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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Squid at June 21, 2022 07:28 PM (NFN9G)
Posted by: Squid at June 21, 2022 07:29 PM (NFN9G)
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at June 21, 2022 07:29 PM (c8pZY)
Posted by: Squid at June 21, 2022 07:30 PM (NFN9G)
Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2022 07:30 PM (2JoB8)
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT
I think you meant fabulous praying mantises.
Posted by: a swallowtail butterfly at June 21, 2022 07:31 PM (P1f+c)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 21, 2022 07:31 PM (ptqGC)
Posted by: April - dash my lace wigs! at June 21, 2022 07:31 PM (OX9vb)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 21, 2022 07:32 PM (ptqGC)
My dearly departed kitty used to do this if she thought I'd slept too long. I had to remove the springy doorstop to stop the fwang-ing.
Posted by: bonhomme at June 21, 2022 07:33 PM (kDGvA)
But I guess grabbing some booty no one will know
Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2022 07:34 PM (2JoB8)
There was a huge die off one year of crows. Motorcycle accidents. State spent hundreds of thousands of dollars studying the event. Finally the "experts" found the cause.
Seems the birds could sound the warning "cah", but none could pronounce "bike".
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at June 21, 2022 07:35 PM (c8pZY)
Posted by: Ace
Keeping to their 6nm social-distancing policy.
Posted by: mikeski at June 21, 2022 07:35 PM (P1f+c)
I decided not to bother with the trains...
Posted by: gourmand du jour at June 21, 2022 07:35 PM (jTmQV)
*Mark Rober
His videos are worth binge watching. He's a legit engineer and he puts a lot of thought and time into his shenanigans.
youtube.com/c/MarkRober/videos
Posted by: bonhomme at June 21, 2022 07:37 PM (kDGvA)
But I guess grabbing some booty no one will know
Posted by: Skip
That is an issue. So, "beware chikan" signs, and women-only subway cars. To limit molestation to lesbians, I guess.
Posted by: mikeski at June 21, 2022 07:38 PM (P1f+c)
Posted by: Simple Joe Biden at June 21, 2022 07:39 PM (0ocXn)
It was packed but it wasn't Japan packed.
Wow.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 21, 2022 07:39 PM (ZTKtV)
Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2022 07:40 PM (2JoB8)
https://tinyurl.com/2yvruawp
Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 21, 2022 07:40 PM (YynYJ)
youtube.com/c/MarkRober/videos
Posted by: bonhomme
Agreed.
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at June 21, 2022 07:41 PM (c8pZY)
Posted by: Ace
This is the same guy who had the pulse-jet go-kart in a previous cafe, right?
Same epic beard. And I still have no idea how he still has it. He should have burned it off years ago.
Posted by: mikeski at June 21, 2022 07:41 PM (P1f+c)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 21, 2022 07:42 PM (guGkK)
My first thought on seeing those mantises was "Oh Look! It's NR Publisher E. Garrett Bewkes IV and his wife!"
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 21, 2022 07:42 PM (r46W7)
They have made some interesting movies about those train rides. No subtitles though.
Posted by: Braenyard at June 21, 2022 07:42 PM (LS1lz)
youtube.com/c/MarkRober/videos
Posted by: bonhomme at June 21, 2022 07:37 PMO
One of the grandsons and I watch Roper occasionally. We plan on making some elephant toothpaste later this summer. I liked his 2 squirrel maze videos. Fat Gus rules.
Posted by: Beartooth at June 21, 2022 07:42 PM (Tofr5)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 21, 2022 07:43 PM (lz5hY)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 21, 2022 07:45 PM (0fVbu)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 21, 2022 07:46 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: bill in arkansas
You saw the first video, right? Can't be late for your train home.
Posted by: mikeski at June 21, 2022 07:46 PM (P1f+c)
Posted by: gourmand du jour at June 21, 2022 07:47 PM (jTmQV)
Posted by: Beartooth at June 21, 2022 07:48 PM (Tofr5)
I like the Rober video where he was hunting down phone scammers who victimize the elderly. It was sort of off-brand for him, but it was cool.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 21, 2022 07:48 PM (IXpV7)
Posted by: kulak anachronda, looking for loopholes at June 21, 2022 07:48 PM (v3pYe)
Comrades, welcome to your new work/living rabbit hutch!
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at June 21, 2022 07:50 PM (gz1VM)
Posted by: Miklosian Hungarian Phrasebook at June 21, 2022 07:50 PM (85b0r)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Spring Is In the Air! at June 21, 2022 07:51 PM (FVME7)
Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of chickens at June 21, 2022 07:51 PM (eGTCV)
Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2022 07:52 PM (2JoB8)
We didn't have naptime in PA kindergarten, circa 1988.
But it was half-days, so you could presumably nap at home if you want.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 21, 2022 07:53 PM (IXpV7)
Posted by: gourmand du jour at June 21, 2022 07:47 PM (jTmQV)
They were a Borg and somewhat still are. I worked for Tokio Marine for eight years. Not a lot of independent thinking. No one likes to rock the boat,
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at June 21, 2022 07:54 PM (6jFs+)
Posted by: humphreyrobot at June 21, 2022 07:54 PM (h+tQf)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with
For a second there I thought you were going to say they shouted ZULU and charge the gate
Posted by: Beartooth at June 21, 2022 07:55 PM (Tofr5)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 21, 2022 07:55 PM (1TuZk)
Posted by: Ian S.
Once we pass it, you'll know what's in it.
Posted by: N. Pelosi at June 21, 2022 07:56 PM (P1f+c)
https://tinyurl.com/2p8v4ura
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 21, 2022 07:56 PM (FZ2cV)
@ChadPergram
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Senate now taking initial vote to begin process to handle gun bill on the floor. Needs 51 yeas
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 21, 2022 07:57 PM (IEa8U)
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There was a time (1600s?) when Japan was a sea trading nation. They were also feared on sea and land.
A Portuguese ship's captain wrote that it was amazing how these docile people at home were so fierce away from home.
Posted by: Braenyard at June 21, 2022 07:57 PM (LS1lz)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at June 21, 2022 07:57 PM (6jFs+)
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There is absolutely no submissive behavior at the major train stations in Tokyo during the "rush hour". The people press into the train cars in a rush of humanity and fill the cars to the point that turning around in place can sometimes be difficult. I remember seeing some cuties in train company uniforms standing by and bowing us on and off the trains. But their main duty was to push on the boarding passengers in order to get the passengers far enough inside so the doors could close and the trains depart on schedule!
