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Thunderbird2
If they were US military personnel don't you think that fact would be in the headline? If that was the case it would BE the headline and the posts in this thread would be in triple digits not single.
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showmethemoney
I wouldn't because they did condemn it and continue to do so.
Posted in: Amnesty criticizes U.S. for 'unlawful' bin Laden raid, drone attacks
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showmethemoney
Get a clue? That's rich. Which one of these six tenets applies to OBL? None. He was an armed enemy combatant who died resisting capture. Amnesty International has no business saying word one about how the US Government took care of OBL.
Posted in: Amnesty criticizes U.S. for 'unlawful' bin Laden raid, drone attacks
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I'm trying to recall Amnesty International's condemnation of the 911 attacks. Oh wait...
Posted in: Amnesty criticizes U.S. for 'unlawful' bin Laden raid, drone attacks
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For all of you who say that space exploration and research shouldn't be funded by our governments: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_F3pw5F_Pc
Posted in: Extraterrestrial intelligence: The search gets harder
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Sounds like gramps here knew had to wield a katana...
Posted in: Man severs real estate agent's arm with katana
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Hell if that's the charge then he should be extradited to Japan following his vacation in Costa Rica and tried for the numerous instances where he put Japanese crews in danger.
Posted in: Sea Shepherd leader Watson freed on bail while extradition decided
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If the criteria are exciting as a spectator, then football (soccer) without a doubt.
Posted in: Which sport, when played well, do you think is the most exciting to watch?
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Cletus
Harriers to replace Hornets? No overlapping missions so never in a million years. How about a link to that quotation so I can read it myself in its entirety?
Posted in: F-35 option: Produce the JACK-Fighter
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Cletus
The RAF Sea Harriers were up against Argentine aircraft at least a generation and a half older flown by pilots with far inferior training/experience. As far as the air war went it was shooting fish in a barrel for the Brits.
I've never heard of the Marines buying up any retired RN Sea Harriers but if they did buy any I'm sure they were procured for spare parts because I guarantee you none of them ever flew in active service with the USMC (excluding possible testing). I'll leave you to ponder why the Marines were so interested in spare parts. Hint: You know what a hangar queen is?
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You're right on the money ultradork. AV-8s are cool in concept and look tough but have very short legs and an unrealistic VTOL capability that's not very battlefield friendly.
Posted in: F-35 option: Produce the JACK-Fighter
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cubic
FYI, Owen will not be at United next season.
Posted in: Manchester United boss Ferguson meets Kagawa
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Adrian Beard
Maybe this mother thought the exact same thing before heading out herself. We'll never know...
Posted in: 3-yr-old boy, left home alone, falls to death from 11th-floor balcony
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Adrian
I'm not saying that we can prevent everything harmful from happening to kids. But, I do draw a line between failing to prevent your kid from falling off the jungle gym or swallowing a rubber band, both things that can happen while they're under supervision, and this case. Could this boy have fallen from his balcony even with his mother at home? Yes, and we've actually read about such cases here before, but they happened because the child wasn't under supervision even with a parent present. Whether it's at home or out and about, the primary factor that prevents a child from getting hurt is the attentive supervision of a parent. By leaving the house to go shopping and leaving her son alone, this mother ensured that that critical factor was ZERO, and that's what I find inexcusable. She would have my sympathy if her son had died from swallowing a rubber band that she'd missed when she last vacuumed the house because that would have been simple negligence. What she did was gross and willful negligence which in my eyes and the laws carries a heavier weight of culpability.
Posted in: 3-yr-old boy, left home alone, falls to death from 11th-floor balcony
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Adrian Beard
The questions you should be asking yourself is, would YOU leave your son sleeping alone in your house right now to go shopping? What are the odds that he won't wake up while you're gone? Then again, what are the odds that he might wake up, realize you're gone and become terrified, and fall off the balcony or run out into the street and get hit by a car? Are you willing to accept those odds? In my opinion, it's our job as parents to do everything we can (often by our own sacrifice) within reason to ensure that those odds are as close to zero as possible and something as basic as choosing not to go shopping because your toddler will be left unattended is well within reason for a parent.
Posted in: 3-yr-old boy, left home alone, falls to death from 11th-floor balcony
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Adrian Beard
This mother shouldn't have gone shopping if for whatever reason she felt that her destination was a place where she couldn't take her 3 year-old. It shouldn't have even been a decision. It should have been as simple as, "He can't go? ThenI can't go." Instead, she made the conscious decision to do the irresponsible and dangerous thing. I don't know what else to attribute this besides stupidity. She made a mistake all right, but your sympathy shouldn't be with the mother who as you put it will be paying for the rest of her life. It should be solely with the boy who already has paid for her mistake with his life.
Wonder no more. I have three kids, 12, 10, and 3.
Posted in: 3-yr-old boy, left home alone, falls to death from 11th-floor balcony
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JoshuYaki
That IS the definition of negligence. The number of times one is negligent only affects the probability that someone will be injured or killed as a result. Being negligent once is as serious as routine negligence, especially when it comes to safeguarding children.
Posted in: 3-yr-old boy, left home alone, falls to death from 11th-floor balcony
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Whatever happens, please please leave this classic alone and never ever attempt a remake.
Posted in: 'Casablanca' turns 70 with free show on Facebook
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There are also rumors that Sir Alex is looking to sign Lewandowski and Hummels in addition to Kagawa.
Posted in: Kagawa tight-lipped on future after Ferguson visit
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tooheysnew
If you're saying that a team that puts up 89 points despite missing more than its fair share of key players to injury for most of the season is mediocre, I'll have to disagree.
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