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Happy Valentine's Day, villagehiker and wife!
Posted in: My frugal Valentine: Romance in a recession
Making breakfast in bed for my wife this morning. In two weeks we will have been…
Posted in: My frugal Valentine: Romance in a recession
The vast majority of emissions don't occur over European airspace. What does it matter? Compare it…
Posted in: Aviation industry warns of trade war over EU carbon tax
This is all wrong, everything is so messed up, the government should be concerned with holding…
Posted in: Gov't OKs further Y690 bil for TEPCO, but wants say in running utility
The business plan needs approval from Edano, who has demanded TEPCO be drastically reformed, cutting costs…
Posted in: Gov't OKs further Y690 bil for TEPCO, but wants say in running utility
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shiuu
Maybe a few of those 90,000 people ought to talk to Hamas about not firing rockets at Israeli civilians.
Posted in: Israeli forces enter Gaza City neighborhood
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shiuu
:Yawn:
All Obama really needs to do is close the detention facility and have these guys pushed out of the back of an airplane on their way somewhere else. It's not like those complaining really give a crap about the detainees. It's all about being seen to protest "Gitmo."
Posted in: Advisers say Obama preparing to close Gitmo
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shiuu
"The Big Issue" salesman.
Posted in: Which professions do you think are recession-proof?
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shiuu
Yeah ... Kenji, about that college money ...
Posted in: Boy attacks sleeping father with survival knife in Saitama
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shiuu
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What a sad commentary on the world's modern navies.
Posted in: Somali pirate's body washes ashore with $153,000
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shiuu
But I look forward to the many defenders of the unemployed around here stepping up to explain how it's not really poor Mr. Maeda's fault he's such an asshat.
Posted in: Unemployed Tokyo Univ graduate charged with threatening professors on blog
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shiuu
With his winning personality, I can't imagine why ...
Posted in: Unemployed Tokyo Univ graduate charged with threatening professors on blog
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shiuu
Why am I so confident that if North Korea started lobbing rockets into Japan the "Israel hits back too hard" crowd here would be singing a different tune?
Posted in: Israel says incursion will continue until Hamas rocket fire ceases
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shiuu
The Palestinians in Gaza elected Hamas knowing full well they would wage war on Israel. How bad should I feel for them now that they've got it?
Posted in: Israel says incursion will continue until Hamas rocket fire ceases
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shiuu
My thoughts exactly.
Posted in: Japanese sailor lost off whaling ship in Antarctic
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shiuu
I can't even express how disgusted I am by this puke. A bat to a complete stranger's face?
I'm no hero, but I almost wish he'd try it with me just so I'd have the chance to take that bat from him and use it to smash his kneecaps into a fine powder.
Posted in: Woman attacked by man with baseball bat in Ibaraki
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shiuu
I can't help but notice that the number of clubs stolen is suspiciously similar to the number of homeless people occupying the tent village ...
Posted in: 300 golf clubs stolen from shop in Osaka
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shiuu
Ha. Ha. I have to laugh at the thought of this conversation:
"Mom. Dad. You know the years and years of sacrifice and millions and millions of yen you invested in my education ..."
Posted in: Waseda student arrested for stealing woman’s underwear in Nara
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shiuu
I understand your point. In the unlikely event one of my very good friends plopped down on my couch and said, "Well, I'm all done trying, now support me forever," things would likely be different. As long as they're making an effort, however, I'd help my friends out indefinitely.
Now before anyone jumps in with "Oh, but they are trying," then why don't they have one ... one ... friend who is willing to put them up while they're making a legitimate effort to get back on their feet?
They need to try harder.
Posted in: Park tent village moved to gov't building to accommodate overflow
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shiuu
There is very little chance any of my friends will end up in tent city. First, because most are hard working and responsible and would never give up so easily. Second, because I would step up and take care of them before that happened.
How is it these homeless guys lived their lives such that they don't have one friend ... not one ... who will step up and give them a hand now?
They need to try harder.
Posted in: Park tent village moved to gov't building to accommodate overflow
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shiuu
One of these days the anti-whaling nutroots are going to get a well-deserved punch in the mouth way out in the middle of the ocean. When that happens, I'll chuckle a little to myself and then forget all about them.
Posted in: Whalers get reprieve as protest ship refuels
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shiuu
omarbabilon:
There's this word, "unlikely," it means ... "not likely."
Let's review. In another thread, someone tried to call me out by asking how long my best friend would take me in if I suddenly became penniless. See, I'm not penniless now. I responded that in the ... (here it comes) ... unlikely event I became penniless, unlike the homeless in these articles, I could rely on friends to take care of me indefinitely and vice versa ... that means I'd certainly step up and take care of my friends. Which, as I think about it, is a pretty basic idea. So basic, in fact, that I have to wonder what kinds of friends anyone who'd ask such a question really has. I also wonder why it is that these homeless guys lived their lives in such a way that they don't have anyone they could rely on before sticking their hands out to the Japanese taxpayer to support them.
Posted in: Park tent village moved to gov't building to accommodate overflow
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shiuu
That's good advice. Let me see if I can sum it up even better:
"Don't be lazy."
Posted in: Park tent village moved to gov't building to accommodate overflow
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shiuu
I can give them counseling too: "Get a job."
Posted in: Park tent village moved to gov't building to accommodate overflow
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shiuu
I stated as much when asked how long my best friend would provide me food and shelter in the unlikely event I suddenly became penniless. If you check that post, you'll note I stated that I would certainly do the same for my best friends.
Not you. Not the bums.
Of course, it seems odd to me that these guys (and apparently anyone who has to ask such a silly question) have lived their lives in such a way as to not have anyone else to rely on in hard times. If anything, that only reinforces my idea that they are responsible for their current situation.
Posted in: Park tent village moved to gov't building to accommodate overflow