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Originally Posted by Bergermeister 

New pope.  From Argentina.  1st time from South America.  

 

 

Linked to abductions of liberal priests.  And torture.

 

 

Ahh, even the Wall Street Journal is discussing the pope's past and his possible transgressions:

- Did he oppose the juntas?

- Was he connected to the arrest and torture of two priests?

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324532004578362632464607740.html

Guess the HuffPo wasn't wrong.

Portrman now supports gay marriage.

Only after his son comes out.  Though that was two years ago.

GOP reaction?

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/03/15/portman-gay-marriage-republican/1991593/

He is another hypocrite in the GOP Party as usual.He is looking out for himself politically of course.
 

"My Unrecognizable Democratic Party"

Iraq.  Ten years.

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/17/world/meast/iraq-damon/index.html?hpt=hp_c1

Sobering.

Mission accomplished.  Heck yeah.  

Spreading Freedom through war?

WMDs?

I'm a war president.  

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Originally Posted by Bergermeister 

Iraq.  Ten years.

 

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/17/world/meast/iraq-damon/index.html?hpt=hp_c1

 

Sobering.

 

Mission accomplished.  Heck yeah.  

 

Spreading Freedom through war?

WMDs?

I'm a war president.  

It's a good thing Obama has ended the wars, closed Gitmo, and not started any other conflicts.

Oh, wait...

Just like it will be with Global Warming, not messing things up in the first place is a heck of a lot easier than cleaning up afterwards.

How many people have to die?

Does the GOP care about the people who die - heck, do they care about people?- , or just saying Obama didn't do anything so that makes it even?

Steubenville rape case

Fox and CNN release the victim's name.  She has been raped again by the media and their viewers who are hungry for slobber.

CNN focuses on how difficult this is for the PERPETRATORS.  No comment needed.

CBS has a guest (female) who talked about how we need to be careful with our digital footprints.  I guess the rape was OK, but the guys were foolish to post a record of it, eh?

GOP agents try to completely control women's bodies.

What is happening to the US?

Blackout at Fukushima nuclear plant.  Pool cooling systems not working.  

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20130319_01.html

Japan is getting increasingly worried about a potential quake in the Nankai Trough.

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20130318_25.html

It could be pretty serious.

On a slightly different subject, this is an interesting development in light of discussions a while back about methods of mass murder:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21839198

The implication is that this subject intended to use homemade explosives as at least part of his strategy, and while it has not been released whether or not they were viable devices, it is an interesting possible counter-example to my previous observation that the use of explosives in such a way is very difficult, and thus very rare.

How is an isolated incident a counterexample to a claim of rarity?

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Originally Posted by BR 

How is an isolated incident a counterexample to a claim of rarity?

Fair point - if you take my hypothesis to be just that it was rare then this does not strictly meet the definition of a counter-example. However, I believe that I went further and said that without access to restricted items and some specialized knowledge it would be virtually impossible. I suspect that these will either turn out not to be detonable explosives (they could still do substantial damage without detonating, of course), or that they will simply not be viable devices. We'll see, maybe.

More on the possible quake in Japan.

http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20130319p2a00m0na016000c.html

Simple the U.S. is going to the dogs! It is disgusting what is happening there now.Thankfully i am not there.
 

Here in the Philippines Aquino is a plain waste to start with.The only advantage here is the rent is cheaper than the states.Manny P. I hate anyway.It is a miracle this country is existing until now.

Pacman will become president like I will become a Republican.Never will this happen even in this country where the only thing they have is where women have great shapes in tight fitting jeans.

The sequester is causing 149 control towers to stop work, leaving pilots to handle things themselves (which they hopefully are capable of doing) and possibly increasing the risk of an accident.

In this country of hungry wolves without hearts lawyers, I can already foresee a court  case suing the US government fr many millions more than it would have cost to keep the towers open.  If there is one accident resulting in death, they will sue for involuntary manslaughter, reckless endangerment and probably lots of other reasons.

Obama must be the most incompetent executive ever considering he can't make the government run with such a paltry cut the budget. He'd get fired from running a mall kiosk.  

Big Shot why don't you run for the President next time instead of bitchingMaybe you can do a better job in 2016.
 

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Originally Posted by FloorJack 

Obama must be the most incompetent executive ever considering he can't make the government run with such a paltry cut the budget. He'd get fired from running a mall kiosk.  

Well let's be fair then. If that's how you view Obama then his predecessor should have been tared and feathered and rode out of town on a rail.

Bush should be in jail with Cheney if their was more justice in the government and Obama had more balls! It is putrid what they both got away with pertaining to the Iraq war.
 

Green lasers used in soccer match between Japan and Jordan.  The match was held in Jordan.

On several occasions, the laser(s) were aimed at Japanese players' faces.

Pathetic.

This is not the only incident: Messi has had it happen, and Malaysia and Indonesia have both had it happen.

Will FIFA do anything?  I doubt it, as these fans are the ones paying FIFA's high salaries.

Pictures here:

http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2013/03/216169.html

Japan will lodge a complaint.

US B-2s took part in exercises over South Korea recently.  The exercises are held every year; this was the first time for B-2s to be involved.

