Scrote said...

Scrote at 09:22 AM JST - 2nd September

So, if the LDP were wasting 9 trillion Yen per year, leaving the budget as it is until next year means at least four more months of waste, i.e. 3 trillion Yen down the pan. Hatoyama should explain why he's wasting 3 trillion Yen. He should cut the waste immediately.

Posted in DPJ to delay modifying FY 2009 extra budget until early next year at 09:22 AM JST - 2nd September
Scrote at 09:13 AM JST - 2nd September

The Hatoyamas have a son, Kiichiro, 33, who is an engineering expert currently studying in Moscow. "I think he has potential as a politician," she said.

I thought the DPJ were against hereditary politicians? Kiichiro should stick to engineering. I wonder how he can be an engineering expert when he's…

Posted in Hatoyama's wife says his 'alien' nickname shows he is political outsider at 09:13 AM JST - 2nd September
Scrote at 09:37 AM JST - 31st August

Aso, Abe, Mori and Fukuda: four demonstrably useless men re-elected. Then we have Yosano, Yamasaki and Ibuki, stale and tired old men in their 70's. What do these people have to offer?

By the way, Aso won by a large margin, it wasn't a "narrow escape".

Posted in Many LDP heavyweights ousted at 09:37 AM JST - 31st August
Scrote at 05:18 PM JST - 29th August

JAL management do not seem to have any sense of urgency at all. Do they really have 1400 front line vacancies at the moment, or will the transfered staff simply be standing around all day doing nothing much?

Posted in JAL to cut 1,400 back-office jobs at 05:18 PM JST - 29th August
Scrote at 05:03 PM JST - 29th August

Napalm Death were around when I was a lad, it's good, old fashioned thrash metal music, not this new fangled hip-hop rubbish.

Posted in Tattoos, rap and saggy pants at 05:03 PM JST - 29th August
Scrote at 04:55 PM JST - 29th August

For daft promises you should read the Happiness Realisation Party manifesto, which I was handed today as I walked through town. According to them they will: abolish consumption tax, reduce income tax, abolish highway tolls, build cheap, spacious apartments for all, raise the population to 300 million, build linear magnetic…

Posted in Candidates take to streets to appeal directly to voters at 04:55 PM JST - 29th August
Scrote at 10:32 AM JST - 24th August

In Britain, the "terminally ill", once released from prison, often go on to make a remarkable recovery.

I do wonder why the SNP helped out Brown on this one. What's in it for them?

Posted in Scottish government defends Lockerbie bomber's release at 10:32 AM JST - 24th August
Scrote at 10:14 AM JST - 24th August

Children do take swimming lessons at school, but no Japanese pool I have ever been in has had a deep end. This means that when children suddenly find they are out of their depth they panic, since they are used to being able to touch the bottom any time they…

Posted in Woman drowns trying to save son in Miyazaki at 10:14 AM JST - 24th August
Scrote at 09:27 AM JST - 21st August

Merging with ANA is not a good idea: less competition is harmful to the consumer. JAL must cut unprofitable flights and sack unnecessary staff. Their web site never used to work at all for me. Now it works, as long as I use Japanese. But why can't international flights be…

Posted in Transport ministry wants drastic restructuring for JAL at 09:27 AM JST - 21st August
Scrote at 08:25 AM JST - 21st August

They need to start locking the Imperial Drinks Cabinet.

Posted in Prince Tomohito enters hospital for alcoholism treatment at 08:25 AM JST - 21st August