"Then go to a website for a Ukrainian embassy in an English speaking country and you will see that they only say Ukraine and not "the Ukraine". I've been to Ukraine. I know. " Yeah, great logic. Is English the native language of Ukrainians? Is the ultimate authoritative body on the English language located in their country? Why would anyone care what they think their country's name in English is? Oh, you've been to Ukraine? I'm so sorry, you must really know what you're talking about then:D
I don't really give a damn whether it's Ukraine or The Ukraine. I suspect that only butt-hurt nationalists care. Neither Ukrainian, nor Russian languages have articles (as in "a word (or prefix or suffix) that is used with a noun to indicate the type of reference being made by the noun") so there's only one name and it sounds the same in both languages, but you know that, don't you? You're an expert on Ukraine after all.
You'd better follow your own advice and read up on the circumstances of the Korean Air 007 case. For instance: "In 1983, Cold War tensions between the US and USSR had escalated to a level not seen since the Cuban Missile Crisis because of several factors. These included the United States' Strategic Defense Initiative, its planned deployment of Pershing II missiles in Europe in March and April, and FleetEx '83, the largest fleet exercise held to date in the North Pacific.[26] The military hierarchy of the Soviet Union (particularly the old guard led by Soviet General Secretary Yuri Andropov and Soviet Defense Minister Dmitry Ustinov) viewed these actions as bellicose and destabilizing; they were deeply suspicious of US President Ronald Reagan's intentions and openly fearful he was planning a first strike nuclear attack against the Soviet Union. These fears culminated in Operation RYAN, the code name for a secret intelligence gathering program initiated by Andropov to detect a potential nuclear sneak attack which he believed Reagan was plotting.[27] Aircraft from USS Midway and USS Enterprise repeatedly overflew Soviet military installations in the disputed Kurile Islands during FleetEx '83,[28] resulting in the dismissal or reprimanding of Soviet military officials who had been unable to shoot them down.[29] On the Soviet side, Operation RYAN was expanded.[29] Lastly, there was a heightened alert around the Kamchatka Peninsula at the time KAL 007 was in the vicinity, because of a Soviet missile test that was scheduled for the same day. A United States Air Force RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft flying in the area was monitoring the missile test off the peninsula.[30]" What do you think would happen to an unidentified aircraft crossing into the US airspace border and approaching, say, Seattle during the Cuban Missile crisis?
"Just develop a pill that "cures" female aversion to bald (or balding) men." That cure is money, power and confidence/perseverance. Apply separately or stirred (not shaken).
"That one is vitamin D, the only nutrient for which you can make a case for taking a supplement." Or, just spend a total of 20 minutes a day in the sun.
"I'm male. I'm 5'9" and weigh 118-120 lbs. I eat mostly bread and vegetables, rice, potatoes, with some meat and fruit. I can't stand most fat (most fatty acids taste like something rotting to me) and so I tend to have a very low fat intake. HCLF, effectively. I tend not to feel hunger much, so I use alarms to remind me when to eat." Are you about 25 years old and living in Europe?:)
This is hilarious. A person with "ghandhi" in the nickname advocates gun ownership. That person also lies: gun ownership is not forbidden in Mexico - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...
"my only issue with that is I can avoid doing business with *insert private company here*," Try avoiding business with Experian, Equifax, TransUnion or Innovis.
"There should be a lot of bank executives serving 20+ year sentences right now but they all get a pass for some reason." Because what they did was not illegal. It still isn't. Las Vegas, baby.
"Some examples, modded to 5 stars: "She sounds hideous."" You've never seen any 5-start modded jokes about the "stinky", "fat", "dorky", etc "basement dwellers"? Do you know for sure that the people who posted bad jokes actually posted them b/c she was a woman? Or maybe, they found the idea of not using hygiene products for four weeks gross regardless of gender?
""A 4 week test on something related to skin and they used a female journalist? Could by chance her skin complexion improved because of her menstrual cycle? There's about a 75% chance that she wasn't coming off of her period right before application so of course she probably noticed improvements to her skin, especially her face, over a 4 week test."" That's actually a valid (maybe not very well thought or worded, but still valid) remark if you know anything about the human, and female in particular, physiology. I'm not exactly sure how you managed to read so badly into that. Even men are thought to have some kind of "hormone cycle" which needs to be taken into account during the scientific experiments.
"Her appearance and aroma are what make her of interest to me!" So, you're asexual? Good for you. But unless you prove that the way you feel towards women is objectively better than the way most men feel, I'd suggest you don't argue that the other men are somehow worse for paying attention to her physical characteristics. I did too. I also paid attention to her personal characteristics.
