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nandakandamanda
If Miketan's comment is true: "These symbols are not a reference to Nazi symbols. They are a symbol indicative of scout snipers. This very same design hangs on the wall at the schoolhouse for scout snipers. I personally know scout snipers of jewish heritage who have this emblem tattooed on their arm."
... this seems to hold the answer. It reminds me of the group of assassins in Tarantino's "Inglorious Basterds".
When I was at elementary/primary school there was a sort of fad or something for drawing swastikas everywhere. I thought it was somehow cool, but had no idea what they actually meant. The Headmaster found out and rounded everyone up. Those who had drawn swastikas were soundly beaten, and the whole school was given a series of lectures as to what the Nazis had done in Europe not long before and what was planned after their invasion of the UK.
In this case it seems more like a series of unfortunate happenings. Besides, an SS look-alike symbol in Afghanistan would offend very few people of any persuasion. Or is there more to this than meets the eye?
Posted in: U.S. Marines posed with Nazi symbol in Afghanistan
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nandakandamanda
Why is the world standing by? Russia, China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Europe, the US?
Libya was seen as an armed force threatening an unarmed people. Oil there was too, yes.
In Syria the people were, and are, to some extent armed, and tribal divisions seem more clear-cut, so is it the lack of an appealing voice of innocence anywhere? Or is it that no-one supports the Sunnis there, not even Iran?
In some ways this reminds me of the Civil War fought 400 years ago in Britain. It came to an end after many battles with thousands killed. It needed to reach that end, and the end of it set the beginning for the future.
What would have happened if some outside force had tried to intervene? It might have saved lives, but would outside intervention have perverted the course of history and left an unfinished agenda, merely put off for another time? Is there a time when two sides need to fight it out to the bitter end?
There are many troubling aspects to the horrors inside Syria and no easy answers, IMHO. Any sensible ideas out there?
Posted in: Syrian forces launch new blitz on Homs
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nandakandamanda
Probably showing off her private parts in public was not a problem at all.
I imagine the problem lay in showing her face. Might he have blackmailed her in some way, threatening to post pics he had previously taken of her? So many possibilities here, before we go about blaming anyone.
Posted in: Iwate cop arrested for uploading naked photos of acquaintance
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nandakandamanda
Well, I hope they show this year's races on Japanese TV.
Posted in: Sato excited about new Indy machine
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nandakandamanda
Reading some of the comments quoting from Japanese sources, it seems too many people relying on machine translation around here. The English is almost incomprehensible.
The original Japanese makes good sense (except for Irori Mochizuki, whose Japanese is pretty disjointed sometimes). If we use computer translation, let's use it responsibly, please.
Posted in: Water temperature rising in No. 2 reactor at Fukushima nuclear plant
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nandakandamanda
Willi, you may recall a recent article here:
http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/israels-iran-rhetoric-has-washington-on-edge
They have announced it in every way possible without using the actual words, it would seem. Does not sound as if they want to keep it a secret...
Posted in: Fears grow of Israeli attack on Iran
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nandakandamanda
If Israel has announced in advance that they are going to attack Iran, then there will be a reason for this announcement.
Israel did not announce announced their surprise attack on Iraq's Osirak nuclear facility in advance.
Posted in: Fears grow of Israeli attack on Iran
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nandakandamanda
I was surprised by an NHK report yesterday where the news reader said that anything under 80 degrees is considered to be cold shutdown. Everthing I have read so far has quoted boiling, ie 100 degrees as the cut-off point.
Not sure if it was a slip or the introduction of a new redefinition. (?)
Posted in: Water temperature rising in No. 2 reactor at Fukushima nuclear plant
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nandakandamanda
The temperature is dropping again. Quite a good clicky here: http://dailynews.yahoo.co.jp/fc/domestic/311eqfukushima1np/?1328671938
(The red spot is the sensor showing the high temps. Blues show low. You can see a cooling ring and a shower ring.)
Posted in: Water temperature rising in No. 2 reactor at Fukushima nuclear plant
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nandakandamanda
And? Yawn.
Someone needs to make money, I guess.
Posted in: Book details JFK affair with teen White House intern
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nandakandamanda
Israel set the example on how to build a bomb in secret.
We all know the truth, even though the government has still, even today made no official pronouncement.
Iran has learned from them.
Posted in: Fears grow of Israeli attack on Iran
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nandakandamanda
Actually the problem is not Muslims vs Jews.
It's Persian Shiite 'Muslim' revolutionaries and their Hezbollah and Hamas clients, vs the present State of Israel.
Posted in: Fears grow of Israeli attack on Iran
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nandakandamanda
Now a constant supply of icy slush in pipes wrapped around the amoebic corium would be just dandy, but they do not know how to get down there...
Posted in: Water temperature rising in No. 2 reactor at Fukushima nuclear plant
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nandakandamanda
alladin, you can put snow in there but it will melt in about 5 minutes.
It's like putting snow on a festering boil. Without curing the cause of the generation of heat (yes, nuclear fuel is all about setting up the generation of a constant supply of heat, under controlled conditions. When the controls are all broken, and the hot and reacting fuel has melted down through the cracks and continues to burn away at the foundations, dropping snow on it would not help one iota.
Posted in: Water temperature rising in No. 2 reactor at Fukushima nuclear plant
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nandakandamanda
Will she get 65 comments here for her birthday, I wonder?
Posted in: Asia's oldest elephant
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nandakandamanda
This must be a direct translation, but it is very hard for me to understand what this article wants to say.
They have started the Adachi Odai system, which kicks off a project to install at all their facilities. OK. Forget it. I get lost from there...
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nandakandamanda
cletus, your repeated argument that... Iran already possesses some nuclear weapons, but has not used them, and therefore would never use a nuclear weapon, ... does not really make sense.
If they used them they would get hit so hard in return, and without replacements that would be it.
No, much better to hold onto a few and in the meantime develop the ability to manufacture as many as you like. At this point, for the first time, it becomes an option to use those precious warheads, because you can always make more.
It makes more sense for Iran to say, "Yes, we are making nuclear weapons, so what?" People can understand that and deal with it, and in many ways such honesty is healthier for the planet.
Have you had your hand in the cookie jar? No!
The repeated denials make people doubt the intentions of Iran and she becomes a known liar, and a pariah state.
Posted in: Fears grow of Israeli attack on Iran
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nandakandamanda
PS That enclosure looks like a good trap for rainwater and radiation. I wonder of they've tested for hotspots?
Posted in: Asia's oldest elephant
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nandakandamanda
Maybe someone should start a Michelin Guide to zoos, with stars being awarded for excellence. Sadly we won't be able to ask the animals to do the grading. How about "The Michelin Blue Guide to Zoos"?
In the meantime thanks to Hanako for blazing the way! 65 years on the frontier.
Posted in: Asia's oldest elephant
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nandakandamanda
Quote tokyokawasaki "Animals were doing fine in the wild until we humans started to either capture them for entertainment (i.e. most zoos) or destroy their natural habitat..."
We started doing that about ...erm, tens of thousands of years ago. In fact it has grown so bad that many species are extinct. Some are extinct in the wild, but live on in zoos or zoo-ish environments. Should we thank the zoos and parks for staving off extinction? Should we pay entrance fees and subsidize their upkeep and hopefully give them an increasingly better environment. Or is it better and more romantic for species to be extinct?
Human activity is deadly for most wild animals, agreed. Yet to reintroduce some of these otherwise extinct animals to the wild would be a further sentence of death on them, just as cruel as anything else. Hard choices all round.
So now where do we stand?
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