LFRAgain said...

LFRAgain at 01:44 PM JST - 9th July

Maybe I'm being too sentimental, but if the locals in Italy were overwhelmed by the gravity with which Japan took the defecing of irreplaceable cultural treasures, maybe this will have a positive effect on how Italians treat their own cultural artifacts. Who knows? Maybe they'll reverse the trend of defacing…

Posted in Italians amazed at fallout in Japan over graffiti at 01:44 PM JST - 9th July
LFRAgain at 01:30 PM JST - 9th July

The kind of naivety it takes to believe that Iran won’t seek to build its own nuclear arsenal staggers the imagination and I can’t really express it any more emphatically than this: If Iran is allowed, yes, allowed, to develop nuclear technology, they WILL build nuclear weapons at some point…

Posted in Iranian leader slams U.S. as greatest threat to global security at 01:30 PM JST - 9th July
LFRAgain at 01:23 PM JST - 9th July

Zen_Builder,

What makes us [Muslims and Jews in Austria] get along that you can’t. Waiting for your answer.

I’ll field this one. American Muslims and Jews get along just fine with each other. And you know what else? American Muslims and Jews get along fine with American non-Jews and non-Muslims…

Posted in Iranian leader slams U.S. as greatest threat to global security at 01:23 PM JST - 9th July
LFRAgain at 12:51 PM JST - 9th July

tkoind2, Great post, but a couple of things I wanted to point out. One, the United States did not arm and train the Taliban. That was a home-grown organization supported largely by Pakistan long before there was ever a US/Pakistan alliance.

The other point (and Skipthesong beat me to it)…

Posted in Iranian leader slams U.S. as greatest threat to global security at 12:51 PM JST - 9th July
LFRAgain at 11:38 AM JST - 9th July

"'The governments of each region can just rely on each other with understanding and brotherhood,' instead of allowing the U.S. military a presence." Yes, we see how well that understanding and brotherhood worked out for Iran when Iraq attacked it in the 80s and bombed its communities with chemical weapons.…

Posted in Iranian leader slams U.S. as greatest threat to global security at 11:38 AM JST - 9th July
LFRAgain at 08:35 AM JST - 9th July

TJrandom,

Err... You're right. Upon rereading, I see what you mean. I guess I over-analyzed the article’s interpretation of "state" and assumed they were mistakenly referring to Guam as a "state" of the US, rather that the Japanese state. My bad. Comes from reading too many awkward translations and trying…

Posted in Miura urges state not to cooperate with U.S. at 08:35 AM JST - 9th July
LFRAgain at 05:32 PM JST - 8th July

"Tuesday that a Tokyo court order the state to reject a U.S. request for investigative cooperation..."?!?

Order Guam courts to reject US requests? I think Miura actually believes Guam is still Japanese territory. Last I hecked, it was still under US juristiction. In fact, for all intents and purposes, Guam…

Posted in Miura urges state not to cooperate with U.S. at 05:32 PM JST - 8th July
LFRAgain at 01:52 PM JST - 8th July

Methinks some posters' recollections of how much they weren't supervised as 4-year olds are being viewed through some very rose-tinted glasses. Trust me: You were being watched by someone and it's that that kept you alive long enough to post here, and not luck so much.

Young children need to…

Posted in 4-year-old girl drowns in sewage drain in Tottori at 01:52 PM JST - 8th July
LFRAgain at 01:14 PM JST - 8th July

The weeks before the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. I'd like to meet Dragutin Dimitrijevic, the mastermind of that particular brainfart, and slap him upside the head with a well-intentioned, "What the hell are you thinking, moron?"

Posted in If you could go back in time to witness any event or events, what would you choose? at 01:14 PM JST - 8th July
LFRAgain at 01:06 PM JST - 8th July

Excessive drinking of anything is bad for you. It's actually possible to drink too much water and cause serious medical problems.

Smoking is just plain bad, so no need to fuss over the moderation mantra.

Posted in Only 60% of smokers aware they are addicts at 01:06 PM JST - 8th July