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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
I'd say we organize a laser tag duel between him and a female marine...and then get popcorn.
(because doing it with live ammo would be wrong...)
More seriously, whenever i see politicans saying "study after study" I always want a rule that they have to source them like scientists have to. Meaning title, where it was published and who did it. Immediately.
edited 9th Jan '13 12:04:14 PM by 3of4
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I support both of these suggestions. No, seriously; the laser tag duel sounds terrific.
Biden suggests the White House may use
Executive Orders to bypass Congress and enable gun bans
edited 9th Jan '13 1:51:36 PM by DevilTakeMe
Glove and Boots is good for Blog!UK risks 'turning inwards' over EU referendum - US official
: Basically, the US want the UK in the European Union, and presumably within NATO, too.
edited 9th Jan '13 1:52:57 PM by Greenmantle
Keep Rolling OnIf the UK joins the EU, will they become constrained to the Euro? If so, that's just entering the same economic suicide pact as the rest of the member nations. Rather than enforcing a gold standard on themselves, they're letting someone else do it for them.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"But Fighteer, don't you see? UK politicians don't want to save the UK's economy, they just want to avoid blame for its collapse. If they join the EU, then they can say "Yes Austerity is destroying us all, but we have no choice in the matter!"
In short, joining the Eurozone absolves them of all responsibility, divorcing their electoral chances from the state of the economy.
edited 9th Jan '13 2:24:31 PM by TheyCallMeTomu
THE EU AND THE EUROZONE ARE NOT THE SAME THING.
The EU is a political union and trading bloc. The Euro is a single currency, a particular project of that political union. The UK has been part of the EU since 1973, but chose not to join the Eurozone under the Wanker in The '90s.
EDIT: Apologies for shouting. I just hoped people would see it and thus not appear misinformed should this ever come up in future
edited 9th Jan '13 4:35:52 PM by Achaemenid
Schild und Schwert der ParteiPlease calm down. The next person to start shouting in ALL CAPS will be thumped.
edited 9th Jan '13 2:43:30 PM by shimaspawn
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Gordon Brown did it. Then again, Brown was always more Eurosceptic then Tony Blair*.
edited 9th Jan '13 2:44:15 PM by Greenmantle
Keep Rolling OnMy understanding of the Eurozone crisis (or at least Greece and some of the other less-solvent nations) were that they had reached the point where austerity does make sense — that being when their interest rates are ruinously high, so it's too expensive to keep borrowing money for deficit spending. Is that wrong?
Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.I apologize for confusing the EU and the Eurozone. I question the sanity of Britain's leaders if they seriously want to join the Eurozone given what's going on there now.
I should point out that we do have a thread for European economics.
Very wrong, Native Jovian. We discussed this to death in the other thread, but in summary, austerity is never the solution to a crisis brought on by excessive private debt. In fact, it only makes it worse. Germany and its allies in the Eurozone are forcing deflation on Greece and Spain, at ruinous cost. The solution to the crisis was proposed by many economists, and even the IMF got in on it. It was ignored.
edited 9th Jan '13 2:55:45 PM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Labor Secretary Hilda Solis has resigned, opening another spot in President Obama's Cabinet.
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What are Lew's qualifications? If it's just a political appointment, I weep.
That's the one.
- One of the main players in averting that government shutdown in 2011, and part of the team that dealt with the debt ceiling negotiations in '10 and '11.
- Helped write up the American Jobs Act, and has repeatedly called for higher taxes on the wealthy.
- Staunch defender of the safety net, but has been willing to make concessions every now and then.
- A former Citigroup banker; has noted that he wasn't sure that deregulation was the cause of the financial crisis, but also said that he would defer to people who were more well-versed in the industry.
- As with his predecessor, a completely illegible signature.
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Doesn't seem too bad of a pick to me.
Biden says Obama could use executive orders to restrict guns
So I take it the meeting with the NRA didn't go so well.
White House addresses Piers Morgan petition
Supreme Court considers whether forced blood tests are OK
New York Governor Cuomo Calls For Nation's 'Toughest' Ban On Assault Weapons
AIG backs down, won’t sue the government
edited 9th Jan '13 5:37:56 PM by DeviantBraeburn
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Representative Tom Cotton says that women shouldn't be allowed in the military because they're naturally weak.