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Published on December 17th, 2013
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Sometimes love burns so hot in your veins that it consumes all rational thought.
That's why Brock and I never had a chance. I had to start my life over. College was my chance to become someone new. I changed everything about myself to fit in, but one person saw through my facade.
The attraction between Abel and I was undeniable, but I still hadn't healed from the painful secret I carried around with me. Abel struggled to get me to face my past in order to move forward. In doing so, he revealed a secret of his own; one that changed everything I thought I knew.
A secret that would bring Brock back into my life and force me to face the truth of what really happened the day I lost him.
Perfect Lie really caught me off guard. I wasn't expecting to like it as much as I did. I am still wrapping my head around everything that happened.
Delilah (Lie) has grown up feeling like she was nothing, worthless, unwanted. She was lonely, bullied, and friendless all her life. On top of that, she is the product of a rape, making her mother hate her and want nothing to do with her.
"Why can't you just love me? What did I ever do to you?"
"You were born."
So she doesn't have to deal with Lie, her mother sent her to live at a youth center. This is where she meets Brock. He is tough, a bit of a wildcard, charming, and incredibly sweet to Delilah. It is the first time in her entire life that she's had someone take any kind of interest in her. She is immediately suspicious of him, but he wants to know her and protect her. Lie ultimately can't resist him and the love and comfort he provides her.
"Those days are over, Bird. Now we have each other, and I won't let them make you cry anymore."
"You promise?" I asked, as Brock used the palm of his hand to brush the sadness from my cheeks.
"I promise."
"I don't want to fix you, Bird. I want you to fix me."
The events with Brock are all told in flashbacks, so we know that they aren't together and Brock has broken his promise of forever to Lie. In the present, Lie is in bad shape once again. Having left her home in Mississippi to go to college in Florida, she wants to be anyone but who she truly is. She takes up with Trish, a shallow, self-absorbed girl who just likes to party, do drugs, and have sex (and she does not discriminate).
The good thing about Trish was that she didn't care about my past—who I was or why I needed to be someone else. All she cared about was herself, which was both sad and relieving.
One night, Lie is out with Trish expecting to hit up their usual big party or club, when they end up at an old dilapidated house. Things are shady to say the least. It's three guys and them, and Trish is pretty much priming herself for a gangbang. Seriously, I hate this girl. Even thought Delilah wants to be like Trish -popular, wanted, uncaring, she's not. And one of the guys picks up on that. Enter ABEL. I am so freaking in love with this guy.
"Why would you ever want to be like her?"
"I am like her." I stood, wobbling under my weight.
"Liar, liar." My own words were whispered back to me, and I wanted to scream at him.
Stupid stranger, asshole, nice guy.
So, Abel is definitely no angel. He's a (newly reformed) drug dealer and he has some secrets of his own. You know the usual stuff. What I loved about him though, was his sarcastic attitude and the scorching hot sexual tension between him and Lie. Seriously, their banter was mean, it was uncensored, and it was hilarious. I could not get enough of it. The dialogue was awesome!
"Loser," I groaned, as I rolled my eyes.
"I may be a loser, but I fuck like a champ. You should try it sometime. Maybe you wouldn't be so cranky."
"This has been fun, but I have a date. Don't give yourself a paper cut, Kettle." He turned to leave, and I groaned with frustration.
"It's a Kindle, you idiot. There is no paper."
After their initial run-in it becomes clear he's going to be a pretty permanent fixture in the story. Trish wants him and they hang out with the same crowd. He also knows Lie is better than what she is acting like and he pushes her. It's a very slow burn for these two, but I really wouldn't have had it any other way. I would take their back and forth and flirting over actual sexy time any day. It's that good.
"I'm not Brock, Delilah. I'm not him!" His voice echoed off the walls in the nearly empty house.
"You're not. So stop trying to be, and leave me the hell alone!" Anger flowed through my veins, but I knew it wasn't him I was mad at. I was mad at myself, because try as I might, I had feelings for this guy.
"You don't mean that."
"I do, Abel. I mean it." He closed the gap between us as he swallowed hard.
"You think if you keep saying it, I'll suddenly stop caring? It doesn't work that way, Kettle. Trust me— I'm fucking torturing myself here, and I can't stop. I'm falling for you. If it were that easy, I would have walked away by now."
I have to admit there was some time near the beginning to middle where I was wondering, where is this going? Yeah, I loved Abel and the banter but what is the point of this? We also know that she's still really hung up on Brock and a lot happened that we are in the dark about. So many questions and not a lot of answers, but then BAM! Both Abel and Lie put everything out in the open and the twist is pretty incredible. I DID NOT see it coming. AT ALL. I thought I knew, and I got part of it right, but the BIG twist, yeah… Not. A. Clue. I was hand over mouth, gasping, on the verge of tears, so invested in this story! The emotion, especially near the end was incredible!
This is one of those books where you finish it and immediately want to go back and reread it. It's kind of a mindfuck and it's definitely something you want to go into blind. DO NOT READ SPOILERS! I was so pleasantly surprised by this book. The dialogue was witty and funny, the characters were really well developed (even though Lie got on my nerves a lot), and the surprises blew me away. I am so glad I randomly decided to read this. I cannot stop thinking about it!

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This activity is aimed at teen basic level students who are learning the use of possessive adjectives. It has been designed for 1- iPad- only classes!
Level: beginning
Language skills: writing, reading and speaking
Grammar Topic: possessive adjectives
Device needed: a tablet
Number of devices needed: only one
Internet connection: off
App: Popplet Lite
Price: free/ $4,99 (Full Version)
Operating System: iOS
Show students the pictures and popples with pre-established topics. Each picture can only have 4 popples, so use different topics for different photos. Suggestions of topics: actor, color, actress, tv show, movie, writer, book, sport, day of the week, month, animal, song, etc.
Invite volunteers to add information to the popples. When all popples have been filled, show them the finished product and elicit complete sentences using the appropriate possessive adjective.
HIS favorite tv show is X-Factor.
HIS favorite color is yellow.
HIS favorite actress is Emma Watson.
HIS favorite writer is J.K Rowling.
1- Project the poppet on the board if the classroom is equipped with a projector and necessary cables.
2- If there is internet connection, let them decide and find which pictures to be used.
3- If there are more iPads in class, students can work on this activity in pairs or small groups.
4- Students can use their own pictures making the activity even more meaningful.
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I understood the point you were attempting to make but you made it sound so bad and offensive to anyone who read it.
I understood the point you were attempting to make but you made it sound so bad and offensive to anyone who read it.
Advocating a better Edmonton through effective, efficient and economical transit.
The economic impact they bring is what the home governments look at more than anything else.Economic forces are a work sure. But having those troops and equipment stationed there is also a reminder that America is the big stick in the world these days. Generally speaking, the Americans don't do peacekeeping or humanitarian missions. If they're there, then you can bet they believe there's something in it for them.
In both countries they are also an integral part of their defense structure by agreement.
So the gun isn't pointed at their heads, its pointed well East of them.
In my highly biased personal opinion
This is very bad news for the US, Kurd forces are losing to ISIS. The Kurds are the closest ally's the US has in IRAQ, the US has intelligence bases under construction on their land for example. The Islamic State is a brutal regime, for example, reportedly they intend to mutilate the genitals of all women in their conquered territories. They are winning one military fight after another though, it seems their forces are better trained and more dedicated than anything else in the region:
^US special forces are reported to work closely with the Kurd military, the news of the losses is surprising,
The problem is one of numbers...
Too few Kurd military personnel to cover too long a border against numerically superior numbers.
The Kurds have an excellent professional military and as combatants they have an exceptional reputation.
But their numbers are too small against a force many times their size that are driven by fanaticism and obvious intelligent (tactically) leaders.
It would be a different game if they had a choke point (canyon/valley...think of the movie "300") to reduce the numerical advantage, but they don't as it appears to be open rolling country.
They are going to need help in ether personnel on the ground or strong air power.
In my highly biased personal opinion
This article reads like a history piece on the cold war...dates back to my day as a late teens.