Posted by: exdem13 at June 21, 2022 07:57 PM (W+kMI)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 21, 2022 07:58 PM (lz5hY)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 21, 2022 07:58 PM (0fVbu)
Posted by: JT at June 21, 2022 07:58 PM (arJlL)
Posted by: banana Dream
LOL, that is one of life's mysteries. Why did they puke all the time? I never did.
*epic nosebleeds, though, so I guess I was part of the problem.
Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at June 21, 2022 07:58 PM (OX9vb)
Pro-Ho is a prostitute in street lingo
Posted by: Yo! Ultra MAGA at June 21, 2022 07:58 PM (njInY)
Posted by: gourmand du jour at June 21, 2022 07:47 PM (jTmQV)
In AP history class, I wrote a paper on the Japs in WWII. I concluded that they were the only enemy in US history who deserved our respect (aside from our own rebels).
I got a 98% on it... The liberal teacher docked me two points because saying that the Japanese "fought like feral animals" was supposedly racist of me.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 21, 2022 07:58 PM (IXpV7)
Posted by: gourmand du jour
Then again they have meetings to decide what to talk about at the meeting on Monday like every Monday to talk about the next meeting.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 21, 2022 07:59 PM (IEa8U)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at June 21, 2022 07:59 PM (5pTK/)
Posted by: bill in arkansas
There's an Asian wiener-size joke in there somewhere.
Posted by: mikeski at June 21, 2022 08:00 PM (P1f+c)
They wouldn't try if they knew it would fail
Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2022 08:00 PM (2JoB8)
https://www.itemfix.com/v?t=1dtb54
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Spring Is In the Air! at June 21, 2022 08:01 PM (FVME7)
Posted by: gourmand du jour at June 21, 2022 07:47 PM (jTmQV)
First and only time my Dad visited Japan, they had just been defeated (his troop transport was on it's way from the Philippines and didn't find out until he was there).
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 21, 2022 08:01 PM (ynpvh)
*takes notes*
Posted by: leroy jensen at June 21, 2022 08:02 PM (v3pYe)
Posted by: banana Dream
Now that it's 3/4 over. Good timing there. Be retroactively healthy for the previous three weeks, bD!
Also, irony that men's health month and men's buttsecks-with-strangers month are the same month.
Posted by: mikeski at June 21, 2022 08:03 PM (P1f+c)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 21, 2022 07:58 PM (0fVbu)
One and the same for some folks...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 21, 2022 08:04 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at June 21, 2022 08:04 PM (oWBc3)
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Part of the culture shock that initially comes from traveling around in Japan (especially from the roomy Midwest) is all the people who are living and working in rather tight quarters everywhere except the rice paddies. Conditioned from an early age to deal with human presence and pressure, the average Japanese people go about it in an inherent degree of coordination that was quite marvelous to me.
Posted by: exdem13 at June 21, 2022 08:04 PM (W+kMI)
*takes notes*
Posted by: leroy jensen
Are you Leroy Jenkins' kid? Did the healers finally let your dad die?
Posted by: mikeski, showing up for raid night at June 21, 2022 08:05 PM (P1f+c)
to make a fine distinction, I would say that the Wehrmacht (regular army, NOT the SS and NOT the nazis) also deserved respect. They were a determined and tenacious enemy who made us pay dearly for the ground we took.
I cannot think of any islamic army over the last 700 years that deserves anything but contempt.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 21, 2022 08:05 PM (r46W7)
I recall a video maybe a year or two ago. It documented their resilience after an earthquake. Anyhoo, a nice, two-lane road had split lengthwise for some distance. Like a several foot vertical drop dozens of feet long. They had it repaired for business like nothing had happened within hours. This wasn't a dirt road. It was blacktop. All nice and pretty and stable again in an afternoon. Amazing when there's the will.
Such a different culture. Still very militaristic, orderly.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at June 21, 2022 08:05 PM (aXxgO)
Everyone have a great evening
Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2022 08:05 PM (2JoB8)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 21, 2022 08:05 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: N.L. Urker, at June 21, 2022 08:07 PM (eGTCV)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 21, 2022 08:07 PM (lz5hY)
to make a fine distinction, I would say that the Wehrmacht (regular army, NOT the SS and NOT the nazis) also deserved respect. They were a determined and tenacious enemy who made us pay dearly for the ground we took.
I cannot think of any islamic army over the last 700 years that deserves anything but contempt.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 21, 2022 08:05 PM (r46W7)
Remember watching "Baa Baa Blacksheep" with Robert Conrad...Muslim version would be very different...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 21, 2022 08:08 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 21, 2022 07:59 PM (IEa8U)
Dilbert was a serial documentary.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 21, 2022 08:08 PM (PiwSw)
Posted by: gourmand du jour
Then again they have meetings to decide what to talk about at the meeting on Monday like every Monday to talk about the next meeting.
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Those who think American political and corporate bureaucracy is tedious and time-filling to an annoying extent will be floored by the Japanese equivalent. The pernicious native habit of discovering and adhering to The One True Way to accomplish a task doesn't help either.
Posted by: exdem13 at June 21, 2022 08:09 PM (W+kMI)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 21, 2022 08:07 PM (lz5hY)
My Dad told me a bunch of the guys were headed there to see the destruction. My Dad had seen enough war and opted out. Good move on his part.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 21, 2022 08:09 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: N.L. Urker, at June 21, 2022 08:07 PM (eGTCV)
He just farted. Silently though so the one on the right doesn't know yet. But he will soon.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 21, 2022 08:09 PM (0fVbu)
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at June 21, 2022 08:09 PM (oWBc3)
Posted by: Tonypete at June 21, 2022 08:09 PM (pTyJa)
Posted by: JT at June 21, 2022 08:09 PM (arJlL)
https://www.itemfix.com/v?t=1dtb54
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Spring Is In the Air! at June 21, 2022 08:01 PM (FVME7)
reminds of a story from my wife's family, of her great grandfather - a notoriously cranky German immigrant named Schneider, who was actually the brother of the man who Snyder, Texas, was named for. Anyway he owned a building in partnership with another man, who had a big fight with. So Great Grandaddy Schneider got out a handsaw and spent an entire week sawing the wooden building perfectly in half, and then he hooked up a team of horses and dragged his half off.
