"It is believed that China has only about 20 intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of hitting targets across the United States and another 20 or so that could reach the US northwest and northern Pacific. If the NMD system works as advertised these could easily be knocked out.
In practice, however, these particular missiles have long been of little if any deterrent value as far as the US is concerned. They are located in silos that are vulnerable to pre- emptive strike, whether nuclear or conventional. They are powered by volatile liquid fuel which is stored separately from the rockets.
Furthermore, China does not have the early warning capability to detect a nuclear attack in time to launch its ICBMs before they are knocked out. "
"And they have no ambition to develop into a world trading partner, they just want to develop enough military might so they can point nukes at the USA and annex Taiwan."
You are not Chinese, troll yes, but not Chinese. The Chinese military has a puny budget compared to the war hawks in the United States Pentagon. American military spending will outstrip the GNP of Tawian soon.
Ok I visited that Daniken site and it is obvious that you were joking.
From the Daniken site:
"For over 30 years, Erich von Däniken has pursued the theory which postulates that Earth might have been visited by extraterrestrials in the remote past. Erich von Däniken, the world's most successful non-fiction writer of all time, has written 26 books on the topic and has sold over 60 million copies worldwide. His books have been translated into 32 languages. In the United States Erich von Däniken won instant fame as a result of the television special "In Search of Ancient Astronauts," based upon his first book Chariots of the Gods. In addition, Erich von Däniken has participated and contributed in numerous film and TV productions, has written countless articles and compilations, and produced a CDRom. Fluent in four languages, Erich von Däniken is an avid researcher and an energetic traveler, averaging 100'000 miles per year to visit remote places of the Earth. This enables him to closely examine the phenomena about which he writes. Together with two planning committees he is currently building a gigantic theme park called "Mysteries of the World" in Interlaken / Switzerland. His research organization, the AAS RA (Archaeology, Astronautics & SETI Research Association), comprises laymen and academics from all walks of life. Internationally, there are about 10,000 members. Click here to get FREE INFORMATION about the AAS RA, Erich's research organization!. The AAS RA publishes Legendary Times(TM), the organization's journal, 6 times per year. It is the only publication in the world to exclusively report about the Ancient Astronaut theory."
There is a pretty fucking good reason why it is the only publication to do that!
I find it sad that this guy's mental flaggetions have sold 60 million copies. Kinda of like how Nostradamus ends up the most searched keyword on Google Zeitegeist so often. One day the earth will not be teeming with idiots, one day.
Raise the scimitar jackass. Being the hyper confrontational nation that the United States is, no wonder why its war hawks feel the need for missile defence defense systems. It is funny that the US government spend over 400 billion a year on weapons, with any hop all these military spending increaess might collapse the economy.
The same troll. Tibet was part of China in 1911. After the Chinese revolution according to the Dalai Llama it became indpendent, but no other nation recognized this independence until Tibet became a convenient Cold War pawn.
That will only happen when they do not have the preponderance to bully every other nation, or if the other nations start sticking together in blocs, like the EU, ASEAN, etc.
Religion is/was never about freedom. Religion is about limiting freedom in the mind, trying to trace the radicality of the world into untenable things such as God and spirituality, where preists and monks are above us all.
You xenophobic American. The Chinese have recently allowed Tibetan monks to practice their faith. They even offered the Dalai Llama to be the spritiual, but not politicial, leader of Tibet. Since His Holiness is in the pay of the CIA he will not accept this, he wants the theocracy back and to invite the US to rape Tibet.
Did you know that before the Chinese occuppied Tibet that only 2 percent(monks and other members of the theocratic class) of the population could read and that, that same 2 percent owned all the land? Did you know that Beijing puts more money into the province of Tibet, than it gets out?
Did you know that Tibet was only "free" from 1912 until 1959? It was part of China before that, the Chinese revolution of 1911 allowed the theocrats to break away from China.
