all true! And I'm never eating a hamburger again.
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    10/05/09

    In reply to New York Times Bites the Meat That Feeds It
    And that's why newspapers are still necessary, kids. That story and the accompanying photo, packed a wallop. Kudos, Times.
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    Image of Matthew_Maurice Matthew_Maurice
    10/05/09

    @TheBusinessGuy: Maybe that was the point. It doesn't take a genius to see that if a traditional newspaper wants to remain in business, if not relevant, it needs to do what blogs can't, that is long-form investigative journalism that appeals to the general public's sense of constantly getting screwed over. Voice of San Diego, a much smaller online newspaper is coming at the same problem from the opposite end.
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    10/05/09

    In reply to New York Times Bites the Meat That Feeds It
    I haven't read the piece, but I can say this: Pre-packaged, pre-pattied hamburger meat is N-A-S-T-Y, and anyone who serves it at a cookout should not have cookouts. A lot of times, non-profits and such will hold large cookouts and serve them because they are cheap. I would gladly pay $10 for real, fresh hamburger. The pre-packaged patties give people diarrhea. That is a fact.
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    10/05/09

    @billybobnyc: True, but it's not a problem just limited to pre-pattied meat. The problem is that ground beef, because it's ground-up, means the stuff that causes e-coli contamination (i.e., cow shit) gets within the product itself. Rinsing ground beef off does not get out what is within the ball of meat. With steaks and other solid beef cuts, the icky stuff can be more easily cleaned/washed off; it does not get within the cut of meat itself.
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    10/05/09

    In reply to New York Times Bites the Meat That Feeds It
    So Cargill is not a political consultant who imploded over Hillary Clinton's campaign?
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    10/05/09

    In reply to New York Times Bites the Meat That Feeds It
    That piece made me glad, once again, that my butcher only grinds meat to order, from cuts that you pick out.
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