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Posted in: Discord erupts at FCCJ over news agency accreditation See in context

Thanks for your quick-at-the-draw comment, Tex. But, tut tut, you dropped a verb I think; anyhow seems Mr. Penn was charged with the matter from what I gathered since Ms. Birmingham was apparently a colleague of this Johnson person at some newsroom somewhere (NHK?).

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Posted in: Discord erupts at FCCJ over news agency accreditation See in context

Tex, indeed you should bridle in your optimism - once things go sour, it will take quite a while and a lot of effort to "sweeten" things up... BTW as I was checking out cyberspace for Mr. Penn I found something about a Canadian named Christopher Johnson (haven't the foggiest as to his background except for nationality and self-identification as a "reporter") who is claiming blacklisting by several members of the journalistic community here in Japan; what is this all about I wonder? It might behoove a look by FCCJ as a "Freedom of the Press" champion to scrutinize this claim, which was apparently ignored by FCCJ 1st VP Penn over the past year (or two?)?

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Posted in: Jeb Bush, in Berlin, says Putin is bully and U.S. needs to respond resolutely See in context

No more Bush means no more fire? Then the corollary must stand also - no more Hillary means no more hilarity in politics?

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Posted in: Discord erupts at FCCJ over news agency accreditation See in context

It appears the "holdover(s)" from the old board stressed the fact that somebody had to follow up on the details of the legal wranglings - hope ALL records/recordings will be made open... anyhow indeed seems 2 seats Regular and an Associate seat is still up for grabs; as they say, "It isn't over until..."!

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Posted in: Discord erupts at FCCJ over news agency accreditation See in context

Howdy Tex! Gomennasai, "nitpicking" as in "fussy" was the connotation I had in mind but obviously I should've said so - "fussy" I mistakenly thought would sound like I am calling you stuffy or a fussbudget... yes indeed I concur that if as President of Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan had made a public statement which needs to be "owned up to", it should be dealt with properly. Yet we should be keeping in mind the problem with other club officers as well... BTW I sure hope mentioning "Red" herrings does not make me a McCarthyite! Heh...

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Posted in: University ignites startups, inspires corporate Japan See in context

Why SXSW? Why Texas? Silicon Valley and its clones closer by in Oregon or wherever seem to be better venues

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Posted in: Actor transforms into horses, eats himself in new ramen ad See in context

Entertainment business - it's a "horse-eat-horse" world...?

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Posted in: Netflix to release Brad Pitt war movie See in context

BTW Brad and Anjie are gun afficianados I hear - assume I can look forward to a show of much firepower...

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Posted in: U.S. high court won't hear appeal over anti-whaling campaign See in context

I believe there is legal precedence - the US obtained compensation from Great Britain for her having provided support to "CSS Alabama" and such... this apparently covered also compensations for all those Yankee whalers sunk by "Confederate States Ships"; but I suppose the "sailors of the Confederacy" would be turning in their graves if they knew they were being considered to be in the same "class" as Sea Shepherds!

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Posted in: Discord erupts at FCCJ over news agency accreditation See in context

Living dangerously eh Tex? Didn't preview before sending the message I see - C wasn't capitalized.. well, nitpicking about using "McCarthyism" from your perspective might be ok, but it seems to be a "Red herring"; the issue is whether Mr. Penn is going to defend himself from what seem to be justifiable "accusations" which to his ally might appear as a "witch hunt" or whatever...

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Posted in: Discord erupts at FCCJ over news agency accreditation See in context

The President of the United States requiring 3 months for moving out of the White House, that makes sense; FCCJ President taking 3 months to transition?! Shazbat!!!

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Posted in: Discord erupts at FCCJ over news agency accreditation See in context

Mornin' Tex! Sleep deprivation is not conducive to good writing and typo prevention! BTW Considering you're a real Southern gentleman I bet you my bottom dollar you skipped Preview and forgot to check the Microsoft auto replacement gaffe for this certain phrase! Too bad two successive Comments aren't allowed on the thread! FYI rest assured my interpretation of the clue is likely spot on! Hope you can go to sleep now! PS no, the Goblins didn't get me but they almost did you in! Nano nano! G'night! D

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Posted in: Discord erupts at FCCJ over news agency accreditation See in context

Pardon me, got something in my eye - to continue: ... for Ms. Birmingham's letter she will use her lame-duck period (does she get a few months?) rather than demurring to the new president, to set up her own "brand new Membership Committee"; it is similar to being a "court packing" move oft-tried in the US in the past, though it usually fails due to widespread opposition to such an undemocratic move.

