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Altria at 11:23 AM JST - 24th October

Having said that, I, and probably a lot of other people would have had a lot more respect for McCain if he had made a better VP pick - one that went with his own principles.

Posted in Palin denies accepting $150,000 in designer clothes at 11:23 AM JST - 24th October
RakishGadfly at 11:22 AM JST - 24th October

Gotta echo what others have said - if whitewashing your past, warmongering, massacres and human rights abuses are reasons not to have a UNSC seat (assuming these actually apply to Japan), then what the heck is China doing there?

Posted in Does Japan deserve a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council? at 11:22 AM JST - 24th October
Altria at 11:20 AM JST - 24th October

Interesting article in today's FT which mentions that a lot of McCain's recent grouchiness and frustration may be the result of having to play to the republican right to gain votes, going against his more moderate views. He really wanted to pick Lieberman as his running mate, and it's killing…

Posted in Palin denies accepting $150,000 in designer clothes at 11:20 AM JST - 24th October
redsac at 11:19 AM JST - 24th October

The slight fall in the smoking population is attributable to the public becoming more health-conscious and a widening smoking ban in public places, a JT official said

I wonder how many smoking related deaths contributed to the decline.

Posted in Japan's smoking population falls to record-low 25.7% at 11:19 AM JST - 24th October
ptolemy at 11:18 AM JST - 24th October

It just had all of 30 seconds on the news, channel 1 Nagoya.

Posted in Woman sickened by chemical-tainted Cup Noodle at 11:18 AM JST - 24th October
CavemanLawyer at 11:17 AM JST - 24th October

why did he not file for refugee status years before instead of overstaying his visa and breaking clear immigration laws?

Ha! That is very easy. Its because they might have said no. They usually do. By keeping his head down and his mouth shut he guaranteed himself years in Japan.…

Posted in Court grants Myanmar man refugee status, annuls expulsion order at 11:17 AM JST - 24th October
MikeBarrymore at 11:16 AM JST - 24th October

Oh no!! I thought it was the Chinese that was up to this caper!!

Now japan has joined in, i thought they safety was awight!!!

I wonder if the Japanese media will make such a big fuss about this scandal, probbaly not.

Posted in Woman sickened by chemical-tainted Cup Noodle at 11:16 AM JST - 24th October
ptolemy at 11:15 AM JST - 24th October

Ptolemy says if you buy a chicken make sure it looks like a chicken and clucks and does not tweet or chirp. Also remember the days of honesty Japan are as much a memory of a by gone age as safety Japan. He could exchange them with the CIA? Since…

Posted in Man held for defrauding S Korean woman with $1-mil bills at 11:15 AM JST - 24th October
sailwind at 11:15 AM JST - 24th October

Having Palin as his running mate has resulted in McCain being almost exclusively on the defensive.

You don't think the media had just a wee bit to with that? After all they've only crucified her in the public arena the very day she was picked as his V.P.

A better…

Posted in Palin denies accepting $150,000 in designer clothes at 11:15 AM JST - 24th October
SezWho2 at 11:14 AM JST - 24th October

Well, human beings in the wild routinely walked long distance each day. Now we get in the car and drive to the grocery a quarter mile away and buy a case of Cheetos, plop down and watch CSI and then drive to work and sit behind a computer. Who can…

Posted in Ringling Bros circus to go on trial for elephant abuse at 11:14 AM JST - 24th October