GG2141 said...

GG2141 at 12:02 AM JST - 11th October

All the blame for this current disaster sits squarely in the head of GW Bush and is incompetent band of idiots. America has been raped of its future and robbed blind by the current administration. The US is so unbelievably in debt now that the next administration will have a…

Posted in Mid-sized insurer Yamato Life goes bust, affecting 1,000 employees at 12:02 AM JST - 11th October
GG2141 at 01:52 PM JST - 10th October

Personally, I would like to see the exact wording of that survey.

Q1: Did you have a foreign guest last year? yes/no

Q2: If a big, scary "long nosed demon" came to your lodge and you were unaware of his/her serious medial condition, would you want them to stay? (please…

Posted in 70% of inns without foreign guests wish to keep it that way: survey at 01:52 PM JST - 10th October
GG2141 at 12:29 AM JST - 9th October

"rubber weapons" ???????????

Huh! "rubber", as in "made from rubber" (the same stuff as tires). What possible purpose could a "rubber" gun have. Japan is awash in disconcertingly well made plastic weapons, viss lasser sighting.

Why would anyone buy an inert lump of "rubber" fashioned into a weapon shape???

Posted in RISCON at 12:29 AM JST - 9th October
GG2141 at 11:53 AM JST - 5th October

Who wouldn't....

Posted in At least 42 death-row inmates seeking retrial, civic group says at 11:53 AM JST - 5th October
GG2141 at 04:46 PM JST - 2nd October

From Wiki-Chem (the spelling challenged source of all chemical knowledge): The toxic nature of this compound arises from the mercury ion. Mercury Posioning causes a very serius neurological syndrome. A famous example is the Minamata disease occured in Japan. Typical symptoms of mercury poisoning are ataxia, muscle weakness,loss of vision,…

Posted in Univ of Tokyo admits using banned chemical in rice sold to consumers at 04:46 PM JST - 2nd October
GG2141 at 04:41 PM JST - 2nd October

Whoop-de-doo, indeed.

The kids will get a Y50,000 fine, a slap on the wrist and get sent home with a stern warning. I do hope the University does NOT overreact and kick them out.

THAT would be a crime.

Posted in 5 Hosei University students arrested for possessing marijuana at 04:41 PM JST - 2nd October
GG2141 at 09:59 PM JST - 1st October

Boo tatami, down with the cursed floor weed.

Posted in YOSHIKI, sumo association feuding after singer keeps boots on in Hakuho's dressing room at 09:59 PM JST - 1st October
GG2141 at 06:59 AM JST - 30th September

Restaurants must totally re-invent themselves every 3 years or die.

Even the mighty Nobu.

FYI: fast food is an exception to that rule, and is technically not even "food", from a cuisine point of view, it is "product."

Posted in Nobu forced to close London restaurant on credit crunch at 06:59 AM JST - 30th September
GG2141 at 05:51 PM JST - 28th September

Kim Jung's nurse (Kim Ok) is a little firebrand. Ever since Kim Jung had a stroke she's been opening nuclear power stations, bad mouthing the neighbors.

What is next?????????

Posted in N Korea calls Japan 'war criminal state' at 05:51 PM JST - 28th September
GG2141 at 10:15 AM JST - 28th September

He's right. Nikkyoso is a joke. They lost their direction years ago.

Shame he's quitting. Japan needs more politicians that call a spade a shovel.

Posted in Transport minister Nakayama resigns over controversial remarks at 10:15 AM JST - 28th September