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[ganbaru]

Casino hopefuls clash in Massachusetts sweepstakes
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...85L06920120622

Analysis: Putin disavows, but won't ditch, state capitalism
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...85M0BG20120623

[Haak]

Mursi wins the Egyptian Presidency:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-18571580

[bladeofdarkness]

Originally Posted by Haak

Mursi wins the Egyptian Presidency:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-18571580

oh joy

[ogon_bat]

Originally Posted by bladeofdarkness

oh joy

Oh well, democracy is not about your favorite candidate winning, think about how the rest of the world felt when bush jr won, twice! _-_

[cors8]

If you want democracy to work, you have to expect these things to happen in the short term.

[Vexx]

Well... we'll see if Mursi understands that 51% is not a "mandate" like Bush, Jr. claimed.

[bladeofdarkness]

Originally Posted by cors8

If you want democracy to work, you have to expect these things to happen in the short term.

are we operating under the assumption that there will be a democracy now ?
one election does not a democracy make.
we'll see what happens when its time for the next election to take place.

[Anh_Minh]

... We'll see what happens when the reigning party loses an election.

[bladeofdarkness]

Originally Posted by Anh_Minh

... We'll see what happens when the reigning party loses an election.

that implies that there will BE another election.

[cors8]

Originally Posted by bladeofdarkness

that implies that there will BE another election.

That's one of the risks you have to take if you want the chance for democracy.

It is not going to be all sunshine and rainbows.

[ganbaru]

Hedge funds get exotic in hunt for profits
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...85L0IS20120622

How exotic? How about portfolios betting on Chinese companies embroiled in fraud probes? Or funds looking to arbitrage prices in the electricity market?

[Elestia]

Electricity? Reminds me of when Enron.

[Ridwan]

Originally Posted by Vexx

Well... we'll see if Mursi understands that 51% is not a "mandate" like Bush, Jr. claimed.

I think the situation is too obvious for him to not to, but we'll see : http://www.juancole.com/2012/06/murs...ist-egypt.html

But what is certain that if Egypt would again descend into authoritarianism after this, it won't be under Muslim Brotherhood.

[MrTerrorist]

Sad news.

Last Pinta giant tortoise Lonesome George dies

[ganbaru]

Justices Bar Mandatory Life Terms for Juveniles
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/26/us...juveniles.html

[Xellos-_^]

THOUSANDS of American school pupils are to be taught that the Loch Ness monster is real - in an attempt by religious teachers to disprove Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.
Pupils attending privately-run Christian schools in the southern state of Louisiana will learn from textbooks next year, which claim Scotland's most famous mythological beast is a living creature.
Thousands of children are to receive publicly-funded vouchers enabling them to attend the schools - which follow a strict fundamentalist curriculum.
The Accelerated Christian Education (ACE) program teaches controversial religious beliefs, aimed at disproving evolution and proving creationism.
Youngsters will be told that if it can be proved that dinosaurs walked the earth at the same time as man, then Darwinism is fatally flawed.
Critics have slammed the content of the religious course books, labelling them "bizarre" and accusing them of promoting radical religious and political ideas.
One ACE textbook called Biology 1099, Accelerated Christian Education Inc reads: "Are dinosaurs alive today? Scientists are becoming more convinced of their existence.
"Have you heard of the Loch Ness Monster in Scotland? ‘Nessie' for short has been recorded on sonar from a small submarine, described by eyewitnesses, and photographed by others. Nessie appears to be a plesiosaur."
http://www.katc.com/news/religious-s...nster-is-real/

Lincoln was wrong, he should have let these guys seceded when he had a chance.

[ogon_bat]

Originally Posted by Xellos-_^

Lincoln was wrong, he should have let these guys seceded when he had a chance.

So NOW people are noticing that the British make away with religious zealots when they send those to the colonies?

[sa547]

Makes me think of every other kind of religious school that teaches everything but science, compassion, tolerance, open-mindedness, creativity and sexuality.

[Xellos-_^]

Just in case your curious, we've gathered together a few more theories and ideas that some Christian, Bible-based educational programs teach:

• A Japanese whaling boat once caught a dinosaur.
• Apartheid was beneficial to South Africa because it allowed the segregated group to pass on their culture to their children.
• Being gay is proven to be a learned behavior.
• The Second Law of Thermodynamics Disproves Evolution.
• The Trail of Tears was used to bring Indians to Christ.
• It “cannot be shown scientifically that that man-made pollutants will one day drastically reduce the depth of the atmosphere’s ozone layer.”
• "The greatest struggle of all time, the Battle of Armageddon, will occur in the Middle East when Christ returns to set up his kingdom on earth."
• John Steinbeck and other propagandists exaggerated The Great Depression for a socialist agenda.
• A text from Bob Jones University Press claims that dinosaurs were "fire-breathing dragons".
• And finally another BJU text has been reported as saying this about the Ku Klux Klan:

The [Ku Klux] Klan in some areas of the country tried to be a means of reform, fighting the decline in morality and using the symbol of the cross ... In some communities it achieved a certain respectability as it worked with politicians.

http://www.businessinsider.com/louis...is-real-2012-6

different articles but same issue.

love the fire breathing dinosaurs form BJU.

[Haak]

I hope they end up taking the Flying Spaghetti Monster seriously too. Though I think the next on the list is vampires...