nandakandamanda comments

Wow 57% is not far from our JT poll last week that showed 54% of readers voting no.

Quote: “Extremely dangerous military activity that could have developed into a contingency”...

Is a contingency something bad?

Mussels, everything to everyone?

Having cleaned up Tokyo Bay they’ll probably end up in the food chain somehow.

Some people can eat plate loads of them, but I am not convinced.

So much mistrust already. How many Pakistani children die from Polio for example because the health workers face daily death threats?

True or not, this kind of inflammatory story about racial extremists will only add fuel to the tensions and help confirm prejudices all round.

I for one will not be paying to watch this thing.

Like climate change, are we getting more extremes? More fatter and more thinner children?

I saw a documentary recently showing how intensive farming has diverted more and more water away from the dwindling rivers.

Sucker? No mention of money being taken.

Personally I find the idea of a visit there interesting, if only to see what is going on. The Bible and the Qu'ran are just books, sure, but by reading them we might sense something that resonates within us. When computer assisted learning was first touted I was intrigued at the idea of no biased or prejudiced human teacher in the classroom. In the same way this robot could be understood by people unable to go elsewhere.

Maybe he is investing in snow and ice, before everyone runs out of it.

Well, China has claimed the dark side of the moon, and maybe Trump is now starting to give up on making North Korea his own exclusive market, so possibly not so far-fetched. Name your price, Denmark.

The article does not say that the old man died, but I am guessing so. Poor guy.

So many leaking windows suggests the wind blew from some unusual directions.

Not possible. They told us he had specially weak sheets which would rip, i.e of no use for hanging.

Educator60, this too is true. Thanks for the new angle on it.

To weigh it down I have tied the garage uprights to the car inside, and also to surrounding trees... if the old car lifts away we’ll know how strong the winds are!

We lost some large roof tiles last summer, including one of those massive oni-gawara 鬼瓦. Although everyone in the valley was given evacuation orders, the 'collapsing' local dam held up, and the house is on relatively higher ground besides, so we were very lucky.

OK, that’s the sales blurb. Got it. And we know how China regards these proposals.

Silence from the parties mentioned though, suggests a lack of enthusiasm, despite the glowing terms used by Andrea Thompson.

We do hear of rise and fall in well water levels connected to tectonic stresses, and reports of fish and animals behaving strangely shortly before earthquake events.

Perhaps they could add these to their fact or fiction mythbusting list of future projects.

Thanks zichi. Very clear. Although rented property, the garage itself is something I put up many years ago. It definitely needs junking. Gives me kittens every typhoon season.

My old garage is made of rusted pipe and cracked and holed vinyl. Someone told me that if it gets lifted up in a strong gust and blown onto the highway I could be liable for any accidents caused. I have tied everything down, but I wonder how far such liability goes...

Smith, I was simply answering Tommy63, who cares.

Be careful obeying the rules on trash folks! One thing sure to get people riled up.

Expat:

“How do they know it's the same bear?”

Unusually, it is spotted.

‘Swath’ is more American usage.

Does this guy look ‘Caucasian’ as described in the article above?

https://news.sky.com/story/sydney-stabbing-woman-killed-after-knife-wielding-man-targets-bystanders-11784216

In what way is biofuel better for the environment?

This is in the same area which was seriously flooded last summer. Let us hope that people are ready and some newly-strengthened river banks will hold up to what is threatening.

In the absence of any facts, conspiracy theorists have been gifted freedom of the house.

(Hopefully only temporarily.)

Looks very much like an exercise in futility, all parties having bitterly opposing agendas. And the deal to be done on Syrian land.

Not to excuse this driver in any way, but many cyclists chose not to use lights at night. Line of least resistance?

Interesting and thought-provoking, and about time someone took a long hard look at this. Looking forward to seeing it, if they ever show it in Japan.

In the same way that most people eat meat but allow some distant organization to do the slaughtering for us, by driving an electric car we could be assuaging our own individual or family or business conscience, merely hiding the responsibility elsewhere though, actually doing almost nothing more for the planet.

Well, whichever way the truth really lies, it is important to go round the back of the rosy glow and dig out the real facts. Good on Mr Moore.

Not the first time a Japanese tanker has been attacked there. Quite sensible to place an escort in the area, although probably wise not to join the US's gang just yet.

Unbelievably good news that they caught the guy, and that he admits his own umbrella could have caused the wound. Horrible incident. Hoping he gets some serious reflection time.