Gov. Blinky Ishihara wants to buy the Senkaku Rocks

[Coligny]

Damn, those idiots even attack Nissan now, like if the French had anything to do with this clusterfuck...

[Russell]

Damn, those idiots even attack Nissan now, like if the French had anything to do with this clusterfuck...

Time to call in the French Navy, methinks...

[Coligny]

Unpossible... we ran out of red paint... and it's back ordered on ebay...

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(in case you're wondering... For ages the tradition has been to spare no expense on the paint job to hide the fact that you could catch tetanus while just looking at some of our boats that even a junkyard would not take back... The older and crappier the boat, the shinier the paintjob is)

[BigInJapan]

Unpossible... we ran out of red paint... and it's back ordered on ebay...

Actually, lots of blue paint on the way to the Senkaku rocks now...

China sends 1,000 boats armada to disputed island chain
Around 1,000 fishing boats have been mobilised by China to sail to an island chain controlled by Japan, as the quarrel between the two countries fuelled a seventh day of protests.
[Cont. on The Telegraph]

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[More photos on Reddit]

[matsuki]

Demonstrations in Changsha, Hunan





A store display in Nanjing bears the sign THE DIAOYU ISLANDS BELONG TO CHINA!. (China refuses to call the Senkaku Islands by their real internationally recognized name)





A banner on a store called pattad reads: "pattad firmly defends China's right to the Diaoyu Islands. / We will give a 15% discount to customers who yell THE DIAOYU (Senkaku) ISLANDS BELONG TO CHINA! in the store / We will give a 20% discount to customers who yell JAPAN ALSO BELONGS TO CHINA!"





Demonstrations in China






Chinese protestors congregate outside the Japanese embassy in Beijing.





At an auto show, a Chinese brand car is draped in a PRC flag that reads PATRIOTIC SPENDING / BUY CHINESE GOODS.





Chinese flags outside a sushi restaurant.





A sushi restaurant in Suzhou is demolished by protestors.





Rioters in Qingdao demolish shops.





"JAPANESE GUESTS ARE NOT CURRENTLY BEING ACCOMMODATED BY OUR HOTEL"





Rioters smash cars, burn buildings





Rioters smash cars, burn buildings

[matsuki]

A man in Xi'an holds a sign that reads CAR SMASHINGS AHEAD, JAPANESE CAR OWNERS SHOULD TURN BACK NOW





Protestors rally outside a Heiwado shop in Changsha, Hunan.





Demonstrations





A pig wears a headband that resembles the Japanese flag





Rioters loot a Rolex store





Demonstrations in this location turn violent





A hair salon named "Korean-style Haircuts" hangs a banner that says JAPANESE AND DOGS NOT ALLOWED INSIDE





Employees at a dealership hold up a sign that says WE WILL KILL EVERY JAPANESE PERSON EVEN IF IT MEANS DEATHS FOR OUR OWN; EVEN POVERTY WILL NOT DETER US FROM RECLAIMING THE DIAOYU ISLANDS





Demonstrators flanked by policemen





Protestors in Chaoshan hold up a sign that says GET OUT OF THE DIAOYU ISLANDS, JAPANESE DOGS





Japanese brand cars are overturned by rioters





A woman tries to stop rioters from demolishing her Japanese brand car





An unidentified building is set on fire





The sign in the foreground reads DEFEND DIAOYU ISLANDS TILL OUR DEATHS and FUCK JAPAN





A private company has rented a bus to drive around town bearing the messages THE DIAOYU ISLANDS BELONG TO CHINA and GET THE FUCK OUT OF DIAOYU, JAPAN





A woman discovers her Japanese brand car has been demolished





A display outside a Uniqlo shop





A Honda owner drove his car to the nearest Honda dealership and set it on fire; banners in the back read DEFEAT THE JAPANESE DEMONS





A Toyota dealership in Shanghai is set on fire






Demonstrators in Chongqing






Demonstrators in Nanjing






The owner of a Japanese vehicle has covered his car in the following messages: BOYCOTT JAPANESE GOODS, WRECK THE JAPANESE ECONOMY / I BOUGHT THIS CAR BEFORE JAPAN FUCKED THINGS UP / FROM NOW ON, I WILL BOYCOTT ALL JAPANESE PRODUCTS

[IparryU]

Gemba: U.S.-Japan security treaty covers disputed isles

Politics Sep. 18, 2012 - 06:02AM JST ( 18 )

TOKYO —

Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba said on Monday Tokyo and Washington agree that disputed East China Sea islets claimed by Japan and China are covered by the Japan-U.S. security treaty.

