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  WilliBNov. 30, 2011 - 07:24PM JST

  lostrune2:

  " Muslim women were also voting to protect their rights. In many poll stations, Muslim women were outnumbering men 3-to-1 or 4-to-1. "

  I would not bet on them voting against the islamists. In a muslim society, criticism of the ideology is taboo, so the typical reaction to problems caused by islam is to vote for more islam.

  Don´t think for a moment that the women will stop the Ikhwan takevoer.

  Posted in: Egypt's Christians try to stem Islamists in vote

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  WilliBNov. 30, 2011 - 07:19PM JST

  majimekun:

  " Most of you guys aren't Japanese, so it's normal that you prefer K-dramas instead of the J-dramas which are tailored to the japanese audience. "

  That is a pretty strange comment following after a number of posters who just said they prefer J-dramas.

  Posted in: Korean drama backlash

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  WilliBNov. 30, 2011 - 04:22PM JST

  zurcronium:

  " So as a former republican voter I am glad I left the sinking ship once bush took over. That was the beginning of the end of the GOP for sure. Palin drove the party down even more. So who is left to run, a serial sexual pervert, a guy who cannot remember three things, a doctor who would let patients die, two members of a church affiliated with polygamy, a disgraced and immoral former speaker of the house who was thrown out of his own party, and a few others who are not sane. Wow, the family values party has no values any longer. "

  So you want to vote for a leftist drone who can not kiss enough Middle Eastern behinds, wants to throw Israel in front of the bus, believes in unlimited government spending and control, has been on a campaign trail for 4 years (when not golfing) and reads his class warfare talking points from a teleprompter? What a glorious alternative!

  Posted in: Cain reassessing presidential run

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  WilliBNov. 30, 2011 - 04:15PM JST

  He´ll probably quit.... too bad.

  Next, they´ll be smearing Newt.

  Posted in: Cain reassessing presidential run

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  WilliBNov. 30, 2011 - 03:06PM JST

  Man, I´d like to see a protest like that against against too many Japanese "comedy" and food programs! Can we organize one?

  Posted in: Korean drama backlash

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  WilliBNov. 30, 2011 - 02:08PM JST

  TheQuestion:

  " Forgive the debt and you basically collapse every market in the industrialized world. "

  Writing off unpayable debt is simply acknowledging reality. Keep bailing out the banks who sit on worthless mountains of derivates and PIIG bonds --- THAT will collapse the industrialized world.

  Posted in: Europe's crisis hits new pitch on 'deep depression' warning

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  WilliBNov. 30, 2011 - 11:00AM JST

  samwatters:

  " I suggest we return to a time when speculators such as George Soros weren't allowed to destroy economies and currencies for profit. "

  Speculators will always be there. Just like sharks will be there. Speculators can only exploit flaws in the system. And the Euro currency is one gigantic flaw, waiting to be exploited. Blaiming speculators for the internal Euro contradictions is like blaming your head for the headache after drinking too much.

  " I also own bonds. It's a decent investment depending on the exchange rate and a nice way to support one's country. "

  It is a decent investment if you trust the government issuing them. If you buy US bonds, you can be sure that the government will honor them. But you can also be sure that the Dollar they are denominated in will be a lot less worth soon. If you buy Greek bonds issue in Euro and hope for a fat 300% return on them, you are trusting that Germany will continue to pay Greece´s bills. You might be lucky. But you are gambling.... dare I say speculating?

  Posted in: Europe's crisis hits new pitch on 'deep depression' warning

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  WilliBNov. 30, 2011 - 10:54AM JST

  Good luck with that. As in all islamic countries, the islamists have the uneducated masses and the clerics on their side. The uneducated, fanatical masses will always vote for more islam.

  Egypt is the next islamist shariah dictatorship in the making.

  Down the road, a couple of decated ahead, Europe will be in the same situation.

  Posted in: Egypt's Christians try to stem Islamists in vote

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  WilliBNov. 30, 2011 - 10:48AM JST

  Norwegian liberal foolishness again.... ironically the same foolishness that perpetrates the islamic mass immigration and takover, which Brejvik was upset about.

  In the minds of liberal fuzzy thinkers, there is no right and wrong, only medical problems.

  Of course, he is completely sane and completely responsible for his actions.

  In the end, the liberal fools are signing their own death warrants.

