User: misterben
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• GREAT review!

  Posted to Books by misterben on November 2, 2009     Views: 273 Replies: 0
  Topic: GREAT review!     Rating: +1/-1
  Last response by misterben on November 2, 2009

• Favorite line from this article:

  Posted to Technology by misterben on October 22, 2009     Views: 284 Replies: 1
  Topic: Favorite line from this article:     
  Last response by Farhad Manjoo on October 22, 2009

• Re: I Have Not Seen These Movies...

  Posted to Movies by misterben on October 22, 2009     Views: 40 Replies: 0
  Topic: I Have Not Seen These Movies...     
  Last response by misterben on October 22, 2009

• Look out, Peru

  Posted to Moneybox by misterben on July 29, 2009     Views: 287 Replies: 4
  Topic: Look out, Peru     Rating: +1
  Last response by Raul Valenzuela on August 12, 2009

• Re: Michigan

  Posted to Dispatches by misterben on June 19, 2009     Views: 135 Replies: 1
  Topic: Michigan     
  Last response by eak03 on August 6, 2009

• Refi my credit card debt through Prosper?

  Posted to The Dismal Science by misterben on July 1, 2009     Views: 279 Replies: 2
  Topic: Refi my credit card debt through Prosper?     
  Last response by seb33sf on July 26, 2009

• Re: Roundabouts are wonderful, but DC offers an ecception

  Posted to Transport by misterben on July 23, 2009     Views: 141 Replies: 0
  Topic: Roundabouts are wonderful, but DC offers an ecception     
  Last response by misterben on July 23, 2009

• Re: McDo? C'est si bon!

  Posted to Food by misterben on June 26, 2009     Views: 137 Replies: 1
  Topic: McDo? C'est si bon!     Rating: +2
  Last response by irvingchang on June 26, 2009

• Re: "fashionable"

  Posted to Food by misterben on June 23, 2009     Views: 110 Replies: 2
  Topic: Another newbie reporter "discovers"­ Japan     
  Last response by run75441 on June 26, 2009

• Re: Typical Slate Snobbery

  Posted to Food by misterben on June 26, 2009     Views: 100 Replies: 1
  Topic: Typical Slate Snobbery     
  Last response by Nasochkas on June 26, 2009

• Re: Lingering

  Posted to Food by misterben on June 26, 2009     Views: 147 Replies: 0
  Topic: Lingering     
  Last response by misterben on June 26, 2009

• Is Farhad Manjoo a marionette?

  Posted to Slate V by misterben on June 23, 2009     Views: 484 Replies: 0
  Topic: Is Farhad Manjoo a marionette?     
  Last response by misterben on June 23, 2009

• Re: Re:Of course we blame them, you economic dunce

  Posted to Kausfiles by misterben on June 9, 2009     Views: 247 Replies: 3
  Topic: Let Them Eat Cake--Cons blame the workers again     Rating: -1
  Last response by The Real RML on June 18, 2009

• Re: Exactly why I bought a Prius

  Posted to Kausfiles by misterben on June 9, 2009     Views: 109 Replies: 0
  Topic: Exactly why I bought a Prius     
  Last response by Union Kid on June 9, 2009

• Did you do any research at all?

  Posted to Dispatches by misterben on May 5, 2009     Views: 468 Replies: 3
  Topic: Did you do any research at all?     Rating: +1
  Last response by vanowen on May 6, 2009

• Utterly Confused

  Posted to Dear Prudence by misterben on April 9, 2009     Views: 971 Replies: 1
  Topic: Utterly Confused     Rating: +8/-2
  Last response by Socrates_Is_Mortal on April 10, 2009

• Re: How about this rule:

  Posted to Architecture by misterben on February 4, 2009     Views: 129 Replies: 1
  Topic: How about this rule:     
  Last response by question? on March 9, 2009

• Re: Really? Try these:

  Posted to Architecture by misterben on February 5, 2009     Views: 130 Replies: 1
  Topic: How about this rule:     
  Last response by question? on March 9, 2009

• Re: Yet another inadequate BSG critique

  Posted to XX Factor Extra by misterben on March 9, 2009     Views: 169 Replies: 0
  Topic: Yet another inadequate BSG critique     Rating: +1
  Last response by misterben on March 9, 2009

• Re: Honestly, I do not think Lapidos watches this show

  Posted to XX Factor Extra by misterben on March 9, 2009     Views: 143 Replies: 0
  Topic: Honestly, I do not think Lapidos watches this show     
  Last response by misterben on March 9, 2009

• Precedent

  Posted to Culturebox by misterben on March 5, 2009     Views: 348 Replies: 1
  Topic: Precedent     
  Last response by Travelgirl420 on March 6, 2009

• Re: Is the author a two-timer as well as a gold-digger?

