chardk1 said...

chardk1 at 10:08 AM JST - 27th October

It's the economy, stupid.

Posted in Aso vows to make Japan 'vibrant' during Akihabara speech at 10:08 AM JST - 27th October
chardk1 at 10:22 AM JST - 23rd October

I agree this is not a good time for Aso to be flaunting his wealth, but rationally what he does makes sense. If he had his private chef at the PM's residence cook up dinner for a bunch of people and charged it all to the taxpayer, that would be…

Posted in Aso fends off criticism over dining in luxury hotels at 10:22 AM JST - 23rd October
chardk1 at 05:46 PM JST - 16th October

She's not a 60-year old stuffy Japanese guy and so of course people will not respect her so much as a politician.

What has this person done to be respected as a politician regardless of her age and gender?

Posted in 'Too beautiful' Aomori politician losing supporters at 05:46 PM JST - 16th October
chardk1 at 03:14 PM JST - 15th October

I like how Leah promises she'll be back. I don't think it's really up to her -- her production company will bury her after this. I hear management is seething that its investment has gone belly out, er, up.

What was telling is that in the morning news they showed…

Posted in Leah Dizon, 4 months pregnant, announces she's married at 03:14 PM JST - 15th October
chardk1 at 01:51 PM JST - 2nd October

Sweet, now Nissan just needs to develop a robot me to drive the robot car and live my life robotically for me, and I'll be snug as a bug. Until Skynet realizes I don't actually serve any purpose anymore.

Posted in Nissan develops crash avoidance robotic car at 01:51 PM JST - 2nd October
chardk1 at 01:04 PM JST - 2nd October

Don't worry about VP position, the P is what most important. These days many people live forever ; but if the one of 70 something can die any time, so is the one of 44! Same thing.

Uh, you're not an actuary are you? The probability that someone 72 will…

Posted in Palin gets chance to overcome doubts in VP debate at 01:04 PM JST - 2nd October
chardk1 at 04:37 PM JST - 1st October

What has been fascinating to me is hearing House minority leader John Boehrner and John McCain complain that the Democrats are responsible for the bill failing because Pelosi and Obama weren't persuasive enough in getting more Republicans to buy into the bailout. Uh guys, so at this critical time, on…

Posted in U.S. lawmakers try to revise bailout plan at 04:37 PM JST - 1st October
chardk1 at 03:21 PM JST - 1st October

A sign of the McCain's so-called leadership skills: the number of Arizona House members who voted for the bailout? ZERO. Even Bush, with little political capital, managed to help wrangle 9 "yes" votes from the regulation-unfriendly Texas contingent. McCain did achieve a kind of bipartisan cooperation I guess, if you…

Posted in U.S. lawmakers try to revise bailout plan at 03:21 PM JST - 1st October
chardk1 at 01:54 PM JST - 1st October

Another thing, both Koreas have blasted Japan for using Korean women as "comfort women" during WWII, and rightly so. But are you aware that the ever-enterprising North Korean government sells thousands of North Korean women every year for around $300 to $1000 each to brokers in China and Russia? If…

Posted in N Korea calls Japan 'war criminal state' at 01:54 PM JST - 1st October
chardk1 at 01:39 PM JST - 1st October

According to conservative reports, about 2 million North Koreans have died of famine and related diseases since 1995. And hundreds of thousands more have only avoided a similar fate by fleeing to China. All while Kim Jong Il and his family and cronies have lived like Saudi royalty. And let's…

Posted in N Korea calls Japan 'war criminal state' at 01:39 PM JST - 1st October