zzonkerr said...

zzonkerr at 12:58 PM JST - 10th October

Let's get something straight here - Being a freeter in Japan is by and large a choice. Unless your personal situation is extreme, you have to pretty much make a conscious decision to opt-out of the rat race here. These freeters who decided to extend their childhood into their 20s…

Posted in Mass despair permeates working class at 12:58 PM JST - 10th October
zzonkerr at 12:47 PM JST - 10th October

Foreign trainees = institutionalized slave labor and indentured servitude.

Posted in 12,700 foreign trainees go missing, return home at 12:47 PM JST - 10th October
zzonkerr at 06:03 PM JST - 5th October

He only changed his shirt. Look at his trousers and shoes - he's still effectively in work clothes.

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zzonkerr at 09:53 AM JST - 29th September

And I spent my Y200 on train fare. Damn!

Posted in Nomura pays only $2 for Lehman Brothers European unit at 09:53 AM JST - 29th September
zzonkerr at 10:47 PM JST - 28th September

Right - we all know that Japan has been less than forthcoming about atrocities committed during its colonial period and the war ("Comfort women? No! They did that voluntarily!" - remember that line?) and this can honestly be filed under "Pot Calling Kettle Black".

But, seriously, isn't North Korea the…

Posted in N Korea calls Japan 'war criminal state' at 10:47 PM JST - 28th September
zzonkerr at 10:31 AM JST - 24th September

So, let's see...if I slut myself out, I can sell for big money, too? Is this the lesson to be learned?

Posted in Single mother Anna Tsuchiya releases raunchy CD at 10:31 AM JST - 24th September
zzonkerr at 08:17 PM JST - 8th September

Cow - Comes as no surprise, but your student is seeing it wrong. It's not a race to have a female leader first. In that regard, Japan will have to go for the bronze among G8 countries; the UK's Thatcher and Germany's Merkel coming in 1 and 2.

I don't…

Posted in Koike, Yosano declare candidacies for LDP presidential election at 08:17 PM JST - 8th September
zzonkerr at 08:06 PM JST - 8th September

Sept 11 no longer defines U.S. foreign policy

Yes, it does. And, as far as the Republican Party is concerned, it's the only even remotely credible card they have to play.

Posted in Sept 11 no longer defines U.S. foreign policy at 08:06 PM JST - 8th September
zzonkerr at 04:16 PM JST - 8th September

If, God forbid, Sarah Palin becomes the US vice-president, and Koike ends up heading Japan, we need to get those two together. The resulting vortex of nothingness would create the largest low-pressure system on the planet since Hurricane Katrina.

Posted in Koike, Yosano declare candidacies for LDP presidential election at 04:16 PM JST - 8th September
zzonkerr at 11:10 AM JST - 8th September

I saw this movie yesterday. I was cool to the idea at first, but went just so my daughter would stop nagging me. I thought it was a kid flick; truth is, the movie rocks. It is really, really good. I enjoyed that film more than I have any other…

Posted in Jodie Foster finds her inner adventurer in South Pacific at 11:10 AM JST - 8th September