The 10,000 Post thread V3

[Chptrk 86]

4441.

 

I wanted this post to be 4444, but it isn't.

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

(4440)

Restaurant review sites are lame and unreliable. Too much shenanigans where restaurant owners hire people to rate their place up and rate their competition down. Too many freaking yuppies who will downrate a place with good food because they are disgusted at the lack of tablecloths or similar stupidity. And of course 95% of all reviews are from people who had an exceptionally horrible or exceptionally amazing experience, so who knows what the real deal is.

4442: Generally I find that they are reasonably accurate. Granted, there's been a couple that I like that no one else has and others I dislike that others love, but generally they seem to be a good indicator.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

4443 (probably)

 

4438

It's my birthday tomorrow and I plan on going to a restaurant with family. Is Japanese a good choice? My mom doesn't seem to like sushi at all.

 

It really depends.  The "Japanese" restaurants in my hometown resemble actual Japanese restaurants in very superficial ways and are all run by Korean people.  I don't find anything particularly wrong with that, but there's some stuff they serve there that is just not Japanese even a little bit.  However, there is a lot more than just sushi and other assorted sea food, and if she likes pork or fried food I'd imagine that any Japanese restaurant worth the name on its sign would serve tonkatsu or something.  If there's a Japanese steak house in your city, you might be better off trying that.  Just keep in mind that none of it is going to be actual Japanese beef.  Heck, I live here and I've never had real Japanese beef.

[astronelson 339]

4444.

 

4441.

 

I wanted this post to be 4444, but it isn't.

 

It may not be post 4444, but it's in post 4444!

[Chptrk 86]

4444.

 

4441.

 

I wanted this post to be 4444, but it isn't.

 

It may not be post 4444, but it's in post 4444!

 

4445.

 

Your post made it worthwhile. Fantastic.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

4446

 

That was beautiful, you guys.

[Duke87 1,070]

(4447)

Importation of beef from Japan to the US is illegal under customs regulations. But this has not stopped fancy restaurants from serving "Kobe beef", because there is no rule saying they can't call whatever random beef they have by that name.

[timmie 988]

4448

 

A bit of news from my life: Wednesday I went to the largest terrorism-trial ever in Belgium, to make a news item for my Master in Journalism. It was a bit strange to stand there between all the 'real' journalists (and terrorists)

[Larks2242 251]

4449.

 

Kitty still trying to get milestones after all these years

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

4450

 

I refer to the cops here in Japan as the fuzz.  Now my almost-5-year-old son does the same.

[Duke87 1,070]

(4451)

 

People in Japan probably have no idea what you're talking about.

[DCMetro34 576]

4452

 

I'm baaaack.

[Larks2242 251]

4453.

 

A homecoming for many.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

4454

 

People in Japan probably have no idea what you're talking about.

 

They sure don't!

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

4455: We have had election madness in Victoria today. A change of state government has happened. My seat has swung 7% in favour of Labor, not to mention the Green party has picked up the seat of Melbourne and possibly another in Richmond once full counting is done.

[astronelson 339]

4456.

 

The Victorian Legislative Council results will prove interesting. Watching the ABC's coverage, the Labor panelist seemed rather happy about not having to strike a deal with the Greens to form government, but they likely may need them to get things through the upper house.

 

Oh, and Shepparton had an absolutely massive swing of 32.5% from the National Party to an Independent, Suzanna Sheed, who got in with 56.7% after preferences (with 60.9% of the votes counted so far). The electorate boundaries were redrawn significantly since the last election.

[RipRap 4,400]

4457

Thanks for the suggestions guys. I instead went to a restaurant recommended by my Japanese Friend. They served me Hiroshima Okonomiyaki and my brother had tonkatsu. It was delicious, and I was able to practice my Japanese.

About the election, I just don't want the Labor party to continue pursuing for rather non-priority projects such as the East-West Toll Road.

[Duke87 1,070]

(4458)

 

I find it interesting that various commonwealth nations have a lot of the same predominant parties. "Labo(u)r Party" could be the UK, Canada, Australia...

 

Common roots, of course, but you'd think over time where would be some drift.

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

4459: Aren't you more surprised that the Liberal party is centre right conservative?

[Larks2242 251]

4460.