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Posted in: Discord erupts at FCCJ over news agency accreditation See in context

Tex, as far as I can judge from the link Turbostat provided f

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Posted in: Discord erupts at FCCJ over news agency accreditation See in context

Ah! Thank you - finally someone responding to my request for clarification... BTW indeed the 5,000 figure is arbitrary, but thanks for noticing; to be honest I just wanted to note that even in a podunk college community, ethics matter. The Main Point I wanted clarification on was about the "certificate" (I now see it must be in the form of an original letter & not a digital copy/fax/whatever) - copypaste from Foreign Press Center of Japan/MOFA link: "(3) Certificate of applicant’s affiliation certifying working relationship/contract/employment by media organization (File format: PDF, JPEG or TIFF) *Please attach the original letter that certifies the employment, contract or any other working relationship between the applicant and the media organization, written within the past three months and signed by a person who has authority over personnel affairs of the media organization. Media journalists dispatched from headquarters or transferred from other countries, such as bureau chief and correspondent are required to submit a letter issued by the headquarters, while media journalists employed by the branch office in Japan are required to submit a letter issued by the headquarter or the branch office." SO A REQUEST TO CLARIFY: if said letter was sent from the US (Shingetsu supposedly being California-based) - in all likelihood via US Postal Service - WOULD IT NOT BE TANTAMOUNT TO MAIL FRAUD if this "certificate" was intended to deceive MOFA into issuing a Press Card(which conveys certain privileges). Doesn't gaining such benefits even just through use of false certification constitute fraud?

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Posted in: Discord erupts at FCCJ over news agency accreditation See in context

Clarification please, somebody! 1) The Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs provides a Press Card upon request by someone who works for a foreign press/media organization, offering bonafide news coverage in form of text or audio recording/photo/video footage and surely must serve an audience at least the size of a "respectable market"... arbitrarily and in my mind, would be the size of my College: at least 5,000 people - in exchange for providing, in addition to bylined items, some sort of documentation from the employer. I assume if an outfit based in the US, this would entail use of the Postal Service or some other Fed-regulated form of transmission? 2) If the document(s) are forged or otherwise fraudulent - as elsewhere noted, perhaps(?) considered to fall under "mail fraud" category under US law [if the "employer" calls itself an "Inc." when otherwise, most surely!] by trying to pass off as some entity which it is not in order to gain undue benefit - the perpetrator(s) should be identified, no? I think MOFA should have the paperwork involved on its files since it is still less than five years since application?

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Posted in: Discord erupts at FCCJ over news agency accreditation See in context

Sure hope Bill "fits the bill" as an "expositor" at the very least - actually hope there will be an exposé to follow! As for the MOFA Press Card I still think it is almost as bad as the "Kisha" system here... but, that's another story! As someone else noted if an act tantamount to "mail fraud" (US definition [?] - this Penn guy is a US resident from what I gather...) has been perpetrated, this should be cleared up ASAP {so where is the AP when it's needed?})!

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Posted in: Discord erupts at FCCJ over news agency accreditation See in context

So - who is (are?) the ombudsman (Kanji)? What do they do... what are they doing? Is he (she?) doing anything about clearing things up or coming up with a creative solution? Just an honorary post? An "Amakidari" post perhaps... or an amateur appointed(?) to be beancounter - if I were in this person's place regardless of being empowered or not I'd make some noise {reminds me of my college days: I was not student government president nor a rep but one of the "Constitutional Judges"; when one guy ended up being suspected of some electoral wrongdoings me and my fellow judges convened sessions despite opposition from all quarters including the school administration because of "bad publicity" we wanted to get down to the bottom of things and find out the truth... though we were "put in deep freeze" (end of school year) and unable to come to a satisfying conclusion, I am glad to say the Chief Judge then is now a prof teaching ethics at a liberal arts college, and I am very happy for his students.}

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Posted in: Discord erupts at FCCJ over news agency accreditation See in context

The club had its purpose but now has outlived it - Good Night... and Good Luck!

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