We have had Crimea
The Eastern Ukraine is in combat
Gaza, while thank fully cool at the moment, is in turmoil
ISIS is threatening the Kurdish state and has take a number of key Iraq zones
Syria is a mess
Libya is in turmoil
and now Russia is back to cold war games and a nuclear modernization program
Dr. Strangelove must be in remake
In my highly biased personal opinion
(Gotta love Slim Pickens, Peter Sellers and some of the other cast)
If I wanted to be scary I would have said: a third remake of "fail safe" must be in production.
Both are excellent (George Cloney did a great job in the remake) and quite scary...
Then again..."Threads" was a chiller.
In my highly biased personal opinion
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^i liked fail safe more then strange love, but the ending was more than a bit unbelievable.
You may leave here for 4 days in space but when you return it's the same old race.
You may leave here for 45 years in space but when you return it's the same old race.....
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Gone............................and very quickly forgotten may I add.
An interesting thing about ISIS is they care not for boarders, Kurdistan is at risk now (oh, my bad, Kurdistan is just part of Iraq).
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according to aristotle, "we give up leisure in order that we may have leisure, just as we go to war in order that we may have peace."
maybe after more than 2,300 years of that we should think about implementing a better philosophy on how to achieve peace.
maybe it's time we traded in aristotle for ghandi, not in terms of simple acceptance of the status quo but in recognizing that change really can be accomplished without resorting to violence.
we probably still need to maintain police forces, and probably even defense forces, but we need to move past going to war in order to have peace both as countries and as individuals if we are ever going to enjoy peace.
"If you did not want much, there was plenty." Harper Lee
maybe after more than 2,300 years of that we should think about implementing a better philosophy on how to achieve peace.You are so right.we probably still need to maintain police forces, and probably even defense forces, but we need to move past going to war in order to have peace both as countries and as individuals if we are ever going to enjoy peace.
But with the way things are currently racking up it reminds me (other than the geography) so much of the time before both the First and Second World Wars its scary.
In my highly biased personal opinion
firstly, i believe our communications are incrementally faster and broader and less controlled (albeit with a corresponding loss of reliability and ability to manipulate).
secondly, i believe most of the world is better educated and most of the world is more tolerant. that might be hard to believe when looking at much of the world and what's going on in much of the world but i'm not sure those things are worse than they were previously even though they are just as terrible as always.
thirdly, i believe that real power is not as concentrated as it used to be and it is not able to function behind closed doors the way it used to.
fourthly, i am still overall an optimist and believe that most people given the opportunity would still choose do the right thing.
and lastly, i am not yet prepared to be wrong.
"If you did not want much, there was plenty." Harper Lee
In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the militaryindustrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.
We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961
"If you did not want much, there was plenty." Harper Lee
The point is that we've ignored what Eisenhower said and war is now a very lucrative business.
Keep building up the military and then, you want to show that the citizens are getting good value for their tax dollars so you start looking for places where you can use it. We're not talking about a defensive military. It's about where you can send your forces, project your power, enforce your will.
Come the six o clock news, the media will put up screens with flag backgrounds and give the operation names like "Operation Preserving Freedom". The media benefits because the ratings go up so they can advertising for higher rates. Works best if you can schedule your war during sweeps week.
Of course, for each weapon lost or destroyed, you need a replacement. A bigger, better, shinier replacement. And who's got that for sale?
Nah, that's too crazy to be realistic. It never happens like that.
"If you did not want much, there was plenty." Harper Lee
Just a couple of weeks ago, the US gave Israel an addition couple of hundred million dollars for more Iron Dome missiles. Who's profiting from encouraging Hamas to keep firing rockets that Iron Dome is shooting down? In comparison. the Hamas rockets are relatively cheap and single. They have to be to be assembled in Gaza. Not much money to be made there.
You can bet that when this is a over (at least for now(, there's going to be a nice, lucrative arms sale to Israel. Got to restock the larder, don't ya know.
1,800 to 3. Who's getting the bigger bang foe their bucks?
you would have us believe that the u.s. military/industrial complex and the u.s. government and the idf and the israeli government are encouraging hamas to fire cheap rockets from gaza over israel so that israel can fire expensive defensive missiles at them that have to be reordered? really?
all hamas would have to do to spoil that plan would be not to fire rockets at israel.
"If you did not want much, there was plenty." Harper Lee
Not encouraging but certainly taking full advantage of the fact that they are. Nary a peep when 1.8 million people are living in what's been called the world's largest open air prison but they totally lose their minds and shout in outrage when a single Israeli is killed by a low tech rocket.
Israel blocks pretty much all imports into gaza, including such security threats as nutmeg (!)
But this is totally acceptable. But when people that are being held try to fight back, they're labelled terrorists. Much like how the Jews were pre-Israel. Funny how one manages to get a country and yet the others are restricted more and more.According to Amnesty International, the Economist, Haaretz and UN reports, prior to June 2010, the following was banned or restricted:
Food. According to a UN report, importation of lentils, pasta, tomato paste and juice has been restricted.[15] Pasta has since been allowed. Sugar has always been allowed.[14] Soda, juice, jam, spices, shaving cream, potato chips, cookies and candy are now permitted.[16] Fruit, milk products in small packages and frozen food products are also allowed.[14] Dry food,[17] ginger and chocolate were at one point barred.[18]
Household items. A4 paper,[18] crayons, stationary, soccer balls, and musical instruments have been, at times, banned for import.[17] According to AFP other banned goods include toilet paper,[4] though the BBC lists it as permitted.[3] According to the Haaretz the following items were banned in 2009: books, candles, crayons, clothing, cups, cutlery, crockery, electric appliances such as refrigerators and washing machines, glasses, light bulbs, matches, musical instruments, needles, sheets, blankets, shoes, mattresses, spare machine and car parts, and threads.[14]
Reconstruction materials. Amnesty International and other organisations report that cement, glass, steel, bitumen, wood, paint, doors, plastic pipes, metal pipes, metal reinforcement rods, aggregate, generators, high voltage cables and wooden telegraph poles are high priority reconstruction materials currently with no or highly limited entry into Gaza through official crossings.[19] A UN report by Kevin M. Cahill said reconstruction was halted because of lack of steel, cement or glass, among other building materials.[15]
Fuel. Fuel had not been imported from Israel since 2008. While fuel is available from Egypt, in contrast to Israeli fuel, it damages the newer cars in Gaza and causes malfunctions. Israel allowed only limited amounts of industrial fuel into Gaza prior to June 2010.[14]
Agriculture and fishing. According to Gisha, fishing ropes and rods, ginger and chocolate, hatcheries and spare parts for hatcheries, were at one point barred.[18]
Medical material. Batteries for hearing aids have been restricted.[15] Wheelchairs, at various times, have been banned.[17]
According to the Haaretz, the number of items allowed into Gaza, as of May 2010, is about 100. Before the blockade, some 4,000 items were allowed. Gisha states that a large Israeli supermarket holds 10,000-15,000 items.[16]
Keep an enemy handy so you can keep the military aid flowing. And when they attempt to form a united front that will actually agree to recognize Israel, you immediately reject it, cut the political legs out from the faction that actually is working with you and claim that it's unacceptable because it includes people who have committed terrorist acts.
Just like Menachim Begin. Terrorist who became Prime Minister. But that's TOTALLY different. :roll eyes:
If you're going to negotiate for peace, you have to actually deal with the people you're fighting. If you refuse to do that, the question is "What do you have to gain by keeping the status quo?"
Please keep the Gaza/ Hamas/ Israel debate in the appropriate thread. Remember that it was specifically requested to keep other conflicts separated from Gaza... BTW, 1800 to 3???? What is that? In dollars? please answer in the gaza thread though...
Well this is interesting...
Let me fix that for ya...War is much too financially lucrative, as President Eisenhower warned us. Look at the amount each country spends on it's military and then add in all their military exports. See who's profiting from it all, not just the countries, the companies.
War is much too financially lucrative, as President Eisenhower warned us. Look at the amount each country spends on it's military except Canada and then add in all their military exports except Canada where its minimal cuz we have to buy all our stuff. See who's profiting from it all, not Canada we buy our stuff elsewhere.
Sorry tad pizzy tonight as I just confirmed that 2012-2013 Canadian Military pilots were having to be trained in the USA for a period because our training jets were down due to age and use problems.
Then there's this...
