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    Neo_Rio

    unlicensed pirate weather girl police

    Sounds like the name of a Japanese all-girl punk band

    Posted in: Taiwanese weather girl idol group to take Japan’s national weather forecasting license exam

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    There's nothing erotic about it. Mind you, the creepy camera zoom in of her mouth while eating it might tempt people to think that something funny is going on.

    Posted in: AKB48′s Yuki Kashiwagi sparks debate over 'vulgar' video

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    It's a shame Windows 8 gets a bad rap, because really, the desktop in Windows 8 fast, smooth, and is the best yet. What brings it down is all the unnecessary Metro start menu nonsense which is only really useful on a touchscreen device and can't be disabled for us desktop users.

    In order to make Windows 8 usable on a non-touchscreen computer, I had to install the free "classic shell" program and change the default video and photo programs to the old desktop versions,as the new defaults select the Windows 8 "app" versions, and they just take over the entire screen whether you like it or not.

    As long as I never leave the comfortable womb of the desktop I'm OK. Once you get used to Windows 8's quirks, it's not really all that bad.

    Posted in: Microsoft touching up Windows 8 to address gripes

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    People who love guns grew up in environments where owning one was essential for their own survival.

    For the rest of us who don't live in such a culture, where for us, owning a gun is completely inessential, and .... well.... pointless, we clearly don't get it. Our fear of guns comes from the fact that they are solely used to kill things.

    The issue is a cultural one alright. How do you reverse a culture where having a gun is essential when everyone already has guns? Nobody will want to put their toys away.

    Posted in: NRA kicks off annual convention, saying it is fighting 'culture war'

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    The LDP strategy in regard to educational curricula seems to be how to provide basic education without nurturing critical thinking and independent-minded citizens and the strategy seems to be working quite well. They can't completely prevent an informed minority of Japanese from trying to speak out, but they are incredibly successful at keeping the masses 'in tune'.

    Totally agree. They want people smart enough to use the machines, but not clever enough to realize how they're getting done over by Japan's business elites. Or.... to use a metaphor that English teachers will instantly recognize.... good enough at English to be able to use it in business, but not so familiar with it that their contact with foreigners will enables them to escape the working conditions of "Japan Inc.", or become critical of their own society.

    The whole notion that this "ware ware nihonjin" and Japan's special "group oriented" way of doing things only really ever serves the elites, and it's interesting how the Japanese themselves don't seem to notice because of their instilled inferiority complex and their willingness to accept that they are lucky that any company would ever employ them.

    This whole willingness by the Japanese to enslave themselves like this has been worn away over time, but clearly the elites want to reverse the trend.

    Posted in: Abe's 'stealth' constitution plan raises civil rights fears

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    To the contrary, it works trememdously well. Just look at the world-wide growth of islam and the increasing number of societies which are submitting under Shariah law.

    A lot is said about "the world wide growth of islam" as if it's actually happening, but the numbers don't back it up. I don't have the time nor platform to show you the details, but you might like to refer to the book "How Civilizations Die" for some stats, to see that - in fact - Islam is submerging in a demographic time-bomb much like Europe is already suffering. As Muslim women become more educated (something that the Taliban cannot stand, mind you), the less likely they are to want to marry, and the less children they have. The reason is, you guessed it - they're only getting married as a means of survival in a harsh world, and not because they want to. This leaves lots of ineligible male bachelors around, and with China driving up prices for basic necessities, the middle east is experiencing the culmination of these problems right now.

    The modern, scientific world is raining down upon Islam and unless Muslims can find a balance between science and their beliefs, their only rationale is to try and turn everything into their shallow version of Islam as only they can imagine it. It's going to be messy, and Muslims are going to try and take the west down with it as it blows itself up. The west is going to fend you off long enough until you do.

    Admittedly, our ignorant politicians, who for inexplicable reasons support the islamists (remember the much-touted "Arab Spring" aka Shariah takeover) are partly at fault, but still --- where do you see that it does not work? As a political scheme to take over, political islam is on a winning spree.

    Are the UAE and Qatar shariah nations? I mean, they're doing pretty well for themselves, but Sweden still beats them in quality of life indexes.