 

 

not to mention the Green party has picked up the seat 

 

 

Not something you would ever hear in the US, Not even in the isolation zone known as San Francisco.

[Duke87 1,070]

(4461)

 

Aren't you more surprised that the Liberal party is centre right conservative?

 

Considering the traditional definition of "liberal" (favoring the free market) is completely different from how it is used in US politics, no, no I am not.

 

not to mention the Green party has picked up the seat 

 

Not something you would ever hear in the US, Not even in the isolation zone known as San Francisco.

 

Not on the national level but the US Green party has in the past gotten people elected to seats in state legislatures, four of them to be precise: one in Maine, one in California (from Oakland, not San Fransisco), and two in Arkansas (non-simultaneously).

The latter three changed their party affiliation while they were in office. It is difficult to effectively represent as a member of a third party.

 

They have also held hundreds of local and county positions.

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

4642: Melbourne now has the distinction of having both its state area and the federal district of Melbourne (covering the state electorates of Brunswick, Melbourne and Richmond) held by the Greens.

There are currently 4 seats in doubt (Bentleigh, Frankston, Carrum and Prahran). The first three are probably Labor and the last, Liberal.

My federal seat is a bellwether, having predicted the winner 24 of the last 26 elections (slightly more Liberal).

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

4463

 

I'm going to vote Green just to be spiteful.  I'm done voting for the the two big, awful choices.

[astronelson 339]

4464.

 

I always number the Greens up near the top, if not at the top, of my preferences. Labor goes somewhere after that, and the Liberals near the end, although ahead of the further-right-wing parties and people I know absolutely nothing about.

[timmie 988]

4465

 

I find it interesting that various commonwealth nations have a lot of the same predominant parties. "Labo(u)r Party" could be the UK, Canada, Australia...

 

Common roots, of course, but you'd think over time where would be some drift.

 

I don't think it's odd, though. I think most countries in West-Europe also have comparable parties, although the electoral systems are different. We have social-democratic parties, conservative or christian-democratic parties (though christian-democratic parties are usually more on the left than conservative parties). Some countries also have strong liberal parties (in the economic sense of the word), others don't. Of course there are more parties than just these, but the socialists, conservatives, and liberals are usually the old, 'traditional' parties. See this table (made in just a minute, so I didn't look anything up).

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A question for the Australian members: how is it possible the Liberal/National-coalition still scores about 50% in TPP-polls? Is Tony Abbott really that popular?

[Duke87 1,070]

(4466)

 

But of course the US is different.

 

I also wonder how all that stacks up against parties from countries in Latin America, Asia, etc. Fewer cultural ties to Europe there.

[RipRap 4,400]

4467

 

That Comparison is right. NDP is more to the Left, Liberals are Centre (Left) and Conservative is Far Right. The old Conservative Party (Progressive-Conservative) was Centre-Right until they were crushed in 1993.

[timmie 988]

4468

 

What I know about Latin America is that there are usually quite a lot of parties that are represented in the parliament. They usually form some kind of alliance for general elections. This is very obvious in Brazil: they have about 30 parties in parliament. A bit like Italy, a country with a really complex political and electoral situation, and a bit of an anomaly in Europe.

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

 

I find it interesting that various commonwealth nations have a lot of the same predominant parties. "Labo(u)r Party" could be the UK, Canada, Australia...

Common roots, of course, but you'd think over time where would be some drift.

I don't think it's odd, though. I think most countries in West-Europe also have comparable parties, although the electoral systems are different. We have social-democratic parties, conservative or christian-democratic parties (though christian-democratic parties are usually more on the left than conservative parties). Some countries also have strong liberal parties (in the economic sense of the word), others don't. Of course there are more parties than just these, but the socialists, conservatives, and liberals are usually the old, 'traditional' parties. See this table (made in just a minute, so I didn't look anything up).

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A question for the Australian members: how is it possible the Liberal/National-coalition still scores about 50% in TPP-polls? Is Tony Abbott really that popular?

4469: What polls are you looking at? Last I heard Labor were edging ahead 54-46.

[astronelson 339]

4470.

 

Australia is one of the more politically conservative developed countries, conservative parties tend to do well here.

 

There's also a fair few people who vote for a particular party because it's the party they've always voted for or because it's the party their parents voted for.