"A 28-year-old pregnant woman was knocked to the floor during the mad rush. She was hospitalized for observation, police said.
Three other shoppers suffered minor injuries, cops said." - Shey
I hope everybody who was involved reads about this and feels their share of remorse! Are savings worth a person's life? Of course not! - Scott from Canada
I thought this was a story from the Onion. So sad that it isn't. Effed-up. :( - Mathew A. Koeneker
Please let this be a joke. This is very terrible. As @Scott said, the savings aren't worth a person's life. - Valley
the tragedy of this event must be acknowledged, sadly, but people have died in human stampedes before. anytime you create situations where large crowds are whipped up into a frenzy you're just asking for trouble. what i don't understand is why it's so important for people to get a cheap DVD player, or great deal on some kitchen appliance. this materialism that seems to define our consumerist society is sickening. what can be done to stop that? - .LAG
the need is not for the discount. the need is for the glory of giving the best gift so that you can be loved for all time. i tell my kids on christmas that it's not their birthday.. they get one gift, maybe two. - Trish Haley
you know...not trying to disparage anyone unfairly but the majority of these stories every year seem to all have one store in common....I would stay away from Wal-Mart's, as a rule, on the Friday after Thanksgiving.... - Live4SoccerVacations
Obviously good advice. I expect some serious lawsuits from today's avoidable tragedies - Susan Beebe (Santa Claus)
I hate to say this, but it doesn't really surprise me that much. Some people seem to be so driven by a 'must-have materialism' that everything else falls by the wayside. - Ian May
no joke 2 people died today - a 34 year old clerk and a mis-carried baby - Susan Beebe (Santa Claus)
That's just... appalling. I will *never* understand Black Friday. I read the same about the pregnant woman having miscarried — "appalling" isn't a strong enough word. - The Bohemian Penguin
Just when I have some sliver of faith in humanity something like this and the bombings just make me so sad for the plight of our world. - jlt
This disgusts me. The fact that they broke the fucking door off the hinges should make them all accessories. - Peter Ghosh CISSP
Folks, can I recommend something? Instead of gifts and bargains for your loved ones, donate in their names for charity - and ask them to do likewise. Christmas has become something I loathe because of things exactly like this. As long as we continue to participate in such things, it will continue. The thought that a hungry child could be fed as my "gift" is infinitely more important to me than any material item could ever be. Can we all do those types of things? Please? - Vince DeGeorge
“as everyone on Friendfeed is incredibly smart people, could anyone help me with part of my assignment and tell me 'where discrimination comes from' is simple words please??? much appreciated”
this is as simple as I can get. Discrimination starts with the importance of "me" versus "we". When the former takes over the latter injustices can occur. - jlt
Yeah, what Shey said. What kind of discrimination? - Mohomed=genieyclo
Discrimination of any kind comes from ignorance and misconception. People discriminate against others because they feel they are different from themselves and therefore they don't like it. My take in this anyway - hope it helps. - Flippity
from the Latin discriminare "to divide," from discrimen, derived n. from discernere (see discern). The adverse (usually racial) sense is first recorded 1866, Amer.Eng. Positive sense remains in discriminating (adj.) "possessing discernment" (1792). .... oh you didn't mean the etymology? - Sean Reiser
“thank you sooo much for the help :D it's just discrimination in general - our teacher gave us a few sentences on power and then mentioned parliament but it doesn;t make much sense to me. and thanks Flippity, i shall use that” - Stephanie Pickett
Discrimination, it it's most basic form, is being able to tell the difference between one thing and another. - Shey
Flippity has it right, but I think there are also some predisposed genetic traits as well that make us feel certain ways about those who are "different". Some use their understanding and intelligence to overcome those feelings - unfortunately, some do not. - Vince DeGeorge
only in football, basketball, track, tennis and golf. baseball? volleyball? auto racing? equestrian? lacrosse? not so much ... LOL (only sort of kidding) - tiffany
<whispering> but it's pretty much true for most of the major sports isn't it? [Except maybe NHL- wait Iginla. Never mind.] Nope, you're right Shey. ;)] - Abby Martin