If you want to learn about a real progressive school look up Francisco Ferrer and the Escuela Moderna. Or read his book, "THE ORIGIN AND IDEALS OF THE MODERN SCHOOL". MIT is progressive in a narrow sense of the word.
Colleges/universities are not really in the buisness of "educating" they are just selling reputations.
If you define education as sitting in an institution doing whatever your teacher tells you and being graded on your obedience, then MIT fits in well. If you define education as accumulating knowledge, then you do not need to go to an institution to do that, just pick up books and start reading.
It is the Fifth Element, aka Milla Jovovich, not the fifth force, get it right.
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I especially liked:
"Innocents are protected under the Laws of Armed Conflict, and {God|Allah|Buddha|Bob} help the soldier caught harassing, molesting, or injuring a non-combatant."
The government makes the law, not to police itself but to minimize the power of the ruled masses. Law does not really apply to governments. Who is gonna go after the government if it breaks the law -- the government? Bwhahahaha!
Why is Finnish such a phonetically unpleasing language? Instead of talking Finnish all the time, the Fins should just use sandpaper on their vocal cords.
Units like the SEALs should be able to cover as much distance as possible. They are not supposed to be bodybuilders or weightlifters, they should be lean and have stamina.
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What a great troll, too bad the troll library is down.
"Remember, not all geeks are 90 lbs soaking wet. 6'2", 375lbs. Yes, you read that right. I sit in front of a computer all day drinking Mt Dew Code Red, my ass has no where to go but out."
You idiot, they do it so they can jump out of planes, repel down mountains, go rafting and other activities for free. You know how much it costs to sky dive?
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They already have ICBMs and have had them for quite some time now. You are A)lying or B)very ignorant.
According to this BBC article:
"It is believed that China has only about 20 intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of hitting targets across the United States and another 20 or so that could reach the US northwest and northern Pacific. If the NMD system works as advertised these could easily be knocked out.
In practice, however, these particular missiles have long been of little if any deterrent value as far as the US is concerned. They are located in silos that are vulnerable to pre- emptive strike, whether nuclear or conventional. They are powered by volatile liquid fuel which is stored separately from the rockets.
Furthermore, China does not have the early warning capability to detect a nuclear attack in time to launch its ICBMs before they are knocked out. "
"And they have no ambition to develop into a world trading partner, they just want to develop enough military might so they can point nukes at the USA and annex Taiwan."
You are not Chinese, troll yes, but not Chinese. The Chinese military has a puny budget compared to the war hawks in the United States Pentagon. American military spending will outstrip the GNP of Tawian soon.
Ok I visited that Daniken site and it is obvious that you were joking.
From the Daniken site:
"For over 30 years, Erich von Däniken has pursued the theory which postulates that Earth might have been visited by extraterrestrials in the remote past. Erich von Däniken, the world's most successful non-fiction writer of all time, has written 26 books on the topic and has sold over 60 million copies worldwide. His books have been translated into 32 languages. In the United States Erich von Däniken won instant fame as a result of the television special "In Search of Ancient Astronauts," based upon his first book Chariots of the Gods. In addition, Erich von Däniken has participated and contributed in numerous film and TV productions, has written countless articles and compilations, and produced a CDRom. Fluent in four languages, Erich von Däniken is an avid researcher and an energetic traveler, averaging 100'000 miles per year to visit remote places of the Earth. This enables him to closely examine the phenomena about which he writes. Together with two planning committees he is currently building a gigantic theme park called "Mysteries of the World" in Interlaken / Switzerland. His research organization, the AAS RA (Archaeology, Astronautics & SETI Research Association), comprises laymen and academics from all walks of life. Internationally, there are about 10,000 members. Click here to get FREE INFORMATION about the AAS RA, Erich's research organization!. The AAS RA publishes Legendary Times(TM), the organization's journal, 6 times per year. It is the only publication in the world to exclusively report about the Ancient Astronaut theory."
