Actually, Soviet voting was completely anonymous. Not that the results weren't predetermined. The solution being to only allow Communist party members access to candidacy.
My god/comrades, this sounds exactly like the US system! Choose between two members of the same secret society. Ah, we're making a difference, voters!
Remember the "Ice Weasel" nonsense? That was because the Debian team did not want to use a copyrighted Firefox logo. Isn't Sun's Java going to have the same problem?
To further elaborate on the parent, from a remote host you can access the whole hard drive easily, even if only a few deeper folders are shared. And this is not an exploit, it's accepted functionality. All it takes is an edit to a boot script and your box is hacked. Windows file sharing does not belong on the internet. Use a VPN if you want to share stuff this way.
Hmm, have you read that link beyond the first sentence? It says Iraq provided safe haven for pro-Palestinian groups. So does my country, the UK. Just being "pro-something" doesn't mean anything. And the support of anti-Iranian groups? They have been at war for many years in the past and are now in the process of something similar to a cold-war with each other. We have the same deeds in our past, the US has for four decades and still to this day supports almost any group that happens to share a common interest. You trained most of the South American war criminals at your "Camp of the Americas" with lessons in torture and espionage.
From the article:
The regime has not attempted an anti-Western terrorist attack since its failed plot to assassinate former President Bush in 1993 in Kuwait.
Note that at this point the US had made several attempts on Saddam's life. Your hypocrisy is unbelievable. For every accusation of "terrorism" in that article against Iraq, the US has done pretty much the same thing elsewhere.
See, that's what I'm hoping for. However, I am very aware of the fact that the people you find on the net aren't representative of the general population. Lot's of folk I know here in the UK don't use the net much past email and booking flights etc., so they are unaware of the "alternative media" out there. I suppose the best each of us can do is to play our part and point more and more alternate sources out to people.
Please please please tell me that this stuff is all over the mainstream news and that most folk are aware of the dirty tricks. If not, I have offically lost all hope for the USA.
The makers of that chart need to get themselves a dictionary. A person attacking invading foreign nationals is not a terrorist. They are not attacking civilians, they are attacking war profiteers. It doesn't make what they do any more morally valid, but they are not terrorists. What is happening there has happened in every other war. Do you think the French Resistance surrendered when the Nazi's came through and started to own their industry? No, they commited insurgent acts aimed at preventing or restricting the rape of their countries resources that war is generally about.
Every time the US or the UK government use "the T word" in relation to Iraq, the are deliberately (and maliciously) making a connection between the events of 9/11 and their invasion of Iraq. That is absolutely discraceful and anyone who lost anyone they knew in 9/11 should be livid about it.
Am I the only one here who recalls being bent over and blowing into the system/cartridge, daring to hope that it might start up this time if I only I blew hard enough?
Try cleaning the contacts with an alcohol solution. The likely problem is that the top layer of metal has oxidized and doesn't conduct all that well.
We're on our third 360 (all at MS's expense thankfully) and this one seems a little better put together but I'm still scared of it letting go OUTSIDE the warranty period now; I can't see this thing lasting a couple of years, especially at those temperatures shown in the video.
Don't worry about it. The manufacturers warranty has the disclaimer "your statutory rights are not affected". You later mention that you are in the UK; well we have pretty good consumer law at the moment. Getting a repair out of warranty isn't all that big a deal, even up to six years later. Speak to Trading Standards if you ever have any hassle.
Does the US really not have a sale of goods act? Regardless of warrenty you could return that for free repair in the UK.
I've discussed this with Americans in the past and it does seem to be that way i.e. they have a manufacturers warranty only. However, most people in the UK incorrectly think we are the same and the sales people perpetuate this myth. For those not in the know, you can up to around six years of warranty. It's all down to how long you would "reasonably" expect the item to last.
I don't see why anyone would immediately discredit the article with a comment like "Because I'm sure no one would go on the air and try to drum up a scandal aimed at the biggest target they can find. "
When free access to history and information exists, then wordsmithing loses its authority and power.
Sure. Hows the "War On Terror" coming along, specifically the "regime change" as a part of the "Operation Iraqi Freedom"? We are just as bad, we just cover things up via re-writing them in history books, movies and popular culture instead of suppressing. The terrorists hate freedom, don't you know? That's the only reason they might dislike us. Honestly!! Nothing to do with our history in the Middle East. Oh look, American Gladiators is on...what was I saying...?
The incursion, which occurred on April 21, came after Iranian claims that a number of attacks had been conducted against Iranian army and Revolutionary Guard posts in recent weeks.
That is, 100% to the letter, the rationale that Israel uses on a monthly basis.
While Iraq started the Iran-Iraq war with an invasion, Iran had invaded Kurdish Iraq several times.
When?
It has also invaded US soil by taking the US embassy in 1979.
Well, if that's your interpretation of "invaded", I'd love to see a list of the places where America has "invaded" i.e. anywhere there were combatants on "enemy soil". This would be a long list.
Again, why should you have nukes and not them? Are you some sort of master race? (/godwin'd)
You are a true moron if you think a government which openly proclaims genocide should have anything nuclear.