  Posted to Dispatches by misterben on February 13, 2009     Views: 122 Replies: 1
  Topic: Is the author a two-timer as well as a gold-digger?     Rating: +1
  Last response by BortimusPrime on February 17, 2009

• Re: Movie theater annoyances

  Posted to Dear Prudence by misterben on January 29, 2009     Views: 194 Replies: 5
  Topic: Movie theater annoyances     Rating: +1
  Last response by IncogNeato on February 16, 2009

• Re: Movie theater annoyances

  Posted to Dear Prudence by misterben on February 15, 2009     Views: 222 Replies: 1
  Topic: Movie theater annoyances     Rating: +1
  Last response by IncogNeato on February 16, 2009

• Tongue in cheek, I hope?

  Posted to Well-Traveled by misterben on January 27, 2009     Views: 472 Replies: 0
  Topic: Tongue in cheek, I hope?     
  Last response by misterben on January 27, 2009

• Re: God's Hand

  Posted to Human Nature by misterben on January 22, 2009     Views: 139 Replies: 1
  Topic: God's Hand     
  Last response by Ubertrout on January 22, 2009

• Re: Get off your high horse

  Posted to Technology by misterben on January 15, 2009     Views: 137 Replies: 1
  Topic: Get off your high horse     
  Last response by bajacalla on January 15, 2009

• Re: Actually, I already have an interactive social network

  Posted to Technology by misterben on January 15, 2009     Views: 185 Replies: 0
  Topic: Actually, I already have an interactive social network     Rating: +1
  Last response by kake79 on January 15, 2009

• Re: I'd Like to Punch You in the Eye

  Posted to Technology by misterben on January 15, 2009     Views: 143 Replies: 0
  Topic: I'd Like to Punch You in the Eye     Rating: +3/-1
  Last response by misterben on January 15, 2009

• Re: Facebook = no anonymity, no business model = teh suck

  Posted to Technology by misterben on January 15, 2009     Views: 164 Replies: 0
  Topic: Facebook = no anonymity, no business model = teh suck     Rating: +1
  Last response by molingrad on January 15, 2009

• Re: "people you may know" tool is horrifying

  Posted to Technology by misterben on January 15, 2009     Views: 202 Replies: 0
  Topic: "people you may know" tool is horrifying     Rating: +1
  Last response by misterben on January 15, 2009

• Leave those kids alone

  Posted to Dear Prudence by misterben on December 18, 2008     Views: 1810 Replies: 7
  Topic: Leave those kids alone     
  Last response by Kompressor on December 18, 2008

• So sick of this.

  Posted to XX Factor Extra by misterben on November 24, 2008     Views: 1488 Replies: 5
  Topic: So sick of this.     Rating: +1/-1
  Last response by libertyforall on November 27, 2008

• Re: Genius in the White House

  Posted to The Big Idea by misterben on November 15, 2008     Views: 160 Replies: 0
  Topic: Genius in the White House     
  Last response by viretarmis on November 17, 2008

• Re: An alcoholic presents his plan to have just one more drink

  Posted to Moneybox by misterben on November 14, 2008     Views: 216 Replies: 1
  Topic: An alcoholic presents his plan to have just one more drink     Rating: +1
  Last response by aix42 on November 14, 2008

• Re: Sarah Palin is a good woman

  Posted to Politics by misterben on November 7, 2008     Views: 211 Replies: 0
  Topic: Sarah Palin is a good woman     Rating: +1/-1
  Last response by Philadelphia Steve on November 10, 2008

• Re: Is it really that easy to become educated?

  Posted to Politics by misterben on November 7, 2008     Views: 249 Replies: 1
  Topic: Is it really that easy to become educated?     Rating: +2/-1
  Last response by omabikeryder on November 7, 2008

• Re: Is it really that easy to become educated?

  Posted to Politics by misterben on November 7, 2008     Views: 186 Replies: 1
  Topic: Is it really that easy to become educated?     Rating: +2/-1
  Last response by omabikeryder on November 7, 2008

• Re: who believes palin didn't know africa was a continent ?

  Posted to Politics by misterben on November 7, 2008     Views: 189 Replies: 1
  Topic: who believes palin didn't know africa was a continent ?     Rating: +1/-1
  Last response by omabikeryder on November 7, 2008

• Re: Political Reporters Shouldn't.

