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2011/04/07 05:33:49
Subject: The ultimate political conspiracy
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The Dread Evil Lord Varlak
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http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/04/04/110404fa_fact_grann?currentPage=all
That's a link to an article in The New Yorker. It's a true story about an assassination in Guatamala, and how the subsequent investigation engulfed the nation.
It's a long read but I guarantee it's worth it, the twists and turns in the case are less predictable than some of the best fiction I've read, and here it's all so amazing because it really happened.
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“We may observe that the government in a civilized country is much more expensive than in a barbarous one; and when we say that one government is more expensive than another, it is the same as if we said that that one country is farther advanced in improvement than another. To say that the government is expensive and the people not oppressed is to say that the people are rich.”
Adam Smith, who must have been some kind of leftie or something. |
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2011/04/08 02:28:57
Subject: Re:The ultimate political conspiracy
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The Dread Evil Lord Varlak
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Too long?
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“We may observe that the government in a civilized country is much more expensive than in a barbarous one; and when we say that one government is more expensive than another, it is the same as if we said that that one country is farther advanced in improvement than another. To say that the government is expensive and the people not oppressed is to say that the people are rich.”
Adam Smith, who must have been some kind of leftie or something. |
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2011/04/08 02:30:12
Subject: Re:The ultimate political conspiracy
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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sebster wrote:Too long?
Truth can be stranger than fiction.
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20112011/04/08 07:09:44
Subject: Re:The ultimate political conspiracy
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!!Goffik Rocker!!
(THIS SPACE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK)
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sebster wrote:Too long?
I started last night but it was 3: AM. I'll read it someday.
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Do you remember that time that thing happened?
This is a bad thread and you should all feel bad |
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2011/04/08 03:24:04
Subject: Re:The ultimate political conspiracy
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Gore-Soaked Lunatic Witchhunter
Australia (Recently ravaged by the Hive Fleet Ginger Overlord)
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sebster wrote:Too long?
Read it instead of paying attention to a Justice Lecture (it was rubbish anyway), I can hardly believe this is based on real events. Good find, sebster.
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Smacks wrote:
After the game, pack up all your miniatures, then slap the guy next to you on the ass and say.
"Good game guys, now lets hit the showers" 
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2011/04/08 07:24:48
Subject: The ultimate political conspiracy
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Dwarf High King with New Book of Grudges
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First up, Rodrigo Rosenberg?
Second, I remember this guy, and how it reminded me of a slight perversion of Othello.
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Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh. |
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