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2009-09-06, 21:06 | Link #3822 | ||
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Glenn Beck has been under fire recently for his words, and I wouldn't be surprised to hear his being forced out soon. OTOH, if that happens, he'll just be rehired somewhere else. In the end, controversial figures, esp. in the "talking heads" area, sell. Wall Street banks looks to life insurance bundles Quote:
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2009-09-06, 21:15 | Link #3823 | ||
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2009-09-06, 21:26 | Link #3824 | |
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I am not suprised by these events and they will continue to occur in years to come as the strength of the social right winger BNP grows; a byproduct of a failed Rawlsian and Millet multiculturism experiment conducted by the British government. Sad. |
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2009-09-06, 22:21 | Link #3825 | |
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2009-09-06, 22:22 | Link #3826 | |
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i'd say he played a major role in ousting that czar one down, 700 to go http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsDJJ8J1ZT0 look at the screen where it says DEMAND ANSWERS: CALL THE WHITE HOUSE SWITCHBOARD AT 202-456-1414 (from 2:00 to 2:20) DEMAND ANSWERS: CALL THE CAPITOL SWITCHBOARD AT 202-456-3121 (from 2:21 to 2:45, then repeats back to white house switchboard for another 20 secs) i bet your bro and his son were raging in front of TV at what Beck was *reporting* (typically not covered in the mainstream media) fueled by uncontrollable rage, they (probably) dialed those switchboards to "Demand Answers" Last edited by mg1942; 2009-09-06 at 22:53. |
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2009-09-07, 09:23 | Link #3828 | |
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Firearms wise, I would say I trust the Israelis, Belgians and US in building those stuff, though their M16-series are nowhere as reliable as the AK, but it certainly has more functions as an assault/precision weapon. If US didn't win the Cold War, I doubt modern rifles would be modelled after the M16-type design. Quality is important if you are to fight a war, you can't just go in wasting ammo or firing until the plastic magazine melts.
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2009-09-07, 12:56 | Link #3830 | |
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About your suggestion, I am thinking that it is most likely related to the ID tag of the song file which you can't really imitate without knowing the unique codes and numbers for each song, even though it is possible to perfect it but since it is a time-consuming process, people probably won't bother with it. Perhaps, the method is the removal of the temp folder in a mobile phone that allows transfering files or to make the ringtone folder entirely non-accessible. Unless the mobile itself has awesome features, I doubt anybody would purchase one especially if its going to be expensive. |
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2009-09-07, 16:18 | Link #3831 |
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Afghan group says NATO strike killed 70 civilians
Something I don't see everyday... The Talibans are currently seeking the aid of the United Nations over a recent NATO airstrike which claimed the lives of at least 70 civilians. Since the terrorist organization is getting the United Nations to get involved, it seems as though the NATO are the bad guys now. In fact, based on the given information, it is difficult to tell whether the Talibans are the true terrorists or the NATO is as that 70 civilians were killed in what appears to be an indiscriminated mass murder. Hmmm... Afghan President Accuses US of Trying to Undermine Him Considering that NATO just sent some fighter planes and killed 70 civilians, I don't think the United States care much what the leaders of Afghanistan or any regional nation thinks as that there is a huge gap between their economy and military power. Nonetheless, the people in Afghanistan don't look too happy about it. Israel Defies Washington, Approves Settlement Expansion Considering that the United States provide Israel with much more monthly welfare than to their own American citizens, not sure if the Jewish leaders are making the right decision or not. On the contrary, Israel's economy seems to be in better shape than that of the United States. I guess Israel don't really care.. Iranian President Refuses to Negotiate Nuclear 'Right' Considering that Israel can defy the United States whenever they feel necessary to do so and the fact that a number of nations in the world right now really shouldn't be allowed to have nuclear capabilities yet they possess it, I don't see any problem with Iran possessing it. Its not like they plan on nuking people once they start making the warheads. Generally, if China is allowed to expand their military power while possessing hundreds to thousands of nuclear warheads while continuing to manufacture more, I don't see why Iran is prohibited from keeping one or two nuclear warheads as deterrents. Both the United States and Russia currently are trying to abolish nuclear warheads as that both sides have thousands. Speaking of which, Iran's enemy, Israel also have quite a nuclear arsenal, not to mention their military power is quite high. |
2009-09-07, 19:04 | Link #3832 | |
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was there any progress in the negotiations for peace that would give Israel a reason to stop expending Settlements ? monthly welfare doesn't give the US a say in internal Israeli politics especially when there is no ongoing peace negotiations, much less a progress in it the Settlement Expansion plays a part in the peace negotiations in the same way that palestinian terror and incitement does its a stick to go along with a lack of carrots so long as there is no progress, the Palestinians continue to use terror and incitement against Israel as means of pressure to compromise on certain points in the negotiations that Israel doesn't want to compromise on its basically saying "if you don't compromise, we'll make your lives a living hell until you do" the Israeli response is to continuing the expansion of settlements so long as there is no significant progress in any peace negotiations the message being "if you don't compromise and negotiate with us now, you're likely to get less land in the final peace settlement" terrorism and settlements its a way for both sides are being a dick to one another until someone caves and negotiations resume childish and stupid ? - yes but would forcing only one child to play nice while letting the other be a dick help solve anything ? - hardly
