2011-03-18, 17:39 | Link #12521 |
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I believe George Washington and his pals actually worked that out in advance (Revolutionary War funding issues and then initialization of government issues)... the IRS was just reformulation of that procedure no matter how many extreme views try to argue otherwise. And no, I don't plan to re-debate that anymore than I'll waste time debating Velikovsky versus the rest of science.
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2011-03-18, 22:42 | Link #12522 |
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Syrian forces kill three protesters in southern city
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...72H88M20110318 Another country to add to the list...
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2011-03-19, 03:15 | Link #12523 | |
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throw in another development.
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I'm thinking they're trying to get us to hit them back hard, which we're bound to do, as we can't allow for such a situation to remain, and then whine about it to the U.N to try and get a result similar to what you have in Libya. Hamas is exploiting the fact that world media is busy with. 1)Japan. 2)Libya. and spiking up the violence because they know that while THEIR actions won't get reported (and they aren't, CNN, BBC, Fox, none report this), the Israeli response WILL be reported. sad part is, the world's actually stupid enough for this trick to work.
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2011-03-19, 04:56 | Link #12525 |
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Here's some good news for the Wisconsin unions.
US judge blocks Wisconsin union bargaining law Hopefully this time, Governor Walker will be more reasonable and respectful to the unions in the negotiating table and the Democrat senators won't run away.
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2011-03-19, 05:52 | Link #12526 | |
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2011-03-19, 10:45 | Link #12530 | |
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2011-03-19, 11:26 | Link #12531 | |
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
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Now if they abolish unions in the public sector... I suppose we could speculate on the future results of that in terms of quality and service - particularly in the first responder fields. And no, you can't just keep replacing "underperformers" or "uppity individuals who want a paycheck that reflects their professional investment" when the investment to BE in various professions is so high and there's a chronic shortage. In engineering, there's a triangle Cost-Quality-Schedule - moving the dot towards one moves it away from the others .... if you're a manager who believes nine women can collaborate to make a baby in a month for less than the cost of one woman, you're probably going to be disappointed. Hopefully, I don't need to convert that to specific examples.
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2011-03-19, 12:55 | Link #12534 |
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More info on the Wisconsin situation.
http://maciverinstitute.com/2011/03/...omises-appeal/ Also, I guess the Obamanation isn't welcome in Rio. http://blogs.forbes.com/kenrapoza/20...globo-reports/ *I should probably explain myself for using that nickname* Here's why I used that jibe at Obama. http://www.navytimes.com/news/2011/0...early-031811w/ The Bataan fleet is NOT useful to enforce a "no-fly zone." It is an Amphibious Assault fleet which is normally used to begin an invasion of a country. Spoiler for large image of Bataan force:
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2011-03-19, 14:52 | Link #12536 | |
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Does anyone know if this can be confirmed or something?
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2011-03-19, 14:54 | Link #12538 |
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To put what Gundamfan said into more perspective, nobody sends a gang of leather necked, Jar headed, Marines to enforce a no fly zone.
(do THESE sound like the people you send in when you want to deescalate your involvement?) Of course, the idea might be that the US only has to threaten to take our pit bulls off their leash to put Ghadaffi in line. |
2011-03-19, 14:57 | Link #12539 | |
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which is why Obama said no ground troops. if the UN wants ground troops, Europe is going to have to come up with them. This time i hope the EU troops get bullet issue along with their guns.
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