JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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Why do Japanese change their attitude when they communicate with foreigners?
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Confrontation
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U.S. Navy investigating how parts fell off aircraft near Atsugi
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California court to decide if SeaWorld whales are illegal 'slaves'
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Kuroki reported pregnant 2 weeks after denying relationship with Akanishi
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- Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) in Kanto region
- RCS (RCSコーポレーション), Kanto
- Salary: ¥180,000 ~ ¥250,000 / Month includes performance bonus
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- Assistant Language Teacher - TOKYO - late-March start
- Interac, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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- Assistant Language Teacher - Kanagawa Prefecture - late-March start
- Interac, Kanagawa
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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JoeBigs
Good to see that they got this piece of work......Bravo Zulu
I like the fact that we are placing more assets where they need to be.....
Posted in: Pakistan Taliban leader Mehsud reportedly killed by U.S. missile
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JoeBigs
Not I, I am still a strong Independent and do not see myself changing because of this vote.
The 31 Republican's that voted in the nay column did it because they felt she was too liberal and not of a far right winger for them.
The Supreme court has always been leaning to the right or the left. Look at it's history and you will notice that this was a fact. I hope that we can get a few more left leaning Judges in there for a while to offset the rights influence.
You know the anti Woe V Wade group.....
Posted in: Senate confirms Sotomayor for U.S. Supreme Court
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JoeBigs
Daaaaaaaamn! This cat must have nine lives!
Posted in: Man survives fall from station platform as train passes over him
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JoeBigs
Ah just another day in the happy land of guns.......
Topic, the guy was a sick sob who owned a gun legally. He blamed young women for not going to bed with him because they did not find him sexy enough. He then took out his legally owned gun and killed 4 women and wounded 10 others because he could not find love/get laid.
The guy was sick and should of offed himself instead of the women.
BTW 19 years without getting any! Yes nineteen years! Not 19 weeks, not 19 days, no 19 years! This guy could not get any in the States? Man there was something down right strange about this cat! This guy was a bloody freak show and no one noticed? To boot he owned a gun? WTFO?
Guns do not kill people, sick people who legally own guns kill people.
I wonder if the NRA would defend this freaks right to own a gun now?
Posted in: 4 killed in Pennsylvania health club shooting
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JoeBigs
Now the Supreme court swings to the left. Don't you just love the American system. Best part these Judges are not elected there fore can not be bought off by corporate lobbyists.
Posted in: Senate confirms Sotomayor for U.S. Supreme Court
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JoeBigs
Opps did we miss his kids? Darn it.....To win a war against fanatics you must remove all thought of being civilized and become as they, terrorist. Kill them back to their first ancestors. Burn their family, then kill everyone that knew them and then when you are done. Make sure you got them all.
Never leave an enemy behind, he may strike you when you least expect it.
Posted in: Pakistan Taliban chief's wife killed by missile
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JoeBigs
I was wondering about your post yesterday. What makes you think what they got was money?
Once more the talks turn to the loss of all our rights because of that evil evil use of DIPLOMACY. As always Badsey a very interesting argument there.
So is North Korea part of this great conspiracy? Hm....Now where did I put my tip skull cap?
Now back to the evils of diplomacy.
Correction here, if I am not mistake Karl von Clausewitz was the person who made that statement, I will find it for you. Sun Tzu quoted something a bit different.
I will use a few quotes from great strategist of history...
Sun Tzu: When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce.
Karl von Clausewitz quotes:
No one starts a war -- or rather no one in his senses ought to do so -- without first being clear in his mind what he intends to achieve in that war and how he intends to conduct it.
Karl von Clausewitz quotes:
War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the same by other means.
I believe the above quote is the one you were referring to.....
Will Rogers: Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice doggie" until you can find a rock.
Tony Benn: All war represents a failure of diplomacy
Posted in: 2 pardoned U.S. journalists leave North Korea with Bill Clinton
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JoeBigs
Good point, but if you look at what the North really wanted you may see it for what it was. They want us back at the table and just gave us a pawn to have us talk to them.
The North tried to get us to flinch with their use of missile. When that did not work they tried it with nukes. Well that did not work either and they were getting worried. So what did they do? They sent a request for a sit down with any top level American.
Now we have the advantage in any up coming talks.
That is what the North wants but every time we went back to the table it was under their terms. This it seems we hold an advantage.
W's use of diplomacy was little more than a give and give. From the get go his administration tried "the fist in your face tactic". When we went to the table North Korea had many advantages because we went in there with the bully tactic. That did not work and eight years later we are back to the table again. But this time we have an advantage.
