He deserved to die and he died in a manner far more honorable than I think he deserved. There is no question of the legality here, unless some video surfaces that shows him waving a white flag or putting his hands up, which would change the nature of the rights that he could claim. I doubt that such video exists because it is inconsistent with everything that he has portrayed himself to be.
Lest my previous comment suggest otherwise, I shed no tears at that individual's death; I want to make that clear. However, we didn't expect Saddam Hussein to be found in a ditch outside a hut either, now did we?
Ugh! More stupidity. He mean, "illegal combatant." Illegal combatants are specifically excluded from the protections provided by Geneva Convention. Period. Furthermore, these people can be summarily executed on the spot by order of the officer in charge. The simple fact is, Bin Laden's death is 100% legal around the world.
That's interesting. According to your logic, that would mean the murder of any active duty CIA personnel (remember, not part of the military) by foreign military personal, if he were to be declared a terrorist/enemy of a foreign state, would be 100% legal around the world.
Accordingly, he receives zero legal protection under US law unless he is captured and taken into US custody.
Then it seems that anytime you want to kill an individual, declare him a terrorist and kill him on non-US soil; then you'll have a lawful killing. Okay, got it. The $64,000 question is whether or not he could have been easily captured. The video would show - or at least suggest - if that was or wasn't the case.
More like "Don't drive if you don't know how not to crash"
Sucks to be the person who knows how not to crash but ends up getting hit by someone who had their very first seizure. Or had a sinkhole open up beneath them. Or hit a couple of large nails that dropped off a truck while on the freeway.
If Bin Laden really was a "war combatant", as well as the rest of al-Qaeda and other terrorists, then they should have been treated as such under the Geneva Convention. Now, I don't know about needing to read him his rights, pretty sure you don't Miranda a war combatant, but it certainly raises the issue of Guantanamo and whether or not allegations of "detainees" being tortured in Iraq and the intentional killing unarmed Afghan/Iraqi civilians (which have been documented on multiple occasions) should be investigated and tried as war crimes.
And according to the latest revision of what happened (which I guess is subject to further change depending on what the White House/Congress wants to tell us), there was no firefight in the main building. DEVGRU isn't a bunch of groundpounders, so they're not going to be going in on a turkey hunt. That being said, bin Laden was shot in the chest and either once or twice in the head after that. He was not holding a weapon, but may/may not have been able to grab a gun, depending on who's telling the story. Here's the thing, though: can you honestly say you wouldn't shoot him even if he was unarmed and had his hands in the air? And can you say a SEAL wouldn't? Unless a helmetcam video ever comes out, we'll never know for sure.
Wait a minute, so you're saying it was wrong to shoot Bin Laden because he didn't get his day in court...?...if you're an American, you should be ashamed of yourself.
The greatest thing about America - what makes the United States the greatest nation on the planet - at least according to what I was taught when I was growing up, was that nobody is above the law, that nobody is beneath the law, and that the Constitution and the court are the Great Equalizers. If the case against bin Laden was such a slam dunk, then make the case. Show the world why we remain the greatest nation on earth: that even for our most hated enemy we will follow our set laws and rules, that we will not abandon our beliefs and ideals because of some deranged lunatic of an old man, and that in a time of crisis we'll stand firm. That you think that an American should be ashamed to believe that - no, NO sir, you are the one who should be ashamed.
Not sure the average Chromebook user needs that much data access or would want to deal with another device. My only point was that Verizon prepaid isn't as bad a deal as GP was making it out to be.
They "told him to piss off" because he left for Canada before filing a police report and came back to town a few days later. For stuff like theft, if you don't file a police report you're shit out of luck. How do the cops know when someone claims that they were robbed or had stuff stolen from him that the guy's telling the truth? They don't, so they make you file a report. That way if it's fake they can get you on filing a false report.
I don't know if I missed why he was in such a hurry to go to Canada, but unless it was a wedding or to sign a million dollar contract I don't know what he was thinking, since the bag had not just his laptop but also a cell phone and his birth certificates! Identity theft, anyone?