  Posted to Politics by misterben on November 7, 2008     Views: 189 Replies: 1
  Topic: Political Reporters Shouldn't.     
  Last response by bsharporflat on November 7, 2008

• Re: 11-04-2008: national day of SHAME

  Posted to Politics by misterben on November 7, 2008     Views: 146 Replies: 0
  Topic: 11-04-2008: national day of SHAME     Rating: +1/-1
  Last response by justanotherbrick on November 7, 2008

• Is this just a promo?

  Posted to XX Factor Extra by misterben on October 15, 2008     Views: 356 Replies: 1
  Topic: Is this just a promo?     
  Last response by SonnyPI67 on October 15, 2008

• Re: Will HUSSEIN Obama MANDATE White Arrests for "Diversity"?

  Posted to Politics by misterben on October 10, 2008     Views: 181 Replies: 0
  Topic: Will HUSSEIN Obama MANDATE White Arrests for "Diversity"?­     Rating: -1
  Last response by misterben on October 10, 2008

• Re: Dear Friends, you have a choice

  Posted to The Big Idea by misterben on October 6, 2008     Views: 279 Replies: 1
  Topic: Dear Friends, you have a choice     Rating: -1
  Last response by degsme on October 7, 2008

• Re: Nice life preserver

  Posted to The Big Idea by misterben on October 6, 2008     Views: 242 Replies: 1
  Topic: Nice life preserver     
  Last response by acptulsa on October 6, 2008

• Joanna, do your duty!

  Posted to Culturebox by misterben on September 24, 2008     Views: 498 Replies: 1
  Topic: Joanna, do your duty!     
  Last response by tjcerveza on September 25, 2008

• Target employers, not hapless migrants

  Posted to Jurisprudence by misterben on May 30, 2008     Views: 7558 Replies: 20
  Topic: Target employers, not hapless migrants     Rating: +2
  Last response by trapdoor on September 11, 2008

• Re: Doesn't matter...

  Posted to Politics by misterben on September 8, 2008     Views: 262 Replies: 0
  Topic: Doesn't matter...     
  Last response by bsharporflat on September 8, 2008

• Re: This is not what women want in a politician

  Posted to Politics by misterben on September 4, 2008     Views: 305 Replies: 1
  Topic: This is not what women want in a politician     
  Last response by NAJIYS on September 6, 2008

• Re: Take away her speech writers

  Posted to Politics by misterben on September 4, 2008     Views: 334 Replies: 1
  Topic: Take away her speech writers     
  Last response by alex on September 4, 2008

• Re: IS THIS TRUE?

  Posted to Politics by misterben on September 4, 2008     Views: 299 Replies: 0
  Topic: IS THIS TRUE?     
  Last response by mlang46 on September 4, 2008

• Re: Enough

  Posted to Politics by misterben on September 4, 2008     Views: 382 Replies: 0
  Topic: Enough     Rating: +1/-2
  Last response by quillsinister on September 4, 2008

• Re: nothing new

  Posted to Politics by misterben on September 4, 2008     Views: 283 Replies: 1
  Topic: nothing new     
  Last response by dgl on September 4, 2008

• Re: Governors are middle-class now?

  Posted to Politics by misterben on September 4, 2008     Views: 368 Replies: 0
  Topic: Governors are middle-class now?     
  Last response by misterben on September 4, 2008

• Re: They think?

  Posted to Politics by misterben on September 4, 2008     Views: 288 Replies: 2
  Topic: They think?     
  Last response by sigmond on September 4, 2008

• Re: Word to the wise: take Palin seriously ...

  Posted to Politics by misterben on September 4, 2008     Views: 295 Replies: 0
  Topic: Word to the wise: take Palin seriously ...     Rating: +1
  Last response by misterben on September 4, 2008

• Re: Same Old Farhad

  Posted to Technology by misterben on August 26, 2008     Views: 284 Replies: 0
  Topic: Same Old Farhad     
  Last response by smokified on August 26, 2008

• Hunters sure are tough!

  Posted to Green Room by misterben on August 18, 2008     Views: 536 Replies: 6
  Topic: Hunters sure are tough!     
  Last response by westernredbat on August 21, 2008

• Re: Who else outlasted his captors? Let's see...

  Posted to Fighting Words by misterben on August 4, 2008     Views: 439 Replies: 1
  Topic: Who else outlasted his captors? Let's see...     
  Last response by Neolefty on August 9, 2008

• Re: Thom Mayne's US Federal Building sucks

  Posted to Architecture by misterben on July 23, 2008     Views: 393 Replies: 0
  Topic: Thom Mayne's US Federal Building sucks     Rating: +2/-1
  Last response by Contempo on July 29, 2008

• Thanks for another terrible building!

