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yes good point, many nations who are now anti whaling use to hunt them long before…
Posted in: Confrontation
America is simply addicted to the Military Industrial Complex, all foreign policy reasts on this.
Posted in: China vice president warns against U.S. military focus on Asia
Ah TEPCO logic at its best, we watched it climb from 95 to 285 degrees and…
Posted in: TEPCO blames high reactor temperature reading on broken thermometer
Syria is in a civil war, Syrians fighting Syrians, it is likely this will go on…
So a Kindle Fire/Nook Color/Kobo Vox competitor. The sentence that says that it runs on "special…
Posted in: Toshiba e-book reader
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Molenir
Wait, so what they are saying, is that they'll stop threatening us, if we give them food. Or at least, give them money for food. Heh, imagine if a person tried that. Wonder how long it would be before they ended up in prison, for extortion, blackmail, and assault.
Posted in: N Korea keeps door open for food-nuclear deal with U.S.
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Molenir
Ah, is that what they're doing here. Good to know. I mean, if you hadn't told me that, I might have thought that Iran was merely presenting trumped up charges, with no basis in reality, to use this man as a bargaining chip. I mean, they've never, ever done that before. Certainly no hikers were ever arrested, falsely convicted of spying, before eventually being released... No, Iran is definitely in the right as they always are. No doubt the execution of homosexuals and women is completely justifiable as well... Moving on.
Posted in: Iranian judge sentences American to death for spying
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Molenir
Sorry, but I don't see anything that Japan has lied about. They're hunting whales. They've stated it clearly. They are doing so in international waters. Again, no treaties against it, and they have every right to do so. That you oppose their actions does not change their right to do it. I don't like the clothes you wear, this does not give me the right to force you to wear something else.
Smith, you are smarter then this. This is not how the game of diplomacy is played. Relations between nations are much more complex, and are subject to a lot of rules and agreements that have been laid down and adhered to for many years. If Australia was to do something like you are suggesting, it would endanger a lot of economic and security treaties, not to mention issues of justice. You may as well demand that Australia sends out their warships to intercept and force these boats to go home.
Posted in: Australian anti-whaling activists could face charges in Japan
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Molenir
Heh, so murdering thousands of your countrymen is what exactly?
Posted in: Syria vows 'iron fist' after Damascus bombing kills 26
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Molenir
Most of these jobs are seasonal, and won't last. Hopefully though, it the start of a trend upward.
Wow, what a statement. Completely untrue. Only those doling out the money, and those getting money are Keynesian. Everyone else, those able to sit back and rationally view the market, are mostly non-Keynesian.
Posted in: Good news for Obama as U.S. adds 200,000 jobs in December
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Molenir
Too bad they can't treat the pirates the way they used to. Catch em in the act of piracy, hang em high. No delay. Over and done. If they did that, and treated the Somali pirates the way they did the Barbary Pirates, I guarantee, there would be a swift end to the pirate attacks.
Posted in: U.S. Navy rescues Iranian fishing boat from pirates
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Molenir
So stupid.
Posted in: Prosecution demands death for Egypt's Mubarak
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Molenir
Except, for the simple fact, that they never went into recess, thus the appointment is invalid. Ample argument against it. Even more telling is the simple fact that it is no less then a direct circumvention of the constitution. Specifically, the role of the Senate in confirming appointments. Think longer term then this Laguna. Eventually we'll have someone decent as President again, and possibly, the Dems will manage to sucker enough people into giving them back a majority in congress. So with a Republican President, and horrors, another Dem congress. Will you still agree with it then?
And the chorus against Democracy continues to grow. May I suggest moving to Venezuela? Or perhaps Syria. I mean since you seem to be so strongly in favor of Dictatorship.
Posted in: Obama bypasses Senate to fill labor board posts
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Molenir
Considering this is his Majesty, King Obama the 1st, his ignoring the constitution isn't really a surprise. After all, this is the same person who decided that if he can't get laws he wants passed, he'll just implement them by executive fiat. Fortunately when we get a President again, they can simply undo all the crap he's done with the stroke of a pen.
Posted in: Obama bypasses Senate to fill labor board posts
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Molenir
Not really surprising. Good PR spin around the world gets em seen as heros. An objective view however shows they're simply just another group of eco-terrorists, no different from any other group using violence to accomplish their goals.
Posted in: Huge waves damage Sea Shepherd boat during chase
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Molenir
lol, Coming from a supporter of Obama, thats an amazing sentiment.
