Posted in: U.S., refugee Olympic teams to be more prominent in Tokyo opening ceremony parade See in context
What about China (2022) and Italy (2026)?
That's for the Winter Olympics ceremony
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Posted in: Messi, Rapinoe win Ballon d’Or awards See in context
Rapinoe won the World Cup and the Ballon d’Or
She's accomplished her side and can say whatever she wants now
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Posted in: Australian state rolls out mobile phone detection cameras See in context
Next is requiring facial recognition on the mobile phone to even access the network (like they're now doing in China)
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Posted in: Brazil's president accuses actor DiCaprio of financing Amazon fires but offers no evidence See in context
Isn't going to be evidence, anymore than the American intelligence agencies swearing that Saddam had an active WMD program was.
The Bush admin cherrypicked to support their claims
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Posted in: UK police say bridge attacker had been jailed for terror crimes See in context
Thank goodness he only had a knife
Imagine if he got ahold of a gun - the other civilians would not have been able to wrestle him to the ground so quickly
(A gun is a force multiplier - it affords 1 person to take on multiple other persons at the same time)
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Posted in: Brazil's president accuses actor DiCaprio of financing Amazon fires but offers no evidence See in context
Give him some time, and his government and the media friendly to it will offer exactly the sort of evidence that the American government and media has that Russia meddled/rigged the American election.
Not unless Brazil's intelligence agencies support it in front of Congress under oath
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Posted in: Trump to designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorist groups See in context
Is this another War on Terror?
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Posted in: Iraq protesters torch Iran consulate in Najaf; curfew imposed See in context
Are Iranians actually condemning attacks on a consulate?
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Posted in: New rebel attack in Congo kills 19 See in context
And everybody runs to the UN
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Posted in: Pompeo assails China for rights abuses See in context
Everybody already knows what's really happening in Xinjiang
Only China believes what China says what's happening there
The fact that they're so protective of what comes out there illustrates they're trying to hide it
Because otherwise, if what they say is the truth, then they wouldn't be so protective - the truth is nothing to hide about
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Posted in: Hollywood tackles toxic masculinity with teen drama 'Waves' See in context
Toxic masculinity is also an issue in Japan, where virtually every social norm reflects the patriarchal nature of the society, and the struggle for equality is endless https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/27/world/asia/japan-gay-marriage.html?action=click&module=News&pgtype=Homepage
Btw, just a little tip for those who aren't familiar with webpage publishing:
Anything from the question mark (?) onwards can be deleted in the URL (such parts are optional) - that should make for a shorter URL
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Posted in: Hollywood tackles toxic masculinity with teen drama 'Waves' See in context
More Hollywood trash. Just ignore it.
This is produced by an indie
Ya guys haven't even heard of the studio
It was released this month by A24, the indie production house behind Oscar-winner "Moonlight," with which "Waves" shares its setting and several themes.
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Posted in: Robert Redford warns of 'dictator-like' Trump See in context
Actors are well paid con-men. Listen to them/believe them at your own risk.
Including Clint Eastwood
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Posted in: Anime studio arson-murder suspect undergoes unprecedented skin grafts See in context
Doctors are sworn to follow the Hippocratic Oath
https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=20909
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Posted in: France unveils plan to halt violence against women See in context
In Russia, they don't believe in restraining orders
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Posted in: Robert Redford warns of 'dictator-like' Trump See in context
People keep forgetting that Trump was a rich entertainer too (and Reagan and Jesse Ventura and Fred Thompson and Al Franken and bunch of other entertainers before they entered politics)
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Posted in: Grocery-carrying robots are coming. Do we need them? See in context
So far, the best habitat to find Starship’s six-wheelers are relatively confined spaces such as college campuses; the University of Houston and the University of Wisconsin-Madison rolled them out this fall.
The univ students are using them to get their breakfast on the way to morning classes (the bots can meet them on the way)
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Posted in: Taylor Swift puts rancor aside, smashes all-time American Music Award record See in context
Shania Twain performed for the first time in 17 years
Swift got to sing her old songs and won the dispute over the record label
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Posted in: Olympic ban looms for Russia after WADA panel ruling See in context
Clean Russians can take part and earn glory
The state, not so much - until they can clean house
In an interview with AFP last month, RUSADA's chief Yuri Ganus appeared resigned to Russia being handed an Olympic ban, accusing unidentified Moscow authorities of handing over falsified lab data to WADA.
They can start with those unidentified Moscow authorities who handed the falsified lab data
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Posted in: Landslide democratic win in HK election raises pressure on city's leader See in context
The people of Hong Kong have spoken - and they've spoken against authoritarianism
They don't want a dictator dictating their lives for them
On the "1 country, 2 systems" policy, the Chinese government focuses too much on the "1 country" part and not enough on the "2 systems" part
"2 systems" means not turning HK into Little Beijing
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Posted in: Victoria's Secret to cancel annual fashion show See in context
Did profits or social justice wackos kill the show, or both?
Seems even regular hot-blooded joes didn't put their monies where their mouths are
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Posted in: Vandalism on rise at Japanese shrines as pro-Hong Kong protest prayer boards are defaced See in context
Security cameras for deterrence are cheap now
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Posted in: Self-confessed Chinese spy spills secrets in Australia See in context
China's spy agency doing regime change
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Posted in: Victoria's Secret to cancel annual fashion show See in context
Even a Victoria's Secret show isn't appealing anymore
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Posted in: Iran net outage first to effectively isolate a whole nation See in context
Iranians figured out how the CIA has been instigating protests (Arab Spring, HK, Ukraine, Bolivia etc.) via the internet and wisely took action.
Governments should first look at the mirror for the problems their people's face, before blaming it on outside forces.
Governments who are afraid to look at the mirror and can't even look at themselves in the eye are weak.
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Posted in: Panasonic to stop LCD panel production See in context
Like what happened in America when they gave up TV manufacturing to the Japanese
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Posted in: University professor arrested for stealing women’s underwear See in context
Don't put panties outside
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Posted in: Australian PM denies climate link as smoke chokes Sydney See in context
You have to remember carbon makes up no more than 400 parts per 1 million, there's no way that's gonna cause a problem.
That is incorrect.
Remember, ozone makes up no more than 0.3 parts per million - and it can very much cause huge problems.
Remember, it's not the concentration that matters - it's what they do.
For example, if you're fed certain molecules that just make up 400 parts per million in your body could still kill ya.
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Posted in: Tom Hanks didn’t want to be Mr. Rogers. Then he met Marielle See in context
Tom Hanks Finds Out He's Related to Mr. Rogers After Filming 'A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood'
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tom-hanks-finds-hes-related-163906573.html
They say that everyone's separated by six degrees of separation. This statement is very literal for 'A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood' star Tom Hanks. After playing Fred Rogers, ancestry.com revealed that Rogers and Hanks are actually related.
"Fred Rogers and Tom Hanks are sixth cousins sharing the same 5x great-grandfather, Johannes Mefford, who immigrated from Germany to America in the 18th century. Johannes raised a family of patriots; three of his sons (including Tom Hanks’ and Fred Rogers’s ancestors) served in the Revolutionary War," the genealogy site detailed in a statement," Ancestry.com sited.
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Posted in: New acts rule Grammys as Lizzo, Lil Nas, Eilish lead in nominationss See in context
Lol, are we really talking about music and healthiness?!
Some of the best musicians had a cocktail of narcotics running in their veins!
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Posted in: Gov't compiles ¥26 tril stimulus package to prop up economy
Posted in: Gov't compiles ¥26 tril stimulus package to prop up economy
Posted in: Gov't compiles ¥26 tril stimulus package to prop up economy