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Japan Loses Old People in an Attempt to Honor Them

Photo courtesy of YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images

Japan is misplacing its really old people. Is misplacing the right word here? Maybe it’s better phrased as MSNBC put it: “loses track of its centenarians.”

Let me break it down for you. According to reports, Japanese officials admitted on Tuesday that they have “lost track” of a 113-year-old woman, who is recorded to be Tokyo’s oldest living person. But here’s the kicker – officials went looking for the woman only after a police search of the home of Tokyo’s oldest living man proved that said man was in fact dead, and his body had been resting in a mummified state in his home for approximately 30 years. Are. You. Getting. This?

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Quote of the Day

“Arresting Snooki for public intoxication at the Jersey Shore is like arresting Santa at Christmas for going into people’s houses.”Me, to just about everyone I saw this weekend, because I thought it was hilarious (and quite frankly, right on the money).

P.S. I could not be more lame.

P.P.S. This, and Chelsea Clinton’s wedding, were the only news on NY TV this weekend.

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Once Again, N. Korea Out-Crazies Itself

Kim Jong Hun Photo courtesy of AP Photo/Armando Franca

The crazy shiz going on in North Korea isn’t getting enough play.

I’m a few days late on this, but according to the Daily News, the North Korean government took public humiliation to a whole new level recently when it forced it’s national soccer team – which just returned home from a disappointing showing at the World Cup – “in front of 400 people at the Working People’s Culture Palace in Pyongyang, were they were criticized for failing in their ‘ideological struggle’ to win in South Africa.”

Basically, every player on the team was individually called out for their specific shortcomings. Each player was then forced to denounce the team’s coach, Kim Jong Hun. Apparently this entire process took six hours – six hours.

And as if that wasn’t enough, the Daily News is also reporting that Coach Kim was “forced out of the Worker’s Party, North Korea’s ruling group, and into labor at a construction site.”

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