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Wednesday Open Thread | 69 comments (69 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Wednesday Open Thread (4.00 / 3)

Afghanistan did, a bunch of hajis didn't just frustrate them like in Iraq, they're on the point of defeating them, of showing the world how to beat the big bad bully.

Considering the Afghan experience of the British and Russians from the 1820's to the 1980's, nobody could have predicted...

By laying out pros and cons we risk inducing people to join the debate, and losing control of a process that only we fully understand. - Alan Greenspan

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Jul 28th, 2010 at 03:07:45 PM EST
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Re: Wednesday Open Thread (4.00 / 2)

... nobody could have predicted...

Is this the official/unofficial ET catch-phrase? Very useful in so many situations.

In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.

by THE Twank (yatta blah blah @ blah.com) on Wed Jul 28th, 2010 at 03:12:43 PM EST
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Re: Wednesday Open Thread (none / 1)

More or less I guess

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Wed Jul 28th, 2010 at 03:22:27 PM EST
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Re: Wednesday Open Thread (4.00 / 2)

Seeing as Malta appears to have gone out of fashion

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Wed Jul 28th, 2010 at 04:27:57 PM EST
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Re: Wednesday Open Thread (4.00 / 2)

That was something no one could have predicted.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Wed Jul 28th, 2010 at 04:34:09 PM EST
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Re: Wednesday Open Thread (4.00 / 2)

And that could have only happened in Malta

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Wed Jul 28th, 2010 at 04:37:05 PM EST
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Re: Wednesday Open Thread (4.00 / 2)

right up there with 'we're all doomed'!

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Wed Jul 28th, 2010 at 04:44:05 PM EST
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Re: Wednesday Open Thread (none / 1)

Or [Europe is Doomed]

don't have the asteroid picture, sorry

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Wed Jul 28th, 2010 at 05:07:28 PM EST
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