So how do you explain the CNN reports in 2003 when they were showing left over WW2 bombs being retrofitted with bolt on "smart bomb" guidance technology then loaded on aircraft? Seems the US (and most other western countries) hadn't had to buy bombs since WW2.Of course, for each weapon lost or destroyed, you need a replacement. A bigger, better, shinier replacement. And who's got that for sale?
Sure when it comes to new tech systems, Iron Dome is a not bad example, that are geared to new tech and "shield" type tech the West has been on it like a stain since Reagan and "Star Wars".
Seems today the only ones modernizing the actual "delivery system" technology is Russia...http://freebeacon.com/national-secur...defense-zones/...who has developed (2) new cruise missile systems and is defying several treaties from the 80s.
Mind you they are also supply military arms to fuel the death toll in Syria (well covered in the media) and Eastern Ukraine.
Where is the hew and cry there? Why is only the US getting called out?
In my highly biased personal opinion
Seems that the world now consists of all the progressive voices who are against the US and who read free or independent media (meaning not the US), and the diabolical web of the US reach. Common theme is greed and lobby. It is as if other countries do not have strategic or economic stake. Russia? China? France? Germany? the UK? Saudi Arabia? Iran? Turkey? Egypt (although weakened lately)? But only the US it seems meddles in the Middle East specifically it seems. Never mind the long history of the French in the area and Russian interests and the new history of Chinese going in. Oh, and then it at times seems that some of these local dictators would have been really swell guys if only evil US foreign policy didn't corrupt them with fancy weapons that kill many...
International politics has never been clean.
Not saying that it's only the US but they are by far and away the largest arms merchant country.
2 - Russia
3 - Germany
4 - France
~75% of arms exports are done by the Western countries. So, yeah, Talk about Russia but don't think that they're anywhere near what the west exports.
I'm sure the government is doing their best to bring up Canada's ranking.
There's money to be made.Canadian arms manufacturers may now export automatic weapons and other military equipment to Chile and Peru, following amendments that came into place this week to Canada's Automatic Firearms Country Control List (AFCCL).
The AFCCL is a list of 34 countries, including all NATO member countries, eligible for importation of certain military-grade weapons from Canada.
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Absolute numbers don't tell the whole story. Who are the customers is more telling.
How much money is being made is the main point.
if purchasing countries are not really at war, then the main point of war profitability is not applicable.
Take the following for what its worth...
Read a book (believe it was called Kalashnikov) on the AK-47 last winter (recommended to me by a UofA Prof), according to the author's opinion, the most produced fire arm in the world and according to the book not only the weapon of choice by insurgents, rebels, terrorists but also the weapon that has killed more human beings than any other weapon of the 20th century. Shocked me.
It's made where? Distributed by who?
Some years ago a report in Jane's defense outlined (in the author's opinion) how China had fueled its modern military build up by building and selling obsolete designs (anti missile systems, armored vehicles, tanks and others), selling them to 2nd-3rd world countries as well as others and using the dollars to upgrade their military.
Arms brokers and others that sell to the highest bidder...
Yet to read this thread you would think it is solely the West (particularly the US) and solely for profit.
Yet in another post on this thread is a link to a region being overrun and they are calling to the West (US) for help in defense. As have many other countries in the last 70 years.
When there is a disaster who is among the first on site and provides more humanitarian aid than almost any other country if not every other country?
The US, who also the last I looked sends the most private charitable aid overseas.
Doesn't matter if it is a man made or natural disaster and that is not including the many other services (investigative, medical or even paying the bills for many operations) the US is typically at the front.
Now I do not want to be an American, I also find myself disagreeing with their political and social positions on many things but...
I find it incredibly hypocritical that they are the great bogey man, the cause of multitudes of problems and generally there is a way to make them a scapegoat in almost any discussion.
But are rarely recognized for the vast amount of great work done, humanitarian work done, disaster relief, medical aid, financial aid etc.
By the US government and much done by private individuals on their own.
But don't bring the many other countries into the conversation, like Russian, China and others, for the arms sales and political meddling they have done.
If you are going to beat the US for its bad decisions, policies and occasional stupidity then you better credit the US for its good work to.
Along with a ton of other western countries that do the same.
In my highly biased personal opinion
Canada, usually well respected all over the world, and yet..........................
has billions in arms sales.
Gone............................and very quickly forgotten may I add.
^ good thing this is real life and not some fairytale where countries act only out of the goodness of their hearts.
be offended! figure out why later...
Yes, other countries are also dealing arms but, in general, the majority are from the west and the United States in particular. They're also the country most likely to intervene militarily.
How many overseas bases does America have? Does China? Russia? The US spends more on it's military than the next 15 countries COMBINED! You can't just look at that and say "Yeah, but they sent a ship to help out after a typhoon, so it's all good."
When it comes to meddling in the affairs of other countries, America is the gold standard. No one else comes close. No one else can. And no one else can do it with such a large stick to back them up.
Speak of the "devil":
US gets in on the action in Iraq against ISIS:
BullshiezenHowever, that does not mean that I'm going to look at the damage their doing and simply balance it off of the good that they do.
It's not about balance its about fact.
I'd be hard pressed on this entire forum to find a positive word about the US (there might be a few but it'd be a challenge).
Negative, blame...not an issue.
Maybe they should go back to their pre WW2 isolationist policy and we could see how the world looks...yep we wouldn't have all their stupid mistakes.
But how many would suffer?
Like I said, I've got my issues with the US and have turned down a number of lucrative offers to move there because they required I become a US citizen and I won't.
But if you're going to hang them for the bad stuff, you have to credit them with the good.
In my highly biased personal opinion
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So, if a country is known for doing good work, being peaceful towards it's neighbours, taking care of it's own citizens, then we should treat them better than another should they decide to launch an unwarranted invasion of a neighbouring country?
There's nothing that would prevent the US from continuing their humanitarian missions they they also scaled back their military adventures and weapons trafficking. Just because they're doing one doesn't mean they are required to continue the other.
As I mentioned before, my wife is American. Came from a solidly Republican family. Grew up in the shadow of the San Diego Naval Base. Father worked for defence contractors. And she tells me how he would be appalled by the current state of American military actions. How they totally disrupted the Middle East with the Iraq war. How they decided to pull a large percentage of troops out of Afghanistan, where they had a legitimate reason to be, in order to settle an old debt against Saddam and totally lying about the evidence in order to do so.
How the military says that they don't need a particular weapon system yet it's funded in order to funnel money to defence contractors.
As you can see from the story linked above, this is not about one party or the other. They both do it. Funding more and bigger projects, funnelling money to their districts that keeps the defence contractors fat and happy building a bigger hammer for Uncle Sam and his friends. And when you've got a great, big hammer, every problem begins to look like a nail."Too many contractors have been allowed to get away with delay after delay in developing unproven weapon systems," Obama said, attributing $295 billion in cost overruns to "influence peddling" and "a lack of oversight" that produces weapons meant "to make a defense contractor rich" instead of securing the nation.
Compare what America spends on it's military, keeping it busily poking it's nose in everywhere, with what it spends on humanitarian aid. The humanitarian aid would be a footnote in the military budget, hardly worth mentioning.
I'm not advocating for the US to be isolationist but, rather, for it to be held in check. It's the only superpower and it's acting more like the biggest bully on the block.
Maybe we should take a different approach and take a lesson from how they managed to end the Soviet Union. Encourage them to spend more, get involved in more, keep them spending money they don't have until they collapse onto themselves. Yeah, that would be a good result, won't it?
American intervention should be the last resort, not the first. But right now, there's nothing to dissuade them from intervening wherever and whenever they want to. There's no counterbalance.
And you're missing the point.So, if a country is known for doing good work, being peaceful towards it's neighbours, taking care of it's own citizens, then we should treat them better than another should they decide to launch an unwarranted invasion of a neighbouring country?
There's nothing that would prevent the US from continuing their humanitarian missions they they also scaled back their military adventures and weapons trafficking. Just because they're doing one doesn't mean they are required to continue the other.
I'm all for criticizing when the US is wrong or I disagree with their policies...
But explain to me why at the same time those that throw the first stone appear to never recognize the good work the US does, expound their virtues or congratulate the US when they lead in humanitarian, disaster relief relief and many other humanitarian fields.
Ignoring what the US does well and right is not just hypocritical its wrong and ineffective.
Even a flippin dog trainer will tell you that negative reinforcement never achieves the desired effect.