  Posted to Architecture by misterben on July 23, 2008     Views: 551 Replies: 1
  Topic: Thanks for another terrible building!     
  Last response by Alph the Sacred River on July 24, 2008

• This is a BLOG POST, not a news article

  Posted to Five-Ring Circus by misterben on July 17, 2008     Views: 399 Replies: 0
  Topic: This is a BLOG POST, not a news article     
  Last response by misterben on July 17, 2008

• Re: Meritless

  Posted to Five-Ring Circus by misterben on July 17, 2008     Views: 342 Replies: 0
  Topic: Meritless     Rating: +1
  Last response by misterben on July 17, 2008

• Re: Covering Torres as poorly as network news

  Posted to Five-Ring Circus by misterben on July 17, 2008     Views: 320 Replies: 0
  Topic: Covering Torres as poorly as network news     
  Last response by misterben on July 17, 2008

• Coldest Fray posts ever?

  Posted to Medical Examiner by misterben on July 9, 2008     Views: 844 Replies: 4
  Topic: Coldest Fray posts ever?     
  Last response by hosnfefr on July 9, 2008

• Re: Senator Franken

  Posted to Readme by misterben on July 8, 2008     Views: 317 Replies: 0
  Topic: Senator Franken     
  Last response by misterben on July 8, 2008

• Re: New Sub-Genre?

  Posted to Movies by misterben on July 3, 2008     Views: 351 Replies: 1
  Topic: New Sub-Genre?     
  Last response by harric01 on July 3, 2008

• Re: LHC: Quantum Wormhole

  Posted to Chatterbox by misterben on July 1, 2008     Views: 401 Replies: 1
  Topic: LHC: Quantum Wormhole     Rating: +1
  Last response by Robert I. Marsh II on July 1, 2008

• Re: BA's top 10 signs of economic confusion and distress

  Posted to Summer Vacation by misterben on June 24, 2008     Views: 434 Replies: 2
  Topic: BA's top 10 signs of economic confusion and distress     Rating: +1/-1
  Last response by MessyONE on June 27, 2008

• Re: obama-bias slate

  Posted to Low Concept by misterben on June 18, 2008     Views: 500 Replies: 1
  Topic: obama-bias slate     Rating: -1
  Last response by mr.horrible on June 20, 2008

• Re: obama's racist wife

  Posted to Low Concept by misterben on June 18, 2008     Views: 613 Replies: 0
  Topic: obama's racist wife     Rating: +1/-3
  Last response by PatIowa on June 19, 2008

• Re: obama's racist wife

  Posted to Low Concept by misterben on June 18, 2008     Views: 515 Replies: 0
  Topic: obama's racist wife     Rating: +1/-3
  Last response by PatIowa on June 19, 2008

• Re: Subject Michelle OBAMA

  Posted to Low Concept by misterben on June 18, 2008     Views: 385 Replies: 1
  Topic: Subject Michelle OBAMA     Rating: +1
  Last response by tubbs on June 19, 2008

• Re: Translation: EU Good, Irish Bad & Ignorant

  Posted to Foreigners by misterben on June 17, 2008     Views: 460 Replies: 1
  Topic: Translation: EU Good, Irish Bad & Ignorant     
  Last response by Mactosh on June 17, 2008

• what a nightmare

  Posted to Family by misterben on June 10, 2008     Views: 1389 Replies: 2
  Topic: what a nightmare     Rating: +1
  Last response by myfranz on June 13, 2008

• Re: How much is a choice...

  Posted to Politics by misterben on June 11, 2008     Views: 430 Replies: 0
  Topic: How much is a choice...     Rating: +1
  Last response by KHpoliticalinnuendohere on June 12, 2008

• Re: There's more inbreds in NY and Calif

  Posted to Explainer by misterben on June 4, 2008     Views: 361 Replies: 0
  Topic: There's more inbreds in NY and Calif     
  Last response by ridesq on June 4, 2008

• Re: Assumptions

  Posted to Jurisprudence by misterben on May 30, 2008     Views: 797 Replies: 2
  Topic: A few inacuracies in this story.     
  Last response by degsme on June 2, 2008

• Re: Kinsley misses the point

  Posted to Readme by misterben on May 29, 2008     Views: 372 Replies: 0
  Topic: Kinsley misses the point     Rating: +2
  Last response by mas_tequila on May 29, 2008

• Re: shut up already

  Posted to Moneybox by misterben on May 19, 2008     Views: 592 Replies: 1
  Topic: shut up already     Rating: +1
  Last response by irvingchang on May 29, 2008

• Wedding "traditions", humiliating or otherwise

  Posted to Dear Prudence by misterben on May 29, 2008     Views: 1286 Replies: 5
  Topic: Wedding "traditions"­, humiliating or otherwise     Rating: +4
  Last response by buggie on May 29, 2008

• Humans are doomed.

