ralphrepo said...

ralphrepo at 08:46 AM JST - 22nd January

‘‘I hope the first black U.S. president will understand the pain of Okinawa,’’ said Shoji Matsuda...

"How, exactly, is Obama's blackness supposed to make him somehow more in touch with the, ahem, "plight" of Okinawans...?"

Okinawans were a people that was collectively subjugated by the Japanese throughout history, and still…

Posted in Okinawa hopes Obama will resolve U.S. base issues at 08:46 AM JST - 22nd January
ralphrepo at 03:50 PM JST - 21st January

What they need to do with bullies is to automatically give them a failing grade for the semester, with repeat offenders expelled. Counseling does little, and arrests are moot, because as a minor, the bully really has nothing to fear. By taking away their education, they soon realize that they…

Posted in Junior high school student arrested after bullying incident in Kyushu at 03:50 PM JST - 21st January
ralphrepo at 03:38 PM JST - 21st January

The problem is one of lack of education. Schools in general (whether in Japan or the US), don't focus on what it takes to get hired. Interviewing skills are never taught to students, so as such, they only bring with them a repertoire of communication assets more appropriate to blogs…

Posted in Companies angry over thoughtless students amid economic downturn at 03:38 PM JST - 21st January
ralphrepo at 03:17 PM JST - 21st January

This was not luck, but a good decoy op by a covert team of plain clothes officers that set a trap for the perp, in an area where he was known to frequent. As for DNA, they probably matched mouth swabs with semen evidence he had previously left with his…

Posted in Student arrested after threatening undercover policewoman with box cutter at 03:17 PM JST - 21st January
ralphrepo at 07:19 PM JST - 20th January

Jets only generate maximum noise when they prepare to take off (on the runway with their brakes on, where they rev up to full military thrust before rolling down the runway). This can easily be mitigated with sound barriers (like the kind that's used on the sides of US highways…

Posted in Okinawa hopes Obama will resolve U.S. base issues at 07:19 PM JST - 20th January
ralphrepo at 07:03 PM JST - 20th January

It really doesn't matter about who did what to whom at what point; and all the finger pointing won't provide any solutions, just more anger. Insofar as man is a community animal, as long as two groups exist together, but where one group is socially, politically, and economically disadvantaged to…

Posted in Israel declares unilateral Gaza cease-fire at 07:03 PM JST - 20th January
ralphrepo at 01:08 AM JST - 20th January

This woman needs to have court ordered sterility, as there is really no cure for this. Then she should spend the rest of her life in jail. Munchausen by proxy is well known; especially with emergency workers and pediatricians. The most dangerous kinds of those afflicted are the health care…

Posted in Gifu woman charged in death of 4th daughter by spiking IV drip with water at 01:08 AM JST - 20th January
ralphrepo at 12:51 AM JST - 20th January

The impelled organic substances really only damages the blades and are then ground into a pulp before you can blink. However, fragments of the blades (likened to shrapnel) then cause destruction to the engine, with each subsequent moving metal piece being bent out of shape contributing to and amplifying the…

Posted in Japanese survivor tells of jet going down into Hudson River at 12:51 AM JST - 20th January
ralphrepo at 12:21 AM JST - 20th January

LOL... according to the respondent Realist "...but dont the Japanese do exactly the same thing when they go abroad?" Hmmm, I'm sure they do; why, when they're in the states, they lick steers at the cattle auctions and commandeer fork lifts all the time, don't they? (I'm being sarcastic here…

Posted in Tsukiji fish market readmits sightseers to tuna auctions at 12:21 AM JST - 20th January
ralphrepo at 09:09 AM JST - 19th January

"I pressed the wrong button?" He had the phone's photo program software already active (towards what purpose?) when he "accidentally" pressed and inadvertently took her picture? Of course it could happen... everyone walks around with their cell phone's photo program engaged, don't we?

Please.

Posted in Cop arrested for taking picture of woman’s legs on train in Kanagawa at 09:09 AM JST - 19th January