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Aaah, the Iran-Contra affair, Olli North, Gorbachev, the Empire of Evil, ICBM talks and the final days of Cold War. RIP, Ronny.

Excellent post, bossel. Very interesting!

I have to agree to that. I find the procedures people undergo just to adapt to beauty ideals imposed by I don't know whom quite shocking. Must be sheer horror to know you're kissing or touching silicon or revamped body parts, ugh. :wave:

So much for Israeli peace efforts. Beati sunt pauperes spiritu.

Just read about that survey. Believe me, here in Austria people are already sharpening their knives! :D Haydn, Freud: definitely Austrians. Beethoven: welp, at least he composed most of his pieces in Austria. There are a few personalities being "claimed" by two or more countries. Take for...

As far as I know there are only two countries officially practicing sharia: Saudi-Arabia and Iran. Other countries allow sharia laws to govern the lives of their Muslim population (Nigeria, Indonesia, Malaysia to name just a few). Thus, sharia can only be applied to Malaysians of Muslim faith...

So lasagna is British? Oh well, I am still crazy for it, lol. As for parma ham: there will certainly be more brawl between the WTO and the EU in regard to geographical indications: More info => http://europa.eu.int/comm/agriculture/external/wto/officdoc/geogr_en.htm

According to my limited observations (I have lived in Muslim countries for about ten years) bathroom habits largely depend on social origin ( = level of education, urban population vs. countryside). The higher social strata are quite "westernized" in their behaviour, also bathrooms with Western...

The arrogance of power Excellent post as well as interesting articles, Maciamo! A few unstructured personal thoughts: I do differentiate between government and country. I share your views on the government 100%, but I am certain that there are a lot of U.S. citizens that do not feel...

It's a straight fact that no WMD have been found yet. Remember, that was the main reason to start action against Iraq.

I was under the impression that people from certain Caucasus regions (Georgians, Azeris) have a tendency to grow over 120 years old. Then again, most of them do not hold birth certificates. > A man in the Indian state of Rajasthan has been collecting a > pension for the past 65 years, it has...

Cough, cough... that's what I assumed too. ;)

Hm, a delicate question. I was astonished to read the comments on that article, as I naively thought that emotional bonds between parents (or the persons who have raised a child respectively) and children is much stronger than genetical facts. It obviously isn't. It would be interesting to have...

I think there was a similar system in Germany called CompuServe. They started in the early 80s and were taken over by AOL in the late 90s.

I'm sometimes brushing my teeth in front of the PC, but never ever in the kitchen sink, lol.

Well, virility isn't necessarily related to hair growth. ;)

Exactly. My cousin used to be cycle racer and turned into a master of epilation, lol.

@ UN I agree with you. Still, the fact that the UN system of conflict resolution has its flaws does not give any nation the right to disregard international law. Kosovo was a similar case, but there was a larger agreement on the fact that something had to be done, at least there was accordance...

Hi, I have moved your post to our chit chat section, as it is not Japan-related. And yes, this war contravenes all standards of international law, as it has not been sanctioned by the UN or started in self-defense. However, the US administration has argued that it is a legitimate "preemptive"...

Finally a place to let off some Euro-steam! I hope these results reach the top echelon of bureaucracy. Nice find, Maciamo!