Posted in: Actor Anne Heche 'not expected to survive' after crash: U.S. media See in context
She has died.
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Posted in: Snickers owner apologizes after referring to Taiwan as a country See in context
All the more reason to buy some!!!
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Posted in: 63-year-old man arrested for punching, kicking woman See in context
That is not woke. I’ve been assaulted by drunk women. People are equal. If a man hits a woman she should fight back. It goes both ways. But I’m big so I let them punch me, then throw them in the sea to cool down. It always works. Violence doesn’t.
Well goodlucktoyou getting out of that dilemma.
By throwing someone into the sea you might be charged with attempted murder and, even worse, you might be deported.
Again.
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Posted in: Dead Sri Lankan detainee's family to request panel review case See in context
She was a criminal, breaking sovereign immigration laws. Her family seems like golddigers. This is a case about an in individual, not Japan’s immigration policy.
japanese investigators should track down who employed her as an illegal. Throw the book at them. Also the fake student visa thing, check her school and all other students.
Haven’t you told us before that you were deported? Didn’t they just pat you on the head and say “Good luck to you” or words to that effect? Tad hypocritical, don’t you think?
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Posted in: Man arrested over fatal hit-and-run incident in Niigata See in context
Kumagaya was taken to hospital where he died at around 11:30 p.m. due to sever head injuries
I think you mean 'severe.'
'Sever' would be an even more horrific outcome for all concerned.
Moderator: The typo has been corrected. Thanks for pointing it out.
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Posted in: Japan gov't panel to propose another record minimum-wage hike See in context
Wish I could get a Vietnamese work visa.
Well, good luck to you!
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Posted in: N Korea claims no new fever cases amid doubts over COVID data See in context
Wouldn’t be surprised at a low death rate there despite the poverty. The worst combo with Covud is obesity and there’s little of that there outside of the elite. Same in Africa with low vaccinations and low obesity rates.
Hmmm.
Apparently, malnutrition is a solution to COVID-19!
Amazing.
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Posted in: Japan reports 197,792 coronavirus cases; 31,541 in Tokyo See in context
Jan writing today
Been running around in packed indoor shops every other weekend and haven't got it for 3 years now. No masks.
versus
Jan writing on May 12 06:21 am JST
Posted in: Japan planning to allow 20,000 daily foreign arrivals in June See in context
Then I need to test before and after flight. I need to have a booster although I'm 30 and have had COVID twice already and am two times vaccinated.
Are you confused?
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Posted in: Jetstar resumes Tokyo-Cairns flights See in context
An empty flight with room to stretch out and sleep sounds mighty inviting.
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Posted in: Australian TV soap 'Neighbours' screens star-studded finale See in context
I tell people this is what my home neighborhood looks like. The exteriors were shot only a few kms away from where I grew up.
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Posted in: Why do people join cults? See in context
“I’ve been involved in a number of cults, both as a leader and follower. You have more fun as a follower, but you make more money as a leader”
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Posted in: Abe assassination raises questions about security for VIPs in Japan See in context
Are these people in the photo taking photoshoots at the site of the murder?
Did you read the caption of the photo?
Ichiro Matsui, leader of the Japan Innovation Party, left, poses for a photo with a candidate in Tokyo on June 28.
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Posted in: Shooter says he believed Abe promoted religious group that bankrupted his mother See in context
Hmm. “Religious group” not named. Hmm.
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Posted in: Thailand betting on 'boys' love' tourism boom, especially among Japanese travelers See in context
”I just find them confusing.” - Alan Partridge
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Posted in: Peaceful walk See in context
Wearing a mask at peaceful fresh air park? Suffocates me even seeing that.
Agreed!
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Posted in: What are some movies that you really liked, but got terrible reviews? See in context
Lot of love here for Heaven’s Gate. I love it as well!
Copland is great, too.
Lynch’s version of Dune has its charm, but the new version is very true to the novel.
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Posted in: Jan 6 witness: Trump 'detached from reality' over election See in context
Just a moment! The headline needs some editing:
Trump 'detached from reality'
There! I fixed it!
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Posted in: Yakuza bosses struggling to upgrade phones from 3G See in context
Back to Semaphore it is!
