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Thomas Repetti

Amateur political scientist with a special interest in International relations and comparative governments. Want to know more? Message me.

20 Things Millennials Should Do Before They're 30
20 Things Millennials Should Do Before They're 30

There are so many things one can do with one's life. Whether traveling around the world or taking a road trip around the country, the important thing is to cherish life every day.

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Thomas Repetti Who says recycled nickle can't be used? Course, should I believe whats been swirling around the net and on the radio it shouldn't be to long until we start mining asteroids and them buggers have a crap ton of nickle in them. This is assu...

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5 Reasons Why Austerity Failed in Greece
5 Reasons Why Austerity Failed in Greece

Here are the top 5 reasons why Greece continues to fall behind, and why austerity actually worsened the economic situation in the birthplace of democracy.

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Thomas Repetti Indeed, how can any one expect the Greeks to diversify their economy AND battle corruption when they have to cut money from the only force in Greece capable of doing so. Try convincing a cop to do his job with out pay, that's about how well aust...

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10 Truths About Millennials You Probably Already Knew, But Don't Like to Admit
10 Truths About Millennials You Probably Already Knew, But Don't Like to Admit

Generation Y or Millennials here are 10 facts about the group who is coming of age between multi-billionaire IPOs, endless wars and game-changing demographic shifts. Is this the way we are?

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Thomas Repetti Well I think it is less the bling and more practical, we all want to be financially secure, we all want to have the time and resources to do what we want with our lives and our loved ones, we want success. Who better to look to for an example of how ...

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What SpaceX Shares With Facebook and Apple, on the Eve of Its Historic Launch
What SpaceX Shares With Facebook and Apple, on the Eve of Its Historic Launch

Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Mark Zuckerberg didn't get any federal loan guarantees when they started Apple and Facebook. SpaceX might just be as successful.

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Thomas Repetti Today we have the infrastructure, we've developed the foundations of the science, we have a work force with the appropriate skill set necessary to build and operate a space program. Had it not been for the the investments made by the US and its ...

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Should I Vote For Ron Paul 2012? Complete Guide to Ron Paul's Stance on Every Issue
Should I Vote For Ron Paul 2012? Complete Guide to Ron Paul's Stance on Every Issue

Ron Paul might be the least understood presidential candidate in recent history, so here is a summary of his political positions and the philosophy that shapes them.

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Thomas Repetti While we do not have them in the states for the most part we can look at the global currency market for some clues as to what a domestic market would look like and boy let me tell you, its a mess. Some countries will accept foreign currency, other...

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U.S. Support for Israel: It's Time for America to Withdraw Its Unconditional Support
U.S. Support for Israel: It's Time for America to Withdraw Its Unconditional Support

The EU Commission is researching the claims made by various NGOs that Israel is conducting a campaign of ethnic cleansing. It is high time the U.S. stop unconditionally supporting Israel.

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Thomas Repetti Quite a shallow analysis don't you think? That the only reason we have an issue with Iran is due to an Oil Pipeline that we, the US, will never benefit from. It not because Iran is an aggressive regional player with hegemonic ambitions, its ...

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Abuse of Justice: Wal-Mart Sued for $1 Million Over Racist Intercom Announcement
Abuse of Justice: Wal-Mart Sued for $1 Million Over Racist Intercom Announcement

A man is suing Wal-Mart after an intercom announcement told all African-American customers to leave the store.

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Thomas Repetti Agreed, any one can make a claim. It would be a problem if any one in their right mind took this seriously and the guy won the case by some dark miracle.

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Ron Paul Won't Serve as Mitt Romney's Vice President
Ron Paul Won't Serve as Mitt Romney's Vice President

With several state conventions yet to meet and Mitt Romney's lack of support outside of party insiders and the media, Ron Paul is very unlikely to consider running as Romney's vice president.

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Thomas Repetti I never said Aristotle was wrong on everything, there is a good reason he is still remembered, but there was a great deal he was wrong about in regards to basic science. Obviously these were things he had no way or knowing, such as the composition of...

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Mitt Romney Would Win If Election 2012 Were Today: Poll
Mitt Romney Would Win If Election 2012 Were Today: Poll

Mitt Romney is an excellent position in the polls; especially considering it's only May. The Obama campaign should be worried

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Thomas Repetti Ya know I can't decide if I am happy or distraught that I will not be shipping out for basic until just after the election. On one hand, I'll get to vote, on the other I'll have to put up with all the terrible political ads just like e...

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Michele Bachmann's Swiss Citizenship Sparks Debate Over Dual Citizenship for Politicians
Michele Bachmann's Swiss Citizenship Sparks Debate Over Dual Citizenship for Politicians

Many members of Congress, and key decision makers hold dual citizenship. This is not against the law, but it should be, as there could be possible political conflicts of interest.

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Thomas Repetti Nationality and Citizenship are different. One can be a foreign born,and thus have a different nationality, but last I checked usually those seeking citizenship must first renounce their previous allegiances first before taking their oath. I think...

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Greek Elections 2012: Greece Likely to Leave EU Unless They Change Austerity Stance
Greek Elections 2012: Greece Likely to Leave EU Unless They Change Austerity Stance

The resolve of the German government, and the protective measures put in place by the European Union make it likely that Greece will be ejected from the EU.

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Thomas Repetti Finland doesn't count?

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14 Best Bands of the 90s. Because Today's Music Sucks
14 Best Bands of the 90s. Because Today's Music Sucks

Let's put on some flannel, watch reruns of My So-Called Life while Nirvana plays in the background on our cool mix tape! Are you nostalgic yet?

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Thomas Repetti Eh I'd have to disagree, you may not here anything half decent on the radio these days but that doesn't mean all of our music sucks, you just have to know where to find it. A few musicians I believe are noteworthy would be: Lindsey S...

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How to Turn Your Next Walk of Shame into a Walk of Pride
How to Turn Your Next Walk of Shame into a Walk of Pride

It's no ones finest hour, but many of us have unfortunately been there. The sun is rising, the birds are chirping, and you're in a random hook up's room. Now, how do you get home?

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Thomas Repetti See, I never had this problem when I was in college. Random hook-ups? Just no. I look at it this way and I think a lot of people can save themselves a lot of trouble if they follow this one simple rule: Don't sleep with any one you're no...

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Mother's Day 2012: In Defense of the TIME Breastfeeding Cover
Mother's Day 2012: In Defense of the TIME Breastfeeding Cover

America's reaction to the TIME magazine's latest cover is overblown and immature.

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Thomas Repetti Its provocative sure, mocking eh, not so much just shocking really in my opinion. The idea of this kind of cover is that would become so provoked, you'd pick it up and see what all this is about. To me it looks like it worked.

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Paul Ryan and Conservative Catholics Use Faith to Defend Their Political Agendas
Paul Ryan and Conservative Catholics Use Faith to Defend Their Political Agendas

Conservative Cafeteria Catholics are just as real as their liberal counterparts, but their hypocrisy is growing more dangerous to our civil liberties by the day.

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Thomas Repetti But if Christians are going to vote their conscience, one would assume they'ed elect a government that would advance certain tenets, to include aiding the poor, the sick, and the elderly as well as be good stewards of the earth that sorta thing ...

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