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Dakryn's Batshit Theory of the Week
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Our tax money already goes toward a lot of international programs, how's that a huge difference? It sounds like more of a treaty sort of thing than actual global governance.
Dak
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There is a technical (but huge from governance standpoint) difference between a specific tax for a global entity and aid money.
Krow
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I think you guys are looking at this the wrong way. This guy was homeless. In jail he gets a roof over his head and 3 meals a day.
Why the hell does he want released?
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TEHRAN (Reuters) - Major powers will only achieve results in their meetings on Iran if they adopt a "realistic approach" and recognize its nuclear rights, the Islamic Republic's Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Sunday.
Ramin Mehmanparast made the comment a day after the six powers met to discuss prospects of further sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, with participants saying China made clear it opposed more punitive action at the moment.
Iran's official IRNA news agency said Mehmanparast described the powers' failure to reach an agreement on Iran's nuclear issue as natural.
Diplomats from the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China held a three-hour meeting in New York on Saturday.
It came after Iran ignored U.S. President Barack Obama's Dec 31, 2009, deadline to respond to an offer from the six powers of economic and political incentives in exchange for halting its nuclear enrichment activities.
"The solution lies in the recognition of Iran's nuclear rights by the group," Mehmanparast said. "The planned meetings of the (six powers) would not have clear results as long as they lack a realistic approach."
Washington and its Western allies accuse Iran of trying to develop nuclear weapons under the cover of its civilian atomic program. Iran, the world's fifth-largest crude exporter, says its program is designed to generate electricity.
The European Union, which hosted the meeting at its New York office, said that despite the lack of a concrete outcome, further sanctions were now on the big-power agenda and the six would be in contact again soon to continue the discussions.
All the powers except China sent top level Foreign Ministry officials to Saturday's meeting. But Beijing, which said earlier this month that it was not the right time for new sanctions, sent only a mid-ranking diplomat from its U.N. mission.
China's virtual snub of the meeting dismayed the four Western powers in the group. They had hoped to reach an agreement on whether to begin drafting a new U.N. Security Council resolution on a fourth round of sanctions against Iran.
Three previous rounds of U.N. sanctions have targeted Iran's nuclear and missile industries, but Iran has shrugged them off and said it plans to pursue its right to enrich uranium, which can have both civilian and military uses.
The Western powers had originally hoped to sanction Iran's energy sector but dropped the idea months ago when it became clear Russia and China would never accept it.
(Reporting by Hashem Kalantari; writing by Fredrik Dahl; editing by Philippa Fletcher
Ramin Mehmanparast made the comment a day after the six powers met to discuss prospects of further sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, with participants saying China made clear it opposed more punitive action at the moment.
Iran's official IRNA news agency said Mehmanparast described the powers' failure to reach an agreement on Iran's nuclear issue as natural.
Diplomats from the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China held a three-hour meeting in New York on Saturday.
It came after Iran ignored U.S. President Barack Obama's Dec 31, 2009, deadline to respond to an offer from the six powers of economic and political incentives in exchange for halting its nuclear enrichment activities.
"The solution lies in the recognition of Iran's nuclear rights by the group," Mehmanparast said. "The planned meetings of the (six powers) would not have clear results as long as they lack a realistic approach."
Washington and its Western allies accuse Iran of trying to develop nuclear weapons under the cover of its civilian atomic program. Iran, the world's fifth-largest crude exporter, says its program is designed to generate electricity.
The European Union, which hosted the meeting at its New York office, said that despite the lack of a concrete outcome, further sanctions were now on the big-power agenda and the six would be in contact again soon to continue the discussions.
All the powers except China sent top level Foreign Ministry officials to Saturday's meeting. But Beijing, which said earlier this month that it was not the right time for new sanctions, sent only a mid-ranking diplomat from its U.N. mission.
China's virtual snub of the meeting dismayed the four Western powers in the group. They had hoped to reach an agreement on whether to begin drafting a new U.N. Security Council resolution on a fourth round of sanctions against Iran.
Three previous rounds of U.N. sanctions have targeted Iran's nuclear and missile industries, but Iran has shrugged them off and said it plans to pursue its right to enrich uranium, which can have both civilian and military uses.
The Western powers had originally hoped to sanction Iran's energy sector but dropped the idea months ago when it became clear Russia and China would never accept it.
(Reporting by Hashem Kalantari; writing by Fredrik Dahl; editing by Philippa Fletcher
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If the things Iran (run by a crazy motherfucker made of crazy) is doing inside its borders have a good damn chance of majorly affecting the world outside its borders, yeah. Kinda.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Members of the U.S. Congress begin 2010 scrambling to reduce the double-digit U.S. jobless rate, knowing their own jobs will be at stake in the November election if they fail to deliver.
