Dont be stupid. Russia holds a mere $200b in treasury bills. Selling them would destabilize Russia more than the US. The US would buy that amount up in a few months. You have to understand the scale of debt - trillions in US debt exist, and 200$b is more like a little wave in a lake. China is opposed to Russia about the intervention, but they will not act on their opposition. The American economy is much larger than the Russian, and many other central banks hold way more US debt then the US.

Of its local county, Västra Götaland County much as Toronto, Quebec City and Lansing are capitals. Gothenburg is A Swedish capital its just not THE Swedish Capital

I dont think this is at all a reliable source This should not have made it onto the slashdot page this guy is not an honest observer, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_G._Blair

I strongly agree. I left WoW over the dumbing down. I expect this will change eventually, and I wait for a big MMORPG title to be actually fun. I think its an underdeveloped genre, and I think in 5 years time, we will think WoW is garbage. Some people already do. I like to play Paradox computer games, at the other end of the spectrum of repetitiveness and thoughtfulness. For me playing DOTA 2 is a "simple" game, in that it does not have elaborate mechanics and a steep learning curve to start. I prefer complex and engaging, and I think MMORPGs havent yet gotten up to that. I like games that reward skill, thinking, strategy, and WoW had nothing to offer beyond the grind.

To clarify, CSE (aka CSEC) is in many ways the more important intellience agency. It provides SIGINT (signals) intelligence. Generally, Canada is thought to be primarily sophisticated in SIGINT and not in HUMINT. It is supposed to intercept only communications between foreigners, or between foreigners and Canadians and is supposed to not to spy on communications between Canadians themselves. Canada passes on this intelligence to the United States, and the Americans give Canada back some information that they know that they choose to share. CSIS does the HUMINT side of things, domestic counter-intelligence, Counter-terrorism is both CSIS & RCMP. There isnt exactly an overarching organization that is the equivalent of the NSA in Canada

The fact that Canada and Cuba were the most popular choices makes me think it seemed like the people picked them as the least offensive countries. Like Canada and Cuba were the least likely to order assasinations, drone strikes or other kind of retribution

why on earth is burning wood environmentally friendly or carbon neutral? In no way is this the case. Its probably among the least environmentally friendly options. Consumes forests, emits CO2.... it does not draw on our past carbon bank to add to the mix, but it sets back reforestation, and "counts" existing growth and its carbon sink :-( I'm deadset against woodburning energy

Yes, and Syria was never a member of the Warsaw Pact. None of them but Russia feel any fondness for Syria. Even Russia would never have fought for Syria, they might be a friend from a far at best.

isnt the idea to fire cruise missiles to eliminate his airplanes, rocket launchers and artillery? (the methods that could be used to deliver chemical weapons). Sounds pretty reasonable to me. If the guy in the restaurant is battering his wife with nunchukus or a club, then it seems pretty reasonable to whack that weapon out of his hands.

I find all these "rebels" taking credit not believable. It is acknowledged that the Syrian government is on a propaganda offensive to affect public opinion. I would not be surprised if they have produced false information. I've noticed that no serious media outlets are repeating this rumours.

Neither 1 nor 3. The Germans presented evidence that the government of Syria was responsible, but not Assad specifically. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/9/german-intel-assad-did-not-order-syria-gas-attack/ The German allegation was that Assads commanders went behind his back The evidence the government did it is overwhelming. It came from a government controlled area into a rebel controlled area. The government troops entered a chemical weapons compound t and then prepared protection from chemical weapons for three days before the attack. They distributed gas masks. The area was also bombed before and after, something the rebels are also not capable of doing. I dont discount that its possible rebels could get ahold of chemical weapons, I just do not believe this has occurred at Ghouta. The Assad regime has used them before.

The idea was to bomb the artillery, rocket launchers and airplanes - the methods that are used to deliver chemical weapons

Well, dont exaggerate now. This is not the first 16 million dollars that has been invested in tidal energy, nor is it likely to trigger any special breakthroughs and magically triigger a huge economic boom . It is an interesting investment but its not of great significance.

I find it funny that this discussion is about the relative merits of coffee chains when the article is about Kopi Luwak. I'm sure you can't get that any of the chains. got to be specialty product.....

It will reduce assaults on police officers? Maybe it will also reduce assaults by police officers too.