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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Is Ukraine Going to live? |
| Billybones |
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Posted: 16 Apr 2014, 11:56 pm
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Replies: 45
Views: 3,209
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| I didn't think Russia would invade & annex Crimea - it had so many levers with which to squeeze Ukraine that I doubted it would feel impelled to go that far - so I'm not making any predictions about what's coming next. But I can envision many scenarios by which this crisis would escalate. But wi... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Indian Diplomat strip searched in NYC |
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Posted: 09 Jan 2014, 11:40 pm
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Replies: 29
Views: 2,638
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| It looks like American justice isn't going to have the final word. [url=america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/1/9/indian-diplomat-indictedexpectedtoleaveus.html]Indian diplomat indicted, expected to leave US[/url] In summary, the U.S. asked India to waive diplomatic immunity; India refused; U.S. attor... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: In Utah, judge's ruling ignites same-sex marriage frenzy |
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Posted: 28 Dec 2013, 3:04 pm
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,498
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| Maybe they could do a better job of defending the ban in court than the state government has done so far. It sounds like the state's arguments have been less than convincing to date. That's the thread that runs through all these cases: none of the arguments in defense of banning same-sex marriage a... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Indian Diplomat strip searched in NYC |
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Posted: 19 Dec 2013, 5:30 pm
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Replies: 29
Views: 2,638
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| It all comes down to the matter of immunity. If she has diplomatic immunity, then the treatment that she received was outrageous, & the U.S. must drop all charges & issue an apology forthwith. (So far, Sec. of State Kerry hasn't gone so far, only expressing "regret" to Indian officials.) Whe... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Girl gets beaten, arrested for sleeping in class |
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Posted: 15 Jul 2013, 11:57 pm
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Replies: 66
Views: 10,798
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| I knew when I saw the header that it had to be the U.S. Alabama, Idaho, Arkansas, California, New Jersey, North Carolina . . . doesn't matter. It's the country we live in. There is long-established paranoia about crime & about young people that have led to a heavy - & heavily armed - police ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: FL teen "sex criminal" for consensual relationship |
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Posted: 25 May 2013, 1:19 pm
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Replies: 88
Views: 8,904
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| Well it looks like the case will go to trial, now that Kaitlyn Hunt has refused the plea deal. Kaitlyn Hunt will not take plea deal This isn't going to end well for her. At trial, all her defense team will be able to do is pound their fists on the table & cry "outrage". And this whole thing IS o... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: FL teen "sex criminal" for consensual relationship |
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Posted: 22 May 2013, 1:05 pm
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Replies: 88
Views: 8,904
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| Personally I can't see anything particularly inappropriate about the girls' relationship. Teenagers are sexual; they form & dissolve relationships & engage in sexual acts. But as perplexing as it must be to observers in other countries, prosecutions of this type in the U.S. are actually fair... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Guess who's running for Tim Scott's old House seat... |
| Billybones |
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Posted: 11 May 2013, 11:11 pm
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Replies: 40
Views: 6,622
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| Sanford will be a fine congressman, not sure why his personal mistakes are held against him yet at the same time you have partisan hacks from both sides supporting creeps like Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich, Anthony Weiner etc. Personal lives should stay personal. It wasn't just about Sanford's person... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Judge gets 28 years for selling children to private prisons |
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Posted: 11 May 2013, 10:27 pm
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,886
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| I can't even see the argument for private prisons in the name of small government being made. As the private prison is still funded by taxpayer money, but the taxpayers would presumably have less ability to influence the activities of a private prison than they would a public one, if anything it is... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela, Dies at Age 58. |
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Posted: 09 Mar 2013, 9:14 am
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Replies: 78
Views: 6,457
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| Chavez had several journalists illegally executed, Please provide details. I know that Hugo Chavez was no great respecter of press freedom, but Venezuela doesn't have the death penalty. Whatever people consider to be his faults, Chavez has never ordered anyone to be executed (judicially or extrajud... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Guess who's running for Tim Scott's old House seat... |
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Posted: 22 Feb 2013, 12:51 am
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Replies: 40
Views: 6,622
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| Now, I'm absolutely positive that Mr. Sanford is no hypocrite, and is eagerly awaiting his wedding night to examine and enjoy Miss Chapur's vagina. He's already done that - no need to wait until after the wedding. The Luv Gov may well win back his old seat. He has in his favor the highest name-ID i... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: charged after hiring strippers for son's 16th birthday |
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Posted: 22 Feb 2013, 12:09 am
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Replies: 37
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| Damn some people really need to lighten up. So much paranoia about teenage sexuality. |
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Forum: LGBT Discussion Topic: Teachers possibly required to report gay students |
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Posted: 04 Feb 2013, 1:40 pm
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Replies: 13
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| what is the matter with tennessee? Simple - it's a culturally conservative state with a large bloc of fundamentalist Christians that is currently trending even further to the right. As any political consultant could tell you: a little homo-bashing never hurts a politician in the South. It's a tradi... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Gov. Bobby Jindal has a good point.... |
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Posted: 25 Jan 2013, 11:04 pm
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Replies: 43
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| This all reminds me of 2006, after some polls results were published that showed that perceptions of the U.S. had become extremely negative in many Middle East countries. The reaction stateside: "we just need to explain ourselves better". W. even appointed Karen Hughes as a sort of ambassador-at-lar... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Michigan's homophobia increases |
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Posted: 16 Jan 2013, 3:22 pm
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Replies: 31
Views: 8,870
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| I could state here that I hate all of the damn Democrats in the world, but I'm not going to stoop down to that level. I am a Republican, and frankly, I do have compassion. I'm just not about to compromise my own principles by condoning a lifestyle that I believe to be wrong. It's funny how people w... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Check out this bizarre video about Sandy Hook! |
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Posted: 16 Jan 2013, 2:52 pm
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Replies: 41
Views: 8,500
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| Apparently, the paranoid style is still the defining characteristic of the American right. That a story like this, implausible as it seems, would gain such traction would come as no surprise to anyone who understands the mentality of the populist conservative movement. There is simply no reasoning w... |
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