"Japan's Abe Is the World's Best Leader"

[Samurai_Jerk]

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Japan's Abe Is the World's Best Leader

I was a Shinzo Abe skeptic. That’s putting it mildly. After all, I was still living in Japan when Abe’s disastrous first term in office put a halt to the reform process begun by Junichiro Koizumi, and ushered in a return to the bad old days of prime minister musical chairs that paralyzed Japan in the 1990s.

When Abe swept back into power in 2012, I thought he was just going to try to talk down the yen and give a little boost to stocks, increasing his public support just long enough to ram through a revision of Japan’s pacifist constitution. I thought he was going to ignore Japan’s moribund economy and long-festering social problems in order to throw red meat to his right-wing backers.

Boy, was I wrong. I was wrong, wrong, wrong.

Let me be blunt: Shinzo Abe is the most effective national leader in the world right now.

[Hijinx]

Of course Bloomberg would write that kind of utter BS.

[Samurai_Jerk]

:rofl: Of course Bloomberg would write that kind of utter BS.

I'd like to join in the the good belly laugh but then again, who's better right now?

Maybe a more appropriate reaction is

[Hijinx]

Evo Morales?


History won't be kind to Abe. Years from now, people will look back over the crumbling remains of Japan and point to this second try with Abe as the pivotal point where Japan went very wrong.

[Coligny]

:rofl: Of course Bloomberg would write that kind of utter BS.

I'd like to join in the the good belly laugh but then again, who's better right now?

Maybe a more appropriate reaction is

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Or maybe moar...

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But nice to see that Bloomberg subcontract its writing staff from DPRK...

[Samurai_Jerk]

Glad to see you two are as delusional as Noah Smith at Bloomberg.

[Coligny]

Glad to see you two are as delusional as Noah Smith at Bloomberg.

C'mon... A president with 18% approval rating can do no wrong...
(Or not worse,,never remember which it is)

[matsuki]

The last two words there pretty much change the meaning of the whole claim...right now

...but yeah, he's caused all kinds of effects, whether any are for the betterment of Japan is another story.

[IparryU]

dude needs to slam his head on a wall.... fucking retard.

[Takechanpoo]

you guys have no clue about why you blame Abe at all. you just follow the safe side as always. brainless followers
although hes ideologically apparently "netouyo", hes just doing what japan should have done but havnt ever.
and result is everything for politicians.

[Russell]

Ooohhh, I so long back to Holland.

Where they have a real leader...

[Coligny]

you guys have no clue about why you blame Abe at all. you just follow the safe side as always. brainless followers
although hes ideologically apparently "netouyo", hes just doing what japan should have done but havnt ever.
and result is everything for politicians.

0/10 you're not even trying to make sense, lame.

[havill]

Glad to see you two are as delusional as Noah Smith at Bloomberg.

Is this is the same Noah that was tweeting Japanese rape porn at me and hoping that I get my ass kicked?

[Coligny]

Glad to see you two are as delusional as Noah Smith at Bloomberg.

Is this is the same Noah that was tweeting Japanese rape porn at me and hoping that I get my ass kicked?

Can you post any proof of this, some we can build an independent opinion on the nature of...
the pr0n...

[havill]

Glad to see you two are as delusional as Noah Smith at Bloomberg.

Is this is the same Noah that was tweeting Japanese rape porn at me and hoping that I get my ass kicked?

Can you post any proof of this, some we can build an independent opinion on the nature of...
the pr0n...

Sure thing. He deleted the tweet. Lucky for me I took a screenshot.

[havill]

Some context:

[Samurai_Jerk]

Glad to see you two are as delusional as Noah Smith at Bloomberg.

Is this is the same Noah that was tweeting Japanese rape porn at me and hoping that I get my ass kicked?

Looks like it is the same guy. That's a very weird exchange you had.


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[havill]

Looks like it is the same guy. That's a very weird exchange you had.

It was indeed. He's got some of weird hangup / theory about how Japanese men treat women. And it shows even in his latest article.

Now, there's nothing wrong with having an opinion about the treatment of women and wanting it to be better. But using WW2 history as evidence of poor treatment of 21st century women in the workplace (or vice versa) was a little bizarre. And using a internet porno clip to make a point is even more bizarre.

Since he deleted the whole exchange, I concluded that he was drinking and when he sobered up, he decided that his bursts of 140 characters were perhaps ill advised.

[Taro Toporific]

Glad to see you two are as delusional as Noah Smith at Bloomberg.

Is this is the same Noah that was tweeting Japanese rape porn at me and hoping that I get my ass kicked?

Looks like it is the same guy. That's a very weird exchange you had.

Yikes! Noah Smith has been off my radar totally.
Perhaps, he was been sucked into the click-bait trap of posting outrageous tripe in order to increase his google hits on his stories (and therefore his popularity/income) because he sounds beyond demented.

[havill]

Yikes! Noah Smith has been off my radar totally.
Perhaps, he was been sucked into the click-bait trap of posting outrageous tripe in order to increase his google hits on his stories (and therefore his popularity/income) because he sounds beyond demented.

