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rainforests1 said:
The horrors in Egypt are being ignored here. We give them a lot of aid. It may be time to take some of that away.
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Where is "here"?

There has been coverage on the front page of the Los Angeles Times for several days now, so definitely not being ignored in L.A.
 
Many U.S. news organizations have a foreign-coverage problem. Here's why:

About a third of the foreign correspondents employed by American media outlets in 2003 have been cut. The New York Times currently has only three reporters to cover the entire continent of Africa; The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and The Wall Street Journal each have two; USA Today no longer has any.

What has taken their place is a scattering of freelancers, with varying degrees of journalistic seasoning, who go off to cover global crises with little or no institutional support.
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That was really interesting, I have friends/know people in polyamorous relationships, but no one who's been together for years.
 
Another article on the subject from the Guardian.

I liked that article too, less personal, but I liked the conclusion....
However, the biggest problem with polyamory is also the major problem with monogamy; and that problem, as always, is people. Polyamorists and monogamists alike fall prey to the delusion that their rules are the only proper way to organise relationships, and if we could all just stick those rules, no one would ever have to get their heart broken ever again. If only it were so simple. The truth is that there is no magic set of rules for love, sex and home economics that works for everyone – and that's why it's so important that there are other options out there.
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Some of the comments are (as always) seriously depressing though.
 
I been reading about polymory relationships because what my personal life been through however, this isn't for everyone ,I do believe that its not cheating, Cheating is when you go off and do things and decieve your partner and lie about it but, if you sit down with all parties and plan out the right way and agreements then that is not cheating.
 
SummerRain said:
That was really interesting, I have friends/know people in polyamorous relationships, but no one who's been together for years.
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I know people in an open marriage that has lasted a long long time. They also have a daughter who only does open relationships.

I don't think I could do it. I would get jealous. And this might be weird, but I find a certain degree of jealousy to be an attractive quality in someone else too. As long as it's not extreme/paranoid/controlling. Objectively, jealousy doesn't seem like a healthy though, so I have to admire people who don't suffer from it very much.
 
Glasgow man says Edinburgh ketchup charge ‘racist’
IT’S a fast food choice that defines Edinburgh and Glasgow . . . the colour of the sauce you slap on your chips.

But the ancient grudge that divides two cities has reared its head again after a disgruntled punter was told there was a charge if he wanted tomato sauce – but not Capital favourite salt ‘n’ sauce. Glasgow-born Tony Winters is taking his complaint to trading standards after a Capital chippy tried to charge him 25p for a small sachet of Heinz 
tomato ketchup. He says he is being unfairly treated because he is Glaswegian and that that amounts to “racial discrimination”.
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Amy SF said:
I'm not even going to open that last one. If I do, I'll be ****** off all day and have nightmares tonight. :bang:
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I read it, you definitely don't want to. :yuck:
When I read things like this, I really wish there was an eye for an eye punishment. And there was no pun intended, just think people should experience the same suffering they cause others.
 
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New Jersey rejects 'ATHEIST' vanity plate for being offensive

By John Neff RSS feed Google+
Posted Aug 27th 2013 12:58PM

Every state has different rules governing what can and can't be displayed on vanity license plates. Not only do they vary, but many are vague about what combinations of letters and/or numbers are acceptable, which forces the state to determine acceptability on a case-by-case basis. Remember the 'ILVTOFU' controversy of 2011? Or what about Georgia's rejection of gay-themed license plates?

New Jersey resident David Silverman has published a tale on Twitter regarding his application to the state's Motor Vehicle Commission for a personalized license plate that reads "ATHEIST." Silverman says in his tweet that the reason given for the state's rejection of his godless vanity plate was that it's offensive.
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http://www.autoblog.com/2013/08/27/new-jersey-rejects-atheist-vanity-plate-being-offensive/

Somehow I expected this to happen in one of the Bible Belt states, but in New Jersey? :???:
 
I've seen some guy driving around my area with the number plate 'fallic', or some such spelling. I'm surprised they allowed that.
 
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