jeancolmar said...

jeancolmar at 09:04 PM JST - 2nd May

May Day has fired nothing but apathy in Japan, unless something is not being reported.

Posted in Recession fires May Day rallies worldwide at 09:04 PM JST - 2nd May
jeancolmar at 09:20 AM JST - 2nd May

The person who is being intimidated is Professor Robinson. This is a simply and awful fact of American life: You criticize Israel in the US at your peril. What the professor is saying is essentially right: Gaza is like the Warsaw Ghetto. At this point the Israelis are not seeking…

Posted in U.S. professor's Holocaust-Gaza comparison stirs debate at 09:20 AM JST - 2nd May
jeancolmar at 01:37 PM JST - 26th April

I am for Roxana. I doubt she is a spy. Iran should free her as a good will gesture.

Posted in U.S. journalist jailed in Iran goes on hunger strike at 01:37 PM JST - 26th April
jeancolmar at 08:38 PM JST - 25th April

JR personnel who made errors were (and may still be) punished in particularly degrading ways. That was no doubt on the driver's mind when he caused the accident, as he had been punished before. The real culprits in this case are JR managers. JR West President Masao Yamazaki shouldn't have…

Posted in Ceremony marks 4th anniv of deadly derailment in Amagasaki; nothing for train driver at 08:38 PM JST - 25th April
jeancolmar at 10:18 AM JST - 25th April

Acually, Helter_Skelter, you need to know more. For instance, how do you explain to rise of neo-Nazism in Russia when over 20 million Russians were killed by the Nazis? Islam is eclectic in honoring Jewish prophets and Jesus. Christian bigotry against the Jews has been around for centuries. And then…

Posted in Obama vows to fight Holocaust deniers at 10:18 AM JST - 25th April
jeancolmar at 09:55 AM JST - 25th April

Unfortunately, much of Eastern Europe, particularly Russia, is like the redneck deep south. There are good reasons for the Czechs to be worried about the poisonous influence of people like David Duke.

It is hard to say what influence the various KKK groups now have in the US. One thing…

Posted in Ex-Louisiana KKK chief David Duke arrested in Prague at 09:55 AM JST - 25th April
jeancolmar at 01:31 AM JST - 25th April

There is no denying the Holocaust. It is a horror that only becomes more horrible the more you know about it--and I do not mean just the "details." It is going to haunt this world for centuries in one way or another. There will always be the Holocaust deniers and…

Posted in Obama vows to fight Holocaust deniers at 01:31 AM JST - 25th April
jeancolmar at 12:36 AM JST - 25th April

There is still a civil war on between Sunis and Shi'its. It is all part of the mess that Bush made. It won't go away just because Obama is president.

Posted in Suicide bombers kill 60 at Baghdad shrine at 12:36 AM JST - 25th April
jeancolmar at 08:12 PM JST - 24th April

Well, yeah, this lovely 69 year old lady should not have physically assaulted this bag of filth right-wing scumbag with her potted plants. I find it more disgusting, however, that the police gave that piece of garbage a permit to harass her. If more people stood up to these right-wing…

Posted in Dewi Sukarno throws potted plants at rightist at 08:12 PM JST - 24th April
jeancolmar at 08:38 AM JST - 24th April

Good. In spite of all the nationalistic brainwashing they get, at least 60% have their heads on straight. I worry about what the other 40% will do.

Posted in Over 60% of high schoolers against altering Article 9 of Constitution at 08:38 AM JST - 24th April