Bernd Laurent comments

Another boxing movie? Of all the topics in the world..

Transgender privileges are so 2015, it's 2016 for gods sake! Like, DUH! (Trudeau-style reasoning)

doggone dogs!

Let's hope the Tokyo Olympics get canceled. The average citizen does not benefit from this 2 week doping test obstacle course.

Where do the nutrients to grow the plant come from?

What a tragic situation. Let's hope the weather gods send rain.

Well this could be interpreted as a godly sign of anger with the oil sands industry. But I too hope the civilians are safe.

But why should the ruling elite be interested in changing the status quo?

a tight labor market and ever-shrinking work force

Oh really, tell that to the Japanese who work several part-time jobs overtime to make a living, or those who never had the chance for higher education to qualify them for highly-skilled jobs. This talk about the shrinking workforce is just to gloss over the fact that they want to avoid raising the wages and rather import cheap labor from abroad.

The US has been involved in Syria from the start, not with troops but supporting several sides of the conflict. But in all fairness, so have Saudi-Arabia, Turkey, Russia etc.

A family of three and two men have been resettled there in the past 15 months.

Oh wow, are they sure they are not overdoing it? I mean considering the American involvement in almost any war, that is a laughable achievement. I do agree that we shouldn't ship the refugees to far off places, but why did Germany have to take in so many then?

Japan, with its 35 million users

sure. Bot-accounts are not actual users!

Wow.

what's the problem with that sentence?

Good move! But whoever thinks that there will be less organized crime is suffering from a (possibly marihuana induced) delusion.

A sampling frequency of 192 kHz has no value for the music listener. In fact this extreme resolution may lead to distortions and make the sound worse. 96 kHz is the maximum useful resolution, while 48 kHz captures all the audible sound just as well at a fraction of the storage space.

Sad to see formerly democratic countries like South Korea, Turkey, Spain, Brazil etc. descend back into totalitarian regimes.

Yes some people deserve to die. But I don't trust any government or justice system to judge over a person's life. Put them in jail and let god be the judge over their life.

I'm sure it's 100% authentic. Authentic in the minds of fedora-donning part-time bushi for that matter.

Why aren't Abe, the Tepco bosses and all those nuclear fanboys on JT cleaning up the mess they made? 'Radiation isn't lethal' is their mantra after all...

The biggest problem I see is not the few girls who do this job voluntarily, but the ones being "forced" into this occupation because they cannot get a regular job that will earn them a living. There are plenty of young women (and men) with no money or time for a university degree who barely survive on part-time jobs in this country. If the girls are looking for fame or luxury, that job is a risk they decide to take, but when it's a matter of necessity we are talking about modern slavery.

I've met men and women who love their partner's mad jealously or even outright bans on friends of the opposite sex.

Believe me, extreme jealousy is not love, it's more akin to an addiction. These people need professional help.

Cut executive income to a tenth of the lowest salary, reduce working hours and you'll have a boost in economic productivity never seen before.

So you believe in equality only when it serves you?

“This law created two classes of Canadians,” Immigration Minister John McCallum told a press conference. “We believe very strongly that there should be only one class of Canadians, that all Canadians are equal, that a Canadian is a Canadian is a Canadian.”

If all Canadians are supposed to be equal, they should all be allowed only one passport.

First off, what kind of human being's actually train someone how to torture others? What kind of students are interesting in this practice?

At the right price you can get pretty much anyone to do anything. The American Psychological Association for example, biggest association of psychologists on this planet.

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-arrigo-psychologists-apa-report-20150729-story.html

Laguna:

Ha ha - got downthumbed for pointing out the obvious. Nobody will remember this after a week or two except for the families of those killed. Happens a lot when the perpetrators are white guys.

"Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is defined as the use of violence, or threatened use of violence, in order to achieve a political or religious aim."

Please tell me, what was the political or religious aim of this nut?

Will they cover up news magazines and violent manga too?

Why all the outrage directed at Japan? You don’t have to look very far to find antiquated nudity laws in your own country, which get strictly persecuted despite other much worse crimes taking place. Take for example the R-Rating which is applied to anything slightly erotic, while violence is deemed OK for children older than 13.

Couldn't all these excuses like the person might go mad, it's a hassle, be used by employers to fire employees as well then?

No. because there are many laws and regulations about work but none about breaking up. It's done by your own rules.

It depends on the reason for breaking up.

Absolutely agree, Cleo.

Let's just hope JJ "Lens Flare" Abrams is not involved.