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any good wikileaks/afghan analysis out there?
floatilla geopolitical analysis
Had a long conversation with a former co-worker who has turned conservative. Stayed away from politics, but at some point he started ranting about socialists. I told him that by current standards Nixon and Reagan would be considered socialists. I may have been pushing the envelope with Reagan, but certainly he espoused policies that would be anathema to the Tea Baggers: cut-and-run in the face of Arab insurgents, reduce nuclear weapons, etc. In any case, we didn't get to the fine points, as the response was spittle-flecked screaming.
Fox News causes brain damage.
Yeah, but only "in retrospect". All those premature anti-invasionists are still dirty, fucking hippies.
double game. its an old game.
wiki
shit. just noticed this longshot candidate for dodds senate seat was a friend of mine for a couple of years at college.
Pain Beam being developed by US military-industrial complex. Much consternation ensues. Imagine the following in the Comic Book Guy's voice:
@nikola: First off, it's not our government, but our private sector. This comes from Raytheon, and despite that they're heavily intertwined with our military, they are not (YET) our military.A machine capable of torturing on a massive scale? Somewhere Dick Cheney is smiling.
Second, I would prefer the perception of being set on fire to ACTUALLY being set on fire.