2009-03-18, 03:19 | Link #1861 |
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Filipino who accused Marine of rape changes story
I really doubted her story of rape from the beginning of the controversy (why would a smart college graduate wind up in there, at the wrong place at the wrong time, when she could be working overseas?), but her reversal today was the equivalent of a hard slap to the face (especially to her supposed supporters), after all that drama, polarizing ultranationalism, opportunism and media hyperbole (suspect is assumed guilty before proven). It's sad and amazing that one woman can easily wreck the relationship of two countries.
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2009-03-18, 22:09 | Link #1862 |
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Ozawa tumbles to 5th in ideal PM survey
Once again, Koizumi has top the list which is a good thing but sadly.. His chances of becoming a prime minister for a second time is highly unlikely. On the other hand.. Okada Katsuya seems to have garnered quite a number of approval ratings. This definitely worries me. On the other hand, the guy is backed by at least 2 foreign nations and thus, there is no doubt that his approval rate may continue to increase. On the contrary, there really isn't much to worry about. After all, any prime minister with a high approval rate may fall off the cliff is he doesn't know he is doing at the time and that any cabinet minister who decides to make a wrong move will end up affecting the entire cabinet. With this as a given, politicians are always on the losing side, while everyone else on the winning. |
2009-03-19, 04:30 | Link #1866 |
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Well, must have been a pretty small section of the Straits. I usually read world news first, then business. Now, I listen to the BBC on my handphone radio. If only the broadcast isn't so darn soft that traffic sounds can easily drown it out.
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2009-03-19, 08:22 | Link #1869 | |
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Wow, the youths of the future are going to be so highly "informed" indeed. Dinosaurs like me who grew up reading newspapers and magazines from Newsweek to The Economist should crawl into our holes and wait for extinction. |
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2009-03-19, 09:02 | Link #1870 | |
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2009-03-19, 18:49 | Link #1871 |
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Natasha Richardson Dead At 45
This is just depressing, especially since I was just introduced to Natasha Richardson after watch Nell a couple of weeks ago. Liam Neeson and Natasha Richardson seemed like one of the more legitimately in love Hollywood couples and it seems like it's always the one's that look like they are going to stay together forever that get torn apart like this. Excuse me for getting a little sentimental here, but this is just like John Ritter & Amy Yasbeck (I was a huge fan of John Ritter like I am of both Neeson and Richardson and both couples always seemed really close unlike your average celebrity marriage) all over again. Especially because it seems like there are also grounds for a wrongful death lawsuit here given that the director of the ski resort apparently sent paramedics away from seeing her after the fall. |
2009-03-19, 22:08 | Link #1873 | |
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2009-03-19, 22:35 | Link #1874 |
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Sure some people ask to leave this "victim" in peace, but the worst consequence of this is how the world will view the Filipino women, who have already gotten a bad share of stereotypes abroad (including infamy in the so-called "mail-order brides" business), as a whole.
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2009-03-19, 23:40 | Link #1875 | |
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Meeting Japan's cyber homeless
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2009-03-20, 06:34 | Link #1877 | |
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The only these people can hope for is for their government to improve. There is quite a number of ministers being given the sack recently.
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2009-03-20, 07:35 | Link #1878 | ||
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Besides a roof over your head, you'd get a PC with Internet access. If it's a manga cafe, then you'd usually have free access to a well-stocked library of manga, magazines and DVDs too. From what I know, many cafes also have shower facilities as well as vending machines for food and drinks. I ended up staying in one such manga cafe back when I visited Tokyo in 2007, after I missed the last train back to my ryokan. It was... an interesting experience, to say the least. Not unpleasant, because the guy at the counter turned out to be a student from China, so I actually had a nice conversation with him. More like an eye opener, because it was clear, even back then, that many of the customers were actually vagrants with no where else to live. I was actually very relieved to have found somewhere to put up till morning — the cafe felt like a safe refuge because I would otherwise have been trapped in the vicinity of Kabukichou, which gets fairly rough at night. Here is an older report on this growing social phenomenon in Japan: Japan cyber home offers address to homeless Quote:
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2009-03-20, 10:09 | Link #1879 |
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I think it's a pretty good relationship between the two. The owner gets his normal pay, and the people get a roof over their heads (And internet access!) At the $500 BBC quotes a month, its very cheap seeing as they don't have to worry about utilities etc. Hopefully the job market will open up.
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2009-03-20, 10:40 | Link #1880 | |
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