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  TriumvereNov. 30, 2011 - 12:49PM JST

  ... uh, you do know that they don't just let you wander around free after determining you to be incompetent to stand trial.

  Posted in: Norway killer found insane, unfit for prison

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  TriumvereNov. 30, 2011 - 12:46PM JST

  Looks like the Cain Train is sunk.

  (That's not a mixed metaphor - it flew off the track and then fell directly into a lake.)

  Posted in: Cain reassessing presidential run

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  TriumvereNov. 30, 2011 - 09:17AM JST

  Eh. I'm not particularly terrified that China is refrubishing and ancient soviet aircraft carrier. The US has a grand total of 11 Nuclear Supercarriers. China (along with the rest of the world) is lightyears behind.

  All this aquisition does is to serve as evidence that China is on the rise. But you already knew that. So relax.

  Posted in: Japan concerned as China's first aircraft carrier starts second trial

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  TriumvereNov. 30, 2011 - 09:06AM JST

  Doesn't feel so good when it happens to you, right? Maybe if you think of them as the South-West Asian branch of the "Occupy" movement, only with possibly better hygiene than their American compatriots, this can be spun as a positive event.

  Wow, this is dumb. Word about town is that the "protesters" were all Basij Militia.

  Posted in: Britain evacuates embassy staff from Iran

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  TriumvereNov. 30, 2011 - 07:29AM JST

  First the Arab League and Syria, and now Russia and Iran. Hard to get a better indication than this that "you've gone too far."

  Posted in: Britain evacuates embassy staff from Iran

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  TriumvereNov. 30, 2011 - 04:19AM JST

  TigermothII,

  Hi. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to imply that it was you specifically that had gone of the deep end. It was more a general commentary, triggered by the seeing "Obama is a complete failure" statements over and over. In retrospect, I should have made that clear in my orignal post.

  Posted in: Woman alleges affair with presidential hopeful Cain

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  TriumvereNov. 30, 2011 - 02:39AM JST

  and that choice has been tried and proven to be an utter disaster.

  ...and this is where it becomes apparent that we are living on different planets.

  This doesn't match up to any sort of reality that I am aware of. I am, for the record, and independant voter. Sometimes I vote D, sometimes R, based on who I think has the best policies and leadership capabilities. It increasingly seems that large portions of the left and (especially) the right are off in their own little incestuous bubbles, reading their own self-gratifying news sources and sounding off in their own comfortable echo chambers. And the only time the come out is to do battle - volume turned up to 11 - with "the enemy." And, to a neutral observer, it seems like everyone has gone insane.

  Has Obama been a perfect president? Certainly not (not by a long shot). But I am continually mystified by rightwingers who insist he is a fiendish-socialist-mastermind/total-incompetent/worst-president-evah and that it is painfully obvious that he has no chance at releection. Do you really believe that stuff, or is it all a part of some sort of campaign - if you repeat it loudly and frequently enough others will start to think it's true?

  Posted in: Woman alleges affair with presidential hopeful Cain

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  TriumvereNov. 29, 2011 - 11:47AM JST

  but there is a time and place and when the police order you to do something, you comply and if you don't, suffer the consequences, seems clear to me.

  Would you be saying this if the police had used lethal force, a la Kent State? I'd be surprised.... Why is student-protestor failure to comply so much more important to you than blatant police over-reaction? Why are you not in the slightest bit concerned over police failure you act responsibly and according to their own guidlines? Which do you imagine poses the greater threat to the fabric of civil society: peaceful civil-disobedience or out-of-control police officers?

  but the SOP I read on the pepper spray used was that it was not to be used closer than 10 feet away. It was deployed at less than 10 inches away.

  A point worth emphasizing.

  Posted in: Calif college suspends police chief in pepper spray row

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  TriumvereNov. 29, 2011 - 11:36AM JST

  Cain says what he means and he means what he says.

  Cain is running for president. That pretty much ensures that candor is off the table.

  Posted in: Woman alleges affair with presidential hopeful Cain

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  TriumvereNov. 29, 2011 - 11:33AM JST

  Fascinating.

  Posted in: Stalin's daughter Lana Peters dies at 85

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  TriumvereNov. 29, 2011 - 05:00AM JST

  ... Jackass Penguins?

  Posted in: Penguin parade

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  TriumvereNov. 28, 2011 - 11:22PM JST

  As much as I love Floyd, I've gotta go with Zeppelin.

  Posted in: Who gets your vote for the greatest rock band of all time?

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  TriumvereNov. 28, 2011 - 11:16PM JST

  Ronald Reagan would be rejected by a large portion of this crowd.

  I think this is a point worth reiterating. Regan may be worshiped as a hero by the GOP, but Regan would never pass muster with today's fanatics. Regan raised taxes. Regan expanded the government. Regan *compromised." He'd be ridden out of town on a rail.

  Posted in: Gingrich wins New Hampshire newspaper backing as Romney plugs along

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  TriumvereNov. 28, 2011 - 12:51PM JST

  To be fair, Putin warns everyone against meddling in Russian elections, including opposition candidates.

  Posted in: Putin warns West against meddling in Russian elections

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  TriumvereNov. 28, 2011 - 12:47PM JST

  Newt's the smartest guy running, on both sides.

  Is he, though? I mean, I know he is the GOP's self-proclaimed "idea man"... it's just that a lot of those ideas come off as, well, crazy-pants.

  He did have a few moments of candor, though, which I appreciate - such as the "humane immigration policy" stand during the last debate, and his objection to the Ryan budget which almost cost him this primary election right out of the gate.

  Posted in: Gingrich wins New Hampshire newspaper backing as Romney plugs along

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  TriumvereNov. 28, 2011 - 10:14AM JST

  Arab League finaly grows a spine? Between this and Libya...

  Posted in: Arab League agrees on sweeping sanctions against Syria

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  TriumvereNov. 28, 2011 - 10:13AM JST

  Being realistic though....so long as there is such thing as a woman's vanity there will be wars and conflict.

  ... say what now?

  Posted in: Putin warns West against meddling in Russian elections

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  TriumvereNov. 28, 2011 - 10:11AM JST

  Isn't an "internet meme" nothing more than a distortion of reality? The creation of something that isn't true and has never been true? Lies that are accepted as reality by people who can't tell the difference anymore (if they ever could)?

  That's a bizarre and whole incorrect definition of "meme." Like lostrune2 says, a "meme" is merely something that gets repeated over and over.

  I take back what I said earlier:

  That picture with Lt. Pike pepper spraying the constitution was absolutely priceless.

  Posted in: Calif college suspends police chief in pepper spray row

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  TriumvereNov. 28, 2011 - 10:02AM JST

  Would that be worse than 4 more years of President Obama?

  Personally speaking, I think it would. But then you'll be shocked to learn that I don't think Obama has been a bad president.

  That's not really what I was saying, though. Rather, I can't see the American voter electing Gingrich. He's very unlikable - and that's not just a personal sentiment, but rather is reflected in his unfavorable ratings. I think Romney has a much better chance to beat Obama.

  Posted in: Gingrich wins New Hampshire newspaper backing as Romney plugs along

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  TriumvereNov. 28, 2011 - 07:52AM JST

  I'm sorry, I just can't see a "President Gingrich."

  Posted in: Gingrich wins New Hampshire newspaper backing as Romney plugs along

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