March 24, 2016

Ami Yamato: Japanese Tongue Twisters

March 16, 2016

Abroad in Japan: Sake-Flavored Kit Kat Review

The host of "Abroad in Japan" gives a taste test of sake-flavored Kit Kats and provides a bit of background as to why Kit Kats have become so popular in Japan.

March 7, 2016

List of Positions Where HRC Has Followed Bernie

I've watched Hillary Clinton emulate, imitate or mimic Bernie Sanders on so many issues over the past year that I'm beginning to lose track. To that end, I thought it might be helpful to post a list of those positions in the Bernie Sanders Group for reference. If anyone can expand on this list in the comments, please do. I'll update it periodically to incorporate contributions of others and any new monkey-see, monkey-do manuevers of Clinton as they occur. (See Note 1)

1. Iraq War
2. Same-sex marriage
3. NAFTA
4. Keystone XL pipeline
5. Banning the use of private prison companies (see Note 2)
6. Trans Pacific Partnership
7. Breaking up the big banks (see Note 3)
8. Free college tuition
9. Self-identifying as a Progressive
10. Calling for resignation of Michigan governor Rick Snyder over the Flint water crisis.

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Notes

1. Probably the funniest satire regarding this phenomenon was written by Andy Borowitz in the April 30, 2015 issue of The New Yorker. Titled, "Hillary Expected to Adopt All of Sanders’s Positions by Noon," the piece included the following:

Within minutes of Sanders’s entry into the Democratic race, Clinton released position papers on trade, income inequality, national defense, and the environment that meticulously aped the Vermont senator’s views on those matters.... Awaking at 8 A.M., Sanders, who had planned to run to the left of Clinton in 2016, discovered that, while he was sleeping, she had already begun running slightly to the left of him.

2. Clinton announced this new position on 10/23/2105.

3. On Feb. 13, 2016, in a speech in Henderson, Nevada, Clinton tried to give the impression that she would break up the big banks if elected. But note the fine print in her statement: "If we broke up the big banks tomorrow--and I will--if they deserve it, if they pose a systemic risk--I will--would that end racism?"