blue_monday said...

blue_monday at 06:04 PM JST - 30th December

Hamas tried keeping to ceasefires, didn't work. From 2006 http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/09/mideast/index.html?section=cnn_latest

JERUSALEM (CNN) -- An Israeli navy gunboat fired shells onto a northern Gaza beach Friday, killing at least seven people and prompting the military wing of Hamas to call off a 16-month-old cease-fire with Israel.

According to the IDF one…

Posted in Defiant Hamas hits Israel with dozens of rockets at 06:04 PM JST - 30th December
blue_monday at 02:51 PM JST - 28th December

How long before Hezbollah steps in from the north and the West Bank goes up ? Win or lose this round Israel is sowing the seeds of its own destruction, probably in a way they do not foresee. The moderate Israelis need the Palestinians, without an external enemy the extremists…

Posted in Israel strikes Gaza in 2nd day of attacks; death toll tops 280 at 02:51 PM JST - 28th December
blue_monday at 11:43 AM JST - 10th November

I also agree with smartacus, at least he is making the effort. He is also putting his money where his mouth is, or rather the tax payers' money, larger tax rebates for people with home loans, one off pay outs, cutting expressway tolls spring ot mind. It's easy to be…

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blue_monday at 10:33 PM JST - 26th September

SushiSake3

1.65% of Japan's population are not technically Japanese.

I think that depends where you get your statistics, there is a lot more variation than they pretend. The Burakunin are the only true Yamamoto people, all the rest are a mix from Korea, China, SE Asia, Portugal, Holland, Russia, Brazil,…

Posted in Nakayama apologizes over gaffes, but opposition demands dismissal at 10:33 PM JST - 26th September
blue_monday at 02:54 PM JST - 19th September

Do they take dictation ?

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blue_monday at 02:53 PM JST - 19th September

Sad fact is that most children that are kidnapped are dead within a couple of hours.

Posted in 6-year-old boy found strangled in Fukuoka park at 02:53 PM JST - 19th September
blue_monday at 12:57 PM JST - 18th September

Former SDF ? That makes me feel really safe.

Does this class as terrorism?

Posted in Ex-GSDF member held for shooting fire extinguishers filled with explosives at palace at 12:57 PM JST - 18th September
blue_monday at 12:54 PM JST - 18th September

Obviously the school is liable, even if there wasn't a warning you do not play outside during a lightning storm, and you always hear them approaching. See the flash, count the seconds before the bang and you have a rough idea of how many miles.

My guess is the teacher…

Posted in Court orders school to pay Y300 mil to man paralyzed by lightning strike at 12:54 PM JST - 18th September
blue_monday at 12:46 PM JST - 18th September

good for him, still in his own home too.

not smoking I can handle, but no drinking ......

Posted in World's oldest man celebrates 113th birthday in Miyazaki at 12:46 PM JST - 18th September
blue_monday at 07:47 PM JST - 16th September

I think he needs to start a campaign against the statute of limitations.

Posted in Hawker's father visits Chiba police to be briefed on case at 07:47 PM JST - 16th September