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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/24/honduran-judges-throw-out-single-term-limit-on-presidency oops! I know I'm not stimulating discussion well so far. I guess we could talk about the imminent pulling of American aid that I am sure is coming in the near future?

Graphic video all over the news and websites, but don't worry it's not linked on CFC! <snip> More info provided in the link. Stewart remains under investigation. He has a long history of anger issues in fast cars. Thoughts? link removed - please remember to stay on the family friendly side...

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-27742426 What say you, CFC commentariat? Beyond arguing whether the minimum wage increase is a good or bad thing (which is definitely an important debate), another question is sortve assumed at the end of the BBC article. Is Seattle REALLY a...

Varoufakis is no fan of the EU but advises such a strategy would be a poor one. Oh, he also skewers the hell out of Greece optimists. http://yanisvaroufakis.eu/2014/04/14/greeces-grand-decoupling-the-nuclear-option-and-an-alternative-strategy-a-comment-on-munchau/ This guy is awesome...

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2014/01/breaking-promises/ Do you think Obama's signature second term anti-poverty program will be a success? Is there a place for enterprise zones as currently constructed? Does you opinion on currently existing enterprise zones differ from the article's...

http://video.msnbc.msn.com/all-in-/51911783 http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/jul/25/barack-obama/obama-says-deficit-falling-fastest-rate-60-years/ http://www.businessinsider.com/9-inconvenient-truths-about-the-deficit-2013-1...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/08/10/everything-you-know-about-immigration-is-wrong/?wprss=rss_ezra-klein&clsrd The deficit is now sitting at about 4.2%, imagine how much better it would be if we didn't have this assbackwards list of priorities when it comes to...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23541341 http://www.businessinsider.com/tamerlan-tsarnaev-extremist-right-wing-literature-2013-8 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323420604578649830782219440.html [paywall] Shocker of shockers, the initial narrative was wrong. Followup...

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/print/2013-07-23/the-budget-crisis-in-congress-s-head.html A few questions come to mind: 1. are all Republican congressmen actually Communist plants trying to hurtle America toward the revolution? 2. are there stipulations in their contracts that they all get a...

jk http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/07/15/the-trayvon-martin-killing-and-the-myth-of-black-on-black-crime.html Do you agree with the gist of the article? Do you feel like black-on-black crime is the REAL problem? What about crime in general? This article summarized a few...

http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/07/09/texas-19-year-old-in-prison-for-sarcastic-facebook-post/ It's no roll of tape, but is this the first signs of fascism coming to America? Do you have any thoughts to articulate on this case, or are you like me and still sure this is some elaborate Ashton Kutcher...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/07/11/the-house-just-passed-a-farm-bill-with-no-money-for-food-stamps-what-does-that-mean/ No bolding for you welfare queens, pick yourself up by your free-market bootstraps and read the whole article. A few questions for the audience...

http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/01/world/meast/egypt-protests/index.html?hpt=wo_c1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=z_IOrcF1nNw There were preliminary reports from the BBC saying the number of Egyptians protesting today is the largest number of protestors in a political...

People were having themselves a good ol' time discussing bugs and posting pictures of bugs. Continue doing so in here! For the purposes of this thread, spiders count as bugs. To kick things off: I'm gonna assume this is the spider I keep seeing everywhere. Freaking jerks. Those are the...

http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2013/06/wendy-davis-begins-filibuster-to-stop-omnibus-abortion-bill.html/ This is a livestream and countdown of her filibuster efforts on a bill that attempts to effectively destroy abortion in the state. If she goes about 5 more hours, the bill will...

http://www.demos.org/blog/college-isnt-answer-inequality Do you agree or disagree with the points brought up in the post? If you care about inequality, how would you fix it? If you don't care about inequality, well gollee why not? Why do people keep repeating the platitudes about college...

http://www.worldtribune.com/2013/05/31/nato-data-assad-winning-the-war-for-syrians-hearts-and-minds/ Two things: 1. How badly has the media mauled this story from the get go? 2. Does this alter your perceptions on Syria?

IMPORTANT BT INFORMATION AND DEADLINE HERE This NES will be set in 2013. Rulesets will likely be lifted from multiple sources and might be a rough fit for a modern nes at first. The goal is to provide at least a working imitation of the modern world. I will leave it up to the player base to...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/jun/05/imf-underestimated-damage-austerity-would-do-to-greece Thoughts? Concerns? Not a very well constructed OP, but I want to make this thread before I forget :p

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/01/greece-golden-dawn-violence-eu-crisis/print Just some guys hanging out, having fun. A few questions for Euro posters more acquainted with Greek politics: 1. Is this article a tad alarmist? 2. Why are there so many fascist thugs in Greece, in your...