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He said she was a tough negotiator then he gave an example that has nothing to do with how tough of a negotiator she was, only they each persuaded each other from time to time.

For those who don't want to "click here" to read more:

1) The "come here" method (palms down. vs. palms up)

2) Finger counting style

3) The teeth sucking avoidance of saying "no"

4) Pointing with hands instead of fingers

5) The "me" nose touch

6) The peace sign picture pose

7) The "hello-goodbye" bow instead of hand shake

Never work. If the economic problems were rooted in a lack of workers, it would be reflected in an increase in wages. If housewives were desperately needed in the current economy, they would be plenty of unfilled jobs. There aren't.

since I know the dolphins are happy and free,

Umm....

before three of them returned to the enclosure of their own volition. A fourth dolphin was swimming nearby.

Bitcoin neared record highs Thursday with the surging digital currency tipped to become a new safe haven asset as the world grapples with growing economic uncertainty.

False. Bitcoin is surging because China decreased the amount of money Chinese nationals can transfer offshore.

There is a pretty strong link between the price of Bitcoin and the Chinese government making it difficult for Chinese to get their money out of the country before their economy collapses.

Doubt it. Most of Japan won't be around in 100 years. 100 years ago was the beginning of a huge and never before seen global expansion of business and trade. (Based largely on super cheap oil). That is starting to contract now, as indicated by plenty of leading and lagging indicators.

They may exist in name, passed down to families, but they'll be shops with signs and no products, and no customers, like most of the small time shops in my neighborhood.

My vote is for NOT being practical.

Amazon and others have already taken the lead in this.

Sounds like an excuse to collection information on every single dastardly foreigner that dares come to the land of the rising sun.

Welcome to the world of competition.

Oldest trick in the book, paint your competitors with negative labels.

But I guess the normal dude on the street is to dumb to know what's "important' and what's "not important" so the self-appointed guardians of "truth" need to to do it for us.

HINT: using the word "fringe" doesn't count if these "fringe" sites are earning more AD REVENUE than you are.

"I will take this opportunity to recognize that Japan has limits. Therefore we will open our markets to all U.S. products, without tariffs."

How can you champion democracy and decry populism at the same time?

I guess it's like jury trials. When you're convicted you say, "the system is broken." When you're found not guilty you say, "the system works."

Money will be useless after WW3

I believe we're in the middle of WW3, but it's a wholly financial war.

Money WILL be useless after WW3, but the question is WHOSE money will be useless after WW3?

The dollar system?

The China-Russia-Iran gold system?

The IMF SDR system?

All are currently battling behind the scenes for world supremacy. Whoever holds the losing currency (or whoever is liviing the country curring using whatever currency(ies) LOSES) will suffer considerably.

For those of you too lazy to click on the "read more" link:

1) It's everywhere

2) it's got an emoji

3) It's got deep connotations (women after 25 y/o are "discounted" Christmas cakes after the 25th are discounted)

4) It's red and white like the Japanese flag

5) it's a status thing (only rich people can afford sugar)

Topic Of The Meeting:

Hey everybody, look how cost-conscious we are!

Super Genius Economist says people don't like rising prices.

Super Genius Government says we need inflation.

You can run but you can't hide. Pensions across the world are underfunded to an insidious degree. Right or wrong makes no difference when there's not enough money to pay what you promised.

Cut pensions? People get less than they need to live.

Print money and honor pension? People get less than they need (purchasing power) to get what they need to live.

Governments of the world have been lying to their citizens for decades, "we the people" were stupid enough to believe them, and now the chickens have come home to roost.

Lots of starvation, riots, civil unrest in the next couple decades as people realize what Ponzi scheme pensions really were.

Why would they pay convenient store staff more than the minimum amount? It's a business, not a charity. As far as robots, Japan is unfortunately behind the curve. An actual robot calculating things and bagging things is a novelty. Amazon is WAY ahead with their staffless stores.

Once upon a time A&P were the biggest chain in the states. Then cars were invented, and they vanished nearly overnight.

Same with convenient stores. Automation, internet delivery, no law says businesses have to last forever. Paying people more money, while nice for the clerks,will only accelerate the problem.

Japan and it's imaginary robot superiority is going the way of the dodo.

A non-apology and a meeting with a lame duck. Hardly significant.

Ridiculous premise. Both "Freedom" and "Globalism" are incredibly squishy terms that those in power can define however they see fit.

Orwellianism at it's best.

Whatever.

Same thing happened to Google maps with the white house and the N word.

Adolescents learn how to game google for giggles.

How shocking.

Kids I understand. Why do you need money to get married? Simple ceremony, no kids, live and save money. Not a bad life.

Lol. Made in Japan is really Made in China.

Now that their beloved Hillary has lost, the media is doing everything they can to paint Russia (who they think influenced fake media and got Trump elected) as the enemy.

Russia is literally (yes, LITERALLY) surrounded by NATO bases. Russia has been lied to in the past by American leaders.

I'm pretty sure that Russia and Putin would LOVE IT if the U.S. stopped being their "arch enemy."

Yes, history repeats.And every time it does, some journalist writes about it as if they are the first to notice it. All people die, and when they do, the patterns are pretty similar. All societies collapse, and when they, they follow certain patterns.

We are in the midst of a "Fourth Turning."

They happen about eighty years, and they always include huge wars and kill tons of people. Last one was WW II. One before that was the Civil War. One before that was the Revolution. All the way back to the War of the Roses.

History repeats, it flows in circles. Welcome to the collapse. Next 10-15 years are going to be chaotic. Too much debt, too many weapons, too much hate, too much blame.

Not going to end well.

Japanese exports to Argentina were worth about $1.2 billion in 2015, according to the Argentine state statistics institute.

That was twice the amount that Argentina exported to Japan.

Why doesn't Japan do more buying?

It's true. He tried to influence the election in Clinton's favor and it didn't work.

Therefore, Facebook didn't influence the election.

1) Can I have some money?

2) Can I have some money?

3) Can I have some money?

I saw the trailer and I wondered why the aliens would bother sending such large ship BEFORE figuring out the whole communication thing...

Kills boyfriend. Goes to sleep. Wakes up. He's still dead. Calls mom...

Journalists. Their entire job rests on the ability to create stories out of thin air. In fact, that's why they call them news "stories" they are made up.