Wednesday February 15, 2012

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    Suzu1

    The posts on this article are hilarious and reveals how many people post on topics without knowing anything of the topic. This new procedure simply replaces the paper form that every traveler now fills out on the airplane. And once it is completed, it is good for two years so it will save time for countless visitors. I filled out the same information for Japanese immigration last week when I flew in to Narita. The idea that it is an intrusive is bizarre. It will also be help to people not eligible for visa-free travel who would otherwise be turned back at the airport.

    Posted in: New U.S. travel security measure to take effect Jan 12

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    Running this story shows poor editorial judgment on the part of Japan Today. It is not a newsworthy story and appears to be run simply for a sensationalistic agenda.

    Posted in: U.S. serviceman held for breaking into woman’s apartment in Kanagawa

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    Suzu1

    Iishiba's father was a policeman in Tokyo. This conviction has got to be a shock. I wonder if the recipients in Japan broke any laws in receiving the parts, which according to a Seattle times article were 60 EoTech 553 night vision-style sights. The firearm components he shipped were upper receivers modified for Airsoft. The export laws have to be enforced, but companies like FLIR continually flaunt them and get away with it.

    Posted in: U.S. Army captain gets 1 year for smuggling firearms parts to Japan

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    Suzu1

    The boom in guns sales described by the media just happens to coincide with hunting season. Geez, you think there might be a connection there?

    I doubt any new legislation will be coming from the federal side - the states that still allow gun show sales between private parties without background checks can eliminate that through their own legislation. The federal government can help by providing more money to U.S. Attorneys to prosecute "straw sales" and unlicensed dealing.

    Posted in: Fears of a Democrat crackdown lead to boom in gun sales

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    Suzu1

    The locals called in ATF to work the case because federal charges carry stiffer prison time and there is no parole in the federal prison system. They face 10 years alone on possession of the short-barrel shotgun. The other two federal charges against the pair are for conspiracy to steal firearms from a federally licensed dealer and making threats against a candidate for the Office of President.

    Posted in: Feds disrupt skinhead plot to assassinate Obama

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    Suzu1

    Looks like a snatch and grab operation - perhaps al-Masri?

    Posted in: Eight reported killed in U.S. attack inside Syria

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    Suzu1

    The suspect is ex son-in-law.

    Posted in: Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother slain in Chicago

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    Suzu1

    Neverknow2 - Yes, I agree. You think very strange.

    Posted in: U.S. military: No. 2 al-Qaida in Iraq leader killed

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    The thing that should worry Obama is the sizable number of undecided voters at this point. They are more likely to go with the familiar candidate, McCain. It doesn't matter at this point what McCain says to try and sway Obama voters. Case in point - Howard Stern ran an scary and hilarious segment where a reporter went to Harlem and questioned Obama supporters on their level of commitment to him. Not surprisingly they claimed to support Obama even when the reporter presented McCain's ideas as Obama's:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyvqhdllXgU

    That is the amazing thing to me. Ask any Obama supporter for specific legislation or accomplishments that Obama has achieved and you get nothing but a blank stare followed by a recitation of how he is for "change".

    Posted in: McCain offers tougher critcism of Bush economics

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    Suzu1

    He flew over in a hat with the words PEACE POT MICRODOT. Classic.

    Posted in: LAPD says Miura hanged himself with shirt in cell at detention house

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    Suzu1

    Wargalley - The DA is an elected official. Do your homework.

    Finally Kazumi Miura can rest in peace.

    Posted in: LAPD says Miura hanged himself with shirt in cell at detention house

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    Suzu1

    You know, a 32 percent sales drop may be one indicator that the market will not bear the current prices.

    Posted in: Toyota announces zero-percent financing in U.S.

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    Suzu1

    Once the U.S. takes decisive action, how long will it take the Europeans to fix their own worse mess:

    It took a weekend to shatter the complacency of German finance minister Peer Steinbrück. Last Thursday he told us that the financial crisis was an "American problem", the fruit of Anglo-Saxon greed and inept regulation that would cost the United States its "superpower status". Pleas from US Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson for a joint US-European rescue plan to halt the downward spiral were rebuffed as unnecessary.

    By Monday, Mr Steinbrück was having to orchestrate Germany's biggest bank bail-out, putting together a €35 billion loan package to save Hypo Real Estate. By then Europe was "staring into the abyss," he admitted. Belgium faced worse. It had to nationalise Fortis (with Dutch help), a 300-year-old bastion of Flemish finance, followed a day later by a bail-out for Dexia (with French help). . . .

