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Al Jazeera rocks, as usual.

The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan led to the US borrowing more than a trillion dollar to China. Besides the international trouble & basic human rights trouble, I doubt adding to the debt by starting a new war will be such a urge for the US in the near future, and it will definitely not kick start the economy but only add to its problems.

When did "social"-based words became something negative?

If the guy actually proves to have mental issues, how could he have access to guns ? Even if he was sane (well, as sane as you can be when you shoot people), he's an example of why i'm pro gun-control:

When people snap (and people snap everyday and everywhere), I'd rather the only thing that comes to their hand is a stapler or even a knife and not a gun, whatever the type of it.

Same here. Dialogs are just perfect. Learned some things about Facebook, but actually learned even more about Harvard !

Question is: what was the n°1 video on the locally much more popular NicoNico Douga.

"U.S. officials in Washington say other countries have curtailed their dealings with the U.S. government because of WikiLeaks’ actions."

No. Other countries have curtailed their dealings with the US gov because of US gov action, which was revealed by Wikileaks. Quite a difference, if you ask me.

How come cremated remains are considered "corpses" as in "abandonment of a corpse" ? Not much sanitary hazard right here...

“On the Meguro line that serves Sensoku and Ookayama, there are lots of affluent elderly people of large stature, and they can be quite annoying,” says a regular user. “On three occasions I’ve seen them blow up at nearby passengers, saying ‘I’m wearing a pacemaker, so don’t use your cell phone around me!’”

This guy is basically saying people with pacemaker are a nuisance to his little commuting habits. Wow.

A lot of thing about how SMAP music sucks, but let me remember you guys that SMAP are a group of dancers, not singers. Same goes for EXILE, Kat-Tun & the rest.

"But, but, I love my country !" Yeah, and ?

They should just put Happi on.

I'm seeing iPad style tablets in all seats soon, even economy class, cause that will soon be cheaper than the "entertainment system" already in place.

So game & movies & news on the iPad instead of (most of the time) crapy screen.

Wouldn't do on Emirates, though, they have a kickarse system even for eco !

Love this kind of "news".

"Some semi-famous person does thing at some random event".

On related news, Prime Minister Wen says basically the same stuff as Liu, on CNN. "I believe freedom of speech is indispensable for any country ... I often say that we should not only let people have the freedom of speech. We, more importantly, must create conditions to let them criticize the work of the government," he said.

And I actually believe he is sincere. So the question is : will he get purged, or is change actually possible.

"Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself" is a message lost on this dude, who pretends to be a minister...

Hair metal is back...

Benkei & Ushiwakamaru, isn't it? No need to dumb down for the readers, we're coming to this site to learn.

That's funny to hear such a remark from this guy, considering the number of suits these days that sport a good chapatsu.

Somebody's been trigger & cash card happy, apparently...

I'm not sure he'll have so much fun, cause the FSB seems to be quite interested in the Russian arm of BP too. http://www.rferl.org/content/article/1079669.html

@Pukey2 : Well, "Chie" definitely is a Japanese name, but MistWizard is overly generalizing both about Japanese & Western behavioral patterns.

All those sound straight out of drama and/or harlequin-style books. But that's no wonder considering the quality of the question in the first place...

Such metrosexuality !

Just one thing: WWF is not a UN affiliated body but an independent NGO.

Or a lot of guts. But still, I don't think that's quite it. Group effect, more like. Confidence through your peers. And there are a lot at the Japan Expo.

I left France a while ago for Japan, but I may return one day and not be shocked too much by any difference with my present home !

Eating sports are a disgusting thing on many levels.

Google check results don't mean something is true. Before it was the JMSDF flag, it used to be the Imperial Japanese Navy flag. The same kind of pattern of a rising sun flag exist for other uses too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rising_Sun_Flag

It is still considered a sign of militarist and imperialist Japan in most neighboring countries, though, and used to be forbidden during the American occupation.

It's not just hooligans. I do not support those actions, but nothing changes and anger is rising, so it does not come as a surprise either.

So executives with reasonable paychecks is considered a bad thing?

That kinda goes against the current public opinion in the West, at least, especially after the golden parachutes stories et al. at Wall Street & co.