Wednesday February 15, 2012

JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION

nimbus's past comments

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nimbusApr. 24, 2009 - 09:18AM JST

"Buner police official Rasheed Khan confirmed that Taliban fighters were patrolling the streets unchecked, but added that district government officials were in negotiations to put an end to the militant occupation."

Negotiations will work well to curb the Taliban, just like with Hitler in WW2.

Posted in: Pakistan deploys troops to areas overrun by Taliban
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nimbusApr. 16, 2009 - 08:25AM JST

Love those daisy dukes!

Posted in: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
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nimbusApr. 09, 2009 - 09:20AM JST

So what else will fall off besides the clothes?

Posted in: Nana Natsume adds spice to 'Zombie Strippers'
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nimbusApr. 07, 2009 - 04:33AM JST

100% certain that this is suicide?

Posted in: Man found dead on grounds of Defense Agency
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nimbusMar. 31, 2009 - 10:04AM JST

Looks yummy.

Posted in: Cheese Katsu Burger
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nimbusMar. 14, 2009 - 03:57AM JST

When I read the title I thought "Lady Tester" lets you know if that cute chick across the bar is a dude in a dress.

Posted in: Lady tester
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nimbusFeb. 13, 2009 - 05:49AM JST

First impression is the most important. Space aliens must think earthlings are all litter bugs.

Posted in: U.S., Russian satellites collide, creating massive debris clouds
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nimbusFeb. 04, 2009 - 09:39AM JST

Anyone having the same problem as me? The words on the left side of the posts are cut off.

Posted in: Dating in Tokyo is pretty easy—if you’re not looking for a single guy
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nimbusJan. 27, 2009 - 11:40AM JST

biracial people

Looks can be deceiving. A really good friend of mine is half German and half Japanese. If he doesn't tell you, you would think he is 100% Japanese.

Posted in: Japan’s Minorities: The Illusion of Homogeneity
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nimbusJan. 24, 2009 - 08:33AM JST

He should be shot on the spot.

Posted in: 3 dead, 12 wounded in Belgian day care stabbings
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nimbusJan. 18, 2009 - 09:42AM JST

If anyone is interested, here's a link to the CNN videos that showed the excellent water landing of the aircraft and the passensgers standing on the wings while the ferry was approaching to assist.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/17/usair.splash.video/index.html

Posted in: Crews hoist ditched plane from Hudson River
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nimbusJan. 15, 2009 - 12:00PM JST

The metal fence in front of the heater can get pretty hot. The lemur on the left found out about that first hand (or paw).

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nimbusJan. 13, 2009 - 06:02AM JST

If the guy who took the picture was someone like Brad Pitt, the woman would problably gave him her phone number as well.

Posted in: Cop arrested for taking picture of woman’s legs on train in Kanagawa
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nimbusJan. 01, 2009 - 06:36AM JST

"...a 68-year-old woman employed ..." wonder when she planned to retire :/

A lot of the older generation Japanese do not have retirement on their mind.

Posted in: Woman dies after hit-and-run in Hokkaido hot spring town
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nimbusDec. 27, 2008 - 04:15AM JST

those can't possbly be real !! too big for her skinny frame.

You would be surprised. I know a couple of skinny frame girls like that.

Posted in: Odaiba set for world’s largest 'doujinshi' manga gathering
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nimbusDec. 25, 2008 - 04:53AM JST

Is Namba holding a glass or glass slipper?

Posted in: Mika Kano judges Eri Namba winner of DHC’s Cinderella Award for 2009
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nimbusDec. 24, 2008 - 06:23AM JST

Good Job

The bailout funds are in the forms of preferred stock and not as "Restricted Donations/Fund" as in a non-profit so the banks are not required to keep track of which expense paid is from the bailout money.

The bailout funds covered the losses recognized from the write downs of the value of the securities and loans. From what I can see, there will be plenty more write downs in 2009 as the values of real estate continue to slide so most likely that’s where the bailout money would go.

The bailout funds are but a portion and not the entire capital of the bank (otherwise it would be insolvent already). What you proposed is so easily circumvented that it is totally pointless. It is not difficult to claim the bailout funds are going to all the “acceptable” expenses and all others are from the bank’s own capital. SuperLib got it correct. Read his 11:57 pm December 23rd post.

Posted in: Where'd the U.S. bank bailout money go? Shhhh, it's a secret
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nimbusDec. 24, 2008 - 04:54AM JST

Taka

The article on your link talked about pays to executives in 2007 so how does one take funds received in the end of 2008 to pay salaries in 2007?

This article in JT and the one your link leads to are both from the AP and they are both trash (probably written by the same person). The article in your link said the top 600 executives received salaries, bonuses, and other benefits totaling $1.6 billion in 2007. Dividing $1.6 billion by 600 you get an average of $2.7 million per executive and it does not appear to be as outrageous anymore. Also, a lot of the bonuses are in the form of stock options valued in 2007 and I am sure they are worth nothing in 2008.

I am not saying some of these executives deserve to make tens of millions because I bet they are not the ones doing all the work, I am saying these articles are trash because they have been written by someone who knows nothing of the subject of what he/she is writing about and all he/she is trying to do is sensationalize the issues.

Posted in: Where'd the U.S. bank bailout money go? Shhhh, it's a secret
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nimbusDec. 23, 2008 - 11:58AM JST

The guy was charged with abandoning the girl's body in September and they still have not charge him with murder at the end of December? Seems to me if this guy is so "intellectually disabled", there should be plenty of physical evidence linking him to the murder. Did the police collect evidence that link this guy to the murder? Or did they just grab him because he is the weirdo in the neighbourhood?

Posted in: Murder suspect's lawyer says female reporter confused him
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nimbusDec. 23, 2008 - 11:06AM JST

This article is a piece of trash. The writer has zero understanding of accounting or how a bank/business operates. When money are infused into a bank as capital, it is mixed into the equity of the bank. Every day income and expense are generated, the level of the bank's capital changes daily. Everyday loans are made and repaid. Funds are constantly flowing in and out. How is it possible to keep track of which dollar is from where?

It's not like you give a person who has no money $100 and ask that person to keep track of how the $100 is spent. It would be more like you deposit $100 in a person's account that already has several hundred dollars in it and every day money are deposited and taken out of this account numerous times. How do you keep track of which dollar came from that $100?

Posted in: Where'd the U.S. bank bailout money go? Shhhh, it's a secret