2010/1/4-19 [Politics/Domestic/911] UID:53611 Activity:moderate | 1/4 Why the fascination with blowing up airplanes? Airports have tight
security. It doesn't seem worth it. It's far easier to derail a
train or set off explosives in a crowded place like a theater or
sporting event. As many or more people will be killed and it will
still make the news. I don't get why all of our security, and
apprently much of the terrorist's resources, is focused on airplanes.
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2009/4/21-23 [Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Israel] UID:52884 Activity:kinda low | 4/20 Ok, I am not a Jew hater. In fact, most of my so-called "white"
friends turned out to be Jews. And I am fortunate to have
opportunity to work with whole bunch Israelis and working with them
has been an absolute pleasure. HOWEVER, I just failed to understand
why people got offended by the speech by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. In my
relatively neutral point of view (I am an Asian), most of what he
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2009/1/28-2/6 [Politics/Domestic/911] UID:52481 Activity:low | 1/28 One of the criticisms of the Patriot Act was that it was rammed
through without any time for legislators to properly review
it. Isn't that the same problem with this $800B bill?
\_ Is this $800B bill hundreds upon hundreds of pages long? It's not
coming off the heels of a crisis in national defense; rather, it's
attempting to fix a spiraling economy. Plus it seems that the
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2012/9/19-11/7 [Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Israel] UID:54480 Activity:nil | 9/18 Why are so many ACCOUNTANTS Jewish? Not a troll, just curious.
Gil. Goldberg. Levy. etc...
\_ Perhaps b/c historically Jews (unlike Christians) were allowed
to charge interest on loans (usury).
\_ ok, fine. What about lawyers? I don't get that one.
Goldberg. Ginsberg. Buergenthal. Rosenthal. Hoffman. Shapiro.
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2012/5/9-6/4 [Politics/Domestic/911] UID:54384 Activity:nil | 5/9 If U.S. doesn't do assissination, then what do you call
Operation Neptune Spear aka "Mission Kill Bin Laden"?
\_ I think theoretically the difference is that the goal of one is
"kill him/her", while the goal of the other is "capture him/her,
and don't hestitate to shoot with the possibly of killing if he/she
and don't hesitate to shoot with the possibly of killing if he/she
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2011/5/27-7/30 [Politics/Domestic/Crime] UID:54121 Activity:nil | 5/27 Pharamcist convicted of first-degree murder for shooting at armed
robberers:
http://www.csua.org/u/tfk (news.yahoo.com)
What the f**k!!??
\_ Shooting the robber and leaving him on the floor unconscious was
obviously self-defense. Calmly returning to the store afterwards
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2009/12/6-26 [Science, Politics/Domestic/President/Bush] UID:53570 Activity:nil | 12/5 If Harry Potter is rewritten in a modern style using science
instead magic, and using real people and references instead of
fiction, what could it include? I'll start:
-Slytherin Pureblood = Nazi Ayran
-Muggle = melting pot
-Dobby = Black slavery, illiterate
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