Politics March 10, 2015: GOP senators facing backlash for letter objecting to Obama’s Iran nuclear deal

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GOP senators facing backlash for letter objecting to Obama’s Iran nuclear deal

March 10, 2015

They may have been forced to delay a vote on the bill regarding a potential Iran nuclear weapons deal, but 47 Senate Republicans have taken their own action sending a letter to Iran objecting to any deal on Monday, March…

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Bibi’s Historic Speech

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Originally posted on An Elephant in the Woods:

With Israel’s elections in just under a week, it’s worth looking at the impact that Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu’s speeches had (or didn’t have) on Israeli politics.

In short, it’s hard to tell if it had any impact. Bibi’s popularity seems to be up, but his Likud party barely moved in the polls at all. What is for sure, is that plenty of Arab commentators strongly supported it.

So what’s likely to happen? In all likelihood, Netanyahu will remain Prime Minister because the parties on the left are too disorganized to reach the 61 seats they need to have to form a government of their own.

However, in a system with more political parties than most Americans could even imagine (my two favorites because of the level of amusement they provide are the Pirate Party and the Ale Yarok [Green Leaf] Party, whose symbol is the first two…

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The Boneyard

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Originally posted on Grant Mercer's Purgatory:

The town called The Boneyard is the settlement for the majority of the aviation experts in Purgatory and those aircraft that aren’t scrapped due to their rarity or historical value are brought to The Boneyard to be cataloged and stored. After the events of Airplane Day, the majority of the work on making a flyable aircraft in Purgatory was abandoned due to the inherent danger of dragon attacks. Whenever a new aircraft is located in the wastes in decent condition, it is compared to the existing inventory at The Boneyard and then the decision is made to either keep the plane due to its rarity or historical value or scrap it. The Boneyard does have its own scrapping & forge facilities on site, however, they are much smaller than the ones at Blackforge and the scrapped metals from The Boneyard typically end up at Blackforge for reprocessing anyways.

The Boneyard…

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