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I doubt this is a, "let's see what happens" ploy or that he is dead already. He probably is seriously ill, however, and chose to hand over power to his brother before he became incapacitated. Just this transfer of power alone has created uprising and talks of overthrowing the current regime, can you imagine the momentum such a movement would have if he died while still in office? F. Castro would want to avoid that at all costs.
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Top Ten Signs You're a Fundamentalist Christian
champu replied to gjhdiver's topic in Speakers Corner
That's all fine and good, but does their heaven have a Stripper Factory and a Beer Volcano? -
The tone of my last post was meant to be more cynical. I didn't really think what I suggested was feasible. What man does at the moment is offer to settle his disputes with a gentleman's game of chess. He takes a seat at the board and plays until he doesn't like how it's going. He then smacks the board up into the air sending the pieces flying every which way, pulls out a knife, and stabs his opponent in the side of the neck from across the table. We've got a ways to go.
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I will welcome the day heartily. If man can push the evolution of war to the point where it amounts to little more than a contest of mechanical creations, he may finally get some reins on his apparently insatiable desire to have battles in the first place. A "fight to the death" my sound more satisfying, but it's just so terribly uncivilized.
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What? The course of history is a complex thing. Good and bad things happen all the time. If you're really really good you might be able to trace the history of one person back several generations, change one little thing that happened, and project how it would have impacted that person's life in the present. If you intend to trace back the history of an entire race of people, remove something as monstrous as the slave trade from their ancestors' lives, extrapolate what their present lives would be in this alternate universe, and glean from this information a reasonable dollar value that could be paid to them (or charged of them!) to set everything straight, then I just have one thing to say. Good. Fucking. Luck.
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That's a lot of friggin F-4s
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Did you mean "babies named Adolf" or "all the little Bushes?"
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I agree, as did the U.S. as a nation. Hence the 13th amendment. You're absolutely right, there is no way to know, but that argument is a double-edged sword.
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Warren Buffett put a billion up for a 300 mpg car
champu replied to mirage62's topic in Speakers Corner
Okay here's the commercial... full scene shot: guy pulls up to pump in new super-efficient vehicle cut to shot zoomed in on pump sticking out of the car and tripping off indicating he's filled the tank cut to guy walking up to counter and reaching for wallet zoomed in shot of wallet shows he's got a $30: a 20 and a 10, he starts to pull out both bills (out of habit) but then stops, slides the 20 back in place and pays with just the 10 repeat scene with shorter cuts two more times, the second time he's got two 20s and a 10, and pays with just the 10 more quickly. The third time he's got three 20s and a ten and pays with just the 10 cut to full scene shot of shady motel with neon light that advertises "hourly rate: $10" cut to dude sitting up against the headboard in bed under the covers with a shit-eating grin on his face while a woman walks out of the room conspicuously putting $50 in her purse cut to black screen with auto-maker's logo Think we could get it down to a 30 second spot? -
Iraq How-to Manual Directed Arab Military Operatives In Afghanistan
champu replied to bodypilot90's topic in Speakers Corner
Is everybody here tired? I think everybody here is tired. -
North Korea: Two Missiles Test Fired, A Third Failed
champu replied to Michele's topic in Speakers Corner
I strongly doubt the TD-2 that was launched a couple days ago was carrying a warhead, let alone a nuclear one, if that's what you're suggesting. Crazy? Perhaps. But I don't think they're that stupid. I don't see the situation panning out as you describe, but I suppose your guess is as good as mine. -
Hawkins is probably right (at least up until the "torture is the most effective way to get information" comment) this sounds like a re-org that will have little impact on actual priorities. And honestly? It also sounds like a good idea. Remember that we're talking about a unit which, after ten years, has not accomplished the one and only objective it was created to accomplish. I'd say a shake-up is long overdue.
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Keep a copy of today's paper on your roof at all times.
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The problem does have a lot in common with drinking and driving, if you take two people (even at the same weight) and make each of them chug a few beers and then drive home, one might make it and the other might wrap their car around a light post or run over a group of school children. Likewise if you give two people a cell phone, one might get home fine and the other will run a red light and broadside a family of five. The problem is that people, in general, don't understand and/or fail to embrace their limitations (which are unique to an individual) and in doing so put others at risk.
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How many rollercoaster rides had the kid ridden? Had he ridden this coaster before? Has he ever listened to Aerosmith before? (it's important not to introduce too many new things at once)
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You mean you could tell him, but then you'd have to fill out paperwork in triplicate, and then someone will be along to kill him in 6-8 weeks.
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Perhaps, but you might also say he is in... ...hog heaven.
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Congratulations! It was stupid-hot this weekend, I wish I'd had a cooler full of ice water with my name on it.
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That sounds pretty likely. They haven't done all that much of this, and it is rocket science after all. Who knows when or if they are ever going to actually launch the thing, but if I was testing it, I wouldn't want to launch it in this nonsense.
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I feel compelled to echo this (although with "her" as the second to last word.
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Thank you, that joke was two and a half years in the making, I'm glad it worked out. (bows)
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(dives under canopy)
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Baby, that's music to my ears... ...and my respiratory system... ...and skin.
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Smoke pot and drive in Michigan will cost you
champu replied to kenneth21441's topic in Speakers Corner
Since, hopefully, nobody is arguing for the right to drive while actually under the influence, it seems the biggest complaint here is with the shortcomings of modern tests. One solution to this would be for marijuana users to unite and develop a test that could prove one way or the other if they are impaired at a given moment, regardless of the presence of THC. -
Absolutely. But you don't want it flapping around and hitting you in the face, so I'd recommend clipping it onto something... like the top ring of your three rings.