In the context of my points above...I agreeThere's no counterbalance.
In my highly biased personal opinion
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I think that is a dangerous assumption as much is published on Russian modernization and military build ups.Looks like the Russian bear under Putin is trying to provide the counter balance but I believe their days are long done.
I'd also wouldn't call it counter balance...more like another danger to be faced.
In my highly biased personal opinion
However, you must also look at how much they undo that good will by their often reckless military moves. It's all well and good for them to be dropping food and medicine in Iraq now but a large part of why they have to can be traced back to their invasion.
Similar with the situation in Gaza. They claim to be a honest broker for the peace process but it's clear that they have a substantial bias towards Israel.
Quite often they're their own worst enemy.
Lets start with where we agree
However, you must also look at how much they undo that good will by their often reckless military moves.I agree with both statements and hold them to account on both.Quite often they're their own worst enemy.
But then
Gee seems somewhat begrudging and back handed to me.OK, let's all agree that the US does some good work. Anyone disagree? Anyone?
As far as the comments re: Iraq and Gaza how about we balance that with lets say the medical aid going into Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria the Congo...and those aid workers, you know the ones that were some of the first in place, now in experimental treatment for Ebola...the ones from the US.
Back to that balance thing again
In my highly biased personal opinion
Or their support for various dictators around the world and attempting a coup in Gaza. On balance.
Yes, they do a lot of good. Sorry it sounded begrudging and back handed. Just stating the obvious. And America hardly needs anyone to toot their horn for them.
You know, there is a whole other big world out there beyond Israel and Gaza... But only Israel and Gaza has its own, dedicated thread... Seems disproportionate and yet you insist in taking this thread that encompasses far greater number of people, deaths, and conflicts to discussing Gaza... Is your concern for Palestinians greater than for all other people or your mistrust of US/ Israel greater than all other concerns?
It was in reference to the larger context. Seeing as Gaza is the big conflict in the world right now it's understandable that it might get referenced here now and again. Or should we ignore that in the context of "State of the world, state sponsored terror, terror and war in general"
Or, there's an ignore function you can use.
More and more I am thinking the far greater threat that goes essentially uncovered is the increasing Russian threat and proliferation of arms.
I tend to agree with faraz
Except for the "yet"...China thinks and acts (to this point) in much longer terms (sometimes generational) and doesn't seem to see the need to waste energy, resources and money in rushing or confrontation unless it's "Internal control" or they are pushed.China has to play the role but they are not generally interested in overt confrontations with the US....yet.
An example would be their build up of amphibious and naval forces...15 -20 years ago "Janes" was documenting the slow build up and now they have multiple carriers, amphibious troop ships and a high capability to be able to invade or occupy a water accessible location. Again "Janes" of the day suggested it would be the small islands and archipelago in the South China sea that is disputed by China, Japan and others...would not be surprised to wake up one day and find out they have occupied without a shot and with the naval forces they have in the region no one would risk dispute.
But it will be down the road when the time is right and it will not be rushed into.
Russia on the other hand, under it's current leadership, is flexing it's muscle on a number of fronts, rapidly modernizing everything from it's nuclear delivery capability to naval, ground and air forces while pushing borders with everything from airborne penetrations to (what appears to be) sponsored conflicts in East Ukraine, Syria and hinted at in other areas.
We could very well be moving to another, not very, Cold War as long as the West continues to not push back effectively.
Times are changing once again.
In my highly biased personal opinion
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Grish, the reason Iraq and Syria are ignored is that in those conflicts there are no Jews for the haters to blame.
Not much in the news about Syria these days. Sad to say but the media has the attention span of a gnat with ADHD. Same with Iraq and ISIS until the US started bombing.
However, we always know that the Kardashians are up to.
"Look over here! Shiny new thing!"
you are ignoring based on fixation rather than a gnat's adhd but the results and the consequences are exactly the same.
"If you did not want much, there was plenty." Harper Lee
Yes, you're right. I'll hop the next flight to Damascus and do some on the spot note taking.
You probably should. I flew to Baghdad to find out about the US bombing the ISIS... Where is that "roll eyes" when you need it???
Yeah, there's been NOTHING on the news about that today. Oh wait…
I am doing some field surveys at the Yasser Arafat International Airport this week on behalf of the The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as part of the investigation of the IDF's deliberate destruction of the civilian airport, which violates the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation (Montreal Convention, 1971).
You know, this would be an excellent place to set up a nice little rocket launching site. Good sight lines of Israeli military positions, no UN schools nearby that tends to draw tank fire, no rocks or trees to hide behind, just sand and rubble. Whoops, gotta run, the air force has a couple of F-15I's coming in low...
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Where is that massive Solar Flare when the internet really needs one.
Obama is between a rock and a hard place. He doesn't want to be in Iraq but he has to protect the US assets being built by the CIA near Iribil. When the IRAQ government turned on the US (turning to Shia Iran) the US basically aligned itself with the Kurds, being the only group there that doesn't seem to be religiously motivated (rather, an ethnic group). Problem is, a few ad hoc air strikes may not be enough to stop Sunni IS (if they don't change direction, something they have done very strategically). Per this analysis, they are a fully fledged army, likely more capable than any other army in the region:
Obama has to be careful. For example, in Vietnam, the policy was to provide defense to strategic sites, the US never actually had any goals of defeating the North, hence the US forces were always on the back foot. Obama is saying similar stuff about IS, re it's not his job to defeat them. I'm not sure that's wise. You either go to war with them all out and use the air power in full, or you back out, IMO, middle grounds don't work against full army's, but I guess we will see. If Iribil falls it will be a disaster for Obama's policies, if it holds up, maybe he is right.
But whose army will defeat that IS army ultimately? They have a nasty habit of assimilating their opponents when Sunni, to join the cause (no doubt with promises of captured wives and spoils), each battle just makes them stronger. I suspect only the US is capable of it, what a horrible mess:
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Got to be careful which side you're supporting. These are the guys McCain was berating Obama for not supporting.
Remember when Senator John McCain went to Syria and met with factions of rebels fighting the Assad regime?
As it turns out, the group that he was meeting with was a particular subset of rebels in Syria, who we now know as ISIS.
VICE has created a few videos that show very well what the life is like inside the ISIS regime.
i would recommend a watch for anyone (some disturbing parts though like be-headings)
google it as i dont wanna post the link and have someone inadvertently see some pretty disgusting stuff
be offended! figure out why later...
thought to post on the "state of the world" in US:
After exporting democracy to mid-east, US continues to lead by example: Ferguson, Missori
Title:Pix from Weds. afternoon & night's protests, intense night, things escalated in a troubling way
Title: Police fire tear gas near Al Jazeera crew, then disassemble the gear after they flee
Title: The gentleman on the left has more personal body armor and weaponry than I did while invading Iraq
Title: Top: Baghdad, Iraq - Bottom: Ferguson, Missouri
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There's a great map here showing the arms sales race worldwide between USA and Russia:
Russia $29.7 Billion sold
USA $26.9 Billion sold
Seems to paint a very different picture than the quote above.
In my highly biased personal opinion
Meanwhile in Iraq/ Syria: an american journalist hostage is beheaded... This is shocking and brutal... Although there have been reports of numerous other beheadings by same group, so, while shocking and brutal, not surprising. Feels like the world is about to go into another world war, but this time with epicenter in the Mid East and spreading in every direction from there...
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^ did you see the vid for it? kind of a wtf am i watching moment...
the only good that will come out of all this **** is that the world may finally come to the realization that religion literally is responsible for unending amounts of horror in the world, past and present and should be banned.
it was cool a couple of centuries ago if you needed to control uneducated illiterate masses, but these days it is a bit archaic...
be offended! figure out why later...
^ The world has already come to that realisation. Thing is, the world, or an awful lot of it, turns to religion to end horrors. Good luck with that.
Nisi Dominus Frustra
Those terrorist that behead people are nothing short of animals. Primitive minds with lethal weapons is not a good match.
As for the riots in Monroe, Missouri and the police in paramilitary riot gear. When the US Army are issued new guns and equipment they pass their old weapons and equipment down to police agencies. The better weapons the Army has the better and bigger weapons the police agencies will eventually get. Hence U S police agencies becoming more like a paramilitary group. The States is becoming more and more like a police state.
Gone............................and very quickly forgotten may I add.
