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Big US companies not paying as many taxes in the EU as sausage stalls...
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Swedish Nobel judges fired in Karolinska medical scandal
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Obama calls off meeting with Philippine leader after 'whore' jibe
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Obama calls off meeting with Philippine leader after 'whore' jibe
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-37281821I heard that the president cancelled a meeting, about being called something from this president. The news didn't say what the Philippine president called ours by the time I left this morning.
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@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Obama calls off meeting with Philippine leader after 'whore' jibe
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-37281821I heard that the president cancelled a meeting, about being called something from this president. The news didn't say what the Philippine president called ours by the time I left this morning.
This was in the news last night. You need to find a better news source.
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@JaredBusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Obama calls off meeting with Philippine leader after 'whore' jibe
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-37281821I heard that the president cancelled a meeting, about being called something from this president. The news didn't say what the Philippine president called ours by the time I left this morning.
This was in the news last night. You need to find a better news source.
I didn't watch the news last night, only had it on in the background this morning.
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I say we just let China have the Spratleys. That'll resolve the hard feelings
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
I say we just let China have the Spratleys. That'll resolve the hard feelings
Yeah what could possibly go wrong lol
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@MattSpeller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
I say we just let China have the Spratleys. That'll resolve the hard feelings
Yeah what could possibly go wrong lol
I have a feeling that a lot of Americans are going to be wondering why we've been working hard to keep China from dominating the South China Sea. Seems like a waste of resources to me. Make China promise not to do environmental damage in exchange for letting them control it. Everyone wins, done.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@MattSpeller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
I say we just let China have the Spratleys. That'll resolve the hard feelings
Yeah what could possibly go wrong lol
Everyone wins
Should ask Korea, Japan, Philippines and whoever else about that.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@MattSpeller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
I say we just let China have the Spratleys. That'll resolve the hard feelings
Yeah what could possibly go wrong lol
I have a feeling that a lot of Americans are going to be wondering why we've been working hard to keep China from dominating the South China Sea. Seems like a waste of resources to me. Make China promise not to do environmental damage in exchange for letting them control it. Everyone wins, done.
Has China ever kept a promise? (no offense meant China)
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@MattSpeller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@MattSpeller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
I say we just let China have the Spratleys. That'll resolve the hard feelings
Yeah what could possibly go wrong lol
Everyone wins
Should ask Korea, Japan, Philippines and whoever else about that.
We did ask the Philippines, we got their opinion.
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@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@MattSpeller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
I say we just let China have the Spratleys. That'll resolve the hard feelings
Yeah what could possibly go wrong lol
I have a feeling that a lot of Americans are going to be wondering why we've been working hard to keep China from dominating the South China Sea. Seems like a waste of resources to me. Make China promise not to do environmental damage in exchange for letting them control it. Everyone wins, done.
Has China ever kept a promise? (no offense meant China)
Several actually; most impressively (to me) they've never invaded a foreign country... in thousands of years. They get a bum rap quite often in the press for human rights abuses, corruption, and other (deserved) stuff. I'd do business with them as a country with few worries though.
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@MattSpeller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@MattSpeller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
I say we just let China have the Spratleys. That'll resolve the hard feelings
Yeah what could possibly go wrong lol
I have a feeling that a lot of Americans are going to be wondering why we've been working hard to keep China from dominating the South China Sea. Seems like a waste of resources to me. Make China promise not to do environmental damage in exchange for letting them control it. Everyone wins, done.
Has China ever kept a promise? (no offense meant China)
Several actually; most impressively (to me) they've never invaded a foreign country... in thousands of years. They get a bum rap quite often in the press for human rights abuses, corruption, and other (deserved) stuff.
Aren't they still squabbling over ownership rights in the middle of some ocean, somewhere. Actively developing it into a military base?
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Just because they haven't invaded in centuries, doesn't mean they aren't ready to.
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@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@MattSpeller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@MattSpeller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
I say we just let China have the Spratleys. That'll resolve the hard feelings
Yeah what could possibly go wrong lol
I have a feeling that a lot of Americans are going to be wondering why we've been working hard to keep China from dominating the South China Sea. Seems like a waste of resources to me. Make China promise not to do environmental damage in exchange for letting them control it. Everyone wins, done.
Has China ever kept a promise? (no offense meant China)
Several actually; most impressively (to me) they've never invaded a foreign country... in thousands of years. They get a bum rap quite often in the press for human rights abuses, corruption, and other (deserved) stuff.
Aren't they still squabbling over ownership rights in the middle of some ocean, somewhere. Actively developing it into a military base?
Yes, that's the Spratleys. China and the Philippines are actively engaged over it with the US heavily keeping China from exerting claim over it. But the Philippines made it VERY clear that our assistance is not desired whatsoever. I say we leave them to deal with China on their own. Why do we care?
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@MattSpeller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@MattSpeller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
I say we just let China have the Spratleys. That'll resolve the hard feelings
Yeah what could possibly go wrong lol
I have a feeling that a lot of Americans are going to be wondering why we've been working hard to keep China from dominating the South China Sea. Seems like a waste of resources to me. Make China promise not to do environmental damage in exchange for letting them control it. Everyone wins, done.
Has China ever kept a promise? (no offense meant China)
Several actually; most impressively (to me) they've never invaded a foreign country... in thousands of years. They get a bum rap quite often in the press for human rights abuses, corruption, and other (deserved) stuff.
Aren't they still squabbling over ownership rights in the middle of some ocean, somewhere. Actively developing it into a military base?
Yes, that's the Spratleys. China and the Philippines are actively engaged over it with the US heavily keeping China from exerting claim over it. But the Philippines made it VERY clear that our assistance is not desired whatsoever. I say we leave them to deal with China on their own. Why do we care?
But China is also actively arguing with South Korea and Japan over other islands in the South China Sea also.
Some they have no valid claim over such as the Senkaku. Claiming 14th century discovery is not the same as maintaining control. Yes Japan took them over, but such is reality.
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@JaredBusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@MattSpeller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@MattSpeller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
I say we just let China have the Spratleys. That'll resolve the hard feelings
Yeah what could possibly go wrong lol
I have a feeling that a lot of Americans are going to be wondering why we've been working hard to keep China from dominating the South China Sea. Seems like a waste of resources to me. Make China promise not to do environmental damage in exchange for letting them control it. Everyone wins, done.
Has China ever kept a promise? (no offense meant China)
Several actually; most impressively (to me) they've never invaded a foreign country... in thousands of years. They get a bum rap quite often in the press for human rights abuses, corruption, and other (deserved) stuff.
Aren't they still squabbling over ownership rights in the middle of some ocean, somewhere. Actively developing it into a military base?
Yes, that's the Spratleys. China and the Philippines are actively engaged over it with the US heavily keeping China from exerting claim over it. But the Philippines made it VERY clear that our assistance is not desired whatsoever. I say we leave them to deal with China on their own. Why do we care?
But China is also actively arguing with South Korea and Japan over other islands in the South China Sea also.
Some they have no valid claim over such as the Senkaku. Claiming 14th century discovery is not the same as maintaining control. Yes Japan took them over, but such is reality.
Well the others, sure, but the Spratleys I think are just the Philippines.
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