The kind of man who, once something got in his head, ain't nothing gonna stop him.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 21, 2022 08:10 PM (r46W7)
Posted by: some random Cartman at June 21, 2022 08:10 PM (NTUk0)
Posted by: JT at June 21, 2022 08:10 PM (arJlL)
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at June 21, 2022 08:09 PM (oWBc3)
***
Running a country be easy as riding a bike!
Oh.
Wait.
Never mind.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 21, 2022 08:11 PM (anj39)
Posted by: bill in arkansas
No GI sized condoms at the PX?
Posted by: Tonypete at June 21, 2022 08:11 PM (pTyJa)
The first time I went there, less than ten years ago, I was surprised they got as far as they did.
Those people - the Japanese - have absolutely positively ZERO initiative. They do as they are told, and nothing more.
There is no, zero, nada, zilch, nyet, creativity amongst them. It's all done by consensus. Nothing of significance gets done by consensus.
Their best trait is being managers, as long as they have better talent as technicians and tradesmen to supervise. Which they do not have.
Posted by: Here We Go Again at June 21, 2022 08:11 PM (pengW)
Posted by: Javems at June 21, 2022 08:11 PM (AmoqO)
Posted by: bill in arkansas
No GI sized condoms at the PX?
Posted by: Tonypete at June 21, 2022 08:11 PM (pTyJa)
Visiting a nuke site didn't do those involved in "The Conqueror" any good; at least half the folks died of cancer, including John Wayne.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 21, 2022 08:12 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Javems at June 21, 2022 08:11 PM (AmoqO)
Did he have intact shins?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 21, 2022 08:12 PM (PiwSw)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 21, 2022 08:12 PM (/U27+)
Posted by: bill in arkansas
If the GIs were all to leave at the same time, the Japanese might get nervous.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 21, 2022 08:13 PM (ybIRR)
Posted by: Puddleglum at June 21, 2022 08:13 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 21, 2022 08:10 PM (r46W7)
Good thing they didn't fall in love with the same woman.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 21, 2022 08:13 PM (anj39)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 21, 2022 08:14 PM (lz5hY)
I had another Lynchian dream on Sunday morning and woke up with a lot of chest pressure and it rattled me enough to go to the doctor.
No prayers, please, I am doing fine.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at June 21, 2022 08:14 PM (08ncd)
Regimented, overly ordered cultures are not to be admired or respected. There's a reason we used to be exceptional - we weren't insects or automatons.
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at June 21, 2022 08:09 PM (oWBc3)
In general? Sure.
But in war? The Japs were formidable. People talk about the Russians and Germans fighting it out against large disadvantages in materiele - but, the Japs had *practically nothing* and they battled it out to the bitterest end on nothing but guts. Ferocious.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 21, 2022 08:14 PM (IXpV7)
Gas is cheaper in VA and TN than in OH. Thanks DeWiner!!
Posted by: Tonypete at June 21, 2022 08:15 PM (pTyJa)
Posted by: exdem13 at June 21, 2022 08:09 PM (W+kMI)
There's an increasing tendency towards this here. More and more people want to sit around and talk about how to do things and lay out the one grand method to do things. Some times that's needed but then they'll want to talk about how to talk about how to do things. And have meetings and reach a consensus. No great things were ever accomplished in this way. And more often than not people who actually do things will have to bust butt to make up for all the time waisted on planning your planning planning.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 21, 2022 08:15 PM (0fVbu)
Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2022 07:40 PM (2JoB
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Probably would have gone through a door to rescue their kids, too.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 21, 2022 08:15 PM (ptqGC)
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My uncle saw them twice. Once in Pearl Harbor and once in the Battle for Saipan. He carried a chunk of shrapnel in his leg the rest of his life. Not so submissive back then.
Posted by: dartist at June 21, 2022 08:16 PM (+ya+t)
Regimented, overly ordered cultures are not to be admired or respected. There's a reason we used to be exceptional - we weren't insects or automatons.
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at June 21, 2022 08:09 PM (oWBc3)
In general? Sure.
But in war? The Japs were formidable. People talk about the Russians and Germans fighting it out against large disadvantages in materiele - but, the Japs had *practically nothing* and they battled it out to the bitterest end on nothing but guts. Ferocious.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 21, 2022 08:14 PM (IXpV7)
They had built up there navy beyond what treaties had allowed.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 21, 2022 08:16 PM (ynpvh)
No prayers, please, I am doing fine.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at June 21, 2022 08:14 PM (08ncd)
Did they rule out costochondritis? That one is benign, but it hurts a lot.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 21, 2022 08:16 PM (PiwSw)
Posted by: Javems at June 21, 2022 08:11 PM (AmoqO)
Same with my father-in-law. Till the day he died.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 21, 2022 08:17 PM (anj39)
They took the first punch, missed (the carriers), took another punch (Midway), missed, and it didn't matter more than six months either way based upon the number of carriers that were in production.
And that was all while being the second front, even though they kicked off the war.
They're not war-winners. Not by a long shot.
Posted by: Here We Go Again at June 21, 2022 08:17 PM (pengW)
No prayers, please, I am doing fine.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at June 21, 2022 08:14 PM (08ncd)
Did they rule out costochondritis? That one is benign, but it hurts a lot.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 21, 2022 08:16 PM (PiwSw)
Every time my wife visits Costco and I see the bill...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 21, 2022 08:18 PM (ynpvh)
They took the first punch, missed (the carriers), took another punch (Midway), missed, and it didn't matter more than six months either way based upon the number of carriers that were in production.
And that was all while being the second front, even though they kicked off the war.
They're not war-winners. Not by a long shot.
Posted by: Here We Go Again at June 21, 2022 08:17 PM (pengW)
With the exception of WWII, historically the did pretty good at home.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 21, 2022 08:18 PM (ynpvh)
They had built up there navy beyond what treaties had allowed.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 21, 2022 08:16 PM (ynpvh)
True. But Jap troops were consistently shocked by big revelations like that the Americans had foil-wrapped gum. Foil.
