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[rainforests1]

http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/08/09/provoking-russia/
Apparently the US government is attempting to install Georgia into NATO. I'm not sure what good it does for the United States to provoke Russia.

 

[das_nut]

http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/08/09/provoking-russia/
Apparently the US government is attempting to install Georgia into NATO. I'm not sure what good it does for the United States to provoke Russia.

Appeasement is a far better option, isn't it? Just look at how well it worked for Neville Chamberlain.

Peace in our time!

 

[SuicideBlonde]

http://news.yahoo.com/tenn-judge-changes-infants-name-messiah-215423538.html

 

[kazyeeqen]

http://news.yahoo.com/tenn-judge-changes-infants-name-messiah-215423538.html

Really? That's crazy that a judge could do that.

 

[SuicideBlonde]

I know. I personally don't like the name, but it is the mother's choice.

 

[Blobbenstein]

Well it should save the kid some crap in the playground.

 

[kazyeeqen]

Doesn't really matter how crazy-assed the name is, it's astonishing that a judge could legally change it without parental consent.

 

[Blobbenstein]

Website bosses claim the teenager who killed herself after being bullied online sent most of the vile abuse to herself.
Hannah Smith, 14, hanged herself in her bedroom ten days ago after being targeted by trolls on Ask.fm.
But the social networking site insists that she set up most of the anonymous identities used to bombard her own page, it has been reported.
A source at the firm based in Riga, Latvia, said: ‘With the Hannah case, the company have looked at every identity – the [computer] IP addresses are trackable. She posted the anonymous things herself.’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ther-girl-14-hanged-furious-Ask-fm-claim.html

She appears to have been bullied on line as well. My theory is that she was trying to take back some control for the bullying by sending herself abuse. I mean, she could look at the stuff she sent herself, and say 'well, that's just my stuff, and I'm just a kid sitting in her bedroom. No big deal'..

Still it could be other things.

 

[Amy SF]

http://news.yahoo.com/tenn-judge-changes-infants-name-messiah-215423538.html

Personally I see nothing wrong with Messiah, and if necessary, the kid could always use a nickname, or initials if he thought Messiah could get him beat up. I think that judge was out of bounds and her decision should be reversed. Unless the kid ends up with a name like Adolf Hitler or Ima Turd, I see nothing wrong with parents naming their kids whatever they want.

 

[Moll Flanders]

Madonna did quite well for herself with a religious name.

Pacu, Testicle-Eating 'Ball-Cutter' Fish Spotted In Sweden

 

[rainforests1]

Appeasement is a far better option, isn't it? Just look at how well it worked for Neville Chamberlain.

Peace in our time!

I thought England lost 300,000 lives, went bankrupt, lost their empire, and became a second-rate power because of World War 2. I wouldn't say the war option did them much good. I'll ask a simple question:what good does it do the United States to anger Russia? I don't think we need more enemies.

 

[thefadedone]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ther-girl-14-hanged-furious-Ask-fm-claim.html

She appears to have been bullied on line as well. My theory is that she was trying to take back some control for the bullying by sending herself abuse. I mean, she could look at the stuff she sent herself, and say 'well, that's just my stuff, and I'm just a kid sitting in her bedroom. No big deal'..

Still it could be other things.

Sad.

I'm so glad the internet didn't exist while I was in high school.

 

[crystal tips]

Really? That's crazy that a judge could do that.

yet they went to court as they needed a judge to rule on the last name of the child because they couldn't decide.........

 

[SummerRain]

In other countries "Jesus" is a normal name. I know somebody with "Jesus" as their middle name. I don't see the difference. There are lots of kids names I wouldn't pick myself, but as long as it's not something obviously chosen without the child's best interests (like the ones Amy SF mentioned), I don't think a judge ought to be able to change it.

 

[Amy SF]

Matt Goldich@MattGoldich
Jurors took 15 minutes to find Whitey Bulger guilty and 5 days to decide which one of them gets to be played by Ben Affleck in the movie.

 

[nigel1]

yet they went to court as they needed a judge to rule on the last name of the child because they couldn't decide.........

I suspect this is a bigger factor than what went on than the press is willing to let on. Not as good a story otherwise.

 

[das_nut]

I thought England lost 300,000 lives, went bankrupt, lost their empire, and became a second-rate power because of World War 2. I wouldn't say the war option did them much good. I'll ask a simple question:what good does it do the United States to anger Russia? I don't think we need more enemies.

But Britian appeased Germany with the remilitarization of the Rhineland in '36, Austria in '38, and the Sudetenland, also in '38, plus the destruction of the Czech republic in early '39.

It was only with the invasion of Poland in '39 that the British and the French declared war. And even that war was referred to as the "phony war", since there were no major land offenses by the allies until '40, when Germany invaded the low countries.

Perhaps if British just stayed out of other's people's business and let Germany keep Austria, the Czech republic, Poland, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, there would have been peace.

Right?

 

[Calliegirl]

In other countries "Jesus" is a normal name. I know somebody with "Jesus" as their middle name. I don't see the difference. There are lots of kids names I wouldn't pick myself, but as long as it's not something obviously chosen without the child's best interests (like the ones Amy SF mentioned), I don't think a judge ought to be able to change it.

Jesus is a very popular name within the Hispanic community in my country (U.S.).

 

[Muggle]

I thought England lost 300,000 lives, went bankrupt, lost their empire, and became a second-rate power because of World War 2. I wouldn't say the war option did them much good. I'll ask a simple question:what good does it do the United States to anger Russia? I don't think we need more enemies.

*twitches*

England's empire? What are you talking about? Or do you mean the British Empire?

 

[beancounter]

Personally I see nothing wrong with Messiah, and if necessary, the kid could always use a nickname, or initials if he thought Messiah could get him beat up.

I guess it's because Jesus is a name, whereas Messiah is a title.