ca1ic0cat said...

ca1ic0cat at 09:46 PM JST - 2nd February

The "metal balls" are probably rolled up tin foil....

The whole thing is a waste of time and money.

Posted in Whalers 'on the run' again, say activists at 09:46 PM JST - 2nd February
ca1ic0cat at 09:44 PM JST - 2nd February

Pepin has that one right. Until NK grows up there will have to be marines in Okinawa. But I suspect the locals should start looking for a different source of income.

Posted in Tokyo eyes realignment accord on Marines with U.S.: Nakasone at 09:44 PM JST - 2nd February
ca1ic0cat at 09:41 PM JST - 2nd February

Phelps' GF has a tramp stamp? Wow, he really does have poor judgment. Or he hasn't figured out that he can pull pretty much any bird he chooses.

Posted in Olympic swimmer Phelps acknowledges photo using pot pipe at 09:41 PM JST - 2nd February
ca1ic0cat at 02:45 AM JST - 31st January

If you look back at history you'll see (in an oversimplified way) that the problem started with the bursting of the stock market bubble. That caused the financial system to freeze up as everybody tried to figure out who owed what to who. As unemployment soared the politicians looked around…

Posted in Obama administration's relations with China off to rocky start at 02:45 AM JST - 31st January
ca1ic0cat at 02:36 AM JST - 31st January

History is full of examples of attempts to coddle dictators and littered with the corpses of those who tried.

If NK wants to pitch a fit because they aren't getting their toys then let them. The are insignificant worms. The only reason to even acknowledge NK is to try to…

Posted in N Korea declares past accords with South 'dead' at 02:36 AM JST - 31st January
ca1ic0cat at 02:24 AM JST - 31st January

Do they get the special sauce from Okinawa?

Posted in 'Navy Burger' added to menu of some Yokosuka restaurants at 02:24 AM JST - 31st January
ca1ic0cat at 02:14 AM JST - 31st January

Energy prices will go back up. I would regard this as a step in the right direction.

Posted in Biofuel-powered JAL airliner conducts flight test at 02:14 AM JST - 31st January
ca1ic0cat at 02:11 AM JST - 31st January

Isn't it amazing how plain most stars look when they aren't all done up and dressed to the nines?

Posted in Angelina Jolie at 02:11 AM JST - 31st January
ca1ic0cat at 10:36 PM JST - 30th January

I see no reason to reward the chumps who helped create this disaster. You can blame the government, you can blame greedy wall street execs, you can blame people who sold mortgages to people who really didn't qualify. Then there are the fools who signed mortgages they had no way…

Posted in Obama calls executive bonuses 'shameful' at 10:36 PM JST - 30th January
ca1ic0cat at 10:15 PM JST - 30th January

it's a pity society can't find these sickos and proactively get them help before this kind of thing happens. But I suppose that's a pipe dream.

Posted in 11-year-old girl attacked with spray while walking home alone in Niigata at 10:15 PM JST - 30th January