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Posted in: Bush criticises Spanish US anthem
  toms
04-28-2006, 2:44 PM
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Is a version sung in spanish the end of the world? Is it any worse than a Jimi Hendrix electric guitar version? (which i always thought was great btw) Can't be long now until spanish is the majority language in the USA anyway... George Bush has ent...  [Read More]
Posted in: US envoy to Iraq: 'We have opened the Pandora's box'
  toms
03-09-2006, 8:16 AM
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- 80% of Americans think civil war likely - Rumsfeld accuses Tehran of fomenting conflict The US ambassador to Baghdad conceded yesterday that the Iraq invasion had opened a Pandora's box of sectarian conflicts which could lead to a regional war an...  [Read More]
Posted in: Muslim anger at Mohammed Cartoon & Freedom of speech
  toms
02-03-2006, 7:17 PM
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I felt this issue was interesting enough to get its own thread. When you think about it its a pretty complex issue.. on the one hand freedom of speech is something we hold very dear.. and especially in a largely secular europe we don't get that work...  [Read More]
Posted in: Kids in the uk are getting dumber. Official.
  toms
02-01-2006, 8:00 AM
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Baldrson writes "The UK Times Online reports that: 'After studying 25,000 children across both state and private schools Philip Adey, a professor of education at King's College London confidently declares: "The intelligence of 11-year-olds...  [Read More]
Posted in: NSA uses ECHELON against US citizens... and other patriot act fun
  toms
12-19-2005, 9:58 AM
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Previously, the Agency had shown itself to be scrupulous about avoiding this sort of activity. But according to numerous un-named sources paraphrased in the Times, the President signed a secret order authorizing him to intercept phone calls and email...  [Read More]
Posted in: Use nukes to prove you will use them?
  toms
10-27-2005, 1:33 PM
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Almost 500 physicists in the US have signed a petition protesting a proposed change in government policy that would allow the US to use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear countries. The proposed change in policy was reported in the New York Times an...  [Read More]
Posted in: TV News Film Ignites New Muslim Outrage
  toms
10-24-2005, 12:18 PM
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Australian television news footage showing U.S. soldiers burning the bodies of two suspected Taliban militants has ignited another uproar in the Muslim world. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack told reporters Thursday that the footage, shown o...  [Read More]
Posted in: 25,000 civilians killed
  toms
07-19-2005, 10:51 AM
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Nearly 25,000 civilians have died violently in Iraq since the US-led invasion in March 2003, a report says. The dossier, based on media reports, says US-led forces were responsible for more than a third of the deaths. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wo...  [Read More]
Posted in: Iraqi Election: 2005
  toms
03-14-2005, 10:02 AM
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I split the WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception thread after some paintstaking decision-making on which posts should join this new thread. If I missed one or screwed up a context, please let me know by PM. --- SkinWalker Originally Posted By SkinWalker...  [Read More]
Posted in: Freedom worth the price?
  toms
02-01-2005, 6:53 AM
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First Amendment no big deal, students say This article discusses a study of high-school students in which they were asked about censorship, protected speech, and other aspects of the first amendment. The results are extremely worrisome: "Only...  [Read More]
Posted in: Global Dimming
  toms
01-14-2005, 7:47 AM
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The BBC reports that the amount of solar energy reaching the Earth's surface has declined significantly between the 1950s and the 1990s, apparently due to particulate air pollution. Scientists are worried that this global dimming may be disrupting th...  [Read More]
Posted in: TV Alert: Who Wrote the Bible?
  toms
12-20-2004, 11:23 AM
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Channel 4 (in the Uk) obviously read this forum, they are doing a documentary called "Who wrote the bible?" in which a theologian travels the world trying to track down who wrote and edited the bible. Its on christmas day, channel 4 20:30...  [Read More]
Posted in: 45 Million....