“I did not bring up the topic today, but it is mutually understood between Japan and the United States that (the islands) are covered by the treaty,” Gemba told reporters after meeting U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta in Tokyo.

The comments come amid mounting tension between Beijing and Tokyo over the islands dispute which triggered protests in dozens of Chinese cities over the weekend.

“It is very regrettable that anti-Japan demonstrations are occurring on a scale that has not been seen before, and that some among the protesters get violent, causing Japan-affiliated companies substantial damage. I would like to ask again the Chinese government take appropriate steps. I would like to renew our demand that law and order be observed,” Gemba said.

“The important thing in relations between Japan and China is to avoid misunderstanding and misjudgement,” he added.

WARNING: Japan Today link...
http://www.japantoday.com/category/poli ... uted-isles

[Coligny]

I hope it's a unilateral bullshit from Gemba...
I hope it's a unilateral bullshit from Gemba...
I hope it's a unilateral bullshit from Gemba...

But I phear that now any retreat for these Island means for the Chinese that they can act like unruly toddlers... If I want it, i'll just take it and it's okay...

I need moar noodles... much moar...

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

Fucking Chinese bastards...they got me good and proper.
I went out and bought a basket load of Chinese-made stuff from the 100 Yen Store and planned to destroy it all in a show of solidarity with our host cuntry, but as soon as I took it all out it broke anyway...bloody sabotage.

[matsuki]

[Coligny]

Ok, let's cut the bullshit aboot burned totoyas and fishing boats...
What is the level of readiness of their army, where are their ships ? subs ?
Is Vlad P. still hunting bears topless or is he on the call ? The Russian could barely stand the Chinese during the cold war, certainly didnt get anybetter since...

And more importantly, will DealExtreme continue free shipping to Japan ?

[Coligny]

I forwarded it to audi.de wondering if it was still ok for jews to buy their cars of if they had to stick to VW with yellow stars on the number plates.

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(still want me a Type C... but even the pedal car is 2 miliun yens....)

[Dreamy_Peach]

Fuck me, with a population of one billion that makes for a lot of retards.

[IparryU]

Japan embassy, businesses shut as more protests erupt in China

By Ben Blanchard and Antoni Slodkowski

National Sep. 18, 2012 - 03:35PM JST ( 89 )
Japan embassy, businesses shut as more protests erupt in China Police officers stop anti-Japan protesters marching through the street toward the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai on Tuesday. AP

BEIJING/TOKYO —

Anti-Japan protests reignited across China on Tuesday, forcing Japanese firms in the country to suspend operations, as a crisis over a territorial dispute escalated on the anniversary of Japan’s pre-war invasion of its giant neighbor.

Relations between Asia’s two biggest economies faltered badly on the anniversary, with emotions running high on the streets.

The dispute over the uninhabited group of islands in the East China Sea—known as the Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China—led to a day of anti-Japan protests which Japanese expatriates fear could peak later on Tuesday.

Japanese businesses shut hundreds of stores and plants across China and Japan’s embassy in Beijing again came under siege by protesters hurling water bottles, waving Chinese flags, and chanting anti-Japan slogans evoking war-time enmity.

“Wipe out all Japanese dogs,” read one banner held aloft by one of thousands of protesters marching on the embassy, which was ringed by riot police standing six rows deep. Japan’s foreign ministry said some embassy windows had been smashed.

Rowdy protests, fueled by Chinese nationalism, sprang up in other major cities including Shanghai, raising the risk they could get out of hand and backfire on Beijing, which has implied tacit approval to them through state media. One Hong Kong newspaper said some protesters in southern Shenzhen had been detained for calling for democracy and human rights.

Well-known Japanese firms have been targeted by protesters, with car makers Toyota Motor Corp and Honda Motor Co halting some operations after attacks on their outlets.

Other Japanese companies—from Mazda and Mitsubishi Motors to Panasonic and Fast Retailing—also shuttered plants and stores in China, sending Japanese share prices falling and prompting a warning from credit rating agency Fitch that the situation could hurt some auto and tech firms’ creditworthiness.

Hitachi Construction Machinery recalled 25 Japanese workers back to Japan because of the unrest.

Mutsuko Takebayashi, a Japanese expatriate housewife living in Shanghai, said she planned to fly home with her family.

