Walsingham

Sand, you're talking about millions of people! Literally millions! Yet again you display a total lack of connection with the real world. Ignoring the compassionate grounds for permitting many to stay, the return of millions of persons without jobs homes or futures would lead to the destabilisation of many countries that are strategic allies of the United States. Not to mention turning those self-same millions and their families into instant enemies. Policies that have no connection to reality do not deserve the name.

Insofaras I have any ability to pay any electricty bills, sure, why not?

Right, I've cleaned it, but I haven't time to pay games till this evening.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6953860.stm Afghanistan is 'missing' hundreds of millions in aid promised by Western countries. The lack of which is one of the key causes of instability. It may be too late, but don't forget what we promised. Remember a dollar in reconstruction is worth 100 in arms.

You're hitting the tin drum again. *sigh* Your position is both impractical and inhumane. It's impractical because you haven't the space in your penal system. It's inhumane because these are not really criminals, but persons who have committed a crime. There is a difference. Moreover, many now have children born in your country. Simply turfing out five-fifteen million people? Sure. Genius. Just to prove a point of abstract justice.

Iran is both well armed and resilient. Given that the coalition has no spare ground troops to work with you are talking about an exclusively stand-off attack with ships or aircraft. Neither of these methods would achieve anything significant. Maybe blow up the odd barracks here and there. Therefore the odds are firmly on the side of this being a theatrical ploy intended to pressure Iran in the ongoing neotiations over their involvement in Iraq. They too are probably thinking Bush is just crazy enough to launch strikes at senior IRGC leadership - a possibility if we have intelligence assets capable of giving us a lead on location. The only other possibility is that a strike by the USN would be aimed not at land forces, but at drawing out Iran's large fleet of small strike craft. If they could be engaged on favourable terms it might draw the sting out of Iran's greatest bargaining chip - her ability to close the Gulf to shipping. Interesting, but hardly dramas.

Oatcakes and black coffee, no sugar.

Since cleaning should be pretty straightforward, I will now give that a try.

All true believers are annoying. Look at the Real IRA. Real IRA, I ask you! Why not just call them 'I Can't Believe It's Not Murder'?

Aaaagh! It's too intelligent! I'm melting!

Walsh recovers from the befuddled state and lurches towards Muso, who happens to have not noticed him *BLAM* he crit fumbles and falls over again.

Oui, c'est la gare.

I can't tell if I enjoy them or not, because they sound so freaking familiar! *runs in circles screaming* Oh, btw, the podcasts contain profanity. I don't want any of our fragile warfare, WMD, immigration, organised crime, drugs, murder, disaster discussing minds to get warped or damaged.

If the loot is barf burgers then nuts to alla youse guys, I'm outta here.

I wasn't to mention this, but it keeps happening now. I have a problem that periodically, usually mid-game my computer goes blackscreen and then reboots. I'm guessing, given the timing that my graphics card is either over-heating or drawing too much power. Thoughts?

I'm currently struggling to pay for the electricity for my current machines.

I tried to find the fight sequence from American Cyborg; Steel Warrior (aka American Steel; Cyborg Warrior) but to no avail.

Gotcha. Well I for one agree with you.

IN fairness to Sand, he's (in my opinion) quite right to suggest that laws that need to be broken shouldn't be on the books. Except I had a friend just point out that there are innumerable occasions on which it is vital to have the law, but not always vital to implement it. A fact I have recognised many times. *sigh*

Certainly. The mechanic of the story, up to the nearly the end is a great Edwardian adventure/detective story. Idon't want to give away any of the many plot twists, but as well as violence and derring do (including as I say, car chases) the hero delves deep into a murky non-euclidean world of anrachist bomb-makers and revolutionaries. People who do not believe they are in the wrong, but who believe wrongness itself should be destroyed. There's quite a bit of philosophical discussion along teh way, but given the recent discussions we've been having I thought it remarkably apposite.

!!!!! The stg44 would certainly have been worth many thousands. Possibly more with the inevitable cachet attached to a weapon that had undoubtedly seen action. I knew .223 was 5.56. I just thought that the use of shorthand .223 implied different characteristics to the military calibre.

You mean clarify the law?

IN case anyone is confused, Gorth's extract isn't from it.

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Hello, Dave.