GrouchyGaijin said...

GrouchyGaijin at 09:49 PM JST - 22nd May

IslamiNation Glad we can see eye to eye. Not "an eye for an eye!" No goofing intended. Although I am not Muslim (in the strict sense of the term) I regularly meet Muslims, Jews, Christians and others together here in Japan, and we all just get along. These cartoons are…

Posted in Publisher to suspend cartoon sales after Muslims say it insults Islam at 09:49 PM JST - 22nd May
GrouchyGaijin at 09:43 PM JST - 22nd May

I LOVE SUMO (Celebrating fatness in men!) I hate AMERICAN FOOTBALL, who in the name of all that is decent understands what the HELL the commentators are talking about?

Posted in Which sports do you find the most exciting and which the most boring? at 09:43 PM JST - 22nd May
GrouchyGaijin at 09:27 PM JST - 22nd May

IslamiNation Salem-alechum. Actually, the inspiration for the Holy Book from Allah (Blessed be his Holy name) to the prophet Mohamed (Peace be upon him) came during a time of great personal crisis. Having just lost another child the prophet Mohamed (Peace be upon him) retired to the caves to mourn.…

Posted in Publisher to suspend cartoon sales after Muslims say it insults Islam at 09:27 PM JST - 22nd May
GrouchyGaijin at 09:14 PM JST - 22nd May

We no longer have global warming. We have global heating. Heckuva difference. James Lovelock's "The Revenge of Gaia" has me captivated as I ride the subways these days, and he's startlingly frank in his assessment. I highly recommend this book, and you'll see that these "kawaii" solutions being peddled are…

Posted in Global warming prevention market to expand to Y6.9 tril by FY 2015 at 09:14 PM JST - 22nd May
GrouchyGaijin at 09:10 PM JST - 22nd May

The day that the "Black Van Men" are arrested is the day that Japan can legitimately claim it is a democracy.

We're waiting!

Posted in Between the Constitution and Kimigayo at 09:10 PM JST - 22nd May
GrouchyGaijin at 09:06 PM JST - 22nd May

I arrived (this time for the long term) in Japan in September 2001, on the first flight after 9/11 allowed out of US airspace. Gasoline, in my local Esso station, cost Yen 69 a litre on that day. I checked today and it was Yen 169 a litre. Cui bono?…

Posted in Oil executives defend profits before irate U.S. senators at 09:06 PM JST - 22nd May
GrouchyGaijin at 08:55 PM JST - 22nd May

kinniku Thank you. On a humorous note I recall a joke told to me by my Saudi buddy that goes like......"Abraham, Moses, Buddha, Jesus and Mohammed all walk into a bar. At that moment the Religious Police stormed the building and everyone is flogged for thinking about having a cold…

Posted in Publisher to suspend cartoon sales after Muslims say it insults Islam at 08:55 PM JST - 22nd May
GrouchyGaijin at 08:45 PM JST - 22nd May

Olmert is playing poker. Assad is playing chess!

Posted in Israel, Syria launch indirect peace talks at 08:45 PM JST - 22nd May
GrouchyGaijin at 08:44 PM JST - 22nd May

Stupid thing is an "expert" on NHK (which I happened to see at an electronics store, 'cos I rarely to never watch TV) said that "They'd have had much better luck putting the beef in with a shipment of tuna." With incompetents like these, who needs terrorists?

Posted in 4 food dealers arrested on suspicion of smuggling Japan beef to China at 08:44 PM JST - 22nd May
GrouchyGaijin at 08:40 PM JST - 22nd May

I'm thumbing through my copy of "The Holy Qu'ran", all 114 Suras as I type. I've found nothing in here about flying planes into buildings to please "Allah" (Blessed be His Holy Name), nor anything about suicide bombings, nor about "jihad" on people who do not threaten (your) religious liberty.…

Posted in Publisher to suspend cartoon sales after Muslims say it insults Islam at 08:40 PM JST - 22nd May