North Korea continues to act like a little child, readies rockets.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/28/us-korea-north-idUSBRE92R13R20130328

North Korea is full of shit with their talk about aiming their rockets at the U.S. bases in Asia and Alaska.This is nothing but a 28 year old prick who is power crazy over the South and the U.S.
 

$6 TRILLION

Yep.  No wonder the Republicans want to cut spending for everything but the Pentagon; their wars are a tad expensive.  [3 to 4 times the cost of the Republican-loathed as money wasting Obamacare]

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/29/world/iraq-afghan-wars-to-cost-u-s-up-to-6-trillion-study/#.UVWCdr_fZRU

What, GW, did these wars achieve?

Over 4000 dead... more than on 9/11.  Yep, a result of US government action.

An exhausted military with lots of damaged/destroyed equipment.  (with a Chinese dragon starting to rear its head and a nutcase in North Korea who thinks nukes are arcade games).

A severely damaged image abroad.

The list goes on.

Oh, and please do not forget the innocent women and children in Iraq and Afghanistan who died by the thousands.

I have no idea what North Korea is up to.

They are now threatening to attack US bases in Japan, and listed three areas by name.

- - - - -

I'm not sure if this is all for local consumption and that in a week or two of grand-staging Kim will declare that he personally has decided to give the US and Korea another chance out of the immense generosity of his immense  heart, thus hoping to have his people collapse in awe at what a great guy he is.

In the meantime, plenty of people are a little worried that a mistake made on the front lines will lead to an actual confrontation.

Bring back Dennis Rodman he will surly negotiate with this idiot leader of North Korea.He is just testing the nerves of the U.S. that is all.
 

I can't help but wonder whether North Korea is trying to pull a "mouse that roared" gambit.

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Originally Posted by MJ1970 

I can't help but wonder whether North Korea is trying to pull a "mouse that roared" gambit.

Tempting theory, but if you mean the entire ploy - get defeated and then showered with cash - I suspect not. The most popular explanation seems to be that they want to be respected, rather than penalized with isolation and sanctions, and that they have simply overestimated the clout that comes with developing nuclear weapons.

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Originally Posted by Bergermeister 

$6 TRILLION

 

Yep.  No wonder the Republicans want to cut spending for everything but the Pentagon; their wars are a tad expensive.  [3 to 4 times the cost of the Republican-loathed as money wasting Obamacare]

 

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/29/world/iraq-afghan-wars-to-cost-u-s-up-to-6-trillion-study/#.UVWCdr_fZRU

 

What, GW, did these wars achieve?

 

Over 4000 dead... more than on 9/11.  Yep, a result of US government action.

An exhausted military with lots of damaged/destroyed equipment.  (with a Chinese dragon starting to rear its head and a nutcase in North Korea who thinks nukes are arcade games).

A severely damaged image abroad.

 

The list goes on.

 

Oh, and please do not forget the innocent women and children in Iraq and Afghanistan who died by the thousands.

Washington increased military benefits in late 2001 as the country went to war, seeking to quickly bolster its talent pool and expand its ranks. Those decisions and the protracted nation-building efforts launched in both countries will generate expenses for years to come, Linda Bilmes, a public policy professor, wrote in the study released Thursday.

You aren't comparing apple with apples. This study estimates the lifetime costs of the war and for the benefits promised to the people who served in them.

So the 18 year old coming home from Afghanistan this year, when he wants a hip replacement when he is 75 years old to ease his pain, this study is counting that procedure as a cost of the war.

When you do the same thing for government entitlements not even the costs but the funding gap alone is over $200 TRILLION dollars.

Would it be nice to take some actions and deal with those $6 trillion in lifetime costs for those wars? Sure. Can we be honest and note that George Bush stopped being president in 2008 and folks like yourself won't point a finger where it belongs, at Democrats and Obama in 2013. Absolutely. Can we realize that anyone who refuses to address the $200+ trillion dollar gap because they want to point at someone and talk about a $6 trillion dollar cost isn't interested in real solutions? We can and do.

F-22s moved to Korea.  Routine rotation, according to the US.  Hmm...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/31/korea-tensions-stealth-jets-military-drills_n_2989731.html

US practicing securing NK nukes in case of regime collapse.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/us-wargames-north-korean-regime-collapse-invasion-secure/story?id=18822930#.UVk4tL_fZRV

Tea Party really cares about government waste. 

Pay staffers more... on the tax-payer's dime.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/01/todd-akin-allen-west-government-money_n_2990163.html

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Originally Posted by Bergermeister 

Tea Party really cares about government waste. 

 

Pay staffers more... on the tax-payer's dime.

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/01/todd-akin-allen-west-government-money_n_2990163.html

This would be a great segue into the story about how Sarah Palin, who repeatedly shouts that we must get rid of the consultants, and control spending, spent more than she took in, and what she did spend went 90% to consultants.

Palin is a complete waste of time to talk about.She is a complete loud mouth and will never ever get into becoming any type of leader again.Her economics adheres to her small thinking ability.
 

Exactly. Just like every member of the Tea Party, and the Teapublicans. Every single one of them is a full of shit hypocritical piece of ****.

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Originally Posted by tonton 

Exactly. Just like every member of the Tea Party, and the Teapublicans. Every single one of them is a full of shit hypocritical piece of ****.

To the left, bigotry and hate speech is a beautiful thing.