Japan's "Ultra-Right-Wing" Extremist PM Wins a Shockingly Large Victory By Running on Promise to Seriously Restrict Immigration to the Island Nation

Keemochee, I said in a high-pitched Japanese voice. Oooh Sugai!, I added, squealing in delight.

These are just a couple of Japanese words I happen to know. Why do I know them? Shut up, narc. I just know them, okay? We don't need to get any more detailed than that.

PM Sanai Takaichi won a landslide, giving her conservative party its biggest lower-house majority in history.

The upper house often frustrates the will of the people by vetoing the decisions of the lower house, but now she has a veto-proof two thirds super-majority.

NPR is of course very sad and rushes to soothe its meltbrain medicated AWFUL readers about all the way this crushing victory could turn in a huge disaster!

SEOUL -- Japan's first female Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, brought the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) its biggest electoral victory in its 71-year history, fueling her ambitions to pursue to a political agenda which she herself says could "split public opinion."

Oh no! She's going to push her agenda so hard that it might alienate the Japanese equivalent of RINOs so, you see, in a way, her victory is really a Secret Loss.

The snap elections for the lower house of parliament were held despite the shortest campaign period in post-war history, and massive snowstorms across much of Japan.

Oh that's right -- I saw comment that people were so enthused about voting for her they had to climb over ice and snow to get to the polling places.

Benefitting from Takaichi's popularity, the LDP won a two-thirds majority in the lower house, enough to override vetoes by the opposition-controlled upper house.
It would also allow the LDP to initiate amendments to Japan's pacifist constitution, which the party has sought to revise since its founding in 1955, and Takaichi said she would pave the way for an eventual referendum on the issue.
It's the biggest majority any single Japanese party has won in the lower house in the post-war era. An unprecedented 90% of candidates fielded by the LDP won.

Charismatic Japanese leaders, including Takaichi's mentor former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, have helped the LDP stage comebacks before.
It's a feature of Japan's politics, which RAND Corporation Japan expert Jeffrey Hornung says "are always very personalistic. People always look to the leader, not so much the party."

Oh I get it, they're just dummies who are mesmerized by her Dark Charisma. No one actually agrees with her policies.

...
Questions and criticisms remain about how Takaichi will pay for these priorities, given that Japan's government debt is more than 200% of GDP.

She's talking about increasing military spending to 2% of GDP and that's when NPR suddenly wonders "Wait how can the government pay for all of these goodies...?!"

But Takaichi apparently feels her mandate will empower her to sweep aside obstacles.
...
Takaichi's lopsided victory comes amid a general shift to the political right in Japan.
Following Takaichi's election as LDP president last year, the LDP's coalition partner of 26 years, the centrist Komeito Party, left the bloc. The LDP then joined a new coalition with the right-wing populist Japan Innovation Party.
Komeito joined a new coalition called the Centrist Reform Alliance, which lost most of their seats in the snap election, prompting their leaders to resign.
...
Takaichi pledged to continue to use the Japan-U.S. alliance as the cornerstone of foreign policy, and plans to meet with President Trump next month.

Celoteh Dunia
@CelotehDuniaku

A historic shift for Japan. With 316 seats, PM Takaichi now holds a supermajority that effectively bypasses Upper House gridlock. This mandate will likely fast-track her hawkish security agenda, including increasing military spending to 2% of GDP and boosting offensive capabilities. The regional security landscape is about to change significantly.

Robby Starbuck
@robbystarbuck
7h
Japan got literally the tiniest bit of migration and micro intrusion on their culture. They responded with the most right wing electoral result in history and essentially banished the left from any bit of power. Absolutely beautiful to see.
As I've long said, I admire Japan more than any other country. You could lick their streets they're so clean. Tokyo is decades ahead of other cities. They're fiercely protective of their unique culture and people. They're nationalists of the best kind.
They enjoy others from a distance and are happy to befriend you but the moment you disrespect them they want nothing to do with you. Total respect from me. Congrats Japan!

🚨BREAKING: It's confirmed that the left-wing parties in Japan are now down to just THREE seats in Japanese Parliament

Takaichi absolutely slaughtered them. pic.twitter.com/6NA0RYQnKQ
— Inevitable West (@Inevitablewest) February 8, 2026

If you told me that there would be a Second Coming of Margaret Thatcher with even more conservative stances on immigration and defense, and that SHE would be LOVED and not despised by the youth in the 2026th Year of Our Lord, I simply would't believe you.

But yet, here we are.… pic.twitter.com/wk2u5mQQAD
— Melissa Chen (@MsMelChen) February 9, 2026

Let's look at how the AP frames this:

BREAKING: Japan's ultra-conservative prime minister is set to seize more power after an exit poll had her securing a big majority in the country's lower house.

🔗 Read more https://t.co/i5neKwCNF1
— Sky News (@SkyNews) February 8, 2026

She "seized more power" by (checks notes) winning a democratic election.

In a similar way, Trump "seized more power" in 2024.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:15 PM

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Posted by: GF at February 09, 2026 06:17 PM (UjrO3)

2 Good for Japan.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 09, 2026 06:18 PM (/WQyy)

3 From the looks of her, she was in her teens when Joe Biden was born.

Posted by: MikeN at February 09, 2026 06:18 PM (8uQGY)

4 Climb Mount Nitaka

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 06:20 PM (2GVsD)

5 ace is a devote of hentai. Who knew?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 06:20 PM (zZu0s)

6 No more Dirty Gaijins!!! Nice campaign slogan.

Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 06:20 PM (pDt9x)

7 Pouncing and seizing!

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 09, 2026 06:21 PM (W2Pud)

8 No more Dirty Gaijins!!! Nice campaign slogan.
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 06:20 PM (pDt9x)

To be honest... more power to her.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 06:21 PM (zZu0s)

9 I see the Rand Corporation still takes US Government money.

Cult of personality, go look at Gaylord

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 06:21 PM (2GVsD)

10 Now she needs the younguns over there to get busy having babies.

Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 06:22 PM (pDt9x)

11 Immigrants mean instability.

And guess what Japanese hate the most?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 06:22 PM (zZu0s)

12 8 No more Dirty Gaijins!!! Nice campaign slogan.
Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 06:20 PM (pDt9x)

To be honest... more power to her.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 06:21 PM (zZu0s)

It is their country, their rules.

Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 06:23 PM (pDt9x)

13 Banzai!

Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn at February 09, 2026 06:23 PM (dK+Kv)

14 This...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uds7g3M-4lQ

Sorry it's not Alexandr Solzhenitsyn

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 09, 2026 06:23 PM (jtM2q)

15 11 Immigrants mean instability.

And guess what Japanese hate the most?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 06:22 PM (zZu0s)

I am aware.

Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 06:24 PM (pDt9x)

16 Happy Keiko Matsui music on the stereo enjoying the ascendence of the iron fist in a velvet glove. Find the assasins early and often.

Posted by: kingsman at February 09, 2026 06:24 PM (ehY6c)

17 Turning Japanese
I think I'm turning Japanese
I really think so.

Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn at February 09, 2026 06:24 PM (/rtBI)

18 Bonsai

Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2026 06:24 PM (0KSrI)

19 The Art of War

by Alexandr Solzhenitsyn

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 09, 2026 06:25 PM (wVcYX)

20 I worked for a Japanese company for eight years. They may embrace some American culture but in my experience they think opposite of Americans in almost every aspect.

Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn at February 09, 2026 06:25 PM (cwGMH)

21 Japan's ultra conservative prime minister set to seize more power, exit poll shows

I can play that game too!!

CIA BARBIE AND HER MERRY BAND OF MARXISTS SEIZE POWER IN VIRGINIA.

Fun little msm games are a two way street.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 09, 2026 06:25 PM (sAmhv)

22 ‘ and massive snowstorms across much of Japan’

Odd that when that loathsome Democrap recently won the district in TX, the same media made no mention of insanely cold (for TX) weather, which IIRC included snowstorms.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 09, 2026 06:25 PM (ZmaZ9)

23 Banzai!
Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn at February 09, 2026 06:23 PM (dK+Kv)

You missed:

I fear all we have done is awoken a sleeping giant and given him a painful erection...
-Alexander S

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 06:25 PM (zZu0s)

24 Now for some Japanese city-pop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_lC2O1oIew

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 06:26 PM (2GVsD)

25 Ah, so she is from the Seizing part of the right wing. I assumed she was from the Pouncing side.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 09, 2026 06:26 PM (Dv3i1)

26 Why wouldn't anyone want foreign rape gangs raping young native girls?

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 09, 2026 06:27 PM (Vh9CX)

27 Japan has zero immigration.

SO they gonna drop people in the ocean.