I love how racism is perfectly acceptable here, but if that was the other way around, it'd be outrage. If you feel okay offending somebody, keep it in mind next time a white person does something evil to somebody black, an asian to an indian, etc. Sorry, but... tacky. Very. - Patricia
ahem... Michael Phelps? This is all in jest, of course. We can do this because I'd say the majority, if not all of us, here have not a bit of racism in us. We can laugh at ourselves and be confident that there's nothing more to it. At least, I hope that's the case. - Vince DeGeorge
Racism? No I disagree. Discrimination? You can argue that, yes. Perhaps degrading a minority, I'm listening... - Shey
See Shey, now you're in trouble. Oh yeah, +Vince DeGeorge. - Anna Haro
I would be highly P'Od if someone had a poster that said white people were so much better than black people at getting Nobel Prizes, Pulitzer Prizes, or even Bloggies. - MiɳiMagɘ (AlwaysMiniMage)
*also whistling* [But anybody on here familiar with you knows this was in fun and you meant nothing bad by it.] - Abby Martin
@Mini Then I would point out the well known socio-economic and digital divides that follow racial lines. This is just a poster about sports. [crap, now I've really opened a can of worms] - Shey
I can't deny how well-known they are, but I've seen for myself that we sometimes create our own lines. One thing I am hoping to get out of the Obama administration is a clear signal to our youth that excelling academically is not tantamount to rejecting the skins we're in (and I suspect that's the can inside the can). - MiɳiMagɘ (AlwaysMiniMage)
i havent laughed like this in a long time - took me a minute to get it haha thanks - Allen Stern
Shey, if you put it on Flickr or your blog or something, we can link back to it and spread the word.... - Bora Zivkovic
I don't get .......ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! LOL! - Mike L
you guys are retard i have seen this image 50 times on the internet somewhere....TIRED OF U PEOPLE GOING NUTS OVER SHIT THAT IS SOO BLATANTLY OLD it makes u look inexperienced - Caroline
Holy crap, who pissed in Caroline's corn flakes this morning? - Peter Ghosh CISSP
Caroline, on behalf of all of FriendFeed, I humbly offer our sincerest apologies for not consulting with you first to get permission to post something that you may have seen but others may have not. - Akiva Moskovitz
I’m deliberately un-liking this and then re-liking it just to bring it to the top and spite Caroline. - Guillermo Esteves
I've seen it before. Ive even posted it before ( to stumbleupon ), But that's ok. It's still funny as shit. I'd much rather look inexperienced than come off like I have that "shovel" she's selling shoved up my ass.....sideways. - Tony Miller
It seems I've tweeted too much. "Sorry, something went wrong. This is what I have recorded as your error: Sorry, but for some reason you can't grab the first tweet for people with over 3,200 updates." - Bwana
FAIL: Sorry, but for some reason you can't grab the first tweet for people with over 3,200 updates. - Cyndy
I, for one, am shocked it's been allowed to continue for this long. - Bwana
"The money that’s been pledged is equivalent to $24,000 for every man, woman and child in the country. It’s nine times what the U.S. has spent so far on wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to Congressional Budget Office figures. It could pay off more than half the country’s mortgages." - RAPatton
They might have one more after this one. Probably some laughable number like 500 Trillion. - Bwana
Why not just give everyone the $24K? That would surely pay of some mortgages (or late payments), save the auto industry (with people buying cars), not as much credit/loans would be needed, spurn on some budding entrepreneurs, stimulate the economy as a whole - oh, and make me really really happy. - Vince DeGeorge
American companies are playing "Win Ben Stein's Money" with the treasury, and the way to win is threaten to collapse the economy with a domino effect by going out of business Why do we need all this bailout money, when Ben Stein himself said the economy was sound? - Chris White
Why isn't my daughter being taught this in school? Why do we continue the myths? I guess I'll just try to teach her the truth, but hope not to confuse her. - Vince DeGeorge
Cool share, thanks! (have you seen Nutshell - similar idea (Orli told me about it here on FF)... creating my Fuser account now...thanks!! :) - Susan Beebe (Santa Claus)
Last time that I used Fuser it was extremely slow (and without Twitter support) Maybe I should give them a second try. - Orli Yakuel
Orli, thanks that was fast - awesome...reading now! Great post! Thanks for showing those cool screenshots - that Fuser Leaderboard feature is hawt! - Susan Beebe (Santa Claus)
I like Fuser, glad they came and showed it to me. - Robert Scoble
Cheers Susan...shame they have a rubbish site though eh Robert? - Zee.