"Haven't you heard? Asking a girl out is apparently rape now. Basically if she thinks you're unattractive, she'll label you creepy (a common complaint for nerds and geeks), and, now, thanks to modern feminism, believes you've just 'assaulted' her." I haven't. I ask out women. I get rejected (politely) sometimes. Most of the time, it just doesn't work out. Nobody labeled me "creepy" (that I'm aware of). Nobody called the police. Are you sure you're not the problem?
Actually, judging by what you've written, you probably are.
PS. Haven't you heard? The majority of women are not stupid/crazy/bitches/feminists.
"Ever seen a guy repeatedly ask a girl out, who always says no, and have him not give it up? That's rape culture." That's funny. I have two female friends who actually told me that they dated several guys b/c they were persistent (like hitting on them at every opportunity and asking them out every week or even more often) and they liked it in men.
"Relative to current events: the most-recent psychopath killer tried to pretend to be civilized, and failed; Clearly the females he encountered were not fooled" Well, Ted Bundy OTOH fooled a lot of people.
"Political parties opposed to ethanol subsidies and mandates: Green, Libertarian, Republican (tea partiers)" The "Greens" in favor of more vehicle emissions? Source please.
The first case is about FERMENTATION, i.e. the making of ethanol. The second one is about the possibility of a particular bacterium SOMETIMES found in ethanol aggravating the fatigue cracking of pipeline steels. Unless you can provide any direct evidence to "bacteria growing in within a week due to the ethanol being a great thriving place for it", I'd recommend you refrain from ohyeaying:)
"adding ethanol is corporate welfare(for farmers) which makes ABSOLUTELY NO FINANCIAL SENSE WHATSOEVER. it's stupid" Isn't ethanol added to help the fuel burn more completely, with less soot or something?
Don't be silly. Most snakes don't prey on humans, b/c killing humans is a waste of poison - they can't eat us (with the exception of the tiny number of those large enough to do that).
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"Then go to a website for a Ukrainian embassy in an English speaking country and you will see that they only say Ukraine and not "the Ukraine". I've been to Ukraine. I know. " :D
Yeah, great logic. Is English the native language of Ukrainians? Is the ultimate authoritative body on the English language located in their country? Why would anyone care what they think their country's name in English is? Oh, you've been to Ukraine? I'm so sorry, you must really know what you're talking about then
I don't really give a damn whether it's Ukraine or The Ukraine. I suspect that only butt-hurt nationalists care. Neither Ukrainian, nor Russian languages have articles (as in "a word (or prefix or suffix) that is used with a noun to indicate the type of reference being made by the noun") so there's only one name and it sounds the same in both languages, but you know that, don't you? You're an expert on Ukraine after all.
PS. What's your opinion on "The Hague", I wonder?
You'd better follow your own advice and read up on the circumstances of the Korean Air 007 case. For instance:
"In 1983, Cold War tensions between the US and USSR had escalated to a level not seen since the Cuban Missile Crisis because of several factors. These included the United States' Strategic Defense Initiative, its planned deployment of Pershing II missiles in Europe in March and April, and FleetEx '83, the largest fleet exercise held to date in the North Pacific.[26] The military hierarchy of the Soviet Union (particularly the old guard led by Soviet General Secretary Yuri Andropov and Soviet Defense Minister Dmitry Ustinov) viewed these actions as bellicose and destabilizing; they were deeply suspicious of US President Ronald Reagan's intentions and openly fearful he was planning a first strike nuclear attack against the Soviet Union. These fears culminated in Operation RYAN, the code name for a secret intelligence gathering program initiated by Andropov to detect a potential nuclear sneak attack which he believed Reagan was plotting.[27]
Aircraft from USS Midway and USS Enterprise repeatedly overflew Soviet military installations in the disputed Kurile Islands during FleetEx '83,[28] resulting in the dismissal or reprimanding of Soviet military officials who had been unable to shoot them down.[29] On the Soviet side, Operation RYAN was expanded.[29] Lastly, there was a heightened alert around the Kamchatka Peninsula at the time KAL 007 was in the vicinity, because of a Soviet missile test that was scheduled for the same day. A United States Air Force RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft flying in the area was monitoring the missile test off the peninsula.[30]"
What do you think would happen to an unidentified aircraft crossing into the US airspace border and approaching, say, Seattle during the Cuban Missile crisis?
...and yet they had no invasion plans. Only the defensive ones. Strange, isn't?
"Just develop a pill that "cures" female aversion to bald (or balding) men."
That cure is money, power and confidence/perseverance. Apply separately or stirred (not shaken).
"That one is vitamin D, the only nutrient for which you can make a case for taking a supplement."
