2012-08-07, 20:58 | Link #22841 |
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Ah, but that would require uniform healthcare! Can't have that now, can we. Big government is out to get you. Just look where the NHS got the UK, bunch of nurses parading around the Olympic stadium, undermining good ol' Christian values..
You know where that money would be better spent? Arming the general populace. Would have taken care of the situation real quick. What do you mean there's a hole in that argument? There's just no pleasing you lot is there?
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2012-08-07, 21:44 | Link #22842 |
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Dublin, Ireland
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Large Ukraine-based BitTorrent site Demonoid shut down
Ukrainian authorities have taken down Demonoid.com, one of the world's largest torrent file-sharing sites. I for one hope Demonoid bounces back, that site had a lot of hard to find stuff. |
2012-08-07, 22:44 | Link #22843 | |
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2012-08-08, 06:45 | Link #22844 |
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Flood waters rise again with new rains.
It's waterworld hell in Metro Manila right now. Almost 60% of the metropolis is still under water for almost 3 whole days. The hospital where I work in (UERMMMC) has the entire first floor already flooded to the brim. Thankfully the patients were already moved to higher floors, but now the hospital is running on a generator, water isn't running anymore and the place is running out of food and potable water. I wasn't on duty so I managed to not get stuck during the chaos that ensued. I made a supply run to some of my juniors this afternoon before the second set of rain hit, but it's going to run out soon. I can't even imagine what it's like for the rest of the metropolis. I'm making another supply run tomorrow because the hospital is nearly out of potable water. I'll be bringing water regardless of weather, so let's hope the rain give me and other volunteers a moment of clarity to get out stuff in, or me and the others will also get stranded. Wish us all luck.
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2012-08-08, 08:36 | Link #22846 | |
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2012-08-08, 09:36 | Link #22847 | |
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2012-08-08, 10:58 | Link #22848 | |
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More political gyrations in China as the leadership succession approaches:
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Congratulations to our Singaporean friends on your nation's Olympic medal in table tennis, and consolation to our friends in the Philippines fighting the floods.
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2012-08-08, 12:32 | Link #22850 | ||
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Frankly, I think the Fed Reserve, Treasury, and their London counterpart *needed* this "blindside" with their kid gloves handling of banksters ("tap on the wrist, sweep under carpet, no one goes to jail, no company is held publicly accountable"). Go New York...
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2012-08-09, 02:00 | Link #22851 | |
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The trial of Gu Kailai might set records for its swiftness based on this story in this morning's Times. Not only does it appear preordained that Ms. Gu will be convicted of murder, but the Chinese government isn't even working very hard to make the trial look fair.
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I've seen my share of rigged show trials during my life, but usually regimes try to coat their efforts to imprison or kill their enemies with at least a veneer of fairness. Given the visibility of this case outside China, I'm a bit surprised the PRC isn't making a better effort to stage this charade of a trial for Ms. Gu. On the other hand, it might prove a useful object lesson for other well-connected politicos to watch their steps and hew the Party line.
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2012-08-09, 06:54 | Link #22852 |
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U.S. starts its first Agent Orange cleanup in Vietnam
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...87803K20120809
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2012-08-09, 07:18 | Link #22853 | |
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2012-08-09, 14:16 | Link #22857 |
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Besides if you read the article, they are not really cleaning up the areas that they bombed with that stuff.
They are just cleaning one of their ex bases, where they stored it, before dropping it elsewhere. Apparently a lot of it was sprayed over their own base too in the process. Or maybe it's just about some old stockpile that was left there. |
2012-08-09, 15:49 | Link #22858 | |
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