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Helter_Skelter at 12:38 PM JST - 23rd July

So do you separate the difference between nuclear power plants and nuclear bomb plants?

Since a byproduct of nuclear power plants is plutonium-239, which can be used to make nuclear bombs, they will need to be destroyed as well. I now look forward to your response bemoaning how Iran can't…

Posted in Rice warns Iran of 'punitive measures' at 12:38 PM JST - 23rd July
Triumvere at 12:37 PM JST - 23rd July

Whether the allegation is true or not, its clear he has serious family issues.

Posted in 'Batman' star Bale arrested for attacking mother and sister at 12:37 PM JST - 23rd July
papasmurfinjapan at 12:37 PM JST - 23rd July

Cleo

I agree. I don't advocate ignoring it or fudging it, but sometimes making an educated guess with a translator's note outlining the ambiguity is the best one can do.

I have, however, occasionally come across clients (usually the type that request a translation every 2-3 years for a trade…

Posted in No substitute for human touch in translating at 12:37 PM JST - 23rd July
adaydream at 12:37 PM JST - 23rd July

It just eats McCain up that Obama won't say, "The Surge Worked."

Instead he says, "I believe that the situation in Iraq is more secure than it was a year and a half ago."

John will be walking around swinging those little fists at the ground. < :-)

Posted in Obama says he'll work for Mideast peace at 12:37 PM JST - 23rd July
Betzee at 12:35 PM JST - 23rd July

Taka,

It's unclear the McCain campaign can be righted even with a good VP pick. Another name which has been floated is Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of NYC. But he's an immensely successful man both in the private sector and as mayor. Is he going to be content as McCain's VP?…

Posted in McCain under pressure to pick running mate at 12:35 PM JST - 23rd July
malfupete at 12:33 PM JST - 23rd July

Yeah, it really should be changed to high-level skills abroad don't guarantee jobs, period

I'm at the start of this cycle, I've told my wife that we have to return to my home country by next year, job related, and of course she gave me a 5 year time limit…

Posted in High-level skills abroad don't guarantee job in Japan at 12:33 PM JST - 23rd July
Bovinus at 12:32 PM JST - 23rd July

TV mirrors society, society doesn't mirror TV. But it gives us all a nice scapegoat so we don't have to blame ourselves. Thanks TV.

Posted in 15-year-old boy arrested for beating ex-classmate to death in Gunma at 12:32 PM JST - 23rd July
skipthesong at 12:31 PM JST - 23rd July

this will be over soon. Obama says he'll go in Pakistan and get those AQ and Taliban.

Posted in 30 Taliban, 2 policemen killed in Afghanistan at 12:31 PM JST - 23rd July
undecidedbout08 at 12:30 PM JST - 23rd July

When the NYT's explained it wanted a companion piece to Obama's they meant something which set forth McCain's own views.

I guess it's just me. Elections should be competitions. I don't want an opinion piece from the Republican nominee "mirroring" or simply responding to what the Democrat nominee wrote.The NY…

Posted in New York Times defends decision not to run McCain's op-ed article at 12:30 PM JST - 23rd July
delitachan at 12:30 PM JST - 23rd July

I don't see the logic in these measures at all...this isn't going to prevent frauds as long as greedy people out there exist and thier naive, ill-informed victims.

Posted in Banks to ask customers not to use cell phones at ATMs due to fraud at 12:30 PM JST - 23rd July