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  TumbleDryAug. 17, 2011 - 10:17AM JST

  All we need to do is follow Krugman's idea on war as a stimulus. More Freedom wars scheduled?

  Posted in: Panetta, Clinton: Bigger defense cuts would weaken U.S.

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  TumbleDryAug. 16, 2011 - 05:38PM JST

  up, down, up, down, hope, worries, hope, worries, yaaaawwwwnnnn....

  Posted in: Nikkei inches up to close at 9,107.43

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  TumbleDryAug. 16, 2011 - 03:37PM JST

  SushiSake3: I'm for tax increases for the higher revenues and at the same time for drastic cuts. An equilibrium has to be found but both ends of the already too narrow political spectrum can't agree. I don't have the magic formula either.

  sailwind: if you aren't born with the silver spades in your mouth, you have to play the system or manipulate it at your advantage to arrive at the top. Hard work though.

  Posted in: Obama hits Republicans on anti-tax stance

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  TumbleDryAug. 16, 2011 - 02:47PM JST

  SushiSake3:

  Conservatives don't want this.

  Conservatives simply do not want to invest in America.

  Conservatives do not want to invest in American jobs.

  Conservatives do not want to invest in the future of America.

  Wait... that is going a bit too far I think. You are playing the same blind rhetoric.

  If nobody has jobs and money, nobody is buying anything. I don't think conservatives are idiots. I don't see how Oligarchs and Wall Street conservatives would make any money then. In this economic pyramid scheme, the people at the top get the money from the people at the bottom. At least it worked well until the subprime. Just for that, the people at the top should contribute more.

  Posted in: Obama hits Republicans on anti-tax stance

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  TumbleDryAug. 16, 2011 - 12:17PM JST

  Asagao: Have you been recently riding the Shinkansen? Especially the Tokaido line, not during the week at 2pm and not the green cars? The train is always packed in the morning and evening. Agree on the price. Too expensive.

  Posted in: Qantas, JAL, Mitsubishi Corp to form Jetstar Japan

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  TumbleDryAug. 16, 2011 - 11:13AM JST

  Palestinian Authority spokesman Ghassan Khatib called the recent building announcements an “escalation” and called on the international community to pressure Israel harder.

  Count on that.

  In Washington, the State Department called the new Israeli building “deeply troubling.”

  Yeah, things like that.

  Posted in: Israel OKs 277 new homes in West Bank settlement

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  TumbleDryAug. 16, 2011 - 10:49AM JST

  GordonWu: I always had the feeling that Japan is under pressure from US to buy treasuries

  If Japan and China wants to keep the US as their economic locomotive, they kind of have to.

  Posted in: Some advocate selling U.S. Treasurys for Japan

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  TumbleDryAug. 16, 2011 - 09:47AM JST

  BreitbartVictorious: You seem to be saying companies should be prevented, with force if need be, from moving to a different state.

  No. Why should they? States should be competitive but claiming you can create jobs when what you do is moving jobs from a state to an another doesn't change anything on national scale. "I'm the best candidate. I created jobs" sounds empty.

  Posted in: Obama hits Republicans on anti-tax stance

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  TumbleDryAug. 15, 2011 - 12:17PM JST

  I would keep the champagne in the fridge a bit longer.

  Posted in: Asian stocks higher on Japan economic news

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  TumbleDryAug. 14, 2011 - 07:42AM JST

  ASIMO is an autonomous robot. Can't walk through debris, limited power and many other things. When we talk about robots on disaster site, we mean remotely controlled robots.

  Posted in: Honda denies nuclear mission for ASIMO robot

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  TumbleDryAug. 13, 2011 - 09:12AM JST

  smithinjapan: I won't be so sure. The Dem got the White House back on a message of hope and change but... nothing changed, the hope vanished with jobs and the economy. Democrats, Republicans are both sold to the lobbies and nothing will change.

  Posted in: Palin visits Iowa fair, stokes 2012 speculation

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  TumbleDryAug. 12, 2011 - 01:20PM JST

  Bass4Funk: Are you serious? That's your answer??? Standing on the street corner and waving your hand, telling them to go home, you think law enforcement have to bow down to their thuggish demands and France is not the UK!

  Of course not but if a 100 people have to walk more than 5Km to loot a shop, burn a car, they would stay home and watch a re-run Knight Rider.

  Posted in: British PM unveils tough anti-riot measures, including social media controls

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  TumbleDryAug. 12, 2011 - 12:51PM JST

  bass4funk: You have nothing to do with the Muslim part. That was for Breitbart. Read the post. Not just a few words.

  Childish rant, has nothing to do with the present situation in the UK.

  You want to stop the riots? Shutdown all transportation. Monitoring social media or forbidding them won't change a thing. French people were able to start a revolution without phone, ipad and Facebook.

  The riots are nothing other than just looting and violence. Nothing political. The police should be in the streets to stop violence and protect people. Not spying on you. Even if you have nothing to hide.

  Posted in: British PM unveils tough anti-riot measures, including social media controls

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  TumbleDryAug. 12, 2011 - 12:22PM JST

  Bass4Funk: Yes, in order to protect our civil liberties, we have to give up some rights, but I personally don't have anything to hide

  I dare you to post all your emails in a public space. A copy of your passport would also help. Don't forget to specify your religion at the next census.

  BreitbarVictorious: I chuckle reading that and think of how many times I heard Leftists saying it before the advent of the net and social media.

  Democracy is mob rule. Most people who invoke it do so with bait and switch tactics in mind, like the Muslim Brotherhood is doing in Egypt right now.

  At least, there is a constant thing in your posts. Muslim this, leftist that. Fantasy binary world. Seems you agree the government can do whatever it wants as long as taxes don't increase.

  Posted in: British PM unveils tough anti-riot measures, including social media controls

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  TumbleDryAug. 10, 2011 - 06:10PM JST

  TV, Japanese or Korean, is crap. Switch it off.

  Posted in: Anti-Korean Wave in Japan turns political

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  TumbleDryAug. 04, 2011 - 08:40AM JST

  Joepineapples: August just started.

  Posted in: No. of heatstroke cases reaches record in July

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  TumbleDryAug. 04, 2011 - 08:39AM JST

  Smorkian: two words it is then.

  Posted in: Sydney police say device attached to teen not bomb

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  TumbleDryAug. 04, 2011 - 08:09AM JST

  I learned a new word: balaclava-clad

  Posted in: Sydney police say device attached to teen not bomb

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  TumbleDryAug. 03, 2011 - 04:01PM JST

  Good news. Time to buy more yen.

  Tip of the iceberg...

  melguy: It's not surprising Tochigi beef is contaminated. (Some) agricultural products from (parts of) Fukushima, Iwate, Miyagi, Yamagata, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Nagano and Shizuoka will be contaminated, the only question is at what level. And the real worry is the contamination that will be detected too late, or not at all, and the despicable attempts some will knowingly make to sell contaminated food.

  Don't worry. No immediate consequences on health according to the government.

  Posted in: Beef ban extended to Tochigi Prefecture

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  TumbleDryAug. 03, 2011 - 03:54PM JST

  Jimmy Mills:

  http://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=d5bncppjof8f9&mety=neexpgnfs_zs&idim=country:JPN&dl=en&hl=en&q=japan+export+gdp

  Not even 20%.

  Posted in: Strong yen fuels talk of currency intervention by Japanese gov't

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