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Can he come over here? There are always a group of young, noisy punks hanging around…
Posted in: Man arrested for punching schoolchildren outside station in Ibaraki
Real Beauty (and all of a person) is in the eyes and body movement. Not in…
Here's hoping he quits regardless of the results.
Posted in: Hashimoto may resign if his party fares badly in Tokyo assembly election
JT--This question of "art or not" was debated in 1619. Search "manneken pis." I do like…
Posted in: Yes, but is it art?
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Farmboy
Well said, zichi. Plus, it's not over.
Posted in: LDP policy chief apologizes for Fukushima disaster gaffe
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Farmboy
Nooo! Don't go! There are so many inappropriate things that still haven't been said!
Posted in: Hashimoto may resign if his party fares badly in Tokyo assembly election
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Farmboy
Scene, but not herd.
Posted in: Cattle farm execs arrested for lying about number of cows
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Farmboy
Well, all things are possible, but let's say for a moment that the strontium groundwater ISn't getting into the ocean near Fukushima.. That means it's seeping into some kind of aquifer near the plant, and traveling somewhere. It would eventually get to the ocean somewhere, but what path could it take, and what area would be affected? Any geologists out there who know the lay of the land?
Posted in: TEPCO finds highly toxic strontium in Fukushima plant groundwater
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Farmboy
Well, if the testing of groundwater shows strontium, one would presume that the ocean would show strontium as well, since it is likely that not all groundwater flows only into the basement of the plant, but okay, let's suspend judgement. Could someone, perhaps, walk over to the ocean and see what the reading is?
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Farmboy
Yubaru,
What I meant was, in the article I quoted, they include this point below ("which also included foreign nationals"), which makes comparisons of what is happening difficult. I really don't know the effect of the foreigners being included, one way or another, but if we want to make a statement about Japan's suicide rate over time, it seemed that excluding that population would give a clearer picture.
Posted in: No. of suicides drops below 30,000 for first time in 15 years
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Farmboy
Because the figures, given as a number, not as a percent of non-foreign population, are not detailed, so we just don't know if the suicide rate is really down so much. The latest figures on population are also quite different than those you quoted. Sorry I didn't form the link properly in my post above, but the main point was:
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Farmboy
I agree with Yubaru that shrinking population is a big factor. It would be interesting to see if someone could exclude non-permanent foreigners from both population and suicide figures, and then come up with an actual suicide figure over time to see what was going on.
<>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/04/17/national/japans-population-falls-by-record-level/#.UcD6itg7vs0>
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Farmboy
I think the US needs a challenge. It's a good thing. Congrats to China on the achievement.
Meanwhile, I've learned a new word, "petaflop," which, if I had heard in a conversation, I previously would have guessed to be a failed child molester.
Posted in: Chinese supercomputer world's fastest
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Farmboy
First, this is a pretty lame apology. He is clearly NOT apologizing for his actions, just expressing dismay that people felt stress as a response.
Second, when you want to test a camera, the first location you think of is a toilet? Too much humidity, poor lighting ... Seems like a supervisor could have suggested a better location for a budding photographer.
Posted in: Shiga teacher confesses to installing camera in girls’ restroom
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Farmboy
Terrorists want to destroy our way of life. They envy our freedom. We can't let them hurt us and our freedom.
Therefore, we should do our best imitation of every dictator we've ever encountered, and change all our laws so that spying on our people, shooting bad Americans while they are overseas, ignoring international law, ignoring national boundaries, failing to let Congress vote whether we have a war or not, and so on and so on, are all legal. Oh, and shooting hunting companions will also be legal.
This will really confuse the terrorists. They won't know what to do.
Posted in: Cheney defends U.S. spy programs
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Farmboy
Serrano,
I think she is amusing, but I don't hate her. She isn't important enough to hate, or to care what she thinks, unless it's really funny.
Posted in: Sarah Palin back at Fox News
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Farmboy
But you've seen and heard enough of them to deduce a pattern. The link may be difficult to find, but having seen two examples of this type of statement, you could infer that if there had been a reaction to a third, there was probably something to react to.
You say this "... provides a textbook example of the conservative, right-wing attack."
I say you could find a better textbook example, if that's what you're looking for, and the link to Maher's latest insult will probably be on youtube soon.
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Farmboy
Seriously, Farmboy. Maher's remarks, and the audience reaction, occurred within the past week. You've actually presented a link to a 6-year-old video.
Yabits,
Sorry, I didn't realize Maher had been doing this for so long. Maybe this the one you're talking about.
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=PXk_xzI59sY&desktop_uri=/watch?v=PXk_xzI59sY
Even if it isn't, tasteless is tasteless. You weaken your own argument defending Maher's remarks. Maher, like a lot of comedians, push the edges. Sometimes it works. Here he goes too far.
Posted in: Sarah Palin back at Fox News
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Farmboy
Well, in his Palin remarks, Maher WAS pretty insensitive... Not vile, but certainly rude... Without a doubt, it was inappropriate, and unnecessary, since Palin herself is such an amusing source of comedic material. Kids with Down's syndrome SHOULD be off- limits. I have to agree with that, and as you can see, I'm not a fan of Palin.
I did think the general reaction to his comment by people sharing the stage was rather critical, not supportive. Audience reaction is hard to judge, since some shows use laugh tracks, but the laughter seemed uncomfortable - they like Maher, but not the comment, I think.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe57F77ZKIs
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Farmboy
Well, by golly, she makes more moolah than a lotta folks. Still, I think it's peachy she found work, even with all that fakey country talk and all, and I know she'll have a passel a folks watchin er and talkin about er. You can darn tootin bet the whole trailer park on that.
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Farmboy
I'm sure hearing a lot of stories that say they are there. I'm not there, so I really don't know, but...
http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/384482/28/Syrian-rebels-pledge-loyalty-to-al-Qaeda-
Posted in: U.S. considers no-fly zone in Syria
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Farmboy
I really don't know about the gas thing. It seems like if Assad hadn't used it before, then using it when he has more support would be insane. I can't understand his motivation, if it really happened. It sounds more like the act of a few crazy people on one side or the other.
Because we really don't know who all the rebels are, arming them, and having all those weapons out there in the hands of who knows who, would be really stupid. I hope they don't do this, and really, I'd prefer they stayed out of it completely, but it's true that the help of Hezbollah has tipped the balance. They can't let Hezbollah get a hold of chemical weapons.
It's a difficult situation.
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Farmboy
I think I would be a little insulted if someone tied me up and could take anything I owned, and took nothing. A polite Japanese crook would at least take something, if only to avoid the obvious insult. These foreigners!
Posted in: 2 men tie up woman, steal nothing in home invasion
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Farmboy
On the one hand we hear how these folks got enough info to stop terrorists, and on the other hand, regarding privacy, we should relax, because the program isn't really getting any personal information. Interesting...
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