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  yokomocSep. 28, 2011 - 09:56AM JST

  As more and more evidence comes that counters the theory of global warming we'll see more global warming alarmists resort to these types of tactics to defend their doctrine.

  Again, what new evidence? Can you even just once back up a single one of your claims?

  Posted in: The American 'allergy' to global warming: Why?

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  yokomocSep. 28, 2011 - 09:49AM JST

  Still wondering how the earth came out of the Ice Age when.....oh, wait....there wasn't any automobiles and factories back then. I bet the creatures that raomed the earth back then blamed something on Global Warming too.

  I'm sure you'll well aware of how Milankovitch cycles control the ice ages, after all:

  I've read alot about this global warming

  Posted in: The American 'allergy' to global warming: Why?

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  yokomocSep. 28, 2011 - 12:51AM JST

  The top guy in the rail company had already had to resign from a simliar job with another rail company because an major crash happened on his watch. Then he got hired by Shanghai Shentong and it happened again! Wonder where he'll end up next...

  Posted in: 2 Shanghai subway trains crash, injuring over 260

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  yokomocSep. 27, 2011 - 05:43PM JST

  Isn't Trump running for prez? I remember him being an early favourite. I'd hate to think he was just saying dumb things that dumb people want to hear just to boost his TV ratings.

  Posted in: Republican candidates seek Trump stamp of approval

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  yokomocSep. 27, 2011 - 02:59PM JST

  The "climate science" you speak of is nothing more than computer models which are designed by vested interests.

  Firstly climate science is a LOT more than computer modelling. Secondly the models themselves and their inputs are based on factual physical relationships. Where their are uncertainties in the models or the inputs this is reflected in uncertainties in projections. The first thing they have to do is model the past, and the current models do a very good of modelling temperature trends over the recorded period (c.1850-date). Thirdly vested interests? Be serious please.

  Real scientists are looking at the observable data and man-made CO2 is not a contributing factor to weather patterns.

  Name me one of these 'real' scientists.

  Remember, 98% of the greenhouse effect is caused by natural water vapor while CO2 is only 1%.

  You mean 60-70% is caused by water vapour and about 25% by CO2 (confirmed by infra-red measurements of radiation entering and leaving the earth's atmosphere). The difference is water vapour is short-lived in the atmosphere while CO2 remains for 100 years and so levels are constantly being increased by human activity. Water vapour levels are increasing though as a feedback from increasing CO2-driven temperatures, and roughly double the warming caused by CO2 alone.

  Why are we even debating this anyways, scientists have already debunked the man-made global warming theory. It's just a political fringe now.

  Again, what scientists and also what have you been smoking? The fact you call it a 'political' fringe says it all. Your opposition to it is political not scientific.

  Posted in: The American 'allergy' to global warming: Why?

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  yokomocSep. 27, 2011 - 02:14PM JST

  I for one, stand on the "Climate waxes and wanes" much of the world was tropical when certain reptiles of a grand nature ruled the earth, then it got cold.

  And fortunately we have some very smart, hardworking people who spend years researching 'why' the world was hotter then, why it got colder and what is causing the current warming trend. Or you could just shrug and says 'It changes. Whatever.'"

  Posted in: The American 'allergy' to global warming: Why?

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  yokomocSep. 27, 2011 - 11:15AM JST

  "“Well, I suppose they could say God is burning us up.” He nailed it here! I am sure the flat earth crowd will go from "There is no warming" to "Jesus is coming back with fire." And they will say it is the will of god and do nothing.

  You think? Rick Perry's response to the record Texas drought, rather than propose water-usage policies was to ask people to "pray for rain" while dismissing climate science. Didn't work, you'll be shocked to hear.

  Posted in: The American 'allergy' to global warming: Why?

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  yokomocSep. 21, 2011 - 09:50PM JST

  oikawa/tmarie, at around 2.30 when I got the Toyoko line back it wasn't busy at all, and mostly it was shop workers, schoolkids etc. Almost no city workers at that time and the winds were already picking up. I pictured trains crammed with salarymen getting stuck between Tokyo and Yokohama for hours from about 4pm onwards. Just crazy to stay the extra hour or two with such an unpredictable event.

  Now you see people queueing for hours at stations to get a packed train home - just go for a beer!

  Posted in: Typhoon strands several thousand commuters in Tokyo

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  yokomocSep. 21, 2011 - 10:17AM JST

  Surprised no news about No.16 which should also be here soon.

  16 already missed Japan completely. It's headed out to the N Pacific now.

