Forum: world.
07-01-2010, 03:25 AM
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Re: tories, eh?
rog is the last person you want serving drinks. they'd never make it to the table :)
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06-30-2010, 10:51 AM
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Re: tories, eh?
I had a moment thinking about this the other day. was just chilling at a pub here in the uk and I was talking with the cook. he told me he had a microbiology degree. "same as the bartender, right...
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06-30-2010, 02:20 AM
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Re: obama 2012 (?????)
OK, that's kind of what I meant anyway, but with a small caveat. Executive decisions are such that their vectors are set in motion early, and the effects play out long into the future, like for...
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06-30-2010, 02:05 AM
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Re: obama 2012 (?????)
npr/political junkie did a poll for 2012 expected candidacy. this is the results. 6 months ago I would have said he had a chance to win over the centrists. That's probably not going to happen now...
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06-28-2010, 01:19 PM
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Re: obama 2012 (?????)
yes and no. would sub prime and toxic derivative mortgages have burst? Yes. Would the federal government be forced to push itself into insolvency and lower global credit rating with a weaker dollar...
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06-28-2010, 02:35 AM
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Re: obama 2012 (?????)
As far as mongoose, he doesn't even think Obama is a natural born citizen. As for me, I'm no right winger, I just think Obama is a failed presidency (so far). This is what I said the last time this...
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06-27-2010, 01:16 PM
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obama 2012 (?????)
I tried finding the earlier thread that talked about our predictions for how obama will do next election. I'm wondering if anyone has any thoughts now, if we were to return to the question.
will...
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06-12-2010, 02:46 PM
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Replies: 57
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Re: drill, baby, drill!
So its a tie in the soccerball match :D (England was the better team tonight I'll hand it to you)
I'm glad people can see past this propaganda bullshit. Its chilling, don't you think? the power...
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06-12-2010, 04:57 AM
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Re: drill, baby, drill!
I love how multi-nationals conduct themselves without any regard for their "country" or the interests of their citizens, but can make it an issue of patriotism when a foreign country is making noise...
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06-11-2010, 04:29 AM
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Re: drill, baby, drill!
I can't think of a clearer reason why liberatarians will never be a legitimate party than this. Not only do they have the political savvy of a knocked up unwed teen on meth at a fundraiser, they...
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06-02-2010, 05:46 AM
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06-01-2010, 01:01 AM
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Re: fuck israel
i'm thinking this flotilla event was meticulously constructed by propaganda wizards as israel bait, with the hope that Israel does exactly what it did
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05-31-2010, 01:34 PM
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Re: empathy or the lack thereof
I'd say that's a perfectly reasonable point to make. Although I'm willing to take the scientific validity of the study at face value because 1. I think its totally possible to make generalizations...
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05-31-2010, 05:14 AM
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empathy or the lack thereof
http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/brain-and-behavior/articles/2010/05/28/todays-college-students-more-likely-to-lack-empathy.html
Question: what is the cause of this stripping...
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05-31-2010, 05:06 AM
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Re: It's life, Jim
As a singularitarian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singularitarianism) I personally don't see it as tampering or trespassing on sacred ground. It is of our biological nature to create biological...
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05-31-2010, 02:56 AM
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04-29-2010, 05:03 AM
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04-29-2010, 03:48 AM
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Re: Arizona - WTF?
agreed. By the same people who brought you paranoid fear that FEMA was in the late stages of Operation Obama Gulag comes "THE MIGHTY RULE OF LAW!!!!" Hypocrisy so unabashed these guys might as well...
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04-26-2010, 03:51 AM
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03-29-2010, 04:25 AM
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Re: Tea Party
To suggest an answer to your question, mormon doctrine asserts that the united states is a fountainhead of God's power. It was created by the hand of God, it's laws and constitution as inspired by...
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03-29-2010, 03:58 AM
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Re: Tea Party
If you want to staunchly declare that Sarah Palin would always abstain from demagoguery to further her career, or attempt to manipulate the violent passions of the people for her own gains then I...
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03-28-2010, 03:07 AM
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Re: Tea Party
I think i've figured out this guy's glitch. He's of an ilk that was raised on tang orange drink, flintstone vitamins, manwich meals, and the belief that America is God's manifest destiny. That the...
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03-28-2010, 02:56 AM
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Re: Tea Party
Been out of the states for about a month now, and I can't exaggerate the uncanny experience of walking out of a society so laden with paranoia and anxiety that to exist in another space makes the...
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02-16-2010, 10:44 AM
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Re: Iranian uranium
this sounds like you think I'm arguing we should take military action against pakistan. we *are* taking military action against pakistan, at least a portion of it, in accordance to another portion of...
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02-16-2010, 09:43 AM
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Re: Iranian uranium
Its fun to pretend CIA analyst so let me give this a shot. The upshot about the pakistan situation is we can work with their government, a recent example being the 15,000 strong joint operations in...
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