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Obey the Darkly Cute ...
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There are rules -- but its crazy shit. :P
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2012-11-16, 15:02 | Link #24664 | |||
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Location: Fürth (GER)
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However the state of Israel is not alone. Others use a similar practice. Quote:
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2012-11-16, 15:13 | Link #24665 | |
Um-Shmum
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: at GNR, bringing you the truth, no matter how bad it hurts
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looks like i was wrong about the "no ground assault" thing after all, since the reserve call up just got bumped from 30K to 75K. hope they don't call me again, i just got back home. @Jinto. I don't know much about that I'm afraid.
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2012-11-16, 15:23 | Link #24667 | ||
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Brussels Bans Christmas Trees to Avert Muslim Offense...
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Europe and it's tolerance...
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2012-11-16, 15:28 | Link #24668 |
formerly ogon bat
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Mexico has a nicer weather and there is a quite big jew community in the center of the country, but there are many cities w/beaches where you can be incognito.
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2012-11-16, 15:29 | Link #24669 |
Gamilas Falls
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That was also 1964. Prior to the Six Days War and prior to the current political borders and exact situation. Though that was the year of the founding of the PLO, and one of there first acts was to bomb the National Water Carrier.
Remember that in 1964, the West Bank was under Jordan's authority and Gaza was under Egypt. That changed in 1967.
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2012-11-16, 15:48 | Link #24670 | |
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@Konart: it was "more than a little dumb" for the building council to pay for one holiday and punt the other. The cost of celebrations should be borne by the celebrants. If bystanders want to play, then they can put up money as they like.
As for: Brussels Bans Christmas Trees to Avert Muslim Offense... http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8da_1352628341 Quote:
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2012-11-16, 15:53 | Link #24671 |
formerly ogon bat
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IMO even an uni-cultural society *must* remain secular at the core to be "modern" or at the very least, semi-functional; at least hee in Mexico we have too much politics atm to even consider adding religion into the mix (and yes, we have some tiny muslim communities in the south).
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2012-11-16, 15:57 | Link #24672 |
Um-Shmum
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Nah...
If they DO call me (which i hope they wont), I'll probably bitch and moan and make all sorts of "fuck that" statements...and then go along like a good little bitch. Its the sort of mentality you tend to develop after a while. you complain, but you do it anyway because you have to.
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2012-11-16, 16:04 | Link #24673 | |
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Winter holiday trees were pagan a long time before they were co-opted as "Christmas trees". The "J-C-I" cults need to get over themselves ("old time religion" joke, carry on)
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2012-11-16, 16:27 | Link #24674 | |
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2012-11-16, 16:47 | Link #24677 | |
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Exactly.
In other news: Okay, I'm a life long gamer (even before Pong and Spacewars, there were text adventures, I was hooked in 1975 playing "Star Trek" on a computer that used scrolling paper printouts to update the game status.) but this is an impressive factoid. http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/...first-24-hours Quote:
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2012-11-16, 16:59 | Link #24678 | |
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Noda dissolves lower house for election on Dec 16
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2012-11-16, 17:16 | Link #24679 | |
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More Holocaust survivors to receive German compensation
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2012-11-16, 18:08 | Link #24680 | |
Asuki-tan Kairin ↓
Join Date: Feb 2004
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If this was done way earlier it would have been an actual gesture of good will, but this is just public relations bullshit. I bet it does not even cost a cent more in the coming years. For a country that likes to be the upholder of moral standards in world politics this is really cheesy. If I was a jew and a Holocaust survivor at that I would not give this gesture much credit.
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