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  1. Martin

    could have been written by Andy

    but if not it is sure to be to his taste http://www.buffalobeast.com/?p=4182
  2. Martin

    Juventuz is 10 years old!

    On this very day in 2000, I was busy getting the very first Juventuz forum online. The software I used then was lame and crashed a lot, eventually replaced with something else. So we don't have any posts left from those very first days. But that's where it all began. The forum population on...
  3. Martin

    I have an urgent message

    for the makers of dvd discs, drives and players: Die. Choke on your goddamn potato chips. You are useless. You are clueless. You can't make a drive that can successfully read even the majority of discs. You are shamed by the cassette tape, by the vinyl record. Dvd media are almost less reliable...
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    Pakistan doctor arrested on suspicion of blasphemy

    Pakistan doctor arrested on suspicion of blasphemy (12-12) 07:03 PST KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistani authorities have arrested a doctor on suspicion of violating the country's contentious blasphemy law by throwing away a business card of a man who shared the name of Islam's prophet...
  5. Martin

    The world is just getting worse and worse

    Or is it?
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    Do you think Buffon will be any good when he returns?

    I don't even remember when he was last in action, it seems like he's been injured forever. Will he be the same? There's nothing better than a topic of pure speculation, because you don't need any knowledge to join in and guess with the best, so here.
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    British schools where girls must wear the Islamic veil

    British schools where girls must wear the Islamic veil Hundreds of girls are bring forced by British schools to wear the Islamic veil in a move which has been heavily criticised by mainstream Muslims. Islamic schools have introduced uniform policies which force girls to wear the burka or a...
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    What language are you learning?

    You voted in the poll and it took 3 seconds and now it's all over. Let's do something that can last a little longer. Are you learning a language right now? Tell us about it. Doesn't matter how. In school, language class, on your own, just watching movies hoping to understand something...
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    Tattooed woman 'told to put bag over head by Jobcentre'

    Tattooed woman 'told to put bag over head by Jobcentre' A woman with 30 tattoos claims she was told to ''put a bag over her head'' when she went for a job interview. Hayley O'Neil, 23, - who also has 20 body piercings - says was also advised to ''stand behind a wall'' when she asked a job...
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    Egypt: the worst country in the world?

    Men should get preference in jobs over women Yes No Neither Sweden 2.10% 94.10% 3.80% Egypt 89.10% 4.30% 6.60% Natives should get preference in jobs over immigrants Yes No Neither Sweden 11.80% 79.90% 8.30% Egypt 97.90% 0.20% 1.90% Jordan 98.50% 0.80%...
  11. Martin

    Do you ever wonder why the US supports Israel?

    Noam Chomsky: The Real Reasons the U.S. Enables Israeli Crimes and Atrocities By Kathleen Wells, Race-Talk Posted on August 16, 2010, Printed on August 18, 2010 http://www.alternet.org/story/147865/ Noam Chomsky is internationally recognized as one of America’s most critically engaged...
  12. Martin

    Swearing on stuff

    So do you still have that swearing on the bible in court thing? If you don't like the bible, can you ask for something else? I think I would pick a Donald Duck comic book.
  13. Martin

    "I support Muslims who love freedom"

    Geert Wilders (yea, him). See if you can read it for the argument it makes without flying off the handle. === "I support Muslims who love freedom" WHY GEERT WILDERS TAKES ISSUE WITH ISLAM Islam critic Geert Wilders, the populist, is not socially acceptable enough to appear with his...
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    Israel has crept into the EU without anyone noticing

    Robert Fisk: Israel has crept into the EU without anyone noticing Middle East Saturday, 31 July 2010 The death of five Israeli servicemen in a helicopter crash in Romania this week raised scarcely a headline. There was a Nato-Israeli exercise in progress. Well, that's OK then. Now...
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    It's official: Juventuz makes you live longer!

    Relationships Improve Your Odds of Survival by 50 Percent, Research Finds ScienceDaily (July 27, 2010) — A new Brigham Young University study adds our social relationships to the "short list" of factors that predict a person's odds of living or dying. In the journal PLoS Medicine, BYU...
  16. Martin

    Raul leaves RM

    Closest parallel and contemporary to Alex. And his era is over. :sad:
  17. Martin

    Are you the kind who buys designer sunglasses?

    Are Designer Sunglasses Worth the Price? Maybe not, writes Brett Arends. For starters, most shades are made by the same company. Are you in the market for a new pair of designer sunglasses this summer? It's the season for it, and you can spend hundreds of dollars on your next pair of...
  18. Martin

    About honor killings

    My hero The Last Psychiatrist weighs in on honor killings. Eye opening as always: http://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2010/07/nobody_will_understand_what_we.html Discuss.
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    The story of the three Jesus Christs

    Jesus, Jesus, Jesus In the late 1950s, three men who identified as the Son of God were forced to live together in a mental hospital. What happened? By Vaughan Bell Posted Wednesday, May 26, 2010, at 11:59 AM ET In the late 1950s, psychologist Milton Rokeach was gripped by an eccentric...
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    The official coding thread

    Ah, what the heck, we have enough coders (and drive by coders) in here to have a thread. First off, programming languages. Something to hate about each one, but this list nicely sums up which are the most hateful ones...