Sabrage comments

Seven girls on a poster doesn't sell it to me. Sorry Nagasaki.

With bukatsu and homework, the students are often doing 60 hours too.

At the end of the day Australians don't need to think of whales as a resource like fish, but they shouldn't get on a high horse and tell people of other cultures how to behave.

Australia's not telling others how to behave, rather they are trying to protect a reserve where about 80% of the world's whales feed. This protection will increase whale populations world wide.

So it's a win for Japan if they want to continue whaling because their quotas would increase as whales numbers grow.

Gee I wonder if the US government has won the Iraqis' "hearts and minds".

Security will include more than 3,200 police officers from departments across the country, 8,000 members of the National Guard and an additional 5,000 active-duty military members.

Really hope I'm wrong, but I predict violence.

Also, left to spend the rest of his life in prison is a worse punishment than death.

“It seems like we have come full circle from when ‘The Joshua Tree’ songs were originally written, with global upheaval, extreme right-wing politics and some fundamental human rights at risk,” he said in a statement.

Yes, the USSR was on its last legs, Japan was forecast to buy up most of the US, the Iraq Iran war was dragging on, Apartheid was a national policy and Margaret Thatcher was leading the UK. Maybe the world has always been in turmoil...

"The Man in the High Castle" TV series may be driving sales. Interesting book and show.

The Affordable Care Act

She handled it in good spirit.

I feel bad for Carrie's brother

Agree, truly tragic.

The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long - and you have burned so very, very brightly, Roy.

Bankruptcy lawyers: ethically sound.

There'll be US, Russian, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese subs a few clicks behind it.

Nothing. The off-the-shelf sound bytes on peace are tired.

it's pretty obvious that open boarders can work.Look at the US. You can freely travel between states but that doesn't stop LEOs from tracking criminals from state to state...

European states speak different languages, have centuries old different systems. Stick to the day job.

Well, as I live and breathe - Christmas lights in Japan?

You can imagine Germany's bill for monitoring terrorism, after accepting 1m of the ME's finest.

The German leadership were wise in bringing such cultural enrichment for all Germans.

This, theoretically, would lead to less cronyism, graft, bribes, etc.

Well, the system has utterly failed.

The alien was a bit of a nuisance at times, but being onboard Nostromo with Warrant Officer Ellen Ripley, would have been pleasant.

Cheryl was calm and collected. The world needs more Cheryls and Barrys.

Simply because globalization has not delivered the promises made by previous governments.

residents began leaving bananas and other food outside for him.

After the atrocities the Japanese committed in Guam, this says a lot about the Guam people.

What a pathetic end to the IJA - to have it's dying soldiers left fruit by its victims.

More cultural enrichment for Europe.

At least change his name from Matt Damon to "Mah Dah Mon".

a conventional attack on a military base is not the moral equivalent of targeting civilians with nuclear weapons

It wasn't a conventional attack at all - Japan didn't declare war - it was like shooting fish in a barrel.

A calculated and strong move in shifting the US-Chicom relationship.

The Springbok woes continue...

Super Dry was developed to go with food, particularly Japanese cuisine. Works well with fish apparently.

In those humid summers, Kirin Ichiban works well, particularly around a charcoal grill with good conversation.