If I recall correctly (it was many months ago...), Noah Smith tweeted this link:

http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/b ... men-022714

... and I asked that since the author was a military man, what his opinion were on the documents and interviews conducted by the U.S. military of captured comfort women were -- since I wanted to know the opinion of a U.S. military man about documents and investigations done by the U.S. military.

In response... Noah kind of ... flipped out.

[Coligny]

Glad to see you two are as delusional as Noah Smith at Bloomberg.

Is this is the same Noah that was tweeting Japanese rape porn at me and hoping that I get my ass kicked?

Can you post any proof of this, some we can build an independent opinion on the nature of...
the pr0n...

Sure thing. He deleted the tweet. Lucky for me I took a screenshot.

WOOOOOOOSHHH...

(snifff... was expecting pr0n...)

[havill]

WOOOOOOOSHHH...

(snifff... was expecting pr0n...)

The xvideos link doesn't work anymore?
http://www.xvideos.com/video430985/nake ... slave_farm

Uh, sorry. I think.

[matsuki]

Looks like it is the same guy. That's a very weird exchange you had.

It was indeed. He's got some of weird hangup / theory about how Japanese men treat women. And it shows even in his latest article.

Now, there's nothing wrong with having an opinion about the treatment of women and wanting it to be better. But using WW2 history as evidence of poor treatment of 21st century women in the workplace (or vice versa) was a little bizarre. And using a internet porno clip to make a point is even more bizarre.

Since he deleted the whole exchange, I concluded that he was drinking and when he sobered up, he decided that his bursts of 140 characters were perhaps ill advised.

From my experience IN GENERAL I'd tend to agree with him regarding how shitty MOST Japanese men treat women (the whole lack of real self confidence projecting onto those below isn't limited to men here though) but I don't hold a chip on my shoulder about it or prejudge every J-d00d I meet with that mindset. Adding some rape porn in there...must have been drinking, the obvious porn choice should have been all the weird animated and mock child porn.

[Samurai_Jerk]

Since he deleted the whole exchange, I concluded that he was drinking and when he sobered up, he decided that his bursts of 140 characters were perhaps ill advised.

Noah Smith is an assistant professor of finance at Stony Brook University and a freelance writer for a number of finance and business publications. He maintains a personal blog, called Noahpinion.

Maybe he was worried about Stony Brook finding out. Links to rape porn and views that could be interpreted as racist probably wouldn't go down too well in the PC environment of most US universities.

From my experience IN GENERAL I'd tend to agree with him regarding how shitty MOST Japanese men treat women

Based on most of your observations and experiences I have come to believe that you associate with the worst of Japanese society.

[matsuki]

Based on most of your observations and experiences I have come to believe that you associate with the worst of Japanese society.

I wouldn't doubt it, the industry here seems to attract those that are one step up from chinpira. (and a few chinpira as well)

[Samurai_Jerk]

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Reform in Japan: The third arrow

DURING Japan’s Meiji restoration, which began in 1868, a group of reform-minded officials and citizens worked together to stamp out feudalism, prise open borders and push the country onto a path of rapid industrialisation. In little over ten years they reshaped Japan from top to bottom. That well-known tale has left a perennial optimism among the Japanese that they can, when absolutely necessary, change direction. Others, especially foreigners, are not so sure. In two decades of economic stagnation Japan’s leaders have repeatedly failed to rescue their country’s fortunes.

Shinzo Abe, Japan’s prime minister since 2012, has offered something for both sides. He started surprisingly well. Last year, with Meiji speed, he shot off the first two arrows of “Abenomics”: a huge fiscal stimulus and a dramatic programme of monetary easing. His approval rating soared, as did the stockmarket, and his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) triumphed in an election for the upper house of the Diet, Japan’s parliament. But his first attempt at a third arrow of structural reforms to unleash growth, an announcement in June 2013, fell flat. He seemed to have been nobbled by Japan’s various lobbies. Then in December he paid a visit to the Yasukuni shrine, which was taken as a symbol of reverence for Japan’s criminal militarist past. That infuriated outsiders and strengthened suspicions that his focus on economic reform had wavered.

This week Mr Abe is back with a proper third arrow ...

[Taro Toporific]

Reform in Japan: The third arrow
This week Mr Abe is back with a proper third arrow ...

WTF is "proper"!?!

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The Three Arrow graphic above is adapted from the official website: mof.go.jp/english/pri/publication...

[IparryU]

Reform in Japan: The third arrow
This week Mr Abe is back with a proper third arrow ...

WTF is "proper"!?!

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Proper would be to fire the counts who heckled at that assembly meeting... But it depends on whose definition of proper will be used.

[Samurai_Jerk]

Reform in Japan: The third arrow
This week Mr Abe is back with a proper third arrow ...

WTF is "proper"!?!

Abe-Third-Arrow.png

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Proper would be to fire the counts who heckled at that assembly meeting... But it depends on whose definition of proper will be used.

How do you fire elected officials?

[Taro Toporific]

Reform in Japan: The third arrow
This week Mr Abe is back with a proper third arrow ...

WTF is "proper"!?!

Abe-Third-Arrow.png

3-arrows-text.png

Proper would be to fire the counts who heckled at that assembly meeting... But it depends on whose definition of proper will be used.

How do you fire elected officials?

BURN BABY BURN!