Wednesday February 15, 2012

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    Bovinus

    Perhaps the problem is lack of good men? They all seem to be otakus, freeters or else workaholics.

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    Bovinus

    tkoind, maybe you should Google 'North American Union'.

    But the problem is not giving away America's indepedence to other countries, it's giving away independence to corporations.

    The idea of the World Bank, IMF, North American Union etc is to help corporations make more money by weakening things like worker's rights, environmental laws etc. This includes in the US itself so companies will be able to enjoy high quality infrastructure and corporate welfare without paying lots of money in salaries, environmental fines etc.

    We should all be worried about this.

    Posted in: Religious right AWOL from the real war

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    Bovinus

    For people who are too lazy to remove their batteries and put them in a standard battery recharger.

    Not really practical for people who want to recharge their batteries AND play Wii simultaneously. A problem that is solved by buying 4 rechargable batteries and charging two while using two. Pretty damn simple.

    But thanks anyway Sanyo. Some of your other products are pretty kick-arse.

    Posted in: Sanyo makes rechargeable battery pack for Nintendo Wii controllers

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    Bovinus

    I think making smoking uncool is the best idea. The Australian government actually succeeded in doing just that with massive advertising campaigns and now smokers are seen as losers who want to quit but can't. And smoking rates plummetted.

    Of course, increasing taxes so that a packet of 20 cigarettes costs about 1100 yen probably helped too...

    Posted in: Gates, Bloomberg put $375 million into global anti-smoking campaign

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    Bovinus

    Good to see nobody's going to the Olympics. I'm still amazed China even got the Olympics in the first place. It's a dictatorship.

    Posted in: Beijing hotels slash rates as expected Olympic demand falters

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    Bovinus

    Good post tkoind.

    I think communism has a good reputation in certain countries so bad governments (dictatorships) use that term as propaganda. China, North Korea etc. This allows capitalist countries to equate dictatorialism with communism.

    The ideas of Marx are still valid.

    Posted in: Popular novel on Marxism draws young people to communist party

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    Bovinus

    TV mirrors society, society doesn't mirror TV. But it gives us all a nice scapegoat so we don't have to blame ourselves. Thanks TV.

    Posted in: 15-year-old boy arrested for beating ex-classmate to death in Gunma

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    Bovinus

    Government bailouts of failing businesses. Jeezus. Like there's not enough welfare for the rich already. Billions of dollars given to the very people who caused all the financial trouble in the first place.

    Meanwhile: poverty?

    Posted in: U.S. leaders running out of options to deal with multiple economic crises

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    Bovinus

    Marxism usually needs a revolution to come about but perhaps that's what Japan needs right now? Something new to strip away the inertia of old ideas and customs.

    Workers generally have pretty crappy working conditions in Japan and the salaries are nothing special so if people continue to join the Communist Party perhaps the Liberal Democrats, big business etc will have noone to blame but themselves.

    Posted in: Popular novel on Marxism draws young people to communist party

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    Bovinus

    I think this may be an abberation and Japan is actually reasonably prepared for major disasters/terrorist attacks. Remember that the Kobe earthquake was the biggest one since 1923 and the Aum attack was the first major terrorist attack (using gas) in Japan. So hopefully Japan has learnt from the past.

    Posted in: Medical priority system handled badly at Akihabara rampage scene

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    Bovinus

    A step that should have been taken decades ago but nevertheless, a good step.

    Posted in: Japan to give nationality to illegitimate children: Nikkei

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    Bovinus

    Oh, who cares LFRA? When most people read, they don't even notice stuff like that because we're reading for gist, not for grammar.

    JT is a free site and some stuff is probably translated by volunteers, eager for the practice. I'm guessing professional translators cost more money than JT has?

    If you don't like it, go to another site that translates Japanese news into English for free.

    Posted in: NTT regional units ordered to stop misleading IP phone ads

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    Bovinus

    I have a 'no junk mail' sticker on my door, don't eat meat, have a K car and only use it sparingly, energy efficient applicances and lights, try not to use the air con much, bring my own bag to supermarkets, separate my trash and recycle it, use both sides of pieces of paper, basically reduce, reuse, recycle (and refuse - they have 4 r's here).

    When I buy my own house in a few years I will be sure to have water tanks, good quality insulation and solar panels. Looking forward to that.

    Posted in: What do you do in your day-to-day life to conserve energy and protect the environment?

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    Bovinus

    I found the last two films a bit dull. I know they're filled with messages and morality but it didn't stop them being boring. Hopefully the new one will contain more action, like in his early films.

    Posted in: Miyazaki releases first film in four years

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    Bovinus

    American cars are rubbish, let's be honest. They sell a lot in America because there aren't import costs and fees and because of the patriotism factor but outside the US there's simply no logical reason anyone would buy one.

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    Bovinus

    A 1000 yen note isn't brown. Until you poop on it and why would anyone do that?

    Posted in: 'Ikemen' piggybank

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    Bovinus

    The phrase 'Becky, the talent' is one of the greatest oxymorons in the history of humanity. I think she's my least favourite celebrity in the world.

    Posted in: Becky

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    Bovinus

    Maybe pedophilia specifically is not caused by celibacy but priests want to have sex with someone/anyone so they choose the people who are most vulnerable/easily available, namely young boys. So pedophilia by priests is indirectly caused by celibacy.

    Posted in: Pope to apologize for abuse by priests in Australia

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    Bovinus

    Niseko has a largely Australian population. However, I don't think Niseko really needs a Hilton.

    Things always start out small. A nice little town with lots of character gets popular and ends up like this...gigantic hotels with no character at all, crappy souvenir shops, busloads of tourists every day. The same thing seems to be happening to Hakuba.

    Posted in: Head north to a ski paradise

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    Bovinus

    Conservative used to be a more meaningful term but it was hijacked by Bush's gang and now seems to mean "neo-conservative right-wing wacko". Some great politicians have been conservatives but perhaps we need a new word. I see 'moderate Republican' is gaining in popularity do distinguish the great majority of Republicans from the loony far-right.

    Posted in: Obama revels in a presidential race with many contrasts

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