Man slits woman's throat after she says "No" to proposal

[Diomedes]

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[trottisgodd]

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Omar Torrijos-He had reached the rank of lieutenant colonel by 1966 and in 1968 he and colonel Boris Martínez led a successful coup d'etat against the democratically-elected president, Arnulfo Arias (Arias himself had led a coup in 1931). In the internal power struggle that followed Torrijos emerged victorious - he exiled Martínez in 1969, made himself a brigadier general and survived an attempted coup from his junior officers. Torrijos further consolidated his power by taking authoritarian measures such as persecuting leaders of student and labor groups, dissolving all political parties and the legislature, closing down independent media outlets, and conducting a ruthless anti-guerrilla campaign in Western Panama. Under these conditions, the regime called for controlled election of an assembly with a single opposition member, which approved a Constitution that granted Torrijos absolute civil and military powers in 1972.

Dr. Salvador Isabelino Allende Gossens (June 26, 1908 – September 11, 1973) was a Chilean Socialist politician whose career in government spanned nearly 40 years, as a senator, deputy, and cabinet minister. Allende was elected President of Chile in the election of 1970 after three unsuccessful runs for the office in 1952, 1958, and 1964. He governed with a controversial socialist and Soviet-aligned agenda, which led to a state of social unrest amid strikes

Colonel Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán (September 14, 1913 – January 27, 1971) was president of Guatemala from 1951 to 1954, when he was ousted in a coup d'état organized by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, known as Operation PBSUCCESS, and was replaced by a military junta headed by Colonel Carlos Castillo Armas.

Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán-After his inauguration, Arbenz secretly met with members of the Communist Guatemalan Labor Party (PGT)

Dude, are you communist?

[rjs246]

Can this end, please?

[PhillyPhanInDC]

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Omar Torrijos-He had reached the rank of lieutenant colonel by 1966 and in 1968 he and colonel Boris Martínez led a successful coup d'etat against the democratically-elected president, Arnulfo Arias (Arias himself had led a coup in 1931). In the internal power struggle that followed Torrijos emerged victorious - he exiled Martínez in 1969, made himself a brigadier general and survived an attempted coup from his junior officers. Torrijos further consolidated his power by taking authoritarian measures such as persecuting leaders of student and labor groups, dissolving all political parties and the legislature, closing down independent media outlets, and conducting a ruthless anti-guerrilla campaign in Western Panama. Under these conditions, the regime called for controlled election of an assembly with a single opposition member, which approved a Constitution that granted Torrijos absolute civil and military powers in 1972.

Dr. Salvador Isabelino Allende Gossens (June 26, 1908 – September 11, 1973) was a Chilean Socialist politician whose career in government spanned nearly 40 years, as a senator, deputy, and cabinet minister. Allende was elected President of Chile in the election of 1970 after three unsuccessful runs for the office in 1952, 1958, and 1964. He governed with a controversial socialist and Soviet-aligned agenda, which led to a state of social unrest amid strikes

Colonel Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán (September 14, 1913 – January 27, 1971) was president of Guatemala from 1951 to 1954, when he was ousted in a coup d'état organized by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, known as Operation PBSUCCESS, and was replaced by a military junta headed by Colonel Carlos Castillo Armas.

Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán-After his inauguration, Arbenz secretly met with members of the Communist Guatemalan Labor Party (PGT)

Dude, are you communist?

Oh. Snap.

[LBIggle]

i'm pretty sure he was banned.  i get confused easily though, i have an advanced case of oldtimers

they call that retardation.

[LBIggle]

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Omar Torrijos-He had reached the rank of lieutenant colonel by 1966 and in 1968 he and colonel Boris Martínez led a successful coup d'etat against the democratically-elected president, Arnulfo Arias (Arias himself had led a coup in 1931). In the internal power struggle that followed Torrijos emerged victorious - he exiled Martínez in 1969, made himself a brigadier general and survived an attempted coup from his junior officers. Torrijos further consolidated his power by taking authoritarian measures such as persecuting leaders of student and labor groups, dissolving all political parties and the legislature, closing down independent media outlets, and conducting a ruthless anti-guerrilla campaign in Western Panama. Under these conditions, the regime called for controlled election of an assembly with a single opposition member, which approved a Constitution that granted Torrijos absolute civil and military powers in 1972.

