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Tom Bombadil · 2013-12-16, 06:20

Chinese rover's moon landing from orbit to the ground.

ganbaru · 2013-12-16, 08:27

Sheriffs Refuse to Enforce Laws on Gun Control
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/16/us...n-control.html

U.S. offers help to South East Asia, most to Vietnam, to patrol seas
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...9BF07M20131216

Wigwams · 2013-12-16, 21:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by aohige

They finally caught the KUROKO no Basket terrorist!

http://mainichi.jp/select/news/20131...40069000c.html

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...author-success

ganbaru · 2013-12-17, 04:14

Judge: NSA’s collecting of phone records is probably unconstitutional
http://www.washingtonpost.com/nation...02c_story.html

Boycott by Academic Group Is a Symbolic Sting to Israel
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/17/ed....html?hp&_r=1&

AnimeFan188 · 2013-12-18, 00:17

After latest shooting, murder manual author calls for book to be taken
'immediately' out of print:

"It was an accessory in the arsenal of Karl Pierson, the student who opened fire
last week inside a Colorado high school, leaving one girl in a coma before taking
his own life.

“The Anarchist Cookbook,” which Pierson read before his rampage, isn’t a guide
to culinary revolution. It’s the original how-to of homicide and mass murder — and
sales are still raging, with distribution from the likes of Amazon and Barnes &
Noble, even as the work is linked to terrorist acts around the world.

Now, in rare interviews with NBC News, the publisher and the author of the
"Cookbook" are trading blows about the book’s future.

“'The Anarchist Cookbook' should go quietly and immediately out of print,” says
William Powell, who wrote the book as a stern 19-year-old, an opponent of the
Vietnam War who felt violence was justified if it could prevent even greater
violence in the process. He has since renounced that position, but never so
forcefully, telling NBC in an email that “it is no longer responsible or defensible to
keep it in print.”

See:

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013...y-out-of-print

SeijiSensei · 2013-12-19, 10:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by SeijiSensei

Thai Premier Calls for Elections, but Protests Continue

Other than frustration with their inability to win elections, and a general veneer of sour grapes, what exactly does the Thai Democrat party and its supporters really want?

Here's one answer from today's Times:

Quote:

The current antigovernment protests in Bangkok are the last gasp of Thai dynastic paternalism. They reflect the determination of the old elite and its middle-class allies to check the rising power of the formerly rural electorate by bringing down the Yingluck administration. They are calling for the creation of a “people’s assembly,” an unelected temporary governing body representing different occupational groups that would oversee a process of political reform — in effect, a dictatorship of the capital over the rest of the country.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/20/op...ternalism.html

New elections won't help these forces; they are outnumbered electorally by "urbanized villagers" and rural voters.

sa547 · 2013-12-19, 10:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by ganbaru

U.S. offers help to South East Asia, most to Vietnam, to patrol seas
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...9BF07M20131216

Times and alliances have really changed over time.

ganbaru · 2013-12-19, 11:20

China military ship to help guard Syria chemical weapons destruction
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...9BI0A620131219

Quote:

Originally Posted by sa547

Times and alliances have really changed over time.

The enemy of my of my enemy is my friend... after all didn't China given weapon to North Vietnam to fight against the US?

SeijiSensei · 2013-12-19, 12:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by ganbaru

after all didn't China given weapon to North Vietnam to fight against the US?

China gave them some material support, but North Vietnam had much closer ties to the Soviet Union than to the People's Republic of China. The Soviets had a lot more to offer in 1965 than the Chinese did, too. The Chinese provided rifles and personnel that freed up North Vietnamese units. The USSR provided "medical supplies, arms, tanks, planes, helicopters, artillery, anti-aircraft missiles and other military equipment." The Soviets manned anti-aircraft positions as well. The casualty list on the Wiki page shows 16 dead from the USSR; no Chinese deaths are listed.

In 1979, just a few years after the US left, China and Vietnam engaged in a brief inconclusive border war. The Wikipedia article suggests that the Chinese invaded to show Moscow that it could not protect its Vietnamese client.

HasuMasu · 2013-12-20, 05:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by TV Patrol

Manila (Philippines) - At around 11:00 AM December 20 (GMT+8) armed gunmen on motorcycles dressed as police men conducted a shooting at NAIA (Ninoy Aquino International Airport) Terminal 3 Arrival Bay.

Their target was Zamboanga del Sur Mayor who died with his wife at the scene.

At least five others were injured and are currently being treated at East Avenue Medical Centre. Three among them are unrelated to the target. A family including a three year-old who is in critical condition.

The government is currently shouldering their medical expenses.

There were no CCTVs and the suspects escaped.

Sorry if I got anything wrong. I was eating dinner just now when I heard this on TV.

NoemiChan · 2013-12-20, 06:15

^ The suspect was alleged to be wearing a police uniform. That's not what disappoints me actually. What the hell is our INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT?! No CCTV???? We are talking about INTERNATIONAL here!!!