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 09, 2026 06:27 PM (gbOdA)

28 Off sock

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 06:27 PM (cwGMH)

29 Samurai Politician, starring Alexandr Solzhenitsyn

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 09, 2026 06:27 PM (wVcYX)

30 >>>She's talking about increasing military spending to 2% of GDP . . . .

This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it.

Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn at February 09, 2026 06:27 PM (dK+Kv)

31 increasing military spending to 2% of GDP

Godzilla better get his shit together and act right.

Posted by: DaveA at February 09, 2026 06:28 PM (FhXTo)

32 Tora Tora Tora

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 09, 2026 06:28 PM (gbOdA)

33 Tomorrow
And Tomoorow
And Tomorrow
Creeps in its’ petty pace -
Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 06:28 PM (pDt9x)

34 Konnichiwa, bitches.

Posted by: PM Takaichi-sama at February 09, 2026 06:29 PM (TbWk/)

35 The only sad part is I can't immigrate there now. I guess I'll have to fight the muzzies and commies here.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 09, 2026 06:29 PM (n5tGW)

36 I grew up in Wrigleyville with a bunch of Japanese kids. They were 'Nisei,' the folks released from the WWII internment camps. They were wonderful people who did everything they could to assimilate American. The kids all had American names like "Roy" and "Elaine." Everybody spoke perfect English.

They were smart, neat, industrious, and education-focused. If there's any good in me, it rubbed off from associating with them.

Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 06:30 PM (N8ZBc)

37 Thailand also had an election yesterday, and a right-wing party surprisingly won over the left-wing populists and some gay loving progressive party that was supposed to win.

Posted by: the lower depths at February 09, 2026 06:30 PM (4QwTz)

38 Oh kami-sama, the people who called the anime GATE Japanese military propaganda are probably spazzing out right now.

And that is totes a good thing, they deserve it.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 06:30 PM (2GVsD)

39 Stuff Alexandr Solzhenitsyn wrote, Vol I, II, & III

Please attribute all quotes from me by using the above books. Thank you.

Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn at February 09, 2026 06:30 PM (sAmhv)

40 Permanent Residents: 918,116

That was a typical quarter of illegals under Biden

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 09, 2026 06:31 PM (gbOdA)

41 Leftist parties now only have three seats.

Can we call them the Three Little Pigs? If so, then place me in the category that roots for the Big, Bad Wolf.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at February 09, 2026 06:32 PM (f8hsW)

42 I lived in Japan for a while. Always thought about retiring there, at least for the winter months. Too hot and humid there in the summer.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 09, 2026 06:32 PM (ZmaZ9)

43 She "seized more power" by (checks notes) winning a democratic election.

In a similar way, Trump "seized more power" in 2024.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:15 PM

---
Of course President Trump "seized more power."

He was better at stealing the election than the Democrats.

That's exactly how they see it.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 09, 2026 06:32 PM (ESVrU)

44 She better watch her ass.

Japanese can get very stabby.

Posted by: pawn at February 09, 2026 06:33 PM (uvB+6)

45 Toughest job in the world is being a police sketch artist in Tokyo.

Posted by: Al Solzhenitsyn at February 09, 2026 06:33 PM (oftw2)

46 Fuck the secret police, coming straight from the underground!

Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn, Straight Outta Gulag at February 09, 2026 06:33 PM (TbWk/)

47 Stuff Alexandr Solzhenitsyn wrote, Vol I, II, & III

Please attribute all quotes from me by using the above books. Thank you.

Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn

"How do people get to this clandestine Archipelago?"

-- Vol I.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 09, 2026 06:33 PM (cYBz/)

48 >>5 ace is a devote of hentai. Who knew?

ugh no, just normal Japanese adult videos

I'm an anti porn crusader

https://youtu.be/PwCjWkNswvA?

si=_wYwXhdM1p6OPPXF&t=32

Posted by: ace at February 09, 2026 06:34 PM (1wjle)

49 24 Now for some Japanese city-pop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_lC2O1oIew
Posted by: Anna Puma

It reminds me of early 90s Lisa Stansfield. A little bit anyway. I honestly don't know any Lisa Stansfield post early 90s. I was stationed over there then, and Lisa Stansfield got LOTS of air play.

youtu.be/JVuuatjHGnY

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 09, 2026 06:34 PM (sAmhv)

50 The best part was when she backflip repelled into parliament wearing nothing but her thermoptic camouflage suit, roundhouse kicked a commie, then disrobed in front of everyone. Bad ass.

Posted by: banana Dream at February 09, 2026 06:35 PM (fjo1b)

51 "They may embrace some American culture but in my experience they think opposite of Americans in almost every aspect."

How so? Seriously interested.

Posted by: pawn at February 09, 2026 06:35 PM (uvB+6)

52 I despise each and everyone of you!

Posted by: Koichi Toyama, Bald and Loving It at February 09, 2026 06:35 PM (Ksqrb)

53 So, the coalition won 356 out of 465.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 06:35 PM (zZu0s)

54 You'd think the feminists at the AP would be all for a strong woman PM.

I'm not sure why she fell out of the middle of the Ally Stack as an Asian woman, but she did.

Simply because she's conservative and likes Trump?
Because she's against immigration?

Because the CCP told them to be mean to her?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 06:36 PM (6ydKt)

55 Stupid idiot media is the same everywhere.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at February 09, 2026 06:36 PM (ZbPL4)

56 Oh, how we yearned for some Lisa Stansfield in the camps....

Posted by: Alex Solzhenitsyn at February 09, 2026 06:36 PM (oftw2)

57 Sumo, baby. That's where it's at.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2026 06:37 PM (0KSrI)

58 Ace is a cyclone ranger

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 06:37 PM (2GVsD)

59 Japan has zero immigration.

SO they gonna drop people in the ocean.
Posted by: r hennigantx

I seem to remember that they took in some Kurds.

Who proceeded to make such (possibly Islamic) nuisances of themselves that the Japanese said GTFO

Posted by: FeatherBlade at February 09, 2026 06:37 PM (a+4eV)

60 I lived in Japan for a while. Always thought about retiring there, at least for the winter months. Too hot and humid there in the summer.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 09, 2026 06:32 PM (ZmaZ9)

I was stationed there when I was in the Navy.

I loved Japan. Love the place, the people, the food.

The elegant and exquisite Mrs naturalfake and I have plans, when retired, to go live there for a few months.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 09, 2026 06:37 PM (iJfKG)

61 The best part was when she backflip repelled into parliament wearing nothing but her thermoptic camouflage suit, roundhouse kicked a commie, then disrobed in front of everyone. Bad ass.
Posted by: banana Dream at February 09, 2026 06:35 PM (fjo1b)

Heh. Stellar Blade, Japanese PM.

Korean game, probably would not appreciate the joke.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 06:37 PM (zZu0s)

62 Does she have a sister ... to replace some of our RINO squishes in the House and Senate?

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at February 09, 2026 06:37 PM (HlyYF)

63 Oooh Sugai!

Why do I know them? Shut up, narc. I just know them, okay? We don't need to get any more detailed than that.

So if I point out it's spelled wrong, I'm in the same detail. So I won't.

Posted by: mikeski at February 09, 2026 06:38 PM (VHUov)

64 /sings

I'm going Japanese I think I'm going Japanese

I really think so...

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 09, 2026 06:38 PM (mP0Kj)

65 Japan's own Iron Maiden Lady!

Shinzo Abe, your pupil has avenged you.

Posted by: LizLem at February 09, 2026 06:38 PM (gWBY1)

66 >>> Heh. Stellar Blade, Japanese PM.

Korean game, probably would not appreciate the joke.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 06:37 PM (zZu0s)

Way earlier, Ghost In the Shell, Major’s big scene.

Posted by: banana Dream at February 09, 2026 06:39 PM (fjo1b)

67 Ichiban!

Posted by: Eromero at February 09, 2026 06:39 PM (LHPAg)

68 The best part was when she backflip repelled into parliament wearing nothing but her thermoptic camouflage suit, roundhouse kicked a commie, then disrobed in front of everyone. Bad ass.

Watching the original Ghost in the Shell movie again?

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 06:39 PM (2GVsD)

69 64 That song is about jerking off, BTW.

Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 06:39 PM (N8ZBc)

70 日本火蟻

斜眼看

紅色的中國。

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 09, 2026 06:39 PM (6W1vz)

71 You'd think the feminists at the AP would be all for a strong woman PM.

I'm not sure why she fell out of the middle of the Ally Stack as an Asian woman, but she did.

Simply because she's conservative and likes Trump?
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Yes, and yes.

The Left claims to be in favor of grrl power, but only if the grrl is Of The Body. Nobody to the right of Renee Good need apply.