A lot of people barely scratch the surface of what they can do with their computers. This would be sufficient for the folks that use their computers to write term paper, use Facebook, watch funny cat videos on YouTube, and stream music from Pandora. No idea how well Aviary would work on this, but there's your photo editor if you don't like Picasa.
That totalitarian regime isn't so looming when you get out into the hinterlands in the western and southern parts of China. Incidentally, that happens to be where a lot of grey-area extreme capitalism is going on.
First off, concrete is cheaper than magnets. You'd need the control system anyways to run a maglev train. And when you're talking about a trunk line that's already moving hundreds of thousands if not millions of people on a regular basis, it doesn't matter that everybody is going the same route. No, you've got it half right: combine the two. Have a high-speed trunk line and then the cheap switching cars branch off from major stations.
Apple TV now streams NBA and MLB games, and I think they were already available on other devices like Roku, as well as via desktop/laptop. I'm a little unclear on how the pricing for NFL Sunday Ticket works, but it's doable via computer or iOS device. Anyway, if it's just those three sports that's keeping you tethered to cable, there's plenty of alternatives and it'd probably end up being cheaper (especially if you're only into one or two of those Big Three).
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How come Lolita hasn't run afoul of obscenity laws? Amazon has it for the Kindle, $12.
You're trying too hard. Here, Lolita for the Kindle.
http://www.amazon.com/Lolita-ebook/dp/B003WUYRB8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1305443098&sr=1-1
He deserved to die and he died in a manner far more honorable than I think he deserved. There is no question of the legality here, unless some video surfaces that shows him waving a white flag or putting his hands up, which would change the nature of the rights that he could claim. I doubt that such video exists because it is inconsistent with everything that he has portrayed himself to be.
Lest my previous comment suggest otherwise, I shed no tears at that individual's death; I want to make that clear. However, we didn't expect Saddam Hussein to be found in a ditch outside a hut either, now did we?
Ugh! More stupidity. He mean, "illegal combatant." Illegal combatants are specifically excluded from the protections provided by Geneva Convention. Period. Furthermore, these people can be summarily executed on the spot by order of the officer in charge. The simple fact is, Bin Laden's death is 100% legal around the world.
That's interesting. According to your logic, that would mean the murder of any active duty CIA personnel (remember, not part of the military) by foreign military personal, if he were to be declared a terrorist/enemy of a foreign state, would be 100% legal around the world.
Accordingly, he receives zero legal protection under US law unless he is captured and taken into US custody.
Then it seems that anytime you want to kill an individual, declare him a terrorist and kill him on non-US soil; then you'll have a lawful killing. Okay, got it. The $64,000 question is whether or not he could have been easily captured. The video would show - or at least suggest - if that was or wasn't the case.
More like "Don't drive if you don't know how not to crash"
Sucks to be the person who knows how not to crash but ends up getting hit by someone who had their very first seizure. Or had a sinkhole open up beneath them. Or hit a couple of large nails that dropped off a truck while on the freeway.
If Bin Laden really was a "war combatant", as well as the rest of al-Qaeda and other terrorists, then they should have been treated as such under the Geneva Convention. Now, I don't know about needing to read him his rights, pretty sure you don't Miranda a war combatant, but it certainly raises the issue of Guantanamo and whether or not allegations of "detainees" being tortured in Iraq and the intentional killing unarmed Afghan/Iraqi civilians (which have been documented on multiple occasions) should be investigated and tried as war crimes.
And according to the latest revision of what happened (which I guess is subject to further change depending on what the White House/Congress wants to tell us), there was no firefight in the main building. DEVGRU isn't a bunch of groundpounders, so they're not going to be going in on a turkey hunt. That being said, bin Laden was shot in the chest and either once or twice in the head after that. He was not holding a weapon, but may/may not have been able to grab a gun, depending on who's telling the story. Here's the thing, though: can you honestly say you wouldn't shoot him even if he was unarmed and had his hands in the air? And can you say a SEAL wouldn't? Unless a helmetcam video ever comes out, we'll never know for sure.
