tigris said...

tigris at 10:19 AM JST - 12th July

These soldiers will continue to be sitting ducks because the Taleban engage cheap tactics leaving roadside bombs and sniping and vanishing. They do not come out and fight face to face.

So what do you call carpet and cluster bombing a country without airforce or air defense? The use of…

Posted in British military death toll in Afghanistan higher than in Iraq at 10:19 AM JST - 12th July
tigris at 04:33 PM JST - 11th July

New Oxford American Dictionary: an inferior imitation of something = rip-off. Concerning inferior: just check out Rotten Tomatoes an American website with American critics.

Posted in It's a dog's life for Richard Gere at 04:33 PM JST - 11th July
tigris at 10:35 AM JST - 11th July

First "Shall We Dance", now “Hachi: A Dog’s Story”. Is he specializing now in Hollywood rip-offs of Japanese movies?

Posted in It's a dog's life for Richard Gere at 10:35 AM JST - 11th July
tigris at 09:20 AM JST - 10th July

The editor-in-chief of online news provided by Yahoo Japan Corp lamented a ‘‘dangerous trend’’ among its own newsroom staff to pander to readers in picking articles, which often results in ignoring newsworthy items that may not earn much traffic.

Really ironic to read this news item on JT.

Posted in Yahoo Japan news editor says his own staff tend to pander to readers at 09:20 AM JST - 10th July
tigris at 09:55 AM JST - 2nd July

This happens when accountants, administrators and business school types take over the reigns. They only can count. Remember Apple without Steve Jobs. At Sony, when Morita was gone things started to go downhill and the company has been on the decline ever since. Without the creators/engineers in charge the passion…

Posted in Sony struggling as Walkman hits 30th anniversary at 09:55 AM JST - 2nd July
tigris at 09:42 PM JST - 5th June

The Thai police says.... whatever. Not to be trusted especially if foreigners are involved.

Posted in Carradine may have died from sex act: Thai police at 09:42 PM JST - 5th June
tigris at 03:28 PM JST - 5th June

Dammit,

Thanks for the common sense. I am not generally against kids on a plane even if my above posts might suggest it. But what is getting me riled up is incompetent parents who can't or won't control their kids and let them scream on for hours. And with an…

Posted in In-flight madness with the kids at 03:28 PM JST - 5th June
tigris at 03:14 PM JST - 5th June

Snowden

Airlines are a business not a public service. It is a product people pay for and have justified expectations about. I can assure you that the airlines see it my way: loose a small annoying minority or accomodate frequent flyers and the majority. Usually when I request a "quiet"…

Posted in In-flight madness with the kids at 03:14 PM JST - 5th June
tigris at 12:48 PM JST - 5th June

nisegaijin completely support your proposal and I ain't an English teacher nor single.

dano 2002 If you don't want to be there and don't want a screaming child, just don't fly. You will help yourself and hundreds of people who paid serious money to have a quiet flight.

After enduring…

Posted in In-flight madness with the kids at 12:48 PM JST - 5th June
tigris at 09:55 AM JST - 22nd May

Beauty knows no pain. (Zappa)

Posted in Beautyworld at 09:55 AM JST - 22nd May