OK, no way that they did this in one take.
My wife says “All demos are faked;” I suppose that the same is true for insane-innovative commercials. Still, that was cool. Bizarre, but cool. Via AoSHQ Headlines.
View ArticleI never thought I’d see this outside of a video or roleplaying game.
Heck, I never thought that I’d see this at all: Astonishing accident involving eight Ferraris ‘world’s most expensive car crash’ A fleet of high-performance cars, including eight Ferraris, has been...
View ArticleJapan rocks the Ludwig Van.
You see, this is what I like about the Japanese: when it comes to cultural stuff, they have two favorite settings. Off, and eleven. This is them cranking Ode To Joy up to eleven. Crank it up, and...
View Article#rsrh Weak Horse Watch: China/Japan.
The ChiComs are at it again: Two Chinese patrol ships entered Japanese territorial waters near disputed islets claimed by both Beijing and Tokyo on Friday, Japan’s Coast Guard said, marking the latest...
View ArticleWhile I take the point of this SMBC cartoon…
…about using other people’s religious symbolism in games and popular entertainment, I am forced to point out this: what Japan does with Christian-based imagery in its games and popular entertainment is...
View ArticleJapanese PM wishes to change Japanese constitution.
Three guesses, and the first two don’t count. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told lawmakers Thursday he intends to change the post-WWII constitution that imposed pacifism on Japan, in a move likely to stir...
View Article…Sorry, I just can’t get past this dinosaur attack video.
This one. More accurately, I just can’t get past the alternate-history American version of this video, which differs from the Japanese one in that it never exactly aired. Instead, it was put into...
View ArticleChina rattling sabers in Japan’s direction, again.
Here we go again: China established the East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone on Saturday, and its defense ministry said it would take “defensive emergency measures” against unidentified...
View ArticleJapan breaks down, will finally start building giant robots. For reals.
I think that I can speak for the rest of the world on this: we were wondering when you guys were gonna go ahead and just do it, already. A team of Japanese animators and engineers on Wednesday unveiled...
View ArticleKeywords: Japan, Shinzo Abe, Super Mario, Green Tube, Rio Olympics
…I got nothing. Golden entrance: Japanese PM Shinzo Abe pops out of a tube as Super Mario: pic.twitter.com/wUdaP49ouT #Tokyo2020 — Anne Quito (@annequito) August 22, 2016 I approve, but: I got nothing.
View ArticleWatch the Japanese roll tires down a ski jump, because why the heck not?
And here’s the thing: when you hear that the Japanese are going to roll tires down a ski jump to see how far they fly, you know that it’s going to be done properly. Rigorously, even. Somebody’s going...
View ArticleTweet of the Day, I Think That This Is Actually Dubbed edition.
So, when one of my kids saw this… everyone please watch this pic.twitter.com/y1GGEHuj3r — Joe Cunningham (@JoePCunningham) May 6, 2017 …we had this exchange: My kid: Are they serious? Me: Well, son,...
View ArticleA quick question for the Obama administration on the Japanese counter-missile...
Let’s say that the Japanese carry through with their promise to try to sweep from the sky any North Korean missile that even looks like it’s going to violate their airspace (yes, I’m paraphrasing, and...
View ArticleJapanese to take more aggressive anti-piratical stance?
Step by step – sometimes almost painfully so – the Japanese are getting themselves back into the game: Japan’s MPs back anti-piracy bill The lower house of Japan’s parliament has approved a bill to...
View ArticleNorth Korean nuclear test successful?
Well, they’re claiming that it was, and there’s evidence that it happened in the form of an earthquake,so that’s how everyone is betting. Japan is calling for an emergency UNSC meeting; South Korea,...
View Article#RSRH QotD, A Heck Of A Thing To Hope For edition.
Glenn Reynolds, on whether the post-tsunami nuclear reactor problems in Japan will affect nuclear power development (such as it is) in the USA: [T]his is a good argument for the several newer,...
View ArticleWhite House: We don’t know nothing about nothing.
Call an expert. This exchange between Jake Tapper, ABC Senior White House Correspondent, and Jay Carney, White House Press Secretary is, bluntly, bizarre. For context: Jake is asking Carney about,...
View ArticleWill Coke Booze be big in Japan?
Coca-Cola hopes so: “The soda maker, best known for Coke, Sprite and Fanta, says it’s experimenting with a canned beverage that would be a mix of sparkling water and an alcoholic Japanese drink. The...
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