ca1ic0cat said...

ca1ic0cat at 08:49 PM JST - 23rd October

Yeah, so what if he spoke Chinese and the victim understood him. The good news is that she wasn't killed.

Posted in Woman attacked, robbed in her Tokyo apartment at 08:49 PM JST - 23rd October
ca1ic0cat at 08:44 PM JST - 23rd October

Yeah, blowing up busses of folks on their way to a wedding - now that's got to prove something.

Posted in Blasts at Pakistan air base, wedding bus kill 24 at 08:44 PM JST - 23rd October
ca1ic0cat at 01:50 AM JST - 23rd October

The Taliban dont have Hollywood because of the tele ban but they are >> very violent against women

The taliban have their interpretation of the Koran and sharia; they don't need Hollywood, Bollywood or TV.

I'm not so sure that the issue of violence is necessarily gender specific on…

Posted in Kidman: Hollywood probably contributes to violence at 01:50 AM JST - 23rd October
ca1ic0cat at 08:41 PM JST - 22nd October

Wow, was it really since 1974? I know it went back into the 80's but sheesh. The NEX used to be kinda high speed but now it's more stop-and-go. The bit about the LDP sleezeballs profiting from knowledge of the project, I guess that's not a surprise. But the whole…

Posted in Narita's extended 2nd runway goes into operation at 08:41 PM JST - 22nd October
ca1ic0cat at 09:04 PM JST - 21st October

A pity the Chinese can't find the time to spew some vitriol at any of the despots they support. I don't think we can count on China to represent any part of human rights. We've been warned time and time again by the Chinese themselves.

Posted in China objects to Japan allowing Uighur activist in at 09:04 PM JST - 21st October
ca1ic0cat at 08:58 PM JST - 21st October

It would be good news if they could get a fair election but I think that Afganistan is going to need a more decentralized government to get things done.

Posted in Karzai accepts runoff election for Nov 7 at 08:58 PM JST - 21st October
ca1ic0cat at 08:53 PM JST - 21st October

Exactly, newsman. If the DJP keeps this up the NK talks are going to end up with five members at the table. With China on the rise Japan is going to have challenges in the region that are bigger than NK. Without the US to help and with the Japanese…

Posted in No Futenma relocation, no transfer of Marines to Guam, Gates says at 08:53 PM JST - 21st October
ca1ic0cat at 08:44 PM JST - 21st October

While I would like to agree with Mr. Gates I have one question: what is he going to do about it? Making empty threats is a good way to loose credibility. Starting to sound like Kim Jong Ill.

Maybe the Chinese would like to accept responsibility for supporting a despot?…

Posted in Gates says U.S. won't accept nuclear North Korea at 08:44 PM JST - 21st October
ca1ic0cat at 05:49 AM JST - 21st October

I'm not surprised. Fishing is the one area of food production where man can not increase yields easily; especially for the larger fish. Those populations will collapse. Malthus was right on this topic. Too bad he got such a bad name for farming and mining predictions.

Posted in Tuna in Sea of Japan weigh less than half what they used to at 05:49 AM JST - 21st October
ca1ic0cat at 05:47 AM JST - 21st October

I'm not upgrading the OS until late 2010 after the first SP is out. Between Vista and Office 2007 I've got enough trouble.

Frankly unless you are running game apps you may as well run Linux. Or get a Mac. Never thought I'd say that!

Posted in Microsoft, PC makers pin hopes on Windows 7 to lift flagging market at 05:47 AM JST - 21st October