Minor correction: the school hostage crisis took place in Beslan, which is in North-Ossetia, not in Chechnya.

Running Brown’s College Republicans is some achievement!

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I certainly hope you are right, but if it cost $400 at the factory, I’d think it would cost WAY more than $600 to do as part of a recall. Anyone familiar with the typical economics of recalls feel like chiming in?

If I have an appointment next week for an unrelated issue with my under-warranty 2013 A3 TDI, does this mean they are going to do things to the emissions system or do I get to “opt out” until there is more information?

“I’m sure that Secretary Clinton, when she came across information that had already been marked confidential or classified, used the proper channels.”

Jeez - with all that “anti-Clinton press and media”, someone should just build the Clintons an entirely separate internet where they get to be exempt from public scrutiny like everyone else. But the real gem of what you’re suggesting with that article is that it’s acceptable for the Secretary of State to be grossly…

Your claim that the constitution “explicitly states” what you want it to state is backed up by a 1995 book review pontificating on the meaning of the second amendment. You would think that if a sentence was that explicit, one wouldn’t need write books about it... But that’s probably because I don’t know how to read.

Asia is not a continent (that would be Eurasia) but a somewhat arbitrary grouping of countries with no definitive border. The Ural Mountains in Russia are one of he more common dividers as is the Bosphorus. Armenia can be classified either way though my friends vehemently dispute that I am Asian.

This young man was actually protesting the imprisonment of his father, who many consider to be a political prisoner. This is not someone looking for a Ronaldo selfie so calling a brave albeit disruptive protester an idiot is wrong and pretty dick.

Reasons why this article shouldn’t exist, a condensed edition:

Helpful - thanks. Google confirmed it is a misleading lede and that you are a rude person.

I don’t get the lede. Aren’t the determining factors in a sentencing like this things like remorse, mental state, potential brainwashing, etc? Was the jury actually debating whether his pretty goddamn serious crime was “serious enough” for death vs life in prison?