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    viking68

    August???? Stupid.

    Iron Man 3 opened in Japan a day early... So, what is the problem.

    Guess I'll just buy the Blu-Ray movie from the U.S. for $20 when it comes out, probably will be out around the August release in Japan. It will save me from spending money at the over priced Japanese theater, and . . . I'll have a good copy of the movie I can watch as much as I want.

    Always amazing, video discs cost in Japan run 6,000 yen (3X the price in the U.S.) and the movies are always months late to arrive in Japanese theaters.

    Posted in: Voiceover

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    viking68

    Conspiracy theories abound. There must be a fire?????

    Why must there be a fire? Is out of necessity to be critical of Obama for the sake of being critical?

    I for one believe him when he says he is disgusted.

    This whole situation reminds me of Bush's comments about the Valerie Plame outing. He said that anyone in his administration that was responsible for divulging her status in the CIA was be prosecuted. I didn't believe him at the time, and sure enough Dick Cheney was wrapped up in the situation. Bush eventually threw Scooter Libby under the bus to protect Cheney and, thereby, went back on his word, again. Then there was the whole Iraq prisoner abuse fiasco. The soldiers executing Bush's policies on torture through contractors were held accountable because pictures of the sanctioned work leaked out. These are the actions of Republicans.

    Bush paid lip service. He is a man brought up in a privileged family and is not used to answering to anyone. Obama has more scruples than Bush or the Republicans clamoring for an execution squad without due process.

    Wait for the investigation before saying there is a fire. To me, it sounds like your typical overzealous governmental idiots decided to examine questionable applications a little too stringently. Since it was politically motivated, there is a corresponding political backlash.

    Honestly, who in their right mind believes people at the IRS always play nice, are completely professional, and are politically disinterested?

    Posted in: U.S. tax chief ousted in scandal

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    viking68

    Is this another cash in hand moment?

    Hope Japan isn't looking to provide any blackmail payments to NK.

    Tamamara, Agree, NK must have crapped following the exercises. One of the military defense guys was fired shortly there after.

    Posted in: Abe adviser arrives in North Korea

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    highball7, I totally agree.

    Ping the sucker and tell it to surface. If it doesn't surface, start shooting. The sub could be holding NK commandos looking to kidnap their next Japanese spy tutor.

    The only problem with this tact is that the Chinese will shoot first even if a civilian wanders accidentally into the wrong territory. But who cares, this type of shoot first mentality is common for communist countries, e.g., look at the Korean airliner that was shot down by Russia after it entered its airspace.

    China and Russia live under a different norm than the rest of the world and only respect action. If they know you will slap them in the face, they won't stick it out there to get slapped.

    Sub incursions have happened in the past when a Chinese sub just cruised right through the Okinawan islands a few years back. This crap needs to stop.

    Posted in: Abe warns of possible military response to intruder subs

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    viking68

    Jesh, the blind vitriol expressed is off the wall. We have seen purely criminal activities with other presidents like Kennedy, Johnson, Bush I, Reagan, Clinton, Bush II. Bush II's administration (David Albright, Woo (?) on torture policies and law) distorted the law soo much, it is surprising there were people who could be found to carry out the policies.

    Obama is a saint compared to past presidents. The biggest complaint is he wants to implement socially conscious policies instead of imposing the religious mores on America, like many conservatives want to do all the while claiming American freedom and independence. Sure, he steps too far left sometimes, but he is the best president since Clinton. Before saying some meaningless nonsense about Monica Lewinski, Clinton actually balanced the budget following the run up in debt by . . . . Republicans.

    Maybe the IRS was right to target these tea party types who insist on a government's lack of rights to tax them.

    Posted in: White House: Obama is no Nixon

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    Wakarimasen: Confusing. So she is have a double breast removal because her mother died of ovarian cancer? Why is she not having her ovaries removed?

    Maria. @Wakarimasen - she has said that she will do so, later on. She is statistically much more likely to get breast cancer (87% risk) than ovarian (50% risk) , according to her doctors, which is why she opted to have the greater risk dealt with first.

    Physically, the mastectomy is the harder surgery to recover from. This was also reported to factor in her decision.

    Hope the knockers come back strong with the best plastic surgery money can buy. Oh, and hoping for the best following this difficult decision.

    Posted in: Women hail Jolie's mastectomy revelation

  • 0

    viking68

    Oh, if they are used for online purchases, there are less risks of your banking information getting compromised from hackers.

    Posted in: Prepaid debit cards: a weak link in bank security

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    viking68

    If they are linked to a particular country (e.g., the U.S.), you can purchase things online from services that require a U.S. account, e.g., the U.S. iTunes store, Netflix or Hulu US if you have a VPN/etc.

    Posted in: Prepaid debit cards: a weak link in bank security

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    viking68

    It is crazy that a political action party (Tea Party, Patriot, or otherwise) should get 501(c)(3) status. I can see some reason to look at these entities a little harder since they are new and 501(c)(3)'s couldn't engage in political activities in the past.

    Besides, who is naive enough to believe that the IRS has integrity and applies the law in a non-partisan way.

    The only thing good in this news is that both Dems and Repubs are pointing at the IRS instead of each other. Still, the Repubs will use this distraction to further their agenda, and nothing will get done in congress.

    Posted in: Obama calls IRS targeting of conservative groups outrageous

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    viking68

    (Mis)quote: The Osaka mayor says there is nothing like blowing off a little steam after getting shot at by engaging in a little government sponsored rape.

