bebert said...

bebert at 04:40 PM JST - 10th March

The research wasn't "banned", it just wasn't funded by the federal government. I love how the media spins this. Private funding by venture capitalists wasn't illegal, but like most science in that damn country, there is always someone (like corporations) looking for a free ride on the taxpayers' back.

Now…

Posted in Obama reverses Bush stem cell restrictions at 04:40 PM JST - 10th March
bebert at 04:29 PM JST - 10th March

skipthesong, the U.S. military is over extended and doesn't have the resources to start a third war. Thank God.

Obama is not perfect, but to say he is completely incompetent on foreign policy is a bit of a stretch.

What can be said about Obama's foreign policy is that it…

Posted in U.S. protests harassment by Chinese ships at 04:29 PM JST - 10th March
bebert at 04:17 PM JST - 10th March

It is nice to see Honda getting back into the "full" hybrid market again with a product that can rival Toyota's Prius.

Posted in Honda's hybrid Insight sells briskly Japan at 04:17 PM JST - 10th March
bebert at 04:12 PM JST - 10th March

Maybe the IWC should kick in lifetime pensions for all of the workers who will lose their jobs if Japan stops whaling. Put their money where their mouth is if these sea rats of the ocean are so dear to them.

Meanwhile, where is the pressure on Iceland, Norway and…

Posted in Japan refuses to end 'research whaling' at IWC meeting at 04:12 PM JST - 10th March
bebert at 04:00 PM JST - 10th March

Poor little thing. Whatever the schools are doing to prevent this obviously isn't working. I agree with kanadamanada, the bullies need to be publicly shamed. Maybe suspended until they have put in 100 hours cleaning public toilets, with every hour video taped and posted on the Internet.

Posted in 14-year-old girl dies after being hit by subway train in Sapporo at 04:00 PM JST - 10th March
bebert at 03:29 PM JST - 10th March

even better if he hadn't had to pretend japanese fans are some kind of special favourite

He may genuinely like the Japanese and appreciate them as a people. Some people do.

Posted in 40 fans chosen for chartered flight with Tom Cruise at 03:29 PM JST - 10th March
bebert at 03:13 PM JST - 10th March

The atrocities committed in Afganistan under the Taliban, Gaza under Hamas, the Sudan under the state-sponsored Janjaweed, etc., are far worse than Saudi Arabia.

Right on the Taliban, wrong on Hamas, only partially right on Sudan. I'm sure if you are not part of the non-Arab separatists who are at…

Posted in Saudi court sentences 75-year-old woman to lashes at 03:13 PM JST - 10th March
bebert at 02:57 PM JST - 10th March

I doubt Japanese Electronics and Cars will or can be competitvely priced.

They don't have to be. People buy Japanese cars because their last American car blew its transmission at just 50,000 miles (and that was after a half dozen other "things gone wrong" such as window regulators burning out…

Posted in Gov't may seek additional steps to stem diving share prices after Nikkei closes at 26-year low at 02:57 PM JST - 10th March
bebert at 03:55 PM JST - 9th March

Thanks TexasAggie. So often we ask for answers, so rarely do we get them.

Posted in Karzai welcomes Obama call to reach out to Taliban at 03:55 PM JST - 9th March
bebert at 01:20 PM JST - 9th March

I agree it's not simple. Pakistan has a BIG internal problem and their survival is more important than Afghanistan. But can you run the risk of allowing the Taliban to return to a supposedly democratic country where they may possible take over the country through the ballot box?

And what…

Posted in Karzai welcomes Obama call to reach out to Taliban at 01:20 PM JST - 9th March