NOTE: TV PATROL as well

@Masuzu > Kapamilya?!! ^^

HasuMasu · 2013-12-20, 06:19

^ Eh, nanonood lang yaya na'min. Nagkataon lang.

What confuses me is they said they couldn't catch them because of the heavy traffic.

If the traffic was so heavy, then how did they get away? Weird.

NoemiChan · 2013-12-20, 06:27

^ The worst part is that a NAIA official can't admit the fact that they FAILED in the security of the airport. Is it really hard to admit that? >_<. Well, the CCTV will be installed next year, like JULY was it.... DAMN...

HasuMasu · 2013-12-20, 06:34

I have to admit it was a bit tasteless for him to say that there was adequate police presence at such a time.

It sounds unnecessary and even insulting...on national TV no less.

NoemiChan · 2013-12-20, 06:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by Masuzu

I have to admit it was a bit tasteless for him to say that there was adequate police presence at such a time.

It sounds unnecessary and even insulting.

Well, our ex-vice president did made him looked stupid already. Were there really adequate police in the area? Or it just, they weren't there when it happen.

Philippine Mayor Killed in Manila Airport Ambush

Quote:

The Philippines is infamous for a brutal brand of democracy where politicians -- particularly at local and provincial levels -- are willing to bribe, intimidate or kill to ensure they win.

MeoTwister5 · 2013-12-20, 06:39

The police were probably collecting kotong during said time.

sa547 · 2013-12-20, 06:56

That, unfortunately is a part of the darker side of our society, as feudal/tribal warlord mentality among local autocratic politicians -- from Ampatuan to Binay -- persists in this day and time, and is nearly impossible to eradicate from government completely despite our best efforts.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ganbaru

The enemy of my of my enemy is my friend... after all didn't China given weapon to North Vietnam to fight against the US?

Once, China and the Soviets helped North Vietnam by supplying know-how, weaponry, and advisers. But by the late 60s to early 70s, with China under Mao completely breaking away from Soviet policy because of an ideological divide (and thus you have these border clashes and Nixon's visit), and then once Vietnam became a unified country, former American bases were turned over to the Soviet military for their use, as both Communist powers vied for regional supremacy until the collapse of the Soviet Union.

With Russia too far and having to deal with its own problems, Vietnam could only hope for help among regional allies in ASEAN, even if it's too easy to think that American bases could be preemptively attacked in an event of war over the Paracels or Spratlys; instead the Chinese military, despite its seemingly advanced hardware and massed numbers, has yet to see a major war and worse, their rival service branches have yet to cooperate as a cohesive force in joint exercises.

Anyway, history may repeat itself should China tries to assault Vietnam, and instead find itself in a quagmire of guerrilla warfare that had previously beaten the French and the Americans.

ganbaru · 2013-12-20, 07:11

Russian amnesty to benefit Pussy Riot, Greenpeace 30
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...9BH0FO20131219

Pizza outlet attacked as India, U.S. fail to cool diplomat row
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...9BI0JE20131220

NoemiChan · 2013-12-20, 07:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by ganbaru

The enemy of my of my enemy is my friend... after all didn't China given weapon to North Vietnam to fight against the US?

I thought Vietnames still have grunge against the Chinese in relation to mass killings if I'm not mistaking. Besides, I don't think Vietnman now is the same Vietnam as before.

Fireminer · 2013-12-20, 18:02

You guys just have no idea how powerful the Anti-Chinese wave is growing in Vietnam. Day by day, it's getting stronger together with a nationalist sense. Plus, should I remind you that the Chinese has a hand in the bloody Land Revolution in the 1950s?

And no, the next war with China, it won't be another People War, but a Naval-Air War. Don't you guys know that we just bought 2 Kilo-Class Submarines, as well as a batch of Su30MK2V?

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AnimeFan188 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008	After latest shooting, murder manual author calls for book to be taken 'immediately' out of print: "It was an accessory in the arsenal of Karl Pierson, the student who opened fire last week inside a Colorado high school, leaving one girl in a coma before taking his own life. “The Anarchist Cookbook,” which Pierson read before his rampage, isn’t a guide to culinary revolution. It’s the original how-to of homicide and mass murder — and sales are still raging, with distribution from the likes of Amazon and Barnes & Noble, even as the work is linked to terrorist acts around the world. Now, in rare interviews with NBC News, the publisher and the author of the "Cookbook" are trading blows about the book’s future. “'The Anarchist Cookbook' should go quietly and immediately out of print,” says William Powell, who wrote the book as a stern 19-year-old, an opponent of the Vietnam War who felt violence was justified if it could prevent even greater violence in the process. He has since renounced that position, but never so forcefully, telling NBC in an email that “it is no longer responsible or defensible to keep it in print.” See: http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013...y-out-of-print

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NoemiChan Banned Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Philippines Age: 36	^ The suspect was alleged to be wearing a police uniform. That's not what disappoints me actually. What the hell is our INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT?! No CCTV???? We are talking about INTERNATIONAL here!!! NOTE: TV PATROL as well @Masuzu > Kapamilya?!! ^^

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