They said on the news that the terrorist that beheaded the journalist had an English accent. The British PM said he was probably a British Citizen and it's shocking.
It is very unnerving that these terrorists are being recruited (or volunteer) to join these militants. They could live anywhere in the world and go to these rogue countries at the drop of a hat.
Gone............................and very quickly forgotten may I add.
^ there has been in the news about Canada and the number of such "soldiers" we contribute. Apparently Calgary is one active producers of Jihadists alongside places in SW Ontario in particular.
ps ...and, no, I did not watch it and do not intend to watch it.
Obama sounds pretty angry about ISIS. I wouldn't be surprised to see lots of US military redeployed in Iraq soon.
I wish the Americans would get as angry as when their the ones doing the unspeakable acts. (Blackwater massacreing civilians, Abu Ghraib). Somehow, it's less offensive when we (the good guys do it) as opposed to when they (the bad guys) do.
When we react with the same degree of outrage whenever injustices are perpetrated, we will have moved beyond the need for religion. Until then, religion provides cover for doing evil under the guise of fitting evil.
That's within their own country and the population is pretty much even;y divided between "The cops went took far" and "He's a criminal and he got what he deserved". They're much more forgiving when they're committing atrocities to people in other countries.
A very good read
A Decade After 9/11, Police Departments Are Increasingly Militarized
Overkill: The Rise of Paramilitary Police Raids in America
By Radley Balko
July 17, 2006
Remember the G7/G20 Toronto
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Not too surprising the police got new toys in the wake of 9/11 what with the rise of homegrown terror. In wars thus far, north America has benefitted from geography. Slightly different ballgame now.
Nisi Dominus Frustra
these are both ap photos hosted/linked by wodumedia.com and boston.com
"If you did not want much, there was plenty." Harper Lee
There were a lot of large protests in the USA against going into Iraq as well.
And yet they keep on supporting dictators (there's talk about supporting Assad now against ISIS), torturing, killing, launching wars, preventing their people from facing war crimes, etc.
The war in Vietnam didn't end until the cost in American lives became too much, The number of Vietnamese and Cambodians and others didn't really enter into the equation. In the My Lai Massacre, 500 unarmed civilians were murdered and some of the women were gang raped. The death toll also included children and infants. Twenty-six soldiers were charged with criminal offenses, but only Lieutenant William Calley Jr., a platoon leader in C Company, was convicted. Found guilty of killing 22 villagers, he was originally given a life sentence, but served only three and a half years under house arrest.
So, 500 dead Vetnamese civilians were on;y worth 2 1/2 years of house arrest. Yeah, they really took it seriously. Tes, there were protests against the Massacre but there were also people who denied it took place, that it was committed by Americans or that they were legitimate targets in warfare.Mendel Rivers, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, denounced the three servicemen who tried to halt the massacre:
What had the bigger effect. protesters carrying signs or the United States government?He criticized Army helicopter pilot and My Lai Massacre CWO Hugh Thompson, Jr. for giving the order to his men to fire upon American soldiers at My Lai if they continued to shoot unarmed Vietnamese civilians, calling him a traitor and saying he should be prosecuted.[12] Rivers was unable to believe that American soldiers would do such a thing and publicly expressed doubt that any massacre ever happened. He attempted to protect the perpetrator of My Lai, Army 2nd Lt. William Calley, by quickly holding hearings of his subcommittee on My Lai, calling every major witness to the event (including Thompson) before the subcommittee, and then refusing to release the transcripts of the testimony, so that military prosecutors would be prohibited from calling those persons as witnesses at Calley's court martial.
The US army also used chemical weapons, including Agent Orange, which resulted in 400,000 Vietnamese killed or maimed and 500,000 children born with birth defects. However, it was still the sight of flag draped coffins that finally brought the war to an end. The cost in American lives became too great. The deaths of others were inconsequential.
In Iraq, the Iraq Body count estimates
The US military, much like Israel in the current conflicts has a "we don't do body counts" policy, making confirmed deaths to purview of Non Governmental Organizations. In comparison,figure of 110,937 – 121,227 civilian deaths from violence up to December 2012 includes reported civilian deaths due to Coalition and insurgent military action, sectarian violence and increased criminal violence.[18] The IBC site states: "it should be noted that many deaths will probably go unreported or unrecorded by officials and media."[19] The IBC website currently states that, "Further analysis of the WikiLeaks' Iraq War Logs may add 12,000 civilian deaths."
Even those much lower numbers of American dead were considered excessive. Of course, the Iraqi dead were hardly ever mentioned.As of May 29, 2012, according to the U.S. Department of Defense casualty website, there were 4,487 total deaths (including both killed in action and non-hostile) and 32,223 wounded in action (WIA) as a result of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
So no, the protests are because of American dead, not people in other countries. If the American deaths were much lower, they'd probably still be there. That's one reason that drone warfare is so dangerous . It allows you to kill large numbers of people, halfway across the planet and your solders get to sleep in their own beds each night, safe and secure in the fact that most people aren't aware of what's happening since their own people aren't being killed.
More from ISIS:
display heads... using child suicide bomber...
US army did the same thing, displaying the bodies of prisoners at Abu Ghraib, They may not have decapitated them but, after being water boarded, electroshocked and kicked to death, they were still dead and displayed as trophies of war.
it's official now... ISIS can do no wrong since the US has done this... Well, not exactly this, but something bad anyways...
sarcasm off...
Nice way to twist my words. Shouldn't be surprised since you've had so much experience with it.
no need to twist. every time something happens in the world, you manage to sneak mention of US. Not Russia, Iran, the UK, France, Canada, China, India, Pakistan, Brazil... or any other large or small country. Whenever something bad happens, you are quick to reference the US. Just once it would be nice if you allowed yourself to see something that was done that was bad and simply thought about it for one brief moment recognizing the sheer evil. This particular action, that included sending a 14 year old boy as part of a suicide bombing, at the very least deserves condemnation in strong and simple terms. There is no need to link this to your hate of the US. This event was brutally evil. Just acknowledge it without any hedges or qualifications. If you feel like making additional statements, please use a second post to make them. Just so that you at least appear a little more human.
If Russia or China or Iran were poking their noses into other countries as often as the US, perhaps I would.
How many overseas military bases does Russia have? Or China? Or Iran?
And I really have to laugh that you think I "hate" the US. That would be news to my wife who is from San Diego. I suppose you count her like you do the Holocaust survivors who oppose Israel's overreaction in Gaza, hateful stupid or deluded. That seems to be the only motivations you believe exist.
afghanistan, albania, algeria, angola, azerbaijan, belarus, bhutan, bolivia, burkina faso, burma (myanmar), cambodia, cameroon, central african republic, chad, chechnya, china, cote d'ivoire, cuba, djibouti, equatorial guinea, eritrea, ethiopia, gabon, gambia, guinea, iran, kashmir, kazakhstan, kosovo, kyrgyzstan, libya, laos, madagascar, mauritania, north korea, republic of congo(brazzaville and kinshasa), russia, rwanda, saudi arabia, somalia, sudan, swaziland, syria, tajikistan, tunisia, turkmenistan, uganda, uzbekistan, vietnam, venezuala, Zimbabwe
which of these would you consider as being supported by the united states of america (as opposed to being supported by russia or china or oil or narcotics or...)?
"If you did not want much, there was plenty." Harper Lee
What's sickening is the use of the 14 year old suicide bomber or suicide bombing victim alongside a person who was genetically his father.
What's also sickening is a constant attempt to change the subject to somehow link all evil to the US foreign policy. Sometimes, as is this time, it is only appropriate to recognize that what took place is horrible and take a pause to reflect on that alone.
Fake Jewish friends?
You really are throwing blind punches in you desperate attempts to win an argument. You are attacking others personally rather than sticking to facts.
I really feel sorry for you and your visious way your think debates and discussion forums should be run.
