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Ok. Here's what we do. We make Rana Raslan, an Arab and former Miss Israel, the "Queen of the Two States." We find a "King," a Jewish guy, to mate with her. (Could be me, or anybody else. Not the point.) Anyway, so then they mate and in 18 years their child rules both Israel, and Palestine. Then...

http://www.mapsofwar.com/ind/imperial-history.html This is pretty cool...and interesting.

Okay, gloves off, it's time to decide once and for all if you believe what the administration who brought you the Iraq war is telling the truth about how things are going there, or if you go by the dictionary definition of Civil War (which actually isn't civil at all). Here's a point to argue...

The solution is for everyone to read, understand, and act out the above paragraph. Easy huh.

Hamas's "military wing" :rolleyes: dug under the pre-1967 Gaza border and tunneled into Israel last Sunday, killed two Israeli soldiers and kidnapped another. After waiting a few days for intense diplomatic efforts by Egypt and Jordan to bear fruit, which it did not, Israel finally sent troops...

Looks like MUD. No rest for the weary in South Asia.

For the last couple of weeks, I've been browsing the archives of www.fstdt.com . Although I am aware that the quotes have been collected from a multitude of forums, from the ravings of the worst offenders over a long period of time, I'm getting an increasing feeling of unease, thinking what...

Randi's latest Commentary includes the story "Slovenia Backs Into The Middle Ages" (regarding the passage of legislation favorable to homeopathy), wherein Randi writes: Now, I'm sure Randi knows that, strictly speaking, homeopathy does not "belong back in medieval days"; that would be an...

I guess, the last part of the Topic will draw the kind of attention I seek. On another forum, I stumbled across this: http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=18095&only I'm not really sceptical about the authencity of the video, but I'd like to have some kind of independent and reliable...

Ahmed Ismail Khatib, a Palestinian, was 13 years old. In the kind of horror which accompanies war, he was killed by IDF soldiers who mistook his toy gun for a real one. Ariel Sharon has offered to apologize personally to the boy's parents, and they've agreed to meet with him. But there's more...

Israeli forces disguised as vegetable vendors captured a senior Hamas operative who had been on the run for eight years - http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1207517&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 Yet the PA could never seem to find him... ;) Israeli forces caught a 14-year-old boy whom...

I believe firmly that most of the reason life is so terrible in many middle-eastern countries is the fault of their own culture, government, and religious views. Here's what I think they need to do to improve their place in life. These are numbered simply for means of discussion. No order of...

Mycroft’s thread on finding out what we agree on gave me an idea. Perhaps we should find out what the consensus is on other issues. I have a silly hope that finding some points of agreement will lesson the venom in future threads. I will attempt to tackle the most contentious area – the...

This is an interesting conundrum,though wether it goes in this forum I dont know(but no doubt will find out!) When I was a child and was ill or couldnt sleep and was up with my parent,the night seemed forever and a magical or mysterious time.Was it because of no 24/7 TV or due to a childs...

This thread has to do with a "new" electronics warfare system that's about to be deployed. I didn't know whether to put this in Sci & Tech or Politics (Iraq war.) I liked the weapon's emblem. The name of this weapons system, "Prophet", is at least ironic for use in the Middle East if not...

Oops, this is Canada: Yikes! Hardcore racism! And just how international is that Chechnya thing? We had one from England, and now another from Canada? Hmmm, if the Chechnian thing is only about Russia oppressing Chechans, how come it draws people from all over the globe? What do these other...

Debka.com is an Israeli based website exposing the political intrigues of the middle east. It claims links to intelligence centers around the world and I don't doubt them. There is much original reporting here. The bias is plain but does not spare anyone whose actions affect the drama. Here is...

Nice read in The Observer today...

According to THE ONION (an American satirical magazine): According to PRIVATE EYE (an UK satirical magazine): ...says it all, really.

It's a bit late in Aus, so my brain is going into conspiracy theory mode. Is the oil well sabotaging in Iraq being done by the Saudis so that the world is more dependant on their oil?

Current headline in the Jerusalem Post: Security forces thwart suicide attack in Tel Aviv By MARGOT DUDKEVITCH Palestinians: The arrested would-be suicide bomber is a hermaphrodite who goes by ths a hermaphrodite who goes by the name of Ahmed.

From this week's commentry. Huh? Can anyone tell me what Randi's point is? The Middle Ages 5th to 15th Century AD. The Viking Times 8th - 11th Century AD. I think it's pretty safe to say that all Vikings lived in the Middle Ages. Does anyone know what he's on about?

While some people regard this "jobless" recovery as an anomaly, I suspect it is just a preview of things to come. A number of political and economic realities are currently at work which, left unchecked, will lead to the demise of the American middle class. The first of these forces is job...

Thomas Friedman, the collumnist has said once that people who discuss about Middle East tend to become insane after two minutes. Well, just a glance at this forum can persuade you immediately about how true this is. Some of us are deeply involved and interested in the subject.Although that...

What is everyone's comments on what is said? http://cbn.org/CBNNews/News/031003a.asp

From today's Boston Globe Oh, and by the way, we are not allowed to mention that the middle class is once again getting screwed over for the benefit of the ultra-rich. That's "class warfare".;)

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How to destroy a middle class: 1) Tax them more heavily than the upper classes. 2) Manipulate the economy to cause massive inflation, thereby destroying their savings every 30 years. 3) Allow the rich to skim profits now against company futures, destroying job after job. 4) Get rid of corporate...

What defined the Middle-Ages? What years were these roughly? BONUS: And when was the first time the Middle-Ages were referred to as the Middle-Ages? -INRM