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The 2 Israelis killed yesterday was quite big news in media outlets.

The 22 Palestinians Killed today seems like business as usual.

I guess we are comparing apples to oranges.

Disgusting, isn't it?

So, basically, the Butcher of Gaza is trying to carve his name into the flesh of Lebanon, and Syria. But will his arrogance drive him to attack Iran for a fateful third time, and end up committing suicide in a bunker rather than face capture and trial?

Richard, that's exactly what I think will happen to him.

I just watched the film on X. It's evil beyond words. Anyone with an ounce of morality, humanity and shame wouldn't support it.

Hear! Hear!

Women at Japan's top university call out gender imbalance

Good for them.

so if you’ve got an interest in Lolita fashion or cosplay, Bodyline Harajuku should be getting a spot on your to-visit list while in Tokyo.

Yeaaah... I'll pass

Obama was the only president who, in perspective, took a hardline on Israel and made his personal dislike of Netanyahu known. It’s impossible not to have antisemitism in the world when everyone equates the Jewish faith to Israel!

exactly

The call was "direct and very productive," 

Sure it was.

Bibi: Yo Beach! Where's my money and gat??

Biden: Sorry suh. Iz a good Zionist. It comin suh.

Only a matter of time before the whole region lights up...

The court in Shizuoka, outside Tokyo, ruled that police tampered with evidence and said the ex-boxer had suffered "inhumane interrogations meant to force a statement" that he later withdrew.

The court found that police had daubed blood on clothes that were then planted to be found at the crime scene.

Wow! This is the kind of thing that you expect to hear in a banana republic.

Throw the book at him!

Or a bicycle

Tamarama & Capuchin- Excellent posts!

This looks like it's going to be a long-protracted war.

 You're never going to rid the place of its label as a famous suicide spot.

I agree

What makes you think the local population wants street drinking?

Um. Because they do it.

Discrimination is a thing in Japan and no laws to protect the discriminated

Exactly.

Perhaps, but I am still being asked if I can use chopsticks and told I am from a hunting culture despite decades of proof of one and denial of the other. And it doesn't take much for all foreigners to be tarred with the same brush (witness how we are all "tourists" nowadays), simply as outsiders to the village. At what point do you give up trying to win over stubbornly prejudiced people who are being whipped up also by scaremongers and populists. It needs respected or powerful locals to intervene too. In addition, Japan's ideology of homogeneity and "island-country" insularity can even be used to excuse xenophobia. In fact, it has been used that way forever. The ideology has been pushed relentlessly, and often not so subtly, in education and the media so the brainwashing is already happening. Inclusivity does not feature highly in this propaganda.

100% on the money

We are experiencing the beginning of a regional conflict. It's pretty much a done deal at this point.

One day Israel will be on the receiving end of a well deserved evacuation order.

Yes.

We want to clearly convey that public drinking is not part of this ward’s culture.

But in other wards it is.

People- vote this idiot out.

Israel by any means is overrated. It look strong because of the firepower and money it receives from west. Imagine tomorrow there is a civil war in US and unable to support Israel. In that case, Hamas and Hezbollah will run over Israel in 24 hours. I am not even mentioning bigger players in Middle East.

THIS!!

Israel battles militants on two fronts and reports 8 combat deaths as fears of wider war mount

Wider war has already started.

..meanwhile Ayatollah goes into hiding

https://www.opindia.com/2024/09/irans-supreme-leader-ayatollah-khamenei-goes-into-hiding-after-israel-eliminates-hezbollah-chief-nasrallah/

LOL, so much comedy today,

the ayatollah is not part of Hezbollah.

Different country. Might I suggest a map and some basic Middle East geography 101?

HEZBOLLAH SAYS IT IS READY TO FACE LAND INCURSION

I'm sure they are

Good, it will make the IDF job easier.

No it won't.

HEZBOLLAH SAYS IT IS READY TO FACE LAND INCURSION

I'm sure they are

Arab world split in reactions to killing of Hezbollah chief Nasrallah

The arab world is not split. Just the reactions of their leaders. There is a difference.

One measure the gov can do is slash sales and income taxes. Abe kept raising and raising the sales tax. Drop it back down to 5% to ease the burden and slash people's income tax as well to put more money in people's pockets. That would go a long way to cushion the rise in prices.

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Israel is unhinged.

man that is an understatement.

Now moving on the Lebanon and Yemin, this will never end well, and they are just empowering more hatred towards them!

Its going to end in a regional war.

Its called collective punishment. Israels MO.

Exactly.

Incoming Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, after being elected ruling Liberal Democratic Party president on Friday, said at a news conference that he would take steps to boost wages to cushion the blow to households from rising consumer prices.

Could you get any more vague?? What steps??

Unless he implements a minimum wage of 1500 per hour and a minimum monthly full time wage of 300,000, I don't see much changing. Just more hardships, and the people that will get hit the hardest are those with families. So much for measures to prop up the birth rate.

“If a temporary cease-fire becomes permanent, we will resign from the government,” said National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, head of the Jewish Power party.

If Ben-Gvir leaves the coalition, Netanyahu would lose his parliamentary majority and could see his government come toppling down, though opposition leaders have said they would offer support for a cease-fire deal.

There it is laid bare. This is why Netanyahu wants perpetual war. Don't kid yourself peeps. This is going to spread.

What to know about the party vote that will determine Japan's next leader

It doesn't matter. That's all you need to know.

mikeylikesit- well said.

maybe you can work as a volunteer fact checker.

No thanks I have a job.

Personally, I don’t think most Ramen shops per capita qualifies them as top three.

I do.

I inferred that the rankings were based on savoriness.

savoriness is subjective. what you might find savory I might not.

We agree here.

That's good.

It would ALSO be problematic if the police had NOT tampered with the evidence, not only for the defendent...but ALSO for the justice system as the taint of that accusation has the effect of casting doubt on the eithical behaviour of the police...whether guilty of tampering...or NOT.

I agree up to a point.. I think that doubt would be cast INITIALLY, but if in fact that accusation was to be found in error, it would vindicate the police completely as it would show them as victims of a baseless and meritless accusation.

The evidence for which is evident on this page, as many on here have jumped to the conclusion that they had tampered with the evidence without proof. The accusation alone is problematic for the justice department.

Well, I hope you are not referring to me as I did not jump to that conclusion. I merely stated that it would be problematic if they did.

Hope we can agree on that