tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post7333472185170022434..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: Daily Links, Feb 22, 2010Michael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-45457668321894640672010-02-24T13:23:11.238+08:002010-02-24T13:23:11.238+08:00Anonymous, Johnny Neihu announced the previous wee...Anonymous, Johnny Neihu announced the previous week that he would be wrapping up the column. Last week, the week before Chinese New Year, was the last one. It was written from his dog's perspective.<br /><br />I'll miss him. Was it just one person writing? Either way those columns were great. I hope someone tries to fill in for him... I won't be picky.Carloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13079284428870214896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-80454482622344357622010-02-23T23:03:23.424+08:002010-02-23T23:03:23.424+08:00Anonymous 1:49 P.M. Man, you have artfully nailed ...Anonymous 1:49 P.M. Man, you have artfully nailed one among a million of my pet peeves! Indeed, Con Air? WTF? That movie sucks! TV here is painful! <br />However, if you are a KBRO subscriber, as I am, things are much better. Not maybe not better in the sense of getting Olympic coverage, but much much better all the same. KBRO is cheaper. They have cheaper internet, cheaper cable, and if you are subscribing to these things, they give you a digital cable box like you have in the USA. You get ASN, which gives you American football and American + some Canadian hockey (when teams from both countries are playing). You get Universal, Hallmark, Sci Fi, CNBC, Bloomberg, Channel Newsasia, etc. You also get a lot more cheesy Taiwan non-stop gameshow/talkshow channels. You also get channels like Sanlih Taiwan, and Sanlih City. I am not sure whether those are blue-aligned or green-aligned or Chinese-owned. No doubt the latter, considering how things seem to work out media-wise on this island.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15907060405795620941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-50119043932842949422010-02-23T13:49:21.694+08:002010-02-23T13:49:21.694+08:00Did anyone else catch the letter in the Taipei Tim...Did anyone else catch the <a href="http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2010/02/22/2003466303" rel="nofollow">letter</a> in the Taipei Times yesterday by Lee Long-Hwa bitchin' about the lack of Olympic coverage? <br /><br />I too have to ask, WTF is up with the TV program managers in Taiwan? Do they continuously want to be the laughingstocks of Asia?? <br /><br />It's funny how Taiwan constantly strives to be an "International Hub", but time after time they fail to report on anything outside of this little island. It's like the world outside of Taiwan doesn't exist.<br /><br />Well at least "Band of Brothers" just started again on HBO. How can we live without that series for the millionth time. (don't get me wrong, I love BoB, but not every freakin' 6 months on HBO). <br /><br />Just watch, next up will be Critters and ConAir. They must be running low on funds again. Dumbasses. No Olympic coverage is a JOKE.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-24072573162988356072010-02-23T06:36:22.659+08:002010-02-23T06:36:22.659+08:00Can you clarify? Did Johnny Neihu lose his job or...Can you clarify? Did Johnny Neihu lose his job or has he passed away? What happened?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-5155013710053156412010-02-23T03:21:33.183+08:002010-02-23T03:21:33.183+08:00Wha...? Greens always do polls. They just use it...Wha...? Greens always do polls. They just use it to keep track of how they are doing and how to allocate election resources, not to affect momentum.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-525041670067865752010-02-22T21:18:08.523+08:002010-02-22T21:18:08.523+08:00greens don't do polls, don't know why. The...greens don't do polls, don't know why. They don't publicize their internals.Michael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-22340102335483296522010-02-22T21:04:28.901+08:002010-02-22T21:04:28.901+08:00Hmmm... where are all of the green polls? I haven&...Hmmm... where are all of the green polls? I haven't heard of any lately.Tommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13552370490869601403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-43640267570051849692010-02-22T16:24:55.125+08:002010-02-22T16:24:55.125+08:00Could it be a local government tax of some kind?Could it be a local government tax of some kind?Michael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-51278000756523335502010-02-22T16:20:32.030+08:002010-02-22T16:20:32.030+08:00KMT-run legislature to impose income tax on milita...<b>KMT-run legislature to impose income tax on military; could hit them at the polls come December.</b><br /><br />Should be good. They've already recently imposed taxes on teachers. Or at least I thought they <a href="http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2009/06/15/2003446233" rel="nofollow">did</a>. The Taiwan News article implies that teachers were still exempt and the legislature was working to change it. However my wife (a teacher) said last year that they'd be paying taxes for 2009 or 2010, and have even had some "training" from some bank or another.<br /><br />However, I don't find any record of that tax change at the Nat'l Tax Admin or LY.Robert R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12956389352825464115noreply@blogger.com