Xeno23 said...

Xeno23 at 10:58 AM JST - 15th December

Anyway, I'm guessing we'll never hear teh final word on this story. That bullet might as well have come from the space station for all we'll ever know.

Was the car a Toyota or Nissan or etc.? Could be a plot by GM & Co. Get the US Army to…

Posted in Bullet found lodged in car license plate near Marine base in Okinawa at 10:58 AM JST - 15th December
Xeno23 at 10:11 AM JST - 15th December

Sounds like a 7.62mm or .308 round rather than a 5.56mm or .223. If it was a 7.62mm round simply "lodging" in the license plate could mean it came from well over a mile away, as most of its energy was likely spent - otherwise, a round like that would…

Posted in Bullet found lodged in car license plate near Marine base in Okinawa at 10:11 AM JST - 15th December
Xeno23 at 02:48 PM JST - 8th December

Kids' cellphones should have parental controls to lock usage during school hours except for particular numbers, or functions. I expect sooner or later, this will be the case. Too late to kick cell phones out of any venue now.

One positive sign: since regulation against cell phone use during driving…

Posted in Do children need to have cell phones with them at school? at 02:48 PM JST - 8th December
Xeno23 at 04:05 PM JST - 27th November

Didn't we all just comment on this exact same frickin thing two weeks ago - was that article just put through the rehash filter and spit out again? Newsflash: no change from then, folks!

No doubt it's the whopping huge SILENCE from Obama's posse on East Asia in general that's…

Posted in Expectations for Obama running high in Japan at 04:05 PM JST - 27th November
Xeno23 at 03:43 PM JST - 27th November

As usual, an adult commenting on today's children can only think of them in terms of his own childhood. Today's kids are today's kids, not the kids of anyone's yesteryear - it's a failure of imagination, reason and perception to associate them with any context other than their own.

The…

Posted in Animator Hayao Miyazaki worries about children's future at 03:43 PM JST - 27th November
Xeno23 at 03:25 PM JST - 27th November

Both the mangaka and the author have won serious and prestigious cultural awards in Japan; real ones - not best leatherist ilk. Miyazaki Aoi is the lead in this year's NHK Taiga Dorama "Atsu-Hime", and she can actually act. The Olympian is a given. The others, not so much.

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Xeno23 at 11:13 AM JST - 24th November

Regardless of how one feels about Christianity and religion, consistency and correctness should be maintained if one is going to claim any kind of legitimacy, so, all martyrs should be beatified. That Japanese Christian martyrdom has so long gone unrecognized by the Vatican is shameful.

I've known a number of…

Posted in Japanese Christian martyrs to be beatified at 11:13 AM JST - 24th November
Xeno23 at 10:12 AM JST - 24th November

Forgot 3. Barry Nelson from the 1954 production, first ever Bond drama: Casino Royale on the CBS Climax Mystery Theater (Peter Lorre was Le Chiffre!). Also, David Niven and Peter Sellers both playing Bond in the 1967 Casino Royale spoof with Woody Allen as the super-villain Jimmy Bond, and Orson…

Posted in Which actor's portrayal of James Bond is the best? at 10:12 AM JST - 24th November
Xeno23 at 01:24 PM JST - 18th November

Was a bartender for years in Southern California. Bartenders know who's drunk and who's not; also know who has a car, and who drove - it's pretty clear dealing with so many of the public on a daily basis like that. A good bartender is like Sherlock Holmes, my friends;…

Posted in Should bar owners who serve alcohol to customers knowing they are driving be liable for prosecution if the customer is involved in a traffic accident? Should passengers in cars driven by drunk drivers be also liable for prosecution? at 01:24 PM JST - 18th November
Xeno23 at 03:08 PM JST - 14th November

6,000 Yen for a gram of grass? What're y'kidding me? How's this a drug heaven? An average Joe can get a quarter oz (7 grams) of bud for that without hardly trying on any day of the week almost anywhere in LA. I won't go into all the other stuff…

Posted in Is Japan becoming a 'drug heaven?' at 03:08 PM JST - 14th November