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I think SDN has been traditionally quick to overreact to international events-if anything, it seems more like the Turkish takeover of northern Cyprus, if you want an historical parallel.

Not wanting to pollute another tread with my questions I have created this topic if it is okay. So what if Star Fleet was more like the US Navy of today using it ranks, ship classification and the sort , how much would Star Fleet be different from what we now. Ever since SDN first started (and even...

I think his behavior regarding TSW towards the end turned some people off- though there's also a hivemind thing going on. SDN has been trending sharply to the left ever since... around the time the current recession began. A lot of the people here who are most likely to be sympathetic* to Stuart's ...

Then we cut to Ramsey “Chalk”, his brain totally destroyed. He was drinking coffee sweetened with LSD-doped sugar in large quantities while reading a report on a town being destroyed by nuclear bombs, creating a massive bad trip that led to him being stuck in a delusion that he was in hell being to...

I remember when TBO first came out on HPCA, and generated massive amounts of buzz. I'll admit, the original WW2 story was pretty decent, if only because it was an original attempt at a decent WW2 counterfactual. Everything else is literally a right wing wankfest-his description of post war society a...

More like emo progressives who were disappointed that Obama didn't give them their magic unicorn stayed home and delivered the 2010 election to the Republicans. Pray tell, what was Obama supposed to do in the face of Blue Dogs and the filibuster. But by all means, primary him, that'll pretty much gu...

And pray tell, what "broader range of issues" are you talking about when considering this? What other GOP congressman has consistently opposed the Bush and Obama era of NSA politics? Um, how about civil rights in general? Admittedly, I think we are using different terms here. By "civ...

Steadfast in his convictions? Are you shitting me? The man is a walking contradiction and is profoundly unworthy of any serious conversation. *Shrug* I mostly look at this from a civil liberties and non-imperialistic standpoint. To my knowledge, Paul has done more against both than the vast majorit...

but at least one of the people killed was a man working in the lighting rigs up in the roof of the structure Okay, correct me if I'm wrong about something obvious, but at the first signs of heavy wind, he probably shouldn't have been up there in the first place. Was it really that essential what he...

Thats also the only thing I am going to add to this ongoing law&order wankfest: The "only solution" is to escalate? Are you joking? I think you must have HPCA confused with SDN. It seems from this American's perspective, that even calls for escalated police force have been met with st...

Well, I hope the Republicans and Obama alike are happy with themselves. What a load of bullshit smoke and mirrors this has been; no surprise that this was the outcome. There's only so much you can pull. I don't get it-the Dems offered a deal that would've preserved the AAA rating, the Republican's ...

I'm curious (I guess I've been on a Canadian kick lately): Does the CF adequately represent the diversity of Canada? Is it similar to the American military, which seemingly has an overabundance of personnel from more conservative/rural parts of the country? Is there a similar disconnect between, wel...

Stas Bush wrote: Because sure as hell trying to cover the gap with assets belonging to other people would be frowned at by private property fans. It necessary should.

So, now you channel your inner libertarian just to take a jab at America, eh?

What possible profit would there be for the RCC for this? I simply cannot fathom why they would think this would be a good idea. I think for the same reason the RCC is against marriage equality, despite the fact that no country with religious freedom laws and same sex marriage would ever force the ...

Yes, and I'm sure you and your social circle probably make enough money so that you can enjoy having disposable income to spend on gadgets to show how geekier you are than everyone else. The vast majority of people aren't (I'm assuming in this case) IT professionals who make an upper middle class s...

I know plenty of people like this, and I've heard lots of talk about "the smell of ink, the feel of paper".... yeah I look forward to gen-Y people in about twenty years gushing about how they 'love the feel of the glass, and the grain of the pixels' in their retro tablets, instead of this...

I'd like to hear about the management batshitting too. One of their problems, and one which jumped out at me here in the SF Bay Area, was that they really did overextend and open up too many stores. Prior to the earlier round of closings this year, they had four bookstores in the city of San Franci...

Wow. I live in Mountain View, and am going to be living in Moraga. Damn Wait, how long have you been living in Mountain View? Jeez, its not that hard to visit the city! Just jump on Caltrain! I also recommend if you're visiting Haight Ashbury, to also visit Golden Gate Park, its right down the stre...

Just introduce a DoD approved ceremony for interservices marriage. It must include a kiss at the end, otherwise the marriage is invalid ;) Usually you can't use DoD chapels without using a Chaplain...which basically means a protestant chaplain, as catholic(or other) chaplains are as rare as teeth o...

I think there's also the problem of comparing Marines in Iraq, 2003, vs. British soldiers in present day (or almost present day) Afghanistan. If you wanted to compare the American's lack of professionalism, shouldn't you compare the British to American soldiers/Marines in Afghanistan right now? It s...

The next big thing this will unleash will be marriage equality. Openly gay servicemembers are gonna want to get married in jurisdictions that allow same sex marriage, and are gonna want the same benefits that married heterosexual servicemembers get. Its really going to challenge the part of DOMA tha...

As to who has standing? Her parents maybe, or anyone else who suffered 'distress' in this whole thing due to her actions. Exactly which law gives people such wide ranging grounds to sue someone? The definition of survivors for the Florida Wrongful Death Statute is: (1) “Survivors” means the deceden...

So I guess what the "she's as guilty as hell" crew are saying is - "Despite the fact that the jury saw more of the evidence in this case, my judgement on the innocence of the person on trial is still superior to theirs." Exactly. One of the news shows just had an interview with ...

Meh, I'll be the contrarian and say that, even though I took lessons as a youngster, I absolutely hated it and had no aptitude for it. Later in high school I ran cross-country and long distance in track, and enjoyed/was much better that sport. I tried lap swimming one winter in high school to stay i...

What about this part then? without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress. Pay attention to the punctuation. Semicolons generally break things apart by clauses. Therefore, a strict reading suggests that the consent is part of breaking bits off of states a...