“It’s possible that Japanese companies will start evacuating families back home and if that happens it’ll be too late to book tickets. That’s why I’m going back today,” she said.

Japanese restaurants, a common target of protesters, barred their doors while many Japanese expatriates stayed home, afraid that Tuesday’s anniversary of Japan’s 1931 occupation of parts of mainland China could lead to outbreaks of violence.

Tuesday’s brief landing by two Japanese nationals on one of the disputed islands, reported by Japan’s coast guard, has raised fears of a direct clash in an area being patrolled by ships from both nations.

The long-standing territorial dispute erupted last week when the Japanese government decided to nationalize some of the islands, buying them from a private Japanese owner.

Political analysts say China also upped the stakes last week when it announced precise boundaries for waters it claims around the islands, a move sure to raise pressure on Beijing to act when it accuses Japanese vessels of violating those boundaries.

The dispute has sent China-exposed Japanese stocks down heavily on the Tokyo stock market, raising concerns about any wider impact on economic and trade ties between the two countries. Platinum prices also fell, partly on the disruption to Japanese car plants in China, traders said. The precious metal is used as an auto catalyst.

China, the world’s second-largest economy, and Japan, the third-largest, have total two-way trade of around $345 billion.

There is no talk of Japanese firms withdrawing investment from China but some experts believe anti-Japan sentiment could prompt firms to rethink China investments in the longer term.

“Withdrawal is impossible but the cost of doing business in China clearly has become much higher so that cost calculation should affect (decisions),” said Yoshihide Soeya, director of the Institute of East Asian Studies at Keio University in Tokyo.

Mazda Motor Corp has temporarily halted production at its Nanjing factory, while Mitsubishi Motors Corp said it would also halt operations at one of its China factories on Tuesday. Both have joint ventures in China. Yamaha Motor Co also said it was suspending operations at four plants in China.

Toyota and Honda said arsonists had badly damaged their stores in the eastern port city of Qingdao at the weekend, prompting Toyota to halt operations at some factories in China.

Electronics group Panasonic Corp said it was closing three China factories after two were attacked by mobs and a third, in southeastern Zhuhai, was sabotaged. Japan’s Omron Corp halted its automotive parts plant in Guangzhou, southern China, as a precaution.

Japanese supermarket operator Aeon closed all but five of its 35 stores in China on Tuesday, while clothing retailer Fast Retailing shut about a quarter of its 145 Uniqlo stores in mainland China for the day. Building machinery maker Komatsu halted three plants in Shandong province.

Tuesday marks the Sept 18, 1931 “Mukden Incident” in which Japanese soldiers blew up a railway in Manchuria as a pretext to take control of the entire northeastern region.

Outside the Japanese embassy in Beijing, more than a thousand protesters faced off against riot police six rows deep.

Some threw eggs and plastic bottles at the building and a few scuffles broke out with officers at the gate of the compound.

“Today is September 18, the anniversary of when Japan invaded China’s northern area, it is a good time to show them that we are prepared to fight,” said Fan Li, 31, wearing a T-shirt reading: “Diaoyu Islands are Chinese”.

“We want to show the Japanese that we are not afraid to stand up to them.”

Many protesters carried banners calling for boycotts of Japanese goods, and others sang the national anthem.

The roads leading up the embassy were closed off and a helicopter flew overhead monitoring the protest.

In the commercial hub of Shanghai hundreds of riot police blocked off roads leading to the Japanese consulate, while hundreds of protesters rallied outside the building, carrying flags, banners and images of Mao.

“I worship Mao. If we still had Mao, then we would just go fight Japan,” said Pu Lingkuang, 34, holding up a large portrait.

In the southern city of Shenzhen thousands gathered at Zhongxin Square in front of city government offices, which saw violent protests on Saturday with protesters smashing store windows and police firing tear gas into the crowds.

“Let’s go China,” they shouted, also waving flags and Mao portraits.

so was fucking Japan's economy part of the plan to buy these rocks?

I sure hope America does not get dragged into this anytime soon... let the Japanese get a taste of the shit stew they made before anyone else has to eat it.

[Coligny]

While the steam pressure is rising in China... It's civilian steam... sure the dinosaurs in power let them do...

But for now it's just (an insane amount of) inbreds getting all worked up...

Have yet to see more than loud mouth on the military side of things... (usually, after writing this I tend to spend a very bad night waiting for the bad news in the morning...)

