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Even more so when the passenger comes from countries where obesity is normalized.

Almost as bad as those where nauseatingly bad hygiene is normalized. Several dictatorships spring to mind.

Do you think it is sincere applause? It's just a formality, tatemae. On the other hand, the masses read the media and believe a nuclear sub has sunk in Wuhan. So gullible.

Oh but you....you know better, right? Because you just know things, am I right?

The best part of interacting with the muppets for the world dictators and autocrats is they truly don't know how laughable they all look. Nobody buys the things in the free world you're forced to accept at the point of a bayonet. So we all laugh.

Marc Lowe:

But he was already in playoffs and won the superior Nihon Series while in the NPB. Ohtani is no stranger to postseason and clutch performance. Unfortunately, Angels were only Japan 2-Gun level.

Utter nonsense. MLB is the premier baseball league in the world with the best players, no contest.

Hence, why Ohtani is there. And the best international players. Also why players who can't make it in the MLB play in the Japanese leagues.

Pretending otherwise is just silly.

Er, I think the vast majority of the Global Majority are aligned more with China than the colonial west.

And you'd be wrong. Pardon me while I attempt to hide my shock.

I curious, when you use the word 'our' are you using it because you are a Japanese citizen or because you are USA military?

Does it bother you that the world is becoming increasingly united and steadfast against the belligerent shenanigans of China?

No free countries have US occupation troops. They are vassal states willing used and exploited. As such, they cannot be taken seriously as independent countries and their foreign policy is null and void. South Korea (and Japan) are good examples of this.

You seem scared.

Is it troubling that nations like South Korea, Japan, Germany, etc are infinitely better off by any and all metrics than mafia states like Russia in every conceivable way?

Of course, they do trail in the all-important "Invade a smaller neighbor and get utterly embarrassed" score, so you have that to console you, I suppose.

Seoul needs to make the first step: expel the Yankee interloper invaders.

Pretty scary having a thriving, successful, human rights-respecting democracy so close to your borders, huh?

They are scared because China can beat them on their own land and they need to get as many madallas, in any way possible, bypassing anyone...

Not sure what a "Madalla" is, outside of a small town in Nigeria, but China has never produced a single Major league Baseball player, is not even third tier at the sport comapred to South Korea and Japan.

Sorry.

I do love the massive cope that China and the US tie in Golds, and the CCP cheerleaders then begin claiming other national entities achievements--despite the fact that, as has been discussed, you don't get to add additional athletes. Each nation has a set limit of athletes they can send. It's hilarious that this eludes the CCP crowd here ("B-b-but if we count this other stuff that's not allowed by the rules!")

Nothing more hilarious though than the fact that with an obvious tie in Golds, the tie break goes to........wait for it.......the other medals won! Of course, no mention of the fact China was decimated at the total medal count by 35 total medals.

So no, China, you didn't "win" anything. You tied for Gold, and got embarrassed in the total medal count. Which even if Gold is all you care about, the tie breaker goes to the other medals. Simple as that.

Congrats to Japan!

The irony of USA military service people repeating over and over again that Japan is not an occupied nation

Talk to us about “human rights” Deanza…or will your “local authorities start paying close attention”

Utterly overrated..

Dont worry, I’m sure the Chinese will blatantly steal all the ideas and screenplay some 40 years later and you’ll proclaim it to be greatest thing ever made.

GuruofDownvotes

Taiwan....when did China "go to war with "US" {lol..."us "] ?

A few border skirmishes with Vietnam and India but no full scale war or invasion like the west and US have done.

Simple facts.

Impossible to convince someone who agree with the genocide in Gaza, but"sparks up " at any mention of China.

Some 180,000 , scores more than all UN and allied forces combined, Chinese troops were slaughtered supporting the illegal and disastrous invasion of South Korea, all to bring about the human rights cess pit that is modern day North Korea, and to actively support and bankroll them.

I get that you’re not big on facts and accuracy, but really, try harder next time.

“Amid tensions with China”

And who is causing that?

