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iam an American and iam ashamed of what has happened militarily and how America military and government is so arrogant

You know, I would agree with you on this. But believing that the CCP are good for China or that US enemies can't be all bad if they are US enemies is just as naive is thinking the USA is a force of goodness and democracy around the world.

It's a complicated world. Yes, the US is a bully and a threat to peace. But , yes, China is also a bully and a threat to peace. Uninformed cynicism is not much of an improvement over uninformed gullibility.

Overlord Klaus Schwab said this, "Agriculture is the top creator of CO2, so we must cut back agriculture, put it under government control. Some will suffer starvation, but they will suffer to save the rest of us." Coincidence?

I have no love for the WEF or Schwab, but that's patently false. Nobody would say such a thing publicly. A lot of these made-up quotes wouldn't travel very far if people just used common sense before reposting them.

Still a safe-haven for those that aren't terrorists or fascists.

Everybody (except many gullible Americans) knows that anyone who doesn't bend the knee to the US is labelled a terrorist or fascist.

They had a nice thing being the banker of the world and now the system has been weaponized. Actions have consequences.

The US was clever enough when "gold-backed" currency scam was about to be revealed to replace it with the petrodollar. Now, petro is pulling away from the dollar and the US is not even hiding that they just print the currency at will to fund their bankers. And now, the former save-haven for funds is not safe anymore.

Ironically, he starred in a film about a volcanic eruption in which a young couple are instantly boiled alive in a similar hot spring. It would be an embarrassing way to get 3rd degree burns.

Hitler this, Hitler that. I am sick of people who consider everyone they don't like to be Hitler throwing the name around so loosely. I say that as a Jew. I also notice how those who literally proclaim they want to kill Jews are rarely compared to Hitler and sometimes even supported by those who spout Trump equals Hitler. Funny that.

Lots of so-called "right-wingers" have been harassed, silenced and arrested for speech. And most of the good liberals were fine with that. Apparently never occurred to them that the same denial of basic human rights would come around to them before long.

Let this be an example.

The same people here supporting Palestineare the same people supporting Russia

One has nothing to do with the other aside from being subject to widespread propaganda and US power games.

The vast majority of Gaza Palestinians do not want peace unless that peace means ethnically cleansing the region of all Jews. They say this all the time - it's not a secret. Such an attitude will always lead to massive loss of life on one side or the other.

I don't see this situation getting better soon. We have aging demographics, a faltering economy with inflation, and the government is not only broke but hopelessly in debt. On top of that, extended families of the past that would have provided more help are pretty much disappearing in the modern world, leaving the elderly to fend for themselves.

Depending on the government for help is a fool's dream. Governments aren't there to help. People need to look among themselves and assess their values and lives. Usually that only happens after a massive crisis.

Too bad, it’s a done deal, just like stealing the Kingdom and annexing it like they did, centuries ago

This comes as a surprise to many people since they apparently don't teach world history anymore, but that's how the world worked until recently. If you want to return to some "idyllic" historic border of a few centuries ago you will have to dissolve the entire global order. USA, China, Sweden, Egypt, Italy, etc... all gone.

That said, Okinawa often gets the short end of the stick from Tokyo. But don't we all?

“There’s going to be a big cohort of people who are like, ‘Who cares?’”

Yes, all those people with common sense. However, the group that thinks the Cultural Revolution in China was a great idea think otherwise.

Their no evidence Jesus was born on the 25th,it origin is in pagan worship of the winter solistic

I bet you are fun at parties.

Actually during the years of the bubble economy it happened too. It would seem that prostitution thrives during both booms and busts.

The difference being that it's more likely to be a choice during a boom, whereas it may be the only option during a bust.

He had a good run, and now has a retirement plan that ensures food and shelter. I don't know the details of the case, so can't comment on the crime or his guilt or innocence in the act. It's worth remembering that the police in Japan, like the police in most nations, are not there to serve and protect the people but to serve and protect the state. He refused to reveal the names of anybody who helped him, which is notable.

There's a downside to this arrangement, however; if a woman responds to incentives to leave her current "pink" employer and move to another shop, there's no easy way to stop her.

