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2008/8/8-13 [Politics/Domestic/Election, Politics/Domestic/President/Bush] UID:50816 Activity:nil |
8/8 Russia invades Georgia http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4486208.ece \_ Welcome back Soviets, we missed you. \_ They picked the luckiest day to invade! \_ Anyone have any idea what's really going on here? Georgia wants to join Nato and be west aligned, so Russia has been supporting some rebel/seperatist groups? These groups are Russian citizens or what? I don't really get that part. Georgia just made a major offensive against a seperatist group and crushed them, so Russia is rolling in the tanks? \_ There's a population of ethnic Russians in that region of Georgia who want to break away and join Russia. Mind you, given Russia's opposition to Kosovar independence and Chechnyan separatists, the irony is appalling. \_ Just curious, was that population of ethnic Russians shipped there by the soviets? They did that with some areas. \_ Turns out (on closer viewing) that the separatists are a different ethnic population from Russia and Georgia. As usual, the BBC has an excellent primer on the region: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3261059.stm |
2008/8/8-13 [Politics/Domestic/President/Bush, Politics/Foreign/Asia/Others] UID:50817 Activity:high |
8/8 Edwards admits affair, doesn't admit for being incredible stupid dumbass who apparently thought having an affair and having his life withstand the scrutiny of being a viablepres. candidate were sustainable \_ He's a Democrat. This is expected. No big deal. Suck dick, fuck pussy, whatever. Just don't do anything stupid like invading a country and getting ourselves into deep shit. Look you fucking Conservatives. Adultery is a sustainable business. Invading countries in the Holy Name of Freedom is NOT a sustainable business. Ok? \_ Liberals invaded Vietnam and Korea. Actually, liberals invaded Iraq too, in the Senate anyway. Atheist liberals ran the USSR. Look at the subways and efficient apartment buildings they built. Iraq was a fucked up country already. I don't like that I had to spend my tax dollars fixing their problems but in the long run they will probably be better off. I dunno about us being better off though. Also, Bush != "Conservatives". Bush is not a classical conservative. \_ "Liberals" invaded Vietnam and North Korea? Wtf are you talking about? If you mean that Democrats got us involved in those two conflicts, you seriously need to read a book some time. The people who ran the Soviet Union are not the same as the Clintons. Get out of the 50s. Wake up. -!pp \_ Harry Truman. \_ What, are you channeling Batman from the video below? You're not making any sense. What are you trying to say? \_ "...liberals invaded Iraq too..." It's almost like they're proud of being ignorant. \_ Harry Truman was President when Vietnam started. He was a Democrat. \_ And? When did this supposed invasion occur? \_ Well, I might argue it was when the first American soldiers entered S. Vietnam. Or could be during LBJ's term with passing of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. The start and escalation of the conflict happened with Democrats in office. They could have just sent all Americans home but instead sent troops. Sending troops is an invasion. \_ In earnest after Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, but before then even. Troops were pulled out under a Republican, of course. \_ Send combat troops to aid friendly govt. != invade. Running away != pulling troops. \_ Ask the Vietnamese if they consider it an invasion. \_ North or South? \_ Either/or. Fully 80% of Vietnamese, whether in the North or South, considered the US an unwanted aggressor. It's one reason we left. No one wanted us there except a minority of elites. \_ Truman? Are you proud of being ignorant? The puppet state was set up by Eisenhower. \_ Are you proud of being a douchebag? Truman started it. (D) Kennedy was the first to send combat troops. (D) \_ You keep saying that "Truman started it" but you are unable to explain what you mean by "it." The nation of Vietnam? It has existed for at least 1000 years. Try again, in English this time. \_ Duh, US military involvement in Vietnam. Do you have a cognitive impediment? The point was, Democrats got us involved in the Vietnam War (and Korea). Why not explicitly say whatever it is you think refutes this instead