The cream rises to the top, but it always seems unpalatable in this nation. Still the people get what they deserve. If they don't want to demand a change in the way their representatives are elected and don't want to require the accountability of elected and unelected officials, then they…
Cannabis then cocaine, opium, heroin, prostitution, theft, armed robbery, murder... thank god her family stopped this slippery slope to the devil when they could.
The Japanese banks do not need strengthening. They are out picking up cheap stakes in US investment banks, so why should the tax payer subsidize this? They are going to offer new shares to re-capitalize and this dilutes the price of existing shares. Does this mean they are weak and…
This is just another crisis in capital, only a more impacting one. For the past several decades, the tendency towards over-accumulation has been "avoided" by the global spread of capital and by faster turn-over time. These mechanisms which have helped to avoid a long recession or depression (when capital and…
Here we go again. I just hope this time the government makes sure the tax payers profit from all the capital injection. That means not overpaying for assets that may lose further value. Or will it be more of the same: socialize debt but privatize profit?
I'm with akami, hh-ing is a great experience in Japan, but then I've also hh-ed in Europe and down the west coast of the US, so it seemed tame in comparison.
I remember one guy who picked my mate and I up in the early morning in Hokodate, after we…
warispeace at 11:06 AM JST - 16th November
The cream rises to the top, but it always seems unpalatable in this nation. Still the people get what they deserve. If they don't want to demand a change in the way their representatives are elected and don't want to require the accountability of elected and unelected officials, then they…
Posted in Too much verbal jousting and 'nantonaku' from Aso, say critics at 11:06 AM JST - 16th November
warispeace at 10:44 AM JST - 16th November
They are not socialist as they do not involve state ownership of enterprises nor centralized planning of the economy.
You can say they are part of the normal (though not always fair, efficient, useful, etc.) operations of a social welfare society.
Posted in Aso calls on high-income earners to voluntarily decline benefits at 10:44 AM JST - 16th November
warispeace at 11:17 AM JST - 1st November
Cannabis then cocaine, opium, heroin, prostitution, theft, armed robbery, murder... thank god her family stopped this slippery slope to the devil when they could.
Posted in Doshisha student says she bought cannabis from Brazilian at 11:17 AM JST - 1st November
warispeace at 09:01 AM JST - 31st October
Great! Cheaper highway tolls on holidays will only make for more traffic jams and CO2 omissions. These guys have got their heads up a dark tunnel.
Posted in Aso unveils Y26.9 tril new stimulus package to tackle crisis at 09:01 AM JST - 31st October
warispeace at 11:34 PM JST - 27th October
The Japanese banks do not need strengthening. They are out picking up cheap stakes in US investment banks, so why should the tax payer subsidize this? They are going to offer new shares to re-capitalize and this dilutes the price of existing shares. Does this mean they are weak and…
Posted in Nikkei index falls 6% to 26-year low at 11:34 PM JST - 27th October
warispeace at 09:07 AM JST - 26th October
This is just another crisis in capital, only a more impacting one. For the past several decades, the tendency towards over-accumulation has been "avoided" by the global spread of capital and by faster turn-over time. These mechanisms which have helped to avoid a long recession or depression (when capital and…
Posted in Is a global lost decade on the cards? at 09:07 AM JST - 26th October
warispeace at 08:14 AM JST - 26th October
Here we go again. I just hope this time the government makes sure the tax payers profit from all the capital injection. That means not overpaying for assets that may lose further value. Or will it be more of the same: socialize debt but privatize profit?
I'd like to know…
Posted in Japan may resume buying shares held by banks at 08:14 AM JST - 26th October
warispeace at 07:56 AM JST - 26th October
I'm with akami, hh-ing is a great experience in Japan, but then I've also hh-ed in Europe and down the west coast of the US, so it seemed tame in comparison.
I remember one guy who picked my mate and I up in the early morning in Hokodate, after we…
Posted in Want to see the real Japan? Try hitchhiking at 07:56 AM JST - 26th October
warispeace at 06:24 PM JST - 18th October
On the other hand, do we really want uninformed youth, easily persuaded by the empty rhetoric of Koizumi, Aso or the likes to vote?
First teach media literacy and critical thinking skills, then talk about lowering the voting age.
Posted in High school students reluctant to be granted voting right at 18: poll at 06:24 PM JST - 18th October
warispeace at 08:58 AM JST - 18th October
Now the US has 2 seats on the security council. More support for war measures.
Posted in Japan elected as nonpermanent member of UNSC for 2009-2010 term at 08:58 AM JST - 18th October