Looks neat, but it's unfortunate that we have yet another service that immediately asks you to trust them with all the passwords for your other services. - Ken Sheppardson
So my only issue is that when working with social media tools like Flock, Fuser, and others, I need something where I can interact with a somewhat full list of components for each of the sites - status, comments, inbox, updates, photos, video...I have no use for an app where I only check my msgs from all sites. I end up having to login anyway to FB/MS to add the new content that matters and keeps things fresh and compelling....not just to check my inbox. - Rich Harris
Rich is right - I need an app where I can do everything for the sites. - Nation Hahn
Well i like Fuser i was able to add all bar 1 email accounts but only found out you could add your own settings by accident.The UI is great and works for me. Seems pretty fast too.As i said yesterday i think FriendFeed is a must. Along with other Social sites.The forum wont allow me to sign in or join not sure whats happening here! - Richard
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“What happened to Google results in connection with LinkedIn? A search for my name used to bring up my linked in profile first - now it's nowhere in sight!”
Not very long ago, I added my email to my last name - this may have caused it (only thing I can think of...) so I just removed it. - Vince DeGeorge
Cuz LinkedIn sucks? LOL, maybe your LinkedIn just doesn't rank well compared to your other stuff - ♫ Rahsheen ™ ★
I would buy both of those reasons if it had not only recently been the number one (or two) result. Hey, I can't help it if I want people to say, "Who IS that awesome guy?! I want to hire him!" The have them Google me and bring up my profile! I mean, FF comes up number one now, and while that's great and all, it's not exactly my "best work." - Vince DeGeorge
thats how many Cals your supposed to have ? Im supposed to consume like 1700 but I only get in about 1100 cals. Dude you must be like an Athlete to have to have that much. - J.D.
One of those Baconators from Wendy's? That should definitely put you over the top. - Trish R
I might be off a little, JD. Only been following estimates based on height/weight and estimated activity. Usually comes around to 2800-3200 cals/day if I wanna put on any weight. This gives me about 2xBW in protein, which is probably the upper limit of what you need. - ♫ Rahsheen ™ ★
i wish i had your problem... putting on the weight is cake for me. - Trish Haley
I've noticed those calorie calcultors put on an extra 400 or so than I really eat or want to eat, or require! - anna
I'm trying to keep UNDER 2000 calories a day. I have the opposite problem if I'm not careful. - Ian May
Rah: What are you basing the 3114 cals on? I too have a problem gaining weight and would seriously like to make a conscious effort to put on 15 or so pounds, would that number work for me as well or was it calculated in some fashion? - Nicholas Kreidberg
Probably true, anna. I always aim for the upper range because I'm sure if I get anywhere close, I've hit my goal. @Trish H. I have really high metabolism for some reason. It's a blessing and a curse. - ♫ Rahsheen ™ ★
Make sure to keep up the fiber, esp. if you're downing more carbs & fats, even with a high metabolism, gotta get stuff moving. Yeah a "big eating day" for me is like 2K, but I'm relatively slow metabolically, and rarely eat meat - anna
I eat as much meat as I can, but that gets expensive real quick. I just noticed that I've met my fat and protein req's, but I'm 53 off on carbs. I don't know why I find those so hard to get. Once I can get used to getting the basics down, then I'm definitely going to start fine-tuning as far as fiber/types of fat/sugar/etc - ♫ Rahsheen ™ ★
Rah, you might want to add quinoa to your diet. It's a pretty balanced source of carbs, fat, and protein. Also relatively high in fiber. - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)
You can have some of my calories if you want... I'd rather not have them. I'm working out 90 minutes a day just to burn 800. - Vince DeGeorge
