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Holy Crap

My version of Microsoft Word is from 1997.

*facepalm*

Thread by: Advent, Jul 26, 2008, 34 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
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Palestinian T.V. Rabbit Tells Children To Kill and Eat Jews

dailymail.co.uk said:

An Islamic TV station using a Bugs Bunny lookalike to preach hatred to children has been slammed by religious leaders in the UK who fear it could brainwash vulnerable British children.

Assud the rabbit, who vows to 'kill and eat Jews' and glorifies the maiming of 'infidels' appears on Palestinian children's show, Tomorrow's Pioneers.

The rabbit is a number of characters who is punished by viewer's vote when he breaches Sharia law.

In one episode, Assud admits stealing money and is seen begging for mercy after young viewers and parents phone in demanding his hands are cut off as punishment.
Assud

Assud the rabbit is threatened with punishment for stealing on Palestinian children's show Tomorrow's Pioneers

At that point the 11-year-old presenter intervenes - and rules that the bunny should only have his ears severed because he has repented.

The rabbit is played by an actor in fancy dress and is one of the main characters on the show broadcast in Gaza by the al-Aqsa channel - known as Hamas TV.

Religious leaders across the UK have today spoken out against the controversial show which can be viewed via satellite.

The programme is also easily viewed on internet sites such as YouTube, sparking fears that British children could be subjected to the radical Islamic message.

The Association of Muslim Schools, which represents the UK's 143 Muslim schools, said it was opposed to any shows that incite violence.

Spokesman Dr Mohamed Mukadam said: 'It goes without saying that any programme which promotes the killing or injuring of human beings is wrong.
Assud

Assud encourages children to 'eat and kill Jews' and preaches hatred

'Regardless of religion, shows that incite or inspire others to inflict violence of any kind should be condemned.

'Such shows are against the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad, and we would urge people of all ages not to watch them.'

Set up as a regional station prior to the Palestinian elections in January 2006, al-Aqsa TV now airs on a satellite slot.

It broadcasts what many call a mixture of news of Islamic propaganda, but has picked up a substantial following across the Arabic-speaking world.

Tomorrow's Pioneers was first aired in April 2007, and features young host Saraa Barhoum and her co-host, a large costumed animal.

The show originally featured a Mickey Mouse-style character called Farfur who urged children to fight against the Jewish community and form a world Islamic state.

Farfur was later replaced by a bumble bee called Nahoul, who told viewers to 'follow the path of Islam, of martyrdom and of the Mujahideen'.

He was 'martyred' earlier this year and replaced by Assud, who tells children in his first episode: 'I, Assud, will get rid of the jews, Allah willing, and I will eat them up.'
Assud

UK religious leaders fear young British children could be subjected to the rabbit's hate teachings

In a discussion with 11-year-old host Saraa Barhoum, the young viewers are referred to as 'soldiers'.

Assud asks Saraa: 'We are all martyrdom-seekers, are we not?'.

To which she replies: 'Yes, we are all ready to sacrifice ourselves for the sake of our homeland.'

The phone-in show accepts calls from children as young as nine on topics about life in Palestine.

During one show broadcast in February, Assud vows to kill and eat all Danish people over the cartoon images of the Prophet Muhammad which appeared in a newspaper.

He also pledges to assassinate the illustrator and Saraa also agrees that she would martyr herself for the cause of Palestine.

Saraa, who has seven brothers and sisters, was invited to host the show after entering a singing competition.

But speaking last year, she defended the programme - and insisted it was not responsible for spreading extremism.

She said: 'We are not terrorists. We do not support terrorism. We are normal people, but we are defending our homeland.

'The Israelis hit next door to my house with a shell. I was wounded on my feet and my little brother Youssef was wounded in the legs.

'We, as Muslims, are against suicide bombers. We are against the death of civilians on all sides. We are only the enemy of those who took our land and kill us every day.'

The show is regularly translated and posted online by The Middle East Media Research Institute, an independent media monitoring group based in the United States.

Al-Aqsa was today was unavailable for comment.
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As if the hate in these areas wasn't great enough, now they're getting to the children while they still have any innocence. This makes me sick.

Thread by: Advent, Jul 25, 2008, 11 replies, in forum: Current Events
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Beyond (Madi)

Why did you change your name if you still like the name Madi?

Thread by: Advent, Jul 24, 2008, 23 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
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I Need Internship Help

As a career, I'd like to go into a field of science, preferably chemistry or forensics, so I've been searching for things to put on my resume. I have two choices as of now: To be an intern for no pay at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a world famous laboratory, or work in the research labs at North Shore LIJ, a fairly big and somewhat well known hospital where the pay is from $10 to $12 an hour. I'm leaning towards Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, but what do you guys think?

Thread by: Advent, Jul 22, 2008, 0 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
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Most Pathetically Obvious Spam You Have Ever Gotten In Your Inbox

Title explains it all.

Here's mine: "Become a CSI [firsname]!"

And no, I'm not putting "[firstname]" to block out my name, that was really what they titled the email.

Thread by: Advent, Jul 21, 2008, 24 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
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Is Obama Ready For Presidency?

