2009-10-24, 01:48 | Link #4462 |
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FUJI TV (Japan) live news broadcast demonstrating Microsoft's Windows 7...
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2009-10-24, 02:12 | Link #4463 | |
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Also, could you use a source other than Kyodo news in the future? They don't allow full access to stories in english without a subscription, and apparently only offer subscriptions to "corporate clients". Quote:
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On the other hand, if the US relocates the base to another island closer to Taiwan, China sees the US now has an airbase closer to Taiwan, China then tries to figure out what this means. Putting an airbase close enough to Taiwan that less refueling is needed for the US fighters, and the shorter trip means faster turn around time, which in turn means more missions can be flown. Does this mean the US is making a new commitment to defend Taiwan? Maybe an offical declaration of independence is imminent? The simple act of moving the base closer to Taiwan applies pressure to China. Now China has two options, Conceed or push back. Note for both these scenerios, nations rarely pick the conceed option even if they think they'll lose. Quote:
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As I said, Japan's best option here is to say they're going ahead with the current deal, but want talks on a new deal for the rest of the forces in the region. Once the US has already moved half their ground troops to Guam, the US would probably be more willing to move the rest. Moving the airbase would require a new deal anyway. Get something done now then talk aboutn the rest later is better than get nothing done now and talk about everything later. Quote:
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On the plus side for the U.S., sales of weapons like the PAC-3 should go up, esp. when you include training, weapon reloads and maintenance contracts in the bill. A plus for the U.S. arms industry. Quote:
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2009-10-24, 04:45 | Link #4465 | |
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Japan to Say U.S. Relevant to Asia Grouping Idea
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2009-10-24, 21:54 | Link #4468 | ||
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In order to be able to project force that can convince anyone *cough* China *cough* to not attack Taiwan, having a base in Okinawa is preferred, IMHO, over South Korea or Guam. Distance-wise, it's shorter. Putting one into the Philippines would be better, but I doubt that country will allow it; the same for Vietnam or Laos. Why the U.S. does not base troops in Taiwan itself is odd. I can only think that it does not want to PO China more so instead, it makes Japan (an officially recognized country in the UN and an important economic influence in the region/world) unhappy?? Even if Japan forgets the insult, which I really doubt, its leaders, if forced out by the voters, will be replaced by those taking on a harder stance, IMHO. The U.S. is just delaying and worsening the outcome - unless it can actually convince the Okinawa people its troops are now better behaved. (Whether the troops were badly behaved in the past is of no consequence. What matters is how they were perceived. If the Americans go off on how well their troops behave in public, the Japanese will just harden their stance even faster and more; that's negotiation.) Quote:
As for China's holding U.S. debt, yes, but Japan is still the 2nd biggest holder. US$731 billion by Japan vs US$797 billion by China. How that will change next week, the week of 26 October (when the Treasury is looking to sell US$180 billion in debt (just in one week!?!)), no idea. The easiest way to deal with that is to just devalue the U.S. Dollar, IMHO, with the next being to ignore or delay all debt. Both are really bad, though, and pretty much guarantees some harsh questions and words to be sent to the White House regarding its handling of the Treasury - if not outright impeachment hearings to be held.
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2009-10-25, 08:31 | Link #4469 | |
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and the death toll is pretty much entirely iraqis makes one wonder why so many people are angry at the americans for being in iraq when the terrorists actions make it clear that they are mearly bullies who attack their own people who are just trying to live their lives
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2009-10-25, 11:18 | Link #4471 | |
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IMO, they can buy themselves more time to hide if they attack Israel through Palestine. Breaking the Peace accord, then pissing off the Mossad to join the offensive can start another quarrel between the rest of ME and Israel. This buys them enough time to shift their stuff.
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2009-10-25, 11:30 | Link #4472 | |
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How can this be? Don't these militants understand that Bush/Cheney won in Iraq; that the war is over and we won? Don't they understand that the surge was the final nail in their coffin? Why, it's the worst possible scenario. The mighty U.S. has defeated the insurgency in Iraq but those insurgents, they just won't play fair and accept defeat. Very bad form on their part, to be sure, not to mention the very untidy situation they're creating. We can always send more troops and, considering our President's propensity for reach out to the other side, perhaps Mr. Cheney can be coaxed out of retirement and assigned to handle this little problem. With his proven capabilities in making foreign policy, fighting wars, and developing new intelligence gathering techniques, surely we'll have things resolved in no time. |
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2009-10-25, 11:39 | Link #4473 | |
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2009-10-25, 14:33 | Link #4476 | |
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I cannot believe this news didn't make it in this thread
Obama adminnistration declares war on Fox News. Don't you dare try to fact check them, or they will make you pay! http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009...ws-1925819282/ Quote:
How dare Chris Wallace, a decent old school journalist with decades of service on the broadcast news, fact-checked Anita Dunn?! Wallace was right! Anita skewed the facts and was bagged fair and square. The penalty for Wallace is defamation of his employers! An assault on the advertisers and denigration of a network that actually does make an effort at putting up both sides of a political story! Never an entire major network, and never did they call a major network "the enemy", "the opposition", or "a wing of the opposition party!" |
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also, hamas and Al-Qaeda dont mix hamas kills people who declare loyalty to Al-Qaeda
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2009-10-25, 17:58 | Link #4479 |
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Before everyone tries to kill the messenger that is FOX news:
According to PEJ statistics, Fox had the most balanced coverage of the past election. Now, PEJ (which general reflects the left leaning media itself) asserted in its comments that Fox was a right wing counter to left wingMSNBC and CNN was in the middle. But... that's only if you assume that the normal, "unbiased" coverage of the campaign should have been more negative to McCain as a matter of course. Look at the total media numbers on the bottom to see how "balanced" the coverage was not. CNNs numbers are close to the TOTAL COVERAGE. Actually, so are MSNBCs where McCain is concerned. Hell, Fox was even tilted a bit more towards Obama Smiley http://www.journalism.org/node/13436#fn1 (FOXNEWS) Positive Obama Stories 25% Positive McCain Stories 22% Negative Obama Stories 40% Negative McCain Stories 40% (MSNBC) Positive Obama Stories 73% Positive McCain Stories 10% Negative Obama Stories 14% Negative McCain Stories 43% TOTAL COVERAGE (all media added together - 2,412 stories from 48 outlets) Positive Obama Stories 36% Positive McCain Stories 14% Negative Obama Stories 29% Negative McCain Stories 57% |
2009-10-25, 18:08 | Link #4480 | |
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and Here is another example of Fox news trying to live up to its motto
Project for Excellence in Journalism (a liberal leaning group, BTW) data that shows the NEWS at Fox tends to be more balanced. For example, ONLY fox cared enough about basic journalism to debunk the 90 percent of Mexican crime guns come for the US spin. Or ACORN, or Van Jones, or anything critical of the administration other than "He's not liberal enough." Why, well, the liberal journalists at the other outlets favor gun control like they favor nationalized health care and the laundry list of moderate to far left positions. Even the liberals admit it: Quote:
And it's more than just Mika especially since the Obama election made the bias impossible to ignore so there has been a bit of introspection and hand wringing. |
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