Wednesday February 15, 2012

JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION

ironchef's past comments

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ironchefDec. 07, 2011 - 11:32AM JST

WW3

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ironchefDec. 07, 2011 - 10:10AM JST

My investments are in dollars, and I will eventually need to change them to yen. I hope it goes back to 100 per dollar.

Don't count on it. Yen will stay no lower than 80 to the USD. Too many people selling the dollar.

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ironchefDec. 02, 2011 - 04:58PM JST

The WBC is not a valid measurement of which team is 'better', especially given the moronic point system that allowed Japan to win in the first WBC despite losing a couple of times to Korea (then beating them to win).

smithinjapan, so what do you suggest is a valid measurement? in my book, the best measurement of the better team is head-to-head competition. You can say all you want, but in the end, it comes down to what happens on the field. In this instance, Japan beat the US in the WBC. Why did the US even enter the WBC if they werent going to take it seriously? and the US was the host as well as the main organizer! Nuff said.

Posted in: Free agent Kawasaki only interested in Mariners
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ironchefDec. 02, 2011 - 02:01PM JST

agree with Suzuki that if the US thinks it is better in baseball, it should try winning the WBC. The problem with US/MLB is that it is all money-focused and there is no national pride. The top American MLBers should be playing for the US team in the WBC, but instead they end up sitting on their azz and protecting their multimillion dollar contracts.

That said, the talent level is undoubtedly higher in MLB because it encompasses the best players from all over the world, especially Latin America. I would say NPB plays better team ball and better strategy. If Kawasaki wants to dictate his terms and play for only Mariners, good for him. I doubt he will make it with the Mariners though, but since he is a FA, why not try? He will probably fail and go back to the Hawks. I am more excited about Nakajima. That kid can play.

Posted in: Free agent Kawasaki only interested in Mariners
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ironchefDec. 02, 2011 - 11:51AM JST

now they have to ruin the name and change it to Yokohama DeNA Bay Stars...without the DeNA was good enough.

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ironchefDec. 02, 2011 - 09:57AM JST

i am a pro-Japan national baseball team fan and MLB fan in general. I rooted for the Japan team against the US team, yes I am a traitor to my country. Anyways, I think this Kawasaki player would be good in short stints, maybe as a pinch runner or spelling the regular SS. He is not a starting SS quality player at all. Hiroyuki Nakajima is a far better player and probably will end up better than Nishioka, Kaz Matsui, Iguchi, and all the other NPB players that played in the US.

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ironchefNov. 29, 2011 - 12:16PM JST

i love how vegans get so emotional for their beliefs must be their diet.

@spidapig24

Agree with you 100% here, to say that "present day animals are more in their natural form" is the most ridiculous statement l have ever heard.

you must have had a really sheltered life then..LOL

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ironchefNov. 28, 2011 - 04:09PM JST

LOL

toilet talk--i would attribute that to gluten and celiac disease..messes up the gut. As such, vegetarians/vegans probably eat a ton of wheat products in order to get full. I bet that would mess up your system badly.

present day animals are more in their natural form than these greenhouse-grown, genetically modified veggies and fruits that have been cross-hybrid umpteen number of times to produce the maximum sugar and starch content. I doubt if an animal has the same ability.

Fiber myth: http://www.gutsense.org/reports/myth.html

and this blog post basically summarizes what i want to say, but this guy is much better and more knowledgeable: http://www.archevore.com/panu-weblog/2011/2/5/no-such-thing-as-a-macronutrient-part-ii-carbohydrates-revis.html

Good luck vegans!

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ironchefNov. 28, 2011 - 01:22PM JST

So basically Yoda's grammar is the same as Japanese grammar.

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ironchefNov. 27, 2011 - 10:56PM JST

The Giants, often called “the New York Yankees of Japan” for their nationwide fan base and historical achievements, have won the Japan Series title 21 times, but have not added to their trophy cupboard since 2009.

