Kwaabish said...

Kwaabish at 01:42 PM JST - 16th July

Katsu,

I knew several, when the their 4% salary raise would have resulted in a 5% income tax raise (31% to 36%). Eventually, they figured on a percentage raise that did not result in going up a tax bracket.

Posted in U.S. House plan boosts taxes on rich to 20-year high at 01:42 PM JST - 16th July
Kwaabish at 10:59 AM JST - 16th July

Awww man, here we go again.... back to paying over 40% when including state income taxes....

What incentive is there to try to earn more money if it just keeps getting chomped away and wasted on bailouts of crap companies like Chrysler and GM?

Why can't we just have a…

Posted in U.S. House plan boosts taxes on rich to 20-year high at 10:59 AM JST - 16th July
Kwaabish at 10:17 AM JST - 14th July

Interestingly, (and perhaps ironically to those who were in line), taking a look at Amazon Japan's site for Dragon Quest 9, the reviews on this game are overwhelmingly harsh and negative....

Posted in Long-awaited 'Dragon Quest 9' video game hits shelves in Japan at 10:17 AM JST - 14th July
Kwaabish at 10:15 AM JST - 14th July

KAL flights can be interesting at times. Like with many airlines that employ ex-military (fighter planes?) sometimes I've had interesting and rocky landings with them too. That being said, overall, my experiences have been very good.

But, one of the craziest landings by a passenger plane (as made popular on…

Posted in Korean Air plane has landing trouble at Narita at 10:15 AM JST - 14th July
Kwaabish at 07:34 PM JST - 13th July

Kimmie's doctors should consider his illness as a declaratin of war and mercilessly strike a thousand-fold destruction to his cancer cells.

Posted in N Korean leader Kim has pancreatic cancer: YTN at 07:34 PM JST - 13th July
Kwaabish at 07:28 PM JST - 13th July

Let's make sure that Boeing doesn't repeat Flight 123...

Posted in Korean Air plane has landing trouble at Narita at 07:28 PM JST - 13th July
Kwaabish at 06:55 AM JST - 13th July

Klein,

You're right, the article above states nothing about the fact that the UAW now owns 17.5% of the shares of the new GM. BUt the new shareholders were discussed in past articles.

Posted in GM exits bankruptcy; CEO vows better performance at 06:55 AM JST - 13th July
Kwaabish at 10:45 PM JST - 11th July

Better performance.... can it do any worse at this point, especially getting money thrown at them from the government/taxpayers?

Well, with UAW taking some management posts, they very well may do worse...

Posted in GM exits bankruptcy; CEO vows better performance at 10:45 PM JST - 11th July
Kwaabish at 10:15 PM JST - 11th July

I still think, in general, most Japanese cities are cleaner than US cities.

As for "dirty Asian cities", again, Singapore sure has a better image than New York.

Posted in Japanese volunteer group cleans New York with environment in mind at 10:15 PM JST - 11th July
Kwaabish at 10:11 PM JST - 11th July

Molenir,

That story out of Michigan made front page news (or highlighted news) in many media outlets including CNN... (which is likely where JT picked it up)

I thought that this kind of story would have stayed just in the Detroit Free Press, but it was on LA Times, Chicago…

Posted in Attempt to beat train in Michigan ends 5 young lives at 10:11 PM JST - 11th July