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China's Xi vows to boost strategic ties with Japan
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2009-12-13, 00:59 | Link #5005 |
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Actually, I'm trying my best to avoid the circus of piranha feeding frenzy. Part of me views the energy being spent on it as diversionary from actual important topics... part of me thinks it shows how lazy and incompetent the media is.
The last part of me thinks "Well, Zaphod... he's just this guy, you know?"
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2009-12-13, 06:05 | Link #5006 |
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I lol'ed hard when he announced that he was taking indefinite leave from the game. I'm sure he is saying inside, "take that biatches." I also loled when someone said the game of golf is bigger than one player. Duh. It is. But it's also true the rating goes wayyyyy up when he is in there. But at the same time, sugercoating the obvious with notion of nobility doesn't hide the fact that he made a lot of people filthy rich. I'm sure if those people want to keep getting richer, then they will ascertain the lazy/stupid portion of the media will let this go. All that said, got to really feel for the wifey.
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2009-12-13, 11:37 | Link #5007 | |
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It's a long opinion-editorial, even after I've taken the liberty of abridging it as far as I can. Follow the link to the full version on the NYT website.
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2009-12-13, 14:02 | Link #5008 |
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Permanent residents of Japan may be granted the right to vote in local elections.
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Emperor's exceptional meeting with Chinese VP stirs controversy
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2009-12-14, 00:11 | Link #5010 | |
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Attacker hurls statuette, bloodies Berlusconi face
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2009-12-14, 05:28 | Link #5011 | |
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2009-12-14, 06:18 | Link #5012 |
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Hey hey, don't bury him already. He has still the time to do some good things. Plus, while a part of the americans see him, for example, as bad president because of his healthcare reform, another part of the americans and many people from europe (like france) think it's something really good.
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2009-12-14, 06:22 | Link #5013 | |
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2009-12-14, 06:27 | Link #5014 | |
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2009-12-14, 06:31 | Link #5015 |
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That's where the problem is. To me, it looks like the media's against Obama because he's bringing changes to things that the general society was _forced to get_ used to, like this health reform. Because it's different, the media doesn't like it because it goes against the idea of capitalism, self-preservation and achievement (you don't deserve it if you don't work for it, even if it's something every human has a right to have regardless), and tells the people that it's bad. I doubt there are a lot of people who don't like the changes. The sad truth is how support from the people is worthless, but support from the media is everything. Because of this, I doubt Obama will get re-elected and have time to change the US for the better.
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2009-12-14, 08:44 | Link #5016 | |
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The world's most effective military force means nothing if the mere civilian does not help set things straight inside the country while brave souls just lose their life projecting the former's ideals. What Obama was trying to do is to clean up the economic and diplomatic mess the war of terror has left behind, thus his rather "socialist" policies. He did that because time is not on the side of the Americans. I bet my harem that 30 years down the road, not just the older Americans, but the rest of the world will be grateful for what he has done.
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2009-12-14, 08:51 | Link #5017 | |
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2009-12-14, 12:06 | Link #5018 | |
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2. I'm sure you'd notice Lee Kuan Yew's call to US to stay involved in Asia, to "counterbalance" China. Effectively, what the Sage of Asia is letting up is that China and US are now equal, so it isn't the case anymore that US is the largest military power now. What Obama should do now is to plan, by 2012, to not only exit Iraq, but Afghanistan as well, and stop draining the resources of their allies, especially those in Asia (effectively just Singapore, Japan and South Korea) as all three have their own sensitive borders (Malaysia for Singapore, China for Japan and DPRK for South Korea).
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2009-12-14, 12:19 | Link #5019 |
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Keep in mind that the majority of American media is owned by extremely large corporations that prefer the status quo. Those corporations are controlled by an incredibly small group of ultra-wealthy. Progressive change (or even small government conservatism on the other side) doesn't assist them in their short term profiteering interests.
The "left right" ideology debate is a sham in this context -- corporatism isn't "left right", its whatever maximizes the profit for the very few at the top. "Free market" to them only means they have free reign -- not that there is healthy competition thanks to fair regulation. The attempts in the US to change how healthcare costs are handled (e.g. to share the costs amongst the whole tribe) are a direct assault on the pocketbooks of the "vampires" The attempts to regulate the financial sector so they don't keep imploding the economy are met with the most outrageous nonsensical claims (because it reduces that short-term maximizing in favor of long term investment). You can list each of the major challenges the US and other countries face and in each case -- it is a group of the artificial puppet entities we call "corporation" as manipulated by a very few that stands as an obstacle to affecting the best solution for the most people.
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2009-12-14, 12:38 | Link #5020 | |
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