jeancolmar said...

jeancolmar at 07:48 PM JST - 10th October

The Nobel Prize people work in strange ways. They always have and always will. They have not always made the best choices. Tolstoy, Proust and James Joyce were passed up for the prize. The prize should never have been given to a mass murderer like Henry Kissinger, or to Pinochet's…

Posted in Obama's Nobel honors promise, not action at 07:48 PM JST - 10th October
jeancolmar at 07:54 PM JST - 9th October

Well, I'm happy Mr. Obama got it. I suppose the reason is the same reason he got the Nobel Prize: A lot of people are putting a lot of hopes on that man. If he accomplish half of his perestroika of the US is will be a major feat.

It…

Posted in U.S. President Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize at 07:54 PM JST - 9th October
jeancolmar at 07:10 PM JST - 3rd October

Congratulations to Mr. Noda, a very fine playwright.

Posted in Playwright Noda awarded OBE by Britain at 07:10 PM JST - 3rd October
jeancolmar at 08:52 AM JST - 15th September

This sort of rip off is unfortunately unfortunately standard operating procedure in Italian restaurants and other businesses. Italians know how to navigate around the constant rip off attempts, tourists don't. It was bad enough with the lira; it is worse with the euro. Italy is culturally a fascinating place and…

Posted in Rome invites 'fleeced' Japanese man for lunch at Italian restaurant in Tokyo at 08:52 AM JST - 15th September
jeancolmar at 10:19 AM JST - 10th September

This is what I like about Japan. In the midst of a recession news like this makes headlines. Beyond the horrors of the recession, cases of random murders, natural disasters and discrimination against foreigners, nothing terribly exciting happens in this country. The rediscovery of Col. Sanders is a reassurance of…

Posted in Return of Colonel Sanders statue welcomed by thousands of Hanshin fans at 10:19 AM JST - 10th September
jeancolmar at 10:03 AM JST - 10th September

What's the point of all of this? A tiresome old con blowing wind. What Obama did was not unusual, a president talking to American kids. The cons manufactured an issue out of something that was not an issue. The sad thing is that a number of school districts were intimidated…

Posted in Presidents walk fine line when talking to schools at 10:03 AM JST - 10th September
jeancolmar at 11:51 AM JST - 9th September

The Holocaust happened and it is stupid to deny it. It is particularly stupid for Palestinians to deny it, for if any people have a right to identify with Jews under Hitler it is the Palestinians under Israeli apartheid. The Palestinians also ought to realize that Israel exists largely because…

Posted in U.N. caught in Gaza dispute over study of Holocaust at 11:51 AM JST - 9th September
jeancolmar at 09:56 AM JST - 4th September

It is past time.

Posted in Gates says it's not time for U.S. to leave Afghanistan at 09:56 AM JST - 4th September
jeancolmar at 07:37 AM JST - 4th September

The thing to do is to investigate the LDP for corruption and indict as many LDP crooks as possible. The LDP should never be allowed to come back. Never.

Posted in LDP could re-emerge after losses at 07:37 AM JST - 4th September
jeancolmar at 05:53 AM JST - 4th September

Right. Micro four-thirds. Olympus will have what I want before long I am sure.

Posted in World's smallest digital single-lens reflex camera at 05:53 AM JST - 4th September