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2009-09-07, 19:22 | Link #3833 | |
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serves him right! Van Jones called HIMSELF a Communist!!! Having people who believe in Communism advising the President is not a comfortable scenario for many people. Van Jones made his own statements. Nobody put those words in his mouth. Van Jones signed the petition at 911truth.org - nobody did it for him. He's a Yale Law School Graduate, for heavens's sake. He should have had the intelligence to read fully any and all disclaimers related to the signature he applied to that petition. Van Jones created this situation by attacking Glenn Beck over some words Beck said. Beck then turned around and did the job not being done (by people with Journalism degrees who are being paid for this very work) - he did investigative journalism. Beck brought to light exactly what kind of person Van Jones is, which just further highlights a character trait in President Obama. The President himself said that if we want to know more about him, we should look at the people with whom he surrounds himself. Well, we have, and we don't like what we see. |
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2009-09-07, 19:34 | Link #3834 | ||
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NATO was also not very smart in first claiming that no civilians were hurt or killed and then having to backtrack. Just bad and sloppy PR work without any responsibility taken, IMHO. And the Taliban isn't 100% blameless either, IMHO - for either forcing the civilians to get the fuel (and I read of reasons offered from 'acting as human shields' to 'being generous to the people') or letting them do so. OTOH, they probably will win in the end. Quote:
It's very much an "us vs them" situation there, IMHO. You have moderates on both sides who want peace and an acceptable settlement, but the ones with the loudest voices aren't those guys. Parts of the U.S. like the N.E. tended to be pro-Israel (but not 100% sure any longer), and the Central part used to not care much at all. I'm guessing that Western Europe is like that as well - although favoring Palestinians instead from the news?
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2009-09-07, 19:38 | Link #3835 | |
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or would there be protests in the streets of europe and a demand for a war crimes tribunal 2 hours later ?
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2009-09-07, 20:07 | Link #3837 | |
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Combat is fluid. It isn't like some 360 video game where you get detailed updates all the time and where, if you meet certain conditions, a pre-arranged event gets triggered. That's why the term "fog of war" got coined. When you have aircraft flying overhead at a few thousand meters looking down with a poorly resoluton'ed camera, telling one raggedly dressed figure who is a civilian dirt farmer vs one who is a guerrilla instead is hard to do. Unless you get an observer or two sitting right there on top of the situation - which then risks their being killed or captured - you can and will face this situation. Whether the people of Europe (or the U.S. or Asia) protest is irrelevant. They're not the ones on the ground facing the unknown ranging from bad drinking water to a civilian carrying a readied hand grenade. It's bad enough that you can have REMF officers giving orders that might not be appropriate for the situation, having civilians - and not even ones elected to office! - doing so is just silly. It's probably one of the better ways of which I can think to get them killed (or sent home injured) the fastest. If they aren't happy about their sons and daughters out there, then get their elected officials to withdraw them. As long as they can live with and accept any and all possible consequences that might happen. If the politicians aren't happy about the "what might be"'s, then set them in the rules of engagement and make sure that they are followed.
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2009-09-08, 06:35 | Link #3838 | |
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No this is what NATO and it's allies try to do in Afghanistan. 10 British soldiers died so 150 Afghans could vote in what is an increasingly fraudelent Afghan election with low turnout. It's unfortunate that civilians got caught up in this all, but remember that the Taliban hijacked the tankers first, then gathered civilians around to take the fuel. Now they milking it for all the PR value they can, inspite of their past atrocities, a few I just mentioned above. Last edited by killer3000ad; 2009-09-08 at 07:03. |
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2009-09-08, 07:05 | Link #3839 | |
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despite it being practicely the same thing
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2009-09-08, 07:12 | Link #3840 |
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Well, the IDF does have several decades worth of really bad publicity going against it there. NATO has only been in Afghanistan for six years. NATO would need to blitz something equivalent to Gaza several times a decade before you seemlessly replace the two. And you still need a displaced group of people languishing in small cooped up enclaves or external refugees camps for 30-40 years before you could get Jimmy Carter to fly over there and meet with Taliban leaders.
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