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Comment Re:I have to deal with this all the time.... (Score 0) 945

Obviously neither side cares about a deficit as long as the things they want are getting through. The right didn't want the healthcare bill passed so they complained about how we couldn't afford it. The left didn't care that we couldn't afford it as long as they got what they wanted by passing the healthcare bill. The right wanted tax cuts all across the board, not just for middle and lower class even if we can't afford it. The left didn't want tax cuts and complained about how we couldn't afford it. Before you get all high and mighty you should realize that both sides play this game.

Comment Re:How about that... (Score 1) 1088

Actually during the early part of the Iraq war the US military dropped fliers in many languages letting people know what was about to go down. I wouldn't be surprised if they restricted certain parts of the city due to violence in those areas. I have a few friends that actually served in Iraq in the early years and are ready to go back because they believe they are helping these people. They tell me about the many Iraqi's that appreciate the US being there and the people that come out on the street to wave at the convoys and cheer for them. Determining an enemy from a civilian is difficult because I've heard the more terrifying stories about kids less than 10 years old shooting AK-47's at US convoys. The US tries as hard as they can to avoid civilian casualties.
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The Proton Just Got Smaller 289

inflame writes "A new paper published in Nature has said that the proton may be smaller than we previously thought. The article states 'The difference is so infinitesimal that it might defy belief that anyone, even physicists, would care. But the new measurements could mean that there is a gap in existing theories of quantum mechanics. "It's a very serious discrepancy," says Ingo Sick, a physicist at the University of Basel in Switzerland, who has tried to reconcile the finding with four decades of previous measurements. "There is really something seriously wrong someplace."' Would this indicate new physics if proven?"

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