Dr. Salvador Isabelino Allende Gossens (June 26, 1908 – September 11, 1973) was a Chilean Socialist politician whose career in government spanned nearly 40 years, as a senator, deputy, and cabinet minister. Allende was elected President of Chile in the election of 1970 after three unsuccessful runs for the office in 1952, 1958, and 1964. He governed with a controversial socialist and Soviet-aligned agenda, which led to a state of social unrest amid strikes

Colonel Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán (September 14, 1913 – January 27, 1971) was president of Guatemala from 1951 to 1954, when he was ousted in a coup d'état organized by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, known as Operation PBSUCCESS, and was replaced by a military junta headed by Colonel Carlos Castillo Armas.

Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán-After his inauguration, Arbenz secretly met with members of the Communist Guatemalan Labor Party (PGT)

Dude, are you communist?

care to clarify?

[Geowhizzer]

Get?

Omar Torrijos-He had reached the rank of lieutenant colonel by 1966 and in 1968 he and colonel Boris Martínez led a successful coup d'etat against the democratically-elected president, Arnulfo Arias (Arias himself had led a coup in 1931). In the internal power struggle that followed Torrijos emerged victorious - he exiled Martínez in 1969, made himself a brigadier general and survived an attempted coup from his junior officers. Torrijos further consolidated his power by taking authoritarian measures such as persecuting leaders of student and labor groups, dissolving all political parties and the legislature, closing down independent media outlets, and conducting a ruthless anti-guerrilla campaign in Western Panama. Under these conditions, the regime called for controlled election of an assembly with a single opposition member, which approved a Constitution that granted Torrijos absolute civil and military powers in 1972.

Dr. Salvador Isabelino Allende Gossens (June 26, 1908 – September 11, 1973) was a Chilean Socialist politician whose career in government spanned nearly 40 years, as a senator, deputy, and cabinet minister. Allende was elected President of Chile in the election of 1970 after three unsuccessful runs for the office in 1952, 1958, and 1964. He governed with a controversial socialist and Soviet-aligned agenda, which led to a state of social unrest amid strikes

Colonel Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán (September 14, 1913 – January 27, 1971) was president of Guatemala from 1951 to 1954, when he was ousted in a coup d'état organized by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, known as Operation PBSUCCESS, and was replaced by a military junta headed by Colonel Carlos Castillo Armas.

Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán-After his inauguration, Arbenz secretly met with members of the Communist Guatemalan Labor Party (PGT)

Dude, are you communist?

care to clarify?

LBI,

The Wikipedia article is listed as being "in dispute," but there is no doubt that Allende had some dealings with the Soviet Union:

The KGB's archives record that Svyatoslav Kuznetsov, KGB case officer in Chile, was instructed by headquarters to "exert a favourable influence on Chilean government policy". The Times extract from the Mitrokhin Archive volume II from historian Christopher Andrew and KGB defector Vasili Mitrokhin says that "In the KGB's view, Allende's fundamental error was his unwillingness to use force against his opponents. Without establishing complete control over all the machinery of the State, his hold on power could not be secure." He received $30 000 from the Soviets for "solidifying trusted relations" and providing "valuable information" [18]. According to Allende's KGB file, he "was made to understand the necessity of reorganising Chile's army and intelligence services, and of setting up a relationship between Chile's and the USSR's intelligence services", and he was said to react positively. In June 1972, Kuznetsov's close relationship to Allende may have been disturbed by the arrival in Santiago of a new Soviet ambassador, Aleksandr Vasilyevich Basov, member of the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party. In 1972, Moscow downgraded its assessment of the prospects of the Allende regime. The "truckers' strike", backed by CIA funding, virtually paralysed the economy for three weeks, which Moscow saw as evidence of the weakness of the Popular Unity government.

Now, I do not know of the reasoning behind our new member's inclusion of this topic into this thread, but here's my opinion (that and a buck will get you a double cheeseburger at McDonalds):

The U.S. was not directly involved in the coup that ended up in the death (probably by suicide) of Allende, but the government severely sanctioned the Chilean government (democratically elected, but ideologically closer to the Soviet Union) in hopes of spurring a coup d'etat that would bring a dictatorship (but one closer in ideology to the U.S., in at least being against the Russians).  From the article:

After Pinochet assumed power, U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger told U.S. President Richard Nixon that the U.S. "didn't do it" (referring to the coup itself) but had "created the conditions as great as possible" [12] , including leading economic sanctions.

The coup that ousted Allende brought Augusto Pinochet, an "enlightened dictator" by American standards in the 1970s and 1980s (much like Joseph Stalin was claimed to be during World War II, when he was on our side), basically meaning that they followed American directives in the Cold War.  On the plus side, the economy of Chile did stabilize under Pinochet's leadership.  However, he is believed responsible for ordering (or having subordinates order) the execution of 3,000+ Chilean citizens over his 17-year rule.