Posted by: mikeski at February 09, 2026 06:39 PM (VHUov)

72 So if I point out it's spelled wrong, I'm in the same detail. So I won't.
Posted by: mikeski at February 09, 2026 06:38 PM (VHUov)

The only place I know the one word from is when it is stretched across the chest of a barely in a shirt woman. I think I looked it up once and it was a milk product?

*snicker*

Which... ok.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 06:40 PM (zZu0s)

73 Does she wear a machine gun bra?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at February 09, 2026 06:40 PM (ZbPL4)

74 3 From the looks of her, she was in her teens when Joe Biden was born.
Posted by: MikeN at February 09, 2026 06:18 PM (8uQGY)

You must be looking at someone else.

Posted by: The Inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at February 09, 2026 06:40 PM (DPRVO)

75 51 "They may embrace some American culture but in my experience they think opposite of Americans in almost every aspect."

How so? Seriously interested.
Posted by: pawn at February 09, 2026 06:35 PM (uvB+6)
———

I lived there. Japanese do love American culture, clothes, and swlf-reliant cowboy “brand.” So many products (mainly clothes and fashion) were promoted as “American style.” But they don’t think much of our technology, manufacturing, or work ethic. They basically consider us the cool bad boy they’d love to party with, and who gets all the chicks, but they wouldn’t want us on their business team.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 09, 2026 06:41 PM (ZmaZ9)

76 Is she also pouncing? Can't have a good seize unless you also pounce.

Posted by: steevy at February 09, 2026 06:41 PM (YwEeS)

77 >>> Watching the original Ghost in the Shell movie again?
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 06:39 PM (2GVsD)

I should. I hear they’re remaking SAC

Posted by: banana Dream at February 09, 2026 06:41 PM (fjo1b)

78 Keemochee, I said in a high-pitched Japanese voice. Oooh Sugai!, I added, squealing in delight.

These are just a couple of Japanese words I happen to know. Why do I know them? Shut up, narc. I just know them, okay? We don't need to get any more detailed than that.
----
This could be used in a writing class for an example of how to hook your audience.

*****
Tokyo is decades ahead of other cities. They're fiercely protective of their unique culture and people. They're nationalists of the best kind.

They enjoy others from a distance and are happy to befriend you but the moment you disrespect them they want nothing to do with you.
----

We could learn a lot from this!

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 09, 2026 06:41 PM (RkOfE)

79 Le porno, c'est mal.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 06:42 PM (6ydKt)

80 Now, why is it possible for this large, densely populated, highly desirable island country with long coastlines to secure its borders, but not us?

Why is their overtly racialized immigration policy acceptable, when our much more inclusive one is racist?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 09, 2026 06:42 PM (BI5O2)

81 She looks younger than Dr Jill. And without the Dr Jill Thotwear.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 06:42 PM (zZu0s)

82 I think we showed them in WW2 we could manufacture pretty well....

Posted by: steevy at February 09, 2026 06:42 PM (YwEeS)

83 'Watashi wa kō iimashita.'

- Alexandr Solzhenitsyn

Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 06:42 PM (N8ZBc)

84 >>> That song is about jerking off, BTW.
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 06:39 PM (N8ZBc)

Handle’s Music for Royal Fireworks? I know bro!

Posted by: banana Dream at February 09, 2026 06:43 PM (fjo1b)

85 Willowed from last thread:
So now we know why Bad Bunny's halftime show was all in Spanish...it wasn't to be multicultural, it was to get around censors.

The song he sang was beyond pornographic, apparently? And little Latino kids were exposed to it. Fine the NFL for indecency, if true. Hard.

I remember my good girl Christian Mexican immigrant friends (legal) complaining of the same thing when Despacito was a hit. It's so vulgar, yet everyone played it because white people didn't know the actual lyrics and had a fun beat. They hated that song.

It loses its pizzazz when a white guy reads the lyrics:

@0hour1
I have converted the SUPER BOWL song to English for the @nflcommish and the parents
Enjoy

Posted by: LizLem at February 09, 2026 06:43 PM (gWBY1)

86 I am so glad they have never made another anime inspired by Dominion Tank Police.

A remake of Stand Alone Complex if done by Netflix will stink

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 06:43 PM (2GVsD)

87 Takaichi's enthusiasm is beautiful.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 09, 2026 06:43 PM (RkOfE)

88 I think we showed them in WW2 we could manufacture pretty well....
Posted by: steevy at February 09, 2026 06:42 PM (YwEeS)

Unlike us, they have maintained a lot of their manufacturing base.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 06:43 PM (zZu0s)

89 I've posted about this before. The Japanese establishment was intent on importing Chinese shitbirds, African aholes, Hindi cowhumperz and Muslim MFers.

The people said nah, brah, we'd rather go down without losing our souls.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at February 09, 2026 06:43 PM (wBaIH)

90 Immigrants mean instability.

And guess what Japanese hate the most?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Makes sense. They're bigger than Guam, but still.

Posted by: Hank Johnson at February 09, 2026 06:44 PM (VHUov)

91 Better watch out. First Italy, then Japan. Just wait until the AdP wins, and Germany recreates the Axis.

Posted by: Eeyore at February 09, 2026 06:44 PM (AlhUl)

92
Who proceeded to make such (possibly Islamic) nuisances of themselves that the Japanese said GTFO
Posted by: FeatherBlade
--

They are doing same with Africans.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 09, 2026 06:44 PM (6W1vz)

93 So I gather the first female prime minister of Japan is not stunning and brave?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 06:44 PM (RIvkX)

94 Also Willowed:
last night Kid Rock added a new verse about Christ to "Til You Can't," and it's beating Bad Bunny on the charts

God is good, all the time. And all the time God is good.

@nicksortor
🚨 BREAKING: Kid Rock’s rendition of “‘Til You Can’t” with his added verse about giving your life to Jesus has SURPASSED Bad Bunny on the charts
It’s now at NUMBER ONE, post-Super Bowl
WE ARE WINNING! 🔥🇺🇸

Posted by: LizLem at February 09, 2026 06:44 PM (gWBY1)

95 increasing military spending to 2% of GDP

Godzilla better get his shit together and act right.
--
Once he sees their Super Dimensional Fortress, he'll probably just enlist.

Posted by: Methos at February 09, 2026 06:44 PM (vSvIl)

96 "Handle’s Music for Royal Fireworks? I know bro!"

Grab that handle.

Green Day's Longview is also about jerking off. And Phil Lesh had one.

Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 06:45 PM (N8ZBc)

97 88 many Japanese companies are exporting their manufacturing to countries where there's workers and a market; ie the USA.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at February 09, 2026 06:45 PM (wBaIH)

98 The Japanese should take a weekend and develop and produce nukes.

Just to show they are serious.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 06:46 PM (zZu0s)

99 They may embrace some American culture but in my experience they think opposite of Americans in almost every aspect."

How so? Seriously interested.
Posted by: pawn at February 09, 2026 06:35 PM (uvB+6

I found they expect certain respect and deference because of their positions and hesitate to contradict or offer alternatives to a superior.

They treat women in the workplace much different.

They apologize too damn much.

Contrary to conventional wisdom they don't work more hours than white collar Americans though they may spend more hours at work. Most of the extra hours are entertaining clients.

If truth be told I don't think they like round eye too much and still believe they are superior. Now that's the older Japanese I worked with. I did have one manager who was great and didn't get that feeling at all.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 06:47 PM (cwGMH)

100 What did Bad Bunny really sing about in his ghetto spanish last night?

Posted by: Culo! at February 09, 2026 06:47 PM (Ksqrb)

101 Next year Japan will showcase their fully operational Gundam mobile suit with beam-saber and nuclear bazooka.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 06:48 PM (2GVsD)

102 Don't say her name!

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 09, 2026 06:48 PM (XeU6L)

103 "The Japanese should take a weekend and develop and produce nukes."

The Russians, Koreans and Chinese all have historical reasons to despise them. So, yes.

Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 06:48 PM (N8ZBc)

104 Who could have guessed that as a Marxist?

Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2026 06:48 PM (Ia/+0)

105 Next year Japan will showcase their fully operational Gundam mobile suit with beam-saber and nuclear bazooka.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 06:48 PM (2GVsD)

Driven by a cute girl with big blue eyes and bright red hair shaped like an hourglass on a diet.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 06:50 PM (6ydKt)

106 The only place I know the one word from is when it is stretched across the chest of a barely in a shirt woman. I think I looked it up once and it was a milk product?
*snicker*
Which... ok.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

There was an anime/manga--Uzaki-chan wants to hang out!--where the chesty lead often wore a shirt that said "Sugoi Dekai."

Literally "Super Big!"