    Posted in: Most Muslims want sharia law, but divided on interpretation

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    I don't know what it will take for Muslims to understand that Islam as a political doctrine together with Sharia doesn't actually work. If anything it produces dictators that trample everyone's rights and who have to be overthrown on a regular basis.

    Honestly, if it worked, the west would have adopted Sharia wholesale by now. We haven't because we've learnt from our own history that the mixing of religion and politics is a recipie for social disaster.

    To try something over and over and over again and expecting a different outcome is,... well.... madness.

    Posted in: Most Muslims want sharia law, but divided on interpretation

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    Neo_Rio

    I thought dinner dates were something you only did once you are already sleeping together? Otherwise they're just setting themselves up to be unpaid male-escorts. I guess that's what happens when men don't put a value on themselves or their time.

    How can Japan be a patriarchy when the men work so hard just to throw the spoils at random women?

    Posted in: Women use smartphone games to lure men into paying for their food expenses

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    To be fair, people is Myslim countries all share a belief in Allah, there are several Islamic majority countries in which the civilians are killing each other, and some of these societies are stratified by different sects of Islam.

    Still has nothing to do with Japan hosting the Olympics though....

    Posted in: Inose under fire for comments on Istanbul Olympic bid, Islam

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    It's not that capitalism is a failure, but our means of exchange that have been hijacked.

    Posted in: Central bankers cast as superheroes with no script

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    Technically it's not lying if you just leave important bits of the truth out.

    Posted in: Japan 4th in world liar rankings

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    Neo_Rio

    This is everybodys fault but primarily its due to modern capitalism & modern politics.

    These issues have nothing to do with capitalism. The legal exchange of goods and services without theft and the threat of violence is much better than the alternatives.

    The REAL problem is that capitalism has been hijacked by banks and governments to manipulate the currency and true value of everyone's labour.

    Posted in: Cyprus' banks to remain closed until Thursday

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    Only a ninja can sneak up upon another ninja

    Posted in: World ninjas gather in Japan for women's meet

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    The days are fast going, when a non-Japanese, outside of Japan, will spend years of serious study to learn a largely irrelevant language such as Japanese.

    Oh come on. That's not fair. A working knowledge of Japanese will one day, in hundreds of years from now, be useful in fields of history and archaeology, when future researchers try and piece together what the hell became of the Japanese.

    Posted in: LDP education proposal includes TOEFL prerequisite for univ entrance

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    Neo_Rio

    A cleanup is impossible. We've known this all along. Just ask the people of Chernobyl how their "clean up" is going.

    Unless some incredible advance in decontamination technology happens, those contaminated areas will stay contaminated 600 years from now, long after we're all gone.

    ...and yet the government still wants to tell this decontamination story to make it look like they can do anything about this.

    Posted in: Abe vows Japan will emerge stronger from 2011 disaster

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    Neo_Rio

    If you can then get paid to submit yourself to scientific testing for a study on radioactivity and the effects on the human body, then you could make even more cash.

    Posted in: Big money available for doing manual labor at Fukushima disaster site

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    Neo_Rio

    Maybe China is hoping that by forcing Japan to increase it's military activity, they'll naturally spend more and more money (and focus) on their military, thereby going bankrupt as well, or at least destabilizing. After all, China's ALREADY committed to building up their military, so sending ships out all the time doesn't really cost them anything extra, politically.

    ...and by that assessment, Tokyo is already doing China's bidding.

    Furthermore, throwing more maritime resources at the islands just leaves the rest of the Japan exposed.

    Posted in: China's navy seeks to 'wear out' Japanese ships in disputed waters

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    Neo_Rio

    On the other hand, if she's a career gal, adding 5 mill a year to the communal money pot, consider accommodating her wishes.

    It can't be very communal, much less very meaningful, if you're only getting 30,000 yen a month allowance out of that!

    Posted in: Standing up to pee 'a matter of honor' for one man

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    Neo_Rio

    You can't have "slaughter" without "laughter"!

    Posted in: Laughing matter

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    Neo_Rio

    I think we're actually heading into another video-game crash.

    The last time one of those happened was when a pile of cheap, often crappy games just flooded the market and there were too many consoles, more competition from PCs, not enough innovation, and a complete upending of publishing control over the consoles. Plus people were getting bored of the same old same old.

    Sound familiar?

    Posted in: Sony slashes price of PlayStation Vita in Japan

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