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and one can also defend a person or a group, or the actions of a person or a group without hating.
but one can also post things - as you yourself know - that are indeed hateful even if you subsequently stated that that was not your intent.
furthermore, one can also post a litany of things that may not individually be hateful but cumulatively create an entirely different perception. and when that happens, the response by others to even the individual posts is pretty much guaranteed to be based on the cumulative and not just the most recent post.
that's how reputations are built, even in a [mostly] anonymous on-line internet forum.
indignation and exaggeration and constant one-upmanship are not the stuff of rational discussion. they are the last defense of a position that is ultimately indefensible because it's wrong.
i don't believe any of my posts or my positions anywhere on this forum to be hateful. i also don't believe my defense of Israel in this and its current sister thread - even while acknowledging she is not perfect - or israel's positions and responses as developed over 66 years in responding to a myriad of things not of her choosing - even when some of them are not perfect either - are hateful either.
but i have personally experienced hateful acts since i was a child and i have friends and family that have suffered far worse than i at the hands of others. and that does two things to most people. it makes them more aware of hateful acts and statements. and it makes them more empathetic to those towards who those hateful acts and statements are addressed whether those recipients are jews or blacks or first nations or asian or immigrants or arabs. and it makes them less tolerant of those choosing to do those things or make those statements and of those willing to forgive or condone those acts and statements.
does it make them overly sensitive as well? not usually - if anything that sensitivity means first giving the benefit of a doubt because you know the seriousness involved. after that however, the conclusions are usually pretty accurate ones. and responding appropriately to them - even in a manner others might deem over-zealous - is not hateful, it's healthy both for the individual and for society.
i don't believe grish is intentionally posting from a soapbox. i do, however, believe that he is frustrated with the regular ongoing sentiment and the insatiable need to prove that regardless of the circumstances israel is to blame and the americans are at fault and no evidence to the contrary is worth the paper it's printed on or the energy necessary to display it on screen because i share that frustration.
what isis has done and is doing is being condemned by much of the muslim world for what it was and is. none of them said "well it's not so bad in comparision - the americans are guilty of similar incidents in the past and the israelis are worse". the acts stand on their own and are reprehensible. and paying attention to them doesn't warrant trying to deflect that attention.
and "but my wife is american" is no more a defense than "but i have friends who are black... or native... or jews... or...". the positions have to stand on their own irrespective. and if they can't it doesn't matter who you're married to or who you think your friends are.
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"If you did not want much, there was plenty." Harper Lee
He's stating that I hate Americans and basically called me anti-Semitic in the other thread simply because I didn't agree with his premise that to disagree with him meant you had to hate Israel. Same for the Holocaust survivors that said the same essentially the same thing I was. Claimed they were either evil, stupid or hopelessly naive. If that's not spreading hatred I'm not sure what is.
We lived in the states for many years and have may friends there. Disagreement with the single biggest meddler in other people's affairs on the planet doesn't make you hate the people, it makes you disapprove of their policies. Just like disapproving of what I see as self-destructive policies by Israel doesn't make me anti-Semitic.
Grish seems to believe in the Bush theory of "You're wither with us or against us." What about wanting what's best for all involved and telling people when they are making a mistake?
Grish. There you go making false assumptions again. Putting words in other peoples mouths or taking statements out of context does not make them true. Just because someone does not call you out on every single false claim you spout does not make it true either. And just because someone does not agree with you does not make them a terrorist supporter, an ISIS appologist, an anti-semetic US bashing card carrying wife beater with fake friends.
I thought we were past the McCarthy Era but in your world everyone who does not follow your idealilogical bent is against you personally. There is a term for this. It is called paranoid dilusions.
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and yet I am still to hear that kkz or eprt think that what happened in Syria to warrant the headline I posted is an expression of pure evil. you take time to fake outrage over posting style but you can't even fake one simple statement to express real outrage over the actions of ISIS. In terms of that relationship building with the wider community and the history that you are building–as referenced by ken–a sincere outrage over ISIS would go a long way to changing my current perception of eprt and kkz.
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i'm reminded a bit of some of justin trudeau's responses following the boston marathon bombing:
"...we have to look at the root causes.
Now, we dont know now if it was terrorism or a single crazy or a domestic issue or a foreign issue, he said. But there is no question that this happened because there is someone who feels completely excluded. Completely at war with innocents. At war with a society. And our approach has to be, where do those tensions come from?
Yes, theres a need for security and response, Trudeau added. But we also need to make sure that as we go forward, that we dont emphasize a culture of fear and mistrust. Because that ends up marginalizing even further those who already are feeling like they are enemies of society.
until of course the terrorism or single crazy or domestic or foreign issue struck a little closer to home leading to the following:
Its basically a tenet of me being able to do the job that I do that I think my family is safe and OK and its not a dangerous thing that Im not there for them, Trudeau said.
And when my wife and kids, with the nanny, are at home on their own and someone breaks in and engages in some fairly disturbing behaviour, I think its certainly something that gives me pause in my ability to do the travelling and the job that Im doing that takes me away from them so much.
For all the sacrifices that we put through in our line of work, the one thing that we dont feel that we should have to sacrifice is personal security.
emphasis added.
unfortunately, although security of person and place is the one absolute that everything else that is civilized relies on - including freedom of speech - it is often the least recognized element of civilization. until of course it's your own - or your families - security of person and place that is at risk.
i am prepared to take your "Just like disapproving of what I see as self-destructive policies by Israel doesn't make me anti-Semitic" at face value.
but your insistence that others who are clearly anti-semitic - and that continuously prove that fact through both actions and words - are the ones that can do no wrong while everything israel does and everything israel is trying to achieve is pure evil doesn't add much shine to that face value.
and if you need to confirm that - or wonder how anyone else could come to such a conclusion - simply do a search in that other thread for all posts by kkozoriz and read them. even if you felt you were being reasoned and reasonable at the time you posted them and at the time you chose the quotes and links you chose to include, what you presented yourself as was/is anything but reasoned and reasonable. if anyone has been "you're either with us or against us" based on their posts, it's been you.
if what you wanted was really what's best for all involved and if you only intended to tell people when they were making a mistake - which implies that what is important to israel is as important as what's important to gaza and that everything israel does is not a mistake - then you failed miserably.
and that's not grish's fault.
"If you did not want much, there was plenty." Harper Lee
...gosh...who knew Rod Smart was...well...SMRT..
sadly sums up this thread...
Tired of being taken advantage of .
No Ken, not everything Israel does is wrong. I have never stated that. However, they are not doing themselves any favours at this point in time by continuing an assault on Gaza that will simply harden the radicals opinions against them and convince the moderates that perhaps the radicals are right after all.
Even in the battle in Afghanistan we found that we had to talk with members of Al Quaida and the Taliban. That's not a sign of weakness. It's acknowledging the fact that in order for there to be peace people cannot feel that they're being sidelined and ignored. You'll never get everyone over to your side but you at least have to reach out the hand even if it gets slapped aside from time to time.
When the Americans toppled the Iraq government one of the biggest mistakes they made was to marginalize the members of the Ba'ath party simply because that was the party of Saddam.
The more you keep people on the outside the more resentful they'll become. Besides, you can influence people more from within a society than from without.In June 2003, the U.S.-led Coalition Provisional Authority banned the Ba'ath Party, and banned all members of the party's top four tiers from the new government and from public schools and colleges, a move which some citicised for blocking too many experienced people from participating in the new government. Thousands were removed from their positions, including doctors, professors, school teachers and bureaucrats. Many teachers lost their jobs, causing protests and demonstrations at schools and universities.
Under the Ba'ath Party, one could not reach high positions in the government or in schools without becoming a party member. Membership was also a prerequisite for university admission. While many Ba'athists joined for ideological reasons, many more joined as a way to improve their options.
I suppose, kkz, in the spirit of toning down the rhetoric, you may also finally acknowledge that sometimes something evil happens in the world and all good people out there can do is point to it and say: this was an extreme expression of hate and we resolve to not let it happen again.
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You mean like adding an extra k to my name, thus making it look like I also hate blacks in your eyes?
Pretty sneaky of you to slip that in.


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Awesome. Owls are so cool because they are mysterious and rare to see…....at least where I live. I sure hope you have a new tenant really soon to make this worth while.
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#3 posted 01-28-2015 04:31 PM
excellent work.
my only caution, keep small dogs and cats inside. RIP Mark the Cat.
#4 posted 01-28-2015 08:06 PM
He'll love it when it gets occupied. I had one up for years and had Screech owls move in every year. I loved taking pictures of the baby owls all perched in the hole. I hope you can position the box so the hole is visible from your house. They just go back down if you get too close.