of dancing around with your head in your ass? (the puppet government is irrelevant) \_ Christ, if you're going to go down this route, why not just say that Wilson started it when he wouldn't hear out Ho Chi Minh's proposal for Viet independence after the signing of the Treaty of Versailles? \_ Because Kennedy and LBJ are the ones who actually started US combat operations in Vietnam. Keep dancing. \_ I can't wipe out a lifetime of ignorance in a few paragraphs, sorry. From the Vietnamese eyes, the Vietnamese war of independence started in 1885. The first direct US involve- ment in Vietnam was during WWII, so you might as well blame FDR. The actual Civil War between north and south started during Eisenhower and JFK sent sent first US combat troops Trying to pin US involvement in Vietname on Truman is just bizarre. sent first US combat troops. Trying to pin US involvement in Vietname on pin US involvement in Vietnam on Truman is just bizarre. \_ Truman was President first and the US was already involved militarily by the time Eisenhower was elected. However, you can blame FDR, too, if you want. \_ Google MAAG Besides, we sure were lucky D's were elected and stopped the conflict before it got out of hand! \_ So your claim is that the US/Vietnam conflict started while Vietnam was still a French colony under French control? How did you do in your history classes? Get any A's? colony under French control? \_ No, my claim is that US military involvement started then. \_ You're wrong. \_ Am I? Whew. Thank you for, um, your convincing argument backed up with facts. \_ My point exactly! Have a cigar. And a dick. \_ No thanks, you're a big enough dick for the both of us. \_ Shit, good thing the Democrats didn't nominate him. \_ What happened to 'mccain has affair, nytimes reports on it, mccain served in vietnam so no one follows up' |
2008/8/8-13 [Uncategorized] UID:50818 Activity:nil |
8/8 I find this video incredibly amusing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2yv8aT0UFc [Batman is hard to understand] |
2008/8/8-13 [Politics/Domestic/Election] UID:50819 Activity:nil |
8/8 One Nation, Under a New Obama Salute (USNews) http://csua.org/u/m1n Whoever thought this was good idea.... \_ Clearly stolen from Star Trek http://tinyurl.com/6fc8zb \_ Who must have stolen it from the University of Oregon. |
2008/8/8-13 [Consumer/CellPhone, Computer/Companies/Apple] UID:50820 Activity:nil |
8/8 Should I pwn/unlock my iPhone 3g? Anyone do this yet and regret it? -scottyg \_ pwn it. But don't upgrade to 2.0.1 firmware yet. Do you want to customize your iPhone and put different icons on it? --oj Do you want to customize your iPhone and put different icons on it? --oj \_ Too late on the upgrade...and yes I would like to customize it, but more than just different icons. I was more interested in running Python scripts or NES emulators. Thanks. -scottyg |
2008/8/8-13 [Science/GlobalWarming] UID:50821 Activity:nil |
8/8 http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080808/sc_afp/usenvironmentclimatewarming "WASHINGTON (AFP) - US and British researchers have *confirmed* the link between warmer climate and an increase in powerful rainstorms, according to a study released Thursday that underscores one of the challenges of global warming." |
2008/8/8-13 [Computer/HW/Memory] UID:50822 Activity:nil |
8/8 Just got my 16GB Rally2 USB flash drive, for $50. I can't believe the pace of technology. \_ http://woot.com has an 8GB Kingston DataTraveler 100 for $20+s/h. |
2008/8/8-11 [Uncategorized] UID:50823 Activity:nil |
8/8 GO HOME EARLY. Traffic will be horrible due to Olympics. \_ ? |
2008/8/8-11 [Uncategorized] UID:50824 Activity:low |
8/8 Have you guys ever a really old woman and said to yourself WOW she's suppose to be 6X 7X? I bet she was a total hottie when she was younger! \_ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liza_Wang Age 60. \_ Not really. More like seen a picture of a hottie from back in the day and then compared to now. For example, Sophia Loren, Liz Taylor, Racquel Welch, or (before she died) Rita Hayworth: Liz Taylor, Raquel Welch, or (before she died) Rita Hayworth: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Rita_Hayworth_(1977).jpg The one that always throws me is Angela Lansbury. Then: http://content8.flixster.com/photo/93/88/26/9388262_gal.jpg http://content8.flixster.com/photo/30/85/89/3085890_gal.jpg Now: http://content7.flixster.com/photo/93/54/25/9354257_gal.jpg \_ Watch the (very enjoyable) "The Court Jester" to see Angela Lansbury at her best. \_ Seen it: "The pellet with the poison's in the flagon with the dragon; the vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true." \_ GMILF |
