jambon said...

jambon at 10:42 AM JST - 23rd April

Charcoal is cheaper, fewer are affected.

Sure hope this doesn't become the next great way to off yourself in Japan.

Posted in Man found dead in Shizuoka after jumping off shinkansen at 10:42 AM JST - 23rd April
jambon at 07:01 PM JST - 22nd April

I don't support the death sentence, but sometimes the facts of a case leave me thinking a bit before reaffirming my stance that all killing is wrong.

One time I heard a woman say, "I didn't support the death penalty until someone murdered my brother."

Killing is not murder.

Posted in 27-year-old, in retrial, given death for murders he committed when he was minor at 07:01 PM JST - 22nd April
jambon at 06:58 PM JST - 22nd April

"Murders," as in "more than one."

It would be a severe injustice if this man is allowed to live and kill yet again.

Posted in 27-year-old, in retrial, given death for murders he committed when he was minor at 06:58 PM JST - 22nd April
jambon at 06:55 PM JST - 22nd April

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This ain't "news."

Posted in Victims finally learning to speak out against Japan’s outdated rape laws at 06:55 PM JST - 22nd April
jambon at 04:04 PM JST - 21st April

In Basra, Iraqi government forces have taken control of the "last bastions of the cleric Moktada al-Sadr’s militia." In Baghdad, too, government troops killed militants presumably loyal to Sadr in Sadr City.

In response to this string of setbacks, Sadr, the courageous cleric who is believed to be holed up…

Posted in Rice, in Baghdad, calls al-Sadr coward at 04:04 PM JST - 21st April
jambon at 11:09 AM JST - 21st April

Cop: Show me your driving license, please.

Driver: A vending machine ate it. Cigarette?

Posted in Cigarette vending machines to accept driving licenses for age checks at 11:09 AM JST - 21st April
jambon at 11:05 AM JST - 21st April

Shouldn't this headline be "Yankee Go Home!"? This is dual-pronged article, the headliner being glaringly short.

No matter.

After reviewing a report compiled by AJWRC and The World Organization Against Torture called “Violations of Women’s Rights in Japan,” the panel recommended that there should be “better protection and appropriate care…

Posted in Victims finally learning to speak out against Japan’s outdated rape laws at 11:05 AM JST - 21st April
jambon at 12:04 PM JST - 20th April

Anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr issued a “final warning” to the government Saturday to halt the U.S.-Iraqi crackdown against his followers or he would declare “open war until liberation.”

Liberation? Thise causes one to ponder what Mookie's relationship was with Saddam Hussein.

Maybe he means "until liberalism."

Posted in Al-Sadr threatens new uprising if crackdown continues at 12:04 PM JST - 20th April
jambon at 11:28 PM JST - 19th April

while Jimmy Carter is busy doing something proactive

Why aren't the "Palestinians" doing something proactive such as destroying Hamas and Fatah, setting aside their pride and emulating Israel's successes and creating a bonafide (secular) government that is recognized by free countries around the world?

Posted in Carter meets Hamas leaders over Israeli, U.S. objections at 11:28 PM JST - 19th April
jambon at 10:35 PM JST - 18th April

Military officials praised the Rand study,

Why aren't they named?

Posted in Nearly 1 in 5 U.S. troops has mental problems after war service at 10:35 PM JST - 18th April