Washington Post Article:  Pinochet's Chile
Amnesty International:  The Terrible Legacy of Augusto Pinochet
BBC:  The Pinochet File

[rjs246]

Wow. I am NOT reading all of that. Get a room, nerds.

[Diomedes]

You should be a teacher, Geo.

[Seabiscuit36]

Get?

Omar Torrijos-He had reached the rank of lieutenant colonel by 1966 and in 1968 he and colonel Boris Martínez led a successful coup d'etat against the democratically-elected president, Arnulfo Arias (Arias himself had led a coup in 1931). In the internal power struggle that followed Torrijos emerged victorious - he exiled Martínez in 1969, made himself a brigadier general and survived an attempted coup from his junior officers. Torrijos further consolidated his power by taking authoritarian measures such as persecuting leaders of student and labor groups, dissolving all political parties and the legislature, closing down independent media outlets, and conducting a ruthless anti-guerrilla campaign in Western Panama. Under these conditions, the regime called for controlled election of an assembly with a single opposition member, which approved a Constitution that granted Torrijos absolute civil and military powers in 1972.

Dr. Salvador Isabelino Allende Gossens (June 26, 1908 – September 11, 1973) was a Chilean Socialist politician whose career in government spanned nearly 40 years, as a senator, deputy, and cabinet minister. Allende was elected President of Chile in the election of 1970 after three unsuccessful runs for the office in 1952, 1958, and 1964. He governed with a controversial socialist and Soviet-aligned agenda, which led to a state of social unrest amid strikes

Colonel Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán (September 14, 1913 – January 27, 1971) was president of Guatemala from 1951 to 1954, when he was ousted in a coup d'état organized by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, known as Operation PBSUCCESS, and was replaced by a military junta headed by Colonel Carlos Castillo Armas.

Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán-After his inauguration, Arbenz secretly met with members of the Communist Guatemalan Labor Party (PGT)

Dude, are you communist?

care to clarify?

LBI,

The Wikipedia article is listed as being "in dispute," but there is no doubt that Allende had some dealings with the Soviet Union:

The KGB's archives record that Svyatoslav Kuznetsov, KGB case officer in Chile, was instructed by headquarters to "exert a favourable influence on Chilean government policy". The Times extract from the Mitrokhin Archive volume II from historian Christopher Andrew and KGB defector Vasili Mitrokhin says that "In the KGB's view, Allende's fundamental error was his unwillingness to use force against his opponents. Without establishing complete control over all the machinery of the State, his hold on power could not be secure." He received $30 000 from the Soviets for "solidifying trusted relations" and providing "valuable information" [18]. According to Allende's KGB file, he "was made to understand the necessity of reorganising Chile's army and intelligence services, and of setting up a relationship between Chile's and the USSR's intelligence services", and he was said to react positively. In June 1972, Kuznetsov's close relationship to Allende may have been disturbed by the arrival in Santiago of a new Soviet ambassador, Aleksandr Vasilyevich Basov, member of the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party. In 1972, Moscow downgraded its assessment of the prospects of the Allende regime. The "truckers' strike", backed by CIA funding, virtually paralysed the economy for three weeks, which Moscow saw as evidence of the weakness of the Popular Unity government.

Now, I do not know of the reasoning behind our new member's inclusion of this topic into this thread, but here's my opinion (that and a buck will get you a double cheeseburger at McDonalds):

The U.S. was not directly involved in the coup that ended up in the death (probably by suicide) of Allende, but the government severely sanctioned the Chilean government (democratically elected, but ideologically closer to the Soviet Union) in hopes of spurring a coup d'etat that would bring a dictatorship (but one closer in ideology to the U.S., in at least being against the Russians).  From the article:

After Pinochet assumed power, U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger told U.S. President Richard Nixon that the U.S. "didn't do it" (referring to the coup itself) but had "created the conditions as great as possible" [12] , including leading economic sanctions.

The coup that ousted Allende brought Augusto Pinochet, an "enlightened dictator" by American standards in the 1970s and 1980s (much like Joseph Stalin was claimed to be during World War II, when he was on our side), basically meaning that they followed American directives in the Cold War.  On the plus side, the economy of Chile did stabilize under Pinochet's leadership.  However, he is believed responsible for ordering (or having subordinates order) the execution of 3,000+ Chilean citizens over his 17-year rule.

Washington Post Article:  Pinochet's Chile
Amnesty International:  The Terrible Legacy of Augusto Pinochet
BBC:  The Pinochet File

Meh.....I'll have three fingers of Glenlivet, with a little bit of pepper... and some cheese.

