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AirAsia has another incident, this time no casualties. AirAsia flight overshoots runway in Kalibo, Philippines Statistical anomaly, one hopes.

The Falklands will be in UK hands till Argentina gets its economic act together, which looks like a "never" proposition. They keep defaulting on their debt. Russia would be out of their minds to accept Argentine credit, and no one else is going to bankroll that purchase.

Mmm, try IMDB. IMDb Top 250 - IMDb They have lists of movies as ranked by their users for any number of genres.

Get Netflix, rate some movies, it will point out plenty more you'll like.

My aim was to see if there was corroborating information floating around in Pakistan that I was unaware of. It appeared to be to be a sensationalist claim, either by the news org trying to smear someone, or by a government entity trying to smear a political or bureaucratic opponent. Its hard...

That's about what I would expect.

Currency is traded world-wide these days. Most of the world is not Christian, so why would they take the day off? They have their own holidays that Christians don't take off. Except for in India, which per my acquaintances there, takes all holidays for every religion. I think they are...

@Zarvan I hope this conversation is helping you to see that your problems are internal to Pakistan. The US did not create a Shia population there, nor an Ahmadi one. The US has nothing to do with divisions in Islam, they have existed since before we were a country. You are at war with each...

KP government had been warned of Peshawar attack - thenews.com.pk Not being from the region, I don't have good knowledge of the reliability of various news sources. This article seems to be using GEO as a reference, and I've heard a lot of hate here for them. The tone is finger-pointing, and...

meh, this has been a long time coming. It was politically unfeasible due to resistance from Cuban exiles in America till recently - the American Cuban community is about evenly divided on this at this point. Most of the rest of the country is neutral, a few die-hards for or against here and...

It is predictable. This is what you have to believe if you start with the assumptions "all Muslims are good" and "America is the source of all of our problems". Not recognizing that most of your problems are your own doing is the Number One Problem everywhere (not just Pakistan). Islamists...

I think you are all imagining conspiracies where there is only economics. I don't think anyone is out to get anyone, per say - it is a fact of life that there is more oil available these days. It is a fact of life that the world economy is down a bit. The combination drives oil prices lower...

Why? Oh, thats what you'd do if you were in charge? Good thing you aren't.

Here's the American advice: 1) stop funding terrorists 2) go after them 3) go after them - seriously, not just a show for political cover. 4) stop blaming everyone outside Pakistan for Pakistani problems that are Pakistani in origin. You've persuaded too many people to take the Land of the...

This is a silly thread. Price of _____ goes up, its an American plot. Price of _____ goes down, its an American plot. Rebels in podunkville declare independance, American plot. Peace breaks out, an American plot to bring down <poster's country>. Seriously, there are people here blaming the...

The fundamental problem is tribalism. As they say in Africa "Me against my brother, my brother and I against the family, my family against the clan, my clan against the world." Loyalty, and by contrast blame for anything bad, is allocated by looking at the parties in question and siding with...

Sunk cost - they've already been written off. The investment still has value, just not enough to cover the loans, perhaps. It means the investment gets sold off to a new owner at a hugely reduced price, not that the investment is worthless. It is highly likely that oil prices will rebound...

It's oil prices. Sanctions are a very minor player here. Oil has dropped 40% at least. The ruble tracked right with it.

I think Easter is more important, religiously. But most everyone gets Sunday off anyhow, so an official holiday isn't necessary. Christmas is unlikely to be the actual birth of Jesus - it is highly likely the date was co-opted to Christianize pagan winter celebrations in Europe. Why would...

You really have two different problems, which will require different solutions. The number one problem is the day-to-day coastal enforcement of Pakistani sovereignty - making sure that fishermen, global shipping companies, would-be smugglers, pirates, terrorists, etc are obeying Pakistani law...