KumaNiku said...

KumaNiku at 08:19 AM JST - 10th November

Yasukuni - the problem is that moderate messages and peace don't make headlines. The vast majority of Indonesians are moderate people like most people anywhere.

http://www.theage.com.au/world/a-peaceful-village-ashamed-of-the-sons-who-brought-it-infamy-20081109-5kxn.html

Has these executions made us all safer? No. Has it brought anyone closure? No. Has it sated our visceral bloodlust for revenge? For a…

Posted in 3 Bali bombers executed at 08:19 AM JST - 10th November
KumaNiku at 07:04 AM JST - 10th November

I'll also bet that India is reconsidering the deal to lease 2 of the Akulas. The Russians don't have a good history with delivering refurbishments and upgrades on time (or at all in case of the Carrier Kuznetzsov), let alone thier safety record.

StarViking - are you referring to the…

Posted in Accident on Russian nuclear sub suffocates 20 at 07:04 AM JST - 10th November
KumaNiku at 08:32 PM JST - 9th November

The Russian Navy is still underfunded and decades behind the west. A lot of thier technology is Cold War at best - to make matters worse, their Pacific Fleet has always been of Secondary importance to the Atlantic/Baltic/Black Sea.

Poor maitenance and old equipment are never a good mix. The…

Posted in Accident on Russian nuclear sub suffocates 20 at 08:32 PM JST - 9th November
KumaNiku at 08:25 PM JST - 9th November

What is known as Iran today has been multi-cultural and diverse for centuries, due to it's location - as others have pointed out, along the Silk Road.

Iran is a Police State, but from what I have seen and read (I haven't been, though I'd love to) the people are…

Posted in Japanese researchers say traces of Buddhism found in ruins in Iran at 08:25 PM JST - 9th November
KumaNiku at 08:15 PM JST - 9th November

CavemanLawyer - hear, hear. Whether these executions were done in an 'Islamic Fashion' or not, they will be used by radicals or 'terrorists' as examples of matyrdom and/or further evidence of a corrupt state which must be overthrown.

These executions have been a public spectacle which ultimately serves the radical's…

Posted in 3 Bali bombers executed at 08:15 PM JST - 9th November
KumaNiku at 09:51 PM JST - 8th November

Helen Clark was a reformer (not liked by all, of course) who came in after a long period of economic rationalist/globalist rule which saw the decimation of industry and lowering of the general living standard among other things.

She basically put regulation back into fashion in order to curb the…

Posted in Key elected prime minister in New Zealand at 09:51 PM JST - 8th November
KumaNiku at 10:20 AM JST - 8th November

Question: What makes Obama and his supporters think he is qualified to be president of the United States?

Perhaps people responded to his articulate vision for a better America and world. Given the current context and his opponents, it was head and shoulders above the current and the alternative.…

Posted in Obama begins assembling team at 10:20 AM JST - 8th November
KumaNiku at 08:36 AM JST - 8th November

I really hope there is a video of this somewhere. Someone could then speed it up, add Yakety Sax (Benny Hill theme) and you would have a very accurate representation general policing in Japan.

KN

Posted in 15-year-old boy held for stealing handcuffs from Fukuoka policeman at 08:36 AM JST - 8th November
KumaNiku at 08:24 AM JST - 8th November

Actually, a lot of it is luck and public perception. JFK's reputation hasn't fared so well, for example, now that his presidency has been more fully digested by historians.

That is true for others as well - LBJ is known mostly for the Vietnam war, but up until that…

Posted in Republicans in tatters, look to regroup at 08:24 AM JST - 8th November
KumaNiku at 08:17 AM JST - 8th November

talk about an unpatriotic post that alienates us TRUE patriots who voted for McCain and for freedom.

We are not in tatters, no way buster!!!

The Liberal media and its lies elected Obama, nothing else,do you understand NOW???

Yes, it sure did... but comments and bluster like this does…

Posted in Republicans in tatters, look to regroup at 08:17 AM JST - 8th November