2008/8/8-13 [Politics/Domestic/Election] UID:50825 Activity:kinda low |
8/8 Drive Naked, Save America http://tinyurl.com/6xmyer [cnn.com] \_ Is this worse or better than reducing the national speed limit back to 55 (and 65 in some cases)? \_ This is better than handing out tire gauges how? \_ For one thing, there would be lots of naked chicks on the road. \_ And more accidents. \_ Drilling for oil in the OCS is going to have a negligible effect, too. As much as it will pain conservatives, they are just going to have to learn to live with less oil. \_ And you won't? \_ Since I already don't own a car, I doubt it will have a huge impact on me. Perhaps on food prices, but that is a very small part of my budget. \_ The price of oil affects the price of almost everything. \_ http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/10/opinion/10friedman1.html Too bad the conservatives blocked the CAFE standards from going up for all those years. \_ Yeah, incinerating trash sure sounds environmentally correct. \_ This is moronic. Way more oil would have to go towards climate control because clothing helps people regulate temperature. This guy ridicules Obama for proposing a good idea and being stumped that the Republicans would mock him for it. Its dumbass partisan politics to mock someone for an idea you agree with. May as well mock yourself. |
2008/8/8-13 [Reference/RealEstate] UID:50826 Activity:low |
8/8 Interest rates have risen over the past several years, but for now are still at historically low levels. Favorable interest rates, combined with the new first-time homebuyer tax credit of 10% of the price of a home (up to a maximum of $7,500, applicable to certain home buyers) might add up to a good time for you to start searching for your new home. \_ if I wait, I can collect more cash, wait for interest rates to go up, which will cause house values to go down. Then I can buy: - a cheaper house - with higher interest rates - and a smaller mortgage (on account of a cheaper house and having more cash) - and I can refi if the interest rate drops - and live like a renter for the next 3 years while the other guy is 3 years into his $800K mortgage already is 3 years into his $800K mortgage already \_ What if it's not 3 years? What if rates rise but prices don't fall enough to offset them? If you can comfortably afford to buy now then just buy now. If you can't then don't. PS. Is there some reason you keep deleting this? \_ it's not me that's deleting it. if I can comfortably rent, why not rent? I can always buy later with more down payment. \_ How do you know that home prices are going to go down? Which area are you interested in? \_ how do you know home prices are going up? \_ I don't know which way they are going to go. Neither do you, actually, you are taking a chance. \_ I agree. \_ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt_GhcQ5EtU |
2008/8/8-13 [Politics/Foreign/Asia/China] UID:50827 Activity:nil |
8/8 The Tiananmen Massacre Map http://pajamasmedia.com/claudiarosett/the-tiananmen-massacre-map In that 1989 article, in the closing paragraph, I tried to set down something that still applies today; not least as visitors to Beijing survey the massive security efforts, not all of which are intended strictly to protect the Olympics: "No doubt when the Chinese government has finished dealing with its people, the tidy square will be presented again as a suitable site for tourists, visiting dignitaries and the Chinese public to come honor the heroes of China's glorious revolution. It will be important then to remember the heroes of 1989, the people who cried out so many times these past six weeks, .Tell the world what we want. Tell the truth about China.' " |
2008/8/8-13 [Politics/Foreign/Asia/China] UID:50828 Activity:nil |
8/8 China Olympics opening ceremony is currently sucking like GWB. \_ The ceremony looked great to me, but while I was watching I kept on thinking about the % of annual GDP that it was burning. thinking about the % of annual GDP that it had burned. \_ It cost very little. Most of it was manpower. Cheap Chink power, in the millions. \_ I read it cost $300M. |
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