cleo said...

cleo at 07:08 PM JST - 15th August

This 'courageous' way of thinking exhibited by these torpedo boys is being honored by these flag wavers

Or maybe they're just remembering their fallen comrades.

And thanking their lucky stars the war ended before it was their turn.

Posted in Yasukuni at 07:08 PM JST - 15th August
cleo at 06:57 PM JST - 15th August

No Sarge, just nifty with Google!

What bothers me more than the two old boys with the flag is the bloke in what looks like combat duds over to the left. Much more sinister.

Posted in Yasukuni at 06:57 PM JST - 15th August
cleo at 06:00 PM JST - 15th August

The wording on the top of the flag reads kaiten tokubetsu kogekitai kikusuitai, in other words a manned-torpedo suicide squad. Once sealed in his torpedo, the pilot had no way to get out again. Torpedos that missed their target were set to self-destruct.

I very much doubt these men are…

Posted in Yasukuni at 06:00 PM JST - 15th August
cleo at 12:42 PM JST - 15th August

The little cutie on the left doesn't look like she's getting her money's worth.

Posted in Entertainer at 12:42 PM JST - 15th August
cleo at 11:43 AM JST - 15th August

Some lawmakers also said they fear domestic airlines might try to get the cell phone ban lifted so they can charge passengers extra to sit in no-phone sections.

How about charging extra for use of a phone section?

Posted in U.S. public divided on in-flight cell phone use at 11:43 AM JST - 15th August
cleo at 11:07 AM JST - 15th August

if all their oil was stolen by Bush and Cheney where did all that cashola come from?

The fact that they went after it don't mean they got it. They said it would be over in 6 months tops, that didn't come to pass. They went into Afghanistan supposedly…

Posted in Aid group suspends work in Afghanistan following deadly attack at 11:07 AM JST - 15th August
cleo at 10:55 AM JST - 15th August

‘‘(Whisper) was scared of the screen,’’ Hoketsu, completely drenched after the program, told reporters

Not the horse's fault. Who was it didn't train the horse to be easy around all the glitz and bling of an Olympic arena?

Posted in Hoketsu disappointed with dressage performance at 10:55 AM JST - 15th August
cleo at 06:50 PM JST - 14th August

“I didn’t expect that I could swim so fast,”

That's what I like to hear in the Olympics.

Posted in Kitajima makes it a double double at Olympics at 06:50 PM JST - 14th August
cleo at 06:43 PM JST - 14th August

Totally meaningless.

Does someone like Obama count as all black, or half black, half white? Does Tiger Woods count as half Asian? Or is it more complicated than that? Or simpler?

And what does it matter?

Posted in White Americans no longer a majority by 2042 at 06:43 PM JST - 14th August
cleo at 02:24 PM JST - 14th August

Common sense would tell you to get help for post partum depression, would it not? Or am I showing male logic?

Yes it would and yes you are. The problem with depression is that in many cases the person doesn't realise they have depression. The first step to solving any…

Posted in Osaka suicide mother charged with murdering her own daughter at 02:24 PM JST - 14th August