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NWHarkness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:22 PM Original message |
Worst Headline Of The Day:"Obama's Rout Rejiggers the Race" |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
1. Time has a Hillary supporter as the online editor? |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 04:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
51. my grandparents used to say jigger and rejigger to fix things that |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. Holy crap, what was the copy editor thinking? |
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NWHarkness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Good idea. Done n/t |
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caligirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 03:31 AM Response to Reply #2 |
22. send the editor a note, click on the authors name and a box appears. I sent |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 11:46 AM Response to Reply #22 |
42. It's been changed to "Obama's Win Reshapes the Race" |
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RoveRage (322 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
3. That's about as bad as saying that Obama reniged on a promise. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 08:42 AM Response to Reply #3 |
37. Mainly because it's "reneged". |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
4. The local allnewz radio said something about "Snowy White Iowa" in relation to Obama's win there. |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
5. unbelievable lol |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
6. At first I thought this was an Onion headline |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
8. What the hell does "rejigger" mean? nt |
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lurky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Adjust. |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:25 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Nope. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 08:32 AM Response to Reply #11 |
33. no its not |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 11:44 AM Response to Reply #33 |
39. I can't offer proof |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:08 PM Response to Reply #39 |
46. does the term jigsaw puzzle bother you too? |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 11:57 AM Response to Reply #11 |
44. The image it creates in the reader is what is wrong |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 03:18 AM Response to Reply #8 |
17. to alter or rearrange (sailing reference is common usage) |
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caligirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 03:34 AM Response to Reply #17 |
25. perhaps an unfortuante twist, they should avoid even the possiblity that this |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
10. Sounds like a someone really screwed up... |
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Tatiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
12. There's that infamous "code" again. ***Sigh*** n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 02:38 AM Response to Original message |
14. It seems as though we are supposed to equate another word w/ that.... |
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janetblond (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 08:36 AM Response to Reply #14 |
36. Obviously! |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 02:47 AM Response to Original message |
15. I hate to put this word in print, but for those who do not know it, |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 03:27 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Nothing subtle about it. I'm an English major, had to look the word up. Someone |
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caligirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 03:14 AM Response to Original message |
16. by clicking on the authors name another window pops out and you can send a letter or comment |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 03:24 AM Response to Original message |
18. I saw that one. Someone is gonna get fired. |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 08:08 AM Response to Reply #18 |
31. From the M$M? |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 08:34 AM Response to Reply #18 |
34. for using a word that doesn't have a racial connotation? |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:01 PM Response to Reply #34 |
45. It was bad form, though |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:09 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. show me a single example of "rejiggers" being used in a racial context |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:28 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. I didn't say it had been |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 03:28 AM Response to Original message |
20. WTF are they thinking? nt |
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BringBigDogBack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 03:31 AM Response to Original message |
21. wow. |
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thoughtcrime1984 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 03:33 AM Response to Original message |
23. Do they dance like a brutha? |
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caligirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 03:36 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. see post 17, a sailing term in common use. Poor timing though. |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 03:34 AM Response to Original message |
24. What an idiotic word |
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caligirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 03:36 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. see post 17, a sailing term it seems. |
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troubleinwinter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 05:01 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. See post 28, a term suggesting "unethical", it seems. |
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troubleinwinter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 05:00 AM Response to Original message |
28. Aside from the obvious problem with the word, |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 05:04 AM Response to Original message |
30. I think some people here |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 08:36 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. yep. |
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Seen the light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 08:42 AM Response to Reply #30 |
38. I agree n/t |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
32. It isn't a "bad" word, but it sounds |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
40. Been changed to "Obama's Win Reshapes the Race" |
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DrFunkenstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
41. From The People That Darkened OJ's Skin |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
43. Wow. |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
48. If Obama wins the Presidency, will he outlaw words that "sound bad" to the... |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:40 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. do you ever get tired of it? |
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