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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/9-11-alleged-mastermind-khalid-sheikh-mohammed-and-2-others-reach-plea-deal/ar-BB1qYXDN?rc=1&ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=6b8e2b50cd6d49bdfbbf12e504ba6c21&ei=13 KSM and a couple of others agreed to a plea bargain in the 9/11 attacks. This is probably the best for...

It has been the assertion by a few people that the USA was founded on the 10 commandments, and the reasoning is similar to that of MyCrofts. I dont' agree, though, since those reasons above are stretch reason more than Elastigirl's legs.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12703108/ This disgusts and embarrasses me. Where is the outrage? These "criminals" stand a good chance of being executed. The U.S. is now in league with other oppressive regimes? CHINA, for god's sakes?! Just where is it, in the Constitution, that we allow for...

(And by Europe I mean mostly EU and other Western European countries, and I even include Canada! :p) Discussions on the death penalty is one of the Three Big Discussions in this subforum, the other two being gun laws and Israel/Middle East discussions. The situation when it comes to the death...

http://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/2005/09/09/442825.html I'm afraid the article is in Norwegian, but I will do my best to translate some of it. Are the Americans too proud to accept aid? Couldn't they at least have declined the offers? Or is it just signs of incompetancy?

I'm an ignorant Englander who wants some swift answers to a couple of questions. I wasn't sure whether to post this in history or politics - due to my ignorance. But I guessed that politics was at the heart of the answers I shall be given, so I posted it here. (1) Why do two countries exist...

Posted by permission of the author. Subject: from Ed Lottick: Prevalence of Cults in the USA Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon From: (Dave Touretzky) Message-ID: <42e5b2d9@news2.lightlink.com> Date: 25 Jul 2005 23:49:45 -0400 Dr. Ed Lottick became an anti-cult activist...

Today's random thoughts.... How come when a guy kisses a guy in Alexander, we hear a lot of Americans complain about how disgusting it was, but when two girls kiss in Elektra, it's just cool? :confused:

Prayer in Public Schools (USA) David Rice (Desertphile) During my once-a-month sojourns into town for groceries, I also visit the local library to check my e-mail. Last Thursday I was sitting on a stool in the library's computer desk going through my e-mail when a teenager sat down at the...

A couple of posts in the thread oh goody, out-sourcing to balloon in the Computers Forum got me curious about the impact of increased outsourcing on both the future American economy and politics. IMHO, unless new laws are passed and/or the tax code changed in the USA, I expect more and more...

Europe's space industry takes off This year has seen a remarkable first for Europe - the successful landing of the Huygens space probe on Saturn's moon, Titan. In addition, Europe's Mars Express has spotted signs of recent volcanic activity on Mars, Smart 1 has begun its search for water-ice...

http://spaceweather.com/ Heads up folks! Catch it while you can! Edited to add cool map showing how far visibility extends: http://www.sec.noaa.gov/pmap/pmapN.html

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What dead politician would you like to bring back from the dead to be president of the USA? Rules of the game: 1) Alive since 1950, though may have been prominent earlier. 2) Must have been constiutionally qualified to be president when alive. 3) Wasn't ever president while alive. 4)...

This intelligence came from a raid on an Al-Qaeda cell in Pakisatan, which does make me wonder how reliable it is (the suspicion is that it was gained through torture - Pakistan's record is not a good one. ) If you were a terrorist with a truck full of explosives, and it came out on the news...

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Amnesty on Sexual Rights as Human Rights The UN Comission on Human Rights affirms Sexual rights as Human rights! I can understand that GWB doesn't want abortion to become a human right but what is it about the Rome Statute that the current admisnistration objects to? Shouldn't rape be a...

Unfortunately I can't seem to dig up any details, but I heard unsettling news while listening to an admittedly right-leaning radio show (The Glenn Beck program) this morning. He played an audio from a speech last week at an anti-war rally at UC in Berkeley, and identified the speaker as a...

Any news?

Americans of all political stripes routinely refer to America as the world's greatest nation. To what extent can this be quantified? What would the list of criteria be? I envision a scorecard where, for each criterion, a scorer enters: 1) score -10 to 10 2) weight 1-10 3) significance 1-10...

Is the USA Headed for Turmoil? Will this Period be Known as "The Turbulent 00's"? The war, the gay marriage controversy, a push for tougher "decency" laws, a rising deficit, outsourced jobs, failing schools, illegal immigration, church/state issues are all major and extremely controversial...

I read an article this past weekend about Southern Baptists expanding their ministry in different parts of the country because church attendance has basically flat-lined. I guess they need to “seek out new sheep for their flock”. This got me thinking, is the USA becoming more or less religious?

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_15374.html

Once more I feel the need to preface an OP with the disclaimer This is not a US-bashing thread. I'm just interested in the opinions of Americans and non-Americans as to whether the US would be better or worse off as a number of entirely independent sovereign states or perhaps as a loosely...

Come on all you big strong men Uncle Sam needs ya help again.... http://www.defendamerica.mil/articles/sss092203.html http://www.sss.gov/fslocal.htm http://www.afsc.org/midatlantic/news/Vol11%20No2/v11n2_nochild.htm

This thread belongs in P&CE because there's a political point to it (right there, at the end, do you see it? :) ) Posters on this board have taken things that I've said to mean that I'm Anti-American. I disagree with their interpretations but that argument is over. Since the world can always...

Do any of you think that eventually the US and UK might merge (or whatever it is countries do)? It would have interesting ramifications.