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With all that seismic hazard, why build a nuclear power plant there in the first place?
Posted in: Fukushima faces increased quake risk, scientists say
Let me guess: Drunk and no money to get home?
Posted in: Passenger robs taxi driver, then steals cab in Ibaraki
According to the Japan Electric Association, the country now has only 4 of 54 reactors in…
Posted in: Firms plan to build floating wind farm off Fukushima coast
I can see why Apple would get up there, but have no clue as to why…
Posted in: Apple dethrones Google as company with most respected image in eyes of consumers
Remembering Business.
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USARonin
Only RICH Canadians, European, and Middle Easterners come to America for quality health care; the rest can't even afford the plane ticket, much less health care bills on top.
Well, dude, I guess their tourist bureaus won't be callin' on you any time soon for a public endorsement seein' as how you've trashed their socialist and/or tyrannical governments.
Good man, dude.
Posted in: U.S. Congress clears historic health care bill
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USARonin
Moto, American military lose some benefits when they sign on. Some even lose their lives. When I was in, no one 'called out sick'. That BS is for civilians. If you want to enjoy American military healthcare, I urge you to sign up for the United States Marine Corps and start takin' advantage now.
The American military pay taxes. All pay federal and most pay federal and state.
To answer your question, Japan is a socialist country. Nothing is free. If you want to pay taxes like the Japanese or most Eurobeans pay taxes you should tell your government.
Posted in: U.S. Congress clears historic health care bill
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USARonin
What international law?
If you don't believe Israel is a legitimate country, then you have bigger issues than 'Jerusalem'.
Posted in: Israel: No building restrictions in east Jerusalem
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USARonin
Moto... I guess you don't know what an American doctor has to do to become a doctor and pay his own way. To pay the debts he or she owes... the insurance... the hours...
President Obama is not the friend of American medicine.
Conservatives tried to warn folks about HMOs but lefties got their way. Now they complain about HMOs and conveniently forget they were the ones who created that mess in the beginnin'. American doctors told the lefties they didn't want non-medical bean counters deciding on cost analysis who gets treated and who doesn't. But no... Lefties had to have their HMOs, and then flip this mess back on to conservatives.
Posted in: U.S. Congress clears historic health care bill
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USARonin
Sushi, have you heard anything about the number of American physicians who plan to leave medicine if this thing goes through?
(Another bill to change it even further is bein' worked on right now.)
I want all my physicians to have Indian and Pakistani accents. They sound so melodious. This may just work out.
Posted in: U.S. Congress clears historic health care bill
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USARonin
Gombei... President Bush didn't 'shred the Constitution..."
-No need to play the drama queen.
Most folks are against President Obama and his congress has what...? Ten-percent favorability factor?
Why are you so surprised?
By the by, Cindy Sheehan didn't raise that boy, but she sure got a lot of mileage outta his dead body.
True story. Really.
Posted in: Thousands rally in Washington to pull troops from 2 war zones
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USARonin
...the reform will also save 190 billion...
I'm laughin' so hard I p*ssed myself.
Posted in: U.S. Congress clears historic health care bill
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USARonin
LimboinJapan, I go by the rationale, "If we're not supposed to eat animals, then why are they made outta meat?"
Animals should not suffer unnecessarily and should be killed humanely when necessary. That goes for bipods as well as animals.
Posted in: Green tea maker Ito En bans all animal tests
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USARonin
Moto, I don't recall 'most Americans' bein' against the CRA.
Anyhoo, one has nothin' to do with the other.
Most Americans who don't have health insurance, choose not to have it.
They'd rather take a trip to Vegas, a jaunt to Florida, a big screen TV or a second car. I think it'd be great to have a law that says if they make a certain wage then they should be 'forced' to pay from their salary. Better than other ethical citizens payin' for their healthcare while they're plannin' their next vacation out of state.
If you haven't heard, no American hospital or emergency room can turn anyone away. A good friend of mine - an illegal alien - broke her hip. With the emergency operation and six-week live-in hospital therapy to get her on her feet again, the cost was well over $40,000. It didn't cost her a cent. A year or two before, she went to another hospital for a heart operation. Same excellent deal. And hospitals won't report them to DHS or USINS. Another excellent deal. A twofer.
Posted in: U.S. Congress clears historic health care bill
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USARonin
What a nice story. If it's true, I wish her happiness and success.
Posted in: Modest civil servant transforms into Miss Universe Japan 2010
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USARonin
American car manufacturers (GM?) had 'sudden acceleration' problems a few years back.
It's not like this kind of event is news, i.e. unknown.
I don't think Toyota should be closin' any factories in the US. After all, we be friends. And we've had the same problem.
Work to fix it, tomodachis.
Posted in: Toyota shareholders in U.S. sue over fallen stock price
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USARonin
Why does Ito En even respond to nutters like *PETA?
Scratchin' that itch only makes it worse.
*People (Who Wish They Were) Eating Tasty Animals
Posted in: Green tea maker Ito En bans all animal tests
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USARonin
Yeah, I wonder about that...
When is President Obama gonna take responsibility and become president in his own (public) mind?
Very strange.
Posted in: U.S. Congress clears historic health care bill
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USARonin
No, Z. That's incorrect. Arabs of various persuasions are citizens and are elected to their Knesset.
Who told you otherwise? And why did you believe them without question?
Posted in: Israel: No building restrictions in east Jerusalem
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USARonin
Ya gotta admit... That's pretty damn funny.
(For those that're in an indignant, self-righteous snit, not to worry... jacka** will get his.)
Posted in: Teen charged over racial announcement at New Jersey Walmart
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USARonin
I'm not postin' enough on JT so that's Number One.
Heck, that may be enough.
Happy New Year's!
Posted in: What are your New Year resolutions?
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USARonin
Best thing: Cuttin' the parked car tires of a car that speeds through my family neighborhood where there's also a park for kids.
Worth braggin' about.
Posted in: What was the best thing and what was the worst thing to happen to you this year?
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USARonin
Tim, President Clinton like President Bush had similar 'intelligence' and decisions made had to be discerned from thousands of bits of information.
It's true President Clinton had an easy opportunity to kill Osama Bin Laden early on... as well as many other targets. Unfortunately, neither 'intelligence' offices of either Cinton or Bush administrations were able to portend future threats and eliminate them early on. It's not that they weren't warned... It was that there were so many warnings from so many agenicis, one couldn't successfully prioritize one over the other... and 9-11.
zurchromium and others don't begin to grasp this. They hate too much
Posted in: Obama vows to use every element of power to thwart terrorists
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USARonin
Tim, no American president's first-year in office poll ratings have fallen faster than President Obama's in American history.
The much hated 'Bush' and every other American president enjoyed much more popularity.
Take heart, Tim.
(And, no, I'm not gonna provide stats; they're easy enough to find on the 'Net all on your own.)
Posted in: Obama vows to use every element of power to thwart terrorists
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USARonin
Den, it soon after got coverage in the first five minutes in the first half-hours segments.
The story that the defense brought up the 'mentally unwell' defense was duly noted.
Of the six, three are CNN or three of their sub-stations, one is MSNBC (ultra-left), one is FOX, and one is national weather.
Not to worry, my friend. Most of my 'news' is left of center.
Posted in: China executes British man convicted of drug smuggling