GJDailleult said...

GJDailleult at 01:36 PM JST - 12th August

What Obama is really saying at the end there is the government could drive the private insurance companies out of business if they wanted to but they won't because in America the private sector can always do things better than the government. Especially when the government intentionally ties its hands…

Posted in Obama says health care critics use 'scare tactics' at 01:36 PM JST - 12th August
GJDailleult at 09:30 AM JST - 11th August

USA is the only industrialized country without universal health care. This is because either A) USA is smart and everybody else are stupid socialists, B) the rest of the world is smart and the USA is a country of ungovernable fools. No other explanations for the difference.

Posted in Obama braces for town hall health talk at 09:30 AM JST - 11th August
GJDailleult at 07:41 AM JST - 11th August

An unplanned early start to the day for me! Seemed pretty long too.

Posted in Strong quake jolts central Japan, injuring at least 87 at 07:41 AM JST - 11th August
GJDailleult at 11:54 AM JST - 10th August

interesting point, but to be honest it looks like a chain of events rather then a conspiracy.

Agree with that, what I meant by set up is not that there was a conspiracy or that the drugs were planted, just that it's possible they were specifically targeted in a police…

Posted in Sakai admits to taking drugs at recommendation of husband at 11:54 AM JST - 10th August
GJDailleult at 09:39 AM JST - 10th August

This may have all happened the way it has been reported, but you have to wonder. A woman whose family is involved in the yakuza, whose brother was arrested last month, and whose 41 year old husband suddenly doesn't know how to walk through Shibuya without drawing attention to himself.…

Posted in Sakai admits to taking drugs at recommendation of husband at 09:39 AM JST - 10th August
GJDailleult at 12:16 PM JST - 9th August

About the "My wife took drugs" quote, just point out that in Japan police interrogations are not recorded in full, and that the police oppose such recordings on the grounds basically that if they record the interrogations they won't be able to make stuff up. Even if he actually made…

Posted in Actress Sakai arrested over drug use; admits to allegations at 12:16 PM JST - 9th August
GJDailleult at 10:39 AM JST - 9th August

Why stop with the wife? Why not search the homes of his friends, his customers, his elementary school classmates etc.? They might be drug users too. If they had probable cause to search her, they have about as much to search those other people too.

And yes I know the…

Posted in Actress Sakai arrested over drug use; admits to allegations at 10:39 AM JST - 9th August
GJDailleult at 10:33 AM JST - 9th August

What a horrible way to go. Was once almost in a mid-air collision when a passenger in a single engine 4-seater, and can still remember the sickening feeling when we realized another plane was heading right at us.

Posted in Plane, copter collide over Hudson River, killing 9 at 10:33 AM JST - 9th August
GJDailleult at 08:01 AM JST - 8th August

More jobs are lost and the unemployment rate goes down. Interesting statistical manipulation going on, just stop counting the people who give up looking for work.

Posted in July jobs figures show worst 'may be behind us': Obama at 08:01 AM JST - 8th August
GJDailleult at 02:30 PM JST - 7th August

skipthesong, just saying there is a risk/reward calculation in politics, and if you vote against a qualified Hispanic candidate you run the risk of ticking off some Hispanic voters to the point where they won't vote for you in the future. Might happen, might not, but the risk is there.…

Posted in Senate confirms Sotomayor for U.S. Supreme Court at 02:30 PM JST - 7th August