They had critical shortages of every metal, most especially aluminum/bauxite, and we wrapping our fuckin' gum in the stuff.
These were people who lived and fought on handfuls of rice.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 21, 2022 08:19 PM (IXpV7)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 21, 2022 08:19 PM (mzo+3)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 21, 2022 08:16 PM (PiwSw)
Looking at the symptoms, I do not have any issues breathing. Physical activity (heavy breathing) actually seems to make it better.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at June 21, 2022 08:19 PM (08ncd)
They had built up there navy beyond what treaties had allowed.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 21, 2022 08:16 PM (ynpvh)
True. But Jap troops were consistently shocked by big revelations like that the Americans had foil-wrapped gum. Foil.
They had critical shortages of every metal, most especially aluminum/bauxite, and we wrapping our fuckin' gum in the stuff.
These were people who lived and fought on handfuls of rice.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 21, 2022 08:19 PM (IXpV7)
And rubber. (not the condom type...)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 21, 2022 08:19 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 21, 2022 08:19 PM (mzo+3)
Thanks.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at June 21, 2022 08:20 PM (08ncd)
I also do pretty good inside my house - when I'm the biggest man in the building.
When the Japanese enter the open league, they lose. Pure and simple.
Posted by: Here We Go Again at June 21, 2022 08:20 PM (pengW)
Posted by: Archimedes at June 21, 2022 08:21 PM (/NCI4)
he was transferred to the Veterinary Corps as an inspector, food and field equipment, and ended up in Japan on occupation duty. One thing he told me that stood out was the number of US personnel roaming around Hiroshima and Nagasaki unprotected.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, -
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Subjugation of a regimented society generally occurs quickly.
Posted by: irright at June 21, 2022 08:21 PM (NTUk0)
I also do pretty good inside my house - when I'm the biggest man in the building.
When the Japanese enter the open league, they lose. Pure and simple.
Posted by: Here We Go Again at June 21, 2022 08:20 PM (pengW)
Well, hopefully they can hold the line with regards to the CCP. Those fuckers are looking for trouble.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 21, 2022 08:21 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Here We Go Again at June 21, 2022 08:20 PM (pengW)
They did wreck the Russians in... early 1910/11/12? When the hell was that?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at June 21, 2022 08:21 PM (08ncd)
Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2022 07:40 PM (2JoB
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Probably would have gone through a door to rescue their kids, too.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 21, 2022 08:15 PM (ptqGC)
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As opposed to the Uvalde 'chim-pansies'
Posted by: 496 at June 21, 2022 08:22 PM (U1eOr)
Posted by: Here We Go Again at June 21, 2022 08:20 PM (pengW)
They did wreck the Russians in... early 1910/11/12? When the hell was that?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at June 21, 2022 08:21 PM (08ncd)
Naval superiority. Knowledge of the theatre of naval combat.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 21, 2022 08:22 PM (ynpvh)
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I've been long accustomed to the Japanese views of their own society via anime and manga. I would say that on the whole the Japanese people like their cooperative and conformist society and celebrate all its benefits. However, there can be a lot of passive resistance to a decision that comes from outside the group or doesn't take local conditions and preferences into account. And every now and then a true individual steps forwards and really causes a commotion! Still, the last two generations of Japanese aren't as fixatedly Neo-Confucian as their Showa Era forerunners. They are more individual on personal matters, and are more likely to give an opinion, regardless of it being properly conformist.
Posted by: exdem13 at June 21, 2022 08:22 PM (W+kMI)
They did wreck the Russians in... early 1910/11/12? When the hell was that?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at June 21, 2022 08:21 PM (08ncd)
1905. Battle of Tsushima Strait. In many ways, the death knell of the Romanovs.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 21, 2022 08:22 PM (IXpV7)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at June 21, 2022 08:23 PM (08ncd)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 21, 2022 08:14 PM (IXpV7)
Japan, stemming from the Bushido ethic, was a military Honor culture, as were almost all of the most formidable of the ancient warriors. There's almost no motivation more powerful than that for warriors who have been trained from birth that that their Honor is far more important than anything else, including life itself. These are the men who will fight to the death with all the strength they have, even if they know the cause is lost. This kind of men are always the most formidable warriors one can face.
One of my reasons for my disgust with islamic culture is that, stemming from the teachings in the Koran, the entire culture has no concept of personal honor whatsoever. They can fight well as long as things look good; but when events turn against them, the entire army will throw down their weapons and run away as fast as they can.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 21, 2022 08:23 PM (r46W7)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Feed Your Rage Energy Drinks 50% Off at The Outrage Outlet! at June 21, 2022 08:23 PM (GA/zj)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 21, 2022 08:19 PM (IXpV7)
Spoiler Alert - fighting on a handful of rice, and losing, doesn't make you tougher than the big dude that just ate a stake and beat your ass. Might make you easier to throw in a hole, though.
Doing less with less is just that. Doing less with less. That's not a winning strategy.
Posted by: Here We Go Again at June 21, 2022 08:23 PM (pengW)
https://is.gd/alFLJI
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 21, 2022 08:23 PM (PiwSw)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at June 21, 2022 08:21 PM (08ncd)
1904-1905.
Posted by: WiNO at June 21, 2022 08:23 PM (EpDzw)
Let's be frank we have wholly failed to reign in the left. Our fighting them has only made them more extreme and conniving. Wore us out with nothing to show for it. Just look at abortion where we have more extreme leftwing abortion laws then all the far left Europeon governments.
Google: current affairs proportional representation
Posted by: Shiggz at June 21, 2022 08:24 PM (0SrVS)
https://tinyurl.com/2p8v4ura
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 21, 2022 07:56 PM (FZ2cV)
If one squints and tilts the head just the right way, then one can kinda sorta make out some cleavage. Thumbs up!
Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik [DHS Verdict: MDM] at June 21, 2022 08:24 PM (DTX3h)
These were people who lived and fought on handfuls of rice.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 21, 2022 08:19 PM (IXpV7)
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Met a german gentleman when I was stationed in Augsburg. He was captured about a month after D Day. He said he and some others were set down in a field for several hours waiting for transports and he did nothing but watch truck after truck roll past. He said he knew then the war was lost. They had no logistics like that.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 21, 2022 08:25 PM (anj39)
You're welcome.
