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From: chuckers <chuckersjp@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Prime Ministerial roulette
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On Jun 4, 2:04=A0pm, mtfes...@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
> chuckers <chucker...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Jun 4, 6:54?am, mtfes...@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
> > > > greed-based ones.
>
> > > Anyone remember Kanemaru? Not a PM, but was caught with $42M in stock=
s, cash,
> > > and gold bullion in his HOUSE? His excuse (I kid you not) was that he=
 was going
> > > to use the money to "fight corruption in politics".
>
> > > Mike
> > The spousal unit keeps mentioning Kanemaru, expecting me to know who
> > that is.
> > It keeps coming up because we are apparently an acquaintance of one of
> > his descendants
> > (daughter?) =A0Or maybe that is a different Kanemaru. =A0Or not even a
> > Kanemaru. =A0I try to pay
> > attention to whats being said around the house but some of it just
> > won't stick.
>
> Well, I can think of 42 million reasones to be his friend...
>
> Mike

Him, we don't know.  Just the wife and their 2 young kids.  Now that I
think of it, the guy
is probably the grandson, just based on ages.  I guess I will be a bit
more suitably
impressed next time around.