  Posted in: 1 dead, 2 missing, over 1 million urged to evacuate as typhoon nears

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  yokomocSep. 21, 2011 - 10:08AM JST

  @It's ME, thanks for the link. Here's another useful one:

  http://www.tropicalstormrisk.com/tracker/dynamic/201118W.html

  Posted in: 1 dead, 2 missing, over 1 million urged to evacuate as typhoon nears

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  yokomocSep. 21, 2011 - 10:04AM JST

  Big dud here in Tokyo

  Facepalm it hasn't even reached mainland Kansai yet. If you're so confident about it by all means stay at work. Good luck getting a train home this evening though. I'll be leaving the office before 2pm.

  Posted in: 1 dead, 2 missing, over 1 million urged to evacuate as typhoon nears

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  yokomocSep. 20, 2011 - 05:13PM JST

  Smith, a couple of days ago it was still a directionless tropical storm faffing around in the ocean - the uncertainty in the projections were very large. Now with the speed it's moving at and the energy in the system there's not a lot any external forcing can do to change its direction, though I hope I'm wrong about that.

  Posted in: Landslide fears as typhoon churns toward Japan

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  yokomocSep. 20, 2011 - 04:03PM JST

  JapanGal/Zichi, its projected path is very narrow - there looks little chance of it veering off into the ocean.

  http://www.tropicalstormrisk.com/tracker/dynamic/201118W.html

  Posted in: Landslide fears as typhoon churns toward Japan

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  yokomocAug. 31, 2011 - 04:43PM JST

  Shame that, Tesco really came through in my area post-earthquake. While the local Aeon had empty shelves for weeks after, Tesco seemed to quickly change suppliers and had essentials back in a few days later.

  Posted in: Britain's Tesco to sell network of 129 small supermarkets in Japan

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  yokomocAug. 31, 2011 - 02:57PM JST

  To the typical Japanese person, Japan is a small island—it is all they ever had and all they will have. Naturally, an uncertain future can result in a frightening feeling. Yet we can study other periods of Japanese history that lead to similar bouts of existential fright, most notably the arrival of Commodore Perry’s black ships. We find that such periods spurred Japan into periods of crisis and political turmoil followed by periods of rapid, historically unprecedented change and innovation. For the most part, this is the story of Japan. Now, Japan seems to be in the midst of yet another one of these cycles.

  I also enjoyed the article a lot but disagree with this - I think Japan's not far into the 3rd turning or 'Unravelling' phase of the generational cycle. It'll be a good 10-15 years before a real crisis mode sets in. Lets face it if you can have an earthquake, tsunami and ensuing nuclear crisis and still people remain pretty ambivalent about life, you're not anywhere near a crisis phase. Compare to the US, Europe etc which are about a turning of out phase with Japan and have now moved into that crisis mood.

  Posted in: Japan’s crisis of ambivalence

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  yokomocAug. 31, 2011 - 02:10PM JST

  Firstly yes, Japanese women in general do post far more of these photos on their feeds than other 'groups', especially as a percentage of their total posts.

  For the reason why I think you've got to go with Occam's Razor here - people post about the things they do and certainly the single working women I know seem to go out for meals with their friends several times a week, so it stands to reason that that's what they'd post about. People who go to the gym, do yoga, play sports or watch a film after work often post about that...etc.

  I don't really get the appeal myself as the meals are usually typical fare and look nothing special, but their girlfriends seem to get into with the exaggerated "oisshisoo/tebatai"s. Just scroll up and what was that? Oh never mind.

  Posted in: Why do so many Japanese women take photos of their food at restaurants and post it on Facebook or their blogs?

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  yokomocAug. 24, 2011 - 03:27PM JST

  Everyone can make a mistake.

  Beating up a woman and gifting money to yakuza bosses is a 'mistake'?

  Posted in: Comedian Shimada quits show business over reported ties to yakuza

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  yokomocAug. 24, 2011 - 02:28PM JST

  Moody's downgrades governments' bond ratings depending on their mood.

  And S&P's standards are poor. Ba-boom

  Posted in: Moody's cuts Japan debt rating by one notch to Aa3

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  yokomocAug. 24, 2011 - 12:10PM JST

  With so many yakuza around, everybody is bound to have at least one yakuza friend.

  Tadamasa Goto referred to Shimada as a "hypocritical chimpira" in his autobiography. That's more than just having a yakuza friend.

  Posted in: Comedian Shimada quits show business over reported ties to yakuza

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  yokomocAug. 24, 2011 - 12:03PM JST

  As @Scotchegg said, there's new laws coming into force in October that make it a crime to have any transactions with the yaks. But as the police have already been cracking down hard on them recently, how long until we see a raft of resignations at government level?

  Posted in: Comedian Shimada quits show business over reported ties to yakuza

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