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GrouchyGaijin said...

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  GrouchyGaijin at 08:58 AM JST - 10th April

  Innocent until proven foreign!

  Posted in Swiss woman cleared of drug smuggling charge at 08:58 AM JST - 10th April

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  GrouchyGaijin at 08:56 AM JST - 10th April

  Government sponsored xenophobia. Welcome to Japan! You, foreginer, Got Flu? Smile and gimme those prints! What's next? Yellow stars on our jackets? Our gaijin-numbers tattooed on our forearms? Stripy uniforms? Food rations for foreigners? DNA swabbing at Narita? Welcome to the twilight zone! A few lessons in personal hygiene might…

  Posted in Japan may restrict entry of foreigners if new type of flu breaks out at 08:56 AM JST - 10th April

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  GrouchyGaijin at 08:50 AM JST - 10th April

  Last week, the Ministry of Health announced that 24%+ of Japanese suffered from mental illness. I believe this is grossly underestimated. After a visit to any local/national government office, I always feel sick too!

  Posted in 63% of nat'l gov't workers on sick leave suffering mental problems at 08:50 AM JST - 10th April

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  GrouchyGaijin at 08:47 AM JST - 10th April

  This boggles the mind. If Japanese are considered minors, and treated like infants until they are twenty (or beyond), and they are charged in their late teens, how, logically, can they be expected to conduct themselves like adults in a court of law? As for folks being disruptive of court…

  Posted in Concerns over revision of Juvenile Law at 08:47 AM JST - 10th April

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  GrouchyGaijin at 08:39 AM JST - 10th April

  I saw a dog walking by itself yesterday, on all four legs. I didn't know they had legs in Japan, as they're always carried, or in bicycle baskets! Just about fell off my papa-charri!

  Posted in Dogs battle lifestyle diseases, mirroring human society at 08:39 AM JST - 10th April

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  GrouchyGaijin at 08:38 AM JST - 10th April

  Sen. McCain, sir, you DO realize that the doctrine of pre-emptive attacks works two ways, don't you? Given the Iraq debacle, other countries might feel that the Excited States of America is a threat to THEIR national security, and would, to use your way of thinking, be perfectly justified in…

  Posted in McCain refuses to rule out pre-emptive attacks at 08:38 AM JST - 10th April

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  GrouchyGaijin at 06:51 AM JST - 10th April

  Dropped: Baseball. Added: IPSC standard pistol shooting.

  Posted in Which sports would you like to see dropped or added to the summer Olympics in future? at 06:51 AM JST - 10th April

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  GrouchyGaijin at 06:50 AM JST - 10th April

  Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero, in a speech delivered in May 2005, said that "the colonial invasion of Iraq, and the ugliest of lies of the lie machine that propagated and justified these barbarous acts will forever remain among the greatest and unpardonable crimes against humanity". The Nuremberg Charter…

  Posted in Ahmadinejad accuses U.S. of using 9/11 as pretext for invasions at 06:50 AM JST - 10th April

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  GrouchyGaijin at 04:58 PM JST - 9th April

  "More common sense.....the usual solutions." Regrettably, common sense isn't all that common here. Just look at the exemplars they've elected!

  Posted in 1-year-old girl loses finger in escalator accident at supermarket in Hiratsuka at 04:58 PM JST - 9th April

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  GrouchyGaijin at 04:56 PM JST - 9th April

  I just filled up at the local gas station for JPY121, yeay!

  Posted in Gasoline prices tumble to Y131 level at 04:56 PM JST - 9th April