telecasterplayer said...

telecasterplayer at 02:42 PM JST - 24th April

A lot of the responses here seem to confuse "the way things are" with "what is right". Assuming this account is accurate, the cops: acted dubiously and failed to make clear their intentions as peace officers; didn't establish their id's and therefore didn't make clear their public responsibility/duty to check…

Posted in Roughed up by the cops in Shinjuku at 02:42 PM JST - 24th April
telecasterplayer at 12:21 PM JST - 22nd April

I joined for the all-you-can-eat Friday Night Chinese Buffet. Stay away from the Kool-Aid, though..

Posted in Why do people join cults? at 12:21 PM JST - 22nd April
telecasterplayer at 11:29 PM JST - 20th April

Of course it was not Japanese right-wingers trying to frame the chinese. Wouldn't that be a little complex for guys who like to set fire to little old ladies homes (Koichi Kato's mother), and drive around in garishly-marked vans blasting desperately seeking attention from people who don't give a crap?…

Posted in Temple sprayed with graffiti after withdrawing from Olympic torch relay at 11:29 PM JST - 20th April
telecasterplayer at 12:41 AM JST - 20th April

It's about damn time someone stands up to the blue track-suited thugs. And I hope more people will condemn the Olympic Committee for actually ADVOCATING the use of this bully-force. I guess in the committee's view, "the Olympics aren't about 'politics'.. and we'll beat you until you accept this!".

BTW,…

Posted in Nagano police will not accept Chinese security personnel for relay at 12:41 AM JST - 20th April
telecasterplayer at 06:17 AM JST - 19th April

6 time visitor to Japan. #7 likely in the fall (hopefully to see Asashoryu clean up in the November Basho).
To Jerseyboy, et al.. I lived in San Francisco, and ceased to be impressed about 2 months after moving in. I sympathize. I know where you're coming from. BUT There…

Posted in New Tourism Agency faces several barriers to boosting visitor numbers at 06:17 AM JST - 19th April
telecasterplayer at 01:29 PM JST - 14th April

I've read about this relatively new suicide-by-gas phenom in Japan on some other site. Sorry, can't remember which one. The "courtesy note" on the door doesn't seem to be enough to stop innocents from getting hurt. It's got to be a gruesome, painful death.

Posted in Son dies, mother injured by hydrogen sulfide gas in Okayama at 01:29 PM JST - 14th April
telecasterplayer at 11:51 PM JST - 11th April

This is the guy who supposedly heard "voices" telling him to stab the cab driver? And yet these voices also told him to go party for a while.
Amazing how these killers never have "voices" that tell them to put a sock in it and go back to work.

Posted in U.S. murder suspect went to pachinko parlor, then met girls after crime at 11:51 PM JST - 11th April
telecasterplayer at 02:31 PM JST - 10th April

"I'm Lovin' It.. literally!"

Has anyone made a "Secret Sauce" joke yet?

Posted in Porn producers arrested for filming at McDonald's in Saitama at 02:31 PM JST - 10th April
telecasterplayer at 02:28 PM JST - 10th April

Li Ying, stash that directors cut overseas! Michael Moore stashed a master print of "SiCKO" in Canada when the Bush junta started making threatening noises. Do it before the liverspots on the LDP decide no one must see it.

Posted in 'Yasukuni' director slams lawmaker for intervention after swordsmith wants his scenes deleted at 02:28 PM JST - 10th April
telecasterplayer at 09:08 AM JST - 9th April

notimpressed, Hey, there's nothing childish or fanboyish about "Princess Mononoke", Miyazaki is a world-class film-maker.

Poor bugger probably wandered into the town then started to freak out at everything.

What causes the boars to go nuts? I remember last year or the year before there were maybe three boar attacks…

Posted in Boar attacks 5 in Osaka, then barges into kindergarten at 09:08 AM JST - 9th April