At this point, I'm sure most of us realize that the presidential nominees aren't all that great. In my opinion, none of them stand out. However the one a lot of people see as the "big man" is the up and coming Democrat Barack Obama. Supporters like him for one of three reasons. His campaign theme of "Change" , his speaking ability, or, let's face it, his race. However his opposers have a lot of ammunition against him, like his extremely controversial pastor, his wife who claims to have never been proud to be an American, and most of all, his lack of experience. He hasn't been a politician for very long, and a lot of people think that he isn't ready to be president. So what do you guys think?

Thread by: Advent, Jul 20, 2008, 86 replies, in forum: Debate Corner
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I'm Back

How is everyone?

inb4"youweregone?"

Thread by: Advent, Jul 20, 2008, 3 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
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Help With iTunes Game Purchase

I'm trying to buy Song Summoner, and it seems to have gone through correctly (I set my mom's PayPal as the payment, it showed me the Terms and Conditions gibberish, I confirmed I was using PayPal, and finally I synced the iPod) but the game isn't showing up. Advice?

Thread by: Advent, Jul 11, 2008, 5 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
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See You Later

I'm going on a cruise for a week. I'll be leaving tomorrow and I'll be back the following Sunday. I might be able to get on occasionally, but odds are I won't be on at all.

Thread by: Advent, Jul 11, 2008, 5 replies, in forum: Departure Hall
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Senate Passes Surveilance Bill

Yahoo News said:

WASHINGTON - Bowing to President Bush's demands, the Senate approved and sent the White House a bill Wednesday to overhaul bitterly disputed rules on secret government eavesdropping and shield telecommunications companies from lawsuits complaining they helped the U.S. spy on Americans.
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The relatively one-sided vote, 69-28, came only after a lengthy and heated debate that pitted privacy and civil liberties concerns against the desire to prevent terrorist attacks. It ended almost a year of wrangling over surveillance rules and the president's warrantless wiretapping program that was initiated after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

The House passed the same bill last month, and Bush said he would sign it soon.

Opponents assailed the eavesdropping program, asserting that it imperiled citizens' rights of privacy from government intrusion. But Bush said the legislation protects those rights as well as Americans' security.

"This bill will help our intelligence professionals learn who the terrorists are talking to, what they're saying and what they're planning," he said in a brief White House appearance after the Senate vote.

The bill is very much a political compromise, brought about by a deadline: Wiretapping orders authorized last year will begin to expire in August. Without a new bill, the government would go back to old FISA rules, requiring multiple new orders and potential delays to continue those intercepts. That is something most of Congress did not want to see happen, particularly in an election year.

The long fight on Capitol Hill centered on one main question: whether to protect from civil lawsuits any telecommunications companies that helped the government eavesdrop on American phone and computer lines without the permission or knowledge of a secret court created by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

The White House had threatened to veto the bill unless it immunized companies such as AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. against wiretapping lawsuits.

Forty-six lawsuits now stand to be dismissed because of the new law, according to the American Civil Liberties Union. All are pending before a single U.S. District Court in California. But the fight has not ended. Civil rights groups are already preparing lawsuits challenging the bill's constitutionality, and four suits, filed against government officials, will not be dismissed.

Numerous lawmakers had spoken out strongly against the no-warrants eavesdropping on Americans, but the Senate voted its approval after rejecting amendments that would have watered down, delayed or stripped away the immunity provision.

The lawsuits center on allegations that the White House circumvented U.S. law by going around the FISA court, which was created 30 years ago to prevent the government from abusing its surveillance powers for political purposes, as was done in the Vietnam War and Watergate eras. The court is meant to approve all wiretaps placed inside the U.S. for intelligence-gathering purposes. The law has been interpreted to include international e-mail records stored on servers inside the U.S.

"This president broke the law," declared Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wis.

The Bush administration brought the wiretapping back under the FISA court's authority only after The New York Times revealed the existence of the secret program. A handful of members of Congress knew about the program from top secret briefings. Most members are still forbidden to know the details of the classified effort, and some objected that they were being asked to grant immunity to the telecoms without first knowing what they did.

Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Arlen Specter compared the Senate vote to buying a "pig in a poke."

But Sen. Christopher Bond, R-Mo., one of the bill's most vocal champions, said, "This is the balance we need to protect our civil liberties without handcuffing our terror-fighters."

Just under a third of the Senate, including Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, supported an amendment that would have stripped immunity from the bill. They were defeated on a 66-32 vote. Republican rival John McCain did not attend the vote.

Obama ended up voting for the final bill, as did Specter. Feingold voted no.

The bill tries to address concerns about the legality of warrantless wiretapping by requiring inspectors general inside the government to conduct a yearlong investigation into the program.

Beyond immunity, the new surveillance bill also sets new rules for government eavesdropping. Some of them would tighten the reins on current government surveillance activities, but others would loosen them compared with a law passed 30 years ago.

For example, it would require the government to get FISA court approval before it eavesdrops on an American overseas. Currently, the attorney general approves that electronic surveillance on his own.

