2009-06-11, 02:16 | Link #3001 | |
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Which makes it kind of morbidly amusing because he probably literally waited until he was 88 (88 = HH = Heil Hitler) years old before doing this. |
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2009-06-11, 14:21 | Link #3002 | ||
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China key to new resolution on N. Korea
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At first, I thought I read it wrong.. How is it possible for a very elderly man (88 years old) to be a gunman when the guy will most likely collapse with high blood pressure or heart attack before even open firing!? |
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2009-06-11, 17:15 | Link #3003 |
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Um.... people tend to be in pretty shape in their 80s anymore.... take a look at his picture. This guy was quite athletic (most people who do prison time have lots of spare time and spend it in the gym).
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2009-06-11, 18:31 | Link #3004 | |
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Italy seizes US$134.5 billion in U.S. government securities from 2 Japanese nationals
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For Italian readers: http://www.adnkronos.com/IGN/News/Cr...3.0.3396869573
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2009-06-11, 19:42 | Link #3005 |
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AP source: NKorea may be prepping new nuclear test
Not again... Does North Korea ever quit? Considering that the United Nations along with the involved five parties are still negotiating for a consensus, shouldn't North Korea feel worried and concerned rather than doing a third nuke test!? I feel as though North Korea is always a step ahead of everybody when it comes to making an effective next-step. They don't need to discuss, debate, or negotiate. LEAD: President of glue maker arrested over tainted rice sale+ When Japanese businessmen cooperate and work closely with China, this is the result. They start to obtain their common business practices and use it as their own. I won't be surprised that there will be a day in which Japanese consumables reach the point in which it is just as bad as Chinese consumables as that there seems to be many Japanese businessmen who are either importing Chinese goods and labeling it as domestic products or are borrowing Chinese business strategies as a method of yielding profit. Last edited by Shadow Kira01; 2009-06-11 at 20:14. Reason: added new topic. |
2009-06-12, 12:09 | Link #3006 | |
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Speaking of black security guards, it was hilarious to see Fox News go into damage control for absolutely going nuts when the DHC started targeting far right wing groups a few months ago. A reminder that Fox News is the most viewed cable news station in America. Fox News had on their website this news very early on with a snap shot of that old man thinking he was just a complete nutter and nothing else. Soon, through digged around on Google, people found that he had fought in World War II and has connections with Free Republic and Stormfront; understand that our right wing party, the Republicans, literally worship the troops. So we got this: To this: People don't read the small print so... |
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2009-06-12, 15:00 | Link #3007 | |
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2009-06-12, 17:32 | Link #3008 | |
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Seriously, they have to do something about these corporate benefits. People are DYING out there.
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2009-06-12, 19:31 | Link #3009 |
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Opposition raps Aso for 'lack of leadership' over Hatoyama resignation
Fairly interesting.. It seems as though the prime minister's former election strategist will be defecting to the enemy camp. Supposedly, the Hatoyama brothers have an edge against Taro Aso but things don't seem to clear for the opposition parties due to a possible coalition between the DPJ and the SDP in which both parties seem to have a different perspective when it comes to international affairs, as well as military-related issues. On the contrary, if the DPJ were to ignore forming a coalition with another smaller political party, they won't be able to win the upcoming general elections as that the votes gets divided into multiple parties. Although rumors say that Taro Aso lacks leadership as that most of his appointments to important posts result in lameness but that generally indicates poor judgement rather than leadership. On the contrary, if Hatoyama Yukio were to be elected as the new prime minister, will he pick his close friends to be part of his cabinet like most leaders tend to do. If so, I really don't see either of them to be perfectly fit as national leader candidates. So far, I only like two leaders so far. One is the father of the non-nuclear principles, Sato Eisaku and the other would be the rather cool Koizumi Junichiro. The rest all seems to be rather disappointing... |
2009-06-12, 21:41 | Link #3010 | |
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U.S. House of Representatives proposal adds US$600 billion in taxes
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2009-06-14, 07:36 | Link #3011 |
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Going, going, gone digital -- with a few exceptions
US Television has gone digital, for good reasons too.
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2009-06-14, 08:05 | Link #3012 |
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There are days like that when I am not proud at all of my country
Sexual Violence of the under 18 in huge increase (France) I won't translate the whole article, but here the important infos: - Sexual mores cases stand now for more than a half of the crimes among the under 13 people. - It now happens that people already commited rapes and/or gang rapes in elementary school. - Those cases are not rare anymore. Rapes stand for three quarters of the crimes commited by the under 18 people. - The number of crimes among the young teenagers and under 18 has seen a 50% increase in only 10 years. (Keep in mind it only stands for the reported cases to the police, no one knows the real number) - It doesn't concern a social environment in particular, it happens in any social envionment. - Phillipe-Pierre Cabourdin thinks that a criminal penalty is not suitable for the people aged 13, 14 or 15 who commited a sexual crime (make your own opinion about that, but imo more and more often my country cares more about the criminals than the victims) Even if what they did is horrible, he thinks their state can be reversed |
2009-06-14, 09:02 | Link #3014 | |
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On the other hand, are those statistics trustworthy? I have a feeling that the media might be messing up the BODMAS to their advantage but indirectly create a social panic.
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2009-06-14, 13:09 | Link #3015 | |
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But, you haves to look at it the other way around. It takes only in account the cases reported (not an estimate) by the DoJ. It means that if you start trying to do a serious "estimate" of the "real numbers" that would include the cases from the DoJ + those that are unknow from the DoJ... |
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2009-06-14, 13:22 | Link #3016 |
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I understand SaintessHeart's concern. Even government figures can be "iffy".... (like when in order to make child homicides more chilling they count all homicides under the age of 25 as "children" -- which evokes a far different imagery than the cruel gangbangers shooting each other up or innocent bystanders). Nonetheless, it does sound a bit like there's some societal recidivism (that can probably be correlated with the economy as it pertains to most people).
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2009-06-14, 14:05 | Link #3017 | |
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2009-06-14, 14:18 | Link #3018 |
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ah, I didn't say "falsified" ... just redefined the parameters a bit. Not disputing there's probably a real problem... its just that the devil is in the details sometimes.
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2009-06-14, 18:52 | Link #3019 | ||
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Aso's postal move indicates his lack of clout
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I can't even comprehend why Hatoyama Kunio acted the way he did, except perhaps he was acting under the influences of his brother Hatoyama Yukio, current president of the Democratic Party of Japan. There are rumors that Hatoyama Kunio may possibly leave the LDP and defect over to the DPJ as a full-fledged member, then help the DPJ achieve victory in the upcoming general election. Perhaps, he will even get a seat in the possible DPJ-led government if they were to win the general elections which seems inevitable. The only thing the Aso Cabinet can do at this point is to stall time and delay the general elections as that they will most likely lose if a general election were to take place anytime. To be honest, I am somewhat interested as to how a Hatoyama-led government would turn out to be. A mix of conservative policies with socialist policies may seem interesting.. Truth is.. When it comes to domestic policies, I think the socialist approach may work out in Japan but for international affairs and foreign policies, it is best to stick to the conservative approach as that there are nations out there that aren't very friendly.. |
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2009-06-15, 01:45 | Link #3020 |
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What's the current administration-collapse streak in Japan? I seem to hear this every year.
Can somebody describe to me the problem? Is it factional dispute, ridiculous incompetence in the entire top quarter of the pyramid, they simply don't care (because they get great positions in the private sector anyway), or what? How did the conservative party maintain its hold on the top from 2006 despite being so turbulent? |
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