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Relax.. it's just a little light reading! After I saw the first labels I thought: "Geez,…
Posted in: From carnivores to herbivores: how men are defined in Japan
Last spring after the event, it took me about ten minutes with Google to determine that…
Posted in: TEPCO planned review of tsunami risk, but too late
There is nothing new in this story. The USA just approved three new nuclear plants. The…
Posted in: TEPCO planned review of tsunami risk, but too late
Educated men blinded by their own arrogance that nothing could go wrong and all the bases…
Posted in: Japan's nuclear safety standards flawed, says commission chief
back in the day it was so hard for a gaigin to get H.S. or whatever…
Posted in: Teacher nabbed for using mirror to peek up girl's skirt
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The American Goverment is a person? The cars will be designed by car designers/engineers.
Because GM, Chrysler, and thier designers/engineers (apparently the American people) were so competent that their companies went broke.
Posted in: Chrysler deal extends Obama's reach, risk
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Perhaps then they should have waterboarded the Virgina Tech guy, and waterboard anyone who may even have the slightest connection to drug dealers, gangs members, or violent criminals. It could be reasonable to expect that they could have information that could aid in the arrest of those types of criminals and by having the criminals arrested save lives.
Posted in: On 100th day in office, Obama denounces waterboarding
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The WHO raised the warning level to 5(imminent pandemic) because in Spain the flu passed from a person who had been to Mexico to a person who had not been to Mexico. Level 5 requires two different regions of the world, to have human to human infections.
It's a 159~ deaths related to the swine in Mexico so far, which puts the death rate in Mexico at about 5% of those infected. Perhaps overblown but better to be on the safe side of things.
Posted in: WHO says swine flu pandemic is imminent
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That's what happens when you put your keys in a bowl on the kitchen table. He should have got the app for his phone that tells you where your airplane(s) are at all times.
Posted in: Obama orders review of New York City flyover
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That would a partial credit to Obama, he wasn't the one who start socializing the banks, he just kept the ball rolling.
Obama is on his way to be the frist Democrat president to double the national debt. A title currently held only by Reagan and Bush Jr, who happen to be both Republicans. With the Republicans and their record of national debt increases, you wouldn't think that would be that big of deal for Republicans, oh, that's right it's because they didn't get a tax cut. Sad really, niether side seems to understand fiscal responsibility.
Posted in: How would you evaluate U.S. President Barack Obama's first 100 days in office?
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Helter Skelter -
No point, it has already spread to the US, there has been 7 confirmed case already.
Posted in: 60 Mexico flu deaths raise global epidemic fears
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The police won't be able to easy John stings anymore.
Posted in: Craigslist death renews calls for limiting sex ads
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I am surprised she was actually able to lift the baseball, lucky it wasn't a windy day. That being said Anorexic chic is pretty hot, especially when you get close to that androgynous body look. [/s]
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Perhaps I am, but I still see no point for the half the preamble if that is the case and how/why they planned on creating the legislative branch; a particular example Article 1 Section 6 [Compensation and Privileges of Members], "The Senators and Representatives shall receive a compensation for their services, to be ascertained by law, and paid out of the treasury of the United States." What money whould the treasury have and why would a treasury even exist if there were no plans to collect money?
In the end I am more inclined to believe supreme court rulings, then you, as they are some of the most learned people when it comes to constitutional matters, vested interests or not.
Posted in: Anti-Obama 'tea party' protests mark U.S. tax day
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Ummm... Gay people who get married do not procreate because they become married but rather because they are gay. Gays getting married is not going to increase the gay percentage of the population, so new generations are not in harms ways and don't have to about their numbers being decemented by gays. Your questions would have made more sense if the original question had been about abortion.
Posted in: Are you in favor of same-sex marriages?
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I am sure when the constition was drafted, they intended to collect some taxes, if not the "We they people" preamble would be complete useless. The government if not for taxes could not "provide for the common defense" nor could it "establish justice". In fact if they did not expect anyone to pay taxes, who did they expect to enforce the constitution?
Posted in: Anti-Obama 'tea party' protests mark U.S. tax day
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Their mission is not to capture pirates but protect high interest ships crossing through that part the world. I hope the don't change the law, as long as the do not interfere/harm Canadian interests, there is no need to fill our prisons/pay for foriegn criminals that didn't commit crimes against Canada.
Posted in: 7 Somali pirates freed on technicality after NATO pursuit
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The state of Nevada has one of the highest unemployment rate of all the states at 10.1%, not exactly what I would call booming.
I live in a place that primary economic driver is Oil, when the price oil went the economy boomed but the off thing was everyone here claimed it was because of the low taxes and less regulation that gave it an economic advantage over other places. Fastforward a bit, gas prices dropped and the economy dropped the fastest in region(which had higher taxes but a more diverse economic mix). Conclusion that can be drawn, the price/demand for oil drove industry growth not the tax environment. Look at a map of unemployment of the USA and you see that whether a state is democratic or republican makes no difference to the unemployment rates but the type of industries/commerce that a state has does.
Posted in: Anti-Obama 'tea party' protests mark U.S. tax day
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I was recently talking about this with a friend who is a libertarian and he says the gay marriage issue is one way of telling who is a true libertarian and who just claim they are libertarian. In that if you truly believe in personal liberty, then there should be no reason that you should find something wrong about gays getting married.
Posted in: New York governor introduces gay marriage bill
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Apparently they don't have democratic rights either:
Posted in: Anti-Obama 'tea party' protests mark U.S. tax day
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It's a hard call but I have seen white girls this tanned before and in 5~10 years that cheerleader will look like a california raisin, especially in the bust area.
Posted in: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
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So the government forced people buy houses, forced people to run credit card debt and caused Corporations to invest in speculative derivatives that turned toxic assets and creating business models that clearly didn't work and had little to no want to create proper risk management systems. I guess though it is easier to blame the government for everything and put my head in sand. Besides we all know CEO's and such always pay thier fair share, just look at what happened when the US sued UBS, techinally that is robbing the people. If government regulation was to great companies should have left, but then again they mostly like enjoy the logistics systems created by tax dollars, the security paid for with tax dollars, the court system that enforces contract law paid for with tax dollars and so on.
Tea partiers are another special interest group trying to impose what the believe is correct on the majority of Americans. The most ironic thing is, the taxes filled this year, were under a tax code that Bush and congress passed. Special interest groups, the new American way, don't like how the democratic system works, whine and complain about it.
Posted in: Anti-Obama 'tea party' protests mark U.S. tax day
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South America is feeding the Mexican problem via drug smuggling.
Posted in: Obama eager to portray U.S. as partner for Americas
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I think the one in the centre back fell asleep in the tanning booth. The trashy blonde look is meh.
Posted in: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
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I would have thought that there was more than one American born every minute. Fiscal responsibility is something that Republicans nor Democrats seem to understand.
The right calls ACORN domestic terrorists, the left calls tea party goers and right-wing extremists domestic terrorists and the whole thing just goes to show how insecure and irrational partisan politics makes people.
That would be the majority of Americans, interesting to see some taking a very "European" view towards their fellow Americans and by extention America it's self.
Posted in: U.S. is ripe for recruiting by extremists, report warns