The bill also would allow the government to obtain broad, yearlong intercept orders from the FISA court that target foreign groups and people, raising the prospect that communications with innocent Americans would be swept in. The court would approve how the government chooses the targets and how the intercepted American communications would be protected.

The original FISA law required the government to get wiretapping warrants for each individual targeted from inside the United States, on the rationale that most communications inside the U.S. would involve Americans whose civil liberties must be protected. But technology has changed. Purely foreign communications increasingly pass through U.S. wires and sit on American computer servers, and the law has required court orders to be obtained to access those as well.

The bill would give the government a week to conduct a wiretap in an emergency before it must apply for a court order. The original law said three days.

The bill restates that the FISA law is the only means by which wiretapping for intelligence purposes can be conducted inside the United States. This is meant to prevent a repeat of warrantless wiretapping by future administrations.

The ACLU, which is party to some of the lawsuits that will now be dismissed, said the bill was "a blatant assault upon civil liberties and the right to privacy."
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Great to see that the Senate is now nothing but Bush's b*tch. Congrats guys. The terrorists win.

Thread by: Advent, Jul 9, 2008, 20 replies, in forum: Current Events
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The U.S. Constitution's 4th Amendment Dies Today

Originally posted July 8th, 2008.

The Seminal said:

Over 200 years ago, we enshrined the rule of law as the only monarch in America. Tomorrow [July 9th, 2008], the Senate will likely vote to shred that precedent. Democrats, "compromising" with Republicans, will act together, in a bipartisan fashion, to destroy your right to be free from search without a warrant. Barack Obama, the politician with the biggest megaphone out there, who said, "To be clear, will support a filibuster of any bill that includes retroactive immunity for telecommunications companies," will likely miss the vote altogether, and will no doubt break his promise and fail to filibuster. And he will vote for final passage on the bill.

After months of fighting, Constitutionalists everywhere will lose this battle to a corrupt establishment in collusion with a lawbreaking president.

We have no choice but to hold them accountable any way we can, through attack ads, primary challenges, and and grassroots activities. On August 8th, the new Accountability Now PAC is hosting a moneybomb to support these accountability efforts. Please mark it on your calendars and donate.

Clearly, giving money to our politicians isn't solving anything.
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If any of you still needed a sign that freedom in the United States is slowly slipping away, this should do it.

Thread by: Advent, Jul 9, 2008, 47 replies, in forum: Current Events
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Anyone Else Got The Haruhi Song Stuck in Their Head?

Someone kill me.

Thread by: Advent, Jul 9, 2008, 2 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
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Spyro the Dragon

Amazing series when it was on the PSX, but after that it got kind of bad. My favorites are 2 and 3.

Thread by: Advent, Jul 8, 2008, 13 replies, in forum: Gaming
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"I Have Never Lol'd So Much At _________"

ITT post something that you normally wouldn't laugh at, but you find funny.

Thread by: Advent, Jul 8, 2008, 3 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
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OMG Spoilers!

Thread by: Advent, Jul 7, 2008, 9 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
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The Stupidest Thing You Ever Did In School

Just as the title says.

In 6th grade, I read the wrong science assignment, and then volunteered to write an answer to one of the numbered questions on the board from the very same assignment. The rest of the class read about plant cells or something, while I had read about Einstein's theory of all things. My answer was a freaking novel, and the rest of the class had like 2 word answers. Just a bit out of place.

Thread by: Advent, Jul 5, 2008, 8 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
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Amazing Death Note YouTube Poop

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEyKiQUDEfk&feature=rec-fresh

This is pretty epic.

Thread by: Advent, Jul 4, 2008, 3 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
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The Most Awesome DS Styluses Ever

http://kotaku.com/5021337/an-elegant-stylus-for-a-more-civilized-age

Yea, lightsabers! I gotta say, I will definitely be buying at least one of these.

Thread by: Advent, Jul 4, 2008, 13 replies, in forum: Gaming
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Anyone Else Feel Sorry For... (Death Note Spoilers)

Light? Don't get me wrong. I love the Death Note ending, it's one of the most beautifully developed ending scenes in any anime I have ever seen (so much symbolism and the L reference at the end was perfect), but I just really liked Light's character. I was kinda hoping for him to live personally and have him ruling the New World (which would be destined to fall obviously). Also, the shinigami Ryuk talks to at the end of the Special Episode 38 was pretty strongly hinted to be Light transformed into shinigami (he told Light in the beginning a person who uses the Death Note would neither go to Heaven nor Hell, and he tells him to "drop the notebook, you could see something you won't forget for the rest of your life. Isn't that right Light?"), a sad end in my opinion, but eerily awesome at the same time. Thoughts?

Thread by: Advent, Jul 4, 2008, 49 replies, in forum: Anime and Manga
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I'd Like Some Good Metal Band Reccomendations

Yea I'm getting into metal, so I'd like to know some good bands. I already know:

Metallica
Dragon Force
Maximum the Hormone
Cannibal Corpse
Slayer
Mayhem (*looks at their song titles* wow, just wow)

Thread by: Advent, Jul 3, 2008, 21 replies, in forum: Music

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