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This would spell a problem for countries on good terms with US in Southeast Asia (practically most of us in fact, maybe other than Vietnam, Cambodia and Burma) and give Japan a hell lot of political trouble in their fishing areas and industries. US uses their influence and the Seventh Fleet to ward off China's military so as to have some political control in South China Sea. China is countering that with their upcoming spy satellites which are potentially more advanced than US's, as well as their aircraft carriers. And a number of countries prefer to have political ties to US than to China because they have got a market that is less controlled by the government. Quote:
I don't think the time when Reaganomics was introduced in the 1980s, the debt situation wasn't as bad, nor the inflation rate hit over 10%. The problem now is that there isn't a viable plan underway to attempt to repay the debt; US keeps spiraling into the double deficit cycles over and over again in the past 10 years.
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2011-07-17, 10:53 | Link #14864 |
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Egyptians fear army rulers acting as new Mubaraks
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...07-17-11-47-02 I would say than it a logical fear, if such thing is possible.
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2011-07-17, 11:11 | Link #14865 | |
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Seriously, that is disgusting. It is no different from being a turncoat. The Libyan rebels aren't fighting to get Gaddafi to talk to them, they are fighting to get Gaddafi out because he is screwing up their futures and forcibly oppressing them.
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2011-07-17, 13:09 | Link #14866 |
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NASA probe Dawn is now in orbit of the asteroid Vesta.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43785385...iant-asteroid/ I half expect some strange Sailor Vesta images after this from Japan. also... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43785525/?gt1=43001 Space Shuttle Atlantis' crew getting ready to come home later in the week.
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2011-07-17, 15:33 | Link #14867 | ||
I disagree with you all.
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But really: - the official line is still that Gaddafi has to step down. - we've recognized the rebels as Libya's official government. - I don't think we've stopped bombing them. - A day or so after his son talked about France's diplomatic effort, Gaddafi cursed Sarkozy out. Has he called your head of state a crazy man who needs to be exiled? A retard? A war criminal? |
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2011-07-17, 16:44 | Link #14868 | |
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Scotland Yard Chief resigns over Murdoch scandal revelations of infiltration: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/18/wo...18hacking.html
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2011-07-17, 17:16 | Link #14869 | |
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2011-07-17, 21:46 | Link #14870 |
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Inflation-hit Chinese go abroad to shop
http://blogs.reuters.com/george-chen...broad-to-shop/
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2011-07-17, 22:47 | Link #14871 | |
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2011-07-18, 06:58 | Link #14872 |
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A social media game with Arab super heroes at its heart has been launched on Facebook.
What caught my eye wasn't the story but this. Anyone has an idea what's the name of the comic in that pic?
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2011-07-18, 07:33 | Link #14873 | |
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Police "gun down" rioters in China's Xinjiang, at least 4 dead
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...76H1G720110718 Quote:
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2011-07-18, 13:57 | Link #14874 | |
Me, An Intellectual
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14194623
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2011-07-18, 14:11 | Link #14875 | |
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2011-07-18, 18:11 | Link #14876 |
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Yea, I smell murder. Kill the guy who knows something. If you've ever played the game "mafia"; and you're on the "mafia" side, then you go kill the guy who "knows something".
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2011-07-18, 18:23 | Link #14877 |
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Nah.. he just tripped and fell on his entire collection of cutlery that he had laid out to admire... happens all the time. (fact interrupt -- no facts are available at time of post)
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2011-07-18, 19:10 | Link #14878 | ||
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Wouldn't it be better that he fell down the stairs that has no carpeting?
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2011-07-19, 00:22 | Link #14880 |
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011...rld-sean-hoare
Saw this on another forum. Apparently, the forensic team was late to the scene, and for several hours before they arrived there was no police presence at the scene for hours, during which time a man and a woman, supposedly relatives, went in. Yeah, this isn't suspicious at all.
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