This is the time of year – at least here in SE PA – that you hear them at night calling each other.
Good job on the box.
#5 posted 01-28-2015 10:04 PM
I'm impressed—I'd like to make one myself! I hope your young man enjoys it.
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#6 posted 01-29-2015 03:38 PM
I love to see youngsters having fun in the shop.One handsome dude with a cool owl box.
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#7 posted 01-29-2015 09:34 PM
Well done, young man. It's good to see you using the eye and ear protection.
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Owners of the Alife P1 Pro from Blackview will be getting the latest Cyanogenmod update, 12.1, tomorrow according to an announcement by Blackview today.
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I absolutely love golden age comics and the golden age heroes. Especially the less-famous ones. So when I heard about PROJECT: SUPERPOWERS. I was so excited!! Issue #0 came out this week and it rocked. I also picked up THE TWELVE, but it's a little too "modern-age dark" for me to get into the novelty of the golden-age heroes. I don't know how SUPERPOWERS will go from here, but the first issue was fun!
I loved this double page spread! Alex Ross, Stephen Sadowski and Captain Moreno knocked it out of the park (except for half the guys having purple skin tones [wtf])! I knew about a third of them at first glance, but was really curious about the rest. So I spent the day going through International Hero and Golden Age Hero Directory picture-by-picture until I could match them all up with a name. So I figured if someone else wanted to know, here it is:
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I'm starting a few post themes. The first of which, starting with this, will be something I will not miss about NYC, countered (for balance and fairness sake – though not necessarily related to the thing I'll not miss, as will be noted below) by something I will miss. For the other theme, I'll think from the MN perspective about things I'm looking forward to, and things I'm kinda dreading (read: winters).
For today, it's about NYC:
Not miss: 2-inch "water bugs" (aka cockroaches) climbing on my bathroom wall. Thankfully, my roommate had some roach poison to spray on it while I kept the dog free from harm's way. Notice the role reversal there, of me being the discoverer of the roach and non-dog owner, yet not having to kill the thing myself while protecting my roommate's dog. I have a way of getting out of scary things.
Miss: High quality, free or very cheap comedy shows. I thought of this one a few times over the course of the past few weeks when I've seen some really great shows. One was at Prospect Park with Jeneane Garafalo, Jim Gaffigan, and my personal fave, Kumail Nanjiani, all for $3. Another was a free show in Union Square, and then, of course, the monthly show I regularly attend at Le Poisson Rouge, John and Molly Get Along. I think cheap comedy shows just about anywhere other than NYC have a very high chance of sucking and making the audience feel uncomfortable.
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The eye can be taken a look at with relative ease regarding both its function and its structure. A functional examination consists of the ability to move in the orbit and the response of the student to light and accommodation.
The function of the eye may be tested in a number of methods. The client may be asked to determine illuminated letter or things of varying sizes on exactly what is referred to as the Snellen chart.
Conversely, the assessment of the structural part of the eye may be made in numerous ways. Stress within the eyeball is determined by a "tonometer." In certain diseases, specifically in glaucoma, the tension in the eyeball is increased considerably.
It should be well remembered that a patient with an eye issue might have other problems. Frequently other physical conditions are main and impact the eye as a consequence. The look of the eye can notify the patient and the physician to troubles in some disturbances of other parts of the body even prior to other symptoms provide themselves.
As a result, one's dependence on sight is highlighted when one faces a possible or momentary irreversible loss of this important sense. Hence, when restorative procedures are looked for, certain forms of vision correction such as contact lenses or eyeglasses are recommended.
On the other hand, some people are troubled with that they have some framed lenses or contact lenses in front of their eyes.
For this reason, advanced surgical operations were developed to encourage decreased utilization of contact lenses or glasses. One of which is the now popular LASIK eye surgical treatment.
Essentially, LASIK eye surgery is the short-term for "Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis." Like its concrete counterpart, LASIK eye surgery is another type of vision correction. The only difference is that with this kind of surgical treatment, one's vision is fixed completely.
With LASIK eye surgery, the refractive mistakes in the cornea are completely transformed. This can be done using an "excimer laser."
The primary purpose of this surgical treatment is to create a threadlike, rounded "flap" in the cornea using a blade referred to as "microkeratome." In a series of unfolding and laser processing, the cornea is finally reformed, permitting better the eye to direct more light into the retina.
Appeal vs. Disadvantages
In the middle of the growing popularity of LASIK eye surgical treatment, there are still disadvantages that people need to know. Most likely, the primary reason why this kind of eye surgical treatment has ended up being well accepted is because most of its cases had actually succeeded.
In spite of its success, there are still some disadvantages. Here is the list:
1. It is an operation applied to the most sensitive part of the eye
Because LASIK eye surgical treatment includes the operation of go to this site the retina, which is one of the most sensitive portions of the eye, many people say that the operation can be extremely risky.
check my source Simply puts, a easy mistake might nearly trigger an person's life time blindness. It is crucial to think about numerous factors prior to choosing whether LASIK eye surgery is the ideal corrective measure one has to undergo.
2. It is not a ideal procedure
LASIK eye surgical treatment might correct your vision but it does not always imply that it can give you a best vision. Even if analytical reports reveal that 70% of the clients may have 20/20 vision, this does not always mean they have perfect vision as well.
Given all these things, it can be deduced that, in spite of the appeal of the operation, LASIK may not always be the perfect eye surgery the way many people see it
On the other hand, the examination of the structural part of the eye might be made in a number of methods. It must be well remembered that a client with an eye problem might have other issues. Frequently other physical conditions are primary and impact the eye as a repercussion. The appearance of the eye can signal the client and the physician to difficulties in some disruptions of other parts of the body even before other signs provide themselves.
Like its tangible equivalent, LASIK eye surgical treatment is another kind of vision correction.
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The aim of this book is to provide the reader with a basic understanding of the use of bioindicators both in assessing environmental quality and as a means of support in environmental impact assessment (EIA) procedures. The book primarily deals with the applicability of these studies with regard to both research results concerning the basal quality of ecosystems and from an industrial perspective, where evaluations prior to the construction of major projects (often industrial plants) are extremely important. Environmental pollution and related human health concerns have now reached critical levels in many areas of the world. International programs for researching, monitoring and preventing the causes of these phenomena are ongoing in many countries. There is an imperative call for reliable and cost-effective information on the basal pollution levels for both areas already involved in intense industrial activities, and for sites with industrial development potential.
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Ogilvy and Acision have published a White Paper called "Mobile Advertising – 2020 Vision" exploring how mobile advertising will look in 2020 (download here). They lean back about the quality of predictions in general but envision some nice scenarios: a car advertisement (see to the right) can trigger different meanings for different users ranging from buying, renting, or tuning a car. Later they mention serendipity through ads of trusted advertisers, interaction between devices (e.g. buy a shirt an actor on TV is wearing through your mobile).
However, as an essential prerequisite the true adoption of mobile phone is required, not just doing geeking things but using it for continuously for boring routines in daily life. I still wonder how get there looking at the recent 'flat-rate' Swisscom has overed a few weeks ago: 169 CHF/month (!!!) for unlimited data and voice NOT including roaming...
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Mobile advertising and mobile marketing are the solutions to end all your advertising and marketing problems.
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Beyond the "Gender Wars": A Conversation about Girls, Boys, and Education
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Separated By Sex: A Critical Look at Single-Sex Education for Girls
Separated by Sex: A Critical Look at Single-Sex Education for Girls (1998) challenges the popular idea that single-sex education is better for girls than coeducation. Read more »
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As summer gets into full swing, nothing is more refreshing than a pint of Ben & Jerry's. Of course, if you're a B&J addict like myself, you'll eat it year round, even if it's 20 below outside.
It's my favorite ice cream by far. Nothing compares to its lineup of delicious, creative flavors. Every bite is heavenly and you can't stop eating it when you start, which is why they usually don't sell it in larger sizes than a pint—no matter how much is there, it's always a single serving, and it would be very dangerous, health-wise, if they sold it in half-gallon tubs. I used to eat like 2 or 3 pints a week. (Obviously I stopped at some point since I'm sitting here now with a functioning heart.)
What also makes Ben & Jerry's unique is their controversial practice of discontinuing flavors, sending them to the "Flavor Graveyard." Some of these flavors never come back, leaving us to reminisce wistfully about how great a nearly forgotten flavor was. Sadly, some of the greatest ice cream flavors that have ever existed have been unavailable for ten years or more.
