Humanity: Good News, Bad News

[Kyronea]

Nice to hear about the RIAA. The pagans...eh, both my sisters are pagans, but I doubt they'd threaten any magic against anyone. They're good witches. Think Good Witch of the North good. /nodnod In any case, they can get over it.

[MsBlack]

If I was an American citizen, I would wholeheartedly support that.

WERE WERE WERE! IF I WERE!

Argh!

[Kanadyets]

Yes, thank you MsBlack.  I realized it after the fact.

I should know better.  I know exactly how it came into the English language in that form from German.  Ahh, the shame.

[Talah Rama]

Yes.  The subjunctive exists for a reason.

[Lord J Esq]

But you don't. Banne--ooh, a flower!



Er, now what was I doing? Something about a buh...buh...bah...ba...fa...ah, yes! Fantastic find, ZeaLitY! I for one can't wait for the day when the RIAA goes down in flames, preferably taking the MPAA and SoundExchange with it.

[Burning Zeppelin]

Lord J is a passionate warrior against the establishment. Today, the RIAA, tommorrow, gravity!

[Kyronea]

Nonono. Lord J is not a passionate warrior against the establishment. He is a passionate warrior against outdated organizations that aren't doing a damned thing to stop piracy and only make things worse for the legitimate consumers, when really they ought to be taking advantage of file-sharing software as the low-cost distribution system they've always wanted.

[Lord J Esq]

I am also a passionate warrior against self-hunger. Sometimes I eat twelve meals a day!

[Kyronea]

So do I. But I pay for it in terms of being quite fat despite going to the gym daily.

[Romana]

I am also a passionate warrior against self-hunger. Sometimes I eat twelve meals a day!

Wow! I eat very little every day, and I'm underweight because of it.

[ZeaLitY]

Governmental Brilliance Edition

Good News Triple Smash

Gitmo bill is approaching debate:

http://www.aclu.org/safefree/general/30531prs20070712.html

Huge underground lake found in Sudan; Darfur war possibly to end:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6904318.stm

North Korea's closing down the sites:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6903894.stm

Bad News Triple Threat

Populist democrats have found religion, with Hillary leading the way! You could argue that it's necessary to steal red votes, but really...sounds like O Brother Where Art Thou: "Well ain't you gonna press a little flesh, Pappy? Do a little politicking?"

http://www.cnn.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1642649,00.html

Republicans foil an ambitious plan to forward a withdrawal bill.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/07/18/us.iraq.ap/index.html

A Brazilian judge banned that runway from servicing large aircraft, but TAM appealed it in fear of losing business. Now, it's everyone's business.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAM_Linhas_A%C3%A9reas_Flight_3054#Crash

[Kyronea]

That is wonderful news about the lake in Sudan, as well at the Gitmo bill. North Korea is also neat.

I'm not surprised by the Democrats doing what they are. They're no different from the Republicans when it comes to preserving the entrenched power structure, and American politics is limited on a hilariously small scale when taking into account the rest of the world. (Which is why I always laugh when I hear people call the Democratic party left-wing. There are definitely some actual left-winged people in the party, such as Lord J, but the party on the whole is decidedly centre-right.)

As for the withdrawal bill...we may get it yet. We'll have to see. And that Brazilian judge is an asshole.

[ZeaLitY]

And that Brazilian judge is an asshole.

He's the saint here for banning the runway due to safety concerns. TAM are the bad guys for appealing it and getting it reopened, then slacking instead of outfitting it against hydroplaning as they said they would.

[Kyronea]

He's the saint here for banning the runway due to safety concerns. TAM are the bad guys for appealing it and getting it reopened, then slacking instead of outfitting it against hydroplaning as they said they would.

Oh.

...

Kyronea, learn to read next time.

[Lord J Esq]

For the record, I'm only a Democrat because there are no left-wing parties that aren't either incoherent, fucked up, or hopelessly below the radar. If and when this country moves back toward the left, it'll be through people in the Democratic party, because they're the only ones besides the Republicans with access to power.