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@fadamor its widely rumored by others who've sang the anthem televised that she "nailed it" in…
People are human, and come built with faults, including addiction or obsession genes.
Posted in: Why do some celebrities self-destruct due to substance abuse?
sfjp330 at Feb. 14, 2012 - 09:45AM JST RecklessFeb. 14, 2012 - 09:41AM JST Truth is…
Posted in: Why do Japanese change their attitude when they communicate with foreigners?
Substance abuse was more of a symptom. Performing for audiences on demand is an extremely stressful…
Posted in: Why do some celebrities self-destruct due to substance abuse?
Interesting. You can almost tell from the comments who's been here for more than five years…
Posted in: Why do Japanese change their attitude when they communicate with foreigners?
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That shot looks like they have him in custody. Either that or they're about to take one step back each and rip him right in half.
Posted in: Asashoryu, Hakuho drop in on Hatoyama
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Maybe it's like not giving a gun or motor vehicle to a child. Similarly, some countries are not advanced, evolved or responsible enough to have one yet, either due to cultural or religious beliefs or political reasons. Which is obviously why it's imperative to have an int'l coalition to prevent certain countries from aquiring them as they could likely fall into wrong hands.
Posted in: Should some countries have the right to tell other countries whether they can or cannot have nuclear weapons?
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My wife is from Hokkaido and had never heard of this. So she looked it up and found that it started in heisei 1 (1989) and this is the 21st annual. She told me that she thinks they burn the dolls instead of disposing as the article states. Anyone want to speculate as to why they might burn them as she got annoyed with my line of questioning?
Posted in: Dolls' day
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Chessnutroastin
Who let Grimace out of the McDonald's zoo?
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Chessnutroastin
Only 150 signatures? Isn't that the entire population of Wyoming?
Posted in: Protest brews over Cheney center at Univ of Wyoming
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Chessnutroastin
Looks like Sato has a man-crush on Jackman.
Posted in: Wolverine
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Chessnutroastin
Now that's taking matters into your own hands. Wonder how long it will take him to regret that action.
Posted in: Egyptian cuts off penis after family nixes wedding plans
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Depends on your perspective of "old." I'd say if you don't know anything about the Eagles , get a education in Rock 101. Anyway, I wouldn't go see MJ if you gave me a free pair of tickets.
Posted in: Michael Jackson seeks comeback in London
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Chessnutroastin
Very polite of the youths to reason with the salaryman, rather than just rolling and robbing him.
Posted in: Three men arrested for robbing drunken salarymen in Tokyo
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I'd love to see those hoops smashed on a crowded subway.
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Smithinjapan- please quit saying "points" when refering to how many "runs" were scored in a game. I've read a tone of posts from you the last few days regarding the WBC and it's obvious you don't follow baseball, so why do you comment so much? Perhaps it's the same reason why you and others are compaining (again) about the lack of coverage on TV when it's been like that for many years and nothing's changed. Japan is still down 1-0 in the top of the ninth against Korea. Is the tiebreaker (if Korea wins) total runs head-to-head or sum total of the entire round(against mutual teams)? Seems that Japan would get the tiebreak if it's head-to-head and play Australia(if they can win again) instead of Cuba next round. Huge diffenrence there.
Posted in: WBC a big hit with TV viewers in Japan
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pointofview-I believe I read the Eagles GH vol 1 was the biggest seller all-time in the US, while Thriller was far and away the biggest seller ever worldwide, with nothing else even close. I personally had both on cassette tape and could care less about MJ now while the Eagles' music gets better with age.
Posted in: Michael Jackson seeks comeback in London
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Thenewfront- You're right, he's definitely a sicko perv. But he appears to be a hebophile or ephebophile, meaning he is attracted to post-pubescent adolescents. Technically a pedophile/paedophile is attracted to those who haven't reached puberty. And just b/c many 16yo girls in Japan look like they haven't reached puberty yet....
Posted in: Firefighter arrested for filming up high school girl's skirt in Ibaraki
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Chessnutroastin
Checked out Sabiwabi's websites of codoh.com and vho.org. Do you have any sources for your claims that aren't propagandist crap? BTW, I made the mistake of typing in vho.com accidentally and discovered it is a video porn site. Whoops!
Posted in: Holocaust-denying bishop scuffles with reporter
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Chessnutroastin
How embarrassing for the bishop and sabiwabi. Seriously, can we see some evidence that millions of Jewish people weren't murdered as the whole world believes (except for a few nutcases). I suppose Stalin didn't kill millions of Russians, the Japanese didn't kill hundreds of thousands of Asians and that the Rwanda genocide never occurred. I have to agree with the very sane Kinniku, whose tete-a-tete with Sabiwabi I have thoroughly enjoyed. It is most definitely up to the deniers to present some legit evidence to back up their despicable claims.
Posted in: Holocaust-denying bishop scuffles with reporter
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Chessnutroastin
Where I come from this is common sense and courtesy. I think even if I'm in Tokyo my mom would reach out and smack me in the back of the head if I just sat there while some old or handicapped person stood beside me.
Posted in: Tokyo Metro
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Chessnutroastin
You'd think with her dough she could afford some implants. If his legs were any skinnier, they'd break. And as far as baseball talent, he never had a great amount, being good enough to bounce between triple A and a MLB bench.
Posted in: Paris Hilton
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Chessnutroastin
He can't slice veggies but is still allowed to fry things? Living life on the edge, isn't he?
Posted in: Daisuke Matsuzaka and his wife to make first appearance on 'SMAPxSMAP'
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Chessnutroastin
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Posted in: Former President Bush touts son Jeb for top job
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From: http://www.themodernapprentice.com/history.htm
It is known that falcons were given as presents to Chinese princes as early as 2200 BC, but these may have been for pets and not for hunting. 200 BC - Japanese records note falcons given to Chinese princes 9th century - Japanese records mark the presence of women falconers
And as cliffworks noted, it is well-noted that the Tokugawa shogunate and earlier enjoyed falconry and using birds to hunt.
Posted in: Falconry