Why not consider countries in East Asia that are Muslim part of the Middle East too? It's ridiculous.

I'd transfer

University of Virginia President Teresa A. Sullivan said Saturday that she is suspending all campus fraternities through early January, acting days after a magazine published an account from the victim of an alleged 2012 gang rape inside a U-Va. fraternity house.

The suspension, Sullivan said in a statement posted to the university Web site, will continue until Jan. 9, when the spring semester is set to begin.

“In the intervening period we will assemble groups of students, faculty, alumni, and other concerned parties to discuss our next steps in preventing sexual assault and sexual violence on Grounds,” she said, using university parlance for its Charlottesville campus.

The university’s Board of Visitors will meet Tuesday to discuss the allegations, aired in a Rolling Stone magazine article, as well as policies and procedures on sexual assault, Sullivan said.

The article, which was posted online this week, describes a brutal sex assault that allegedly occurred in the Phi Kappa Psi house. The victim, who was given an alias by the magazine, said a fraternity member led her upstairs during a party and into a dark room, where several men raped her.

Her story roiled the campus Friday, raising doubts among students, faculty and parents about the way the case was handled by university administrators.

Elected officials, including Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) and Sen. Mark Warner (D), expressed deep concern in recent days about the allegations. The Charlottesville police are investigating the account.

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Countries such as? Just curious - their recession likely stemmed from the recession of other countries - not internal problems.

I think Canada and Australia were the notable ones, but I can't find the fucking data at the moment >.>

Yeah - both of their recessions likely stemmed from the recessions in other countries, especially Australia.

Actually, if I remember correctly, Australia avoided a recession. But then, that's unsurprising given Australia's usual resilience to shit like this.

Canada also fared very well, too, mostly thanks to Mark Carney who was head of the Bank of Canada.

Spoiler

And who is now head of the Bank of England, suck it yanks!

I don't go out and actively protest, I have an opinion.

Yes we have true marriages IMO.

And how exactly do I try and "stop" gay marriage?

WASHINGTON -- Yet another detailed investigation into the Sept. 11, 2012, attacks on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, has refuted claims that there was a coverup or that officials didn't do all they could at the time to save the four Americans killed that night.

The latest findings, released Friday, come from the declassified two-year investigation of the House Intelligence Committee, which conducted an exhaustive probe into the incident, including claims that the White House cooked up phony talking points for then-UN Ambassador Susan Rice.

The report did find that the State Department was unable to protect the facility in eastern Libya where Ambassador Chris Stevens and three others were killed, but also contradicts many of the charges leveled at the Obama administration in the days and years following the attacks.

Among its findings, the report says CIA personnel responded not just well, but heroically; that there was no "stand down" order, as some critics have claimed; there was no intimidation of witnesses by superiors; there was no intelligence failure prior to the attack; and that a "mixed group" of individuals, including some linked to al Qaeda, participated in the attack.

But perhaps the most significant conclusion is its finding that Rice's talking points -- a key focus of the Benghazi Select Committee empaneled by House Speaker John Boehner -- were not part of an attempt to conceal the severity of the incident.

According to the report, early intelligence that the attacks were sparked by an Internet video was "not accurate," but not intentionally so. And the report holds that the process that produced Rice's now-infamous talking points was flawed, resulting in errors rather than deliberate lies. Indeed, the report determined that the CIA had not sorted out the conflicting intelligence until two days after Rice appeared on television claiming the attacks stemmed from a protest.

In a joint statement accompanying the release of the report, Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) and the committee's top Democrat, Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (Md.), said its probe was extensive:

"For over two years, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence exhaustively investigated the September 11, 2012 terrorist attacks in Benghazi Libya. We spent thousands of hours asking questions, poring over documents, reviewing intelligence assessments, reading cables and emails, and held a total of 20 Committee events and hearings. We conducted detailed interviews with senior intelligence officials from Benghazi and Tripoli as well as eight security personnel on the ground in Benghazi that night. Based on the testimony and the documents we reviewed, we concluded that all the CIA officers in Benghazi were heroes. Their actions saved lives."

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), a member of the Intelligence Committee and the Benghazi Select Committee, said in a statement that the new document should finally close the door on the conspiracy chatter.

"It's my hope that this report will put to rest many of the questions that have been asked and answered yet again, and that the Benghazi Select Committee will accept these findings and instead focus its attention on the State Department's progress in securing our facilities around the world and standing up our fast response capabilities," Schiff said.

So far the Benghazi Select Committee, led by Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), has held one hearing focusing on the issue of securing diplomatic facilities.

The House Armed Services Committee, the Senate Armed Services Committee and the State Department's independent review board have all come to similar conclusions, even before the House launched its Benghazi panel.

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Montana is easily the shittiest, because it's so damn useless.

Great hunting grounds though.

Set your watches folks. I give it a day and a half before I dun goof.

Place your bets!

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You mean it isn't poverty?

How could it not be poverty when the Pakistani middle-class have more terroristic tendencies, and when people from rich countries like Britain and Australia are drawn into these groups? How is it not poverty?

Yeah, fuck religion.

It's both.

But mostly religion. It's not like you get payed to blow yourself up.

Marco Rubio will probably win the primaries, anyway.