Posted by: Yoko Ono at June 21, 2022 08:25 PM (/NCI4)
Posted by: dartist at June 21, 2022 08:27 PM (+ya+t)
I feel a panic attack coming on just watching the video.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at June 21, 2022 08:27 PM (hVqGz)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 21, 2022 08:25 PM (anj39)
A German journalist interviewed some German soldiers after the war. He was specifically talking to them about D-Day. A common statement from the ones captured was that everything was mechanized and there were no horses. It caused them to realize they were outclassed in material.
Posted by: WiNO at June 21, 2022 08:28 PM (EpDzw)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes,
I don't agree with the flavor profiles. None say peat bog, or sour ass... and there are some whiskies with those distinct profiles!
Posted by: MkY at June 21, 2022 08:28 PM (cPGH3)
https://tinyurl.com/2p8v4ura
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 21, 2022 07:56 PM (FZ2cV)
I love those! One of the most enjoyable moments for me in my back yard was when I was lucky enough to see a luna moth coming out of it's chrysalis - and I had never seen one in my yard before! Those creatures are so gorgeous, they look like something God designed just for fun.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 21, 2022 08:29 PM (r46W7)
Posted by: SFGoth at June 21, 2022 08:29 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: MkY at June 21, 2022 08:28 PM (cPGH3)
I think that would be "smoky" or "medicinal".
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 21, 2022 08:30 PM (PiwSw)
Posted by: Yoko Ono at June 21, 2022 08:30 PM (/NCI4)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 21, 2022 08:23 PM (PiwSw)
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That was interesting. I had to look up Ardbeg - it's the only scotch that literally buckled the knees of everyone I've seen try it. Seriously, you feel it in the knees first. Woof. It's like drinking a burning tire.
Posted by: 496 at June 21, 2022 08:30 PM (U1eOr)
Bought German cars in 80s
Last American car was a 83 Oldsmobile he bought new and took it to dealer like 20 times in 24 months
Posted by: Yo! Ultra MAGA at June 21, 2022 08:31 PM (njInY)
He said he and some others were set down in a field for several hours waiting for transports and he did nothing but watch truck after truck roll past. He said he knew then the war was lost. They had no logistics like that.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 21, 2022 08:25 PM (anj39)
___________
All of them had to be designed, built and shipped to the ETO. In 1939 we had no army, no air corps, a badly balanced navy, no defense industry and no shipping. In the end, we built so many ships we had trouble manning them. And sending 18 million tons of Lend-Lease to the Russians.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 21, 2022 08:31 PM (/U27+)
They left out the all-important "ashtray full of 3-day old butts". And yes, that's my preference.
Posted by: Yoko Ono at June 21, 2022 08:31 PM (/NCI4)
Posted by: Yoko Ono at June 21, 2022 08:30 PM (/NCI4)
If they'd have been able to sit at a table and listen to each other, the admiral educated at UCLA would have convinced them to stand down.
Posted by: Here We Go Again at June 21, 2022 08:31 PM (pengW)
If we hadn't forced Japan to open up circa 1866, they'd have been way behind the power curve for a long time.
Posted by: SFGoth at June 21, 2022 08:29 PM (KAi1n)
Another reason I think Meiji Japan was a fascinating thing. A power-shift in government, followed by a simple, top-down command to completely alter the entire society... and it worked. Three generations later, it was menacing the entire global order.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 21, 2022 08:32 PM (IXpV7)
Posted by: Zombie Winnie Mandella at June 21, 2022 08:33 PM (pTyJa)
I started with Ardbeg, Talisker, Laphroaig, and Lagavulin. Interestingly (to me), I like Balvenie Doublewood.
Ardbeg usually tastes tinny and metallic to me, but their Corryvreckan is quite good.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 21, 2022 08:34 PM (/NCI4)
I had a herd of 4 armadillos moving thru just the other day. Surprised me when I saw them moving thru the brush digging for bugs. Looked like little tanks on maneuvers.
Totally ignored me.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at June 21, 2022 08:34 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 21, 2022 08:34 PM (mzo+3)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 21, 2022 08:35 PM (r46W7)
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Don't give Biden any ideas!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Spring Is In the Air! at June 21, 2022 08:35 PM (FVME7)
It worked again under MacArthur. The Japs were a beaten people, and as per the title of the excellent book, Embraced Defeat.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 21, 2022 08:36 PM (/NCI4)
Posted by: Beartooth at June 21, 2022 07:48 PM (Tofr5)
~~~~~
It's almost impossible NOT to sing along to American Pie, right?!
Posted by: IrishEi at June 21, 2022 08:36 PM (VhE0u)
They left out the all-important "ashtray full of 3-day old butts". And yes, that's my preference.
Posted by: Yoko Ono at June 21, 2022 08:31 PM (/NCI4)
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But do not overlook a 12 year single malt made from the crystal clear waters of the Highlands and grains smoked with the gentle firs of he finest peat.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 21, 2022 08:36 PM (anj39)
Posted by: Yoko Ono
I think that's "old socks" on the chart.
Posted by: MkY at June 21, 2022 08:36 PM (cPGH3)
"Senators say agreement on gun violence compromise is at hand...
The legislation would toughen background checks for the youngest firearms buyers, require more sellers to conduct background checks and beef up penalties on gun traffickers. It also would disburse money to states and communities aimed at improving school safety and mental health initiatives.
Resolving the two final hurdles that delayed an accord since last week, the bill would prohibit romantic partners convicted of domestic violence and not married to their victim from getting firearms..."
Posted by: runner at June 21, 2022 08:38 PM (V13WU)
Posted by: Archimedes at June 21, 2022 08:34 PM (/NCI4)
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Even Chivas is a tad too peaty for me. It is beyond amazing to me that you, or anyone else, like that. Good for you though - you can have mine!
