Mark_McCracken said...

Mark_McCracken at 09:09 PM JST - 3rd August

I'm not sure what to make of this. Reported elsewhere on the internet, "From July 1998 through December 2008, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) killed over 21,000 dogs, cats, and other "companion animals."...On its 2002 federal income-tax return, PETA claimed a $9,370 write-off for a giant walk-in…

Posted in Saving the planet at 09:09 PM JST - 3rd August
Mark_McCracken at 10:53 PM JST - 2nd August

Japan's 1st jury trial to start Monday in Tokyo

Jury trials occurred occasionally in Japan between 1923 and 1943.

Posted in Japan's 1st jury trial to start Monday in Tokyo at 10:53 PM JST - 2nd August
Mark_McCracken at 07:19 PM JST - 1st August

He also hoped to donate the royalties from his books to the families of his victims.

Really? Then why did his will stipulate that the royalties go to poor children in Peru?

I wish he could have continued living so he could have related more about why he committed such…

Posted in Hundreds commemorate life of late death row inmate Nagayama at 07:19 PM JST - 1st August
Mark_McCracken at 06:39 PM JST - 31st July

Just what does the President think is the lesson from all this...

Stick to the speech. Read the teleprompter. Stay on message. Don't deviate from the speaking points.

"The police behaved stupidly" probably cost Obama 2 or 3 approval points and distracted from his health care message. Even Jon Stewart…

Posted in Obama, Gates, policeman pledge to try and move on at 06:39 PM JST - 31st July
Mark_McCracken at 12:16 PM JST - 29th July

If anything, I hope Prince learned its lesson not to agree to hold a meeting of the Nikkyo-so in the first place so that it doesn't get into this kind of mess anymore...

I could be wrong, but I don't think they have that option. Under Article 5 of the…

Posted in Prince Hotel ordered to pay Y290 mil for refusing teacher union reservations at 12:16 PM JST - 29th July
Mark_McCracken at 09:01 AM JST - 28th July

Rail company workers have to pass the smile test.

The test is optional...

These two statements seem to contradict each other.

Posted in Rail company workers have to pass the smile test at 09:01 AM JST - 28th July
Mark_McCracken at 07:00 PM JST - 27th July

Stay awake the entire night before the flight. Get to the airport exhausted. Board. Ear plugs. Nytol. Sleep about 8 hours on the plane. Get to location. Sleep when night comes to the new location. Next day, I'm fine.

Posted in What do you do to overcome jet lag? at 07:00 PM JST - 27th July
Mark_McCracken at 09:59 AM JST - 27th July

300 Americans die every year of mesothelioma.

That makes asbestos slightly less dangerous than bathtubs. (In 2005, 344 people in the US died from drowning and submersion while in or falling into bath-tub).

No one here seems to doubt that long-term exposure to large volumes of asbestos, like that faced…

Posted in Horrors of asbestos in Japan at 09:59 AM JST - 27th July
Mark_McCracken at 10:41 AM JST - 25th July

Breath in. There, you have exposed yourself to asbestos.

You, I and everyone else has at least thousands if not millions of asbestos fibers in our lungs right now. However, the likelihood that short-term, non-occupational exposure to asbestos will cause cancer is extremely low.

Certainly asbestos should be avoided, especially…

Posted in Horrors of asbestos in Japan at 10:41 AM JST - 25th July
Mark_McCracken at 01:52 PM JST - 23rd July

This is most likely the country-themed costume, which tend to be both representative of ones nation as well as, you know, sexy. Google 1st Runner Up Kurara Chibana's and Miss Universe Riyo Mori's country costumes for comparison. They are somewhat similar.

Posted in Reach for the Universe at 01:52 PM JST - 23rd July