hereandthere said...

hereandthere at 08:46 AM JST - 4th January

everything about "green" technology is designed to kill productivity... because man is the source of all evil...

somewhere along the line "green" has come to only mean CO2 friendly... if Japan wants to be "green" friendly get those damn nuclear plants back on line, so we can enjoy our all…

Posted in Keidanren eyes job recovery through boost in green technology at 08:46 AM JST - 4th January
hereandthere at 08:37 AM JST - 4th January

that'll be about $3~4 per person...

from the way the news reports go, you might get the impression that is like a year's salary... and USARonin is right, the "people" will never see it.

Posted in Japan pledges $10 mil in humanitarian aid to Palestinians at 08:37 AM JST - 4th January
hereandthere at 12:43 PM JST - 2nd January

sarcasm is so lost on this site...

Posted in Toyota secretly developing solar-powered green car: Nikkei at 12:43 PM JST - 2nd January
hereandthere at 10:12 AM JST - 2nd January

The government has estimated that 85,012 temporary workers and other non-regular employees in Japan could lose their jobs between October and next March against the backdrop of the global recession.

temp workers by definition... "lose" their jobs after a while, that's why they are 'temporary'

"non-regular employees"... sounds sounds like…

Posted in Nearly 150 homeless people have uneasy New Year's Day in Tokyo park at 10:12 AM JST - 2nd January
hereandthere at 09:58 AM JST - 2nd January

Solar cars... should work great in places like Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, and Kuwait ... where they are really needed.

Should work about 3 days a week in Tokyo... except for the rainy season of course.

Posted in Toyota secretly developing solar-powered green car: Nikkei at 09:58 AM JST - 2nd January
hereandthere at 10:48 AM JST - 1st January

**Associated Press writers Dheepti Namasivay in Paris, France, Frances D’Emilio in Rome, Italy, Shawn Pogatchnik in Dublin, Ireland, Robert Barr in London, England, Kristen Gelineau in Sydney, Australia, Denis Gray in Bangkok, Thailand, Dikky Sinn in Hong Kong, China, Jim Gomez in Manila, Philippines, Eileen Ng in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,…

Posted in World bids sayonara to a rocky 2008 at 10:48 AM JST - 1st January
hereandthere at 10:23 AM JST - 1st January

this was right after he called Hamas and ask them to stop lobbing missiles at Israel right?...

Posted in Japan urges Israel to immediately halt airstrikes on Gaza at 10:23 AM JST - 1st January
hereandthere at 09:10 AM JST - 31st December

Hidehito Okouchi, a member of the nonprofit organization Campaign for the Children of Palestine, read out a message saying that children in Gaza Strip are not receiving sufficient nutrition and local hospitals are paralyzed due to a chronic shortage of medical supplies.

maybe they should appeal to the government of…

Posted in 150 demonstrate in front of Israeli Embassy in Tokyo at 09:10 AM JST - 31st December
hereandthere at 07:04 PM JST - 30th December

and JAL responds by raising international fares... makes sense

Posted in Asian airlines brace for recession blues in 2009 at 07:04 PM JST - 30th December
hereandthere at 08:41 AM JST - 30th December

**That’s how you win a modern war. By fighting the war on want. ** the article address the 'war on terror', not war in general... seems the war on terror is fighting the "want"...

The enemy:

wants to kill people who don't believe their interpretation of islam, including other muslims.…

Posted in Dealing with Muslim fundamentalism at 08:41 AM JST - 30th December