90 minutes? You're better than me. I'd do HIIT (High-intensity Interval Training I think it is) Supposed to burn more calories faster. Obviously more intense. - ♫ Rahsheen ™ ★
I could probably do a lot better with HIIT, but honestly I use the time to catch up with shows I want to see while on the treadmill. I load up my iPhone and just watch. Though sometimes I'll just stream some techno or metal to get the blood flowing. The iPhone is the ultimate workout device. - Vince DeGeorge
for future reference: 2 cups rice milk, 2-3 tablespoons peanut butter, 2 scoops chocolate whey protein (generally lactose free), and a banana or two in a blender = @700 - 900 calories depending on products used - William Harryman
lucky bastard. Too bad we can't exchange bodies after events like birthdays...I want a refund, this one's faulty, now if I can just find my warranty papers... Oh sh*t fine printing strikes again ;-) - Gina K
I was basing the numbers off what Gyminee told me, Nicholas. - ♫ Rahsheen ™ ★
When I was pregnant, I had to consume 2800 cal per day and I couldn't do it unless I included junk food. With morning sickness, it was even harder. - Anika Malone
Whatever would make my parents proud of me. - Derrick
Derrick, we were so not alike. My dad was super pissed when I spent the money I earned from my job on a vintage Hendrix style Stratocaster guitar, rather than saving for college. - Chris White
LOCKSMITH. I'm sure I thought about the fun of tinkering, and not so much the reality of dealing with pissed off customers locked out of home/auto. But then again, check out the self-styled "Professor Geek of Locks" http://gonzaleslock.com/blog.h... . Also, just found "Day in the Life of a Locksmith" guy - funnier than expected: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... - Micah Wittman
*Thinks back two years* Software developer. Wow, my life doesn't really change much. - i80and
the next Pele, but I would have settled for the next Beckenbauer - William Harryman
Musician. I was never good, but in retrospect I think I wanted more of the "rock star" aspects of the job than the parts that required skill. - Bret Taylor
A space explorer...go where no man has gone before. - imabonehead
Medical Doctor for kids with serious reconstructive plastic surgery needs (also eye surgeon - loved the thought of restoring eye sight to people!) - Susan Beebe (Santa Claus)
I never knew what I wanted to be... Part of my problem/advantage in life. I kept asking people for help with my career, and wasn't getting much help. Might end up being a lifetime nomad. :-) - Mitchell Tsai
No. Fuck the union insanity and fatcat execs. I would only be for it only if all the execs took massive pay cuts and the unions cut down ridiculous benefits but that will never happen. - Leather Donut
No. They've had more time, and more second chances, than most industries to fix what was wrong. - Rick Powell
I'm conflicted - primarily because family members work in related industries and their jobs would be affected; some are already on work/hours reduction. - Katy Southern
No. The sooner we burn out these warts the better. - RefD
Bush's tax incentive to small business owners to write off most or all of the price of a large vehicle over $60,000 was like a gift from the heavens to the American auto industry. They had that gift for 8 years, dropped directly in their lap. So many vehicles were sold through this tax loophole that now we have a glut of giant trucks and SUV's on the road. And yet, after gas goes up a dollar or two, Detroit goes immediately in the toilet. This was bad business all around. I say no bailout. - Phil Glockner
No - I don't think inefficient businesses that can't make money because of crappy products should be "rewarded." The moral hazard has already been crossed with these bailouts. What next, Yahoo! gets a bailout? The cast of Heroes when their show gets cancelled? - Jason Kaneshiro
