MapleG comments

The onus is on the police to prove that he posed an immediate and credible threat to life, otherwise they should have taken him alive.

He detonated an explosive device in the back of a cab and injured the driver.

If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck....

Just say adios.

Good. Surprised there are any fish left the way they harvest them.

Compare to Toronto, Vancouver, or Montreal, people living in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta were the least supportive of transgender people. Alberta standing out as where the majority say they do not support. That says with less interaction comes less acceptance

I am sure that is true, but let's face it..Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta are some of the most conservative parts of Canada. Same actually could be said for rural Ontario.

Not sure most people support it, but more probably most are just tired of politicians and want to live their lives in peace. Live and let live seems to be the way.

Note the statistic that Niagara Falls NY is safer than 2% of the cities in the USA. Obviously then, 98% are safer. Not the kind of place for a midnight stroll

http://www.neighborhoodscout.com/ny/niagara-falls/crime/

Hmm...quite a high price for a standard can of beer.

Yes.

Totally overpriced with far more staff than necessary. It is like running the gauntlet just to walk through one floor

At $50 per rental plus $150 for a set-top box, it remains to be seen whether the idea, led by social media impresario Sean Parker, will be of interest to anyone who isn’t a film buff, or rich.

Remains to be seen? My prediction? A year from now no one will even remember there was such a thing.

You know your are in Japan when childish lyrics played at full blast assault your ears in various stores..particularly electronic stores.

Sometimes I wonder if those songs are to clear people out in a hurry....at least that is the effect they have on me

I buy beer by how it tastes, not whether or not it comes in a pretty pink can or not.

Of course, I suppose if the beer does not have a lot of taste to begin with, then the can counts for more than it should.

I have never felt guilty about a glass of wine.

As long as Bellicheat is not there, I am happy.

Do they hand out lots of free samples? Maybe I will head there.

Holding a chair while a lady sits down is not something I do. Holding a door open for a lady is always appreciated and I always do that. I find too many Japanese men are just too selfish to think of doing something nice for someone else.

Half the media in the United States don't even know what the UK is. They constantly call it England.

, the Russian economy needs Turkey more than the Turkish economy needs the Russian's.

I don't agree with that statement at all. What's the evidence you have to support it?

I find it amazing that some players are motivated enough to actually line up before opening time and wait for the doors to open. You can always tell that kind of line up by the riff-raff standing in it.

The word myself. Examples are "Please contact myself ....". Use the word me. Similarly "Myself and by boyfriend". It is "My boyfriend and I". Seen. We seen 2 trains go by. Honestly, how did they get out of grade 2?

I thought there already was a Gay James Bond in some of those movies. It sure was't Sean Connery, but some of those pretty boys who played Bond in the 70's were a little suspect.

.which naturally explains why Japan has none of those tawdry junky discount shops like the dollar stores they have in the US.

Like Donki and Daiso? Not to mention the mom and pop junk stores you see in smaller towns.

40,000 US dollars for 2 more weeks of "quality life". Not for me.

But is it a real monk or a fake one. Plenty of those around there.

I actually like the song, but it does looks like a J style Pewee's Funhouse.

What an absolutely disgusting crime.

That picture looks a bit creepy to me...just sayin...

I am sure most people growing up wonder why people live right beside volcanoes when they read or hear of a major eruption and evacuation of the residents.

Sure, I understand there is rich agricultural soil, but in the case of the city of Kagoshima, it des not really seem the brightest place to build a major city,does it?

Well Sakurajima has had many eruptions. Just look at youtube videos of them. Hardly an uncommon occurrence.

Last time I visited the volcano museum there they had over 360 eruptions that year (minor, but all classified still as eruptions). There's smoke coming out of that volcano year round.

Just finished listening to the 3rd game of series, and Jays have now won 8 in a row.

Amazing series in that the Yankees scored only one run in a 3 game home series. They certainly won't be winning a world series if that kind of play continues.

I think most hotels would start asking for money after you have been there 1 week (assuming they do not demand a credit card earlier than that)