shinjukuboy said...

shinjukuboy at 09:05 AM JST - 22nd August

Actually what I suggested above half in jest - the guy for oil - may be true. CNN reports that Tony Blair mentioned the guy many times during trade negotiations. The British government says it is not so. I wonder who could be telling the truth.

Can you say OIL?…

Posted in Lockerbie bomber release stirs diplomatic dispute at 09:05 AM JST - 22nd August
shinjukuboy at 07:49 AM JST - 22nd August

So maybe the guy did it, maybe he didn't. What is clear is that Libya has lots and lots of something everyone in the west really needs: "black gold", "Texas tea"..... OIL. Cay you say OIL?
Returning a "maybe terrorist" to get lots of OIL is a fair trade, evidently.

Posted in Lockerbie bomber release stirs diplomatic dispute at 07:49 AM JST - 22nd August
shinjukuboy at 04:50 AM JST - 16th August

Politicians come and go. Whether they go to Yasukuni or not means absolutely nothing. There is only one person whose visit to Yasukuni matters: the Emperor!

The shrine is for the Emperor, not the politicians, who basically want to get free publicity.

No Emperor (all two) or member of the…

Posted in Koizumi, Abe among lawmakers to visit Yasukuni Shrine at 04:50 AM JST - 16th August
shinjukuboy at 02:30 PM JST - 11th August

Well, that gives "suicide by cop" a new meaning.

Posted in Car crashes into police station in Gifu; driver says he wanted to die at 02:30 PM JST - 11th August
shinjukuboy at 07:38 AM JST - 11th August

One type of burden: remember there was a severe labor shortage during the bubble, so big companies hired lots of dimwitted guys (instead of bright women) they never should have hired. They are called "bubble heads". For example, you know those tiny corner very-limited service bank branches you see here…

Posted in Men of 'bubble generation' -- a burden on Japanese society? at 07:38 AM JST - 11th August
shinjukuboy at 10:55 PM JST - 9th August

For those of you, like me, that have the automatic earthquake warning announcement system in your apartments, the reason it didn't go off was that the system was turned off because four sensor stations were malfunctioning. Sometimes that alarm and the guy yelling "STAY CALM! STAY CALM!" is scarier than…

Posted in M6.9 quake jolts Tokyo, vicinity at 10:55 PM JST - 9th August
shinjukuboy at 08:37 PM JST - 9th August

Stuff feel out of the shelves here in Shinjuku on the 9th floor. Haven't felt one like that in quite a while.

Posted in M6.9 quake jolts Tokyo, vicinity at 08:37 PM JST - 9th August
shinjukuboy at 08:59 AM JST - 7th August

It just wasn't his time to go. If he is in his 70s, then his youth was lived during the war. Falling on the tracks was probably small potatoes for him compared to dodging bombs.

Posted in Man survives fall from station platform as train passes over him at 08:59 AM JST - 7th August
shinjukuboy at 09:31 AM JST - 6th August

Still trying to rewrite history are we? Using the "well, we didn't know" excuse. I'm sure this makes it easier to live with yourself considering what you did.

All this was well known and anticipated.

Posted in For the most part, I don't think Los Alamos (where the atomic bomb was developed) really had much of an understanding of radiation effects. I don't think Truman knew anything about radiation. at 09:31 AM JST - 6th August
shinjukuboy at 01:49 PM JST - 4th August

Alright, herefornow, that is something we can agree on.

Posted in Yukata girls break out their 'Wish!' moves at 01:49 PM JST - 4th August