Nataly
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Yes. I don't believe it was a good job. Even if I agreed with killing him (and I don't), it took 10 YEARS. How can you explain that, given journalists have been interviewing him well beyond 9/11? Lots of people knew where he was. It doesn't fill me with confidence that all that US/international intelligence took 10 YEARS to accomplish it's "mission". Sorry. "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss
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Those monsters were children once too. Someone taught them. You know, I thought about that... That the perpetrators were once brainwashed as well and that it was all a vicious cycle... Except that I believe there is a point in your life where you cannot just keep doing/thinking what you were taught without being responsible for your own actions. There is a point where you *are* able to critically evaluate/question things. Children cannot do this, but adults can. "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss
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How would you do it Nataly? How could I possibly compete with the genius of Dr. Shah?! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss
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But I'm enough of a language geek that I think it's fun to try. I learned a new one this weekend, thanks to The Economist. The phrase "just deserts" (as in, you got what was coming to you) is spelled just as I spelled it. The magazine used it several times in a single article, and since they usually get stuff right, I found myself looking it up and learning something new. http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/just-deserts.html http://www.snopes.com/language/notthink/deserts.asp Cool! Always thought it was a loose reference to Marie Antoinette's famous "Let them eat cake"... (Yes, I know there is much debate over whether she actually said that, and actually, "brioche" - not cake - was what she was reported to have said... Not as outrageous as cake.) "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss
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Call me naive, but doesn't killing Al Qaeda's leader turn him into a martyr for his cause? I know what the definition of a "real" martyr is, but if I believed in something and my leader were killed, I would not be happy about it... Reckon this will *increase* violence. And everyone "celebrating" this murder doesn't paint a pretty picture about the West, IMO. "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss
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I don't have children, but Julia Sweeney's monologue on The Talk is so great I really could imagine how awkward it could be!! Love this girl - she is extremely funny!! Maybe NSFW. If you work for a tightass!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss
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My DZ name is "Nataly" - my real name is "Natalie". The French way to spell it is usually "Nathalie". But I think if I sign the bottom of my emails "Natalie" (and I always do) it's not so terribly difficult to copy/paste. I always make it a point to spell people's names the same way they spell it. When in doubt, I ask "is that the right way to spell it?" I think it matters to (most) people. "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss
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Hey Shah... I thought your relationship advice column was hillarious... How about we revive Dr. Shah and ask him how he would solve world problems?!! Problem #1: Dr. Shah: how would you rid the world of poverty? "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss
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How about people's names?? My name does not now, nor has it ever had an "h" in it. My surname is not English, so "I before E except after C" does not apply. For pete's sake, if you don't know how to spell it, surely it's a good occasion to use the copy/paste function!!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss
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Oh my, I *did* forget gremlins-how silly of me!!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss
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You shouldn't have gone home, but since you've never had to think about what to do if you're being followed, I can see how that just wouldn't have occurred to you. I think driving away (avoiding conflit) was your best option. Anyhow, sounds like a bunch of kids playing with you... On the plus side, you've made a few of us think about what to do in a similar situation
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FIFY Ah ha ha!!! A few reasons for this mistake... Typing fast, haven't activated spell-check on my iPad and English is my second language!! (All bad excuses, I know!! ) "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss
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For a minute there, I thought that was a term of endearment for her SO. Nah... no way *anyone* would survive over 11 hours straight of me riding them!!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss
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"There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss
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15 hours!! I remember the ride from London to the South of France on my little Ninja... I got impressively lost for the bit down to the ferry... Then I rode through pouring rain for about 8 hours straight... Luckily the sun was beaming for the last 3 hours... I still felt cold for about 24 hours after I got off the bike!! My leathers took like 3 days to dry, and my ass hurt for about a week!! In hindsight, I should really have done the trip over 2 or even 3 days!! Be safe - it can be dangerous to ride for such long periods... "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss
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Inside a school for suicide bombers I can understand how children can be brainwashed... I can't understand the monsters who teach these children "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss
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Only if you consider "a lot" as two words, but the point being made by the author is that "lot" is a single word - "alot" doesn't exist. (That wasn't back-peddling, was it?! ) "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss
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Wow. Seen this over and over again now and still think it's the most amazing jump video I've ever seen. Thanks for posting
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Hmmm... I counted 18 words to "learn how to spell" in this list... Perhaps the author needs to learn how to count?? "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss
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Not sure if it will become a favourite but I'm making a red-beer-based tomatoe sauce!! Meh.. If it's not good, I'll just wash it down with more beer! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss
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Only if rohypnol was to hand!!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss
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Just re-read the article... The "famous" line was published in Surgery News - a peer-reviewed professional trade journal... I figure the audiance is precisely the type of person who is unable to get laid in the first place, so I doubt his impicit encouragement to have unprotected sex would have had a great impact!! Honestly... People take offence to the stupidest things.. "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss
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BINGO! Of *course* sex is more fun without condoms!! But it's taboo to say so "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss
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I don't buy that at all... Bank holidays "cost money", of course... But you cannot reliably estimate that cost because following a day off people are happier, rested, more creative, and more productive. Even if the day wasn't officially a day off, people would all be glued to their computer screens and that's hardly very productive... And an awful lot of people not working are out there spending shitloads of money (mainly on booze and food and also stupid souvenir shit)... So again... Not convinced. I *will* say, however, that the average tax-payer has no say over how their money is spent on the wedding, and that the wealth generated from the event isn't reaching everyone equally either... So yeah - it's being taken away and re-distributed, but not necessarily from/to the same people... "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss
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Yeah, but think about all the money being made from the event as well... "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss
