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Posted in: Mexico demands investigation into U.S. military-grade weapons being used by drug cartels See in context

Its no secret that the US is the source of conflict and destabilization worldwide partly due to the fact that that the US arms industry sells more weapons than all other countries COMBINED.

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Posted in: Philippines' Marcos draws flak for helicopter use for Coldplay concert See in context

He's done far worse and will steal much more than the cost of a helicopter ride if he's even a shadow of his father.

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Posted in: Man arrested for taking upskirt photos of elementary school girls with pen camera See in context

What does anyone upskirt for? I don't get it. What's the excitement for those who do?

Yes exactly, under normal circumstances (precluding someone intentionally intending to arose by wearing an exceedingly short or tight skirt) one wouldn't pay much heed.

The problem arises when you have a massive porn industry which aggressively implants into its viewers' stream of consciousness the 'sport' of viewing upskirt as a prelude to abduction and rape, and which also monetizes footage of upskirt/abduction/rape.

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Posted in: 'Parasite' director slams police, S Korean media over star's death See in context

The Bible thumping conservatives in South Korea despise all aspects of any outlook or way of thinking other than their own and will go to any length to disrupt and destroy people who represent a will to explore outside of their myopic doctrine.

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Posted in: Meet Japan's female marines who are training for war See in context

So, my question is what future war is the article referring to?

Why is Japan preparing ‘assault’ capabilities?

Exactly. JT making the case for war as usual, which thereby necessitates that Japan buy more weapons etc.

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Posted in: In threatening shift, North Korea moves to redefine relations with South See in context

"If they give up on peaceful unification and redefine South Korea as a hostile enemy country with no diplomatic relations, the contradiction of using nuclear weapons against the same people will be eliminated," Hong said.

The west and South Korea literally had decades to work with that but instead ultimately piled on the choking sanctions/extended week long firing and bombing drills, so don't start crying now.

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Posted in: Disney debuts deaf Native superhero as 'woke' debate swirls See in context

No. I think we need to make her dyslexic, albino, and anorexic as well, just to cover all our bases.

You forgot to throw in transgender/LGBT.

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Posted in: Fire breaks out in compound of former PM Tanaka's residence See in context

Her father famously resigned after being found guilty of accepting bribes from Lockheed Martin to ensure that tax payers money would be used to purchase airplanes etc.

Not that any of that occurs nowadays...

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Posted in: N Korea fires more than 200 artillery shells near S Korean islands See in context

Minor detail not mentioned anywhere in this article-

[ South Korea, US conduct week-long firing drills near North Korea border

By Jack Kim

January 4, 20243:03 PM GMT+9Updated a day ago ]

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Posted in: S Korea opposition leader in ICU after knife attack amid calls for stronger security See in context

Bible-thumping conservatives in Korea are way over the line in their fanaticism, they have also been known to set Buddhist temples on fire.

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Posted in: Foreign English teacher in Japan calls student’s ability garbage; says it was an 'American joke' See in context

I would ask why an American is teaching English when they speak and spell a version that is only used in the USA.

Best to learn to work with your most likely business partners.

The majority of Japanese business partners are located in Asia.

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Posted in: Japan to spend ¥164.7 bil on 2025 Osaka expo amid public skepticism See in context

Yet another project from which the elites can skim tremendous amounts of money a la the Tokyo Olympics.

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Posted in: LDP political funds scandal Japan's top news story of 2023 See in context

When you do crap things eventually your time of reckoning will come.

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Posted in: Lone gunman in Czech mass shooting had no record and slipped through cracks despite owning 8 guns See in context

The Czech Republic can hardly be compared to the United States but its gun legislation is considered liberal in Europe after replacing restrictions under the totalitarian communist regime that was ousted in the 1989 Velvet Revolution.

Thursday's mass killing was not the Czech Republic's only such shooting over the past decade. A man opened fire during lunchtime in a restaurant in the southeastern town of Uhersky Brod in 2015, killing eight before he fatally shot himself.

If you allow people to purchase guns somewhere down the line you will have incidents.

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Posted in: Biden believes U.S. Steel sale to Japanese company warrants 'serious scrutiny' See in context

"Democratic free trade" etc lol

Yea the US is keenly aware of how moving into another countrys turf via commercial acquisition can be debilitating to the host country over time and allow for espionage and other nefarious activities.