Whats most pathetic about this story, is that its all anonymous character assassination. Some women, not naming names, claimed he said or did something, and got a bunch of money because of it. But we don't know who it was. Only that there were several of them. Seriously, if they can't name the source, then whats the story?
Posted in: Cain accuser stands by allegation; he ducks issue
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Molenir
Despite leading in the polls, even after this 'scandal', his campaign is apparently hobbled by it. Honestly, who writes this stuff?
Posted in: Cain accuser stands by allegation; he ducks issue
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Molenir
Very true. Often the rest of the show wasn't worth watching, but Rooney was, even when you disagreed with what he was saying.
Posted in: Former '60 Minutes' commentator Andy Rooney dead at 92
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Molenir
Truly disgusting. She stayed with this man after he murdered her 9 year old boy, and wanted to murder her 18 year old son as well...
Posted in: Mother of 9-year-old Iraqi suicide bomber arrested
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Molenir
Who knows. At this point, it there are links to 3 campaigns. Obamas, Perry's, and Romneys. All of them could be guilty of this to some extent.
Posted in: Third woman says she was harassed by Cain
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Molenir
Everything about the American system is about checks and balances. Thats what you fail to understand. The framers of the constitution were extremely skeptical of direct democracy. They sought to insulate the elections from direct voting. Thus the electoral college, and elections for the Senate. The Senatorial election was changed in the early part of last century, and this change, is thought by many conservatives to be a huge mistake, with the result being a much stronger federal government, and much weaker, less independent state governments.
Getting back to the issue at hand, the house is directly elected, with each state receiving votes based on population. The larger states had an advantage in this, and so to balance this, each state was given 2 Senate seats, putting each on level ground. With the bi-cameral legislature, that means, that even if the majority rules, it cannot force their agenda upon unwilling states. Sadly though, this is no longer really true, with the expansion of federalism.
Posted in: 270 votes to win: The quirky U.S. White House race
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Molenir
Heh, Huntsman is far, far from being conservative. Nor is he particularly principled. When Obama and the Dems swept into power, he began supporting Cap and Tax. He accepted Porkulus money over the vehement objections of his state. Give it up Yabits, Huntsman is unelectable, by both his words and actions. Were he to run for Governor of Utah again, he wouldn't even make it out of the gate. He knows it as well as everyone else.
It amuses me to hear libs come out with lines like this. Essentially he has said, if you don't agree with him, then you are dragging America down. However what he stands for is a cradle to grave nanny state. And since most Americans disagree with him, by his own words he is saying that most Americans are dragging down the country. Sad and Pathetic, typical lib.
Posted in: Third woman says she was harassed by Cain
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Molenir
Come on now, if the media wasn't in the tank for the loons, no one would ever vote for a Dem, and where would be the fun in politics then?
All I can say is, that the story becomes more interesting all the time. Particularly as its now being suggested that Rahmbo himself might have been involved. So now we have links to Perry, to Romney, and to the Dems attack dog in chief. The Godfather Rahm Emmanuel.
Sorry, this made me laugh. The party of lies and hypocrisy saying this? So funny.
Wait, conservatives did that? Methinks you forget where it all took place. New York is owned almost entirely by Libs. And while I don't doubt there were those who prejudged him on both sides, the attacks against him were primarily made by those same libs. Guess this kind of reaction is pretty typical. A loon says or does something moronic, then blames conservatives for their actions.
Posted in: Third woman says she was harassed by Cain
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Molenir
The Perry camp is now saying, no, it wasn't us, it was Romney's fault... Now this is getting fun.
The trouble with this type of allegation, is that as you point out, there is no way to defend against it. Given the right scenario, anything could potentially be construed as harassment by someone. And indeed, could actually be harassment. What it eventually comes down to is a he said/she said type of thing, in which the accused always loses. And frequently the only way to deal with this is termination. Either the accused, or if they are senior enough, the accuser, with a nice fat paycheck. The problem of course is, those of us who know people who have been accused of things like this, who know the details start to wonder whenever we hear of another example, if the accuser is just looking for a paycheck. Or perhaps trying to get someone fired. I've seen both happen where I work.
Posted in: Third woman says she was harassed by Cain
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Molenir
Probably about the same point where disagreement with a sitting President becomes racism. Going by your standard logic, that would mean, if you dare to investigate, criticize, or have any doubts about Cain, that you are in fact a racist.
Posted in: Confident Cain plans to cut back campaign events