Or, just spend a total of 20 minutes a day in the sun.
"I'm male. I'm 5'9" and weigh 118-120 lbs. I eat mostly bread and vegetables, rice, potatoes, with some meat and fruit. I can't stand most fat (most fatty acids taste like something rotting to me) and so I tend to have a very low fat intake. HCLF, effectively. I tend not to feel hunger much, so I use alarms to remind me when to eat." :)
Are you about 25 years old and living in Europe?
Can you provide any sources for YOUR information?
"2% or so is within what you'd expect of random noise."
Any suggestions as to why that "random noise" keeps constantly increasing?
This is hilarious. A person with "ghandhi" in the nickname advocates gun ownership.
That person also lies: gun ownership is not forbidden in Mexico - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...
FUCKING. TAKE. YOUR. MEDS.
"my only issue with that is I can avoid doing business with *insert private company here*,"
Try avoiding business with Experian, Equifax, TransUnion or Innovis.
Awww. A troll. How cute.
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"There should be a lot of bank executives serving 20+ year sentences right now but they all get a pass for some reason."
Because what they did was not illegal. It still isn't. Las Vegas, baby.
"I do believe that the whole mortgage crisis was caused not by banks"
"Remember, kids, there's no stupid answers, only stupid people... Yes, Eric?" (c)
"it was indeed about the States losing their rights" and etc.
Yes, their right to keep other people as slaves.
PS. I hope you turn off your reality distortion device at least once in a while...
"Some examples, modded to 5 stars: "She sounds hideous.""
You've never seen any 5-start modded jokes about the "stinky", "fat", "dorky", etc "basement dwellers"? Do you know for sure that the people who posted bad jokes actually posted them b/c she was a woman? Or maybe, they found the idea of not using hygiene products for four weeks gross regardless of gender?
""A 4 week test on something related to skin and they used a female journalist? Could by chance her skin complexion improved because of her menstrual cycle? There's about a 75% chance that she wasn't coming off of her period right before application so of course she probably noticed improvements to her skin, especially her face, over a 4 week test.""
That's actually a valid (maybe not very well thought or worded, but still valid) remark if you know anything about the human, and female in particular, physiology. I'm not exactly sure how you managed to read so badly into that. Even men are thought to have some kind of "hormone cycle" which needs to be taken into account during the scientific experiments.
"Her appearance and aroma are what make her of interest to me!"
So, you're asexual? Good for you. But unless you prove that the way you feel towards women is objectively better than the way most men feel, I'd suggest you don't argue that the other men are somehow worse for paying attention to her physical characteristics. I did too. I also paid attention to her personal characteristics.
"Haven't you heard? Asking a girl out is apparently rape now. Basically if she thinks you're unattractive, she'll label you creepy (a common complaint for nerds and geeks), and, now, thanks to modern feminism, believes you've just 'assaulted' her."
I haven't. I ask out women. I get rejected (politely) sometimes. Most of the time, it just doesn't work out. Nobody labeled me "creepy" (that I'm aware of). Nobody called the police. Are you sure you're not the problem?
Actually, judging by what you've written, you probably are.
PS. Haven't you heard? The majority of women are not stupid/crazy/bitches/feminists.
"Ever seen a guy repeatedly ask a girl out, who always says no, and have him not give it up? That's rape culture."
That's funny. I have two female friends who actually told me that they dated several guys b/c they were persistent (like hitting on them at every opportunity and asking them out every week or even more often) and they liked it in men.
"Relative to current events: the most-recent psychopath killer tried to pretend to be civilized, and failed; Clearly the females he encountered were not fooled"
Well, Ted Bundy OTOH fooled a lot of people.
"Political parties opposed to ethanol subsidies and mandates: Green, Libertarian, Republican (tea partiers)"
The "Greens" in favor of more vehicle emissions? Source please.
The first case is about FERMENTATION, i.e. the making of ethanol. :)
The second one is about the possibility of a particular bacterium SOMETIMES found in ethanol aggravating the fatigue cracking of pipeline steels.
Unless you can provide any direct evidence to "bacteria growing in within a week due to the ethanol being a great thriving place for it", I'd recommend you refrain from ohyeaying
Whoever modded up this crap should go back to high school. Ethanol kills most bacteria, fungi and viruses.
"adding ethanol is corporate welfare(for farmers) which makes ABSOLUTELY NO FINANCIAL SENSE WHATSOEVER. it's stupid"
Isn't ethanol added to help the fuel burn more completely, with less soot or something?
Don't be silly. Most snakes don't prey on humans, b/c killing humans is a waste of poison - they can't eat us (with the exception of the tiny number of those large enough to do that).