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Third 2012 US Presidential Debate Tonight: Discuss Here
Tonight marks the third and final U.S. Presidential debate in the lead-up to the election on November 6th. It starts at 9PM ET (6PM PT, 0100 UTC), and it's taking place at Lynn University in Florida. The topic this time around is foreign policy, including discussions of Afghanistan and Pakistan, Israel and Iran, America's role in the world, "The Changing Middle East and the New Face of Terrorism," and China's rise as a superpower. You can livestream it from the usual suspects: (C-SPAN, ABC, PBS, CNN). Politifact has posted an article fact-checking statements the candidates have made about foreign policy. Both they and Factcheck.org will be using Twitter to verify statements in real time. This presidential debate again excludes the smaller U.S. political parties. If you're interested in hearing other voices, you'll be able to see candidates from the Libertarian, Green, Constitution, and Justice parties in a debate tomorrow with Larry King moderating. As before, we're doing a separate post for the debate in the hopes that political talk won't clutter other stories tonight. Tell us what you think as the debate unfolds. For live conversation, remember: context helps. And, as reader Ryanator2209 keeps pointing out, you can entertain yourself by playing Logical Fallacy Bingo while you watch.
Once the majority of either governors or at least 25% of one of the congress-pools is 3rd party, they won't have a chance. I wish people would figure that out; a viable party isn't going to start in the White House.
Before I start on this rant, let me just say: if you mod me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.
While this Earth-shatteringly important Candidate Pissing Match/Circlejerk is all over the media, what coverage on that same media is offered the current situation at the BBC and the higher echelons of British society? I speak of the massive, massive conspiracy of silence that appears to be centered around the British Broadcasting Corporation, more specifically the dressing room of the late Sir James Saville.
The BBC knew about the paedophile activities of Sir Saville that occurred within their own hallowed halls. They did nothing. They did not report anything. As a collective they just carried on as normal, even publicly japing at the "rumours" of Sir Saville's strange sexual habits.
The Metropolitan Police knew through complaints made by victims, about the paedophile activities of Sir Saville. They said there was not enough evidence and carried it no further.
The Director of Public Prosecutions knew through criminal complaints filed by victims who had bypassed the Police because the Police had basically called them liars, yet they closed the files before they even made it to a courtroom.
It wasn't until the true scale of the abuses literally smashed its way through millions of television screens last week and throttled the British public into the realisation that something was very, very wrong at the BBC, that anybody is finally doing anything about it. What do we have? The BBC promising internal enquiries into the matter.
Great. Where does that leave survivors when they come back and say "NFA"?
The Courts still aren't going to take any notice unless by Royal mandate.
The Royals aren't going to issue that mandate because...
THEY ARE ALSO INVOLVED.
Operation Guillotine is in effect.