chardk1 said...

chardk1 at 05:13 PM JST - 18th August

The irony is that one's piety wasn't such a big deal until the religious right started freaking out about losing power, so we are actually more obsessed with the religiosity of the American President than Americans were 100 years ago. That's progress for you, fundamentalist-style.

Posted in Obama, McCain reach out to Christian voters at 05:13 PM JST - 18th August
chardk1 at 04:55 PM JST - 18th August

Are you saying that C.C. Sabathia belongs in this list of outstanding foreign players in the majors? C.C. Sabathia is American-born in California.

Oops, my mistake. But you get the gist of it.

Posted in Japan falls 5-3 to S. Korea for 2nd loss in baseball at 04:55 PM JST - 18th August
chardk1 at 06:21 PM JST - 17th August

In any case even if the WBC win was conclusive proof that Japan is the preeminent baseball superpower - a highly dubious assumption -- that is irrelevant to the strengths of the MLB and the Japanese pro leagues because MLB is a truly international league loaded with great players from…

Posted in Japan falls 5-3 to S. Korea for 2nd loss in baseball at 06:21 PM JST - 17th August
chardk1 at 05:57 PM JST - 17th August

There are some pretty right wing politicians in Japan too, Shintaro Ishihara being a particularly notable example. Koizumi, Abe, Aso, all these guys are certainly well right of center on a lot of issues. And leaders of every country, including the US and Japan, certainly will try to fan patriotic…

Posted in Lee urges Japan to face history in Liberation Day speech at 05:57 PM JST - 17th August
chardk1 at 05:44 PM JST - 17th August

If they did product placement in the movie with everything she hawks, the budget would be just the salaries of the actors and production crew.

Posted in Actress Masami Nagasawa in new film at 05:44 PM JST - 17th August
chardk1 at 05:41 PM JST - 17th August

But I note that the meaning of the word changed in the early 80's from simply "immoral" to the English "fling". I submit that this was due to the influence of English, and some clever person saw the similarity and made the twist.

Hilarious. The word is a kanji cognate…

Posted in The do's and don'ts of having an affair at 05:41 PM JST - 17th August
chardk1 at 03:40 PM JST - 17th August

She is attractive, I think this is just a bad pic. She has a Katie Holmes thing where she's like 5'8 but has a baby face. Doesn't work for everyone. On a tangent, I wish Japanese entertainment industry wouldn't do the weird thing where they put out an album as…

Posted in Actress Manami Konishi says 'I need to be more confident' at 03:40 PM JST - 17th August
chardk1 at 03:28 PM JST - 17th August

I guess Japanese people must hate Japan too. If you read (can read) Japanese sports websites, newspapers or watched sports news in Japan you would know that while Japanese are rightly proud of winning the WBC, they don't consider it an undisputed world title by any means. Also, no Japanese…

Posted in Japan falls 5-3 to S. Korea for 2nd loss in baseball at 03:28 PM JST - 17th August
chardk1 at 01:52 PM JST - 17th August

If mom didn't say "Abunai!" or "Dame! the kids would probably either get run over by a car or grow up to be real brats.

It seems to happen pretty often despite all the warning . . .

Posted in Over 70% of Japanese worried about life: gov't poll at 01:52 PM JST - 17th August
chardk1 at 01:50 PM JST - 17th August

Blame Japan, don't thank the U.S., we're always good, everybody else is trying to screw us. What a positive message to spread on Liberation Day.

Posted in Lee urges Japan to face history in Liberation Day speech at 01:50 PM JST - 17th August