Posted by: mikeski, bringing some cultural knowledge at February 09, 2026 06:50 PM (VHUov)

107 Next year Japan will showcase their fully operational Gundam mobile suit with beam-saber and nuclear bazooka.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 06:48 PM (2GVsD)

Heh.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 09, 2026 06:50 PM (zZu0s)

108 How so? Seriously interested.
Posted by: pawn
------

They think that eating raw fish is a good idea.

Posted by: Mrs. Paul at February 09, 2026 06:50 PM (XeU6L)

109 At ScienceAdviser: "Punching influenza in the nose"

Scientists have developed teeny-tiny, very low molecular weight fists.

Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 06:51 PM (N8ZBc)

110 the best cover of Despacito was by the Colombian Armed Forces

youtu.be/8DNkV-CtltE

Posted by: Kindltot at February 09, 2026 06:51 PM (rbvCR)

111 What did Bad Bunny really sing about in his ghetto spanish last night?
Posted by: Culo! at February 09, 2026 06:47 PM (Ksqrb)

He said "puta" about 50 million times last night, which means "whore".

So, you can probably assume what the rest was about.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 09, 2026 06:52 PM (iJfKG)

112 So if I point out it's spelled wrong, I'm in the same detail. So I won't.

Posted by: mikeski at February 09, 2026 06:38 PM (VHUov)

Kimochi and sugoi are fairly common in normal Japanese conversation, it's all about context.

I'm sure Ace was simply watching some cute Japanese Animal Videos while the presenters repeatedly mentioned how pleasant it felt to pet a kitten and were subsequently very impressed by the size of a wiener dog.

Posted by: Sjg at February 09, 2026 06:52 PM (aqZN1)

113 The Japanese should take a weekend and develop and produce nukes.

Just to show they are serious.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Yahmaha: Motorcycles, pianos, nukes.

Posted by: Mrs. Paul at February 09, 2026 06:52 PM (XeU6L)

114 They think that eating raw fish is a good idea.

Posted by: Mrs. Paul at February 09, 2026 06:50 PM (XeU6L)

And they regularly live past 100.

They might be on to something.

But I'll never understand the puffer fish thing.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 06:52 PM (6ydKt)

115
If truth be told I don't think they like round eye too much and still believe they are superior.
----
Good for them, they should feel that they and their culture are superior. Every culture should feel that.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 09, 2026 06:53 PM (RkOfE)

116 Nyah?

Sushi oishii nyah!

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 06:53 PM (2GVsD)

117 Who are we to criticize their culture?

Posted by: A Press Puta at February 09, 2026 06:54 PM (vFG9F)

118 "What did Bad Bunny really sing about in his ghetto spanish last night?
Posted by: Culo! at February 09, 2026 06:47 PM (Ksqrb)

He said "puta" about 50 million times last night, which means "whore"."

How many SBs featured musicians who use enword in their lyrics?

Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 06:54 PM (N8ZBc)

119 Yahmaha: Motorcycles, pianos, nukes.
Posted by: Mrs. Paul at February 09, 2026 06:52 PM (XeU6L)

Don't be silly. Hitachi builds nukes.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 09, 2026 06:54 PM (rbvCR)

120 100 What did Bad Bunny really sing about in his ghetto spanish last night?
Posted by: Culo!

There is a post on 'X' of some spanish speaker saying American's shouldn't feel bad for not understanding Bad Bunny, they couldn't understand him either.

I watched a video a while back about the various Spanish dialects spoken around the New World. Apparently Chili won that contest of incomprehensible Spanish dialects.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 09, 2026 06:54 PM (sAmhv)

121 >>> But they don’t think much of our technology, manufacturing, or work ethic. They basically consider us the cool bad boy they’d love to party with, and who gets all the chicks, but they wouldn’t want us on their business team.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 09, 2026 06:41 PM (ZmaZ9)

I have a friend that works in America for a huge international South Korean tech brand, on their innovation team. They have an American team, she confided, because while the Korean team members are excellent at the tech, they need the American team be the creative geniuses. When your culture encourages homogenized thinking, it's hard to think outside the box.

That being said, manga and anime are taking over. Not because Americans can't be creative anymore, or make new stories. It's because only one type of woke message and story is allowed to be platformed and told. And it's boring and everyone hates it. So American kids are turning to Japan instead.

Posted by: LizLem at February 09, 2026 06:54 PM (gWBY1)

122 Ladies and Gentlemen, keep your eyes focused on the Steel Industry. Nippon Steel purchased US Steel in 2023. However, there were a number of caveats in the agreement that allowed US Steel to continu operating as normal in the US with significant investment from Nippon Steel.

What this did was allow that enttity (Nippon Steel/ US Steel) to become the second largest steel manufacturer in the world. It, also, showed the hand to Canada in the process. It improves the US's security in that there is expected to be a significant increase in domestical made steel.

The fact that Japan just swayed to the right makes this process much more easy, and hurts China significantly in the process.

Posted by: Orson at February 09, 2026 06:55 PM (dIske)

123 Good for them, they should feel that they and their culture are superior. Every culture should feel that.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 09, 2026 06:53 PM (RkOfE)

That's the definition of racism. Good job.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 06:55 PM (cwGMH)

124 Culture is not dependent on race.

Posted by: fd at February 09, 2026 06:57 PM (vFG9F)

125 Maybe the three remaining Leftists will do the honorable thing.

Nah, they are Leftists.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 06:57 PM (2GVsD)

126 2% of GDP for defense.

We spend 3.4%. And we are responsible for defending Japan. Is it too much to ask that they spend the same share as us?

This is progress certainly, but it's really shameful these countries have spent so little on their own defense for decades.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at February 09, 2026 06:57 PM (vOtXJ)

127 126 Concur.

Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 06:58 PM (N8ZBc)

128 "105 Next year Japan will showcase their fully operational Gundam mobile suit with beam-saber and nuclear bazooka.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 06:48 PM (2GVsD)

Driven by a cute girl with big blue eyes and bright red hair shaped like an hourglass on a diet.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 06:50 PM (6ydKt) "

oh please, yes, this.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 09, 2026 06:58 PM (Cjt/F)

129 That's the definition of racism. Good job.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 06:55 PM (cwGMH)

That's not my definition.

Maybe stop hanging out with RINOs and leftists.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 09, 2026 06:58 PM (n9ltV)

130 So American kids are turning to Japan instead.

Posted by: LizLem at February 09, 2026 06:54 PM (gWBY1)

Yes.
It's been going on for 25 years now.

Before say, 2000, most Americans knew little about, or had even heard of 'anime', or 'manga'.

Now it's ubiquitous among two generations, and some older ones who remember and loved the likes of Speed Racer, and shows like those.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 06:58 PM (6ydKt)

131 That's the definition of racism. Good job.
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lol, thanks. I think it is a definition of nationalism.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 09, 2026 06:58 PM (RkOfE)

132 It's always "far right" when a huge majority of the population wants it.

Posted by: Spartacus Booker at February 09, 2026 06:59 PM (W+TLY)

133 JN Kaga and JN Izumo will both be deployed with F-35B aircraft aboard. Impressive.

Posted by: mrp at February 09, 2026 06:59 PM (rj6Yv)

134 Apparently Chili won that contest of incomprehensible Spanish dialects.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 09, 2026 06:54 PM (sAmhv)

I've known a couple of Chileans. They had a hard, sharp accent, and dropped the end of words like crazy. So, yeah, took some getting used to. Colombians, on the other hand, are very easy to understand. Colombian Spanish is like Indiana English.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 09, 2026 06:59 PM (zYpTz)

135
"Ultra Right Wing" = Anyone to the right of Pol Pot

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 06:59 PM (tgvbd)

136 >>> There is a post on 'X' of some spanish speaker saying American's shouldn't feel bad for not understanding Bad Bunny, they couldn't understand him either.

That totally makes sense! A Mexican friend told me no one else can understand Puerto Ricans because they talk too fast and condense everything. "Buenos Noches" in Puerto Rican is "buena noche," for example, and they slur the words together fast.

I'm surprised JHo didn't find a way to get in on the halftime action since she is famously puerto
Rican, but they let Pedro Pascal in.

Posted by: LizLem at February 09, 2026 06:59 PM (gWBY1)

137 70. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others

Translation: Japanese fire ant cross-eyed view of red China.