You are the moron if you believe that. The only thing that springs to mind to make you believe that is the story about the Iranian leader wanting to wipe Israel off the map. Shame it was a deliberate mistranslation (more info)
Now, I'm sure there are extremists in Iran who say what you think represents the whole nation. These people are not in charge however. They are no different from Jerry Falwell, Rush Limbaugh and Alex Jones. There are extremists on all sides and if you filter your view to only these you get a completely jaded picture. And that is what is being deliberately done by your government, in the exact same way that the Iraq propaganda was done. They want you to fear the Iranians in the same way that duck and cover made you fear the soviets. For some of us this repetition is getting a bit boring.
Well, if you want to go back to the root of the problem, it's our fault (the UK). We divided up territories carved out over thousands of years with no sensibilities to their differences. All in the drive for resources. The US only started messing about in the 50s, after we'd pulled back a bit. But, collectively we are responsible for most of the problems. I'm not saying that it would be all milk and honey otherwise, but most of the problems (as perceived by us, who cares about Iranian income tax?) are our fault.
what a coup that would be! Iran with the only nuke program in the world!
How's that a problem? Iran hasn't attacked another country in over one hundred years. Sounds like a defensive policy to me. Oh, that's right, they are a different religion from you and therefore are eeeeevil.
Actually, the current administration has a lot to do with the recent escalation:
On Sept. 19, 2005, North Korea signed a widely heralded denuclearization agreement with the United States, China, Russia, Japan and South Korea. Pyongyang pledged to "abandon all nuclear weapons and existing nuclear programs." In return, Washington agreed that the United States and North Korea would "respect each other's sovereignty, exist peacefully together and take steps to normalize their relations."
Four days later, the U.S. Treasury Department imposed sweeping financial sanctions against North Korea designed to cut off the country's access to the international banking system, branding it a "criminal state" guilty of counterfeiting, money laundering and trafficking in weapons of mass destruction.
they HATE westerners in general because their economy is a quagmire of shit and it's easier to hate wealthy nations than it is to reform a poor government run by corrupt theologues
If you want to know why we are hated by them, pick up a history book and start reading. Their hatred is 100% justified and it has nothing to do with freedom or economics.
The sad thing is watching Blair jump on this bandwagon, when it was Blair's party which has brought the closest thing to peace Northern Ireland has had for years.
No, it was Al Qaida that stopped the IRA. After 9/11, New Yorkers realized that putting money in the green bins for the Irish terrorists might not be all that good an idea. After that, the IRAs funding completely dried up; they resort now to robbing banks to try to hold onto that last little bit of relevance.
The humiliation brought on by the treaty of Versailles played a huge part in the rise of Hitler, and there is no equivalent in the US.
9/11?
(jesus, I'm sounding like a Republican here)
That has a constitution with such a high regard by its citizens that has failed enough for the country to be radically changed politically.
While the US holds the intent of the constitution dearly, the constitution itself is a shadow of it's former self. It is this erosion of the constitution that has led to this debate in the first place.
Just because the Pentagon will issue some press releases, this doesn't stop you, me or anyone else from putting our ideas out there as well.
How does that work in far-off war zones, where the only journalists there are already Pentagon-approved? This really means no real change; all the news networks currently just reissue their press releases verbatim anyway. It's more of an officialisation of the current system, cutting out the middle-man. All hail our new information overlords!
Fine then. Care to backup that oppression with some proof? I've yet to see it. During the coup, that was oppression. The media were told not to show any Chavez supporters. There were police firing at demonstrators.
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My god/comrades, this sounds exactly like the US system! Choose between two members of the same secret society. Ah, we're making a difference, voters!
Have a third party called: "The Third Party". They have ONE mandate. Remove the two-party system and all of it's corruption.
Remember the "Ice Weasel" nonsense? That was because the Debian team did not want to use a copyrighted Firefox logo. Isn't Sun's Java going to have the same problem?
To further elaborate on the parent, from a remote host you can access the whole hard drive easily, even if only a few deeper folders are shared. And this is not an exploit, it's accepted functionality. All it takes is an edit to a boot script and your box is hacked. Windows file sharing does not belong on the internet. Use a VPN if you want to share stuff this way.
From the article:
Note that at this point the US had made several attempts on Saddam's life. Your hypocrisy is unbelievable. For every accusation of "terrorism" in that article against Iraq, the US has done pretty much the same thing elsewhere.
See, that's what I'm hoping for. However, I am very aware of the fact that the people you find on the net aren't representative of the general population. Lot's of folk I know here in the UK don't use the net much past email and booking flights etc., so they are unaware of the "alternative media" out there. I suppose the best each of us can do is to play our part and point more and more alternate sources out to people.
Please please please tell me that this stuff is all over the mainstream news and that most folk are aware of the dirty tricks. If not, I have offically lost all hope for the USA.