    We now know that it was French finance minister Christine Lagarde who begged Mr Paulson to save the US insurer AIG last week. AIG had written $300 billion in credit protection for European banks, admitting that it was for "regulatory capital relief rather than risk mitigation". In other words, it was underpinning a disguised extension of credit leverage. Its collapse would have set off a lending crunch across Europe as banking capital sank below water level.

    It turns out that European regulators have allowed even greater use of "off-books" chicanery than the Americans. Mr Paulson may have saved Europe.

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/3118994/Financial-Crisis-So-much-for-tirades-against-American-greed.html

    Posted in: House leaders win key converts on bailout bill

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    Suzu1

    This online program will replace the paper I-94W form that passenger now have to fill out on the airplane prior to arrival.

    Posted in: Hawaiian Airlines urges travelers to U.S. to be aware of new immigration measures

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    FrontandCentre - You are obviously unaware of CNN's less than stellar history with its Tailwind coverage and the revelations of shameful bias on Iraq issues under its former news executive Eason Jordan. Political opinion on commentary shows is very different from political commentary during the hard news segments on news channels. This was painfully learned by a reporter in Detroit who was justifiably fired for her incredibly bad decision to wear an Obama shirt while covering his rally:

    http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081002/METRO/810020448

    Posted in: Do you think it is OK for media organizations to support candidates in elections or should they remain neutral?

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    Suzu1

    Don DeLillo, Thomas Pynchon, Cormac McCarthy, Joan Didion, Philip Roth, Tom Wolfe, and the late David Foster Wallace are just some examples of how absurd this pretentious critic's comments are on contemporary American novelists.

    Posted in: Nobel literature head: U.S. too insular to compete

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    Suzu1

    It is not so much that AI jams values down throats. AI's problem is that it falls into the trap of moral equivalency too often. When people see human rights violations in democratic societies (which are recognized and dealt with by law) treated with no differentiation from violations in non-democratic societies (which occur with impunity) they see AI as useless and acting without any moral clarity.

    Posted in: Amnesty International Tokyo English Network helps foreigners fight injustice

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    Suzu1

    And Barry Obama spends the evening sucking up to the Hollywood crowd at a $28,500 per plate fundraiser.
    Obama feels our pain...after all, remember his dismay at the rising price of arugula at Whole Foods?

    Posted in: Bush scraps comments on financial crisis

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    Suzu1

    What ever happened to the Great Kabuki?

    Posted in: WWE signs Japanese wrestler Yamamoto

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    Suzu1

    CNN's Soledad O'Brien sandbagged former White House Communications Director Nicole Wallace by asking her how Sarah Palin can claim to be a defender of special needs children when she cut the budget for that Alaska office by 62 percent. Wallace wasn't familiar with the charge -- which isn't surprising, since it's only being made on DailyKos and another liberal site. (Tip for Ms. O'Brien: DailyKos is not a reliable news site.)

    This charge is based on looking at the budget for Alaska's Special Education Service Agency for 2007-2009. In fact, the December 2006 budget document that they cite would have been prepared by the outgoing administration -- that of Republican Frank Murkowski, whom Palin defeated.

    What's gone unmentioned is that the Palin signed into law a dramatic reform of the state's education financing system that equalizes aid to rural and urban districts, while significantly increasing funding for special needs students. From the publication Education Week:

    "Gov. Sarah Palin and state lawmakers have gone ahead with an overhaul of Alaska’s school funding system that supporters predict will provide much-needed financial help to rural schools and those serving students with disabilities.

    The plan, enacted in the recently concluded session of the legislature, is based on recommendations issued by a legislative task force last year. It will phase in a greater flow of money to districts outside of Anchorage, Alaska’s largest city, over the next five years.

    Advocates for rural and remote schools have lobbied for years for more funding, in particular noting the higher fuel, transportation, and other costs associated with providing education in communities scattered across the vast state.

    A second part of the measure raises spending for students with special needs to $73,840 in fiscal 2011, from the current $26,900 per student in fiscal 2008, according to the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development."

    So the Netroots and CNN allege that Palin cut special needs funding by 62 percent, by crediting her with the budget proposed by a political opponent. And the truth is that rather than a 62 percent cut, she's actually increasing special needs funding by 175 percent.

    It's no wonder a majority of Americans think the media is trying to hurt Palin.

    Posted in: Palin says Democrats spreading misinformation and lies

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