Wednesday February 15, 2012

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    **'People's History' author Howard Zinn dies at 87 **

    I first started reading his A People's History of the United States at the Junkudo in Ikebukuro about 10 years ago and had trouble putting it down once I got into it.

    We are lucky to live in a time that, no matter what obstacles various countries put in the way of people learning varying opinions on history, there is generally a way to get around them, because of the technological advantages we possess in the 21st century.

    Howard Zinn's writings are well worth the time and effort to read.

    Posted in: 'People's History' author Howard Zinn dies at 87

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    NeoJamal wrote:

    If there's anything to protest, it's why that plane that lost its part wasn't a JAPANESE naval jetfighter attached to a JAPANESE Carrier Airwing belonging to a JAPANESE aircraft carrier. Japan loves to forbid itself from having any of those things as a gesture of peace but it sure loves to hire foreign ones!

    Sixty-five years after the end of World War II, and twenty years after the disappearance of the Cold War, I'd say it's more a self-serving, cowardly gesture of comfort, convenience and currency than anything to do with peace.

    Posted in: Minister cautions U.S. military after part falls from U.S. Navy jet, hitting house

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    This celebrity couple strikes me as one getting married for the right reasons, and not as a publicity stunt/money-making venture like most of the others these days.

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    tmarie wrote:

    Keep going with the witchhunt USA! Soon people might be backing to buying your crappy cars!

    Some connected with Ford and Government Motors might be privately cheering on Toyota's troubles, but I bet the many Americans who have jobs due to Toyota's success are very worried about what a long safety scandal will do to their job security.

    Posted in: Gov't urges Toyota to reassure consumers; U.S. Congress to hold hearing

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    Man cannot live by hamburgers alone.

    No, but it is possible to live on "konbini onigiri" from my experience.

    Posted in: Setagaya burger master goes for traditional touch

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    Rika Ishikawa looked much better in the entertainment section story and picture, *Rika Ishikawa releases 10th photo book '24 Twenty Four' *, a few weeks ago.

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    Memo to President Obama: It's the economy, stupid!

    Posted in: Obama prepares for first State of the Union address

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    The best of luck to the female Japanese figure skaters heading to Vancouver. Hope they come away with at least a couple of medals.

    Posted in: Asada to test triple axel before Olympics

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    smith: There will be some connected with a future Japan bid unable to grasp the headline.

    Isn't it amazing that we really care about what countries are going to get the World Cup eight and twelve years from now?

    Posted in: Blatter: 2018 World Cup in Europe deal in works

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    **Bin Laden claims responsibility for Christmas bombing attempt **

    Osama Bin Laden is everywhere and nowhere, while having his hand in everything related to terrorism and Al-Qaeda.

    He's becoming like a 21st century Kilroy.

    Posted in: Bin Laden endorses Christmas Day airliner bombing attempt

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    History repeats itself on health care reform: the Clinton administration in '93/'94 and the Obama one in '09/'10. I guess they'll never learn.

    Posted in: Democrats mull options for moving health care bill

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    Gilgamesh Night was a winner in the '90s.

    Posted in: What are your most fondly remembered TV shows?

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    Wrecking a relationship doesn't come cheap

    There is no reason to start an affair in Japan. It's so much simpler just to pay for a no-strings-attached good time every now and then when you get the itch and then go on your way.

    Posted in: Wrecking a relationship doesn't come cheap

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    Endless expansion, and all based on long hours and, in the end, crap pay. One of my secretaries checked into being a stewardess and found it only paid 150,000 yen and she was going to be based in Tokyo.

    This wasn't the case for many years. My old girlfriend worked for them from '95-'07 and was making real good money as a career employee til the pay cuts and hirings of so many part-timers started to cause her money and working hour problems a couple of years before she quit.

    JAL may well be a hopeless reform case. We shall see.

    Posted in: JAL could file for bankruptcy on Jan 19

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    pathat

    Are you sure? They were probably all over 50...

    Good point

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    Taylor Swift: 2009=overexposure.

    Posted in: Taylor Swift has year's top album

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    Isn't this just business as usual in the midst of a "gory drug war"?

    Posted in: 2 men decapitated, 2 women killed on Mexico border

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    Somehow that the cuts will be deep enough, and the reorganization thorough enough, to really remake JAL, though.

    Posted in: JAL could file for bankruptcy on Jan 19

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    Struggling Japan Airlines Corp could file for bankruptcy as early as Jan 19 under a government-backed restructuring plan that includes 13,000 job cuts, reports said Saturday.

    This will be a bitter unemployment pill for Japan to swallow, but bankruptcy and rehabilitation is the best way to go if JAL ever wants to recover and become a profitable enterprise again.

    Posted in: JAL could file for bankruptcy on Jan 19

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    I'd rather see a picture of the "several women" who participated.

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