Yeah, but Abe did it with a bit more panache.

No, definitely. I get WHY Americans misunderstand the concept. But to a Japanese person’s ears, it just sounds bizarre—because it’s a cooking implement that just isn’t referenced as a type of food in Japanese. Kind of like the “oven restaurant” example.

Fwiw, as a Japanese person, it fucking drives me nuts any time an American refers to “hibachi” as a type of food.

Finally putting that degree in Asian Studies to good use, Doug-san?

Well, aren’t you a samurai of semantics.

Abe has met Trump warmly, greeting him wearing a Make America Great Again hat and taking him out for golfing and hibachi.

I am a person of fairly average intelligence and guile.

That’s what I was wondering, is the money taxable when you take it out? If so what’s to stop me from saying I was pregnant, starting a savings account, then saying, oops miscarriage?

Ummm... How is this going to be policed to prevent tax fraud?

“This bill cuts provisions for children once they’re born,” Matsui said. “It eliminates some childcare benefits, it eliminates the adoption credit, it makes cuts in education benefits, and a whole host of other things that families need.”

Never Forget:

Does he realize 4 of his 5 children are born to immigrant mothers?

Well that escalated quickly...

Obviously you’re basic because you’re not gifting your family pendants snatched from the local artisan fair that contain mass produced beads and shitty stones.

Coffee is not free at work for everyone.

You just bragged about how basic your wife and daughters are...

ISIS doesn’t need to sneak people into this country to do harm. All they need is an internet connection to find people to radicalize. The only thing travel/immigration bans will do is make it easier for Bob the redneck cousinfucker in Bumblefuck Patch, Alabama to be even more racist. With the growing normalization of…

My first year out of college, a saleswoman at a high end department store (where I was running an errand for my dragon lady boss) told me to marry a very rich man, get a payday, divorce him and then marry for love later in life.

I was in boxing for most of elementary through high school. I was told frequently that boys don’t like athletic girls, let alone girls that could beat them up.

Always let the boys win.