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nandakandamanda
If you don't like your wife and she refuses to divorce you, and gives you carte blanche to do what you like, but the marriage is non-negotiable, what do you do?
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nandakandamanda
Er... Mark spits, Michael yelps... it's a sad day when such a thread makes it to the very top of the JT Popular thread list.
Posted in: What do you think of American swimmer Michael Phelps' long victory yell after he wins a race?
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nandakandamanda
It's like you walk in to discover some guy on top of your partner. You ask him to pull out and leave, and he responds: "I will start leaving on Monday, depending on your attitude."
Sorry, mate, but it's time to leave, like NOW!!!!
Posted in: Russia plans to begin pullout from Georgia
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nandakandamanda
In the UK there is something called "sending someone to Coventry." Some poor kid discovers that no-one will say a word to him/her.
Talented loners tend to get spotted and picked on.
Posted in: What is the best way to eradicate bullying from schools?
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nandakandamanda
Good thread this. Helping me to focus on what I've seen over the years here in Japan but never fully comprehended.
Posted in: What is the best way to eradicate bullying from schools?
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nandakandamanda
So, nutsagain, you are saying that the best way would be to create a snitch society where hidden spies report to the authorities to mete out some kind of punishment on the fingered person? Haven't we tried that in East Germany?
Posted in: What is the best way to eradicate bullying from schools?
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nandakandamanda
Good stuff! Now go for gold!
Posted in: Japan eliminates China 2-0
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nandakandamanda
tclh Let's keep opur fingers crossed and hope that sanity and reason rule.
PS Please insert spaces after commas and full stops/periods/question marks. That would make your posts easier on the eye! Thanks! :)
Posted in: Georgia says Russians pulling out of Gori
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nandakandamanda
Spot on, dontpanic. Done it once? He could easily get another one.
Hmmm... take off that goatee and those rims, and he looks a bit like...
Posted in: Police charge Russian man in spying case
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nandakandamanda
More domestic violence. When will we listen to the victims cries for help?
Posted in: 26-year-old woman found stabbed to death in apartment in Tachikawa, boyfriend missing
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nandakandamanda
They have also taken Senaki. These two pincer movements southwards threaten to break Georgia into three pieces, attack the pipeline and cut her off from her sea ports. The idea that this Russian invasion was planned way in advance does make sense. Even if it was only a contingency plan...
One interesting development is the port of Sevastopol who say they might not let the Russian fleet back in. Ukraine sympathizes with Georgia's desire to join NATO.
Posted in: Russia expands Georgia blitz, deploys ships
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nandakandamanda
Gotta make a couple of things clear here.
Bush and Blair never fooled anyone except fools. It was obvious to most of the world there was no connection with Al Qaeda. It was also obvious that Bush was looking for an excuse to attack Saddam, and it was obvious that with the military assembled after Afghanistan it was a golden opportunity to attack.
The motive? Saddam's words and gestures made it plain that he would be a formidable enemy if he managed to get hold of any serious weapons. That's why Israel bombed the reactor. Same thought. Self preservation. "Act now before it is too late!"
It was also obvious that Saddam no longer needed to build a nuclear bomb. He had money and oil ready to use as he liked. North Korea had developed missiles and nukes for sale. This exchange was not only likely in the near future, but 50 million dollars had already changed hands. The best method of defense/defence against a future threat from Iraq, an Iraq that had already invaded Kuwait, was pre-emptive attack. And the opportunity to redress the accusations of wimpiness against his father after the first Gulf War was tantalizingly close in front of him.
The excuse he put together never convinced me, and anyone who says they were fooled... well. I still think from a historical perspective that Bush and Blair did the right thing, even if it turned out to be a little messy to tie off.
Posted in: White House denies faking letter linking Iraq and al-Qaida
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nandakandamanda
sensei258 Similar thing happened here. Picked up a guest at Narita and on the expressway back to Tokyo he said the wheel was making a strange noise. I pulled onto the hard shoulder and checked. Someone had loosened the nuts on the left rear wheel and it was sooooo close to coming off completely.
Oh, and faulkmore, if 100 tires/tyres are slashed at 15,000 yen a pop, that's a lot of money someone has to pay out, 15,000 bucks, and think of all the gasoline wasted as they all drive to get new tires/tyres. That surely is a crime.
Posted in: Tires on 100 cars slashed in Fukushima
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nandakandamanda
Scary stuff...
Posted in: Monsanto to promote GM soybeans in Japan
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nandakandamanda
Happens all the time in Japan, from what I've heard and seen on the news. Tire/tyre slashing is actually quite common. Dead of night. (Paint scratching is another way to take out your frustrations with life.) You do sometimes see on TV individuals getting caught after the intallation of a surveillance camera. They usually have some secret agenda to justify it.
Posted in: Tires on 100 cars slashed in Fukushima
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nandakandamanda
I wonder if they have not had some advance warning of an attack?
Posted in: Italy deploys 3,000 soldiers in city centers
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nandakandamanda
WilliB "Doesn´t matter. Jihadist are not afraid to die, because they go to muslim paradise."
I let this go first time around as I didn't want to appear pedantic, but it needs rephrasing. "Jihadists are not afraid to die, because they believe that they go to a Muslim paradise." Because the Mullahs have told them that this is so.
And in your comment above to Ossan, WilliB, "Are your lives worth more than someone in China?" you are missing his point completely, either deliberately or by mistake. His comment has nothing to do with the relative values of people's lives.
Posted in: 16 policemen killed in attack in northwest China; terror plot suspected
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nandakandamanda
Can't say anything specific or I'll get moderated again, but it strikes me that the latest terrorist attacks are taking ideas from events that have grabbed the biggest headlines in recent weeks. Driving a truck into a place where a known body of people will be, jumping out and knifing some of them, ...
Hate to think what they'll come up with next.
Posted in: 16 policemen killed in attack in northwest China; terror plot suspected
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nandakandamanda
Does anyone ever collect on these bounties?
Posted in: Al-Qaida announces deaths of 4 commanders
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nandakandamanda
Is the title really apt? (un-American vs non-American...)
Burning the flag is being un-American and unpatriotic, surely.
Not being American, = being non-American??? would be the advantage here?
Posted in: As U.S. Internet companies expand worldwide, being un-American can be key to success