For real? 🙂

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 09, 2026 07:00 PM (NFX2v)

138 I think a girl band made up of Takaichi, Meloni, and... three other kick ass female PMs, yet to be named would be great. Also, they would secretly fight crime, and have cool vehicles that would combine into a super fighting robot named MAGABABE

Posted by: banana Dream at February 09, 2026 07:00 PM (3uBP9)

139 Is there a Kennedy class carrier that is not scrap? Maybe we can sell that to Japan for $10.

Then let Mitsubishi develop some new carrier planes.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 07:00 PM (2GVsD)

140 Apparently Chili won that contest of incomprehensible Spanish dialects.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 09, 2026 06:54 PM (sAmhv)
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They speak Spanish as well as the Quebecois speak French.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 07:00 PM (RIvkX)

141 Still lots of people on the right who jump at the opportunity to 'call out racism.' Leave it to the lefties.

Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 07:00 PM (N8ZBc)

142 That being said, manga and anime are taking over. Not because Americans can't be creative anymore, or make new stories. It's because only one type of woke message and story is allowed to be platformed and told. And it's boring and everyone hates it. So American kids are turning to Japan instead.
Posted by: LizLem

TIL I'm an "American kid." Totally rad, dude!

Posted by: mikeski at February 09, 2026 07:01 PM (VHUov)

143 Good for them, they should feel that they and their culture are superior. Every culture should feel that.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 09, 2026 06:53 PM (RkOfE)

That's the definition of racism. Good job.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 06:55 PM (cwGMH)

Welp, here's an unpopular opinion.

In a monocultural, monoracial society, which Japan essentially is, racism is not a particularly bad thing.
At all.

Because it doesn't cause crime or social unrest. It's an attitude but not a social weapon.

In America, yeah, sure racism isn't a good thing because we're a multicultural, multiracial society and some a-holes will act upon their racism.

Not the same thing, people.

You may now open fire.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 09, 2026 07:01 PM (iJfKG)

144
JN Kaga

_________

"Am I going to have to sink it again?" - Zombie Wade McClusky

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 07:01 PM (tgvbd)

145 I think a girl band made up of Takaichi, Meloni, and... three other kick ass female PMs, yet to be named would be great. Also, they would secretly fight crime, and have cool vehicles that would combine into a super fighting robot named MAGABABE
Posted by: banana Dream at February 09, 2026 07:00 PM (3uBP9)
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How could you forget Italy's prime minister?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 07:03 PM (RIvkX)

146 123 Good for them, they should feel that they and their culture are superior. Every culture should feel that.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 09, 2026 06:53 PM (RkOfE)

That's the definition of racism. Good job.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 06:55 PM (cwGMH)

Why do you confuse culture with race?

Isn't it possible to have pride of one's traditional, national, culture without being a racist?

This fear of cultural nationalism since WWII has really warped some perceptions way past the stretching point.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 07:03 PM (6ydKt)

147 That's the definition of racism. Good job.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 06:55 PM (cwGMH)

Not any more. It used to be that "racist" was a term that described when people hated minorities. Now it is a designation for people minorities hate.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 09, 2026 07:03 PM (rbvCR)

148 Oh, you didn't my bad.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 07:03 PM (RIvkX)

149 146 Concur.

Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 07:03 PM (N8ZBc)

150 I also think that part of American nationalism is recognizing the good of other cultures and absorbing them into our own. An excellent trait which works so well at building unity that the enemies of American culture had to redefine it as "cultural appropriation".

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 09, 2026 07:03 PM (RkOfE)

151 It took 20+ SBDs to sink Kaga.

Dick Best and four other dive bomber pilots sank Akagi

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 07:03 PM (2GVsD)

152 That totally makes sense! A Mexican friend told me no one else can understand Puerto Ricans because they talk too fast and condense everything. "Buenos Noches" in Puerto Rican is "buena noche," for example, and they slur the words together fast.
Posted by: LizLem

Spanish is a "fast language" to begin with, so that could be trouble.

Works better in slow languages like English. Where we cut down phrases like "I am going to" to just "Ima."

Posted by: mikeski at February 09, 2026 07:03 PM (VHUov)

153 "I also think that part of American nationalism is recognizing the good of other cultures and absorbing them into our own. "

Like tacos, and pizza.

Posted by: fd at February 09, 2026 07:04 PM (vFG9F)

154

Is she going to pounce on power, too?

Posted by: imp at February 09, 2026 07:05 PM (g6TN6)

155 They have an American team, she confided, because while the Korean team members are excellent at the tech, they need the American team be the creative geniuses. Posted by: LizLem at February 09, 2026 06:54 PM (gWBY1)

I had a project where we were teamed with a bunch of Astian guys. We get together, and the Americans do what Americans do - we all start bullshitting about how to solve the problem. We could do this, or that. How about this idea? nah, that will never work. Things rolling along.

The Austrians were upset. "Stop stop! You're doing this all wrong! before we do anything, we must elect a leader, and he'll tell us what to do."

We shrugged. So, we had an election, and the Americans all voted for the Austrian who was their spokesman to be the "leader". Once that was settled, we asked him what to do. He suggested we open the floor...for discussion. And the Americans started rolling on again, spit balling ideas. "Stop stop! We must all take turns each saying what their idea is."

This went on the whole time - a project Americans could have solved in an afternoon stretched out a week.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at February 09, 2026 07:05 PM (vOtXJ)

156 Japan got literally the tiniest bit of migration and micro intrusion on their culture. They responded with the most right wing electoral result in history and essentially banished the left from any bit of power. Absolutely beautiful to see.

I've seen a video trend of 'Hip Hop Nuisance Dancers' going to Japan and intentionally acting weird and in the face of Japanese people on the subways there.

Their response to "diverse vibrant culture" looks pretty smart. Stop it when it is idiots dancing before you get to the random stabbings and setting people on fire...

Posted by: 18-1 at February 09, 2026 07:05 PM (sKqQm)

157 The Austrians were upset. "Stop stop! You're doing this all wrong! before we do anything, we must elect a leader, and he'll tell us what to do."

Why its like this is a pattern with Germanic culture...

Posted by: 18-1 at February 09, 2026 07:06 PM (sKqQm)

158 48
'ugh no, just normal Japanese adult videos

I'm an anti porn crusader'

Common sense porn rules.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 09, 2026 07:06 PM (fd80v)

159 153 "I also think that part of American nationalism is recognizing the good of other cultures and absorbing them into our own. "

Exactly - American culture is based on what works and what doesn't. We steal anything not nailed down from other cultures and make it our won.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at February 09, 2026 07:06 PM (vOtXJ)

160 That totally makes sense! A Mexican friend told me no one else can understand Puerto Ricans because they talk too fast and condense everything. "Buenos Noches" in Puerto Rican is "buena noche," for example, and they slur the words together fast.
Posted by: LizLem

They are also, in my experience, really irritating. Worse than Chilangos.

However, I would argue that Chileans are nearly impossible to understand when they talk to each other. I suspect it is because Chileans sound so much like they are speaking Spanish

Posted by: Kindltot at February 09, 2026 07:06 PM (rbvCR)

161 "This went on the whole time - a project Americans could have solved in an afternoon stretched out a week."

Or maybe even faster if they just let one competent guy handle it solo. Teams and meetings often suck.

Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 07:06 PM (N8ZBc)

162 >>> riven by a cute girl with big blue eyes and bright red hair shaped like an hourglass on a diet.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 06:50 PM (6ydKt) "

oh please, yes, this.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 09, 2026 06:58 PM (Cjt/F)

Ok, but I'm reading the rules right now, and they basically require you to also have a horribly angsty teenage boy that just whines about everything and you want to slap him, but no one slaps him, at least not enough, which enough = constant slapping.

Posted by: banana Dream at February 09, 2026 07:07 PM (3uBP9)

163 Leftists everywhere: release Godzilla.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 09, 2026 07:07 PM (yI5mB)

164 Still lots of people on the right who jump at the opportunity to 'call out racism.' Leave it to the lefties.
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 07:00 PM (N8ZBc

The poster said you should feel superior to others because of your race. If you want to defend that okay.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 07:07 PM (cwGMH)

165 After Aum Shinrikyu used Sarin in the Tokyo subways, yes the Japanese are a bit sensitive.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 07:07 PM (2GVsD)

166 That being said, manga and anime are taking over. Not because Americans can't be creative anymore, or make new stories. It's because only one type of woke message and story is allowed to be platformed and told.

All of the younger males I know are into Japanese entertainment.

And there are certainly a lot more ideas being explored and different types of stories being told then in American pop culture.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 09, 2026 07:07 PM (sKqQm)

167
I haven't listened to an NPR show in ten years.

But if they're going to squeal like the little piglets they are, I'm back in.

Posted by: Auspex at February 09, 2026 07:08 PM (Y8DZL)

168 156 Those make me angry, even though I don't live there, and I'm not Japanese. Those a-holes can DIAF.

Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 07:08 PM (N8ZBc)

169 JN Kaga

_________

"Am I going to have to sink it again?" - Zombie Wade McClusky
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 09, 2026 07:01 PM (tgvbd)
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I mistyped. It's JS Kaga and JS Izumo. USMC F-35Bs were deployed to the Kaga as part of the Kaga's modification trials. Japan ordered 147 F-35s from the US.

Just the Japanese and US helicopter carriers alone offer a serious strike carrier threat to adversaries in the Far East, since they have been mostly modified to carry and support F-35s.

Posted by: mrp at February 09, 2026 07:08 PM (rj6Yv)

170 ugh no, just normal Japanese adult videos

Uh, wait, normal as in with tentacles or boring?

Posted by: Kurt Eichenwald at February 09, 2026 07:08 PM (sKqQm)

171 This went on the whole time - a project Americans could have solved in an afternoon stretched out a week.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at February 09, 2026 07:05 PM (vOtXJ)
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You just described contemporary American governance.

Have you seen the Palisades?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2026 07:09 PM (RIvkX)

172 side eye
side eye

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 09, 2026 07:09 PM (6W1vz)

173 164 Virtue successfully signaled. Copy that. You are a good person, and now we all know it.

Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 07:09 PM (N8ZBc)

174 Ikari Shinji had issues.

Mother being eating by an EVA and having a power mad father who viewed him as a useful tool were just two of the bigger ones.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 07:09 PM (2GVsD)

175 Here is a supposed transcript of all the lyrics in the halftime show:

https://genius.com/Genius-english-
translations-bad-bunny-super-bowl-
lx-halftime-show-ft-lady-gaga-
and-ricky-martin-english-translation-lyrics

A sample:
"My di is being chased and I want you to hide it
Grab it like a bonga She took a pill that made her horny She fucks in the Audi, not in the Honda, ayy
If I give it to you, don't call me Cause this is not to make you love me If your boyfriend doesn't—
He better fu—, ayy, ayy
When she twerks she doesn't stop She smokes and gets horny, ayy She'll call you if she needs you, ayy But for now she is alone She twerks—

Posted by: LizLem at February 09, 2026 07:09 PM (gWBY1)

176 Why its like this is a pattern with Germanic culture...

Posted by: 18-1 at February 09, 2026 07:06 PM (sKqQm)

Asians as well.

They sometimes can't function without order, procedure, and hierarchy.

It's been trained into them for thousands of years.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 07:09 PM (6ydKt)

177 Nukes and Magic Wands.

"Hitachi makes the Earth move for you"

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 09, 2026 07:09 PM (wVcYX)

178 What a double-barreled load of bias from NPR. Why is this outfit still in business?

Posted by: Paco at February 09, 2026 07:10 PM (2L+MU)

179 JN Kaga and JN Izumo will both be deployed with F-35B aircraft aboard. Impressive.

Posted by: mrp at February 09, 2026 06:59 PM (rj6Yv)

F-35B sugoi ja nai desu.

They need a proper carrier and some F-35Cs.

Posted by: Sjg at February 09, 2026 07:10 PM (aqZN1)

180 Also, as others have pointed out, culture does not equal race.

Especially American culture with its concept of the melting pot acknowledges that a culture can be built on values and not skin color.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 09, 2026 07:10 PM (RkOfE)

181 Ok, but I'm reading the rules right now, and they basically require you to also have a horribly angsty teenage boy that just whines about everything and you want to slap him, but no one slaps him, at least not enough, which enough = constant slapping.

Posted by: banana Dream at February 09, 2026 07:07 PM (3uBP9)

And a kinda cute little animal type thing that makes bad jokes and generally annoys everybody.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 07:10 PM (6ydKt)

182 What triggered the "Disinformation Expert" Ace?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 09, 2026 07:11 PM (0sNs1)

183 "Why is this outfit still in business?"

'Thanks to contributions from listeners like you.' It's the only thing worth listening to on my car radio (classical music.)

Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 07:11 PM (N8ZBc)

184 Hitachi also makes construction equipment.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 09, 2026 07:11 PM (rbvCR)

185 Evangelion - Latin word, meaning; "Please slap the boy alot"

Posted by: banana Dream at February 09, 2026 07:11 PM (3uBP9)

186 Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 07:03 PM (6ydKt

He said THEY and their culture, not just culture. It was in response to me pointing out in a nice way that Japanese are racist.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 07:12 PM (cwGMH)

187

Fine, yes, they are racists, and thats ok. Just like the Chinese, the Indians, the Jews, and everyone else except the Western European world

Posted by: imp at February 09, 2026 07:12 PM (g6TN6)

188 It took 20+ SBDs to sink Kaga.

Dick Best and four other dive bomber pilots sank Akagi
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 07:03 PM (2GVsD)
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To be fair, the Japanese contribution to that four-plane strike's success was significant. Nearly everything that could go wrong was going wrong on the Kaga.

Posted by: mrp at February 09, 2026 07:12 PM (rj6Yv)

189 (cwGMH)

Baka yarro gaijin ne?

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 07:12 PM (2GVsD)

190 And I will repeat this again.

The British Museum has a new exhibit running until May 4th about an aspect of Japan.

Namely they say half of the Samurai were female.

Now who is doing cultural imperialism again?

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 07:14 PM (2GVsD)

191 Insert "sieze and pounce" comment that has not already been made by The Horde

Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at February 09, 2026 07:14 PM (SugAx)

192 Went to Japan - you know what the issue with foreigners is? Japan decided to take a small number of African refugees and students (mostly Nigerians) some time back. Most work for the Yakuza as enforces or hustlers on the street. Basically coercing, forcing people into bars, giving them a "free" drink, then charging them some exorbitant amount of money, and refusing to let them leave till they pay up. Tokyo's Kabukichō and Roppongi districts.

They treat the locals like shit. Locals are fucking sick of them. There are about 4,000 of them, and most Japanese want them gone.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at February 09, 2026 07:15 PM (vOtXJ)

193 170 ugh no, just normal Japanese adult videos

Uh, wait, normal as in with tentacles or boring?

healing power of "and"?

Posted by: anachronda at February 09, 2026 07:15 PM (sGtp+)

194 Fine, yes, they are racists, and thats ok. Just like the Chinese, the Indians, the Jews, and everyone else except the Western European world
Posted by: imp at February 09, 2026 07:12 PM (g6TN6)

You mean except America which is the least racist country in the world.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 07:15 PM (cwGMH)

195 The unwanteds are from China, mostly, followed by Vietnam, the Philippines, and other Pacific rimmers.

There's a long history of hatred between them and the Chinese, but I don't know about the others.

Posted by: M. Gaga at February 09, 2026 07:16 PM (KiBMU)

196 IT's not Japanese pr0n until all the naughty bits are pixelated.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 07:16 PM (2GVsD)

197
The poster said you should feel superior to others because of your race. If you want to defend that okay.
Posted by: Opinion fact

The poster was me and I will repost my comment for you to read, maybe a little slower.

115
If truth be told I don't think they like round eye too much and still believe they are superior.
----
Good for them, they should feel that they and their culture are superior. Every culture should feel that.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel

I am happy to have this discussion because I want Americans to regain a sense of American superiority.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 09, 2026 07:16 PM (RkOfE)

198 I thought Anna Puma's opinion was that
Helldivers >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> SBDs?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 09, 2026 07:17 PM (0sNs1)

199 >>>This mandate will likely fast-track her hawkish security agenda, including increasing military spending to 2% of GDP and boosting offensive capabilities. The regional security landscape is about to change significantly.

China won't like that.

>>>Takaichi pledged to continue to use the Japan-U.S. alliance as the cornerstone of foreign policy, and plans to meet with President Trump next month.

China won't like that either.

But *I* like it, so it's all good.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at February 09, 2026 07:17 PM (syz1S)

200 >>> Insert "sieze and pounce" comment that has not already been made by The Horde
Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at February 09, 2026 07:14 PM (SugAx)

In this case wouldn't it be a "glomp"?

Posted by: banana Dream at February 09, 2026 07:17 PM (3uBP9)

201
5 ace is a devote of hentai. Who knew?
=====
ugh no, just normal Japanese adult videos
I'm an anti porn crusader
https://youtu.be/PwCjWkNswvA?
si=_wYwXhdM1p6OPPXF&t=32
Posted by: ace

Bustly Asian Lesbian Pr0n for the win.
*queues up Kansas, Carry On My Wayward Son*

Posted by: Dean Winchester - at February 09, 2026 07:18 PM (QVmho)

202 197 Face it, we're all thoughtcriminals. Except that guy.

Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 07:18 PM (N8ZBc)

203 The British Museum has a new exhibit running until May 4th about an aspect of Japan.
Namely they say half of the Samurai were female.
Now who is doing cultural imperialism again?
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 07:14 PM (2GVsD)
********************************************

Half the samurai caste being female, half the samurai warriors being female, what's the difference?

Posted by: New British Museum at February 09, 2026 07:18 PM (KKfil)

204 30 Seconds Over Tokyo

Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn at February 09, 2026 07:18 PM (wVcYX)

205 SB2C = Son of a B1tch 2nd Class

Aka the box a Dauntless came in.

Also known as the Beast since you had to work at flying it.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 07:18 PM (2GVsD)

206 "So I gather the first female prime minister of Japan is not stunning and brave?
Posted by: San Franpsycho"

No. Not even historic.

Posted by: Ripley at February 09, 2026 07:18 PM (PTDkx)

207 斜眼看
xiéyǎn kàn

紅色的中國。
hóngsè de zhōngguó.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 09, 2026 07:19 PM (6W1vz)

208 *hyperticklesnuggleglomp*

Nyah

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 07:19 PM (2GVsD)

209 Or maybe even faster if they just let one competent guy handle it solo. Teams and meetings often suck.
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 07:06 PM (N8ZBc)

^^^This. Collaboration is for commies.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 09, 2026 07:19 PM (zYpTz)

210 Ah Crimethink. I read about that somewhere. Also Crimespeak.

Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 07:19 PM (pDt9x)

211 Paco

NPR = brain damages Sirens.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 09, 2026 07:19 PM (u82oZ)

212 And I will repeat this again.
The British Museum has a new exhibit running until May 4th about an aspect of Japan.
Namely they say half of the Samurai were female.
Now who is doing cultural imperialism again?
Posted by: Anna Puma

"Samurai" as in katanas and lacquered armor?

Or "samurai" as in the social class?

The former is dumb on its face, and the museum curator should commit seppuku forthwith.

The latter might be true in an Obi-Wan Kenobi sort of way..... was a samurai's wife given the same deference as her husband by the underclasses?

Posted by: mikeski at February 09, 2026 07:20 PM (VHUov)

213 He said THEY and their culture, not just culture. It was in response to me pointing out in a nice way that Japanese are racist.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 07:12 PM (cwGMH)

They're an island nation that was pretty much isolated for thousands of year, still with a heterogeneous population for the most part. Of course they're a little racist.

I think they learned a lesson in 1945 about supremacy, though.

Personally, if I was Japanese I'd want to protect my culture, too. Just as I would if I were English, in about the same boat with regards to culture, and watching it all slip away due to the idiocy of their government.

Sometimes a little racial preference isn't a terrible thing as self-defense.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 09, 2026 07:21 PM (6ydKt)

214 Mikeski

I think they are deliberately conflating things to suit their Occidental agenda

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 07:21 PM (2GVsD)

215 SB2C = Son of a B1tch 2nd Class

Aka the box a Dauntless came in.

Also known as the Beast since you had to work at flying it.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 07:18 PM

So what squadron is your 1/32 SB2C togged out for?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 09, 2026 07:21 PM (0sNs1)

216 I have ZERO SB2Cs in the stash. And it will remain that way.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 07:22 PM (2GVsD)

217 Mikeski

I think they are deliberately conflating things to suit their Occidental agenda
Posted by: Anna Puma

Seppuku it is, then.

Posted by: mikeski at February 09, 2026 07:22 PM (VHUov)

218 He said THEY and their culture, not just culture. It was in response to me pointing out in a nice way that Japanese are racist.
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Thanks for the clarification. Yes, a culture is "owned" by people, therefore "they" and their culture.

My misunderstanding came from not interpreting your comment as calling the Japanese racist. Now I see why you interpreted my comment the way that you did.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 09, 2026 07:22 PM (RkOfE)

219 153
'"I also think that part of American nationalism is recognizing the good of other cultures and absorbing them into our own. "'

I used to feel that way. But honestly I'm not sure my part of the culture benefits as much as the others.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 09, 2026 07:22 PM (fd80v)

220 106 There was an anime/manga--Uzaki-chan wants to hang out!--where the chesty lead often wore a shirt that said "Sugoi Dekai."

until recently pluto.tv showed a few episodes on sunday afternoons. they've stopped, which gave me a sad.

but now i'm all about the demon girl next door...

Posted by: anachronda at February 09, 2026 07:22 PM (sGtp+)

221 30 Seconds Over Tokyo
Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn
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The first non-fiction book that I received as a birthday gift, from my father. I was probably 9 years old at the time. He was a flight instructor during the war. I still have it, of course.

Posted by: Mrs. Paul at February 09, 2026 07:23 PM (XeU6L)

222 When she twerks she doesn't stop She smokes and gets horny, ayy She'll call you if she needs you, ayy But for now she is alone She twerks—
Posted by: LizLem at February 09, 2026 07:09 PM (gWBY1)

So beautiful! (chef's kiss)

Posted by: Luther Campbell at February 09, 2026 07:24 PM (Ksqrb)

223 Anna Puma

In all my years of living and examining culture, I knew of no female Samurai warriors. Women were valued as part of the Samurai class, but not for war-fighting.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 09, 2026 07:24 PM (u82oZ)

224 There *are* things in Japanese culture to be proud of. If their monoracial demographics bother you, start an NGO to diversify them, or to condemn them as apartheid. That worked out so well for SA.

Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 07:25 PM (N8ZBc)

225 173
'Virtue successfully signaled. Copy that. You are a good person, and now we all know it.'

I like good sarcasm.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 09, 2026 07:25 PM (fd80v)

226 They treat the locals like shit. Locals are fucking sick of them. There are about 4,000 of them, and most Japanese want them gone.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at February 09, 2026 07:15 PM (vOtXJ)

Only four thousand? Call out the scoops.

Posted by: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn at February 09, 2026 07:25 PM (dK+Kv)

227 Oni-chan?

Not to be confused with oneechan.

Unless it is a blended family.

The ultimate oni-chan waifu - Ramu

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 07:25 PM (2GVsD)

228
Off Supernatural soc.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at February 09, 2026 07:25 PM (QVmho)

229 Even Wikipedia doubts Tomoe Gozen was a samurai warrior.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 07:26 PM (2GVsD)

230 Let's see how she handles it when the Lefties start baying at the moon. Godzilla has been in slumber for far too long.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 09, 2026 07:26 PM (xFfhU)

231 For them record, I shock the local Lutherans, Baptists, and woke Presbyterian by saying I was raised Shinto.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 09, 2026 07:27 PM (u82oZ)

232 She seized. But did she also pounce?

Posted by: Really?? at February 09, 2026 07:27 PM (y6810)

233 And I will repeat this again.
The British Museum has a new exhibit running until May 4th about an aspect of Japan.
Namely they say half of the Samurai were female.
Now who is doing cultural imperialism again?
Posted by: Anna Puma

"Samurai" as in katanas and lacquered armor?

Or "samurai" as in the social class?

The former is dumb on its face, and the museum curator should commit seppuku forthwith.

The latter might be true in an Obi-Wan Kenobi sort of way..... was a samurai's wife given the same deference as her husband by the underclasses?
Posted by: mikeski at February 09, 2026 07:20 PM (VHUov)

Well, they're probably confusing things a bit with the naginata, which was a Japanese noble woman's weapon.

If they town or castle was over taken, the noble women were expected to fight. And, in fact, they trained on the use of the weapon.

If you saw the recent remake of "Shogun", you saw the noble women using it when the castle was over-run.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 09, 2026 07:28 PM (iJfKG)

234 What triggered the "Disinformation Expert" Ace?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 09, 2026 07:11 PM (0sNs1)

Earlier today, Ace concurred with the FBI report which says the Epstein Affair is a nothingburger. The Horde has mixed feelings about this.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 09, 2026 07:28 PM (u5LSF)

235 Anna Puma

What do you have against Helldivers?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 09, 2026 07:28 PM (u82oZ)

236 Katana!

Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 07:28 PM (g47mK)

237 If only the Georgia election experts could have helped in Japan!

Posted by: Brad Raffensperger's fevered brain at February 09, 2026 07:29 PM (pP43i)

238 Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

Found in a thrift story a copy of the book. Random House Wartime Book. Hardcover. First edition. 1943.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 07:29 PM (2GVsD)

239 Have we learned nothing from Shogun

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 09, 2026 07:30 PM (dtajH)

240 Cafe is nood.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 09, 2026 07:30 PM (zYpTz)

241 Nood! Ghosts! boo!

Posted by: Piper at February 09, 2026 07:31 PM (Wmg4n)

242 I didn't know that Japanese is a race.

Posted by: fd at February 09, 2026 07:31 PM (vFG9F)

243 We need allies. Japan would be nice.

Posted by: tubal at February 09, 2026 07:31 PM (pDt9x)

244 Because the Helldiver proved that Curtiss had lost their skill. It was a flying hunk of junk.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 07:31 PM (2GVsD)

245 Kyo wa yoi hida !

Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 07:31 PM (g47mK)

246 Hi Salty - good to "see" you. Raised Shinto? 🧐 I want to know more. 🙂

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 09, 2026 07:31 PM (RkOfE)

247 Yoi domeikuni !

Posted by: runner at February 09, 2026 07:32 PM (g47mK)

248 They enjoy others from a distance and are happy to befriend you but the moment you disrespect them they want nothing to do with you.

