JustAGoodOleBoy comments

"We, the IOC, will never abandon the athletes...." Bach said.

Hahahahahahahaha. Just go check out the language in the no liability waivers the IOC forces every athlete to sign to participate in the Tokyo Olympic games.

Has anyone seen the Japan government release any evidence showing bars, restaurants, and alcohol are the main conduits for Covid transmissions?

Sadly, surely an announcement is coming soon of the Japan GP being canceled as well. MotoGP canceled their pans this week for an October race at Motegi.

" Existing guidelines allow a maximum of 5,000 people or 50 percent of a venue's capacity, whichever number is greater, until the end of this month." Is the limit the greater or smaller? Yesterday's JT article "Gov't considering quasi-state of emergency in Tokyo during Olympics" stated the opposite, "Until the end of this month, attendance at big events will be limited to a maximum of 5,000 people or 50 percent of a venue's capacity, whichever number is smaller."

It is quite shocking to find out there is now an all-time high of 1.1 billion smokers globally. Ten countries make up 66% of this population, of which Japan is one of the them, which is not so shocking.

NHK's coverage of this on New Watch 9 was a priceless illustration of Japan on this topic. Reporting how Fukushima prefecture has hired an army of college students to help the elderly make online appointments. The student they showed had an iPad. On the screen was written "Gateway - Timeout - Error". The kid just kept hitting refresh like he was playing a video game fighting a monster. The old lady he was assisting just sat there with her head hung.

@ Starbucks "Ohtani and Trout maybe an Angel's year." Going to take more than those two to get the Angels out of last place in American League West.

Man...I was sure those two love birds were going to make it. What are the chances of this??

I wish we would get a choice of which vaccine to take. Pfizer is certainly preferable over Astra.

FLAC is lossless, therefore superior to MP3 which is a dumbed down version to reduce the file size. A CD is naturally superior to an MP3 file for this reason. The format of the "digital download" is critical in answering the question of which is better. vs Vinyl is simply personal preference, which seems highly correlated to the listener's age.

The GOAT vs The Young Buck

Electric Boogaloo

Had one a few days ago. Not great enough to ever have another.

The look on Hara-kantoku's face throughout the 4 games was priceless.

I don't know why Repsol Honda hasn't courted him yet, he's obviously improving each and every race, and being Japanese could raise the profile of MotoGP in Japan.

Sh1mon M4sada, compare the attendance (2019 and prior) of the Motegi MotoGP and the GPs in Spain.   Spain has way, way more MotoGP fans, hence Repsol Honda is signing Spanish riders.  Trying to cultivate a declining market in Japan is not Repsol's immediate interest.

Sydney Pollack's The Yakuza will never be topped by a newer Yakuza film.

Have ridden along this road many times.  Very scenic and enjoyable.

I have never needed this to enjoy drinking at home and never will.

Conbini sandwiches are as nasty as can be!!  No one has a reason to ever eat these ever.  Has anyone in Japan ever been famished with no alternative except these?

tired of social distancing?  just join a protest !

As current office leases start reaching the end of their term there are going to be interesting decisions made by these major firms.  Landlords going to be in a tough situation.

Chinese Professional Baseball League in Taiwan has been playing games for a few weeks now.  Very affordable streaming package can be purchased from the CPBL site.  No English announcers though.

This is news???  This should only be news if they didn't have such a plan.

Drugs....

This makes no sense.  Cosports, the official Olympic ticket seller for the US, Australia, and a big part of Europe has already had 2 rounds of first-come, first-serve sales in addition to the initial application/lottery round.  There are Paralympic tickets available now on Cosports for immediate purchase.

Check out the lines of non-Japanese queueing up in the mornings and casing drug stores and shops, collaborating in gangs, when one identifies a shop with masks they text or call their associates who upon receiving the message break from the line they are in and high tail it to wherever has the masks.  They are making a ton selling them on the black market. The percentage of the masks staying in Japan is pretty low.   Best solution would be to print a Rising Sun Flag on the front of the mask.  See how many will resell to China with that on the front !

Over the past several years these tragedies have assailed the French the most.

Ghosn puts Japan's justice system on trial

As it should be !!

Well played Lebanon!

So their luck depends on their personal performance and achievement?  Who would have ever thought this....