[Sgt PSN]

This thread started out with so much potential and you fargers totally ruined it. 

Die. 

[hbionic]

This thread started out with so much potential and you fargers totally ruined it. 

Die. 

Shut up and go play with your ipod.

[Feva]

Get?

Omar Torrijos-He had reached the rank of lieutenant colonel by 1966 and in 1968 he and colonel Boris Martínez led a successful coup d'etat against the democratically-elected president, Arnulfo Arias (Arias himself had led a coup in 1931). In the internal power struggle that followed Torrijos emerged victorious - he exiled Martínez in 1969, made himself a brigadier general and survived an attempted coup from his junior officers. Torrijos further consolidated his power by taking authoritarian measures such as persecuting leaders of student and labor groups, dissolving all political parties and the legislature, closing down independent media outlets, and conducting a ruthless anti-guerrilla campaign in Western Panama. Under these conditions, the regime called for controlled election of an assembly with a single opposition member, which approved a Constitution that granted Torrijos absolute civil and military powers in 1972.

Dr. Salvador Isabelino Allende Gossens (June 26, 1908 – September 11, 1973) was a Chilean Socialist politician whose career in government spanned nearly 40 years, as a senator, deputy, and cabinet minister. Allende was elected President of Chile in the election of 1970 after three unsuccessful runs for the office in 1952, 1958, and 1964. He governed with a controversial socialist and Soviet-aligned agenda, which led to a state of social unrest amid strikes

Colonel Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán (September 14, 1913 – January 27, 1971) was president of Guatemala from 1951 to 1954, when he was ousted in a coup d'état organized by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, known as Operation PBSUCCESS, and was replaced by a military junta headed by Colonel Carlos Castillo Armas.

Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán-After his inauguration, Arbenz secretly met with members of the Communist Guatemalan Labor Party (PGT)

Dude, are you communist?

care to clarify?

LBI,

The Wikipedia article is listed as being "in dispute," but there is no doubt that Allende had some dealings with the Soviet Union:

The KGB's archives record that Svyatoslav Kuznetsov, KGB case officer in Chile, was instructed by headquarters to "exert a favourable influence on Chilean government policy". The Times extract from the Mitrokhin Archive volume II from historian Christopher Andrew and KGB defector Vasili Mitrokhin says that "In the KGB's view, Allende's fundamental error was his unwillingness to use force against his opponents. Without establishing complete control over all the machinery of the State, his hold on power could not be secure." He received $30 000 from the Soviets for "solidifying trusted relations" and providing "valuable information" [18]. According to Allende's KGB file, he "was made to understand the necessity of reorganising Chile's army and intelligence services, and of setting up a relationship between Chile's and the USSR's intelligence services", and he was said to react positively. In June 1972, Kuznetsov's close relationship to Allende may have been disturbed by the arrival in Santiago of a new Soviet ambassador, Aleksandr Vasilyevich Basov, member of the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party. In 1972, Moscow downgraded its assessment of the prospects of the Allende regime. The "truckers' strike", backed by CIA funding, virtually paralysed the economy for three weeks, which Moscow saw as evidence of the weakness of the Popular Unity government.

Now, I do not know of the reasoning behind our new member's inclusion of this topic into this thread, but here's my opinion (that and a buck will get you a double cheeseburger at McDonalds):

The U.S. was not directly involved in the coup that ended up in the death (probably by suicide) of Allende, but the government severely sanctioned the Chilean government (democratically elected, but ideologically closer to the Soviet Union) in hopes of spurring a coup d'etat that would bring a dictatorship (but one closer in ideology to the U.S., in at least being against the Russians).  From the article:

After Pinochet assumed power, U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger told U.S. President Richard Nixon that the U.S. "didn't do it" (referring to the coup itself) but had "created the conditions as great as possible" [12] , including leading economic sanctions.

The coup that ousted Allende brought Augusto Pinochet, an "enlightened dictator" by American standards in the 1970s and 1980s (much like Joseph Stalin was claimed to be during World War II, when he was on our side), basically meaning that they followed American directives in the Cold War.  On the plus side, the economy of Chile did stabilize under Pinochet's leadership.  However, he is believed responsible for ordering (or having subordinates order) the execution of 3,000+ Chilean citizens over his 17-year rule.

Washington Post Article:  Pinochet's Chile
Amnesty International:  The Terrible Legacy of Augusto Pinochet
BBC:  The Pinochet File

Yeah, well... yo' momma!

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

I squash dat bug!

[rjs246]

Can we get back to stabbing bitches?