Today I am picking the best of the best. This is my list of all-time top 10 flavors. Warning: I am not a big fan of chocolate, so while I do acknowledge the awesomeness of flavors like Bovinity Divinity and Phish Food, you won't find them on the list.
10) Schweddy Balls
Vanilla Ice Cream with a Hint of Run & Loaded with Fudge Covered Rum & Malt Balls
I was only able to get this a couple times before One Million Moms Against BJ's (that's Moms Against Ben & Jerry's…get your mind out of the gutter, we're talking about something very serious here, namely Schweddy Balls) got this flavor taken out of freezers across the country. This is very unfortunate for those who never snagged a pint; this is one of the best flavors of all time. The whole malt balls were a B&J special, continuing the tradition of burying complete, unbroken treats in their ice cream.
9) Crème Brûlée
Sweet Custard Ice Cream with a Caramelized Sugar Swirl
Sometimes B&J comes up with completely original concepts for the base ice cream of a particular flavor. Where else can you even get sweet custard ice cream? What is it exactly? Who knows, but it tastes great. They are also the masters of the nice thick swirl, kind of like frosting for your ice cream (delish!), and this is one of their best.
8) Bonnaroo Buzz
Coffee & Malt Ice Creams with Whiskey Caramel Swirls & English Toffee Pieces
This is an amazing flavor. There used to be a lot of coffee flavors available (Coffee Coffee Buzz Buzz Buzz, and From Russia With Buzz) but this is one of the few remaining. Lucky for us, it's the best one. The toffee pieces in this are huge—most require more than one bite to finish off. I'll never forget scoring a pint that had 7 or 8 buried in it…it was like 2 whole candy bars wrapped in ice cream!
7) Appley Ever After
Brown Sugar Ice Cream with a Cinnamon-Caramel Swirl & Apples
Now, please note that I am not talking about the Appley Ever After that was released earlier this year in the U.K. With all due respect to the cause which fostered the re-introduction of this flavor, it is an inferior version of the 2005 Scoop Shop exclusive that was also called Appley Ever After, which never made it to grocer's freezers. What's being sold as AEA now is nothing more than a standard apple pie flavor with just bits of boring pie crust in it. The true Appley Ever After had brown sugar ice cream (!) and the gooiest, most delicious cinnamon-caramel swirl ever. And whole chunks of apple. It was crazy good.
6) Imagine Whirled Peace
Caramel & Sweet Cream Ice Cream Swirled with Fudge Piece Signs & Toffee Cookie Pieces
Lots of things going on in this one. It's like a whirlwind of tasty, sweet flavors combining in the most piquant way. The fudge piece signs are a nice touch.
5) Triple Caramel Chunk
Caramel Ice Cream with a Swirl of Caramel & Fudge Covered Caramel Chunks
One of the foundations of the whole B&J line, in my opinion. Can you tell I love caramel? Maybe this list has too much on it, but it's just so good—you can't go wrong with caramel in ice cream. Some people would pick Karamel Sutra, with its solid caramel core, over this one. The thing that makes Sutra not as good is that half of it is chocolate ice cream. With Triple Chunk, you get all caramel ice cream. Case closed.
4) Key Lime Pie
Lime Ice Cream with a Tangy Lime Twist, Fluffy Meringue Swirl & Pie Crust Pieces
This is an incredible flavor. The lime ice cream is so delicious and refreshing, with just the right amount of tang. Discovering the meringue swirl, spread so generously throughout the entire pint, is to know pure joy. The pie crust distribution is perfect—not too little, not too much. Never a regular flavor, always a limited batch for summer, Key Lime seems to come around every two years—it was introduced in '08 and brought back in '10. I have it on solid authority that it will be in freezers once again this summer. If you see it, do yourself a flavor and buy one (or ten). You won't regret it.
3) White Russian
Coffee Ice Cream with Kahlua Coffee Liqueur
We have not seen this flavor in a decade, and its disappearance might be one of the great tragedies of all recorded history. It was a fantastic, no-frills flavor. There were no chunks of candy, no bits of fruit. The experience was wholly dependent on the flavor of the ice cream, which was superlative. It was a minimalist flavor, bringing ice cream back to its essential essence. Honestly, I can barely remember what it tasted like. All I know is that it's one of the best things I've ever tasted. I hope that one day it makes its triumphant return to my mouth.
2) Festivus
Brown Sugar Cinnamon Ice Cream Loaded with Gingerbread Cookies & a Ginger Caramel Swirl
When you ate Festivus, you knew you were truly eating a dessert. So rich, so sweet, so delicious. It had cookies, swirl, and brown sugar ice cream. Amazing! This is another one that has been gone for so long, it's hard to imagine its taste on your tongue. But it was so good that while it was available you bought no other flavor. We can only hope that this holiday will one day be celebrated again in freezers everywhere.
1) Cherry Garcia
Cherry Ice Cream with Cherries & Fudge Flakes
The one and only. What more can you say? It's the stalwart, the old stand-by. The king of the hill, lording over the realm. Always there, ever-reliable. It will never be discontinued, for there would be riots. This is the one you always go back to, because it's just too damn good. Cherry Garcia will forever set the bar by which all other ice cream flavors are judged.


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Ongoing excerpts from Sam's time line, misc assorted tweets, these are from September 2010:
Sarcasm is a powerful tool for humor and good in the world, as long as you don't scare everyone off while doing it.....
I was told I should be more sensitive, so I am switching from Very, Very Sarcastic, to Very Sarcastic... I hope that satisfies everyone
Ferrets are convinced the happy dance solves all problems. They have a perfect track record.
It is a lot easier for me to remember if I just call everyone Uncle Freddie
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The boys from BMW are at it again and this time they are releasing the 2012 Mini Coupé. For anyone who thought the Mini couldn't get any smaller, this awesome auto is a teeny two-seater speeding up to 150mph. Now that's fast.
The compact car is full of style, as its small frame allows it to feed a user's need for speed. According to the Mini website, the car is fitted with the most powerful available engine; a feature that allows the vehicle to hit those top-notch speeds. In terms of appearance, the 2012 Mini Coupé has the presence of a racing car with red stripes blazing down the center.
The 2012 Mini Coupé is compact yet powerful, making it the hottest car on the market.
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It started with a San Francisco Chronicle story by Kevin Fagan in April revealing there are only 200 working phones left in San Francisco. It continued with Tuesday's moving tribute in the Chronicle to some of our favorite surviving Bay Area phone booths. And it ends (or is this just the beginning?) with this reader-submitted gallery of the greatest phone booths of the Bay Area.
We're pre-empting our weekly Let's Go to the Morgue! archive gallery to present this collection of phone booths.
We started with a call for photos of operational phone booths, then added non-working booths and ultimately the rules went out the window. You will see multiple photos from outside the Bay Area, accompanied by lame reasons for including them. (Thought process: "A phone at Morro Bay? That has the word 'Bay' in it! A phone near Pinecrest Lake? I went to Pinecrest once when I was a kid!")
The important thing is you exceeded the highest expectations and sent in a wonderful variety of images.
A few more thoughts below the life-affirming phone booth garden from Alameda …
* Thanks to everyone who sent in photos. Apologies if your photos didn't get in. I received many more than expected, and had to trim the list. But I'll be adding a few more throughout the day, so check back often.
* I was pleased to see so many buildings keep the booths looking nice, even though there hasn't been an actual phone inside since maybe the 20th Century. If nothing else it makes a nice place for people to quietly
do drugs without being noticed make a cell phone call.
* If you enjoyed this, you're really going to like our defunct Mission-style Taco Bell project, coming some time later this month or early September. There's still time to contribute!
* If you have a truly amazing Bay Area phone booth photo that trumps these, send it to firstname.lastname@example.com. Horizontal photos preferred, please write a sentence letting me know where you found it, don't send someone else's photo without permission and try to keep the photo size at 1 MB or smaller.
Thanks again for the photos. This was a lot of fun for me, and I know Kevin has been enjoying it as well. I was hoping for a dozen or so hastily taken iPhone photos of phone booths. I received more than 50, and the entries included some artfully executed photos, a couple of history lessons and a lot of humor.
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