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Writing CCCP leads to situations similar to the one encountered by my old University president. At an address, he once described a trip he and his wife took to the Soviet Union. On leaving their hotel, he noted that the sign on his hotel said "Pectopah" (Peck-toh-pah). Of course, people...

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Weird... Never knew wrestlers were an endangered species. Not that I'd mind if they were hunted into extinction... *snicker* Seriously, I do find it extremely odd that two such disparate organizations could have the acronym WWF. There are some good environmentalists out there. There...

The problem the Jordanians have is slightly different. Jordan wants peace with Israel. Its very much aware that if Israel ever gets really annoyed, Jordan is a speedbump. Jordan also has a Palestinian population, and said population has, in the past, decided to use Jordan as a base to make...

Someone speculated on another board that China's silence may be tied to two different possibilities. The first is that the Chinese provided the original nuclear technology to North Korea, much as they did with Pakistan. Their silence is because of this. The second suggestion was that the...

Current gripe - Flying in the Bretonia systems last night, and every time I needed to enter a trade lane, the stupid dock autopilot kept insisting on putting me into the trade lane in the opposite direction of my waypoint. Mind you, this was always when I was in a hurry to bug out and go...

Why would you get tired of him? All he's doing is stating his preference for Gundam continuities. In short, he prefers UC over Wing. Can't blame him for that.

Its been public knowledge for quite a while. I think there are other sources that also provide a form of "life insurance" for the families of suicide bombers, but Saddam's chunk of change is the biggest.

I remember hearing this about one protester. I can't remember the name of the guy, but he basically rushed the microphone while Reagan was speaking at some awards banquet (where Reagan had been presented with an award of some sort) and briefly commandeered the microphone before the Secret...

The single biggest reason to not go off half-cocked after North Korea (and the one thing that I consistently see ignored) - China. You know, big nation, lots and lots and lots of people, Communist party that's probably more fascist than communist these days, no. 2 nation and would very much...

Turns out that many of the news reports may have neglected to mention something important about what Downs was up to while he was wearing the shirt in the mall. You can read the official complaint that was filed with the courts here: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/crossgates1.html...

This comment shows a great misunderstanding on your part of the role of the military in the US. The military is specifically prohibited from carrying out a wide range of activities on US soil, particularly those relating to the capture and arrest of criminal suspects. The reason for this is...

Experience has shown that typically you don't need to do anything special in order to get someone to crack. Just keep them from speaking to anyone other than an interrogator, and eventually they'll open up. That's one reason why the right to silence and right to an attorney are so important in...

Here's an amusing story for you... Apparently, during the "skip school in protest" day that was recently attempted in the US, one of the groups that specializes in organizing student protests got a call from 5 students at a school in the LA Unified School District. Apparently the five were the...

There are many reasons why Special Forces units are more highly trained than regular military units. Successfully retrieving a target without killing him for emotional reasons would probably be one of them. As for bin Laden's current status, the current news right now is that the intelligence...

The war for oil comment is what you hear from people who forget that the oil fields are probably all going to be torched the day war starts. Yeah, that'll help the world's oil supply. Back to the original topic. Unfortunately, there is a lot of intolerance on both sides. I've noted that...

Bah. Doom III will be an overhyped piece of junk! Or at least that's my opinion. I haven't had much in the way of problems with Freelancer myself. The only thing I've noticed is that NPC ships have a habit of burning up in Manhattan's atmosphere while approaching the docking platform...

I've seen this posted elsewhere. I think I can dig up an article about it... Here we are: http://www.msnbc.com/local/WNYT/M276307.asp?0cv=NB10&cp1=1 Ultimately, its a decision up to the local property owners. The charge in this case is trespassing, although the mall owner has apparently...

Unlike many other governments in the region, the Iranians are allowed certain amounts of freedoms. They're allowed to vote for their government officials, for example. The clergy still have the ultimate check on what the government does, and who can run for office, but the people of Iran are...

*chant* 4 more hours til I pick up my copy! 4 more hours til I pick up my copy! 4 more hours til I pick up my copy! 4 more hours... :D