JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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tsurubushi
Let us all take a moment to pray this doesn't become the next Elmo.
Posted in: Bowwow
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tsurubushi
SuperLib - it isn't trivial. Poor judgement on that level shows the opponent a glaring weakness in our system, and would have provided them with a wedge to drive between our own forces. He's lucky he didn't have UCMJ thrown at him. As a military officer, he was trained never to let his guard down among reporters, no matter where they come from. While he is in uniform, everything he says and does is seen as representing the official policy of the military. Reporters have one job, according to the military: to create conflict and burn whoever/whatever they are reporting on. He knew that. As a Chaplain, I know that. The military train all officers to first avoid the media, and then if cornered, say nothing important. You don't say anything of "value" to a reporter, or when there is a reporter present for tactical reasons. Even in this post, I have to be aware that my words can and will be taken and misconstrued and used for whatever purpose, and therefore I have to consider the impact of each word. He has a PAO (public affairs officer) for a reason... Gen. McChrystal failed, and he took the consequences.
Posted in: Obama fires McChrystal; Petraeus picked for Afghanistan
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tsurubushi
Come on Stratu23, you know you can't eat a proper mystery meal without new Meiji brand Yeti-natto (TM).
Sarge, If you have to ask...it'll probably wreak havoc on your innards for longer than rush hour traffic in L.A. I suggest avoiding it.
Posted in: U.F.O. pork curry
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tsurubushi
WilliB,
We Buddhists would not have a problem with it. Funny that you should mention it, actually. That's exactly how we describe the various bodhisattvas to our Catholic friends. Indeed, we often suggest to our Christian friends that we consider Jesus to be a bodhisattva (that is, one who reached the goal and came back to help others - a model for one's behavior), and when the concept is explained to them, they find it more or less agreeable. The key here is, if your religion and your beliefs are strong, you can let others believe whatever they want without issue ans still get along. It's when you have weak levels of belief that you get fanaticism. Of course, to the casual observer, this is counterintuitive.
Posted in: Muslim anger prompts Pakistan to block Facebook
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tsurubushi
not to state the obvious, but anyone rolling up on your block with a flash grenade is 99% probably police. Would it have hurt the grandmother (assuming the story is true) to simply let the officers come in and search? They find what they are looking for, he gets taken away quietly, and nobody dies. It's not rocket science.
Of course, if there is more to the story (and there always is), an investigation should be carried out.
Of course, Yabits is quoting the family's lawyer, who knows full well that if this goes to court, it will be decided by a bunch of locals, who will likely see him on the local news. The more he can do to prejudice his potential pool of jury members in advance, the better his chances of winning the case. That's not to say the police aren't doing the same thing (I'd put money on them also using this technique), only that lawyers can't be trusted either. Personally, I'm more willing to trust the police than I am a lawyer, because lawyers NEVER lie, right? Police do too, but lawyers get paid to do so. None of us on this board has seen the actual footage since it was confiscated by police and none of us was there that night to verify the incident happened as either party said, although the police did mention an independent witness in the CNN piece... draw your own conclusions.
Perhaps it is better to wait until the details and evidence come out (if/when this goes to court) and draw real conclusions then.
And Frungy, the police did have a "high-risk search warrant" for that house. When they entered the premises, they had reasonable suspicion that the suspect was there and would engage in violent confrontation. The difference is that one is in what is called "line of duty". It doesn't absolve the officer, but it does protect them. And if you have access to the video, please produce links, or something. Or you are just spouting off what the family's lawyer says is there, rather an actually knowing what went on.
Posted in: Detroit police say 7-year-old girl shot dead in home search
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tsurubushi
the thing with the cameras is that it's an exceptional case. Most hearings, you get the local affiliate to maybe cover it. On a slow day, you send in the president of the local fan club with a broken digital camcorder to "record" the event. It would be so much easier to get business done if they weren't all in the way.
On another note, a number of other (non-Toyota) cars just got recalled today.
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tsurubushi
SuperLib - it might not be all of the picture, but it is a big part of the picture. It was recently noted that other car manufacturers have similar defects reported but they aren't being grilled like this. See http://www.consumeraffairs.com/recalls/arecalls_auto.htm for more on this. Why aren't the heads of Ford and Volvo and Nissan and Subaru and Chrysler and Honda being called to the carpet for their vehicles?
