2013-08-20, 14:26 | Link #30101 |
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Crystal meth: North Korea's new drug of choice:
"Many goods aren't readily accessible in North Korea, but according to a new study, one is: Methamphetamine. Though research about drug use in the closed-off country is scarce (as are accurate reports originating from North Korea), a new study published in the American journal "North Korean Review" estimates that 40 to 50 percent of meth users in the northern part of North Korea are addicted to the drug, the Wall Street Journal reported. The study, titled "A New Face of North Korean Drug Use," details how crystal meth, known as "ice," has replaced opium as the most commonly abused narcotic. "Almost every adult in that area (of North Korea) has experienced using ice and not just once," the study's co-author, Kim Seok-hyang, told the Journal." See: http://news.msn.com/world/crystal-me...drug-of-choice |
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What exactly does that tell me...
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2013-08-20, 21:34 | Link #30104 |
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U.S. takes tougher line with Egypt but denies aid cut
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...97J11E20130820 Am I the only one wondering if US should use the menace to cutting the aid ?
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2013-08-21, 11:29 | Link #30106 |
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WikiLeaks soldier Manning sentenced to 35 years in prison
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...97J0JI20130821 Japan's nuclear crisis deepens, China expresses 'shock' http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...97K02B20130821 Exclusive: Tough-talking China pricing regulator sought confessions from foreign firms http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...97K05020130821
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2013-08-21, 12:25 | Link #30107 | |
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2013-08-21, 17:35 | Link #30109 |
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Why does anyone feel the need to write and publish a poorly researched article that simply reinforces what the world pretty much already knows (that shit gets cray cray up in North Korea)?
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2013-08-21, 17:40 | Link #30110 | |
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In the same article: In 2005, Defense Department employee Lawrence Franklin pleaded guilty to passing classified data on Iran to two pro-Israel lobbyists. He received a prison sentence of 12 years, which a judge later cut to 10 months in a halfway house.
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2013-08-21, 18:12 | Link #30111 | |
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We got the message... don't f*ck with the USA.
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2013-08-21, 19:49 | Link #30112 | |
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unless of course the secrets are pass off to Israel. You then get a slap on the wrist and job as Israel lobbyist.
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2013-08-21, 21:31 | Link #30113 |
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NSA collected 56,000 emails by Americans a year: documents
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...97K14Y20130822 Republicans weigh using debt limit as leverage on Obamacare http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...97L01O20130822
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2013-08-21, 23:24 | Link #30114 |
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I know what he did may have put soldiers' lives in danger, and could perhaps be considered treasonous, but it seems quite extreme to me that the penalty he's getting is far more severe than what is given to a man that "just" engages in one cold-blooded premeditated murder.
So its worse to leak classified national documents than it is to kill a person with your own bare hands. That seems to be the message being sent here.
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2013-08-22, 03:00 | Link #30115 |
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I don't know, rather conflicted.
While we wish for transparencies on information especially under distrust of authorities, at the same time, the gravity of consequences of leaks are not marginal, and classified information should, by all account, be classified. I don't find the sentence to be extreme, but at the same time sympathize with the guilty.
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2013-08-22, 03:10 | Link #30116 |
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My question is, can you say the same thing if it was not America, but North Korea, or China or Country X (insert whatever country you hate here) do similar thing? Accuse a citizen or a person who expose a national secret (e.g. human right related, or something on oppressed citizens, like Tibet) that may cause backslash and lead to revenge on polices or military personnel stationed there.
That is: putting soldiers' lives in danger, right? Expose classified information, right?
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2013-08-22, 03:26 | Link #30117 |
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Eh, I'd be surprised if some of those countries only let him go with 35 years of prison, instead of lining up in front of a firing squad. Especially North Korea.
Ol' Kimmy rocketed people into bits for far less.
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2013-08-22, 03:42 | Link #30118 | |
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The fact is I would get less of a prison sentence to murder someone on national TV. Telling the truth is now worse than murder.
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