The makers of that chart need to get themselves a dictionary. A person attacking invading foreign nationals is not a terrorist. They are not attacking civilians, they are attacking war profiteers. It doesn't make what they do any more morally valid, but they are not terrorists. What is happening there has happened in every other war. Do you think the French Resistance surrendered when the Nazi's came through and started to own their industry? No, they commited insurgent acts aimed at preventing or restricting the rape of their countries resources that war is generally about.
Every time the US or the UK government use "the T word" in relation to Iraq, the are deliberately (and maliciously) making a connection between the events of 9/11 and their invasion of Iraq. That is absolutely discraceful and anyone who lost anyone they knew in 9/11 should be livid about it.
Try cleaning the contacts with an alcohol solution. The likely problem is that the top layer of metal has oxidized and doesn't conduct all that well.
Don't worry about it. The manufacturers warranty has the disclaimer "your statutory rights are not affected". You later mention that you are in the UK; well we have pretty good consumer law at the moment. Getting a repair out of warranty isn't all that big a deal, even up to six years later. Speak to Trading Standards if you ever have any hassle.
I've discussed this with Americans in the past and it does seem to be that way i.e. they have a manufacturers warranty only. However, most people in the UK incorrectly think we are the same and the sales people perpetuate this myth. For those not in the know, you can up to around six years of warranty. It's all down to how long you would "reasonably" expect the item to last.
OK, how about someone from party A creating a fake video about party A, then exposing it as a fake to embarrass party B?
Sure. Hows the "War On Terror" coming along, specifically the "regime change" as a part of the "Operation Iraqi Freedom"? We are just as bad, we just cover things up via re-writing them in history books, movies and popular culture instead of suppressing. The terrorists hate freedom, don't you know? That's the only reason they might dislike us. Honestly!! Nothing to do with our history in the Middle East. Oh look, American Gladiators is on...what was I saying...?
From the article you linked:
That is, 100% to the letter, the rationale that Israel uses on a monthly basis.
When?
Well, if that's your interpretation of "invaded", I'd love to see a list of the places where America has "invaded" i.e. anywhere there were combatants on "enemy soil". This would be a long list.
Again, why should you have nukes and not them? Are you some sort of master race? (/godwin'd)
You are the moron if you believe that. The only thing that springs to mind to make you believe that is the story about the Iranian leader wanting to wipe Israel off the map. Shame it was a deliberate mistranslation (more info)
Now, I'm sure there are extremists in Iran who say what you think represents the whole nation. These people are not in charge however. They are no different from Jerry Falwell, Rush Limbaugh and Alex Jones. There are extremists on all sides and if you filter your view to only these you get a completely jaded picture. And that is what is being deliberately done by your government, in the exact same way that the Iraq propaganda was done. They want you to fear the Iranians in the same way that duck and cover made you fear the soviets. For some of us this repetition is getting a bit boring.
Well, if you want to go back to the root of the problem, it's our fault (the UK). We divided up territories carved out over thousands of years with no sensibilities to their differences. All in the drive for resources. The US only started messing about in the 50s, after we'd pulled back a bit. But, collectively we are responsible for most of the problems. I'm not saying that it would be all milk and honey otherwise, but most of the problems (as perceived by us, who cares about Iranian income tax?) are our fault.
How's that a problem? Iran hasn't attacked another country in over one hundred years. Sounds like a defensive policy to me. Oh, that's right, they are a different religion from you and therefore are eeeeevil.
Actually, the current administration has a lot to do with the recent escalation:
On Sept. 19, 2005, North Korea signed a widely heralded denuclearization agreement with the United States, China, Russia, Japan and South Korea. Pyongyang pledged to "abandon all nuclear weapons and existing nuclear programs." In return, Washington agreed that the United States and North Korea would "respect each other's sovereignty, exist peacefully together and take steps to normalize their relations."
Four days later, the U.S. Treasury Department imposed sweeping financial sanctions against North Korea designed to cut off the country's access to the international banking system, branding it a "criminal state" guilty of counterfeiting, money laundering and trafficking in weapons of mass destruction.
Source: Newsweek
If you want to know why we are hated by them, pick up a history book and start reading. Their hatred is 100% justified and it has nothing to do with freedom or economics.
No, it was Al Qaida that stopped the IRA. After 9/11, New Yorkers realized that putting money in the green bins for the Irish terrorists might not be all that good an idea. After that, the IRAs funding completely dried up; they resort now to robbing banks to try to hold onto that last little bit of relevance.
9/11 put white terrorism out of fashion.
9/11?
(jesus, I'm sounding like a Republican here)
While the US holds the intent of the constitution dearly, the constitution itself is a shadow of it's former self. It is this erosion of the constitution that has led to this debate in the first place.
How does that work in far-off war zones, where the only journalists there are already Pentagon-approved? This really means no real change; all the news networks currently just reissue their press releases verbatim anyway. It's more of an officialisation of the current system, cutting out the middle-man. All hail our new information overlords!
Fine then. Care to backup that oppression with some proof? I've yet to see it. During the coup, that was oppression. The media were told not to show any Chavez supporters. There were police firing at demonstrators.
Such as? Until you qualify that, your "dictator" label is utterly outrageous. He won democratically, what's your problem?