Posts by giovanni tiso
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I think argument is possibly a bit strong.
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OnPoint: Pay Attention, in reply to Jolisa,
I shall tame the lobster
That sounds like a sexual euphemism.
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OnPoint: Pay Attention, in reply to richard,
Its not hard to see a guy like that as a rapist.
Congratulations: this is the longest bow I've seen anyone draw since Robin Hood - Prince of Thieves.
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Another sensational post by Aaron Bady on the cable leaks, this time making an argument that addresses Russell's reservations about doing away with diplomatic secrecy via the history of the US state department dealings in East Timor. Couple of quotes:
...we have to look at what our military does and what our diplomats do in the same context. They are only two different faces of the same state, two different functions and ways of doing things, but ultimately in service of the same goals. We have to scrutinize our diplomats with precisely the same rigor with which we need to oversee our military.
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I’m not sure whether Wikileaks just adds to a store of knowledge that we already have or if it represents something new. But the idea that it’s a bad thing to know more about the how the governments that act in our names actually behave is laughable, and the idea that impeding their ability to act secretly prevents them from advancing the cause of justice and human rights, it seems to me, is utterly without merit.
However you need to read the whole essay. It's 6000 words, but that's what lunch breaks are for.
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Some STDs - notably, AIDS - don't show up right away so testing the partner makes sense, especially if you're not expecting to be in a long-term relationship with them.
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Hard News: Wikileaks: The Cable Guys, in reply to BenWilson,
I'm sure prostitutes aren't considered reliable witnesses and don't bother with more than threats ... That this has landed with Interpol seems very, very strange to me.
You are aware that neither of these women is a prostitute, yes?
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Meanwhile (also via the TBD commenters) Naomi Wolf misses the point.
Welcome to The Huffington Post: the home of lazy writing.
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There's nothing that spells "fascinating" like refusing to use a condom.
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Hard News: Popular Paranoiac Politics, in reply to Greg Dawson,
While there are many downsides to the name "Test Test", you do receive a copy of almost every mailing and trial product ever sent.
The chap's my neighbour. He has a panda bear named "George Robinson".
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My capacity to feel sorry for a bank is minuscule. And a Swiss Bank?! Nazi gold = good, pocketing holocaust victims money = good, money laundering = good. But a media organization funded by grassroots contributions? It has to be stopped.