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Entries Tagged as 'Hubris'

A Quick Note on the Rebirth

February 1st, 2010 · 5 Comments

As Jackson mentioned, during our hiatus I fooled around with my own blog idea. Oh sure, we had our moments, me and Busan Lights, we had our alcohol-fueled bleary-eyed romps at 3 a.m. where we woke up in the morning not sure where we were. But it was never the same as with EWC. And [...]

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Tags: Hubris

Canseco KO’d in 1:17 in his Mixed Martial Arts Debut

June 1st, 2009 · 5 Comments

Jose Canseco’s Mixed Mixed Martial Arts debut in Yokohama lasted all of 1:17 as he was KO’d by South Korea’s 7′2 Choi Hong-man in what Japan Times reporter Kaz Nagatsuka described as a disgrace to professional sports.
From the Japan Times:
In this brutal, no-mercy sport, it’s not unusual when a fight ends a moment after the [...]

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Tags: Art · Comedy · Foreign Players in Japan · Guys on Elephant Testosterone · Hubris · Sport · Tastemakers

Sacked Blogger’s Mobster Bodyguards Confront Protesters at Airport, Car Chase Ensues Through Taipei Streets

April 3rd, 2009 · 6 Comments

In recent weeks in Taiwan there has been a big to do about a disgraced Taiwan Government Information Office (GIO) employee getting sacked over a series of bigoted blog comments written under a pseudonym directed at Taiwanese people.
Kuo Kuan-ming–an employee of a Toronto TECO office (which serves as an embassy-like service abroad for Taiwan)–was [...]

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Tags: Busted! · Crime · Culture · Hubris · Media

Taiwanese Justice Minister Seen On Video Mocking Taichung Prison Inmates

January 28th, 2009 · 1 Comment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6oQTgo02as

Taiwanese Justice Minister Wang Ching-feng has been captured in this video at a Taichung prison, mocking inmates and suggesting that they could “hug their way out of jail” and be eligible for parole by embracing State Prosecutor General Chen Tsung-ming. Hug the SPG, get parole. No hug, no parole. Isn’t that funny? [...]

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Tags: Comedy · Future End of Humanity · Hubris · La Politique

Konami Cup Day Three: Wyverns Sent Packing, Seibu Mauls Tianjin

November 16th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Despite one Mr. Shinsano’s edict to go ahead and “put the Wyverns in the finals”, KBO champions SK Wyverns were surpisingly sent home from the Konami Cup Asia Series last night as Uni-President right fielder Liu Fu-Hao belted a pair of three run home runs, handing the Korean champions to 10-4 defeat.
Since the Wyverns surrendered [...]

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Tags: Baseball · Baseball - Asia · Baseball - China · Baseball - Japan · Baseball - Korea · Baseball - Taiwan · Hubris