GJDailleult said...

GJDailleult at 08:05 AM JST - 5th October

I heard this talk on Saturday afternoon, that Tokyo had the superior bid and so there must have been something underhanded going on, so I assume this must have been promoted in some of the media even before Ishihara said it. But it is just spin, trying to cover up…

Posted in Ishihara blames Tokyo 2016 failure on behind-the-scenes deals at 08:05 AM JST - 5th October
GJDailleult at 07:26 AM JST - 30th September

Any intervention means Japan will be stuck holding even more US dollars, and they are already at the $1 trillion mark. That might be the real reason they don't want to intervene. This latest statement though is just to try and keep people from getting too confident that they won't…

Posted in Fujii hints at intervention to stop yen from rising any further at 07:26 AM JST - 30th September
GJDailleult at 10:46 AM JST - 29th September

I am now imagining the outrage if Bush had lobbied for Houston, and I imagine there would have been none. Anyways it's not important because it is going to Rio. Makes no difference to NBC whether it is in Rio or Chicago, just as long as it's in the western…

Posted in Obama to travel to Copenhagen for Chicago Olympic bid at 10:46 AM JST - 29th September
GJDailleult at 09:26 AM JST - 29th September

Actually there is no crackdown on bonuses going on here. They are just talking about extending the time period on which bonuses are calculated. Nobody is questioning why the financial sector should have so much money to hand out in bonuses in the first place. That is the real problem…

Posted in Britain to crack down on bonus culture in financial sector at 09:26 AM JST - 29th September
GJDailleult at 08:43 AM JST - 29th September

Agree with the workplace comments, but as something like 35% of suicides are in the 60 and over age group, the workplace is far from the only cause of the problem.

Posted in No. of suicides in Japan reaches 22,000 in Jan-Aug at 08:43 AM JST - 29th September
GJDailleult at 07:21 AM JST - 26th September

How could a drop in US home sales be unexpected to anybody? Disappointing maybe, or inconvenient if you are buying the green shoots nonsense. But not unexpected.

Posted in Tokyo stocks plummet nearly 3% as financials hurt by Nomura at 07:21 AM JST - 26th September
GJDailleult at 04:17 PM JST - 25th September

“I hope that victims get the courage to raise their voice, instead of simply putting up with the situation.”

I knew a woman who did that and she said she ended up spending seven hours at the police station. Said the cops were very nice to her though!

Posted in Saitama police launch new unit to prevent groping on trains at 04:17 PM JST - 25th September
GJDailleult at 11:16 PM JST - 23rd September

As always the "skeptics" are really just showing they don't understand the question. Yeah, yeah, yeah, climate change has happened throughout the earth's history and is caused by cycles in solar activity. Brilliant work Sherlock for figuring that out. The question is whether human activity has caused additional changes in…

Posted in Hatoyama pledges on world stage 25% emissions cut by 2020 at 11:16 PM JST - 23rd September
GJDailleult at 01:30 PM JST - 23rd September

Despite how big your egos' are, mankind cannot warm the planet even if he tried.

and your evidence of that would be???

Posted in Hatoyama pledges on world stage 25% emissions cut by 2020 at 01:30 PM JST - 23rd September
GJDailleult at 07:17 AM JST - 23rd September

grafton is right, there is no currency printed, it is an exchange rate mechanism they are talking about. The new "currency" would be an averaged out basket of all currencies.

Posted in U.N. panel calls for new global currency to replace U.S. dollar at 07:17 AM JST - 23rd September