Clayton K. Char comments

Kim Jong Un is feeling ignored. He's re-seeking attention on the world stage.

Firing missiles is his way of getting attention.

One word best describes the UN, feckless. Former President Trump called the UN out in public but no one would listen.

He also called out NATO allies for not paying their fair share in the percentage of GDP.

We now have a war going on in Russia's invasion of the Ukraine and whether we like it or not the US and NATO are being drawn in.

When your enemy perceives you to be weak, it's when they attack.

Russia's mistake was to underestimate the resolve of the Ukrainians to fight for their country and overestimate the competence of their professional military and the conscripts.

Where were the caregivers to assist the mother? Unless a social system is setup to support caregivers, incidents like this one will be occurring more frequently.

"a biased accusation with no scientific proof... based on suspicions and conjecture".

When there is no confession by the suspect and no body, circumstantial evidence is used to get a conviction.

Reading this article had me confused.

The original decision was to purchase the drones.

A subsequent decision was made to cancel the purchase.

However, the decision to cancel the purchase has now been reversed.

Japan will purchase the drones.

Verstappen drove like a mad man. His driving bordered on reckless. His style of driving was not entertaining.

It was amazing how Hamilton kept his cool driving on hard compound tires and drove around Verstappen when Verstappen's medium compound tires wore out.

Hamilton's consistency and patience won the day.

Great rhetoric! However, without China and India, it will have little effect on climate change. China is continuing to build new coal power plants this year and into the near future years. The country is currently going through a period of energy shortage. Flooded coal mines and dispute with Australia.

Greenpeace? They're still around?

Are they still protecting whales?

A strategic failure in which he participated in.

Why is he still wearing a uniform? He should have resigned.

Biden and his administration officials planned for all contingencies when it came to the military withdrawal. Was a strategic failure one of the planned contingencies?

Blame Trump, the Afghan government, and the Afghan defense force, but don't you dare blame Biden and his administration officials who planned for all contingencies.

They should all be awarded Oscars for playing their parts in this fiasco.

Liar liar pants on fire! Blinken graduated from the school of repeat a lie often enough and people will start to believe that it’s true, even the person telling the lie.

How does Japan view this appointment? Good or bad?

If they see this as a victory, what does a defeat look like?

What does the Egyptian pilot has to say?

All of this fuss over a voter ID. You would have thought that Georgia was the first and only state to require a voter ID while the other 49 states did not require a voter ID.

Advice to all of the protagonists, boycott all states which require a voter ID.

In the beginning, unions provide a great benefit to the workers. Collective bargaining has more leverage than individuals.

However, over time, union leaders provide a great benefit to themselves and not to the workers. This phenomena is not exclusive to unions. It happens to all organizations, for profit, non-profit, local, state, and federal governments.

Unless union workers pay close attention to their unions, workers will end up paying dues and not getting their money's worth.

The truth be told, it was never about the attendees. It was about the TV revenue from the broadcasters and advertisers.

One problem, will anyone watch the Olympics? Yes, but probably only the diehards which will be a fraction of the usual audience.

I would describe it as infatuation. Infatuation is a powerful and intense feeling one gets over another person. However, it's usually temporary. Apparently this is an exception.

Wow, both men are over 80 years old! In the U.S., Feinstein is 87, Pelosi is 80, and Biden is 78. Nothing against older people, but it prevents younger people from moving up.

"The new case was diagnosed in a person self-isolating at home in Hamilton, a city in the North Island of New Zealand, who was released from a two-week hotel quarantine on Jan. 30 after testing negative twice for the virus."

What now? Apparently the first two test results were faulty due to human or technical errors?

21 day quarantine around the corner?

It's called free speech.

If dual-citizenship were constitutional, how about triple and quadruple citizenship? Slippery slope?

Whether you like him or not, Hamilton is an excellent driver. His driving is flawless and he seldom makes a mistake. Consistency in performance is what makes him a champion. More power to him.

The Olympics is not a venue for social or racial justice. It's a venue for amateur sports. If the Olympics is going woke, people will stay away. One only needs to look at the recent NBA finals in the United States. There was a heavy price to pay for the NBA going woke. The Commissioner just announced that next year's NBA will not allow players to express their social and political views on the court. Why? They lost money big time.

During Obama's 8 years in office, the USPS removed 12,000 plus mailboxes. Not one complaint was made by the Democrats.

Now that the Democrats have decided that mail-in voting is the flavor of the day, they're having a cat fit. They want you to believe that mail-in voting is absentee voting and if you're against it, you are guilty of voter suppression.

Mail-in voting and absentee voting are not the same. Mail-in voting is the mass mailing of ballots to all registered voters i.e. living, dead, those who have moved, etc. Absentee voting is voting by mail after submitting an application for a ballot to the elections office and receiving a ballot by mail.

Over the past decade, first-class mail volumes have dropped in half. Less processing of 1st class mail, but keeping the same amount of employees. Any private business would have gone bankrupt years ago.

Ban all wars!

Hospitalizations and deaths are what counts not cases. If COVID-19 is compared to the common flu, there are always deaths from the common flu during the flu season. These deaths occur despite the fact that we have vaccines!

Do we really think that a COVID-19 vaccine will prevent deaths? It's wishful thinking.

Testing for COVID-19 is like taking a photo. It's good for the moment it's taken. However, you can get infected a second later if you come into contact with someone who is infected and infectious.

A recent study has revealed that asymptomatic people who have COVID-19 are not infectious. This remains to be seen.

Bottom line. Yes, COVID-19 is highly a highly infectious virus. However, most people who are infected will recover from the infection. Only the elderly, people with pre-existing conditions, and possibly people with type A blood will die.

WWII ended 75 years ago. Why is the U.S. still in Japan? The same can be asked of South Korea and Germany.

These countries have recovered from the war ravages of WWII and the Korean Conflict. It's time they defended themselves.

Trump is right. If U.S. forces are to remain in these countries, they have to pay more. The alternative is to grow their own military and defend themselves.

What Bolton revealed is scandalous! How dare the U.S. demand such an increase? It's outrageous! We should be paying Japan! After all, the U.S. is using Japan as its fist line of defense in the Far East.

Bolton deserves a medal for revealing this secret. He is a hero.

If you believe the above, I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.

What is the problem with these former government officials. Can't they keep their mouths shut? Trump gave Bolton an opportunity to lead but Bolton was incompetent and Trump ended up firing him. Bolton has an axe to grind. Is he still credible?

Brennan and Clapper have gone silent because they know that the Durham criminal investigation will end up in indictments.

It's time for the people of Japan to decide if they still want the presence of U.S. military on their native soil. If yes, they will need to pay for it. If no, we will leave.

National security for the U.S. and its allies has been the reason for our presence across the world. Is this still a valid reason? Why can't our allies provide for their own defense instead of relying on the U.S.?