William, you seem to place quite extraordinary demands upon what can be considered as a reliable source as a prerequisite for discussion. Neither the Guardian (which you claim has an «anti-American agenda which should be clear to anyone») nor the New York Times, (which, according to you, «has been ...

Unfortunately, Mr Boot completely neglects the evidence that just such things have been done by US operatives to prisoners, in addition to such pleasant things as various forms of rape Henri, I would like to see your sources for that information. Who specifically are the U.S. Operatives and what is...

It wasn't obvious to me, William ; thanks !...

You're welcome, Henri.

William

Ok, maybe I missed something in this thread and maybe I'm stating the obvious, something you already know, but just in case, the term "harpoon" in Janis Joplin's song (also sung by Kris Kristopherson whose version I like better than Janis's) is slang for a harmonica. In Kris's version the ...

All those supporting torture assume that they'll get vital information out of the process. But what if the assumption is wrong? Hmmmm. The belief that torture does not elicit "valuable" information is a myth. I know of at least one case where severe torture did indeed produce the exact in...

Kennedy was an Isolationist who wanted to stay out of any European war. And as an Irishman he may have had some animosity towards the English, which makes one wonder why FDR appointed him in the first place. None-the-less, his use of Liberty ships for his own gain played a part in his dismissal as ...

And finally, in a recent conversation I had with Joe Kennedy on this same subject he screamed at me that his only interest was to “help the poor folks in Boston”. I googled all these good intentions and found a story in the Boston Herald that stated that “entities related to his Citizens Energy Cor...

Venezuela y México se encuentran en medio de una crisis diplomática después de que el presidente venezolano, Hugo Chávez, calificó a su homólogo mexicano de "cachorro del imperio. Venezuela and Mexico meet in the middle of a diplomatic crisis after the Venezuelan President, Hugo Chávez, called...

Many others still find us revolting to this day.

That's because they think they know us, but really, they don't. And it's their loss anyway.

William

I carry a sword.

Yeah, I know this is an old one, even paraphrased, but, I can't resist

Never bring a sword to a gun fight!

William

Don't mess with me!

Hmmm. BD, didn't I hear some guy named Chavez, who I think might be one of your neighbors, recently say something like that to another guy named Fox?

William

Interesting articles, gailr. I remember learning in history classes that the Catholic Church as much as possible without violating their doctrines merged pagan holidays and some pagan customs with the Christian Holidays to make it easier to convert pagans to Christianity. And in my studies of Latin ...

Check out these amusing euphemisms on Yahoo.

William

…the fact remains that religious notions have an different epistemological status than the theories and propositions of, say, natural science, which is why arguments concerning such notions cannot be solved by experimental means. Under these circumstances, the only reasonable course in a country wi...

Main Entry: blo·vi·ate Function: intransitive verb Inflected Form(s): -ed/-ing/-s Etymology: probably irregular from blow + -i- + -ate : to orate verbosely and windily The bloviating Senators (a redundancy, I know, but I did it for emphasis) of the U.S. Senate have recently brought this word to my ...