bamboohat said...

bamboohat at 08:33 AM JST - 2nd March

Way to stay on top of things pop! Glad the kid is OK. 20 is pretty young to have a kid. Gonna be hard on dad now that mom's in the clink, though. Hope grandma and grandpa can help.

Posted in Woman arrested after trying to strangle 1-year-old daughter at 08:33 AM JST - 2nd March
bamboohat at 08:31 AM JST - 2nd March

Why is she covering up such nice legs with a potato sack?

Posted in Miss Mister Donut at 08:31 AM JST - 2nd March
bamboohat at 08:29 AM JST - 2nd March

I wonder how Yu-na and Asada think about this? If they are both professional sports figures, and worthy of the millions they are undoubtedly receiving in endorsements, they'd better quickly both condemn both actions.

But then again, if their endorsements are based on nationalistic pride, they they'll likely stays silent…

Posted in S Koreans launch cyberattack against 2-channel for anti-Kim Yu-na posts at 08:29 AM JST - 2nd March
bamboohat at 11:12 PM JST - 1st March

Amano has quite the shiny suit...

Posted in Hughman touch at 11:12 PM JST - 1st March
bamboohat at 08:08 PM JST - 1st March

So I have no idea where this "away from the thumb" idea comes from.

You generally start near your thumb, and either down, along the veins, towards, you or across perpendicular to the veins. Either way the cut starts near the thumb and goes out from there. Since the thumb…

Posted in Greek court acquits Japanese ex-diplomat for murdering daughter; jails wife at 08:08 PM JST - 1st March
bamboohat at 07:59 PM JST - 1st March

Japan Inc. is going to have to start asking for early retirements.

Like 20 million of them.

Posted in JAL to solicit record 2,700 applications for early retirement at 07:59 PM JST - 1st March
bamboohat at 02:36 PM JST - 1st March

How does one determine a cut in the wrist was not self-inflicted? I can't think of a direction I could not cut my own wrist! And just saying the cut was made after death is not quite enough. How long after death? I think it would be near impossible to…

Posted in Greek court acquits Japanese ex-diplomat for murdering daughter; jails wife at 02:36 PM JST - 1st March
bamboohat at 12:01 PM JST - 1st March

so-called ‘‘parental child abduction’

Why do these Japan apologist always feel the need to qualify abduction with "so-called", or put it in quotes? What else would you call it? They don't use the term with the so called "abductees" to Korea, do they?

It betrays a belief that Japanese blood…

Posted in Japan struggling to address int'l child custody issues amid pressure at 12:01 PM JST - 1st March
bamboohat at 05:01 PM JST - 28th February

Oh jeeze, get over yourself Japan. Nobody wants to steal your stuff.

Many of the Korean visitors are in their 50s or older and go fishing and mountaineering

yea, they sound like a bunch of sleeper agents to me...

Posted in S Korean land purchase in Tsushima stirs security concerns at 05:01 PM JST - 28th February
bamboohat at 08:54 AM JST - 27th February

I guess that big Doraemon painted on the side didn't help much.

Posted in JAL's April-December net loss expands to record Y177.98 bil at 08:54 AM JST - 27th February