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South African rape rates are insane. Don't know about Korea...
Posted in: 18.3% of American women have been victims of rape or attempted rape at some time: study
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Too high. We need to do better than this.
Posted in: 18.3% of American women have been victims of rape or attempted rape at some time: study
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What kills me is that this abuse wasn't hidden or anything - the parents knew all about the chains and signed their kids up specifically because they thought it would help straighten them out. Tough love, I guess?
Posted in: Pakistan children rescued from 'madrassa' chains
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oooh. I always love the blue LEDs.
Posted in: Feeling blue
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Thing is, immigration policy is specifically reserved by the constitution for the federal government. Deciding immigration policy, therefore, isn't a right which individual states possess. At least, that's my interpretation. We'll have to see what the court decides.
Posted in: U.S. Supreme Court to look at Arizona's immigration law
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Well, that took chutzpah....
Posted in: Obama requests Iran to give back downed U.S. drone
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That the original version of Romney's book didn't contain an endorsement of a national individual health care mandate.
Posted in: Romney stumbles by offering $10,000 bet
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Fishin' is serious business.
Posted in: Chinese fishing boat skipper kills S Korean coast guard officer
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Eh. Gingrich was just bragging about how he earned 60 grand a speech in a state where the the average household income was less than that.... and he was being literal. If it didn't hurt him, why should this hurt Romney?
I will say it wasn't very "presidential," though.
Posted in: Romney stumbles by offering $10,000 bet
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crook.
Posted in: Corzine can't explain missing MF Global funds
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Last judge was a volunteer for second mile and gave him a much, much lower bail than the prosecutors asked for. She got removed afterward, however, so this time around...
Posted in: Former Penn football coach Sandusky arrested on new child sex abuse charges
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I'm not sure why we are discussing her age anyway. Man was the coach of a university judo team. The girl was a member. Thus we can assume she is 18-19. The only relevance would be that she was not old enough to legally drink.
Posted in: Olympic judo gold medalist arrested on suspicion of raping teenage girl
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This story doesn't make a lot of sense to me. Why would you insult the prophet's companions while in the middle of the Hajj?
Posted in: Australian sentenced to 500 lashes in Saudi Arabia for blasphemy
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Hard to consent if you are passed out on a bed.
Posted in: Olympic judo gold medalist arrested on suspicion of raping teenage girl
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China, you see, normally keeps its navy un-prepared for combat.
Posted in: China's Hu urges navy to prepare for combat
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And I hope they win... not because I like tobacco (I think it should be banned), but because the government has no right to do what it is doing. There are only two legitimate courses of action:
1) Ban tobacco on health grounds,
2) Allow tobacco to be sold and tax it appropriately.
The government has no place interfering with advertising of a legal product to a legal consumer, so long as there is no fraud involved.
Posted in: 2nd tobacco company fights Australian logo ban
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You misunderstand me. I am neither pro- (or anti-) Euro, or EU for that matter. (Though it has long puzzled me why European nations would be so eager to give up large portions of their own sovereignty).
I was simply refuting the absurd idea that the Euro was of no benefit to producers like Germany, when it has, in fact, been of enormous benefit.
There certainly have been costs, as well - not the least of which is the current debt crisis. The major mistake, it would seem, was monetary union without union of fiscal policy - aka you can't have your cake and eat it, too.
My broader overall point is that there are significant costs associated with abandoning the Euro, and these costs have to be taken into account. The entire matter hinges on whether or not A) you believe the Euro can be saved, and B ) whether you believe the cost of saving it is greater than the cost of not doing so.
You may be entirely correct in your belief that trying to save the Euro is a fool's errand. However, you don't arrive at that conclusion by spouting free market dogma. Rather, you must come to a conclusion after a rational evaluations of the costs involved.
Posted in: Merkel, Sarkozy say EU treaty needed to save euro
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In principle, I agree with you. But, there are real world costs to following this course of action. And you need to be serious about what those costs are, instead of just spouting rhetoric. Only then can you decide on a course of action.
Posted in: Merkel, Sarkozy say EU treaty needed to save euro
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Thank you for this. A very enlightening read.
Posted in: Olympus top management was 'rotten': 3rd-party panel
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You guys don't get it. A strong deutch mark would had destroyed their exports, because no one would have been able to afford them. It's the same reason that China keeps its currency devalued. Yes, the idea that hard-working Germany should have to pay for lazy Greece and Portugal is obscene, but most economist believe that the bailouts will cost Germany several times less than what Germany will lose if the Euro disintegrates. Essentially, Germany not salvaging the Euro would be cutting off its own nose to spite its face, as the saying goes.
Posted in: Merkel, Sarkozy say EU treaty needed to save euro