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Astor

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Posted in: What's your Wallpaper? (56k ouchies)
  Astor
12-24-2008, 12:23 PM
#1016
Damn, that's badass. Good pick! Thank you. :) There's something eerily beautiful in something so dangerous....  [Read More]
Posted in: What's your Wallpaper? (56k ouchies)
  Astor
12-24-2008, 9:46 AM
#1014
http://www.carefulthought.com/wp-content/gallery/chaiten-volcano-eruption/chaiten-volcano-4.jpg Chaitén Volcano in Chile, when it's first eruption in nearly 10,000 years caused an electrical storm....  [Read More]
Posted in: some stuff
  Astor
01-06-2009, 5:17 PM
#3
Absolutely spectacular, Sal. The third and fourth ones in your first post blew me away. What did you use to create them?...  [Read More]
Posted in: In Pursuit of Glory.
  Astor
01-05-2009, 9:23 AM
#3
Thank you, Commander! I've altered the end section to better reflect the purchase system used by the British Army, and will possibly start on another part if I get round to it. For those interested, there is some information on the purchase of comm...  [Read More]
Posted in: In Pursuit of Glory.
  Astor
01-04-2009, 4:41 PM
#1
I've been toying with writing some historically minded stories for a while, so here is one - the story of a young officer on the battlefields of Europe. August 1, 1759 - Minden, Westphalia. 300 Yards. That was all that separated Thomas Horne, the n...  [Read More]
Posted in: Israeli/Palestinian Conflict MEGATHREAD
  Astor
01-06-2009, 5:10 PM
#128
that's if they actually did what the idf claims. Very true, jaymack. The IDF are hardly a Paragon of honesty - and seeing as they won't let foreign reporters into Gaza, it's their word against Hamas - which muddies the waters as at this point they'l...  [Read More]
Posted in: Israeli/Palestinian Conflict MEGATHREAD
  Astor
01-06-2009, 3:07 PM
#126
Israel shells near UN school, killing at least 30 (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090106/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians) Hamas' tactics are detestable in this regard, but even so, Israel isn't going to win itself any friends by demolishing ever...  [Read More]
Posted in: Israeli/Palestinian Conflict MEGATHREAD
  Astor
01-04-2009, 12:36 PM
#112
You don't want to read through the lines? Here you go - I find that attitude (that we're not going to read the source) insulting, and hardly conducive to discussion. There are always two sides to the story. Which no-one has denied - Hamas and Isra...  [Read More]
Posted in: Israeli/Palestinian Conflict MEGATHREAD
  Astor
01-04-2009, 5:00 AM
#108
Israel means to end all wars? Nah, overkill is a little over the top. Its a small defensive move. And what, exactly, is the only recourse many Palestinians have when Israel controls all access to Palestinian land from Land, Sea and Air, as well as c...  [Read More]
Posted in: Israeli/Palestinian Conflict MEGATHREAD
  Astor
01-03-2009, 2:57 PM
#92
The office of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has also announced that the government has ordered the urgent call-up of "tens of thousands" of extra military reservists. Isn't that classed as 'overkill'?...  [Read More]
Posted in: Israeli/Palestinian Conflict MEGATHREAD
  Astor
01-03-2009, 2:00 PM
#89
So, asking us casual people to examine this footage isn't going to really solve anything. For the record, i'm not asking everyone to evaluate it, I saw the story and thought it had merit (more for the 'which side do we believe' part than the claim t...  [Read More]
Posted in: Israeli/Palestinian Conflict MEGATHREAD
  Astor
01-03-2009, 11:59 AM
#87
There are claims that one Israeli video of 'Hamas Militants' loading missile onto before being destroyed is actually a video of civilians removing property from a damaged building. Story, with video included. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle...  [Read More]
Posted in: Israeli/Palestinian Conflict MEGATHREAD
  Astor
01-02-2009, 1:42 PM
#85
I am going to say everyone is overlooking the other major player in all this, Iran. Aside from condemning Israel's attacks, Iran hasn't done anything. The only major players here are Hamas and Israel....  [Read More]
Posted in: Israeli/Palestinian Conflict MEGATHREAD
  Astor
12-30-2008, 6:21 AM
#56
That's a laugh, seriously Israel has not restricted shipments of food, they have required everything going in to be searched though for good reason. From Wikipedia: Israel, which governed the Gaza Strip from 1967-2005, still controls the strip's ai...  [Read More]
Posted in: Israeli/Palestinian Conflict MEGATHREAD
  Astor
12-29-2008, 5:14 AM
#11
I mean, what was one of their leading arguments as to why they did this according to the paper I read? Oh yeah, they wanted the Palestinians to give in to more "favorable" "peace" terms. Favourable in Israel's eyes must mean no...  [Read More]
Posted in: Israeli/Palestinian Conflict MEGATHREAD
  Astor
12-28-2008, 10:52 AM
#2
I think that Israel's response, as usual, is a little overblown. And they can hardly continue to portray themselves as the injured party when they act in such a manner....  [Read More]
Posted in: Mass Media:Is there bias, perceived or actual?
  Astor
12-23-2008, 1:15 PM
#3
Look if the accusation of MSNBC trying to deliberately disrupt the Republican Convention is true, it doesn't give MSNBC much in the way of credibility. But that's an incredibly big 'if', surely?...  [Read More]
Posted in: Mass Media's pathological hatred of Bush
  Astor
12-23-2008, 2:06 PM
#44
Nuclear Weapons, and the fact Obama doesn't want to provoke the man with sanctions and instead just wants to sit down and have tea with the nutcase. So, by what you're saying, the US should provoke him, and not try and find a peaceful solution?...  [Read More]
Posted in: Mass Media's pathological hatred of Bush
  Astor
12-23-2008, 1:59 PM
#40
You think it's bad now, just wait for what could potentially be a second holocaust. That's a ridiculous exaggeration. Why would Obama being president logically lead to a holocaust?...  [Read More]
Posted in: Mass Media's pathological hatred of Bush
  Astor
12-23-2008, 1:12 PM
#29
It is when they are editting it to try to advance a political agenda. Furthermore, not every news station does it. Fox News only split up Bill O'Reilly's interviews with Hillary, Obama, and McCain on seperate nights because it wouldn't all fit in one...  [Read More]
Posted in: Mass Media's pathological hatred of Bush
  Astor
12-23-2008, 12:55 PM
#22
Also an interesting side note CBS has a practice of only airing parts of interviews, we still have yet to see the full interview between Palin and Couric. We only saw the parts that CBS wanted the public to see. Every news outlet does that, so I don...  [Read More]
Posted in: Jewish and Christianity Question - Is God all knowing?
  Astor
12-28-2008, 12:31 PM
#59
If we really believe that god has a plan and that when things happen, they happen in accordance with god's plan, then theists shouldn't wear seat belts. We shouldn't seek justice when a crime is committed. If it is truly in god's hands, then we shoul...  [Read More]
Posted in: Are you traveling for the holidays?
  Astor
12-18-2008, 5:14 PM
#5
I'm going down to the Kent area for the weekend... looking forward to a nice 3hr journey tomorrow morning. :)...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Ayers thread
  Astor
12-23-2008, 5:55 AM
#104
Because he was the guy that the New York Times Interviewed... Right, because I'm sure Ayers' used his powers of foresight to have his interview printed on the day of the largest terror attack in world history. :dozey:...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Ayers thread
  Astor
12-22-2008, 6:55 AM
#84
I'm not saying Obama planned the fraud stuff in 2008, but he probably was involved in prior elections. Probably? You'll have to do better than speculation to convince us of that....  [Read More]
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