With about one in 10 Americans out of work, the highest percentage in 25 years, President Barack Obama's fellow Democrats -- who control the Senate and House of Representatives -- are making job creation their top priority.
"Americans have a lot of angst, a lot of anger, a lot of fear," said House Democratic leader Steny Hoyer. "Whether you are a Democrat or a Republican or an independent, all polls show that jobs are the major issue."
Indeed, as the full Senate returns from the Christmas break on Wednesday, a week after the House, the jobs recovery will also be high on the White House agenda along with the massive relief effort for quake-stricken Haiti.
In addition to jobs, lawmakers face challenges on a host of fronts -- from healthcare and the record U.S. deficit, to climate change, efforts to tighten regulation of the U.S. financial industry and lapses in domestic security.
Members of both parties will closely follow the high-stakes election on Tuesday to fill the Massachusetts seat long held by the late Democratic Senator Edward Kennedy, for decades the party's leading liberal.
If Republicans pull off what would be a stunning upset in the traditionally Democratic state, as polls show is possible, it would shift the balance of power and rattle American politics.
Democrats would lose their 60-vote Senate supermajority needed to clear Republican procedural roadblocks. That would jeopardize Obama's legislative agenda.
The closer-than-anticipated contest in liberal Massachusetts reflects the anti-incumbent environment fueled largely by the high unemployment rate.
SENATE JOBS PACKAGE EXPECTED
Last month, the House passed a $155 billion bill that aims to stimulate the job market through infrastructure projects and helping states pay the salaries of public employees.
Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin, along with Democratic Senator Byron Dorgan, is expected to offer a jobs package in coming weeks. It is likely to include efforts to boost small business and renewable energy, aides said.
If the Senate passes a jobs bill, it would have to be reconciled with the House measure.
Among Democrats' most immediate concerns is melding a Senate healthcare bill with one passed by the House to give Obama a final bill to sign into law so Democrats can put their full focus on generating employment after the deep economic slump.
The president would like to put his signature on such a measure before he addresses a joint session of Congress in late January or early February, and before he offers his annual budget.
Obama's budget proposal is taking on more interest than usual because of increased public concern about the rapidly increasing U.S. debt, now approaching $12.4 trillion.
The debt -- and efforts to control it -- promise to be an issue in November's election when the entire 435-member House and about a third of the 100-member Senate will be up for grabs.
The party in power traditionally loses seats in the first election after a new president takes office.
Accordingly, Republicans are expected to gain seats in the House and Senate. But at this point, congressional analysts say, not enough to take control of either chamber.
Republicans are also expected to make more noise this week over lapses in U.S. national security after the attempted Christmas Day bombing of a Northwest airliner.
Congressional hearings are planned to discuss what needs to be done on tightening security and among those set to testify next week are Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair and FBI Director Robert Mueller.
(Additional reporting by Andy Sullivan; Editing by Mary Milliken)
With about one in 10 Americans out of work, the highest percentage in 25 years, President Barack Obama's fellow Democrats -- who control the Senate and House of Representatives -- are making job creation their top priority.
"Americans have a lot of angst, a lot of anger, a lot of fear," said House Democratic leader Steny Hoyer. "Whether you are a Democrat or a Republican or an independent, all polls show that jobs are the major issue."
Indeed, as the full Senate returns from the Christmas break on Wednesday, a week after the House, the jobs recovery will also be high on the White House agenda along with the massive relief effort for quake-stricken Haiti.
In addition to jobs, lawmakers face challenges on a host of fronts -- from healthcare and the record U.S. deficit, to climate change, efforts to tighten regulation of the U.S. financial industry and lapses in domestic security.
Members of both parties will closely follow the high-stakes election on Tuesday to fill the Massachusetts seat long held by the late Democratic Senator Edward Kennedy, for decades the party's leading liberal.
If Republicans pull off what would be a stunning upset in the traditionally Democratic state, as polls show is possible, it would shift the balance of power and rattle American politics.
Democrats would lose their 60-vote Senate supermajority needed to clear Republican procedural roadblocks. That would jeopardize Obama's legislative agenda.
The closer-than-anticipated contest in liberal Massachusetts reflects the anti-incumbent environment fueled largely by the high unemployment rate.
SENATE JOBS PACKAGE EXPECTED
Last month, the House passed a $155 billion bill that aims to stimulate the job market through infrastructure projects and helping states pay the salaries of public employees.
Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin, along with Democratic Senator Byron Dorgan, is expected to offer a jobs package in coming weeks. It is likely to include efforts to boost small business and renewable energy, aides said.
If the Senate passes a jobs bill, it would have to be reconciled with the House measure.
Among Democrats' most immediate concerns is melding a Senate healthcare bill with one passed by the House to give Obama a final bill to sign into law so Democrats can put their full focus on generating employment after the deep economic slump.
The president would like to put his signature on such a measure before he addresses a joint session of Congress in late January or early February, and before he offers his annual budget.
Obama's budget proposal is taking on more interest than usual because of increased public concern about the rapidly increasing U.S. debt, now approaching $12.4 trillion.
The debt -- and efforts to control it -- promise to be an issue in November's election when the entire 435-member House and about a third of the 100-member Senate will be up for grabs.
The party in power traditionally loses seats in the first election after a new president takes office.
Accordingly, Republicans are expected to gain seats in the House and Senate. But at this point, congressional analysts say, not enough to take control of either chamber.
Republicans are also expected to make more noise this week over lapses in U.S. national security after the attempted Christmas Day bombing of a Northwest airliner.
Congressional hearings are planned to discuss what needs to be done on tightening security and among those set to testify next week are Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair and FBI Director Robert Mueller.
(Additional reporting by Andy Sullivan; Editing by Mary Milliken)
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BOSTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama went on a rescue mission on Sunday to try to save an endangered Massachusetts Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate whose defeat by a Republican could imperil Obama's sweeping healthcare overhaul.
Obama appeared at a campaign rally in Boston for Democrat Martha Coakley, whose 30-point lead in the polls in December has vanished and who is now in a tight race with Republican Scott Brown before Tuesday's election.
Speaking to 1,500 supporters gathered in a basketball arena at Northeastern University, Obama ridiculed Brown for his populist campaign tactic of driving around Massachusetts in a pickup truck and attacked him for not supporting a bank bailout tax Obama proposed last week.
"We asked Martha's opponent, what's he going to do, and he decided to park his truck on Wall Street," Obama said. "Let me be clear: Bankers don't need another vote in the United States Senate. They've got plenty."
A victory by Brown would be a shock upset in the traditionally liberal New England state. At stake is the Senate seat held by the late Senator Edward Kennedy for 46 years, a fact that Coakley raised at the rally. "I need your help to follow in his huge footsteps," she said.
Aware that his healthcare push is generating some opposition in Massachusetts, Obama made little mention of his top domestic priority, choosing instead to emphasize Brown's opposition to the bank tax.
But the fact is that Obama's healthcare overhaul could be slowed if Brown wins since the Republican has vowed to vote against it.
DEMOCRATS COULD LOSE SENATE SUPERMAJORITY
By losing the Massachusetts seat, Democrats would lose their 60-vote supermajority, hampering their ability to cut off debate and proceed to a vote. They could resort to tactics to pass it by a simple majority, but that strong-arm route would carry some political risks.
"This is, in effect, a referendum on the national healthcare bill which the Democrats, in secret, are trying to work out now," Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell told Fox News Sunday.
A Brown victory would embolden Republicans hoping to reduce strong Democratic majorities in the U.S. Congress in November elections.
A year after taking office with high hopes, Obama has struggled to restore job growth to the U.S. economy and has pursued healthcare legislation that many Americans regard with suspicion.
Obama, whose one-year anniversary this week has been accompanied by less-than-stellar reviews of his job performance, asked for patience at a church service before a largely African-American congregation in Washington.
"There are times when progress seems too slow. There are times when the words that are spoken about me hurt. There are times when the barbs sting ... But let me tell you -- during those times it's faith that keeps me calm," he said.
Obama was unable to save Democrats from defeat last November in elections for governors of New Jersey and Virginia and has his work cut out for him in Massachusetts.
A Suffolk University poll last week that gave Brown a 50-46 percent lead over Coakley prompted the White House to accept her request for Obama to visit Boston and try to drive up voter turnout.
Charlie Cook's non-partisan Cook Political Report declared the race a toss-up with Brown holding a slight edge.
"Last minute Democratic attacks on Brown have driven his negatives up some and slightly diminished the incredible intensity of support that Brown enjoyed, but it looks more likely than not to hold," it said.
"The voters will decide who wins this race based on the issues -- not big-named endorsements from the Democrat political machine," said Brown spokeswoman Tarah Donoghue. "Scott Brown has run a positive campaign on the issues like jobs and the economy."
