frontandcentre said...

frontandcentre at 02:25 PM JST - 13th May

...and it is rumoured that the Pope is in fact a Roman Catholic..

Posted in Memorabilia dealer says OJ Simpson confessed to him about killing ex-wife at 02:25 PM JST - 13th May
frontandcentre at 02:23 PM JST - 13th May

What a pity more of the global warming deniers, fairy-story-believing Bible bashers and their ilk don't read up a few more facts in Wikipedia before commenting here

Posted in Once shunned by academics, Wikipedia now a teaching tool at 02:23 PM JST - 13th May
frontandcentre at 02:20 PM JST - 13th May

I'm glad no-one was seriously hurt, but how much difference is this story going to make to the morons that I see every day doing something almost as daft - cycling along busy roads wearing headphones...?

Knowing human nature, probably none

Posted in 9 injured in car-bus collision in Nagasaki; car driver says she was using cell phone at 02:20 PM JST - 13th May
frontandcentre at 11:17 AM JST - 12th May

umbrella - banning oil futures trading would hurt fuel consumers as well as speculators, because they are a hedging tool as well as a speculating one. It's wrong to say that futures trading inevitably causes prices to rise, just look at the whining there's been recently about speculators shorting the…

Posted in Japan to strengthen monitoring of speculative money on oil market at 11:17 AM JST - 12th May
frontandcentre at 03:03 PM JST - 8th May

Revisiting the article, one thing I'll say is that the first sentence represents a poor choice of words. This may have been an unjustified attack, but it was not a "random act of violence" - because by Ron Scott's own account prior to the punch there had already been some…

Posted in A punching bag on the Odakyu line at 03:03 PM JST - 8th May
frontandcentre at 02:46 PM JST - 8th May

jerseyboy - In my opinion, Hugh was less of a fool than Ethan. Liz Hurley's ropey, to be honest. After 6 years with the same woman, even if it's Uma, well, the seven year itch would explain it. The grass is always greener on the other side

Posted in Ethan Hawke opens up his life at 02:46 PM JST - 8th May
frontandcentre at 04:44 PM JST - 7th May

rdjsr:

How's the pro-immigration side of that debate going?

What has immigration got to do with the circumstances of this crime? Nothing we know about. As you are probably aware, foreigners in Japan commit fewer crimes per capita than Japanese do.

I think it's a shame that anyone should try…

Posted in Nepalese man held on suspicion of killing wife, tossing baby daughter's body in river at 04:44 PM JST - 7th May
frontandcentre at 03:29 PM JST - 7th May

Anything NOT designed and built in America - GM and Ford are both rubbish in my experience.

The best 4 x 4s are obviously Land Rovers

Superlib - "Chevy/Ford" make the best sports cars? ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha - nice sense of humour there

Posted in Which company or alliance makes the best cars? at 03:29 PM JST - 7th May
frontandcentre at 03:20 PM JST - 7th May

CMEANDU26 - do you honestly value soldiers over doctors and nurses? I think you're in a bit of a minority there

Posted in Which professions do you respect the most? at 03:20 PM JST - 7th May
frontandcentre at 03:16 PM JST - 7th May

Morrisey & Marr

Posted in Who gets your vote for the greatest songwriter of the last 100 years? at 03:16 PM JST - 7th May