Bovinus said...

Bovinus at 11:07 PM JST - 27th July

That should have italicised but instead I just got little stars. Boo.

Posted in Hamas hunts down Fatah rivals after deadly Gaza bombing at 11:07 PM JST - 27th July
Bovinus at 11:06 PM JST - 27th July

That's a *democratically elected *Islamic terrorist organisation.

Posted in Hamas hunts down Fatah rivals after deadly Gaza bombing at 11:06 PM JST - 27th July
Bovinus at 11:03 PM JST - 27th July

I think the fact that my country (Australia), which most certainly does not play baseball, was able to win the silver medal at the Athens Olympics speaks volumes about how global baseball is (that's an awesome sentence).

Cricket is the national sport of Australia, South Africa, the West Indies (Carribean),…

Posted in Japanese officials puzzled over format change in Olympic baseball at 11:03 PM JST - 27th July
Bovinus at 10:53 PM JST - 25th July

QANTAS: The only major airline in the world to have never had a fatal accident. Go Aussie!

But when this kind of thing happens, you have to start worrying. A bit too much cost cutting going on perhaps?

Posted in Qantas aircraft makes emergency landing in Philippines after blast leaves hole in fuselage at 10:53 PM JST - 25th July
Bovinus at 10:43 PM JST - 25th July

R.I.P.

Posted in 1st foreign resident to refuse fingerprinting dies at 79 at 10:43 PM JST - 25th July
Bovinus at 12:41 PM JST - 25th July

True capitalism? If everything is for sale, it seems that governments are too (donations to parties that support big business). The leads to a vicious circle of donations and corporate welfare and the public end up getting screwed.

Posted in Popular novel on Marxism draws young people to communist party at 12:41 PM JST - 25th July
Bovinus at 12:37 PM JST - 25th July

Perhaps the problem is lack of good men? They all seem to be otakus, freeters or else workaholics.

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Bovinus at 12:34 PM JST - 25th July

tkoind, maybe you should Google 'North American Union'.

But the problem is not giving away America's indepedence to other countries, it's giving away independence to corporations.

The idea of the World Bank, IMF, North American Union etc is to help corporations make more money by weakening things like worker's rights,…

Posted in Religious right AWOL from the real war at 12:34 PM JST - 25th July
Bovinus at 12:26 PM JST - 25th July

For people who are too lazy to remove their batteries and put them in a standard battery recharger.

Not really practical for people who want to recharge their batteries AND play Wii simultaneously. A problem that is solved by buying 4 rechargable batteries and charging two while using two. Pretty…

Posted in Sanyo makes rechargeable battery pack for Nintendo Wii controllers at 12:26 PM JST - 25th July
Bovinus at 12:21 PM JST - 25th July

The problem is that these words just replace Japanese words so Japanese students of English assume that they have the same meaning in English as they do in Japanese.

This is severely limiting the ability of Japanese people to learn English as they already have deep false assumptions which are…

Posted in 'Stress' most recognized loanword in Japan at 12:21 PM JST - 25th July