Definitely not a Giants fan, but come on, haven't won the japan series since 2009?! that's only 2 years ago!

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ironchefNov. 27, 2011 - 10:31PM JST

ah, the vegans attack. No toilet problems for me for sure. I take it you probably experience that quite a bit since you brought it up.

if beans, avocados, and nuts are your only fat and protein, good luck. Im sure the next 10 years of your vegan life will be much worse. And yes, it is easier to tear apart raw meat with my teeth than it is to plant seeds, fertilize the fields, temper the air and soil to just perfect conditions to grow genetically-modified food that looks nothing like its ancestors. Show me a Fuji apple or avocado from thousands of years ago--oh yeah, you can't.

So your logic makes no sense. Much like vegans in general make no sense. But like you said, to each his or her own.

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ironchefNov. 26, 2011 - 09:18AM JST

Humans weren't 'designed' for anything, we evolved to be opportunistic.

LOL! so we evolved to be opportunistic and that means eating nutrient-deficient vegetables and fruits? over eating a more nutrient-filled source such as meat? OHKAY.

i didnt say vegetarians are collapsing because of their diet. and i didnt say vegetables causes cancer. but i am saying for the amount of food you put in your body, vegetables exclusively is a big waste of resources. you have to eat 20 kinds of veggies for the same nutrients you would get from grass-fed meat, with good fat.

in the case of cancer, i hope you do realize that it is a proliferation of tumors. what is fueling that growth? insulin. insulin from junk processed foods. meat will not have any negative effects on that. vegetables is probably neutral but i definitely dont believe it will prevent cancer. if anything, the opposite.

and since you love citing british news articles so much, here u go;

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/healthy-living/how-our-vegan-diet-made-us-ill-848322.html

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ironchefNov. 26, 2011 - 08:27AM JST

stop eating red meat? shall we extract our canine teeth while we are at it?! we humans are meant and designed to eat meat. without the fat and protein (which provide much more of the necessary vitamins and nutrients than veggies, even a wide cornucopia of veggies), our body will stop functioning. You do realize that our body is run by a system of hormones (insulin among one) and these hormones wont be able to function without fat. Why do you think all these indiginous people such as native Americans, Eskimos, etc prize the fatty meats? Even Buddhist monks who live in mountain temples eat yaks for their fat. I dont have time to find the link but you can google it.

I say stop eating grains as the gluten and celiac disease will ruin your body much more than fat "clogging your arteries" .

correlation is not causation as Carcharodon has put it nicely.

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ironchefNov. 25, 2011 - 09:36PM JST

cleo,

show me a research paper from THIS century and i will take your claim seriously.

Read the Steve Jobs book. You will see how his many years of veganism and fruitarianism messed him up.

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ironchefNov. 25, 2011 - 01:36PM JST

Cleo http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/08/eating-vegetables-doesnt-stop-cancer/ http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2010/04/06/jnci.djq072.abstract http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7559168/Five-fruit-and-veg-a-day-does-not-significantly-reduce-cancer-risk-research.html

I can go on and on. or should i just say "Steve Jobs."

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ironchefNov. 25, 2011 - 01:32PM JST

i am with Hunter Brumfield..for me, Docomo sucked badly in terms of coverage. Cant even get reception in my apartment.

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ironchefNov. 25, 2011 - 11:55AM JST

what was the shindo? magnitude only tells strength. shindo is probably a more useful assessment imo.

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ironchefNov. 25, 2011 - 09:59AM JST

i am going to say that the players will tune her out by mid-season. sorry, but a female coach for a male basketball team will not work.

Posted in: Japan basketball team hires 1st female head coach
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ironchefNov. 24, 2011 - 05:03PM JST

if you want to get cancer, go vegan. If you don't have any fat in your diet, you will absolutely get cancer.

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ironchefNov. 24, 2011 - 09:39AM JST

schizo ka na?

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