[pheyton]

I hope Audi fires everyone of those loons. There are plenty of people to fill their place.

I also hope every G7 company is having talks with other Asian countries to move their factories out of China. It's smart business since the Chinese will not protect your property.

[pheyton]

Seems Japan has prepared for the apocalypse.

Japanese unveil iPhone-controlled battle robot

A Japanese electronics company has unveiled a cutting-edge battle robot Kuratas, signifying a new era in military industry.

The battle mech, designed by Suidobashi Heavy Industry, stands at four meters and weighs over four tons. It can be controlled both from inside the cockpit and from the safety of your smartphone connected to a 3G network.

Kuratas is fitted out with a set of futuristic weapons, including a Gatling gun capable of firing 6000 rounds a minute and activated when the pilot smiles – its designers therefore asked to be less smiley when inside the robot.

http://english.ruvr.ru/2012_07_31/Japan ... tle-robot/

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

These riots could turn out to be a boon for the Japanese economy.
Those stupid peasants stirred up into destroying everything Japanese will calm down again in a couple of weeks when authorities crack down as they realize their shit-stirring could come home to roost.
Japanese companies may then have to replace everything those imbecilic peons have destroyed, or bring home what they can no longer trust to be made properly in a cuntry where thought is even more medieval than it is here.
Naive, perhaps, but not impossible.

As catone pointed out to me once, nationalism = East Asian religion. Nationalists and religious fundies (which includes Merkin Agnostics who are just as bad for wanting to shove their belief system down my throat like oral rapists) have got to be the most dangerous people on earth, surely.

[Coligny]

futuristic weapons, including a Gatling gun

Yeah, nothing scream high tech louder than a weapon that was developped and first used before photography became available...

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[matsuki]

so was fucking Japan's economy part of the plan to buy these rocks?

I sure hope America does not get dragged into this anytime soon... let the Japanese get a taste of the shit stew they made before anyone else has to eat it.

Did you watch that video I posted? It's very boring but basically calls out all the BS from China's arguments. China case that the islands belong to China has no leg to stand on...though the fucking J-Gov. should "nationalized" the islands long long ago when all the undersea goodies were first discovered. No announcement, no publicity, just setup an outpost on them and shit. This timing along with Blinky's antics are what's really killing them.

These riots could turn out to be a boon for the Japanese economy.
Those stupid peasants stirred up into destroying everything Japanese will calm down again in a couple of weeks when authorities crack down as they realize their shit-stirring could come home to roost.
Japanese companies may then have to replace everything those imbecilic peons have destroyed, or bring home what they can no longer trust to be made properly in a cuntry where thought is even more medieval than it is here.
Naive, perhaps, but not impossible.

Yep, move their shit out of China...though the way things are going, WWIII is going to be China vs. the rest of the world, over patent/copyright/trade dress infringement.

As catone pointed out to me once, nationalism = East Asian religion.

THIS

Especially when any complaint about a country is taken as a personal offense and met with "if you don't like it, get the hell out of my cuntry."

[cstaylor]

From the NYT

More official pressure was also applied. A well-connected government research institute, the Council for National Security Policy Studies, led by a retired general of the government’s paramilitary force, said Japan should also give up the Ryukyu island chain. That chain stretches from southern Japan to Taiwan, and many Chinese see it as encircling China.

[matsuki]

From the NYT

More official pressure was also applied. A well-connected government research institute, the Council for National Security Policy Studies, led by a retired general of the government’s paramilitary force, said Japan should also give up the Ryukyu island chain. That chain stretches from southern Japan to Taiwan, and many Chinese see it as encircling China.

Those types also say Japan should give Japan "back" to China

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

Sorta off topic, but found this hilarious page that makes cartoon strips out of Blinky's novels...Essentially, the stories are all the same: degradation of women, mainly in a violent way.
No wonder voters love him!
http://vv-magazine.com/archives/17140335.html

[Coligny]

Surprisingly got an answer from Auto Union in Krautistan:

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[Taro Toporific]

Surprisingly got an answer from Auto Union in Krautistan:

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Obviously, Audi is getting a lot of complaints---enough to have a proper PR form letter.

Full Disclosure: I've owed a dozen various Krautmobiles and I was partial to them, but only the only Audi (1973 100 coupé S) I owed blew its transmission at 42,000 miles (67,592km), grrr. (Coligny, don't ask me about my trying to maintain my father's '65 Citroën DS. My grandfather, a real Feinwerkmechaniker-Meister, used to spend 8 hours a week keeping that Frogmobile on the road. )

[Coligny]

Only 8 hours... must have been one of the good ones reserved for export...