  Posted to Explainer by misterben on May 20, 2008     Views: 584 Replies: 0
  Topic: Humans are doomed.     
  Last response by misterben on May 20, 2008

• Re: democratic convention - the "kang and kodos" effect?

  Posted to Politics by misterben on April 22, 2008     Views: 661 Replies: 1
  Topic: democratic convention - the "kang and kodos" effect?     Rating: -1
  Last response by NightSwimmer on April 29, 2008

• Re: Sticky Situation

  Posted to Fighting Words by misterben on April 14, 2008     Views: 693 Replies: 1
  Topic: Sticky Situation     
  Last response by nate415 on April 21, 2008

• Re: Why shouldn't they mail in the keys?

  Posted to Moneybox by misterben on April 15, 2008     Views: 437 Replies: 2
  Topic: Why shouldn't they mail in the keys?     Rating: +2
  Last response by Eljem on April 16, 2008

• Re: don't assassinate me, but it might be true!

  Posted to Fighting Words by misterben on April 14, 2008     Views: 390 Replies: 1
  Topic: don't assassinate me, but it might be true!     
  Last response by bouncyball on April 16, 2008

• Re: I think I finally understand

  Posted to Fighting Words by misterben on April 14, 2008     Views: 876 Replies: 0
  Topic: I think I finally understand     Rating: +1
  Last response by Vivian Darkbloom on April 16, 2008

• Re: Now Hitch, didn't your mother...

  Posted to Fighting Words by misterben on April 14, 2008     Views: 468 Replies: 0
  Topic: Now Hitch, didn't your mother...     
  Last response by misterben on April 14, 2008

• Re: Another reason to

  Posted to Dispatches by misterben on April 12, 2008     Views: 653 Replies: 1
  Topic: Another reason to     Rating: +1
  Last response by davenhal on April 13, 2008

• Missing the bigger picture?

  Posted to Dispatches by misterben on April 12, 2008     Views: 454 Replies: 0
  Topic: Missing the bigger picture?     Rating: +1
  Last response by misterben on April 12, 2008

• Thoughtless science

  Posted to Culturebox by misterben on April 4, 2008     Views: 1789 Replies: 1
  Topic: Thoughtless science     Rating: +2
  Last response by jeqal on April 8, 2008

• Re: Beating up the big guy.....

  Posted to Moneybox by misterben on April 6, 2008     Views: 367 Replies: 0
  Topic: Beating up the big guy.....     
  Last response by misterben on April 6, 2008

• Re: shock news!

  Posted to Jurisprudence by misterben on February 22, 2008     Views: 469 Replies: 0
  Topic: shock news!     
  Last response by wayhey1 on February 22, 2008

• Re: taping torture

  Posted to Jurisprudence by misterben on February 22, 2008     Views: 357 Replies: 0
  Topic: taping torture     Rating: -2
  Last response by wayhey1 on February 22, 2008

• Re: Blind intolerance

  Posted to Foreigners by misterben on February 12, 2008     Views: 393 Replies: 0
  Topic: Blind intolerance     
  Last response by Samson on February 15, 2008

• Re: Misunderstanding Submission

  Posted to First Mates by misterben on January 29, 2008     Views: 502 Replies: 0
  Topic: Misunderstan­ding Submission     
  Last response by smoke on January 31, 2008

• Re: Huckabee Is a Most Refreshing New American Face

  Posted to First Mates by misterben on January 29, 2008     Views: 387 Replies: 0
  Topic: Huckabee Is a Most Refreshing New American Face     
  Last response by Vanno on January 30, 2008

• Re: Fighting Words

  Posted to Fighting Words by misterben on January 21, 2008     Views: 534 Replies: 1
  Topic: Fighting Words     Rating: +1/-1
  Last response by Paul J. on January 21, 2008

• Re: Hitchens was right about Iraq

  Posted to Fighting Words by misterben on January 2, 2008     Views: 630 Replies: 1
  Topic: Hitchens will never live down support for Iraq War.     
  Last response by GreenwichJ on January 4, 2008

• Re: Why?

  Posted to Politics by misterben on January 3, 2008     Views: 721 Replies: 2
  Topic: Why?     
  Last response by donnamp on January 3, 2008