Blackmail is easily used. Once the gang has incriminating pictures of the woman, they can convince her to keep working if she doesn't want the pictures sent to her friends and family. Not every shop will do this, but once you wade into the gray zone the number of sociopaths you encounter will grow.

They are betting on a winner. They don't understand the purpose of elections. Democracy is still too new of a concept in Japan.

Maybe they do understand the purpose of these elections - ever looked at it that way?

How very convenient of you to leave out that the U.S. embargo was a direct result of Japan committing atrocities across China, a large trading partner of the U.S.

Trading partner? You mean imperial conquest. China was awash with imperialism from Europe mostly. The Japan decided to get in on the act and that upset the old-school imperialists. They weren't expecting an Asian country to get in on the game.

Yes, the US favored China, but it's a laugh to claim they cared about atrocities considering their own actions in the Philippines and elsewhere, not to mention the atrocities of European nations.

It was simply a game for power in Asia. Remember, after Ho Chi Minh assisted the US in the war against Japan, Vietnam was rewarded by Truman placing the French imperialists right back in their country after the war ended.

Silent Night was composed in 1818, some carols even earlier. We listen to maybe 2 dozen Christmas songs regularly... Over 200-plus years, that's about one song per decade.

I would say we are about par for the course. Christmas songs are classics, and classics aren't pumped out every year.

The Japanese are taught in school that the evil Americans tricked/led/forced the poor, innocent, peace-loving Japanese into attacking Pearl Harbour.

Aside from the "poor, innocent and peace-loving" claim you make, that would be about right. The US placed a total resource embargo on Japan and froze all its assets, hoping to goad Japan into war. Japan would have collapsed without oil and the other resources the US was keeping from it. Roosevelt knew that Pearl Harbor was a likely target and that the Japanese were considering war to obtain resources - yet he and his staff withheld that information from the commanders in Hawaii.

So, yes, the Japanese were tricked/forced into a war with the US. Not the first (or the last) time the US has used this tactic.

The headline is all wrong - makes it sound like a careless accident when it appears to have been an intentional murder.

Nikki is the wet dream of warmongers in the military-industrial complex. Very dangerous if she becomes president.

Parenthood is a huge onerous responsibility. 

Huge, yes. Onerous, no. A mature adult with a healthy attitude toward life can derive immeasurable benefits from raising children. Not material benefits in most cases, other than being motivational in making one work harder, but spiritual. We teach our kids, but our kids teach us as well.

Odd article - it has almost nothing to do with the title and instead focuses on 19th horticulture and similarity of some flowers to genitalia. A pretty arcane subject, so I don't blame the bait and switch headline.

So far as the headline, it's really nobody's business. The world is overpopulated and rampant procreation is not needed. Some people can't have kids. That said, kids are usually an essential part of human personal development. There is nothing necessarily selfish about not having kids though.

The comment above about childless elders being a burden on taxpayers is unsupported. People with kids also use public support because their kids don't care or are unable to help. And people without kids are more likely to have sufficient savings because all their money didn't go to their kids and their education.

Luckily I live on a mountain. Must be hard to right by the sea.

Destructive landslides are far, far more common than destructive tsunami. Wherever one lives, there is some form of natural disaster.

Never a huge fan, but saw them when they were one of the opening acts for the New York Dolls. The other band that opened that night was a group called Aerosmith. I liked them.

I did want to see it, but it sounds dreary and seems to ignore all the things that made him interesting to focus on his love life. The story of how this obscure boy from Corsica rose to rule France and charm his followers, only to succumb to hubris, is a fascinating one

 It’s not worth risking your life to defend them.

This is generally good advice that I would give as well. But sometimes it's the principle, not the money. We need more people like the big guy. I got a laugh seeing him smash the bike (I hope it wasn't stolen as well, though).

Authenticity is everything. If you can fake that, you've got it made.

The fact you say all of these things about France when they were true 200 years ago, makes me smile because this decline, as you say, must take an awful long time.

It is often said that societies collapse slowly, then suddenly.