LFRAgain said...

LFRAgain at 12:41 PM JST - 26th October

Sigh . . . So much wrong with this on so many levels.

Posted in Fukuoka man arrested for leaving dead wife’s body in apartment at 12:41 PM JST - 26th October
LFRAgain at 12:39 PM JST - 26th October

Wow, Now that's some luck. Glad the little fella didn't get hurt too badly. Now perhaps the parents will rethink allowing their kids ready access to a 20-meter free-fall.

Posted in 5-year-old boy survives fall from 8th floor apartment at 12:39 PM JST - 26th October
LFRAgain at 11:38 AM JST - 24th October

Global warming is a scientifically researched and documented reality resisted by right wing media and money grabbing energy industries and corporate interests. The earth has seen unprecedented changes in climate, including a measurable rise in near-ocean surface temperatures over the past 50 years.

Global warming? You bet your rain boots,…

Posted in Obama: 'Cynical claims' attacking energy bill at 11:38 AM JST - 24th October
LFRAgain at 03:12 PM JST - 23rd October

IvanCoughalot,

You took the words right from my keyboard. This story would be far more interesting if we didn't already know that there is no such thing as real termination for executives in these cases, particularly when it comes to semi-governmental corporate monoliths like JR. Do recall how NHK handled…

Posted in JR West to fire 2 execs for treatment of accident probe at 03:12 PM JST - 23rd October
LFRAgain at 07:00 AM JST - 21st October

Looking forward to seeing it.

Posted in Cameron creates new world with long-awaited 'Avatar' at 07:00 AM JST - 21st October
LFRAgain at 02:31 PM JST - 20th October

What's happening in the oceans right now with regard to the depletion of food sources, including whales, is akin to humanity staging a resurection of pre-agricultural age attitudes. Except instead of nomands lacking basic farming techniques, we're behaving as if we were ignorant nomads of the sea, essentially strip-mining any…

Posted in Japan catches 59 whales off Kushiro at 02:31 PM JST - 20th October
LFRAgain at 02:13 PM JST - 20th October

" . . . overfishing is strongly suspected."

Gee. You think?

Posted in Tuna in Sea of Japan weigh less than half what they used to at 02:13 PM JST - 20th October
LFRAgain at 01:12 PM JST - 20th October

Whale is a niche item in my particular corner of Japan and very rarely eaten. You can't order it readily and many restauranteurs will tell you that's because it's not at all popular. Honestly (and factually) this suggestion that the hunting and eating of whale is some sort of "ancient"…

Posted in Japan catches 59 whales off Kushiro at 01:12 PM JST - 20th October
LFRAgain at 12:46 PM JST - 20th October

This observation might explain why the efforts of folks here . . .

Union claims English instructors hired illegally at Aichi schools

. . . likely won't see a snowball's chance in hell of success.

Posted in If the new government becomes serious about addressing the problems of dispatch workers on insecure job contracts, at the expense of regular workers' welfare, it might cause friction with Rengo. at 12:46 PM JST - 20th October
LFRAgain at 11:16 AM JST - 20th October

So many comments to make on this, so little time. :-)

I figure a customer mistook the cuffs for props and simply borrowed them. They'll show up again later . . . Slightly used.

Posted in Cop's handcuffs stolen while he's investigating adult entertainment business at 11:16 AM JST - 20th October