Zaphod said...

Zaphod at 02:52 PM JST - 1st June

Jahdog:

" Yeah, that's hilarious! They didn't believe a single word when he was repeating administration lies! "

Translation: When he says what you want to hear, he is a great guy who tellst the truth. When doesn't say what you want to hear, he is "repeating administration lies".

Figures.…

Posted in McClellan says he believed in Bush as war started at 02:52 PM JST - 1st June
Zaphod at 02:30 PM JST - 1st June

Suddenly, McLellan is god. For the same people who thought he lies through his teeth. Amazing how things can change.

Posted in Former spokesman bashes Bush in new book at 02:30 PM JST - 1st June
Zaphod at 02:10 PM JST - 1st June

OssanULTRA

" So now I can hate them for being not only terrorists but sexists as well. "

I don`t know what that is supposed to mean. The inferior status of women and of non-muslims is part of the basic islamic doctrine. That is what political islam is incompatible with…

Posted in Al-Qaida's stance on women sparks extremist debate at 02:10 PM JST - 1st June
Zaphod at 09:54 PM JST - 31st May

raymech1:

Not really. I mean bloody murders are regular newsfare over there too, but a woman secretly squatting in someones closet for a year? I have never heard anything like that before.

Posted in Homeless woman arrested after living undetected in man's closet for a year at 09:54 PM JST - 31st May
Zaphod at 09:49 PM JST - 31st May

I take them all.

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Zaphod at 03:15 PM JST - 30th May

Wow, that is a new one! Food is missing from my refrigerator too, so I will have to check all my closets immediately.

Posted in Homeless woman arrested after living undetected in man's closet for a year at 03:15 PM JST - 30th May
Zaphod at 03:13 PM JST - 30th May

telecasterplayer:

" Supposedly the Tokyo Police examined the missing woman's apartment and didn't stumble across a gruesome crime scene akin to butcher shop like the guy claimed. Either they missed evidence, or he cleaned up REAL good.. "

No, he took her back to his apartment, where he did the…

Posted in Police find human bone in sewage drain in Tokyo after murderer's confession at 03:13 PM JST - 30th May
Zaphod at 01:28 PM JST - 30th May

fingerless:

George Bush does not run the world economy. The oil market and its result on food prices are global.

Posted in What is causing the global food price spike and what should be done about it? at 01:28 PM JST - 30th May
Zaphod at 12:21 PM JST - 30th May

About "gaikokujin", careful. I have heard reports of black servicemen in Roppongi, hearing that, misinterpreting it because of limited Japanese knowledge (they only heard the "kokujin" part), and proceeding to beat up people.

This whole "gaijin" debate is stupid. A word is what you put into it. Without context, you…

Posted in Do you consider the word "gaijin" racist? at 12:21 PM JST - 30th May
Zaphod at 06:16 PM JST - 29th May

The oil shock was long in coming, the Western world should have long ago started preparing for it. Instead, we keep pretending cheap oil will be there foreever, and brown-nosing the Saudis will keep it flowing.

Posted in British PM warns of global oil shock as fuel price protests spread at 06:16 PM JST - 29th May