That said, I do think this is a problem that Toyota has not effectively dealt with, and should have.
Posted in: Toyota chief's U.S. testimony closely watched in Japan
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tsurubushi
The Israelis are playing games again to inflame the Palestinians and stop any real progress toward peace. Well, it's working. About the only solution is for the US to come out and declare non-assistance for both sides. Basically, pull back our funding, our logistics, our help, and our material aid to both sides. We screwed it all up when we continued the error the British made in the early part of the last century... unfortunately, Obama's hands are tied by his need for fundraising from the Jewish community. There will be no peace deal until we stop backing one side over the other (it would be equally disastrous if we switched to supporting the Palestinians) and get our hands out of the pie.
Posted in: Israel says it will keep parts of West Bank forever
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tsurubushi
To this day I don't go anywhere without my Pentel P205 0.5mm mechanical pencil that I bought five years ago (cost: $7). Unless I lose it or run over it with my car, it should last me 20, maybe 30 years with a minimum of care (like an occasional spring may need to get replaced). How long does a 100yen pencil last? Maybe a month or two if you're lucky. Better to buy the better quality product and buy less of them over time.
Posted in: Mechanical pencil
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tsurubushi
the sign is made of wrought iron, if I remeber right. depending on the thickness, they may have noted the price for iron and decided that the sign was worth more in their pockets than it was on the gate. Might just be a common theft of a valuable material, who knows?
Posted in: Polish police find stolen Auschwitz gate sign cut into 3 pieces
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tsurubushi
that bit about the yamabushi should have been deleted...minor point anyway, and long since debunked.
Posted in: Rediscovering Japan, Reintroducing Christendom
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tsurubushi
seriously? he's going off of 300 words (etimologically, this is not enough to provide any meaning) with similarities and old speculation. The yamabushi and s We're talking about a theory which has been debunked for at least a generation of scholarship both Western and Eastern. This is yet another attempt to claim the world for Christ by means of utterly ridiculous theories. Let's take a look at the usual claims: tengu (didn't start looking non-Asian until the 1500s, before then, they were beaked like birds), religious garb (rough, general similarity does not prove causality, as this book's author should know), linguistic "similarities" (Japanese words and grammar have almost nothing in common except 300 "similar" words), and folklore (the stories bear vague cross-cultural similarities, as do Native American and Russian folklore, or Chinese and Mayan, if you look hard enough at the message being conveyed, and not the way they are presented, the stories, or the characters).
In short, this book is bogus.
Posted in: Rediscovering Japan, Reintroducing Christendom
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tsurubushi
The answer for feeding the world is to have less people or more land, take you pick as to which one is more possible). As for the tuna, good that they're working to keep the species going, but it doesn't solve the basic problem of too many people eating this specific fish. You can grow as many fish as you want, until people stop seeing it as a (relatively) cheap and popular product that prosperous people buy and eat, nothing will change.
Posted in: Fisheries lab succeeds in producing 'man-made' tuna fry
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tsurubushi
The guy may be a schmuck but you can't deny his line. After receiving that manner of dual kiss, I'd be glad I was born, too.
Posted in: Mino Monta kissed by pair of sexy ladies in new Lotte commercial
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Bamboohat - it took a second look, but I think you are right. The little guy is definitely checking out the goods. Whatever works, right?
As to Mrs. Hatoyama, her smiling like that is creepy... Jim Jones creepy.
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The point being missed here is the issue of honoring the fallen. There is little that riles us up like ridiculous reporters thinking they are doing us or the country a service by showing us these pictures. They are doing one thing and one thing only and that is dishonoring the dead. It's the moral equivalent of peeing in someone's grave during the funeral.
Posted in: AP picture of mortally wounded Marine sparks debate
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honen - I was trying to be family friendly, but yes, that's the idea. In either case, don't beat it like a drum. Cause, you know, the sign says so.
Posted in: Mystery sign
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tsurubushi
come on, people! it's so obvious the sign says "no beating your belly like a drum." You know, tanuki style.
Posted in: Mystery sign
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tsurubushi
f&c - I'd have to agree. no recent dish on her though.
I like the concept of a solar-charged phone, but I don't see how that's at all practical in Japan.
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tsurubushi
What's with the facial expression on the one in the top row. Looks like she's really miffed at something...
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