Obama appeared at a campaign rally in Boston for Democrat Martha Coakley, whose 30-point lead in the polls in December has vanished and who is now in a tight race with Republican Scott Brown before Tuesday's election.
Speaking to 1,500 supporters gathered in a basketball arena at Northeastern University, Obama ridiculed Brown for his populist campaign tactic of driving around Massachusetts in a pickup truck and attacked him for not supporting a bank bailout tax Obama proposed last week.
"We asked Martha's opponent, what's he going to do, and he decided to park his truck on Wall Street," Obama said. "Let me be clear: Bankers don't need another vote in the United States Senate. They've got plenty."
A victory by Brown would be a shock upset in the traditionally liberal New England state. At stake is the Senate seat held by the late Senator Edward Kennedy for 46 years, a fact that Coakley raised at the rally. "I need your help to follow in his huge footsteps," she said.
Aware that his healthcare push is generating some opposition in Massachusetts, Obama made little mention of his top domestic priority, choosing instead to emphasize Brown's opposition to the bank tax.
But the fact is that Obama's healthcare overhaul could be slowed if Brown wins since the Republican has vowed to vote against it.
DEMOCRATS COULD LOSE SENATE SUPERMAJORITY
By losing the Massachusetts seat, Democrats would lose their 60-vote supermajority, hampering their ability to cut off debate and proceed to a vote. They could resort to tactics to pass it by a simple majority, but that strong-arm route would carry some political risks.
"This is, in effect, a referendum on the national healthcare bill which the Democrats, in secret, are trying to work out now," Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell told Fox News Sunday.
A Brown victory would embolden Republicans hoping to reduce strong Democratic majorities in the U.S. Congress in November elections.
A year after taking office with high hopes, Obama has struggled to restore job growth to the U.S. economy and has pursued healthcare legislation that many Americans regard with suspicion.
Obama, whose one-year anniversary this week has been accompanied by less-than-stellar reviews of his job performance, asked for patience at a church service before a largely African-American congregation in Washington.
"There are times when progress seems too slow. There are times when the words that are spoken about me hurt. There are times when the barbs sting ... But let me tell you -- during those times it's faith that keeps me calm," he said.
Obama was unable to save Democrats from defeat last November in elections for governors of New Jersey and Virginia and has his work cut out for him in Massachusetts.
A Suffolk University poll last week that gave Brown a 50-46 percent lead over Coakley prompted the White House to accept her request for Obama to visit Boston and try to drive up voter turnout.
Charlie Cook's non-partisan Cook Political Report declared the race a toss-up with Brown holding a slight edge.
"Last minute Democratic attacks on Brown have driven his negatives up some and slightly diminished the incredible intensity of support that Brown enjoyed, but it looks more likely than not to hold," it said.
"The voters will decide who wins this race based on the issues -- not big-named endorsements from the Democrat political machine," said Brown spokeswoman Tarah Donoghue. "Scott Brown has run a positive campaign on the issues like jobs and the economy."
Dak
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Kind of like the US majorly affects the world outside it's borders? What makes one countries aggressions ok and not anothers? Because it happens to be your country? Think bigger picture man.
If Iran is any threat to us it is because we have troops all around them and have been activily destabilizing the region (including Iran) for decades, either through covert ops or direct military engagements. Secondly is our support for Israel, which is one of the worst geopolitical bungles (although intentional) to come out of WWII.
We shouldn't be meddling in the Middle East at all, whether with troops or support for one nation over another.
Iran has as much of a right to nuclear power as the US, or another other current nuclear power.
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Dak
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The government can't create production. The only solution would be to reverse the policies enacted to make it cheaper to manufacture outside the country and then import it.
Bring the manufacturing back into the US and voila: Jerbs.
But that won't happen thanks to the globalists, and they are on both sides of the isle and all throughout the White House.
Badbird
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This is a tough thing for the government to handle.With the economy being bad right now,people are complaning about being unemployed at the white house.The problem is like Dakryn said,the government can't produce any jobs at this point.
Dak
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World Misled of Glacier Meltdown
More information surfacing over the heaping pile of bullshit that is "man-made global warming"
More information surfacing over the heaping pile of bullshit that is "man-made global warming"
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Houses Ov Mercury
You're clearly an idiot who doesn't know what diplomacy is. Nuclear stockpiles need to be checked up on, whether you like it or not. They kind of have the power to fucking destroy everything.
Ben_t
Member
US is a model of diplomacy. They have the power to fucking destroy everything, they just chose to destroy everything they see fit. Much better.
