2010-12-23, 00:59 | Link #10861 | |
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It's depressing, rather than laughable or ignorant. Maintaining the opposite is just willful naivety on your part. Indeed, you'd be naive to think that the small-government party doesn't win elections by ridiculing, lying (Death panels anyone?) and blocking Democratic legislation. By cockblocking the ability of a government to run, you effectively destroy its credibility. Since you're the anti-establishment party? Can you say auto-win?
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2010-12-23, 01:07 | Link #10862 | |
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I think it only curteous if I add that this does really concern me greatly. I'm actually interested in knowing if there is any hard evidence of this. I want to know!
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2010-12-23, 01:39 | Link #10864 |
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If I was running for president I'd gladly accept donations from Stormfront. And the NAACP. And any other organization that wants to donate no matter how conflicting their political stances are. As Stephen Colbert once said, "Why can't their common ground be my bank account?"
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2010-12-23, 01:44 | Link #10865 | |
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I've seen that also.
I'm very careful when labelling people based on who support them without their consent. Take Barack Obama for example. He was supported by the Black Panthers and even put them on his campaign website. That's why I want actual evidence from people when they make these kinds of remarks. It's not that I don't believe it. It could very well be true, but I'd like to see something better than the [sly as a foxNews laden] video I linked to. The point of that link is to show that guilt-by-association works both ways and is counterproductive. Obama is NOT a Black Panther, no matter how much that group may like, support, or contribute to his campaign. Same with Lewis Farrakahn's Nation of Islam's support for Obama. That doesn't make Obama a muslin (like some idiots claim) or a member of the Nation of Islam. I really wish people would take Jon Stewart's words in his speech at the rally to heart when he said: Quote:
We do really need some sanity.
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2010-12-23, 05:53 | Link #10867 |
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China speeds plans to launch aircraft carrier
http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNew...6BM0Y920101223
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2010-12-23, 06:40 | Link #10868 | |
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That would be great if that group had anything to do with the actual Black Panthers. The group you're referring to is the 'New' black panther party and they were labeled as illegitimateby the actual Black panther party.
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Also, yes, it was removed because it was a hateful endorsement and the campaign disassociated themselves from the new movement. Quote:
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2010-12-23, 06:52 | Link #10869 |
Gamilas Falls
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That might get more funding for the JMSDF, and their "large 'helicopter destroyers'". Defense could be "needed" if China gets aggressive in the region.
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2010-12-23, 11:28 | Link #10870 |
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Anyway here's a new supercar....from Russia!
Russian supercar challenges Ferrari and Lamborghini My God, look at that beauty! Oh how i wish i would like to drive one of those.
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2010-12-23, 12:16 | Link #10871 | ||
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2010-12-23, 12:21 | Link #10872 | |
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I know members of this movement personally and I've attended some of their rallies here in Colorado, but I've didn't see any actual racists. I'm not saying that they're aren't any, because knowing how groups like Stormfront try to latch onto any movement they think will help their cause, I have no doubt they're trying to infiltrate the Tea Party. I sincerely hope the movement takes steps to ensure that groups like Stormfront get weeded out. The Taxed Enough Already movement has nothing to do with Nationalist Socialism (or any socialism for that matter), and that is what Stormfront (and groups like it) are pushing for. This situation is very troublesome to me as not only a Liberal, but as a Hebrew and a person of mixed racial blood.
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2010-12-23, 13:34 | Link #10873 |
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Something that will affect most of us here: A Tokyo anti-otaku law was passed (this is a link to an editorial on it, which has a few minor NSFW images, but I feel it best sums up the situation).
Take note that part of this "objectionable material" clause covers gays relationships; this means no yaoi or yuri, for fans of those. Sure, there will probably be doujins and underground stuff being released, but officially, your major favorite series can't show them anymore. |
2010-12-23, 14:04 | Link #10874 | |
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2010-12-23, 14:11 | Link #10875 |
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Apologies if it was posted elsewhere; I didn't see it, but then again, I don't read every thread. Some, like me, might have heard of it until now.
I will post this as an amendment/clarification, even if it's been posted elsewhere, just to correct myself: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/brain-diving/2010-12-21 Seems like it's not an outright ban as I thought, but more of a reclassification of stuff to 18+. While not that bad on the surface, it would have chilling effects on the industry. |
2010-12-23, 16:47 | Link #10877 | |
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http://forums.animesuki.com/showthre...=99700&page=26 Mostly the complaints are: 1) its horribly written, vague and arm-waving in ways that oppressive witchhunters love. 2) its sponsored by Ishihara, governor of Tokyo, who's vocally anti-anime/manga, an ultranationalist, and verified hypocrite because he's an author of novels that portray underage-sex-rape-murder-now-with-schoolgirls 3) The Tokyo Anime Fair was canceled over it because so many publishers pulled out in protest.
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2010-12-23, 19:58 | Link #10878 |
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Okay let us try this one:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40796163/ "Interior chief reverses 2003 policy against protections not approved by Congress" Good thing or bad thing? On the one hand you have lands able to be protected as Wild Lands, but on the other hand you have taken democratic control out of the system and handed it over to a bureaucracy instead...with no known checks or balances.
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2010-12-23, 23:42 | Link #10880 |
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Anarchists claim responsibility for Rome bombs
http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNew...6BM1DP20101223 U.N. recognizes Ouattara as Ivory Coast's president http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNew...6BL1LF20101223
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