Posted by: 496 at June 21, 2022 08:38 PM (U1eOr)
Another thing about Meiji Japan I always thought was interesting, was that they basically put out an RFP to Western states to provide a model for organization of their Army. Unsurprisingly, they opted for the Prussians. They modeled their Army on the Prussians, and then they modeled much of their society on that Army. Just like the Junckers did.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 21, 2022 08:39 PM (IXpV7)
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If Commodore Perry hadn't forced the Tokugawa Shogunate to open Japanese ports to foreign trade in 1853, they wouldn't have collectively realized as a nation how large, powerful, and frightening the rest of the world was in proportion to them. Perry's powerful and high-handed tone, supported by the cannons of his steam warships, convinced many Japanese people whose opinion mattered that Japan should modernize very quickly! If their view hadn't prevailed, Japanese would've been forcibly incorporated into either the British or French empires about 1870.
Posted by: exdem13 at June 21, 2022 08:39 PM (W+kMI)
Posted by: runner at June 21, 2022 08:40 PM (V13WU)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 21, 2022 08:40 PM (vuisn)
Perfection in a glass.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 21, 2022 08:40 PM (anj39)
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at June 21, 2022 08:40 PM (yikp0)
Sent you an email as promised this morning. C is doing much better today. Thank you all for the kind prayers.
Xo
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 21, 2022 08:41 PM (8gXYW)
Congrats Millennial Men - that side piece just gained some leverage. And don't bullshit yourselves, they know it. And not even your majestic neck beard will stop it.
Meh - what do I care ? It's Millennials and younger. They deserve it.
Posted by: Here We Go Again at June 21, 2022 08:42 PM (pengW)
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 21, 2022 08:42 PM (8gXYW)
I had a herd of 4 armadillos moving thru just the other day. Surprised me when I saw them moving thru the brush digging for bugs. Looked like little tanks on maneuvers.
Totally ignored me.
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Here at Little Oaxaca on the Miami in SW Ohio we have no armadillos. (Yet.) We have raccoons and opossums and overly familiar squirrels, but no armadillos.
Posted by: exdem13 at June 21, 2022 08:42 PM (W+kMI)
Posted by: runner at June 21, 2022 08:40 PM (V13WU)
I wonder if any of those assholes inside the beltway ven understand the term "infringed."
Posted by: Diogenes at June 21, 2022 08:44 PM (anj39)
Posted by: IrishEi
Well. Um. Sure, if you say so.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 21, 2022 08:44 PM (8gXYW)
I can't wait to see how much of the store was given away by the GOP this time tomorrow.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 21, 2022 08:45 PM (IXpV7)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at June 21, 2022 08:45 PM (LRhmV)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 21, 2022 08:45 PM (FZ2cV)
Thanks, Ace.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at June 21, 2022 08:45 PM (LRhmV)
If I'm ever enslaved in a Chinese staple factory...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 21, 2022 08:46 PM (ynpvh)
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There never is any such prevention, runner. The soft bigotry of low expectations aside, nothing will be done because criminals never legally purchase firearms! They steal them, take them from friends/family who have them, or buy them from black market dealers, by which I mean organized crime syndicates. That is why "gun control" means exactly what it says...control of average American citizens. The self-described elites who live sheltered by bodyguards and police forces that won't take forty minutes to render assistance will destroy any criminal gang that becomes too inconvenient, or simply shrug and invisibly wall off the ghettos and barrios.
Posted by: exdem13 at June 21, 2022 08:47 PM (W+kMI)
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at June 21, 2022 07:29 PM (c8pZY)
Would they eat each other's heads off?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 21, 2022 08:48 PM (ynpvh)
Lindsay Graham didn't give you your guns. You shouldn't have them. Unless you're shooting another rube in the back for his amusement, then it's cool.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 21, 2022 08:50 PM (IXpV7)
Posted by: IrishEi
Well. Um. Sure, if you say so.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 21, 2022 08:44 PM (8gXYW)
One could always hum.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 21, 2022 08:50 PM (0fVbu)
Posted by: IrishEi
Well. Um. Sure, if you say so.
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So my, my, this here Anakin guy
Someday later may be Vader now he's just a small fry.
And this cute little boy kissed his mommy goodbye
Saying, "soon I'm gonna be a Jedi."
"Soon I'm going to be a Jedi."
Posted by: exdem13 at June 21, 2022 08:51 PM (W+kMI)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 21, 2022 08:51 PM (mzo+3)
Posted by: dartist at June 21, 2022 08:52 PM (+ya+t)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 21, 2022 08:51 PM (mzo+3)
I'm going to try to find that tomorrow.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 21, 2022 08:52 PM (PiwSw)
Posted by: dartist at June 21, 2022 08:52 PM (+ya+t)
Well, honestly, I DON'T want what he wants to do to me either...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 21, 2022 08:52 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 21, 2022 08:53 PM (ptqGC)
Posted by: dartist at June 21, 2022 08:52 PM (+ya+t)
I'd still like to know what it is he's doing for SC that keeps people voting for him. Does he have people killing off possible primary opponents?
Posted by: banana Dream at June 21, 2022 08:54 PM (0fVbu)
Posted by: dartist at June 21, 2022 08:52 PM (+ya+t)
oz never did give nothin' to the tin man
that he didn't, that he didn't already have
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 21, 2022 08:54 PM (r46W7)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 21, 2022 08:55 PM (89T5c)
Posted by: SFGoth at June 21, 2022 08:55 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 21, 2022 08:51 PM (mzo+3)
This is known.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 21, 2022 08:56 PM (anj39)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_J7SRhjOVo
Posted by: exdem13 at June 21, 2022 08:56 PM (W+kMI)
Keep it up, chubby lying RINO. You may not get karma in this life, but you will in the next.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 21, 2022 08:56 PM (ptqGC)
that he didn't, that he didn't already have
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Well done!
Posted by: dartist at June 21, 2022 08:57 PM (+ya+t)
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Facts!
Posted by: exdem13 at June 21, 2022 08:57 PM (W+kMI)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at June 21, 2022 08:58 PM (KDTOA)
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 21, 2022 08:44 PM (8gXYW)
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Okay, so maybe after a beer or ten.
Posted by: IrishEi at June 21, 2022 08:59 PM (VhE0u)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 21, 2022 08:59 PM (ptqGC)
It worked again under MacArthur. The Japs were a beaten people, and as per the title of the excellent book, Embraced Defeat.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 21, 2022 08:36 PM (/NCI4)
Japan has no "Medium" setting. You either have:
(1) Tea Ceremonies and Bonsai; or
(2) Raving Bushido and Banzai.
