Wednesday February 15, 2012

JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION

spudman's past comments

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spudmanNov. 27, 2010 - 09:51PM JST

My wife won a first prize in a regular lottery here in Japan. About 150,000$US. You bet we told no one. THus far we are the only two who know about it.

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spudmanNov. 25, 2010 - 12:12AM JST

Sad news for their families on the eve of the holidays.

kind hearted wishes but there are no holidays until XMAS in NZ. tragic end for a great community, the coast hasn't had much luck with mining.

Posted in: All 29 NZ miners dead after 2nd blast
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spudmanNov. 22, 2010 - 11:54PM JST

It is betterdays. Someone who wrote this has no clue.

The dude who escaped the mine said it. Miners know that with methane fires the level of CO is usually commensurate with the thickness of smoke. Tons of smoke= high CO concentrations so his quote was perfectly rational. He never said he smelt or saw it, he saw the smoke. Hope the guys all made it to safety. This will knock the coast back a bit if it ends in tragedy.

Posted in: Robot to enter NZ mine to take photos, air samples
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spudmanNov. 13, 2010 - 10:30AM JST

Tesla cars need to become cheaper,

Same thing was said about motorcars 100 yrs ago. Personal computers 25 years ago and plasma TVs 10 years ago.

Posted in: On the road
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spudmanOct. 27, 2010 - 07:00AM JST

Religious right looking to interfere in popular culture again. Jebus the character was a knocked up cheerleader. Why would you get upset about a panty shot after that history?

Posted in: Steamy 'Glee' GQ pics have many steaming
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spudmanOct. 25, 2010 - 08:24AM JST

How many Japanese are actually in this photo (you know 100% pure)?

Newsflash, Japanese isn't a race, it's a nationality. Glad to see some others at JT think likewise.

Posted in: Girls, girls, girls
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spudmanOct. 14, 2010 - 09:23PM JST

Austin Powers reincarnated in Tokyo. Nice pic!

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spudmanOct. 08, 2010 - 08:27AM JST

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How about a family-only section at the back of the plane?

Yeah put them back in the bounciest part of the plane.

Posted in: What's the best way to deal with screaming or badly-behaved children at airports and on planes so that they don't drive other passengers crazy?
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spudmanOct. 06, 2010 - 08:43AM JST

But in the three decades since, Ono has worked to keep his legacy vibrant, and continues to do so with the approach of his 70th birthday on Saturday.

More like worked to maximise her profits from her dead husbands works. Ono Yoko is such a egomaniac.

Posted in: Yoko Ono reflects on John Lennon's 70th birthday
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spudmanOct. 05, 2010 - 08:03AM JST

Woot woot, way to be out in front with this Japan. Leading the way or just the lap dog yipping at the heels.

Posted in: Japan issues travel alert for Europe
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spudmanOct. 04, 2010 - 08:04AM JST

And Softbank still sucks. Crappy service and coverage. Clever commercials though.

Posted in: Hamasaki achieves dream of appearing alongside canine father in Softbank ads
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spudmanSep. 22, 2010 - 07:09PM JST

Mission accomplished, tons of publicity from a wider range of media than she could have imagined. JT did pretty well from her as well.

Posted in: Check-out time
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spudmanSep. 20, 2010 - 12:16PM JST

Flat tax = Dumb.

Offering no reason for a one word opinion=dumb. Flat taxes are the best and fairest way to take peoples' money in a democracy. Corporate taxes, rebates on employment, research and development costs and a flat tax rate on all other profits. Double the tax rate for people receiving welfare after retirement. Retired people getting a pension should be doing volunteer work and leaving paid employment to younger now unemployed folks.

Posted in: What do you think is the fairest method of income tax?
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spudmanSep. 17, 2010 - 12:16AM JST

good article, thanks Jason. Looking forward to more.

Posted in: Yuki Nakai remains committed to teaching true spirit of martial arts
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spudmanSep. 15, 2010 - 02:42PM JST

Japan was the first to officially incorporate the island and that is how international law works otherwise we will have claims for every past Empire saying that at one time or another this territory or that territory was theirs.

Indeed we do have that happening all over the world now. But I agree with you.

Posted in: Who has the best claim to the Senkaku Islands: Japan, China or Taiwan?
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spudmanSep. 15, 2010 - 08:36AM JST

The islands belong to Taiwan and Okinawa. It belongs to the indigenous peoples of these two places. The problem is mainlanders from China arrived in Taiwan and mainlanders from Japan arrived in Okinawa. Japan controls Okinawa and China claims Taiwan and the indigenous peoples get left with nothing.

Really like this. Geographically the Senkakus are not related to Japan so best claim must surely go to the Taiwanese. But possession is 99% of ownership, so Japan keeps them.

Posted in: Who has the best claim to the Senkaku Islands: Japan, China or Taiwan?
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spudmanSep. 04, 2010 - 04:26PM JST

An act of God followed by an act of passion from the same guy.

Yeah we all know God hates older buildings. Thanks for the write up Simon but o need to go superstitious on us.

Posted in: 7.1 quake hits New Zealand's South Island
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spudmanSep. 04, 2010 - 01:13PM JST

Joking, unless quitting and being stupid are traditional American values. Maybe for Southern whites but that electorate is getting smaller and smaller.

Posted in: Beck, Palin: Help us restore traditional American values
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spudmanAug. 27, 2010 - 08:36AM JST

unfortunatly they will stop pitching to him if he gets close to the HR record. I'm sure he's been here long enough to understand that.

Why would that be?

Posted in: Ramirez puts himself in RBI record books; homers twice
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spudmanAug. 10, 2010 - 05:14PM JST

GM needs to be the one fired. Obviously is a very poor manager of personal.

Posted in: Last-place Mariners fire manager Don Wakamatsu