hrothgar Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 Anne McCaffrey (I always loved the Dragonrider's of Pern) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PassedOut Posted December 16, 2011 Report Share Posted December 16, 2011 Christopher Hitchens 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PassedOut Posted December 17, 2011 Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 The Iraq War Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted December 17, 2011 Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 Fifth and Sixth Amendments to the U.S. Consitution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PassedOut Posted December 17, 2011 Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 Fifth and Sixth Amendments to the U.S. Consitution.NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012 PAGE 657 (b) APPLICABILITY TO UNITED STATES CITIZENS AND LAWFUL RESIDENT ALIENS.—(1) UNITED STATES CITIZENS.—The requirement to detain a person in military custody under this section does not extend to citizens of the United States.(2) LAWFUL RESIDENT ALIENS.—The requirement to detain a person in military custody under this section does not extend to a lawful resident alien of the United States on the basis of conduct taking place within the United States, except to the extent permitted by the Constitution of the United States.So the executive is not required to hold citizens or lawful aliens indefinitely without trial, but can choose to do so: Seems to demand a challenge in court. And that brings to mind the fact that one of the republican presidential debaters proposes to remove judges who defend the US Constitution too vigorously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted December 17, 2011 Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 Glenn Greenwald: The only provision from which U.S. citizens are exempted here is the “requirement” of military detention. For foreign nationals accused of being members of Al Qaeda, military detention is mandatory; for U.S. citizens, it is optional. This section does not exempt U.S citizens from the presidential power of military detention: only from the requirement of military detention. As Greenwald pointed out, if the Executive branch can authorize the killing of an American citizen without trial(anwar awlaki), then it surely can imprison indefinately without trial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PassedOut Posted December 17, 2011 Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 Glenn Greenwald: As Greenwald pointed out, if the Executive branch can authorize the killing of an American citizen without trial(anwar awlaki), then it surely can imprison indefinitely without trial.Perhaps the supreme court will find this permissible under the Perpetual War clause. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted December 18, 2011 Report Share Posted December 18, 2011 Manuel Jalón Corominas, inventor of the mop. Un día estando en un bar de Zaragoza un amigo le dijo: Jalón, no te compliques la vida con los aviones, ¿por qué no haces algo útil, por ejemplo, algo para que esa señora que está ahí de rodillas friegue de pie? the translation would be: One day while he was hanigng out with friends one told him: Jalon, why do you complicate your life with planes?, why don´t you do something useful like helping that women there cleaning on her knees? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 Vaclav Havel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BunnyGo Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 Kim Jong-Il <ptui> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrothgar Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 Manuel Jalón Corominas, inventor of the mop. the translation would be: One day while he was hanigng out with friends one told him: Jalon, why do you complicate your life with planes?, why don´t you do something useful like helping that women there cleaning on her knees? Are you serious about this? I had always figured that the mop was one of those timeless things, dating back to Egypt or some such Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 Further investigation seems to provide that "mop" is not the same as "fregona" (spannish and latin american term), the cone to dry the mop by preshing seems to be the key feature that makes "fregona" different. In the english wikipedia mop´s entry has nothing to do with spannish "fregona" entry (Except for a photo). And the english one says something about a patent from the 19th century as the origin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 Christopher HitchensCharlie Rose interview from 8/13/2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 Fifth and Sixth Amendments to the U.S. Consitution.And according to Tarek Mehanna's proponents, the First Amendment was fatally wounded today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PassedOut Posted December 22, 2011 Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 North Korea cites mysterious glow just before Kim death North Korea says a fierce snowstorm paused and the sky began glowing red above sacred Mount Paektu just minutes before leader Kim Jong Il's death. State media say the ice on volcanic Lake Chon at the mountain in the far north cracked with a load roar.This was witnessed by thousands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babalu1997 Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 cheetah, dead at 80 it was the chimp in the 1935 tarzan movie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenberg Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 Some interesting bits appear inhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheeta Probably you have to be my age or so to really appreciate Cheetah. I went to all of the Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan movies, I totally rejected Weismullerr's replacement in later movies. I was basically unreachable by outside events when reading the novels. One of the Tarzan movies involved a man-eating plant. I kept a good distance away from all shrubbery for quite a while after that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TylerE Posted December 29, 2011 Report Share Posted December 29, 2011 Some interesting bits appear inhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheeta Probably you have to be my age or so to really appreciate Cheetah. I went to all of the Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan movies, I totally rejected Weismullerr's replacement in later movies. I was basically unreachable by outside events when reading the novels. One of the Tarzan movies involved a man-eating plant. I kept a good distance away from all shrubbery for quite a while after that. Hate to break it to you, but - it ain't the right chimp.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/25/AR2008112500939.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenberg Posted December 29, 2011 Report Share Posted December 29, 2011 Another childhood dream in tatters. Where will it all end? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted December 31, 2011 Report Share Posted December 31, 2011 On this thread probably. Hope it's not soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 http://newshour.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/2012/02/22/118917186_ipad.jpg Marie Colvin, reporter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted February 25, 2012 Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 My Dead Friends by Marie Howe I have begun,when I'm weary and can't decide an answer to a bewildering question to ask my dead friends for their opinionand the answer is often immediate and clear. Should I take the job? Move to the city? Should I try to conceive a childin my middle age? They stand in unison shaking their heads and smiling—whatever leadsto joy, they always answer, to more life and less worry. I look into the vase where Billy's ashes were —it's green in there, a green vase, and I ask Billy if I should return the difficult phone call, and he says, yes.Billy's already gone through the frightening door, whatever he says I'll do. from What the Living Do. © W.W. Norton & Company, 1998. Reprinted with permission at The Writer's Almanac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted February 25, 2012 Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 Feb. 15, 2012, Oklahoma City native and two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent for the New York Times, Anthony Shadid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S2000magic Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 February 29, 2012: The Monkees' Davy Jones. He brought a lot of joy into the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 February 29, 2012: The Monkees' Davy Jones. He brought a lot of joy into the world. Yes....a sad day..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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