I want to see the same thing for Haiti.
We pumped so much more money into that.
We pumped so much more money into that.
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/0 … later.htmlKampframmer wrote:
I want to see the same thing for Haiti.
We pumped so much more money into that.
Difference is that Japan is what, the world 3rd largest economy? And Haiti is the poorest country on earth..Kampframmer wrote:
I want to see the same thing for Haiti.
We pumped so much more money into that.
This is why a land invasion during WWII would have failed.m3thod wrote:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/before-after-pictures-of-japan-3-months-after-th
There is also the difference that the Japanese know how to build a world-class economy and infrastructure and all, their people are well-educated and all that. Can't just throw cash and expect it to stick.RDMC wrote:
Difference is that Japan is what, the world 3rd largest economy? And Haiti is the poorest country on earth..Kampframmer wrote:
I want to see the same thing for Haiti.
We pumped so much more money into that.
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The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
~ Richard Feynman
~ Richard Feynman
Exactly.Spark wrote:
There is also the difference that the Japanese know how to build a world-class economy and infrastructure and all, their people are well-educated and all that. Can't just throw cash and expect it to stick.RDMC wrote:
Difference is that Japan is what, the world 3rd largest economy? And Haiti is the poorest country on earth..Kampframmer wrote:
I want to see the same thing for Haiti.
We pumped so much more money into that.
11 Bravo wrote:
Mekstizzle wrote:
The media seem to be blowing this out of proportion
Tu Stultus Es
More shakin
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http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ … sc0004sg6/
7.0 mm - fairly large, on the lower end of the tsunami risk scale I think. Very shallow though, which is nasty.
7.0 mm - fairly large, on the lower end of the tsunami risk scale I think. Very shallow though, which is nasty.
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The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
~ Richard Feynman
~ Richard Feynman
oops.. forgot this
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Mek? Is that you? nah...
I stood in line for four hours. They better give me a Wal-Mart gift card, or something. - Rodney Booker, Job Fair attendee.
DPJ Proposes Tax Hikes, Selling Japan Tobacco to Rebuild
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-0 … build.htmlSept. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Japan’s ruling party proposed a 9.2 trillion yen ($120 billion) temporary tax increase and selling the government’s stake in Japan Tobacco Inc. to fund rebuilding from the March 11 earthquake and nuclear disaster.
The Democratic Party of Japan yesterday also agreed on a third post-quake stimulus package of about 12 trillion yen, party policy chief Seiji Maehara told reporters last night. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda’s government must now negotiate with opposition lawmakers to get the plans approved.
“We need to explain sincerely to the public that tax increases are needed to support reconstruction,” Maehara said yesterday. “These are temporary measures. We want to avoid a negative impact on the economy.”
Under the plan, corporate taxes would be raised starting next April for three years, while income taxes will increase as of January 2013 for 10 years. Tobacco levies will go up next October.
The proposal to sell the government’s stake of just over 50 percent of Japan Tobacco may be complicated by concerns that it would reduce crop demand, hurting the country’s tobacco farmers. A senior member of the Liberal Democratic Party yesterday said he’s opposed to the move.
“We must not allow the sale of Japan Tobacco shares,” former Finance Minister Bunmei Ibuki said yesterday. “Tobacco leaf farmers are nervous about whether JT will continue buying all of their produce.”
‘Hoping For That’
Japan Tobacco spokesman Hideyuki Yamamoto today said the eventual complete privatization of Asia’s biggest cigarette maker by market value “has been national policy” ever since its monopoly ended in 1985 “and we are hoping for that as well.”
The government plans to spend 19 trillion yen over the next five years to rebuild after the record temblor and tsunami devastated the northeast and prompted world’s worst nuclear disaster 25 years. While the government has already approved two packages totaling about 6 trillion yen, the economy has shrunk for three straight quarters.
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Al Jazeera? Dang that was a good news video, I had completely misjudged them without bothering to read even one of their articles.
opinion = changed
opinion = changed
And above your tomb, the stars will belong to us.
If you weren't being sarcastic, they have some really decent bits.
shifty just thought they were a terrorist news network.
most people still do.Cybargs wrote:
shifty just thought they were a terrorist news network.
Said it many times now, but al-J are definitely an outfit worth taking seriously.
The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
~ Richard Feynman
~ Richard Feynman
got that shit on lock
What is your Spaghetti Policy Here?
What A Long Strange Trip It's Been
What A Long Strange Trip It's Been
They were the only news outlet on that day that wasn't a fucking joke. No opinions, just news, showing what the areas looked like. Like a news channel is supposed to do.Spark wrote:
Said it many times now, but al-J are definitely an outfit worth taking seriously.
I was really hoping they did. Until it kept getting worse.Chardee MacDennis wrote:
got that shit on lock
Local news channel (ABC 24) just streamed NHK who were very good. All news, no opinion, clear, concise.Poseidon wrote:
They were the only news outlet on that day that wasn't a fucking joke. No opinions, just news, showing what the areas looked like. Like a news channel is supposed to do.Spark wrote:
Said it many times now, but al-J are definitely an outfit worth taking seriously.
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The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
~ Richard Feynman
~ Richard Feynman
I'm starting to like A-J a lot.Poseidon wrote:
They were the only news outlet on that day that wasn't a fucking joke. No opinions, just news, showing what the areas looked like. Like a news channel is supposed to do.Spark wrote:
Said it many times now, but al-J are definitely an outfit worth taking seriously.
e* Yeah I thought they were some terrorist news outlet.
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And above your tomb, the stars will belong to us.
Ever since they started up AJE, and got some decent international correspondents they've been on the rise. Miiiles better than CNN Int'l, haven't seen enough BBCW lately to compare.
The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
~ Richard Feynman
~ Richard Feynman
From wikipedia:
Also:On 4 March 2011, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Al Jazeera provided more informative news coverage than the opinion-driven coverage of American mass media.
Make of it what you will.A widely reported criticism is the unfounded allegation that Al Jazeera showed videos of masked terrorists beheading western hostages in Iraq.[102] When this was reported in other media, Al Jazeera pressed for retractions to be made.[103] This allegation was again repeated on Fox News Channel in the USA on the launch day of Al Jazeera's English service, 15 November 2006.[104] Later The Guardian apologized for incorrect information that Al Jazeera 'had shown videos of masked terrorists beheading western hostages'.[105]