No middle, no regular masculinity, just wussies or whack-mobiles.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Feed Your Rage Energy Drinks 50% Off at The Outrage Outlet! at June 21, 2022 08:59 PM (GA/zj)
Fuck it, throw him on the pile. Its getting huge.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 21, 2022 09:00 PM (89T5c)
Laphroaig did a promotion a couple of years ago that you got ownership of a square of peat bog along with your purchase. I'm a landowner in Scotland!!!
Posted by: Ben Had at June 21, 2022 09:00 PM (mzo+3)
Democrats create crises predicated on their own failures to enforce existing standards and use it to coerce more power.
Whole playbook damned near.
Posted by: sven at June 21, 2022 09:00 PM (Lzpvj)
There simply weren't enough Japanese to do it, no matter how organized, fanatically self sacrificing, they were. And they were also trying to subdue China at the same time. I still think FDR manipulated them into war with the Allies by cutting off their supplies so that they had a choice of surrendering in six months or going for it. No country basically run by an autocratic military is just going to meekly pack it up and go home. FDR knew that, and he knew Hitler wasn't going to be attacking the US any time soon.
Posted by: azjaeger at June 21, 2022 09:01 PM (3/XaG)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at June 21, 2022 09:01 PM (KDTOA)
Fuck it, throw him on the pile. Its getting huge.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 21, 2022 09:00 PM
He has a huge liberal fan base on Twitter, and loves to brag about his cooking skilz and post pictures. I hate that I knew him when he was younger and a decent person.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 21, 2022 09:02 PM (ptqGC)
I'd still like to know what it is he's doing for SC that keeps people voting for him. Does he have people killing off possible primary opponents?
Posted by: banana Dream at June 21, 2022 08:54 PM (0fVbu)
Until I see different, I'm going with "people in SC are dumbfucks." You vote for that lisping, butt-plundering sadist, and you get what you get.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 21, 2022 09:03 PM (IXpV7)
Posted by: IrishEi
Well. Um. Sure, if you say so.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 21, 2022 08:44 PM (8gXYW)
One could always hum.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 21, 2022 08:50 PM (0fVbu)
Every time I read or hear the names Marx or Marks, or the word marks, my mind instantly de-rails to "And while Lenin read a book on Marx..." and it's an American Pie earworm for at least 15 minutes. Yow.
Posted by: First day of summer and it is already too damn hot at June 21, 2022 09:03 PM (AMIL/)
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Facts!
Posted by: exdem13
ATC was reading the future today when she mentioned justice. also earlier today, Mexicans are at your feet getting abused, until they aren't. this right here may be the lit fuse for the electric boogaloo.
Posted by: BifBewalski @ (UgAdJ) - at June 21, 2022 09:04 PM (UgAdJ)
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at June 21, 2022 09:04 PM (yikp0)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 21, 2022 09:04 PM (89T5c)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trailer Trash Adjacent at June 21, 2022 09:04 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 21, 2022 09:05 PM (ptqGC)
Posted by: Javems at June 21, 2022 09:05 PM (AmoqO)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 21, 2022 09:06 PM (mzo+3)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 21, 2022 09:04 PM (89T5c)
His bio says he's a "foodie and cyclist." Lol.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 21, 2022 09:06 PM (ptqGC)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at June 21, 2022 09:06 PM (KDTOA)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 21, 2022 08:51 PM (mzo+3)
Good choice. There was a time I could afford Abelour 16 but now I’ve given myself over to the Irish. Try Sexton.
Posted by: 7man at June 21, 2022 09:06 PM (qwO6y)
Posted by: azjaeger at June 21, 2022 09:06 PM (3/XaG)
Japan has no "Medium" setting. You either have:
(1) Tea Ceremonies and Bonsai; or
(2) Raving Bushido and Banzai.
No middle, no regular masculinity, just wussies or whack-mobiles.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Feed Your Rage Energy Drinks 50% Off at The Outrage Outlet! at June 21, 2022 08:59 PM (GA/zj)
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It was written on another thread that they were accustomed to being led by war lords and they accepted MacArthur, who understood their customs, as the new War Lord.
Posted by: Braenyard at June 21, 2022 09:06 PM (LS1lz)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 21, 2022 08:44 PM (anj39)
*deep sigh
Posted by: runner at June 21, 2022 09:06 PM (V13WU)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 21, 2022 09:07 PM (89T5c)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 21, 2022 09:07 PM
He also ain't no "conservative."
Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 21, 2022 09:08 PM (ptqGC)
Posted by: Javems at June 21, 2022 09:05 PM (AmoqO)
Same thing in Key West in Mallory Square or on Duval Street.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Feed Your Rage Energy Drinks 50% Off at The Outrage Outlet! at June 21, 2022 09:08 PM (GA/zj)
Until I see different, I'm going with "people in SC are dumbfucks." You vote for that lisping, butt-plundering sadist, and you get what you get.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 21, 2022 09:03 PM (IXpV7)
Are they any worse than Utah or Alaska or Texas voters?
Posted by: Joe XiDen at June 21, 2022 09:08 PM (KDTOA)
So two Islay, a highland, and a speyside.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 21, 2022 09:09 PM (0fVbu)
Posted by: runner at June 21, 2022 09:09 PM (V13WU)
Posted by: bonhomme at June 21, 2022 09:09 PM (i0wNm)
Ugh. I first saw those ridiculous human statue dorks in Europe, and then they started showing up here. WTF? Do something. A busker better be entertaining for his money.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 21, 2022 09:09 PM (IXpV7)
Yet later, he told me that she wouldn't be able to go back to Japan because she'd been with a white guy.
They are a complex people, and by complex, I mean schizophrenic.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 21, 2022 09:10 PM (/NCI4)
*furrows brow*
Hmm.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trailer Trash Adjacent at June 21, 2022 09:10 PM (x8Wzq)
No country basically run by an autocratic military is just going to meekly pack it up and go home. FDR knew that, and he knew Hitler wasn't going to be attacking the US any time soon.
Posted by: azjaeger
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That sounds familiar.
Is it possible that the same Entity directing the Obama and Biden administrations were directing FDR?
Posted by: Braenyard at June 21, 2022 09:11 PM (LS1lz)
Posted by: Soothsayer, the #1 most trusted name in news at June 21, 2022 09:11 PM (RTC/n)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 21, 2022 09:12 PM (u73oe)
Are they any worse than Utah or Alaska or Texas voters?
