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nigelboy's past comments

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  nigelboyDec. 20, 2011 - 01:55AM JST

  As cricky correctly points out, restraining orders need to be put in place quicker, if the stalker doesnt abid, haul them in, far to many are killed or attacked in this country, even when warning bells are loud as hell!

  ????

  As if issuing restraining order to this daughter living in CHIBA would of prevented him from killing the mother and the grandmother living in NAGASAKI??????

  Posted in: Man held in killing of 2 women had been reported to police by victim's daughter

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  nigelboyDec. 19, 2011 - 11:26PM JST

  The issue has been 'hidden', under the rug, so to speak. Or show me a junior highschool text that mentions the issue (or highschool).

  Smith

  Why is this issue worth mentioning when it's just a prostitution attached to a military like any other that continued throughout the world everywhere including the Koreans which also started to recruit women for U.N. forces during the Korean War??

  Posted in: Lee urges compensation for sex slaves; Noda says issue is settled

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  nigelboyDec. 19, 2011 - 12:51PM JST

  Agree with smith on the last part.

  Posted in: N Korean leader Kim Jong-Il dead at 69

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  nigelboyDec. 19, 2011 - 02:37AM JST

  TinMadDog

  You assume that the issue of comfort women were "hidden" by both Japanese government and Korean government prior to the execution of the 1965 is I'm afraid FALSE. If there were such discussions on minutes/dialogs between the two governments during the course of 20 years of negotiations with hundred and thousands of recorded minutes, there is no doubt in my mind that Korean government would have already presented this to the public. The mere fact that such dialogs never existed leads me to believe that most of these women were in fact just regular prostitues attached to the military operated by middle men.

  Posted in: Lee urges compensation for sex slaves; Noda says issue is settled

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  nigelboyDec. 17, 2011 - 02:50AM JST

  Maybe the next time an American soldier commits sexual assault in Okinawa the US can say the US and the military bear no responsibility as the man was 'off-duty' at the time.

  They haven't. I have yet to see President or the Congress offering official apology and such incidents to be placed on U.S. history books.

  Posted in: S Korean president to raise issue of ex-wartime sex slaves with Noda

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  nigelboyDec. 17, 2011 - 12:06AM JST

  Ummm... excuse me? How much was it that leaked into the Pacific again earlier this week?

  150 liters.

  "Massive" indeed.

  Posted in: Noda says Fukushima reactors have reached state of cold shutdown

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  nigelboyDec. 16, 2011 - 11:49PM JST

  I would rather the whales werent killed, there'd be no waste then.

  Back to square one, as usual.

  This is exactly what the anti-whaling nations are seeking for, a research program without taking samples (non-lethal) which they know is highly inaccurate and unreliable thereby assuring their annual stance that "data is insufficient! moratorium to continue!!".

  Posted in: U.S., Australia, NZ 'disappointed' over Japan whale hunt

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  nigelboyDec. 16, 2011 - 03:08AM JST

  I stand corrected. NISA reported a meldown just a day after.

  http://www.sannichi.co.jp/local/photo/201103/20110312_16.pdf

  Posted in: Japan to declare Fukushima nuclear plant in stable condition

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  nigelboyDec. 16, 2011 - 02:55AM JST

  IMO, taking nine months to have finally figured out that the cores did in fact meltdown/through, and are still potentially continuing to do so, while operating a cooling system that is creating tons of radioactive water on a daily basis that they want to dump in the ocean, because they have no place to put it, is hardly "remarkable".

  There is difference between meldown and melt through. And no. The officials stated a "meltdown" a couple days after the incident. And did you ever find your evidence that "Weeks after the outside world was saying there had been at least a 70% meltdown in three reactors"?? Unless you can provide this evidence, there is no point in arguing whether or not TEPCO's recent estimation of % meltdown was timely or not.

  Posted in: Japan to declare Fukushima nuclear plant in stable condition

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  nigelboyDec. 16, 2011 - 12:13AM JST

  The lives of the 100,000 or so evacuated from the exclusion zone are far from stable. They haven't even been officially told they will never be able to return to their former homes, communities, schools, business, places of work. This will give some of them a false hope that one day they can return.

  I think people who lived in the exclusion zones are well aware of the fact that decontamination work needs to be in place before they can move back in.

  We can nitpitck till cows come home but the fact is cooling function has been operational to a point where the fuel rods (that are melted or not melted) temperature is down to a point where there exists little chance of further explosion or melt through.

  Considering the situation back in March where there was no power, no light, no cooling method in place other than spraying sea water, the progress has been pretty remarkable, IMO.

  Posted in: Japan to declare Fukushima nuclear plant in stable condition

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  nigelboyDec. 15, 2011 - 11:55PM JST

  landshark

  Three quarters of all comfort women died during the war. Young women. How do you think that happened? You think it was an accident? You think it was just a bit of forgiveable negligence?

  Where did you get this from?

  Are you aware that it was only in recent years that it was discovered that the Japanese and Korean governments had a secret agreement concerning compensation? Japan knew her victims never got paid! They were part of the deal ensuring they didn't! This was done to stiff arm these women and end the controversy by Japan. Both Japan and Korea owe them until they get paid. If you were in their shoes, you would feel the same. If your boss gave your wages to your dad who spent all the money on booze, I doubt you would let your boss off the hook.