Wait a minute, so you're saying it was wrong to shoot Bin Laden because he didn't get his day in court...? ...if you're an American, you should be ashamed of yourself.
The greatest thing about America - what makes the United States the greatest nation on the planet - at least according to what I was taught when I was growing up, was that nobody is above the law, that nobody is beneath the law, and that the Constitution and the court are the Great Equalizers. If the case against bin Laden was such a slam dunk, then make the case. Show the world why we remain the greatest nation on earth: that even for our most hated enemy we will follow our set laws and rules, that we will not abandon our beliefs and ideals because of some deranged lunatic of an old man, and that in a time of crisis we'll stand firm. That you think that an American should be ashamed to believe that - no, NO sir, you are the one who should be ashamed.
How so? It seems like every service you would use with a Chromebook would be accessible from a browser on a regular desktop.
Not sure the average Chromebook user needs that much data access or would want to deal with another device. My only point was that Verizon prepaid isn't as bad a deal as GP was making it out to be.
I have, which is why I said "than it USUSALLY costs for prepaid". 1 out of 5 carriers isn't average.
They "told him to piss off" because he left for Canada before filing a police report and came back to town a few days later. For stuff like theft, if you don't file a police report you're shit out of luck. How do the cops know when someone claims that they were robbed or had stuff stolen from him that the guy's telling the truth? They don't, so they make you file a report. That way if it's fake they can get you on filing a false report.
I don't know if I missed why he was in such a hurry to go to Canada, but unless it was a wedding or to sign a million dollar contract I don't know what he was thinking, since the bag had not just his laptop but also a cell phone and his birth certificates! Identity theft, anyone?
A lot of people barely scratch the surface of what they can do with their computers. This would be sufficient for the folks that use their computers to write term paper, use Facebook, watch funny cat videos on YouTube, and stream music from Pandora. No idea how well Aviary would work on this, but there's your photo editor if you don't like Picasa.
h.264 videos work just fine, no luck needed.
There's an on-board media player, which you'd know if you actually bothered to read anything about the updates.
In the US, a dongle runs $80-100 minimum for prepaid services. The 3G version of iPad runs an extra $130. For the States this is well within normal.
Prepaid data. $20 for 1GB, $35 for 3, and $50 for 5GB. Not a steal, but a little bit lower than it usually costs for prepaid.
That totalitarian regime isn't so looming when you get out into the hinterlands in the western and southern parts of China. Incidentally, that happens to be where a lot of grey-area extreme capitalism is going on.
In Japan, they call it JR.
Making power is easy. Storing it, not so much. Storing it in a cheap, safe, and efficient form? Worth trillions of dollars.
First off, concrete is cheaper than magnets. You'd need the control system anyways to run a maglev train. And when you're talking about a trunk line that's already moving hundreds of thousands if not millions of people on a regular basis, it doesn't matter that everybody is going the same route. No, you've got it half right: combine the two. Have a high-speed trunk line and then the cheap switching cars branch off from major stations.
Okay then. Make it carry 1500 people and operate it in urban areas as rapid transport and you'll have one-upped these guys.
300+ mph without all the expensive and fragile magnets required for maglev trains, while still powered by overhead electrical lines.
I was under the impression that *anyone* can be Anonymous. If that's the case, Anonymous can't prove that Anonymous didn't do it.
NBA is available via Apple TV, and you can get NFL Sunday Ticket via computer/iOS as well.
Apple TV now streams NBA and MLB games, and I think they were already available on other devices like Roku, as well as via desktop/laptop. I'm a little unclear on how the pricing for NFL Sunday Ticket works, but it's doable via computer or iOS device. Anyway, if it's just those three sports that's keeping you tethered to cable, there's plenty of alternatives and it'd probably end up being cheaper (especially if you're only into one or two of those Big Three).
That's The Doctor to you.