The DS was the first mass production car with front power disc brakes. It also featured hydropneumatic suspension including an automatic leveling system and variable ground clearance, power steering and a semi-automatic transmission (the transmission required no clutch pedal, but gears still had to be shifted by hand ), though the shift lever controlled a powered hydraulic shift mechanism in place of a mechanical linkage, and a fibreglass roof which reduced weight transfer.Inboard front brakes (as well as independent suspension) reduced unsprung weight. Different front and rear track widths and tyre sizes reduced the understeer typical of front-engined and front-wheel drive cars

So many things that can go wrong...

But... 1955... self levelling and self corner aiming headlights (up to +- 80º)... and driver selectable ride height...

BTW, you're lucky, mah kraut shat itself at 33k... Meanwhile the Note is reaching 50k and just need new go fast stripes as the old onez are cracking a bit under the sun(memo for later, electric tape don't make a good automotive stickers striping material...)

[GomiGirl]

It ALL makes sense now:

Why Outrage Over Islands Full of Goats Is Crazy

By William Pesek Sep 19, 2012 6:00 AM GMT+0900

The Japanese call them the Senkaku Islands, the Chinese refer to them as Diaoyu. Let me suggest a more appropriate name: Goat Islands.

Goats are all you will find on the cluster of uninhabited rocks over which the Japanese and Chinese seem ready to go to war. Diplomats in Tokyo and Beijing, meanwhile, are blaming one another over a mushrooming international crisis that has U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta worried about a military “blowup,” the last thing the world needs right now.

[Coligny]

And I guess there is not interweb either that's why we don't hear from Greji anymoar...

[Russell]

Chinese protesters demand a boycott of former Japanese AV star Sola Aoi amid Senkaku row

A reporter for weekly tabloid Shukan Post (Sep. 14) traveled to Zhejiang Province in late August to find demonstrators demanding that former adult video (AV) star Sola Aoi be included among the Japanese products to be banned in light of the escalating dispute over a set of uninhabited islets in the North China Sea.

The reporter had seen on the Internet that an anti-Japanese demonstration was set to commence in the streets of Zhuji City, about a three-hour train ride from Shanghai. Upon arrival at 9:00 a.m., the reporter sensed high tension, noting the large number of police officers taking positions on street corners as roughly 100 males in their teens and 20s began arriving.

The focus of the rally was the territorial row over the Senkaku Islands, which are administered by Japan but claimed by China and Taiwan. Three days before, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said that the islands “are an integral part of Japan.”

On the day of the demonstration, the Japanese government announced that it was making a 2.05 billion yen bid for the islands to bring them under state control.

With little action at the outset, Shukan Post’s reporter sensed he might have made mistake in traveling all the way from Shanghai. But in a flash a Chinese flag appeared, and a march began. Protest signs with anti-Japan messages emerged: “Protect the islands!” and “Move the Japanese people out of the islands!” In a chorus, the demonstrators shouted, “Defeat little Japan!”

After 30 minutes, the mob arrived at plaza where they burned a hinomaru (Japanese flag) — an act the reporter describes as rather muted considering the very small size of the symbolic banner.

At 10:00 a.m. the march reconvened, this time with more placards, one of which read, “Boycott Japanese goods, including AV actress Sola Aoi!”

Aoi, who made her name in such classic AV pics as “Big Tits Zombie” and “Revenge: A Love Story,” is a popular figure in entertainment in China. The 28-year-old’s account on Sina Weibo (similar to Twitter) has attracted over 13 million followers.

The anti-Sola sentiment is contrary to a slogan that spread through China starting in April, when Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara announced his plan to purchase the controversial outcroppings: “The Senkaku Islands belong to us; Sola Aoi belongs to the world!”

The protest march continued to the local government building. “Get the mayor out here!” they demanded. “Clearly show us the government’s attitude!” A burst of laughter then erupted when a female marcher mispronounced the latter phrase such that it stated: “The government is perverted!”

At noon, the demonstration dissolved, with the members heading out for lunch, which left Shukan Post’s reporter scratching his head as to whether Japan was actually the one getting burned.

[Coligny]

Between this and Audi sales person claiming to live in poverty it's turning into a total farce...

(meanwhile... big tits zombie... hmmm where did I put this tape...)