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  ppayne at 12:20 PM JST - 11th June

  I run a business and pay a lot of taxes, and the ceiling on the Social Security tax is very important to me, since I pay double social security taxes up to the first $100,000 or so. If that were ever removed or raised, I would take drastic action in…

  Posted in McCain, Obama trade jabs on economy, taxes at 12:20 PM JST - 11th June

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  ppayne at 07:00 PM JST - 8th June

  This will change Akiba forever. :(

  Posted in Temp worker stabs 7 to death, injures 10 in Akihabara at 07:00 PM JST - 8th June

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  ppayne at 11:05 AM JST - 5th June

  If 25% of people act a little less moral, the "real morality number" of the society of which those members are a part is lowered. So shut up. The last thing Japan needs is to try so hard to be moral it becomes the least moral country around, like the…

  Posted in These days, on trains, for example, we often see people who have little sense of public morality. at 11:05 AM JST - 5th June

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  ppayne at 09:46 PM JST - 3rd June

  No iPhone? Fail!

  Posted in KDDI au announces new handsets and monthly plan at 09:46 PM JST - 3rd June

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  ppayne at 11:14 AM JST - 2nd June

  Oh, and Zaphod, careful how much of that "world-wide Caliphate" stuff you swallow. A lot of it is the wishes of a tiny fringe (along the lines of people who wish to turn the U.S. into a Christian version of Iran, e.g. quite small) being used by the U.S. government…

  Posted in Al-Qaida's stance on women sparks extremist debate at 11:14 AM JST - 2nd June

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  ppayne at 11:10 AM JST - 2nd June

  This terrible sexism should be brought up for discussion at the G8 talks. Surely we can get Al Quaida to see that progress must be made in allowing women to murder in the name of Allah as men do. In other news, does anyone think it odd that these people…

  Posted in Al-Qaida's stance on women sparks extremist debate at 11:10 AM JST - 2nd June

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  ppayne at 10:48 AM JST - 27th May

  How can we know this for sure? How awful, I have no words to describe someone who would take their whole family with them. At what point will Japan realize it's got an epidemic of depression on its hands here??

  Posted in 6 family members killed as minivan plunges into sea in Kumamoto at 10:48 AM JST - 27th May

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  ppayne at 12:04 PM JST - 9th May

  Hmm, marriage is fine if you've got the right person. If you don't, looking for her/him is good, but also consider trying to BE the right person for her.

  Posted in What advantages does married life offer in an era of increasing divorce rates? at 12:04 PM JST - 9th May

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  ppayne at 01:18 PM JST - 2nd May

  I'd say this is a big "fail" as an article. You do know that there is a thing called citizenship, and it's part of nations being sovereign. This ranks up there with "why can't gaijin in Japan vote" articles.

  Posted in If it were possible, do you wish non-Americans could vote in the U.S. presidential election? at 01:18 PM JST - 2nd May