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Gorgon

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  1. Is tomorrow today because of the Altantic ocean or is it the other way around.
  2. I don't care if they are oppressive or not, they should get real jobs instead of living off a thousand years of privilege and government tit.
  3. They have royalty as well, they are just called chairmen. Being bred into a high ranking Communist party family helps immensely if you want to pursue a political career.
  4. Can someone give me the bullet points. Anyway horrah for republicanism.
  5. I respect your opinion enough to know you don't mean it this way. But a variant of your argument is what got us into this mess in the first place. The Press Must Get the Truth has been a mantra applied to an insane degree. We don't accept the police invading our privacy without some kind of elected oversight, and extremely strict rules (usually). Even IF you take the view that the fourth estate are our protectors and servants they must still be bound by our values and standards? Just saying... You need the press for that role, who else. Unfortunately it requires more integrity than the press is able to muster these days.
  6. I would hope that someone would hack a cell phone to expose corruption, which is why it's such a waste they did it wantonly in the name of sensationalism.
  7. I hope this doesn't doesn't provoke a situation where reporters are afraid to do real investigative reporting, not that the News of the World did much of that, but there is momentum now that the outrage is so strong that could take a wrong turn, both in terms of legislation and self censorship.
  8. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANaQY5550YU...CB19BA17A569034
  9. If he's pushing buttons with his nose and tongue, how can he see where he's going ?
  10. Well, the more united we are the further the individual is removed from access to decision making, and the less in common we have. I think the expansion potential of the EU has just about been reached.
  11. How exactly is a Libyan rebel beheading a captured Ghaddafi soldier a NATO war crime, and how does rape help control the populace, seems like a plan that's guaranteed to backfire to me.
  12. one could wish for more pulling in the same direction with regards to dealing with the deficit and the recession, it seems like there is more ideology and electioneering preventing solutions in the US, whereas European politicians have to worry about being seen as part of the problem. Two party trench warfare should be banned in times of national crisis, instead it's readily accepted.
  13. Don't you understand that Invading Libya does not at all compare with the ramifications, political and practical, of invading Syria. Logic does not demand that they be treated equal, my logic or anyone else's.
  14. No, just that it's doable without risking upsetting a hornet's nest. The Syrians are getting the raw end of the 'Arab spring'. No one is coming to give them self determination on a silver platter. That's just how it is.
  15. Because this was practical and Syria isn't. It's opportunism as much as idealism.
  16. No, NATO went into this war unwilling to commit to anything but air strikes, well knowing that their part in it would only be to provide the rebels with the advantage. In this case the lessons of Iraq and Afghanistan which are in fact first in everyone's minds are preventing a quick solution. Ghaddafi forces are tiny compared and would quickly crumble.
  17. Rumors like this are immensely beneficial to forcing the Ghaddafi loyalist into giving up, or giving a lot more than they would otherwise consider in a permanent settlement. Also remember that the scope of the any military engagement is quite small in comparison to Afghanistan or Iraq. It might be best to just get it over with. I mean we know from the start that there is no political will to occupy and do nation building afterward, which might well prove to be a healthy attitude.
  18. I tried reading one of the newer books, but after it started going on about Wulfgars love woes I lost interest. The first few books with Drizzit and Artimis reminded me of The Duelists, or maybe The Killer A continuous rivalry between a good guy and a bad guy with more things in common than what separated them which forces them to more clearly define who they are. Of course when you keep milking it for a dozen books you cheat the reader of a proper conclusion.
  19. It's because part of the profit from solar installations comes through subsidies, and those are a bit more fickle than just dealing with the fluctuations in the energy market.
  20. It's like an Adam Sander movie. You know it's going to be ****, but you can't help yourself.
  21. You get addicted, it's like a bad TV show you keep watching because the sameness makes you feel comfortable.
  22. Hey, I read all of Salvatore's Drizzt garbage. Granted that was when they first came out in the late 80s and I wasn't that demanding.
  23. While we are at it, farming is C02 emission intensive. so if we get a bunch of more land cultivated to grow fuel that's one step forward and x amount of steps back.
  24. Mother****ing ****sucking Torchwood is starting another season. Just FYI. That's not cinema, I know, but still.
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