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Posted in: Second-hand clothes finally take off in Japan See in context

Loads of shops with high quality used clothes at bargain prices if you avoid Shimokitazawa and know where to look

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Posted in: Scandal-hit biggest LDP faction execs asked for voluntary questioning See in context

"Voluntary questioning" what a nice way to treat public servants accused of corruption.

Perhaps other citizens who aren't filthy rich will be granted this, maybe like never.

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Posted in: Ex-school principal kept obscene videos of female students in his office to prevent his wife from finding them See in context

His statement that it would be a waste to delete the footage is made from the viewpoint of how useful it is to those involved with porn.

Porn is always a big part of the equation for sex offenders.

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Posted in: Prosecutors search offices of two LDP factions mired in funds scandal See in context

They have had weeks to operate their paper shredders, and try to delete their computer files.

The intention to search the LDP offices was announced in the newsvery publicly days in advance so even common citizens and their dog had a lengthy heads up.

Don't ecpect them to find anything that could be used to incriminate anyone beyond the usual suspended sentences, unless they would like to make an example of someone to 'regain the public's trust' (even if that were to be the case you could expect the scapegoat to be pardoned and have his sentence commuted at some later date after demonstrating the necessary remorse and contrition).

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Posted in: Man beaten, robbed on street in Chiba Prefecture See in context

Rate of poverty is higher than it seems

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Posted in: Building management firm ordered to pay damages over death of student killed in landslide See in context

Lots of companies related to construction and real estate are yakuza related

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Posted in: Kishida removes Abe faction members from his cabinet See in context

Yes just the usual musical chairs game, and no concrete punishment for their aggregious crimes.

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Posted in: Ex-Tokyo Olympics operations executive found guilty of bid-rigging See in context

Abe's legacy continues.

One cannot but fail to remember how much praise foreigners heaped on Abe while he was in office, from US presidents and Time magazine to posters on this site...

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Posted in: Myanmar now world's largest source of opium, U.N. says See in context

Well that's interesting opium production down 95‰ after the US gets out of Afghanistan...

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Posted in: Biden takes tougher stance on Israel's 'indiscriminate bombing' of Gaza See in context

Where were you regarding this a couple of weeks ago, Joe?- A lot of people have already been indiscriminantly bombed out of existence.

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Posted in: Political funds scandals may signal early end of Kishida gov't See in context

@Simon Fosten

Yes, I know perfectly well that given the choice between a country run by communists and country run by racketeers that the Americans chose government by the mob. However, that was sixty years ago. Everything that has happened since then is on the Japanese themselves, especially the way they let Shinzo Abe get back into power after his farcical first administration.

Actually it wasn't just a choice between communists and racketeers- there were those who sought to build a coalition for and by the people, but displaying McCarthyesque paranoia the US shut down anything that didn't support US conservative interests with said mobsters, racketeers, and war criminal imperialists such as Abe's grandfather Kishi Nobusuke, who we now know was instrumental in installing the Unification Church in Japan (Kishi let them set up their headquarters on his land)... and if you somehow believe that the US hasn't been just as active in pulling strings in order to ensure the US-amenable LDP stays in power as they were in the post war era then I'd say you are just a touch uninformed about US geopolitical strategies and the lengths they will go to to ensure Japan keeps buying boatloads of weapons and keeps following the US agenda.

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Posted in: Political funds scandals may signal early end of Kishida gov't See in context

@Simon Fosten

Look, the whole foreign involvement thing is a bit off-topic

If anyone becomes familiar with how the LDP came into existence in the post-war era one will realize 'the whole foreign involvement thing' is the root cause for all the endless misdeeds perpetuated by the LDP. The fact that nowadays most Japanese people are not familiar with this information is a key reason why they keep voting the LDP into power.

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Posted in: Political funds scandals may signal early end of Kishida gov't See in context

Kishida is just the latest face of the LDP, we now know that even under foreigner approved Abe the LDP was just as if not even more corrupt. There will be no change after Kishida is replaced, the LDP and its foreign partner will continue to enrich themselves at the expense of the people, as they always have.

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Posted in: Israeli defense chief resists pressure to halt Gaza offensive, says campaign will 'take time' See in context

The United States has urged Israel to reduce civilian casualties, though it has provided unwavering diplomatic and military support.

Yea just try to kill less with these weapons we're giving you while we veto cease fire at the UN. ‘Leader of the free world' US always ends up killing people on a large scale one way or another.

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Posted in: Kishida says he will act to restore trust amid fundraising scandal See in context

Yet another cabinet shuffle typical LDP shell game, always the same results, because they were corrupt from their inception and installation by Uncle Sam.

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