When did Ace get a cat?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 09, 2026 07:32 PM (ULPxl)

249 Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

Found in a thrift story a copy of the book. Random House Wartime Book. Hardcover. First edition. 1943.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 07:29 PM (2GVsD)

That's a cool find.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 09, 2026 07:32 PM (dK+Kv)

250 Ignoramus

We have, but not the show runners or Deep Staters.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 09, 2026 07:32 PM (u82oZ)

251 And I will repeat this again.
The British Museum has a new exhibit running until May 4th about an aspect of Japan.
Namely they say half of the Samurai were female.
Now who is doing cultural imperialism again?

Posted by: Anna Puma

------------

"Black Female Lesbian Trannies, Disinformation H8R!"

Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 07:32 PM (0Eh0f)

252 What triggered the "Disinformation Expert" Ace?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 09, 2026 07:11 PM (0sNs1)

Earlier today, Ace concurred with the FBI report which says the Epstein Affair is a nothingburger. The Horde has mixed feelings about this.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at

I was wondering about this too.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 09, 2026 07:33 PM (RkOfE)

253 Great conversation - thanks everyone

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 09, 2026 07:33 PM (RkOfE)

254 All my knowledge of Samurai comes from James Clavell, where they consistently used the term "Samurai" to refer to both males and females of a particular social class.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 09, 2026 07:33 PM (pP43i)

255 Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

Found in a thrift story a copy of the book. Random House Wartime Book. Hardcover. First edition. 1943.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 07:29 PM (2GVsD)

That's a cool find.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 09, 2026 07:32 PM (dK+Kv)

--------------

"Torrid! Torrid! Torrid!"

/Muldoon weeps ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID at February 09, 2026 07:34 PM (0Eh0f)

256 Don't tell Lady Gaga - you'll harsh her mellow!

Posted by: Tom Locker at February 09, 2026 07:35 PM (k2EKA)

257 Still lots of people on the right who jump at the opportunity to 'call out racism.' Leave it to the lefties.
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2026 07:00 PM (N8ZBc

The poster said you should feel superior to others because of your race. If you want to defend that okay.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 09, 2026 07:07 PM (cwGMH)

Last I looked "Japan" is not a race.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 09, 2026 07:35 PM (8avO+)

258 AmericanKestrel

Lived in Japan for four rears as an impressionable yute.

The Shito Priests blessing the Sumo Wrestlers before a televised match made a deep impression on me.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 09, 2026 07:36 PM (u82oZ)

259
Is there a Kennedy class carrier that is not scrap? Maybe we can sell that to Japan for $10.

Then let Mitsubishi develop some new carrier planes.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2026 07:00 PM (2GVsD)

Nah. Frankly, I suspect that they could easily build their own bitchin' CATOBAR carrier that would be equal to or superior to the new US carriers.

But having Mitsubishi develop the Zero II? Yeah, they'd do pretty well with that.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 09, 2026 07:38 PM (y9nCu)

260 AWFL women of America, pay attention. This is what a real woman looks like. Family oriented mother of three. Educated. Unapologetic conservative. Truthful. Smart. Tough.

Posted by: Vengeance at February 09, 2026 07:38 PM (5FKHw)

261 '"I also think that part of American nationalism is recognizing the good of other cultures and absorbing them into our own. "'

I used to feel that way. But honestly I'm not sure my part of the culture benefits as much as the others.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 09, 2026 07:22 PM (fd80v)

It doesn't say the *people* of other cultures. Just the good stuff.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 09, 2026 07:39 PM (8avO+)

262 Lived in Japan for four rears as an impressionable yute.

The Shito Priests blessing the Sumo Wrestlers before a televised match made a deep impression on me.

-----
Thanks for sharing this!

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 09, 2026 07:39 PM (RkOfE)

263 Lived in Japan for four rears as an impressionable yute.

The Shito Priests blessing the Sumo Wrestlers before a televised match made a deep impression on me.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 09, 2026 07:36 PM (u82oZ)

Nothing like disguising one of the most corrupt and match fixed sports with religious ceremony, eh?

Posted by: Sjg at February 09, 2026 07:40 PM (aqZN1)

264
Frankly, I'm Thrilled that the Japanese went right-wing, and therefore sane.

Theme Music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uds7g3M-4lQ

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 09, 2026 07:41 PM (y9nCu)

265 >> The British Museum has a new exhibit

They should put their culture on exhibit. It’s about to be extinguished.

Posted by: Vengeance at February 09, 2026 07:41 PM (5FKHw)

266 さもじ = kimoji
すごい = sugoi

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 09, 2026 07:42 PM (dhHpw)

267 AWFL women of America, pay attention. This is what a real woman looks like. Family oriented mother of three. Educated. Unapologetic conservative. Truthful. Smart. Tough.
Posted by: Vengeance at

This! All of this.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 09, 2026 07:44 PM (RkOfE)

268 Oldcat, I feel like you understand what I was trying to say, thanks for helping to clarify.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 09, 2026 07:46 PM (RkOfE)

269 Ok. Now I must away, perhaps to be back later.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 09, 2026 07:46 PM (RkOfE)

270 In this case wouldn't it be a "glomp"?
Posted by: banana Dream at February 09, 2026 07:17 PM (3uBP9)

Just got back from dinner. What is glomp?

Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at February 09, 2026 07:47 PM (SugAx)

271 There was a samurai class: who do you think samurai men married?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 09, 2026 07:47 PM (dhHpw)

272 182 What triggered the "Disinformation Expert" Ace?
Posted by: Duncanthrax
========
I think he is tired of the whole shitshow of Epstein internet 'experts' crawling out of the internet fever swamps. The problem with X and other social media places are that they are a swamp filled with con artist influencers that are there for the rage, sadness, etc. clicks. If they get people to use their emotions rather than logic, then they have them hooked. And the best way to do that is lay out cookie crumbs of isolated facts while ignoring others that are contrary to the narrative you wish to show. That lets the person make their own conclusions from what is essentially a stacked deck. Yet they will defend those conclusions until the world ends because suddenly their competence, iq, and ego is involved.

The con artist then makes bank with rinse and repeat with another rube.

There is no shortcut, want to understand Epstein, then read the damn documents yourself and ignore the influencers. Start with the Palm Beach court documents, the Giuffre suit against Prince Andrew, and House testimony. Testimony that is under oath and the people named in them along with modus operandi.

Posted by: whig at February 09, 2026 07:48 PM (2swu2)

273 How many here have heard of Jimmy Dolittle?

You might know that he lead the crazy raid to bomb Tokyo from aircraft carriers to punch the Emperor in the nose following Pearl. But there's more.

That "futile gesture" ensured the Japs would move on Midway in retaliation, and we know how that turned out.

MacArthur couldn't abide Doolittle stealing his vainglory so Jimmy went to the European theater where he oversaw our bombing Germany into rubble.

But wait there's more. Before the war Doolittle was the fastest pilot in the World breaking and rebreaking speed records.

But wait there's more. While pursuing advanced degees at MIT, he invented instrument flying.

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 09, 2026 07:51 PM (dtajH)

274 Nah. Frankly, I suspect that they could easily build their own bitchin' CATOBAR carrier that would be equal to or superior to the new US carriers.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 09, 2026 07:38 PM (y9nCu)

Anti-nuke zealots still have a fairly strong influence on Japanese culture. That is a gigantic hurdle because non-nuke carriers have massive deficiencies.

Posted by: Sjg at February 09, 2026 07:51 PM (aqZN1)

275 さもじ = kimoji
すごい = sugoi

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 09, 2026 07:42 PM (dhHpw)

bzzt! incorrect!
きもち = kimochi

Posted by: Sjg at February 09, 2026 07:57 PM (aqZN1)

276 You didn’t find this.

IT FOUND YOU.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UxM5UgpXYM4

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 09, 2026 08:09 PM (dhHpw)

277 A sure way to find out if something is right or not: post it to the internet. Domo arigato. Check out the utube.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 09, 2026 08:17 PM (dhHpw)

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