China is brokering peace in the Middle East and Ukraine while the "Land of the Free" redoubles its firepower.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/25/china/china-global-conflicts-broker-intl-hnk/index.html

I'm going to start learning Chinese!

Thats amazing! Can you tell us how to say “Useful Idiot” in Mandarin?

Japan was hated in the 1980s in America. They're acceptable now, because their economy is a lot weaker.

kibousha, your mind games don't work with everyone

Utter garbage nonsense, sorry if that distorts the pro CCP narrative.

Nobody “hated” Japan in the 80’s. There will always be xenophobes, but that’s not even close to the same thing.

Feared economic take over? Absolutely. Respected and admired? 100%. Japan also enjoyed pop culture and socioeconomic ties China could only dream of.

No, the disgust and distrust of the modern CCP is nothing like economic angst over the power of the Japanese economy in the 80’s.

Lying doesn’t help your case.

“We finally beat…..Medicare”

Pause. Repeat the line.

That’s why you’re out Joe. That’s why. That was the moment that sealed it.

Can’t hide behind favorable media. Can’t hide behind “he’s always had a stutter!” Can’t hide behind having a bad night. Can’t hide behind needing to be in bed by 9pm.

A travesty.

No thanks

Oh, c’mon TL! This would be your chance to soak in the Great American Pastime! Surely you’d enjoy that, no??

You couldn’t pay me to get on a Boeing 737

No one is accusing you of being very bright, but why advertise it?

Presently China and India are in talks to further bind their economic, military and political partnerships, mix mashing their trade capabilities to manipulate the global economy. Many African Nations have been significantly bought, purchased and politically managed by Chinese Intelligence and corporate agencies. Out right announcements of such an alliance can be coming in the near future. 

Steven Kaszab

Bradford, Ontario

Are you trying to sell a book? That reads like a foreword to a geopolitical fantasy scenario.

First off, China and India could not be much less friendly. Nowhere near being allies. There have been multiple border skirmishes over the last several years with several Indian soldiers severely injured from Chinese buffoonery, and China continues its territorial bullying ad nauseum.

The chance of a Chinese Indian alliance is about on par with a Japanese-Chinese alliance. Its just not going to happen.

As far as Africa goes, it is one of the least cohesive, most infighting continents in the world right now. Light years from being any kind of cohesive force like the EU with anything approaching that level of cooperation. Many of the central, sub Saharan nations struggle with their own coups, revolts, and paramilitary juntas on a yearly basis, and that’s not even touching the horrendous social and economic situations of many of those nations, sadly.

So..no. China will be on its own aside from a few meager puppet states as it attempts to bully the world for the foreseeable future. We’ll see how far that gets them.

deanzaCCP=

@OA To summarize your way of thinking invite a country to drop 2 nuclear bombs on 2 of your cities. Be occupied and lose sovereignty for 7 years (25 years for Okinawans). Add military bases for 70+ years and count yourself a big winner. 

That mostly certainly is an interesting take on history, a take that pretty much only an USA citizen (military bonus points) could take.

Your point is kind of ridiculously silly considering….yes, in fact, it DID work out for Japan in the long run. One of the most stellar post WWII success stories on the planet; a relatively tiny island nation became one of if not THE global economic super powers in a matter of a few decades, with exceptionally high standards of living , thriving democracy (oops! Is that word censored by your handlers? Sorry!) and geopolitical peace and stability. Yes, it absolutely worked out for Japan. Unlike if they had fallen into the filth heap is Russia and China’s sphere of influence. Rats, you guys missed out.

Sadly nations like Germany had to wait a bit longer for the scourge of communism and totalitarianism to be vanquished before its true united potential could be shown, but boy it was a massive success story too

Expected more of the Americans if not the allied support. They should have targeted every part of the Houthi command structure and left it in smouldering bits. Worrying that they don't have the satellite or ground intel to do a job like this. Japan needs to be worried too, as they are expecting the US military to protect them. Hopefully not from the Houthis. Or the Taliban. Message to Washington: You need a win soon as the CV is not looking good. What use are all those F35s and giant carriers if you keep losing to the third world

What are you even on about? What is this comic book worldview that this kind of operation wraps up in the time frame of a daytime drama?