NO! NON! NADA! A bailout is the LAST thing the dinosaur auto sector needs. Give them Big Bucks for INNOVATION, electric cars and every other truly GOOD idea out there. We need vehicles. And North America has some of the finest auto manufacturers around. But we need an overhaul of the *type* of vehicles being produced. OIL is the past. - V for Veselka
Yes- with conditions. Cars must be inovative using air and or solar power. These cars must be afordable, lets say 4,000 range. If we loose GM many will loose jobs "vertical" and "cross vertical markets" are connected to GM. We need GM to employee our young people. We also need GM to be a part of the trade schools that Regan removed. Lets do away with the ego's and start with soloa powered cars made by GM.One of the ideas is to give GM money for "innovation." Here's what one man working with high school students accomplished:"SEE VIDEO" :)http://www.brasschecktv.com/pa... - SekhemetsHathor
See this. http://friendfeed.com/e/dd02be... Do you want more of this? You forget these are politicians we are talking about. Most of them cant spell economy yet wield decisions with enormous financial consequence. - Leather Donut
no.no.no.no.no. why should you bailem out? shitty company? they deserve it. look at Toyota. great company. but what's the misconception? "Not American." What's the rules for being an American company? Toyota is firmly entrenched in this market, having a large workforce in America, strong market stake, buying power, sponsorship, establishing institutions, everything. Welcome to the globalized world, this sort of pseudo-protectionism should stop. - Mohomed=genieyclo
sound like the auto industry needs investors. hey, auto-dudes, i'll allow the gub'ment to invest in a project for green cars. not $$ for SUVs, or golden parachutes, etc. green cars, get it? - MikeAmundsen
I want to say no, but $25 Billion is still cheaper than $125 Billion. I don't want to think that way but I can't help it. - Occasional Headbanger
They will be bailed out with conditions. GM needs to step it up and I agree that Toyota is a great company. But regardless of what you and I think it will never be our choice as long as you stay a slave to a system that regards you only as a consumer. Just like the bank bail out, I never okayed that one and we all are paying for it. Watching the fat cows get fatter. Put up or shut up Sovereign or bust! - SekhemetsHathor
No. Let them file bankruptcy and force them to restructure. The airlines did it, right? Again - no more bailouts until WE get one. - Vince DeGeorge
No, giving money to the auto industry now is only delaying the
inevitable, unless they agree to specific changes. - Kim Landwehr
Yes, but only for the good of those whose jobs will be lost when they fail, however, the money must come with stringent terms with specific goals, lots of oversight, and available to anyone building or designing an auto in the USA. Though I have to say, I really don't want them to get the money, I'd rather them suffer from their past stupidity and greed. - xero
No, fuck them. They NEED to lose those jobs in light of this. "UAW Says It Will Rather Tax Payers Foot The Bill Than Accept Cuts To Keep Detroit Afloat" I need a job. Why the fuck should my taxes pay for someone else to have a job. Fuck that. http://bit.ly/fucktheuaw - Leather Donut
No. Unfortunately, businesses can't do bad business and then expect somebody to bail them out. Ford isn't going to let itself completely die. I'm also concerned about where the U.S. government is getting this money, and it sounds like the bank bailout is leaning toward a fail. I'm sorry to see people lose their jobs but I don't think this is the answer. - Patricia
no, they've had the american economy by the balls with their stubbornness and even refusal to adapt to cleaner, safer and more efficient technologies and business models and will continue to operate along the same manner if given a bailout. al these industries are like petulant children -- you cater to them in every way possible and they'll just ask for more and more - Cee Bee
After watching this morning the Treasury secretary change the last bailout - you know,the one that if it didn't pass the entire economic world would fall - I say no. Better to have a b
