2012-10-16, 13:00 | Link #24221 | |
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Iran Plotting to Spill Oil in Strait of Hormuz, Magazine Claims
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2012-10-16, 13:20 | Link #24222 | |
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All that happened here is they didn't fact check a quote by someone from Harvard University. A quote whose historical accuracy wasn't even relevant. |
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2012-10-16, 14:05 | Link #24223 | ||
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A question thought, where the spill would be more likely to go, which country is more likely to get their plage stained by the oil ?
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2012-10-16, 14:44 | Link #24225 | |
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For the former, I would think so, but for the latter? No. One should have the decency to recognize that because some people in here know all around history, it does not extend to everyone who might not have the sufficient knowledge to differentiate people in history of different cultures, especially the cultures that is on a relatively far away land or has no close connection to it. |
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2012-10-16, 15:00 | Link #24226 |
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Actually, wouldn't that be like saying Andrew Johnson said something to his troops at New Orleans? Or that Lyndon Johnson got impeached. Or that Michael "Stonewall" Jackson was a General in the Confederate Army.
If you don't know the history well, and the names are similar, that you can easily make a mistake like that.
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2012-10-16, 15:01 | Link #24227 |
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All accusations of relative cultural/national/historical sensitivity aside -- I'm more concerned about the inaccuracy of those statements and that they are implied to be direct quotes from Peter K. Bol, who is a Harvard Professor on East Asian Languages and Civilizations.
Everyone should be aware and vigilant about potential personal cultural biases, but c'mon folks, let's all get along here.. PS: Someone should email the BBC btw, just like how I suggested @TinyRedLeaf to email Reuters about their inaccuracies. Let's add to the human body of knowledge (and fix the mistakes therein) people! |
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2012-10-16, 20:32 | Link #24230 | |
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2012-10-16, 20:46 | Link #24231 |
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How much energy would be needed to process and convert all that to a liquid state, and manufacture the equipment to keep it in such a state until used as a fuel source.
And where will this energy come from?
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2012-10-16, 21:01 | Link #24232 |
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A pair of US sailors have been arrested for gang raping an Okinawan woman they plucked off the street, with the incident threatening to further inflame anti-base sentiment in Okinawa, even as Japan’s legion of online rightists provoke widespread disgust by attempting to recast the rapists as innocent victims of an evil Chinese “honey trap.”
The incident occurred on Okinawa, where a Japanese woman was on her way home from work at nearby dining establishment at around 4AM one morning, when a pair of men she had never met before accosted her and sexually assaulted her. She suffered minor injuries to her neck during the attack, and may also have had her bag stolen. Both men were said to have been drinking. She fled to safety, and the incident was soon reported to police. A brief manhunt ensued, and the first of the suspects, 23-year-old Seaman Christopher Browning, was arrested at 7:30AM the same morning at a nearby lodging. Subsequent searches turned up Petty Officer Third Class Skyler Dozierwalker, also 23, on a nearby street early in the afternoon. They face a variety of charges ranging from gang rape to assault. One of the men admits the charges, whilst the other maintains they are “mistaken.”
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2012-10-16, 22:15 | Link #24235 | |
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2012-10-17, 06:29 | Link #24236 |
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There are quite a few 24hr eateries around the world, particularly in big cities. I'm talking legit stuff to, not something shady like a 'gentlemens club'. So she could have been working at a 24hr diner, or fast food joint.
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2012-10-17, 08:00 | Link #24237 |
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Foxconn says underage workers used in China plant
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...89F1U620121017 The suicides serie, the strike, and now this...
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2012-10-17, 08:02 | Link #24238 | |
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2012-10-17, 15:31 | Link #24239 | |
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Feds: 1 Arrested in Plot to Attack Federal Reserve
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2012-10-17, 18:12 | Link #24240 | |
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