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Special to AdamSmith:

Why is The Telegraph printing an article in French?

On an egging complaint, the cops went in 12 strong, armed and armoured to the hilt. That's what I found interesting. What rumors are the local PD hearing about the goings on at chez Bieber that would prompt them to move in with a full scale assault team on an neighbor's egging complaint?

The District Court judge stayed (put on hold) his order pending appeal so no gay marriages in Oklahoma until his decision is affirmed by a Court of Appeals. Given the Supreme Court's intervention to stay a similar Utah decision until the issues have been fully considered, the Oklahoma judge acted properly in delaying implementation of his order.

Remember Timothy Treadwell, the famous bear whisperer and whac-a-doodle? Lived with Alaskan grizzles for 13 years. Finally got his silly self eaten. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Treadwell#Death Just saying.

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And this is listed in column B rather than column A why? Surely there's some beloved niece or favored escort for whom you might have some lingering concern?

Sorry, I did it again. I promise I'm trying to taper off, really.

BigK, you can use the following work-around to force a quote until Oz sicks the programmers onto your problem: 1. Type the command

LOL, don't get me started on the Russian Army. Even the Russians do their damnedest to avoid the draft. I'm informed that the going market price to buy an exemption from induction is $4,500 US.

I gather the deal with US naturalization is that, while the USA demands you renounce allegiance to all furrin potentates, etc., the potentate in question may not necessarily recognize any change in your status. Not much the US can do about that. I believe there were several cases of US citizens of Japanese descent who happened to be visiting Japan when war broke out and found themselves involuntarily drafted into the Japanese Army.

From the US Consular Service foreign travel website: The concept of dual nationality means that a person is a citizen of two countries at the same time. Each country has its own citizenship laws based on its own policy. Persons may have dual nationality by automatic operation of different laws rather than by choice. For example, a child born in a foreign country to U.S. citizen parents may be both a U.S. citizen and a citizen of the country of birth. A U.S. citizen may acquire foreign citizenship by marriage, or a person naturalized as a U.S. citizen may not lose the citizenship of the country of birth. U.S. law does not mention dual nationality or require a person to choose one citizenship or another. Also, a person who is automatically granted another citizenship does not risk losing U.S. citizenship. However, a person who acquires a foreign citizenship by applying for it may lose U.S. citizenship. In order to lose U.S. citizenship, the law requires that the person must apply for the foreign citizenship voluntarily, by free choice, and with the intention to give up U.S. citizenship. Intent can be shown by the person's statements or conduct.The U.S. Government recognizes that dual nationality exists but does not encourage it as a matter of policy because of the problems it may cause. Claims of other countries on dual national U.S. citizens may conflict with U.S. law, and dual nationality may limit U.S. Government efforts to assist citizens abroad. The country where a dual national is located generally has a stronger claim to that person's allegiance. However, dual nationals owe allegiance to both the United States and the foreign country. They are required to obey the laws of both countries. Either country has the right to enforce its laws, particularly if the person later travels there.Most U.S. citizens, including dual nationals, must use a U.S. passport to enter and leave the United States. Dual nationals may also be required by the foreign country to use its passport to enter and leave that country. Use of the foreign passport does not endanger U.S. citizenship.Most countries permit a person to renounce or otherwise lose citizenship. Information on losing foreign citizenship can be obtained from the foreign country's embassy and consulates in the United States. Americans can renounce U.S. citizenship in the proper form at U.S. embassies and consulates abroad. ==== In the back of my mind, there's some kind of registration requirement for US "anchor babies" who subsequently move back overseas and for the foreign born children of US citizens who never return to to the USA for any extended period (Maybe that's the ten year thing the article mentions.) I think the kids have some multiyear period after they turn 18 to file their paperwork with the local consulate in order to retain their citizenship.

Francis's stance on gay marriage (& adoption) is both clear and traditional...he's against it. No if, ands or buts. http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2014/01/04/Pope-Francis-Affirms-Same-Sex-Marriage-Is-Anthropological-Regression I can't find a direct quote but I suspect his attitude toward homosexuality itself is within the tradition of the Church...it's a sin. What his public statements do seem to be is an effort to put some daylight between Church doctrine and behavior and the cultural baggage it has accrued through the centuries. There is no particular theological reason to single out homosexuality from any number of other sins. Singling out homos as especially repellent creatures to target for persecution is pure cultural bias masquerading as Church teaching.

Courtesy & respect go a long ways, not just with garatos and not just in Brazil.

Sure is a self-confidant sucker if he knows you well, Tomcal, and still thinks "I will make you only want to be with me!" Me he could probably handle w/o breaking a sweat.

From AS's wiki-link (emphasis added): Wire safety method One particularly dangerous warhead was Livermore's W47, designed for the Polaris submarine missile. The last test before the 1958 moratorium was a one-point test of the W47 primary, which had an unacceptably high nuclear yield of 400 lb (180 kg) of TNT equivalent (Hardtack II Titania). With the test moratorium in force, there was no way to refine the design and make it inherently one-point safe. Los Alamos had a suitable primary that was one-point safe, but rather than share with Los Alamos the credit for designing the first SLBM warhead, Livermore chose to use mechanical safing on its own inherently unsafe primary. The result was a safety scheme consisting of a boron-coated wire inserted into the hollow pit at manufacture. The warhead was armed by withdrawing the wire onto a spool driven by an electric motor. Once withdrawn, the wire could not be re-inserted.[52] The wire had a tendency to become brittle during storage, and break or get stuck during arming, preventing complete removal and rendering the warhead a dud.[53] It was estimated that 50-75% of warheads would fail. This required a complete rebuild of the W47 primaries.[54] The oil used for lubricating the wire also promoted corrosion of the pit.[55] ==== Hito, these are the people you trust to look after our best interests. LOL, socialise us as you will, those status seeking ape genes always win out. Pick my fleas and be quick about it, Beta Boy!

Fortunately I missed She Devil but I'm having trouble imagining why Ms. Streep would agree to any project involving Roseanne Barr. Maybe the money was overwhelming.

After intense study of the sources you provided, AS, I conclude that the modern American biscuit is technically a small quick bread relying on baking soda &/or baking powder for leavening. Who would have guessed? Further cursory googling of baking powder and backing soda lead me to believe that our glorious biscuit is in fact a purely American invention. (Seems that neither leavening agent was commercially available for baking purposes until the early 1800's.) Let's hear it for the USA!

The notion that the English lack an equivalent of our biscuit never even entered my head. I'm stunned. If we didn't inherit the biscuit from the English, where did it come from? The Germans, maybe? Or did we invent it all on our own?

Damn, RA1, have gone and turned Red in your dotage?

Seeing as I seem to have already outed you as an expert on English oddities, could you please tell me what the English call an American biscuit? Seriously, Hoover, the matter plagues me and I have no where else to turn.