JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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To be healthy, live in the big city
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Teacher nabbed for using miror to peek up girl's skirt
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Japan's nuclear safety standards flawed, says commission chief
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From carnivores to herbivores: how men are defined in Japan
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Why do Japanese change their attitude when they communicate with foreigners?
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- English Instructor (Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe)
- Berlitz Japan, Inc. (ベルリッツ・ジャパン株式会社), Kansai
- Salary: ¥125,000 ~ ¥250,000 / Month
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- FT English Teachers for Kids - Osaka
- Kohgakusha Co., Ltd. （株式会社興学社）, Osaka
- Salary: ¥255,000 ~ ¥275,000 / Month Travel Expenses, Encouragement of Japanese learning*
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- Translator
- ZAIHON, Inc. (日本財務翻訳株式会社), Tokyo
- Salary: ¥6.0M / Year Negotiable
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yabits
LOL! And while we're at it, let's really pretend that the largely well-reasoned and non-threatening criticism of failed Republican policies provides the justification for angry right-wingers lowering the level by several rungs further. What planet do these doltish conservatives live on?
Anyway, the sane segment of the American population is witness to these nutcases exercising their free right to make complete asses of themselves. Like immature little kids who want attention.
The problem will come when the impact of just showing their guns will wear off, and a few of them are going to want to ratchet up things a bit more. And their foolish apologists will somehow again find a left-winger to blame everything on.
Posted in: Threats, jeers saturate angry health care debate
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yabits
Yes, but that doesn't mean they will actually collect a penny, unless a judge/jury agrees with the case they present. No, what must be happening is doctors and nurses are so overworked and stressed with all of the administrative wrangling (and other burdens) laid on them by the system that the rate of genuine mistakes, as opposed to "emotionally percieved injustices" has increased.
Posted in: Obama says health care critics use 'scare tactics'
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yabits
And the problem with that is....
I've never seen anyone explain what value private insurance companies add to the system of paying for health care. Each insurance company skims FAR more out of the system and leaves many more people uncovered at the time when they need health coverage most.
Posted in: White House appears ready to drop 'public option' on health care
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yabits
A little introspection on your part would be more appropriate: Taking a look at the distribution of $9/hr jobs in the current U.S. economy -- jobs that don't normally come with any health care -- what percentage of those currently employed at that salary will find higher-paying jobs waiting for them if they decide they want to "move up."
The simple fact is that the U.S. economy is shedding many more jobs than it is creating, which only adds to the dire situation with health care.
Posted in: Obama says health care critics use 'scare tactics'
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yabits
Where are you getting that "fact" from?
Fact: Nearly 100% of Americans over age 65 have health care because of a program known as Medicare. That serves to cloud the percentage of uninsured between the ages of 45 and 65, which must have been your intent.
What percentage of personal bankruptcies in the U.S. are due to paying for health care? Lots of people have "health care," up until the point that they become ill and actually need it -- and then their insurance company drops their coverage.
The number of illegal aliens drawing on the health care system is nothing but another diversionary scare tactic.
Posted in: Obama says health care critics use 'scare tactics'
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yabits
I read about the situation and felt exactly the way you did about the couple. But in this crazy world I often have to reserve my judgment.
The possibility you provide is very plausible also.
Posted in: Up to 8 people involved in Florida couple's slaying
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yabits
Add that one to the many lies told by Palin and her supporters. The editors of the San Fransico Chronicle did not classify Palin's move as such.
The truth is that a single opinion-writer, Willie Brown, presented his opinion that Sarah's move was political genius. Willie is doing his job as an opinion writer -- by presenting things to get people's attention.
If Republicans and other idiots buy Brown's assessment of Palin's political skills -- and I fully agree that she has lots of very dumb people eating out of her palms -- then you have to buy Brown's explanation of Palin's actual motives. It is only through those motives that Palin's move can be seen as a good one.
Unfortunately, Palin is not honest and straightforward enough to admit to those motives.
Posted in: Palin says she's not leaving politics
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yabits
WhiteHawk asks: "What hypocrisy, and which lies? C'mon man, be specific."
Andrew Sullivan has recorded and documented over 30 whopping falsehoods told by Sarah Palin. All of them are great examples of specificity.
C'mon man, pick one of them and refute it here.
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/thedailydish/2009/07/the-odd-lies-of-sarah-palin-a-roundup.html
Posted in: Palin says she's not leaving politics
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yabits
What??!! Why can't people set a high standard for what they want in a leader? I want a leader who will be admired for their genuine intelligence, wit, historical and world perspective, and an ability to think on their feet. Palin has NONE of those qualities.