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Posted in: Australia's longest-running soap 'Neighbours' calls it a wrap See in context
I grew up a few kilometers from where the series was shot. My neighborhood looked very similar, but the people there were characteristic of the post-WWII diaspora: ten-pound Poms, the Dutch, Hungarians, Māori, Hong Kong Chinese, etc.
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Posted in: Nadal wins 14th French Open and record-extending 22nd Grand Slam See in context
Good on ya, Nads!
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Posted in: New Australian government includes record 13 women ministers See in context
150 seats and 13 women. How is that amazing?
Not every politician elected to a seat becomes a minister.
…and you wonder why you continue to be unemployed.
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Posted in: Tiananmen masses banned as crackdown memorials erased in Hong Kong See in context
China demolished the free Hong Kong over night.
No, it was a gradual, careful process, like the metaphor of a frog being boiled.
The mass exodus of HKers (who could afford it) started as early as the beginning of the 1980s. With the Cultural Revolution and Great Leap Forward (not so far away) in the rear vision mirror, many people saw the writing on the wall when the UK’s hand weakened during that time.
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Posted in: Tiananmen masses banned as crackdown memorials erased in Hong Kong See in context
This is messed up beyond belief.
Fully agreed
Britain should’ve maintained control over Hong Kong.
De-colonial regret? Check history. I doubt this would have worked well in a number of ways.
If only the people had had a 2nd amendment, they could’ve at least resisted a little better.
“If everyone had the right to bear arms” would be putting it better. Not every country has a constitution to be amended or a Bill of Rights to be addressed.
China demolished the free Hong Kong over night.
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Posted in: How the NRA evolved from backing a 1934 ban on machine guns to blocking nearly all firearm restrictions today See in context
bass4flunkableoffensive
While Newton was in prison, their minister of information, Eldridge Cleaver, tried to take control of the party. Cleaver was an ex-con who had written **Soul on Ice, a series of essays on his political journey from “supermasculine menial” to arch-black liberationist. In the book, he admitted to raping white women as “an insurrectionary act”, an outlook he recanted without ever quite losing the misogyny and racism that informed it.**
Like I said, criminal thugs
You’re not just copying and pasting without appropriate citation (i.e. plagiarizing), you’re stealing from that bastion of the left, The Guardian! LOL!!!
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/oct/18/black-powers-coolest-radicals-black-panthers-vanguard-of-the-revolution-stanley-nelson-interview
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Posted in: Tokyo reports 3,348 new coronavirus cases; nationwide tally 35,008 See in context
Allow me to summarize upcoming comments to this news:
"Good, low numbers. Open up!"
"Oh nooooooo!"
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Posted in: World's biggest YouTuber PewDiePie moves to Japan See in context
Honestly, that was seriously funny.
Agreed. That's why I wrote "Winner" in response.
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Posted in: Actor Fred Ward, of 'Tremors,' 'The Right Stuff' fame, dies See in context
I really liked him and was just thinking about him the other day.
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Posted in: World's biggest YouTuber PewDiePie moves to Japan See in context
Why has he got such an odd name?
It’s not his real name anymore than your real name is Newgirlintown.
Winner.
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Posted in: Hold the world's madness, Eurovision has begun See in context
“My Lovely Horse” for the win!
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Posted in: Tokyo reports 8,540 new coronavirus cases; nationwide tally 55,294 See in context
Even the most die hard doomsday guys must see that life has to continue as normal now. Weather is getting better, time to focus on what’s important in life, not on something that is highly unlikely to effect your life.
But earlier today…
World is in turmoil, anything can change anytime. No longer in a world with any stability, this century has been chaos so far and doesn’t look likely to change any time soon.
Which is it to be? Normality or turmoil? Very ‘queer’ posts, as often noted here.
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Posted in: Oil sprays from an ANA flight carrying 213 people as it lands in Hokkaido
Posted in: In Hamas video, U.S.-Israeli hostage says living in Gaza 'hell'
Old people die is a fact of life that people seem to have forgotten. A few more months at what…
Posted in: Japan launches new alert system as heat stroke deaths rise
Posted in: Kishida deserves credit for passage of Ukraine aid: U.S. diplomat