The Houthis haven’t accomplished anything either, while actually taking sizable materiel losses, and putting out hilariously bad images of Vietnam war era ship damage to try sell the TokyoLiving types that they’ve accomplished something.

GuruMick

And "littoral " is a geography term, boyo, refers to a coastal area, not ships.

Perhaps you wouldn’t have to worry about so many down votes if you weren’t so objectively wrong and ignorant about so much you post?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Littoral_combat_ship

Ever been there? I'd take Russian food over American any time. Note that I'm not talking about Putin or the Russian government or the "war," just the food.

But of course, because America “mean bad scary” according to the majority of your posts, so of course the food must also be sub par, despite your obvious lack of any first hand experience with much of anything.

As America is a nation of immigrants, there is precious little “ American food” , it’s various iterations of dishes handed down and modified over generations: Italian America cuisine , tex mex, Puerto Rican American, even Asian American dishes, and many more.

I do do love the buffoonish “bUT AmErICa MeAnS McDonAlds oNlY cuz thATS wUt I seE on THe TeLlY!” Nonsense that permeates a subset of posts on forums like these. At least they’re so kind as to broadcast their ignorance so as to remove any ambiguity.

I lived for 2 years in London, Ontario about 6 years ago when doing some post grad work at Western.

Drove a decent shape Chevy Blazer I had owned for 10 years at that point. Great 4wd vehicle, perfect for the snow.

In the two years I lived there, it was stolen TWICE. Each time car locked, keys with me. Recovered a few days later in a McDonalds parking lot and and the second time in a mall parking lot.

Never had any other break ins or grand theft auto in the decade plus driving in the US.

It got to be such an issue my family bought me “The Club” for my birthday…

never had any other break ins after that but man I was ready to leave.

I can’t wait until they start filming!

You miss the point. Britain has no standing to impose conditions in the first place. It is part of China and always has been.

You miss the point, unsurprisingly, as has been pointed out to you earlier, these are not “imposed conditions”, they were agreed upon and put to pen by the CCP itself.

I know it’s a constant struggle with the truth with the autocratic members on here, but while this double speak may work to fool your gullible and brainwashed societies, those of us who are allowed to ask questions and think for ourselves see through this charade. The attempts to try and rationalize the despotic actions of the wretched pariah mafia state you consistently defend though are cute, though. I’ll give you that.

Only win in Hollywood movies.. 

LOL 

correction

We can't stop whining.. 

LOOOOOL

Says the guy who whines about big mean America in every post he makes.

Again, remind us where Russia and China rank on there, please? Please?

LOOOOOOOL

Good for Japan and Spain... 

Great places to visit and cultures to learn..

Where are Russia and China on the list, if I may ask? Can you help?

All the votes in that occupied land have been rigged by the occupiers. There are many successful islands nations in the Pacific that don't need thieves from the other side of the world to run them.

The smoke blowing double standards from the 'Taiwan/Ukraine should be free' NATO crowd is astonishing.

What’s “astonishing” is that the forum Moscow mouthpiece has the temerity to talk about rigged elections and invasions without a hint of recognizing supreme, hilarious, delicious irony.

Don’t worry, perhaps they will find a way to silence all opposition …maybe with some Soviet era nerve toxins just…happening…to find their way onto the opposition when they’re out at the mall or some such. Or perhaps they will just happen to slip and fall from a high balcony. These things happen, comrade.

TokyoLiving:

Asking help to good old US???... 

A heartless country who hasn't friends, only interests..

Dude, go outside and get some air.

All of your posts come across like a jilted ex, or teenage girl with her first heartbreak. It’s so sad to watch. Like the USA broke up with you or something and ran off with your best friend, and now you’re left to spend your days stalking them on social media and crap posting on anything even remotely relating to them.

It’s ok… he just wasn’t that into you.