She's not even the "pit bull in lipstick" that she touted herself to be, quitting the post that the people of Alaska elected her to, and which she took an oath to serve her term. Quitting like this is ten times more bizarre than John McCain quitting his campaign to rush to DC to help solve the financial crisis.
Posted in: Palin says she's not leaving politics
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yabits
This is quite an extraordinary and disturbing case, and one that is certain to become a sensation once more details are disclosed. Yesterday, Escambia County's Sheriff Morgan indicated that one or more of the men who attacked the house were aware of the family situation with special needs kids.
Since the men were in the house only for a few minutes, and reports do not indicate whether they actually took anything, it appears that the motive for this was other than robbery. If murder was the intent from the beginning, it seems very odd that so many people could be recruited for an attack like this. (As opposed to a lone, disgruntled individual.)
One possibility is that Mr. Billings may have had a secret life that involved him with some very bad people. Another possibility is that the group harbored neo-Nazi-type viewpoints about taking care of special needs people. (During the Nazi regime, the mentally retarded were euthanized.)
Posted in: Up to 8 people involved in Florida couple's slaying
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yabits
Hey, when you have people presenting a rate of 3 reversals in over 232 majority decisions as a "60%" reversal rate, you can see how dangerously stupid some Americans are. Which explains the Palin phenomenon perfectly.
I attribute stuff like this to massive brain damage due to lead poisoning.
Posted in: Palin says she's not leaving politics
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yabits
And so you admit that only 5 of the 232 decisions in which Sotomayor sided with the majority were deemed worthy of review by the Supreme Court. You preferred to throw out the 60% figure because it made Sotomayor sound like she wasn't a good judge.
Especially since the average reversal rate for other appellate districts hovers near 70%.
This is the typical kind of dishonest buffoonery which conservatives are noted for.
Posted in: Supreme Court nominee Sotomayor pledges impartial justice if confirmed
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yabits
I'm still laughing at your buffoonery regarding the "60%" reversal rate -- which was derived from a total of 3 reversals in 232 cases.
Posted in: Palin says she's not leaving politics
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yabits
Funny to see conservatives like WhiteHawk resort to Limbaugh-like buffoonery. Par for the course.
Sotomayor figured in the majority of 232 cases as an appellate judge. Of those 232 cases, 3 were overturned by the Supreme Court -- a reversal rate of 1.3 percent. Of course, the baffoons never mention the fact that of 232 decisions, only 5 were considered worthy of review by the Supreme Court, and three of those five were reversed -- which is where the baffoons draw their very laughable 60% figure.
Actually the reversal rate by the Supreme Court for the cases it does review is usually higher than 60% by appellate court district. So Sotomayor's district actually fared better than many others.
Posted in: Supreme Court nominee Sotomayor pledges impartial justice if confirmed
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yabits
The more susceptible to parody, the less great. Those who associate Palin with the word great are a regular laugh riot.
Posted in: Palin says she's not leaving politics
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yabits
Sounds to me like someone parodying an imbecile.
Posted in: Palin says she's not leaving politics
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yabits
My gosh, she's running for Miss America!
And what, pray tell, are the "right things" that Sarah Palin -- playing God -- claims to be able to discern in the beliefs of others? Doesn't this imply that Palin -- playing God again -- only has beliefs that are 100% "right?"
Posted in: Palin says she's not leaving politics
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yabits
Yes, I believe there are many Republicans who actually keep track of these things, which, in intellectual relevance, rank somewhere with the ruminations of Junior Sample on Hee Haw, and the "pre-fight" wisdom of Stone Cold Steve Austin.
Posted in: Palin says she's not leaving politics
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yabits
Well, you've heard of American Idol? The Republicans have taken this one step farther and called their search for a new leader, "American Idiot." The trick is to see who can appeal most to the most ignorant, misinformed knuckle-draggers out there, after wrapping the contestant in an American flag and getting photos out there of them holding guns.
The flag and guns are there to distinguish them from the ignorant and misinformed among the Democrats. The sheer volume of such types among the Republicans are what makes this kind of campaigning so profitable.
Posted in: Palin says she's not leaving politics
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yabits
So what? Who says all Hispanics have to approve of her?
So, just what is your price?
Posted in: U.S. Supreme Court justice fight to open in Congress