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Submission + - WikiLeaks releasing 1.7 million records called "The Kissinger Cables" (wikileaks.org)

An anonymous reader writes: The cables are all from the time period of 1973 to 1976. Without droning about too many numbers that can be found in the press release, about 200,000 of the cables relate directly to former U.S. Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger. These cables include significant revelations about US involvements with fascist dictatorships, particularly in Latin America, under Franco's Spain (including about the Spanish royal family) and in Greece under the regime of the Colonels. The documents also contain hourly diplomatic reporting on the 1973 war between Israel, Egypt and Syria (the "Yom Kippur war"). While several of these documents have been used by US academic researchers in the past, the Kissinger Cables provides unparalled access to journalists and the general public.

"The illegal we do immediately; the unconstitutional takes a little longer." — Henry A. Kissinger, US Secretary of State, March 10, 1975

Comment Re:Don't (Score 1) 454

Uh, that's pretty much been America for the last 30 years. Janet Jackson shows a boob on broadcast TV and half the country goes into hysterics, yet that same half of the country, statistically speaking, plops their kids down in front of WWE and let's them watch two grotesquely humongous men pretend to beat each other half to death and it's good, clean fun.

Gotta love our sense of priorities.

Comment Re:Simple (Score 1) 354

My point (which you know, yay for being deliberately obtuse!) is that insinuating that Amazon and Barnes and Noble are in any sort of trouble just because Apple is releasing a 7" tablet is fucking retarded. The iPod certainly didn't kill off all other MP3 players, the iPad certainly didn't kill off 10" tablets, so why the fuck would a 7" iPad kill off the Nook or Kindle? It's completely ridiculous, and this is just click-bait.

Also, I really love the fact that, to you, iPad:Nook/Kindle = house:cardboard box. The fanboy is strong with this one!

Comment Re:Oh please (Score 1) 757

Are you serious? Pretty much every single atheist I know is decidedly not materialistic. Honestly, it's the Christians I know that think they need to acquire crap to prove how much God has "blessed" them.

I have never in my whole life heard anyone define atheist philosophy as materialistic, which leads me to believe it was just a subtle dig at atheists by another CINO (Christian In Name Only).

Comment Simple (Score 0) 354

By costing 1/3 to 1/2 less then the iPad Mini. There's still a lot of people out there that don't want to pay the Apple Tax.

This is just stupid. Look at how many 3rd party MP3 players were on the market before smartphones took over that role for most people. It's the same reason why people went out and bought a $50 Sansui instead of the $150 iPod Nano. Despite what the average fanboy would believe, price is still a motivating factor for a lot of people. I know many people that specifically went out and bought cheap-o MP3 players because they didn't want to risk losing/breaking the iPod which cost three times as much. For all intents and purposes, they both perform the same functions, after all, regardless of the price tag.

Comment Re:Was that from Armageddon (Score 1) 757

Since he's a fan of Ayn Rand he might as well be called Andrew Ryan.

Ruh Roh! Looks like the romance has ended.

Oh, what a difficult thing it must be, to be forced to reject a person's entire philosophy because of their atheism, which has nothing to do with said philosophy at all anyway. I do heartily enjoy watching him swallow that bitter pill, though.

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