Funny how you place me in the leftist spectrum because I questioned your argument. Interesting (scribbles note on paper brain) very interesting indeed. So how long have you felt anger when others question you? Hm
My my no one has ever been so kind as to type so sloooow to allow even me to understand their brilliance....LOL
I must have gotten to you and your brilliance. For that I am sorry, but if you would open up one or more of your books and see who else calls diplomacy a game of chess. It may surprise you.....
History is a great teacher as long as you learn from it.
Posted in: 2 pardoned U.S. journalists leave North Korea with Bill Clinton
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JoeBigs
Your right, maybe we should have forgotten about our American citizens being held in North Korea and done nothing. Far right logic never ceases to amaze me....Well said Alphaape....
Diplomacy is a game like any other, it is like playing chess. You plan your moves and he who has the upper hand in the end wins.
To help you understand what I mean, here is a bit of history for you. Read enjoy and be amazed by the skill of some diplomats.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1962-cuba-un1.html
Stevenson was a master diplomat and he shined on that debate. If you are good at what you do and you use all your assets you will have leverage against your opponent.
But if you never play the game,(like the former Administration did) you will look worse in the end. Most strategist win not by force but by skill. Our President is showing he is skilled in the art of diplomacy.
Posted in: 2 pardoned U.S. journalists leave North Korea with Bill Clinton
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JoeBigs
Backroom deals are done all the time, this is not the first case and it will not be the last. The best thing that came out of this is our people are free.
Diplomacy is a game best left to the professionals, and our President has shown himself to be a very good player.
It is better to play the game then to lose live while not playing it. To me and most who are not far right wingers this was a win win for us.
The far right would of rather sent someone else's son or daughter to die.
Posted in: 2 pardoned U.S. journalists leave North Korea with Bill Clinton
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JoeBigs
This is a great story, diplomacy gets 2 Americans freed from a North Korean jail.
But our dear friends on the right seem to not be too happy that that evil tool (D.I.P.L.O.M.A.C.Y.) was used again by the left. At this rate the left may correct our imagine overseas using that evil evil tool....LOL
When will the far right get the idea that that tool does work. The world may never know....LOL
Posted in: 2 pardoned U.S. journalists leave North Korea with Bill Clinton
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JoeBigs
I would rather have someone who is concerned about his position than someone who just does not care know. This time in history we need a President who makes sure his people are doing what is best for our nation.
Notice that he has not taken many breaks since taking office. No long vacations at his estate.......I like that, maybe others really do not care if the President is working for the people or just hanging out at his private home.
Posted in: You're fired, Obama style
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JoeBigs
Before you blame it all on the evil cheating man. You maybe surprised that one of the women in this affair was herself married...LOL
Yes I know but to be honest, these women were down right stupid. The guy was no rocket scientist either. But who has landed in jail?LOL
Saw a picture of this guys wife and may I say, women from the North Country really really really need help with their appearance.
Have not seen a picture of the guy so can not comment on his appearance.
Are women that desperate for loving that they just do not care?LOL
Posted in: 4 women in Wisconsin tie up cheating husband, glue his penis to his stomach
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JoeBigs
Which would you rather have, a President who keeps folks around just because they are loyal to him and not good at their jobs. Or a President who removes folks who just can not hack it?
I for one believe in cutting dead weight before it sinks you. But of course I am not a far right winger who believes that dead weight is gooooood....LOL
Well done Mr. President and keep cutting them when they can not do their jobs.....You are the boss....
Posted in: You're fired, Obama style
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JoeBigs
Come on, these women were down right stupid. The guy cheats on all of them then they take their so-called revenge. Funny thing here is, who went to jail? LOL
Funniest thing of all this is that after they were torturing the guy one of them demanded to know who he loved! Oh my bloody word, are women so desperate for someone to love them that they just do not care? LOL
Women are stupid....LOL
Posted in: 4 women in Wisconsin tie up cheating husband, glue his penis to his stomach
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JoeBigs
Nice, remove Palestinians from their homes just like the Nazi's did to the Jews of Europe... What is the difference here and how can anyone defend this action by the Israeli government? You can not....
Posted in: 50 Palestinians evicted from their Jerusalem homes
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JoeBigs
Wha, huh, what was that noise? Oh another explosion? Oh who cares, I need sleep....
Posted in: Wave of blasts near mosques kills 29 in Iraq
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JoeBigs
Communist are not willing to support the island nation any longer. The end is near....it is a matter of time....
Posted in: Cuba enters crisis mode as economy worsens
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JoeBigs
Ah darn it, he must have killed himself. Well these kind of things happen all the time. Guy in handcuff unloads a few rounds into his own back.
Cops need to watch these fanatics closer and make sure they do not kill themselves....LOL
Posted in: Leader of Islamist sect killed in custody in Nigeria
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JoeBigs
Nope clean as a whistle and get this, they also found out that he is an American citizen.
Posted in: Police officers accused of running check on Obama