This headline is retarded, but the article seems to explain much: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/08/facebook-hacking-threat-is-from-rogue-anonymous-members.html

Shia actually did essentially apologize, or at least accept blame, for his part in making the movie suck.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2010/05/shia-labeouf-wall-street-2-indiana-jones-steven-spielberg.html

But that's just it: the treasury isn't the only source of money in the country. Bankruptcy implies defaulting on paying bills, which we haven't done yet. Everybody keeps saying how broke this country is, while the top 0.1% hoard massive amounts of the country's money supply. If we were serious about paying down our debt, we'd acknowledge that the plurality of wealth is concentrated into the hands of a tiny minority. There should be at least two more tax brackets, for millionaires and billionaires, to tap into the vast reserves of cash just sitting in the accounts of people who own private jets. Let's stop fooling ourselves that a nation where this is possible is somehow running out of money.

If Ron Paul had his way, we'd write off all the debt we owe ourselves like it didn't exist. Is that really a responsible solution?

>> ^MarineGunrock:

Apple now has more cash than the US Treasury.>> ^CircleMaker:
America is the wealthiest nation in the world by a huge margin. We are nowhere close to being bankrupt.

Apple now has more cash than the US Treasury.>> ^CircleMaker:

America is the wealthiest nation in the world by a huge margin. We are nowhere close to being bankrupt.

@PalmliX

What I was arguing is that I believe I'm safer in a system where no civilians are allowed to carry guns

I generally agree, hence my statement above about rights and safety being opposite ends of the spectrum. It's just that I'd rather have rights than safety.

I find it kind of sad that you think the US 'beats' Canada on some rights

We have a right to arms. Canada does also but it's infeasible to actually practice it, according to you. So yeah, we have that right and you don't.

Sorry I think I'll give up that particular right in exchange for...

I won't give up my rights in exchange for anything. That's insane.

Look, I know we've got a violence problem here, but it's not because we have guns. Vermont, for example, allows people to carry, open or concealed, without need for a permit (according to opencarry.org) and yet in 2009 they had zero murders via firearm and are 4th in the lowest firearm assault rate at 10.2 per 100,000 (from http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/jan/10/gun-crime-us-state).

DC on the other hand, which is (in)famous for it's highly restrictive gun regulations, has the highest rate of firearm murders (18.84 per 100,000) and the 3rd highest rate of firearm assaults (121.4 per 100,000).

Since I just saw this article this morning, I'll throw it in there too: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-naw-norway-gun-policy-20110724,0,7974761.story

Basically it's pointing out that while Norway has a high rate of gun ownership by European standards, they've also got one of the lowest rates of violence in Europe.

My position is not that we'd be safer if everyone had guns. My position is that the availability of guns is not the problem; something else is (or a combination of things); and so there's no reason to support curtailing gun rights.

I will also say again that I am not a gun nut. I do not own a gun. I do not wish to own a gun. The only guns I've ever fired were water guns, cap guns, BB guns and potato guns. I support certain levels of regulation and I absolutely support taking an individual's gun rights away if they've abused them. I just don't think we ought to have our collective gun rights taken away in the name of safety. More importantly, I really don't think we ought to give up our rights in the name of safety.

It looks like it was this 1994 crash..

3 Die When Firefighting Plane Explodes in Midair
http://articles.latimes.com/1994-08-14/local/me-27117_1_forest-service

>> ^mizila:

>> ^ant:
>> ^radx:
promote
Big props for technology, this is a much better visualization than old b/w pictures side by side back like we had back in the days.

And satellite aerial views?

I found these sliding before-and-after images from the L.A. Times and the N.Y. Times to be a chillingly effective use of technology to showcase the devastation caused by this disaster.


More: http://www.abc.net.au/news/infographics/qld-floods/beforeafter.htm

>> ^ant:

>> ^radx:
promote
Big props for technology, this is a much better visualization than old b/w pictures side by side back like we had back in the days.

And satellite aerial views?


I found these sliding before-and-after images from the L.A. Times and the N.Y. Times to be a chillingly effective use of technology to showcase the devastation caused by this disaster.

please don't be a douchebag.
>> ^csnel3:

gay

>> ^Stingray:

dead


Fixed and thanks!

NATO planes bomb Tripoli for hours on end

The controversy has bled into Wikipedia:

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-palin-revere-20110606,0,5203855.story

This article suggests it would have quickly become a political hot potato that the US could not get rid of. Makes sense, I guess. http://opinion.latimes.com/opinionla/2011/05/bin-ladens-burial-at-sea.html

Thanks direpickle,
This quote was passed to me - it didn't even occur to me to fact check its authenticity.
I did find it strange MLKJr. had a quote for everything though - I guess he doesn't always, after -all.

>> ^direpickle:

>> ^Sagemind:
"I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

Also, just for everyone's future reference, we can attribute the wrong part of that quote to the right person now.
"I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy." -- Jessica Dovey
Another real quote:
"Forgiveness doesn't mean forget what happened. … If something is serious and it is necessary to take counter-measures, you have to take counter-measures." -- The 14th Dalai Lama
Also, even when you get your quotations correct, they are bad logic.

>> ^Sagemind:

"I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that." - Martin Luther King, Jr.


Also, just for everyone's future reference, we can attribute the wrong part of that quote to the right person now.

"I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy." -- Jessica Dovey

Another real quote:

"Forgiveness doesn't mean forget what happened. … If something is serious and it is necessary to take counter-measures, you have to take counter-measures." -- The 14th Dalai Lama

Also, even when you get your quotations correct, they are bad logic.