There is a pretty fucking good reason why it is the only publication to do that!
I find it sad that this guy's mental flaggetions have sold 60 million copies. Kinda of like how Nostradamus ends up the most searched keyword on Google Zeitegeist so often. One day the earth will not be teeming with idiots, one day.
When you religious nuts can prove that your God exists, then talk to me about who has a limited mind.
Raise the scimitar jackass. Being the hyper confrontational nation that the United States is, no wonder why its war hawks feel the need for missile defence defense systems. It is funny that the US government spend over 400 billion a year on weapons, with any hop all these military spending increaess might collapse the economy.
The same troll. Tibet was part of China in 1911. After the Chinese revolution according to the Dalai Llama it became indpendent, but no other nation recognized this independence until Tibet became a convenient Cold War pawn.
That will only happen when they do not have the preponderance to bully every other nation, or if the other nations start sticking together in blocs, like the EU, ASEAN, etc.
Religion is/was never about freedom. Religion is about limiting freedom in the mind, trying to trace the radicality of the world into untenable things such as God and spirituality, where preists and monks are above us all.
You xenophobic American. The Chinese have recently allowed Tibetan monks to practice their faith. They even offered the Dalai Llama to be the spritiual, but not politicial, leader of Tibet. Since His Holiness is in the pay of the CIA he will not accept this, he wants the theocracy back and to invite the US to rape Tibet.
Did you know that before the Chinese occuppied Tibet that only 2 percent(monks and other members of the theocratic class) of the population could read and that, that same 2 percent owned all the land? Did you know that Beijing puts more money into the province of Tibet, than it gets out?
Did you know that Tibet was only "free" from 1912 until 1959? It was part of China before that, the Chinese revolution of 1911 allowed the theocrats to break away from China.
What are you waiting for? Mod the parent post up!
This movie was as bad as the books.
A good rule of thumb:
The student should lead the teacher and not the teacher the student.
If you want to learn about a real progressive school look up Francisco Ferrer and the Escuela Moderna. Or read his book, "THE ORIGIN AND IDEALS OF THE MODERN SCHOOL". MIT is progressive in a narrow sense of the word.
Is that just jiberish, or an obscure language I never heard of?
Colleges/universities are not really in the buisness of "educating" they are just selling reputations.
If you define education as sitting in an institution doing whatever your teacher tells you and being graded on your obedience, then MIT fits in well. If you define education as accumulating knowledge, then you do not need to go to an institution to do that, just pick up books and start reading.
Lucent's webpage only loaded at 18kb/s. Sad.
It is the Fifth Element, aka Milla Jovovich, not the fifth force, get it right.
I especially liked:
"Innocents are protected under the Laws of Armed Conflict, and {God|Allah|Buddha|Bob} help the soldier caught harassing, molesting, or injuring a non-combatant."
The government makes the law, not to police itself but to minimize the power of the ruled masses. Law does not really apply to governments. Who is gonna go after the government if it breaks the law -- the government? Bwhahahaha!
No. it is because the Jews are too cheap to buy Ham. How do you think they got so rich? Certainly not by buying expensive hams!
Why is Finnish such a phonetically unpleasing language? Instead of talking Finnish all the time, the Fins should just use sandpaper on their vocal cords.
Units like the SEALs should be able to cover as much distance as possible. They are not supposed to be bodybuilders or weightlifters, they should be lean and have stamina.
What a great troll, too bad the troll library is down.
How many does neoliberalism kill? It is immeasureable but it is probably will top them all when it is done.
"Remember, not all geeks are 90 lbs soaking wet. 6'2", 375lbs. Yes, you read that right. I sit in front of a computer all day drinking Mt Dew Code Red, my ass has no where to go but out."
Flounder is a good name for you.
You idiot, they do it so they can jump out of planes, repel down mountains, go rafting and other activities for free. You know how much it costs to sky dive?