  Posted in: Norway killer found insane, unfit for prison

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  WilliBNov. 30, 2011 - 10:44AM JST

  He should have known that there is no such thing as "off the record" for a bunch of journalists with an agenda.

  Posted in: Senior defense official fired for Okinawa 'rape' slur

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  WilliBNov. 29, 2011 - 05:16PM JST

  Talk about misguided hopes!

  Posted in: Tokyo stocks close up 2.30% on Europe hopes

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  WilliBNov. 29, 2011 - 01:47PM JST

  TheQuestion:

  " I own U.S bonds and I give bonds to my niece and nephew for their birthdays "

  With US bonds you can be sure that they will paid. The only risk that you have is that the US Dollar will lose in value (actually, that is not risk, that is something you can be sure of). But it will always be there.

  If you buy Greek bonds, you run the risk that either the Greek government defaults or that they´ll be converted to Drachma. That is why they pay 300% interest currently!

  The French lender banks, of course, expect to cash the interest and have Germany guarantee for everything. And the whole scheme is called "saving the Euro". It is absurd.

  Posted in: Europe's crisis hits new pitch on 'deep depression' warning

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  WilliBNov. 29, 2011 - 12:08PM JST

  Even if this is should be completely irrelevant for a political campaign, he is done for. I wonder what sort of dirt the busy media/democrat party sleuths have compiled on any other republican candidate in case he gets strong.

  Democrat candidates, of course, need not worry. Their background will never be investigated.

  Posted in: Woman alleges affair with presidential hopeful Cain

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  WilliBNov. 29, 2011 - 12:05PM JST

  That is bunch of energetic cake shop employees! I guess he thought a cake shop is an easy target.

  Posted in: 64-year-old man in blond wig nabbed for robbing cake store

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  WilliBNov. 29, 2011 - 11:58AM JST

  ExportExpert:

  " Amazing that islam gets mentioned in the same sentence as bombing. "

  Yes. Must be an editorial oversight. The politicially correct phrase in articles like this is something like "a man with a Philippine passport"...

  Posted in: Hotel explosion kills 3, wounds 27 in Philippines

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  WilliBNov. 29, 2011 - 11:56AM JST

  They will vote the Muslim Brotherhood into power. The burkha is going down over Egypt.

  Posted in: Egyptians vote for first time since uprising

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  WilliBNov. 29, 2011 - 10:49AM JST

  samwatters:

  " I'm not an economist but couldn't we find a way to reset the clock, erase the debt and start over...even if it if it means inconveniencing the speculators, bankers and other swine who grew fat off of this catastrophe? "

  Start over where? Start before the introduction of the Euro? Then all this could be avoided. The "swine" as you call them would not be tempted to make free money by giving unlimited loans to PIIG countries.

  Start in 2000 with the introduction of the Euro? Then the exact thing would happen again.

  Posted in: Europe's crisis hits new pitch on 'deep depression' warning

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  WilliBNov. 29, 2011 - 10:46AM JST

  just-a-guy:

  " Very aware after the collapse of the European currency will lead to a social chaos like wars in the euro zone, "

  The precise opposite is the case! The Euro currency is the root cause of the problem, and the more the Eurocrat politicians try to prolong the pain with ever more unfunded wealth transfers from North to South, the worse the situation gets, including social unrest.

  The only solution is to break up the Euro and return to sensible national currencies.

  Posted in: Europe's crisis hits new pitch on 'deep depression' warning

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  WilliBNov. 28, 2011 - 11:02PM JST

  Even the Economist chimes in about the Euro collapse:

  http://www.economist.com/node/21540255?fsrc=nlw|wwb|11-24-2011|businessthisweek

  (For those who don´t keep up on the situation, the Economist has been an idological supporter of the Euro project, in spite of its name.)

  The longer the Eurocrats wait with acknowledging reality, the more painful this will get.

  Posted in: Ratings giant hits Belgium as crisis lashes euro heart

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  WilliBNov. 28, 2011 - 09:55PM JST

  Yong Yan,

  why do you re-post an earlier message? It does not make any more sense that way. A "common bond" aka Eurobond simply cements the transfer of funds from the stronger to the weaker economies. It simply continues the problem, instead of solving it.

  Posted in: Ratings giant hits Belgium as crisis lashes euro heart

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