  toms
12-06-2004, 6:59 AM
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A new report from international agency Oxfam today reveals that 45 million more children will die needlessly by 2015, because rich countries are failing to provide the necessary resources to overcome poverty. The report, Paying the Price, also calcu...  [Read More]
Posted in: Court Ruled That Media Can Legally Lie
  toms
11-22-2004, 2:01 AM
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from 2003, but stil interesting: In February 2003, a Florida Court of Appeals unanimously agreed with an assertion by FOX News that there is no rule against distorting or falsifying the news in the United States. Back in December of 1996, Jane Akre...  [Read More]
Posted in: Hobbits are real!!!
  toms
10-28-2004, 6:24 AM
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well, nearly. Did anyone catch all the news about them finding those fossils of those 3 foot tall humans who died out only 12000 years ago. And they used tools, fire and hunted and made cave art..... Just lends weight to my belief that tolkien's ver...  [Read More]
Posted in: Heads up: BBC2 series - The Power of Nightmares
  toms
10-18-2004, 7:04 AM
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There is a cool looking series starting on BBC2 on wednesday 9pm (GMT) called The Power of Nightmares - about the culture of fear in today's politics... "In the past our politicians offered us dreams of a better world. Now they promise to prot...  [Read More]
Posted in: Cat Stevens barred from US
  toms
09-22-2004, 3:47 AM
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Peace activist and singer/songwriter Cat Stevens is being deported from the US after being denied entry because his name appeared on a security "watch list".A transatlantic flight he was travelling on to Washington DC was diverted under FBI...  [Read More]
Posted in: Wind farms to produce power
  toms
09-15-2004, 4:44 AM
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"Colorado State University's Rocky Mountain Collegian reports that, "as of June [the price of wind power] dropped to 1 cent per kwh." Even without further expected improvements in turbine technology, the U.S. would now need to use less...  [Read More]
Posted in: Personailty tests
  toms
09-02-2004, 1:43 PM
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The BBC had an interesting programme on personality types on tv tonight, although i thought it looked like mostly rubbish. I took their test though (first one) and came out a Resolver The description matched me almost perfectly, which was a surprise...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Political Brain - Why do Republicans and Democrats differ so emphatically?
  toms
08-25-2004, 11:47 AM
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I was going to post this on the election thread, then i thought it was probably mildly relevant to the bigots thread, the christianity thread and several others where there are obvious "gaps of comprehension". (I got told off on one thread...  [Read More]
Posted in: Ethnic Cleansing: A decent reason to send in the troops?
  toms
06-10-2004, 8:26 AM
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Ethnic Cleansing, Mass Rapes, Concentration Camps.... why is it that we never have any media coverage or mass support for sending in troops to sort out situations like this, but people are quite happy to go after two-bit dictators like saddam? 30,00...  [Read More]
Posted in: Human rights climate 'worst in 50 years'
  toms
05-27-2004, 7:37 AM
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Amnesty International today claimed that governments and armed groups such as al-Qaida were putting human rights and international humanitarian law under the greatest pressure for more than 50 years. From long-running conflicts in countries such as...  [Read More]
Posted in: Occupation has boosted al-Qaida, says thinktank
  toms
05-27-2004, 7:34 AM
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The occupation of Iraq has provided a "potent global recruitment pretext" for al-Qaida and probably increased worldwide terrorism, a leading thinktank said yesterday. Despite some losses, al-Qaida has more than 18,000 potential terrorists...  [Read More]
Posted in: Iran tricked the US into war in iraq?
  toms
05-27-2004, 7:26 AM
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The guardian in the UK is reporting that there is an internal investigation in the US into whether the iranian government fed the hawks in washington false information about Iraq's weapons programme in order to get a dangerous neighbour removed. Ful...  [Read More]
Posted in: x-wing trench run?
  toms
05-18-2004, 8:46 AM
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this may not be the best place to ask, but has anyone got any tips on beating the death star trench run in x-wing? I rarely even manage to get as far as the trench.... :(...  [Read More]
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