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Historical amnesia and Gaza
I see things very differently than you. Ignorance is not one of my vices. Perhaps you need to recognize that reasonable people can disagree (strongly) on some issues.
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The group that produced the webpage and graph is B'Tselem, a Liberal advocacy group in Israel which seems a bit like the ACLU is here. In other words, an enemy of the society which hosts it.
I think you just effectively proved that you're not reasonable right there.
Rasch187 hits 500; how does it feel? (Art Talk Post)
The Beginning of Winning
Porn Industry Asking For Bailout
Favorite Games of 2008 (Videogames Talk Post)
So far, MGS4, GTA4, and WOTLK are the top I've played.
However, I have not yet taken Gears of War 2, Fallout 3, or Resistance 2 out for a spin, and I suspect all of them will vie for my Top 5 (seeing how lots of pro reviewers gave these best of the year awards of one type or another).
I may need to try LittleBigPlanet, though the idea of creating my own platforming levels doesn't sound like my bag (or sack, as the case may be).
But I did not play many games in 2008. It's almost like my time was consumed by some sort of non-gaming activity for much of 2008...
Anyone know of something hot to look forward to in the world of games for 2009? None of the titles I'm seriously salivating for have release dates (or years) attached yet.
(For those who're curious, that'd be God of War 3, Starcraft 2, Diablo 3, and the full version of Gran Turismo 5)
Concerning Queued and Published (Terrible Talk Post)
Obama's Silence Resonating Very Strongly In The Middle East
BTW, when's your coming out party? I'll bring plenty of pink elephant balloons to make your acceptance into the Log Cabin Republican caucus all the more festive.
(ha ha, j/k)
The Beginning of Winning
A failed Republican opposes liberty, individual rights and smaller government, but so does a successful Democrat.
Liberty, individual rights, and smaller government.
Liberty for same-sex couples to get married? (a topic near and dear to your heart, natch)
Individual rights, like the right to not have your phone tapped without a warrant?
Smaller government, that tortures suspects and holds them without trial?
Which of those things did Bush fail on, that any of these guys wouldn't repeat in a heartbeat?
Barack Obama On Leon Panetta & CIA Nomination
Take away everyone's cars, and it'd save thousands -- that too, right?
Freedom of speech too: let's censor all opinions to fit with that of the RNC, because we all know that dissent costs lives.
PS: QM, you still haven't proven that you're not embroiled in a steamy love affair with several men. Your refusal to release a report proving your innocence is obviously an admission of your hunger for gay sex.
Just change your name to queermushroom, and come all the way out of the closet already.
NetRunner Introduces His Barack Obama Collector Doll
Sifting as a Satement (Sift Talk Post)
When you sift a video, you're taking the effort to dig it up and show it to people, it's going to be an expression of what you think is interesting or important, period.
I'd say doing otherwise is just whoring for star points, and that seems a bit silly.
Slow Motion Genocide (Worldaffairs Talk Post)
I remember a while back people would post and say how VS was different then Youtube, especially in it's comments. I haven't seen anyone utter such a phrase in a long time.
VS is different from YouTube, especially in its comments.
Things are weird right now, though.
Tomorrow, the 111th Congress Gets Sworn In... (Election08 Talk Post)
Already we've heard from Jay Rockefeller (outgoing head of the Intelligence Committee) and Diane Feinstein (incoming head of the Intelligence Committee) say that they weren't consulted on the pick, and are concerned with Panetta's appointment.
Oh, and those are both Democrats.
Thing is, they're both the ringleaders of the pro-PATRIOT, pro-FISA, torture-neutral, telecomm immunity advocates in the Democratic caucus in the Senate.
Holder's nomination is important to me because of its implications for having justice brought to bear on the Bushies for torture & spying, but Panetta's appointment may be an even larger signal that this will be a subject Obama really wants to tackle, as Panetta has been riotously opposed to both the torture and domestic surveillance programs in the past.
The fact that Obama's otherwise meticulous transition team neglected to contact either ranking Senator on the Intelligence committee makes me wonder if they're sending a message to those two.
I guess time will tell. In any case, if the speculations are right, this will be one hell of a confirmation battle too.
Tomorrow, the 111th Congress Gets Sworn In... (Election08 Talk Post)
"So, likely tomorrow we'll already see sparks fly as Democrats seek to block the seating of one of their own for ethical reasons, while the Republicans seek to block a legally elected member of the opposing party for their usual self-serving reasons."
This is so partisan that it could be straight out of Simpsons..
Perhaps, but reality has a well-known liberal bias.
You could argue that Dems are blocking Burris for self-serving political reasons too, since they're just worried about the public concern over the ethical questions about seating him...but I'm thinking that's a pretty partisan viewpoint. They're doing it because of ethical concern, and whether it's heartfelt, or just because they're worried about the public's reaction isn't something you could ever prove or disprove.
The Franken case, is entirely different. There has been an exhaustive, bipartisan effort in Minnesota to conduct this recount fairly. Nearly all the key decisions that led to the result we have today were done by unanimous decision by a bipartisan elections board, or with unanimous decisions from the state's supreme court. Coleman's own lawyer says that it is unlikely they would be able to overturn the current results, and non-partisan analysis of his claims (all of which have already been struck down by the MN Supremes or the election board by unanimous decision) make it unlikely that a court would settle the case in a way that would be beneficial enough to Coleman to overtake Franken's final 225 vote lead.
As it turns out, we were relatively spark free today, Franken didn't show up at all, and Burris was turned away with only minor incident.
I still expect sparks on both of these in the near future, though.
>> ^rottenseed:
I don't think large majority is ever a good thing.
I agree, that's why I spend all my non-sift time campaigning to get more people to realize the sky is really yellow.
We've gotta put an end to this blue-sky majority.
And don't get me started on the radical Round-Earth agenda. They're almost as bad as the Heliocentrists.
The Laughing Banana