Posted by: Joe XiDen at June 21, 2022 09:08 PM (KDTOA)
Maybe. Graham is particularly awful. I can't figure how people can reason their way into voting for him, particularly in a primary, but they do.
He's a weird fuckin' dungeon-queer who sells out his voters to the Dems with vigor. Don't ask me what's going on with that.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 21, 2022 09:12 PM (IXpV7)
Posted by: runner at June 21, 2022 09:09 PM (V13WU)
Cruz just called Cornyn a terrorist
j/k
Posted by: REDACTED at June 21, 2022 09:12 PM (us2H3)
Posted by: runner at June 21, 2022 09:13 PM (V13WU)
Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at June 21, 2022 09:13 PM (5HBd1)
I have not been on the 16th Street Mall in Denver for nearly a decade. Is Mike the Robot still there?
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I haven't seen him in years. I think he's moved on. But he was totally awesome. Now, THAT guy could busk.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 21, 2022 09:14 PM (IXpV7)
g'early evenin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at June 21, 2022 09:14 PM (ENBF0)
wake me when 10 dims senators come over to help the GOP something the GOP wants
Posted by: REDACTED at June 21, 2022 09:14 PM (us2H3)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 21, 2022 09:00 PM (mzo+3)
Oh yeah, I did that too. It was in the cardboard cylinder thing.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 21, 2022 09:14 PM (0fVbu)
He's a weird fuckin' dungeon-queer who sells out his voters to the Dems with vigor. Don't ask me what's going on with that.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 21, 2022 09:12 PM (IXpV7)
SC has an open primary system and in the primary Graham typically gets the Charleston vote. It’s the dems general election.
Posted by: 7man at June 21, 2022 09:15 PM (qwO6y)
Posted by: REDACTED at June 21, 2022 09:14 PM (us2H3
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More than 10 of them are helping the GOP do exactly what they want.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 21, 2022 09:15 PM (u73oe)
wake me when 10 dims senators come over to help the GOP something the GOP wants
Posted by: REDACTED at June 21, 2022 09:14 PM (us2H3)
right....
Posted by: runner at June 21, 2022 09:15 PM (V13WU)
Fuck the gop.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at June 21, 2022 09:15 PM (KDTOA)
Collins is just a Maine inbred retard.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 21, 2022 09:15 PM (89T5c)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 21, 2022 09:16 PM (VrIP1)
He's a weird fuckin' dungeon-queer who sells out his voters to the Dems with vigor. Don't ask me what's going on with that.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 21, 2022 09:12 PM (IXpV7)
well, I'm ready to replace him if you are tired of a RINO
Posted by: Nany Mace at June 21, 2022 09:16 PM (us2H3)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 21, 2022 09:16 PM (0fVbu)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Feed Your Rage Energy Drinks 50% Off at The Outrage Outlet! at June 21, 2022 09:08 PM (GA/zj)
Never been down that way. Might have to give it a try. What time of year would be best? We are not sun people.
Posted by: Javems at June 21, 2022 09:16 PM (AmoqO)
Posted by: runner at June 21, 2022 09:17 PM (V13WU)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 21, 2022 09:18 PM (IXpV7)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 21, 2022 09:18 PM (89T5c)
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 21, 2022 09:19 PM (kf6Ak)
Shhhh
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 21, 2022 09:19 PM (U2p+3)
j/k
Posted by: REDACTED at June 21, 2022 09:12 PM (us2H3)
I had hope. For the briefest of moments.
Sad. Face.
Posted by: t_bodie - Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at June 21, 2022 09:19 PM (6jpby)
He's a weird fuckin' dungeon-queer who sells out his voters to the Dems with vigor. Don't ask me what's going on with that.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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It's simple, the local party bosses, assisted by the GOPe and COC assure that the other choice in the primary is of such stature that he will not be the choice.
Posted by: Braenyard at June 21, 2022 09:19 PM (LS1lz)
wake me when 10 dims senators come over to help the GOP something the GOP wants
Posted by: REDACTED at June 21, 2022 09:14 PM (us2H3)
When we wake you you'll need to change your nic to Rip van Winkle.
Posted by: First day of summer and it is already too damn hot at June 21, 2022 09:19 PM (AMIL/)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 21, 2022 09:16 PM (VrIP1)
I generally agree but if you get a chance Sexton might surprise you. Where I live a few of us old farts gather every week or two during the summer for a whiskey night. That’s how I got to enjoy sexton. Didn’t like the other Irish stuff like you said no complexity.
Posted by: 7man at June 21, 2022 09:19 PM (qwO6y)
I'd be interested to learn about the history of open-primary States. It's so obviously a terrible idea, that I'm curious to know what the original motivations/justifications for allowing people who aren't registered with your Party to vote on its internal affairs.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 21, 2022 09:20 PM (IXpV7)
IT'S AN ONT!
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 21, 2022 09:20 PM (kf6Ak)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 21, 2022 09:20 PM (VrIP1)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 21, 2022 09:12 PM (u73oe)
A muskrat, which is the raccoon of the sea. Except it is in freshwater. And does not have a floofy tail.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Feed Your Rage Energy Drinks 50% Off at The Outrage Outlet! at June 21, 2022 09:22 PM (GA/zj)
Posted by: runner at June 21, 2022 09:23 PM (V13WU)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 21, 2022 09:20 PM (VrIP1)
Definitely! Our kingdom. Just need a very small castle. That floats. A bouncy house castle!
Posted by: banana Dream at June 21, 2022 09:23 PM (0fVbu)
Posted by: Javems at June 21, 2022 09:16 PM (AmoqO)
Then winter. I went with some friends in late February because flights then were cheap and we had enough of Michigan Gray Skies. A long weekend was nice - being younger then we drank too much, but that wasn't a problem because the place is so small we could walk nearly everywhere tourister-ish like the lighthouse, the fort, and so on.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Feed Your Rage Energy Drinks 50% Off at The Outrage Outlet! at June 21, 2022 09:26 PM (GA/zj)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
Which color of stripe is that on the LGBTQQ+++ flag?
Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at June 21, 2022 09:31 PM (OX9vb)
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