    Posted in: Gov't - but not Ishihara - backs away from Hashimoto's comfort women comments

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    That the fraudsters changed from bank transfers to cash shows some improvement. Previously, the bank transfers were not chased down like they should.

    It still happens to older people, so there is good reason to educate that growing populace.

    Posted in: 'Mother, help me' fraud: NPA, public select new name for bank transfer scam

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    viking68

    VPNs work, but they sometimes have lag or stoppages as the video loads.

    A DNS service like unblock-us.com or unotelly.com works for Hulu or Netflix. It may work for Youtube too, but I don't know. It is some kind of DNS services that bypasses the country checks and the data feed comes straight to your device rather than getting slowed down through a VPN server.

    Posted in: YouTube launches paid channels, in TV challenge

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    viking68

    I would have considered her to not be at risk for a heart attack given her background in dance and performance. She may need to review her endorsements.

    Hope for a speedy recovery.

    Posted in: Actress Yuki Amami suffers heart attack after stage performance

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    viking68

    Windows 8 on a Mac running bootcamp leaves a lot to be desired. Basically, I'll need a new windows compatible keyboard to get the windows start key to be able to shift from metro to the desktop.

    In addition, the screen is shifted off to the right with no ability to shift it to the left. In my previous windows rig, Nvidia software allowed me to make this adjustment, but Windows is still pretty slow to adopt simple fundamental adjustments like this.

    On the plus side, it did seem to be a bit quicker than Windows 7, which is a good thing. Windows OS has always been too bloated.

    Still, I'll continue to use my Mac for most non-gaming things. I'll just use Win 8 (through Mac's bootcamp) for games since Windows still dominates in that area.

    Posted in: Microsoft touching up Windows 8 to address gripes

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    viking68

    Just more delusions of grandeur from China and the China supporters here. Or in military jargon, China is just bumping their gums.

    It shows how simple minded and stupid China's policies are. But we all know the policies are directed to control domestic population. It makes me wonder what new domestic Chinese scandal needs another little distraction.

    Posted in: China should reconsider who owns Okinawa: People's Daily

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    viking68

    I have mixed feelings about Okinawa since meeting an Okinawan activist trying to maintain Okinawan heritage.

    Some Okinawans consider themselves independent of Japan. When the U.S. "returned" the islands to Japan, Japan forbade them from using their native language and changed a lot. The earlier Japanese military presence only subjugated the population. It was a terrible history, and I am surprised that many Okinawans don't speak more about it. It seemed like the "returning" of the islands to Japan was the first time Japan really had political and not military control of the islands.

    Still, the prospect of China claiming Okinawa is an absolute farce. Furthermore, the likelihood of Okinawa becoming independent of Japan is as likely as Hawaii leaving the U.S.

    My only hope with this stupid statement from China is that it will cause those who are supporting China to think twice and cause those who are the subject of China's aggression to rise up and stop this stupidity.

    Posted in: China should reconsider who owns Okinawa: People's Daily

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    viking68

    So, I accept your argument if you are referring to China.

    Posted in: Japan has never had smooth ties with China: Aso

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    viking68

    TonyEw: Relax Tokiyo. I am not ripping into Japan without a factual basis, at least if you accept my argument that a hungry desperate country will do 'unimaginable acts of aggression' to improve the well being of her people.

    Which country are you talking about here? My first impression is China. There is a lot of improvement needed for the well being of her people, and China acts desperate and hungry at almost every turn.

    I have never considered Japan hungry or desperate. Japan is a world leader and should be proud of what it has accomplished following the Imperial Japan era.

    Posted in: Japan has never had smooth ties with China: Aso

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    viking68

    Tony Ew: Chinese nationalism shows ONLY when insulted. Japanese nationalism on the other hand is the AGGRESSIVE kind, initiating ACTIONS that are harmful to others.

    Both countries have aggressive right wing elements. Japan's right wing is a minority and does not control the country. Japan also is a country with free elections, and even though there are plenty of black vans spouting right wing BS, not enough people by into their nuttiness to allow Japan to become a like the early 1900's Japan. China on the hand is trying desperately to continue expanding its territory at the expense of other countries and to minimize the spread of internal uprisings by citing the manufacturing affronts to their so called national dignity.

    China is led by an elite few who are only intent on preserving their power and eliminating any challenge to that power. The latest episodes by the Chinese government with Senkaku are only more actions to preserve their power by distracting the populace from the total power of the government over its citizens.

    In the news from China over the last year or two, I haven't seen Chinese snatching people out of Japanese cars and assaulting them, people attacked on the streets, a popular fireworks labelled nuclear bomb over Tokyo being sold openly, destroying Japanese products owned by both Japanese and Chinese citizens, a military war vessel using targeting radar on police vessels, and denying any semblance of truth to continue the instigation of the masses.

    Individually, they may be temporary acts, but there is a consistent trend that has been orchestrated by the central Chinese government to control the passions of common Chinese. Therefore, they cannot be called temporary acts, unless you can call turning off the water at the sink a temporary stoppage of water service.

    China does not have the altruistic government you portray. The Chinese government is only looking out for those in power within Chinese government. Everything else and everyone else is secondary and expendable.

    Posted in: Disputed islands covered by U.S.-Japan accord: Hagel

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    viking68

    Japan is a fake friend of US and it is better to have a known enemy China than a fake friend which is actually more dangerous!

    Keep your friends close and your enemies closer, eh? That's Great. Sounds trite and as silly as cereal box philosophy.

    Posted in: Disputed islands covered by U.S.-Japan accord: Hagel

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