Wednesday February 15, 2012

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    TravelingSales

    US natural gas prices are about $2.50. In Japan it's about $15. The problem is that while we can move gas around inside North America by pipeline, the only way to get it to Japan is by ship in liquid form. It takes at least 5 years to build the liqueficiation and regasification plants and about 2 - 3 years for each ship.

    Posted in: U.S. approves first new nuclear plants in 3 decades

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    Brain dead to brain deader

    Posted in: Smoking linked to mental decline in men

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    just don't hire them

    Posted in: How does your workplace deal with the issue of passive smoking?

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    How can you tell if the food tastes good when you're sitting in a cloud of cigarette smoke?

    Posted in: Japan beats France on three-star restaurants, Michelin says

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    Does anyone know what the jietai's policy is on this?

    Posted in: With gay ban debate over, military impact in doubt

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    I think Japanese police rarely assault people in custody. In my experience, sleep deprivation is their preferred tool - just as effective and less likely to cause long-term injury or marks that are difficult to explain.

    Posted in: Woman killed after argument with acquaintance in Ibaraki

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    Both should get same benefits - zero.

    We should take responsibillity for ourselves - work, save, invest, provide for our dependents and retirement. Not constantly look to sponge off the taxpayers.

    Posted in: Should same-sex couples be entitled to equal social security benefits?

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    Why leave such an important decision to a bunch of brain-dead bureaucrats. Auction the slots annually to the highest bidder and give the cash back to the taxpayers.

    Posted in: 5 U.S. airlines apply for Haneda slots

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    TravelingSales

    Equa rights means equal responsibilities. When we see the Japanese contributing to the common defense, they can have more say in howthat defense is conducted.

    Posted in: Hatoyama says he wants more equal ties with U.S.

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    Another good argument for capital punishment.

    Posted in: Brazil man stuck stepson with dozens of needles as revenge

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    I am not going to be confined to my house at night. That's crazy.

    In general states with minimal regulation of guns (think Alska and Vermont) are far safer thsn states which are very restrictive (New York and Illinois). That is partly because politicians perversely react to illegal use of guns by restricting legal possession of guns so that only people who do not feel constrained to obey the law are armed. However, even when you compare large urbanized states, freer states have less crime than restrictive states (e.g. Florida & California).

    The people who are most disadvantaged here are those in retricted states living on the border of free states. If you are a thief and you break into my house in Connecticut, I will shoot you. If you drive 5 miles north and rob my neighbor in New York, he is not allowed to have a gun. Which would you choose?

    Posted in: Gun laws are getting looser across much of U.S.

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    TravelingSales

    Or a knife, look at this recent link:

    http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local-beat/Pregnant-Officer-Slain-Cops-Hunting-for-Estranged-Husband-.html

    And guns do work in self-defense - look at this, also recent:

    http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/12/09/earlyshow/main5949873.shtml

    People have a right and duty to defend themselves.

    Posted in: Gun laws are getting looser across much of U.S.

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    TravelingSales

    I see zurcronium is not going to be a challenge to Albert Einstein any time soon.

    People going to hospital are more likely to die than people who don't. Is that because hospitals are dangerous? No (unless you live in the UK with their super-bugs). People who go to hospitals are disproportionately sick and sick people are disproportionately likely to die.

    People who buy guns are more likely to die than people who don't. Is that because buying guns is dangerous? No. People who go buy guns include a disproportionate number of people who reasonably believe themselves to be in danger (because they live in a bad neighborhood, have a dangerous job, believe their former spouse to be potentially dangerous, etc.) and people who reasonably believe themselves to be in danger are disproportionately likely to die.

    There are creatures lying on their backs in the bottom of ponds that can handle this level of logic.

    Posted in: Gun laws are getting looser across much of U.S.

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    TravelingSales

    Good news for non-UK banks. Either the UK banks will underpay their staff, in which case the staff will be hired away, or they will be overtaxed, in which case the foreigners can udercut their margins.

    Posted in: UK announces one-time tax on bankers' bonuses

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    How can they taste the food in the cloud of tobacco smoke?

    Posted in: Tokyo crowned new gourmet capital by Michelin

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    He has a right to a fair annd unemotional trial. Then, if duly convicted, he has the right to an unemotional and swift execution.

    Posted in: Jury member loses cool in Miyagi high school girl rape case

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    TravelingSales

    Usually they want the money they get from doing it. Which is fine. I don't particularly want to go to work every day, but I enjoy the paycheck.

    If they're being coerced, that is illegal whether they're coerced into prostitution or coerced into window washing. It's the coercion, not the prostitution, which should be eradicated.

    Posted in: Let’s talk about you-know-what

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    If a consenting adult wants to sell him/herself and another adult wants to buy and the transaction is consummated in private, it's nobody else's business.

    Posted in: Let’s talk about you-know-what

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    Of course every country has a right to tell any other country which weapons they think that country should or should not possess. In fact, if their leaders feel that the weapons would be a severe threat to national security, they have a duty to do so.

    The real questions (and I agree that the original question was bone-headed) are:

    1 Does the talling country have the ability to enforce its wishes; and

    2 Would such enforcement have consequences which are worse than the danger originally posed by the weapons.

    Posted in: Should some countries have the right to tell other countries whether they can or cannot have nuclear weapons?

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    Another good argument for capital punishment.

    Posted in: Woman dies one month after being stabbed by stalker

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