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 RSS2010-02-23Two of my favorite things, anime and international politics. Koizumi is one of the best loved Prime Ministers Japan ever had, this animation demonstrates why. add comment to post #654 Frank:None of the international relations classes I had in college ever explained the political situation in East Asia in the latter half of the 2000's as clearly as this anime. Thank you for sharing. Peter:After seeing this I want to get back into school and study me some kick ass international relations. Who knew everything was decided on Mah-Jong games? 2010-02-23 A man had a dream. It was to sell shoes with little initial investment for pure profit. He came up with a plan. That plan was to wear old used shoes to funerals and pretend to be a mourner. He would then select the most expensive and newest looking shoes and exchange them. Wearing his fancy shoes back to wherever he needed to and then try and sell them. The above picture are just some of the 1200 shoes the Police took from his apartment, and some cop doing a little shopping. add comment to post #653 Peter:My wife asked me if the man left his old shoes when he took the new ones. This information is not included in the short police report, but I am betting he didn't since then he'd have to put out money for old shoes or put effort into stealing those as well. 2010-02-22What do you think? I never really liked Kirsten Dunst before, but somehow in this video every time her face gets up in the camera and she tries to look angry/tough/sexy and fails I hated her a little more. add comment to post #652 2010-02-20Surveys from the news are always incredibly scientific, especially when it is just random people judging the attractiveness of others. A news station in Japan did a survey of the "Most attractive Japanese athletes" at the winter Olympics and here are the very official and scientific results. Top 5 Women  1. Yuka Fujimori (Snowboarding)2. Aiko Uemura (Mogul Skiing) 3. Mao Asada (Figure Skating) 4. Mari Motohashi (Curling) 5. Tomomi Okazaki (Speed Skating) Top 5 Men  1. Daisuke Takahashi (Figure Skating)2. Joji Kato (Speed Skating) 3. Norihito Kobayashi (Nordic Combined Skiing) 4. Taku Takeuchi (Ski Jumping) 5. Junpei Yoshizawa (Short Track Speed Skating) Feel free to judge away on your own. add comment to post #651 Eric:I was actually going to post on a related topic, but Peter kind of beat me to it. I had a male student tell me today that he had been following women's curling because the Japanese team was cute. I happened to notice the same thing the other day when I caught them on TV playing against Canada. Curling was not a sport that I associated with attractive women, so I was surprised to see that everyone on the team (not just the athlete mentioned above) was relatively good looking. So while Canada's team one the match, I felt like the Japanese team was victorious on another level and could return home with the pride of knowing they represented their country well. Peter:4 years ago the Japanese curling team was so cute (several of the same members) that Italians actually started playing the sport. Seb:This is why Japanese womens curling is so popular. 2010-02-18I wasn't going to post on the topic, but I love the hypocrisy of media so much. Here is the full content of an article from Daily Contributor: "We know that the Japanese are the best at many things, especially in animation, robots and video games. But their latest product, a virgin sex doll, is like no other. With a price tag of $95, it is complete with a reloadable hymen and red lotion refills, so every time you stick it in, she’ll get fake blood all over your sheets! I don’t know about you, but I find it utterly sick and disgusting." I think sex dolls in general are pretty gross. I wouldn't use one, but I also believe if you want to, go ahead. I find the documentaries of people who have chosen to live with these things instead of people utterly fascinating. If I did find a topic sick and disgusting, as the above author proposes, I wouldn't post on it because I wouldn't want to bring it any more attention. This is common to the media landscape, gloriously getting into the details of a topic (the above post comes with picture of the box cover, so its easier to find the right one online if you don't read Japanese) but you claim you are offended to make sure no one thinks you are the perv who is searching for this kind of product. You see this a lot on major news networks as well and it is absolute garbage, because someone has to go out there and find the thing in the first place. Then someone has to approve its use as subject matter on the site / news network. Its appearance in any form of media is a form of approval, never forget that. add comment to post #650 n8:Hi. I'm Peter and I approve of the reloadable hymen sex doll. Peter:Actually I missed it the first time, but they attribute the creation of this doll not to one person or company, but to all of Japan. That's a bit much. Hi, my name is Peter and if you want a sex doll with a reloadable hymen that vomits on you thats none of my business. Peter:The more I read that article the more I get out of it, like a reloadable hymen, I guess. The author seems to state with some enthusiasm, just before denouncing the sex doll " so every time you stick it in, she’ll get fake blood all over your sheets!" I suppose the exclamation point could indicate anger, but thats not how I read that sentence. Hi, my name is Peter and if you want a sex doll with a reloadable hymen that vomits on you while squeaking like a mouse, with actual live mice in it so it has "natural motion" you may want to start saving because that is going to be expensive. n8:A blog entry and two comments. That's a lot of approval for something you weren't even going to post about. Peter:I don't actually care about the product. If people want to use sex dolls, I think that's their business and one with a hymen, if thats what gets you off, so what. I suppose thats a form of approval for that behavior. My point is I don't pretend I'm offended by something when I am trying to get shock attention. If I was offended by something I think I would try to talk about the larger issue at hand and maybe what people could do about it. n8:Jesus Christ. Just buy one already.
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