2007-10-21, 01:10 | Link #241 |
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Earth, the planet of stuff
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http://local.lancasteronline.com/4/210834 O_O Hope you like WOOLLY BEARS!
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2007-11-03, 08:57 | Link #242 |
Yoroshiku
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Japan's cruelty on dolphins: http://www.glumbert.com/media/dolphin
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2007-12-10, 08:09 | Link #243 | |
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'Intelligent bra' battles bounce
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2007-12-19, 17:45 | Link #244 |
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Location: Tesla Leicht Institute
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Korea's new president Lee Myung Bak.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/20/wo...ld&oref=slogin This seems to be the first landslide victory in History of Korea's presidential election as Lee Myung Bak had about near 50% of the vote. He is also currently being investigated for something with fraud with the stock, which I am not sure about. Though it seems that Korean people vote him for his economy policy, since that being their major issue rather then North Korea, which I didn't realize. One thing that I find intersesting about him is that he was born in Osaka, Japan, which is little strange, although it was during Japanese occupations of Korea so it's understandable.
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2007-12-21, 12:45 | Link #245 |
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http://news.aol.com/story/_a/man-60-...00010000000001
Who in the world sues a 7 year old over a ski accident? People these days, just wanting all the money they can get.
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2007-12-21, 17:32 | Link #246 | |
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Also about that dolphin video, man.....I had to stop watching it less than halfway through. I'm no environmentalist, but that just reeks of animal cruelty, no matter how biased the guy speaking in the video is. It's still horrible to see. I'm shocked that they can't execute a safer way of getting the dolphins out of their fishing waters.
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2007-12-23, 02:35 | Link #247 |
We want chicken tonight
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Melbourne - Australia
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You know, I don't think the old man will win. I mean seriously what court in the world will charge a kid with that. It bogglez the mind. The kid will get of scott free I'll tell yeah.
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2007-12-27, 21:51 | Link #248 | |
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Obituary: Benazir Bhutto
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My first reaction on seeing today's headlines was surprise. Then sadness at the realisation that another icon of our times has died under the most violent circumstances. Her death is starkly reminiscent of the way that both Ghandi and Mrs Indira Ghandi had died many years ago. A sad reflection on the way politics is conducted on the Indian subcontinent. To be sure, I do not really know much about Ms Benazir Bhutto, other than that she was once a very charismatic prime minister of Pakistan, and that she was toppled from power due to alleged corruption. I do know that she was a famous person I often read about or watched on TV news. And I was also vaguely aware that she had only just returned to Pakistan not long ago, after a period of exile. Ironically, if she had not returned, she might still be alive today. I can't say that she had been good for Pakistan. As far as Pakistani or Indian leaders go though, she was par on course for the norm. She was perhaps just a little more memorable for being the first woman to assume the highest political office in her nation. This is how democracy works outside of the developed world. Not for the first time, I think it's premature to introduce democractic government in countries where the rule of law is not yet guaranteed. It's comforting to think that democractic, market-based capitalism may represent the End of History, but we should never forget that less than one quarter of the world lives in truly democratic governments today. I'd say we're very, very far from "The End" indeed. Rest in peace, Ms Benazir Bhutto. |
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2007-12-27, 22:25 | Link #249 |
We want chicken tonight
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^ I knew about that yesterday. I am in India (for holiday) and its all over the paper and everything. There was a student commeration of her and everything. Is anyone in Pakistan, how the atmosphere over there.
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2007-12-28, 01:07 | Link #250 | |
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It's an open secret that Pakistan's security forces, which contains fundamentalist sympathizers, want Bhutto dead. It was them who orchestrated the coup and execution against her father, also an ex-PM, and it was also them who orchestrated the death of the general who toppled her father, so that they could remain in power by installing her as PM. Again, it was them who made up those corruption charges once they realized Bhutto was beyond their control. So even if Musharraf is not the culprit, he's partly to blame for allowing such extremist elements in his security forces to infiltrate Bhutto's motorcade and thus allow any would-be suicide assassins to get near her. It will take a long time for Pakistan to sort herself out with her departure. |
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2007-12-28, 03:13 | Link #251 |
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... and once again the US has hung its hat with one single guy in the region rather than multi-lateral relations with all the major parties. And he's the guy who is aligning with hardliners and scum to protect his status.
Gah..........
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2008-01-12, 03:26 | Link #252 | |
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http://www.newsweek.com/id/84427/page/1
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2008-01-12, 04:16 | Link #253 | |
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I'm sure this wasn't the first animal he killed for his amusement. If he isn't stopped now, he'll likely make the jump to killing people before long. He's already at the point where just torturing and killing the animals isn't enough and he needs a person's reactions. How long before he decides to torture and kill people directly?
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2008-01-12, 09:06 | Link #254 |
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080111/..._married_twins
A pair of twins separated at birth marry each other and only realise they're related by blood after marriage. This sounds like it was totally out of some cheesy drama or eroge... I don't know how they're going to deal with each other after this. I would think it was devastating for the couple.
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2008-01-12, 09:28 | Link #255 | |
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Obituary: Sir Edmund Hillary
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"I've had a full and rewarding life. Life's a bit like mountaineering - never look down."
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2008-01-12, 11:22 | Link #256 | |
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2008-01-12, 12:05 | Link #257 | |
Yoroshiku
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Man Kills and EATS girlfriend
Complete story: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/01....ap/index.html
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2008-01-23, 20:36 | Link #259 | |
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Employer turns out to be woman's long-lost father
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2008-01-24, 22:34 | Link #260 |
日本語を食べません!
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Location: San Francisco
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Creation of synthetic chromosome a step closer to artificial life
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