Tatanka said...

Tatanka at 12:37 PM JST - 21st January

A fairly good piece of police work. For this guy Japanese police needed to institute the arrest procedures of the Oakland Transit police.

Posted in Student arrested after threatening undercover policewoman with box cutter at 12:37 PM JST - 21st January
Tatanka at 10:06 AM JST - 20th January

Wow, that's the Japanese Diet's equivalent of "fumie"

Posted in Aso tells LDP to consider reducing number of Diet members at 10:06 AM JST - 20th January
Tatanka at 12:39 PM JST - 19th January

The only thing that's possible is that he and his family are going to have nice digs for four years. A year from now Gitmo will still be open, the wars in Iraq and Afganistan will still be in the news AND the dollar will have plummeted to the mid…

Posted in 'Anything possible,' Obama tells roaring crowd at 12:39 PM JST - 19th January
Tatanka at 03:48 PM JST - 16th January

Hit and artery and blood comes shooting out. The attacker had to be covered in blood; did't anyone see him and notice the blood. Oh, I forgot this is Japan, everyone is in their own private world staring at their cellphones or listening to music.

Posted in More than 60 wounds on body of murdered Chuo Univ professor at 03:48 PM JST - 16th January
Tatanka at 08:51 AM JST - 15th January

Its a sorry state of affairs when a country cannot protect its citizens from being kidnapped in their own country by foreign agents. They will pay millions in ransom for Japanese tourists fumbling into war zones, but only pay a pittance to abductees upon their return to Japan.

Posted in Japan braces for tough time with N Korea after Obama takes over at 08:51 AM JST - 15th January
Tatanka at 07:38 AM JST - 8th January

I remember when he died, the media used a verb for his death "hougyo" that no one had ever heard before.

Posted in 20th anniversary of death of Emperor Hirohito marked at 07:38 AM JST - 8th January
Tatanka at 05:04 PM JST - 7th January

So Buddha do you think Obama is going to curtail the war? Think not. You are probably too young to remember how Johnson did it with Vietnam. Quietly debased our currency to pay for a war and almost a trillion dollars for his social programs -- most of which failed.…

Posted in Obama says trillion-dollar deficits may last years at 05:04 PM JST - 7th January
Tatanka at 10:53 AM JST - 7th January

Like the US tax rebates, Japan should only give the cash payouts to people who filed a 2007 tax return. Its absolutely ridiculous to give money to senile-bag-of-bones lying in nursing homes...

Posted in What do you think of the government's plan to give a Y12,000 cash handout to members of the public in an effort to stimulate the economy? at 10:53 AM JST - 7th January
Tatanka at 08:25 AM JST - 7th January

Just wait until Obama turns the government printing presses into high gear to pay for all the spending programs -- I expect the yen to shoot up to 75 due to the devaluation of the dollar...

Posted in Obama says trillion-dollar deficits may last years at 08:25 AM JST - 7th January
Tatanka at 08:21 AM JST - 7th January

Lawmakers pay taxes, so they are entitled to the money, too. Like the US tax rebates, Japan should only give the cash payouts to people who filed a 2007 tax return. Its absolutely ridiculous to give money to senile-bag-of-bones lying in nursing homes...

Posted in Lawmakers should receive cash payouts just like others: LDP members at 08:21 AM JST - 7th January