  ??? It is my understanding that the Japanese government initially offered individual compensation but it was the Korean government that refused. Secondly, if there was a secret agreement by both governments to make sure that these women weren't to be paid, there must be a record of such intent in the meetings (minutes) during the two decade long negotiations which lead up to the 1965 agreement, right?

  Posted in: Former sex slaves hold 1,000th protest outside Japan's embassy in Seoul

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  nigelboyDec. 15, 2011 - 05:28AM JST

  That will make your position indefensible.

  In other words, if Japan just dumped the 800 dead minke whale carcases into the Southern Ocean without bringing it back home, the anti-whalers will have no arguments?

  Posted in: U.S., Australia, NZ 'disappointed' over Japan whale hunt

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  nigelboyDec. 15, 2011 - 05:17AM JST

  Defend your position by providing the evidence that you are indeed studying the ecology of cetaceans and mammals for academic/scientific purpose at an international level

  I believe they did already. It's these anti-whaling nations that are crying "we don't trust your data". Then, we're back to more research but the same anti-whaling nations are crying "no more lethal research" as if non-lethal research is poster boy for "accuracy".

  Posted in: U.S., Australia, NZ 'disappointed' over Japan whale hunt

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  nigelboyDec. 15, 2011 - 05:11AM JST

  Yubaru.

  If I'm not mistaken, the money or value that the shareholders were receiving prior to this blow up was never intended to go the shareholders from the very beginning. In other words, they were receiving something they should of never had from the beginning.

  Hence, I gave the two options that this Brit could of done when he became the top dog.

  Posted in: Olympus proxy fight must be avoided, Woodford tells lawmakers

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  nigelboyDec. 15, 2011 - 03:19AM JST

  Amoritazation of what?

  The investments (which are losses in this case). It's not a "fancy" term at all if you're involved in business.

  Your ability to rationalize that is incredible

  Maybe you should ask the shareholders and the employees what they think on the two options I gave.

  Posted in: Olympus proxy fight must be avoided, Woodford tells lawmakers

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  nigelboyDec. 15, 2011 - 02:52AM JST

  Agreed rickyvee

  This Brit could of saved the day by making enough profits to offset the previous losses through amortization but he knew he didn't have the capability to do so let's "expose" and try to be a hero that way.

  Posted in: Olympus proxy fight must be avoided, Woodford tells lawmakers

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  nigelboyDec. 15, 2011 - 02:39AM JST

  nigelboy, the supply/demand in billion dollar transactions are based on careful risk exposure analysis that leads to demand. Investors do not pour money if there is too much risk. Simple the supply/demand curve does not work here.

  But the investors(banks) are pouring money into JGB despite the low interest rates. That's my point!! It's essentially a supply/demand. High risk, nobody wants to buy so the yield goes up to entice buyers. Low risk, many want to buy so there is no need. What you're arguing is that JGB is high risk which doesn't fly because of the low yield.

  Innovation is the key to the GDP growth. What are we talking again here? The sovereign debt/gdp growth isn't it? There have been NO BANG innovations from Japan.

  ???? You mean to tell me that both China and India had "BANG" innovations??

  In the past two weeks, they have been trying to raise more money by selling bonds, but not quite successful.

  And why does this apply to Japan?

  Public sector needs to do three things: 1)increasing revenue 2)cutting spending 3)Growing GDP (Economic pie as a whole).

  Agree with #1 for it's a no duh. How to achieve it is what we're debating here. Secondly, #2 conflicts with #3 for government spending is a core component of GDP.

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  nigelboyDec. 15, 2011 - 01:45AM JST

  The sovereign debt YIELD goes up when there is more risk exposure.

  It does not. It's simply a supply/demand mechanism.

  You cannot blame bankers as there are no exciting innovations in Japan.

  We're not talking about "innovations".

  The world is alreay forcasting Japan may be losing 3rd place in global economy.

  Irrelevant. There is no doubt that the countries like India who has 10 times the population of Japan would surpass them in the future. It only goes to show how low China and India were despite having such large population.

  They were no the case when Italian, German, Spainish bonds were auctioned. Germany could not sell 2/3 of auctions

  I don't understand this statement.

  Solid govt policy implementation, innovation and invention are the the most effective way to shrink the sovereign/GDP ratio.

  Less tax, less bureucratic red tape for financial sectors is the most effective way to achieve balance.

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  nigelboyDec. 15, 2011 - 01:29AM JST

  Surprised that pro-whaling people do not get it! Using a loop hole to do this looks bad, a large majority of nations condem these actions, more than support! The bunker down mentality is not a winning position.

  As david and other have alluded to on MANY OCCASIONS, it's not a loop hole. It's written on the convention.

  "Any whales taken under these special permits shall so far as practicable be processed and the proceeds shall be dealt with in accordance with directions issued by the Government by which the permit was granted. "

  It would constitute a "loop hole" only if such statement didn't exist.

  Why do anti-whalers repeat the same old misinformation time and time again?

  Posted in: U.S., Australia, NZ 'disappointed' over Japan whale hunt

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  nigelboyDec. 15, 2011 - 01:23AM JST

  "To put this in perspective, the Pacific Ocean holds about 300 trillion swimming pools full of water, and they are going to release about** five swimming pools full**," said Timothy Jorgensen, chair of the radiation safety committee at Georgetown University Medical Center. "So hopefully the churning of the ocean and the currents will quickly disperse this so that it gets to very dilute concentrations relatively quickly."

  This was released when TEPCO released the water just a few months back.

  Posted in: TEPCO must get fishermen's OK before dumping radioactive water into sea: Edano

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