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UK student protest: Anger in the middle class

One of the day’s top news stories: an estimated 50,000 students from across the United Kingdom gathered in London yesterday to protest the government’s cuts to the education budget and the resulting rise in tuition fees from the current maximum of ?3,290 per year to … Read More

Everyone loves a good protest

NHK ain’t making no friends

First, a photo completely unrelated to anything: Stumbled upon this guy sleeping on the platform of Koenji Station at 3pm on a Saturday. That must have been one rough Friday night. Attracted by the group of snickering high school boys, a conductor came over and … Read More

The line right before opening

Uniqlo Megastore opening in Shinjuku

Groundbreaking “interactive reporting”

YouTube Pulls Columbine Videos YouTube has removed a number of videos glorifying the Columbine High School killers, after a BBC investigation. They say no one likes a taddle tale, and regardless of the subject matter (videos relating to the Columbine Massacre) this is an all … Read More

So not.

Part of that 57.4% in Michigan

So the cards have been played and Obama has won; I, for once, am extremely happy to be an American. This is our way of saying to the world that yes, enough is enough, we’re not the big-talking bullies that wuss out at the last … Read More