2008-08-04, 02:05 | Link #601 |
Honyaku no Hime
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Grow up single, looking for the special someone.
Find them, get on with them. Eventually are together to the point of getting married. Go on honeymoon and then have your lives taken away before you could start more of your future together. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7539346.stm Personally i was saying perhaps it's better the groom also passed away in the last few days, the 'til death do us part' most likely would have been way too soon to cope with had he survived Rest in peace together for the newlyweds
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2008-08-05, 19:18 | Link #602 | |
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Public Funded Health Care in Action
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I am not a big fan of private health care but people who think public funded health care is going to solve all the problems are going to be in a big surprise. public funded health care has just as many problems are private ones do just different ones.
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2008-08-05, 19:56 | Link #603 | |
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For the record, I believe an all-private healthcare policy is one of the biggest conceptual mistakes a country can make when it comes to the well-being of its citizens
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2008-08-06, 04:07 | Link #604 | |
Honyaku no Hime
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Since I've got a joke of an immune system, the amount i've had to depend on it as a child all though until i graduated from university (free healthcare for full time students here) and even when i was on part time work, i can get discounts. I've had to wear glasses for 14 years with constant lens updates, the amount it costs for lenses, eye tests and frames are ridiculously expsensive and for low income families it's a Godsend. When I was ill, i book an appointment, get checked out. If I needed a certain kind of cream, pill or salve, it's free, i can get better faster. Have never had to worry about money in that sense ever. There is a hole in the system, the government have poured billions and billions into improving it and it never quite reaches the nurses and those who need it (corruption somewhere along the line) but when i hear of so many americans goin 'i don't have insurance, i cannot go to the docs, i can't get checked out' I kinda wonder, who's running the biggest risk here? :\ The postcode lottery does suck and the waiting lists are long for operations, it's free medical care so we know the downside to it, but if there's any tax that i have no qualms about paying, it's definitely for the NHS system. It's no real surprise of those kinda stories to be honest, at least not over here.
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2008-08-06, 18:07 | Link #605 | |
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Japanese journalists beaten by police in China
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-b...0080806a1.html
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2008-08-06, 18:18 | Link #606 |
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Vexx already posted this article in the Olympics 2008, Beijing thread. Since it directly concerns the Olympic events, and the possibly shenanigans (or worse) of said events, the article should probably be discussed there.
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2008-08-06, 18:23 | Link #607 |
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The headline and the thread title are designed to incite and mislead. Only if you read more than half the article does the context of the event get provided.
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2008-08-07, 13:31 | Link #608 | |
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2008-08-15, 00:02 | Link #609 | |
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Bunch of church protesters from amercia saying it is an act of "God". Give me a fucking break! Can't a family have a funeral without a bunch of protestors? How can a random act of violence from some crazed bastard be justified in that way? Everyone here (I live in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is pretty shocked. A few people at work knew Vinnce Li (the killer) saying he as normal. Nobody knows what mental problems he has. He asked at his court hearing for someone to kill him. His only words he has spoken since. He is actually from China and moved to Edmonton, somehow making his way here. Send him back and kill him please!!! |
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2008-08-24, 00:05 | Link #610 |
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Pretty old, but significant article. It PROBABLY has been posted before, especially because it is related to what this forum discusses, but I don't want to go check 30 pages to make sure...
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2008-08-26, 03:26 | Link #611 |
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The plot against Obama...
And I'm not surprised..... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7581611.stm |
2008-08-26, 06:32 | Link #612 | |
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2008-08-26, 08:14 | Link #615 |
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Sigh, I really wanted to give my country more benefit of the doubt but I guess somethings never change.
Interesting crack about the BNP not having any balls to assasinate someone. (Im a yank, so I can't speak with the same weight as a brit who really knows British Politics, it's not my forte. But I do think at their heart they are rascist after reading their website.) One thing you gotta understand is the fact that this hasn't been INFLATED all over the media like normal just yet. That in itself is gonna be a huge circus. But with historical context, if Barack Obama was assasinated, it would be the 1960 american races riots on steriods in the short term, a possible regression to pre 1950s race relations in the long term. |
2008-08-26, 09:52 | Link #617 | |
Honyaku no Hime
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The local elections that we just had back in may have proven how much power they've gained in the last 4 years, when at those days, we'd mock them for their shortsightedness. However what with the increasing muslim immigration and opening of the EU, at least in london, it is feeling crowded and the pick and mix of culture is bubbling over. For white english (not scottish or welsh) they feel lost or afraid and that's what the BNP have very very cleverly used to gain votes. I was royally pissed when i saw them gain a seat in parliament for london this year for the first time in their history, they obviously had enough people who weren't gonna use their vote on a red vs blue situation, and went independent. There's no such thing as a wasted vote. But as for assassination, nah, we kinda leave that to the rest of the world (brits complain and write letters and kick our leaders off or force them to resign, but we do not kill them)
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2008-08-26, 09:56 | Link #618 | |
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I heard that the BNP was white, christian party and that they thought that any other group not fitting in that category was subject to skepticism if not outright rejected for acceptance in UK society. Do they really have beefs with scottish too (irish i can understand more in the historical context). |
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2008-08-26, 10:00 | Link #619 |
Honyaku no Hime
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Not beefs with them per se.
But the scots and welsh and irish have more of their native culture still alive today than the english. We all celebrate St Patricks day, but how many celebrate St George's (etc) What the BNP used this year as their part of their propaganda was how ethnic minorities have stripped away British culture (but then they use english/christian holidays as examples) -.- their points are correct to a point, but it is spin. They say they can restore original english cutlure back to England and stop muslims from building more mosques and stop immigration (and other BS that i won't get into cause it pisses me off) -.- I may add more, but will edit later , gotta afk~
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2008-08-26, 12:46 | Link #620 |
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Oh I fully agree that its bad that they are gaining ground but they'll never be in goverment, if the lib dems cant do it then why would a very small party be able to?
As for the comment about white english being affraid I'm kind of offended by that (I'm white english) and I'm sure most of my friends would be as well but having said that we do live in the northwest so there might be a difference (though I'd hope not). |
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