Wrath of Dagon

No, the mud is not cement-like. If the mud succeeds in bringing the pressure to 0, they can then install a cement cap. Di is right, although it looks good so far, they won't know for sure for a while yet.

No, I think that was an alternate plan, but they actually did it by pumping drilling mud through the blowout preventer.

The Chinese military is not part of the ruling elite. Though it's interesting that there's a rift between the two arms of the beast. I'm not sure how to define the ruling elite, but the military has a powerful influence, and even owns many enterprises in China. As far as Middle East, I would say Iran is part of it but Afghanistan is not. Egypt is also part of the Middle East, despite not being part of the Arabian peninsula.

Yes, I've never found out to what degree the claim of gang attire was reasonable. Even if it was though, there's a conflict between the student's right to religious expression and the school concern for safety. I would bet if this gets to court the student would win, since as you say it's up to the school to resolve their gang problems, and I don't think the courts would hold that there's a compelling government interest, which is the standard here.

People seem to be confusing sex with depiction of sex.

China realizes they have to do something to diffuse the situation before it gets out of hand. But the Chinese government itself may be split as that article points out.

http://www.foxnewsradio.com/2010/05/20/sch...e-gang-related/

To the extent US supported Iraq, it probably had nothing to do with pettiness and everything to do with the disaster that would follow in the Middle East had Iran overrun Iraq.

Yes, why don't you do that instead of constantly spewing commy propaganda.

Quit lying already, unless you were there.

I said that it's for both of those reasons.

Except for the little problem that they probably have no expertise in this whatsoever. And China does accept the finding, they'll just never say so publicly. In fact I'm sure China knows exactly what happened, no way is NK not completely infiltrated by Chinese spies, just like the US. Edit: Funny how Krezack's link confirms what I was saying earlier:

They haven't gone anywhere, but they succeeded in being a big threat to world peace. They lead us by the nose while we dance to their fiddle, and they accomplished keeping themselves in power this long, while continually humiliating the US.

"In the opinion of some" refers to almost all agencies being compromised. That many were compromised isn't in question, as the examples show. Edit: And the "some" they refer to are historians, not some random kooks.

The discrepancy was you saying the infiltration of the government was negligible contrasted with the pervasive infiltration in the quotes. Edit: So from that, hundreds may not have been unreasonable, and of course McCarthy had no knowledge of Venona, so he was probably speculating.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venona_papers

I love it how Calax makes an argument, then immediately contradicts himself. Yes, Slaughterhouse Five is usually read in the English class, so what? Also constant strawmanning, Intelligent Design is not part of the Texas curriculum, so what does it have to do with anything?

Nationally known for being extremely liberal. Fine, you trust your sources and I'll trust mine. And what's wrong with eliminating liberal slant? All true.

The media lies I'm seeing are really frustrating, you know they do that all the time but it's still shocking to come across actual examples. I found the proposed curriculum on line: http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/teks/social/HS_TEKS_1stRdg.pdf You can search for Jefferson for example. The links to other grades are here: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index2.aspx?id=3643

J'accuse! Certainly, and I've yet to see evidence that the new curriculum says anything to the contrary.

How is that in their best interest, and how would that give them leverage? We have to rely on them to restrain their mad dog. It wouldn't be very politic of China to threaten us with nuclear weapons, but NK can as a proxy. Enoch already explained why collapse of NK would cause problems for China, but more importantly they don't want the Koreas reunited under the South Korean system as that would be a challenge to Chinese hegemony in the region.

True, but his philosophy was altered to omit his passionate support of the separation of church and state. Do you have any evidence for this? Sure. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...0031700560.html ...The curriculum plays down the role of Thomas Jefferson among the founding fathers, questions the separation of church and state, and claims that the U.S. government was infiltrated by Communists during the Cold War...Discussions ranged from whether President Reagan should get more attention (yes), whether hip-hop should be included as part of lessons on American culture (no), and whether President of the Confederacy Jefferson Davis's inaugural address should be studied alongside Abraham Lincoln's (yes). ...Also contentious were changes that asserted Christian faith of the founding fathers. Historians say the founding fathers had a variety of approaches to religion and faith; some, like Jefferson, were quite secular... This is Washington Post's slant on it, with precious few specific examples. I already said the only change to Thomas Jefferson was in one single sentence listing enlightnment philosophers in the world (not American) history curriculum. When the main stream media kicks up their propaganda, they repeat each other like an echo chamber, regardless of the facts. And US government certainly was infiltrated by the Communists, like Alger Hiss. For a secular nation, the founders sure used the word "God" a lot. And again, what evidence are you basing this on? Btw, the final curriculum hasn't been adopted yet, they're still holding public hearings. We were not a nation "forged under God" until the mid-1950's, during McCarthy's reign, when congress tossed away more than 150 years of history by removing "E Pluribus Unum" (from many one) from our currency and replacing it with "In God We Trust." Those same God-loving folk decided that our original Pledge of Alligiance wasn't Christian enough, so they added the "Under God" to it at that time. I doubt the kids in Texas will ever learn that in school, however. No, the changes haven't passed yet but they are expected to. The conservatives still have the majority vote. It funny that they're so secular they began the Declaration of Independence (written by Jefferson): "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,[71] that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness". Whether Jefferson was secular is very debatable, he certainly invoked God many times and considered himself a Unitarian. E Pluribus Unum is still on all the coins btw.

China has their own agenda, right now they consider it in their best interests to support NK, not in the least because it gives them leverage over the US.

I think he just has a hardon for you. This is the second thread in three days where his only contribution seems to be to call you stupid. That wasn't me.

I suggest you read up on deism before you make yourself look even more stupid. From wikipedia. How is this not a belief in God? And you're calling me stupid? You're one of the biggest, most ignorant idiots on this forum.