Padraig Bohannan comments

Wallace is the only person here who knows how this is gonna end.

Things aren't always as they seem.

As someone who suffers from a genuine debilitating phobia, I am getting more and more angered at how the word is just being used as a means of attack against anyone who doesn't agree with the narrative.

Check an old dictionary from way back when. Doesn't say dislike or aversion to something. My phobia is a fear that scares the pants off me!

Peace came to Northern Ireland only after negotiation and brokering agreements. Nobody thought they'd ever see that day come. But it did and has been fantastic.

Those who lived through the "troubles" (I never liked that term btw) felt reborn. The chance of a united Ireland coming ever closer.

Trust me! If they could find peace there, they can find it between Russia and Ukraine.

Sure Russia is the aggressor. Nothing but death, destruction, and misery will come by giving Ukraine tanks and missiles.

To say nothing of letting our tech fall into the hands of Russia if it is captured!

Send them a table 12 chairs and 12 bottles of water.

Time to talk to each other. No more men need to die on either side.

People were scared of sharks long before Jaws arrived on the scene.

yoshisan88 is entirely correct.

Spielberg...you're not that important buddy.

The article makes no mention that sexual harassment works both ways and not just male to female. Power is power and those who have it also have the responsibility to control what influence that power has on themselves and others.

Yeah... more women I say...Girl power!!

Please stand up and be recognized the interfering do-gooders who oppose loving people from having the life they choose. What right do they have to impose their draconian views on folk whose only wish is to have the same protection afforded to heterosexual married couples.

Madness. Fight on guys!

That second penalty should never have been given. Sure he was brought down. But the ball was lifted way over his head and he would never have been in a goal scoring position. Karma that Kane missed.

I wonder what Beckham thought about that spot kick. Hahaha…

France was the better team on the day.

Only the dead have seen the end of war.

Will mankind ever evolve and rid itself of greed, envy, and hate?

Nope.

girl_in_tokyo

im sorry if you have been a victim of this terrible problem.

slap him… scream. If I’m on that train you could be sure I’d grab him for you.

stay safe.

My biggest fear of living in Japan is being falsely accused of being a groper. I've lived in many countries and never had this fear in any other. This is because once accused, guilty or not, you're life here is over. That cannot be right for an innocent man.

Once accused you should be bailed and properly investigated before the cops decide to end your life.

As long as it ain’t the first cars near the gate it’s a good idea. Would hate to be rushing to catch the train only to met with “death from a thousand stares”

The age-old question...Thumb up for U2 or Thumb down for Simple Minds.

Ask Gareth Southgate.

"I learnt s million things from that day and that years that followed it, when something goes wrong in your life, it doesn't finish you and you should become braver, knowing that you've got to go for things and don't regret because you didn't try to be as good as you might be"  

Wise words indeed...from the man who cashed in on the millions of English fans' misery by making a Pizza Hut commercial celebrating that miss.

That’s as good a reason as any to give it another bash.

@tokyo_m

Do you find yourself purposely not listening now and blocking things out?

what’s that about?

Some here may think I’m inviting my own problems. How very true.

Lived here for many years. I can barely get by in Japanese. Have to rely as much on them speaking English to me. I’ve tried… lord knows I’ve tried to learn, but it just hasn’t worked out for me. Not proud of myself. Embarrassing when people ask how long I’ve lived here. Starting to drop a few years off now. To try and lessen the impact. I guess some things just aren’t meant to be.

Yeah. But if you had to stake your last dollar on who is gonna win, I’d bet (like me) you’d all put it on Brazil.

"For the Germany game and today, we had high intensity...and for the next match against Spain it will be (the same). So we just need to increase the odds for Japan and that is how I decided the tactics."

eh?… duh. This guy is not up to the job. Stands there writing in his little 100 yen book god know what drivel. He is 100% at fault here. Not the players, who can be proud of the result against Germany.

Get your 2 wins in the bag. Then rest up players.

Spain never had to have been a key game. It is now… and Japan are out!

stick that in your book.

Japan didn’t even field their strongest team to start with because they thought this was in the bag.

No Kubo or Asano. And insists on playing the little red haired girl because he shouts a lot….. hahaha.

fools. Imagine losing to the weakest team in the group.

If only his playing was as creative as his mouth.

Dying your hair… eh… whatever color that is supposed to be just draws even more attention to how crap you are.

Well that first half was like watching paint dry.

Dont take this for granted Japan!

That was Germanys mistake last week.

Japan and many other countries are broke. But they all find the money to build weapons of war.

We the public should demand that politicians spend a rotating shift at the front lines of any conflict until said conflict is resolved. Maybe then we'll have no wars and no need for weapons of war. All that money saved can be used to treat the elderly in a manner they deserve for all their lifelong contributions.

(Thump thump....wake up Paddy! You dozed off again.)

Doesn’t make you woke bud. But I think everyone realizes that the people who had the power to do something did nothing.

all those politicians and Hollywood types…. Pft.

@Jimizo

Slainte!

Btw… step off your horse about the bad treatment of the migrant workers. Where’d you get your info from… wiki?

sure the living conditions are bad. Ever watched Auf Wiedersehen, Pet?

the worker accept those conditions because it sends more money back home to their families. Real men doing a tough and dangerous job for the love of their family. Being a proud Irishman whose family has, and is, doing the same, I can speak from experience. Takes courage and sacrifice to go abroad for work. They and I wouldn’t do it if it were not a financially viable option.

As for cutting cost for safety. Well that’s another matter altogether.

yeah. Enjoy your Guinness during the human rights seminar.

All this virtue signalling. The time for protest and action was when the games were first awarded to Qatar… when something could have been done about it. But nobody joined forces and shouted loud enough for something to have been done.

so now we have it. Might as well enjoy it?

ok… close your bar to footy fans. Your competition will thank you. Your virtue signalling while commendable today will be forgotten about tomorrow. But you will still be losing money.

as Wellington says… not a smart business decision.

50.4% - 49.6%

Guess what? (As Joe likes to say)

What?

Neither candidate has any real answers or fresh ideas when it's that close. It just comes down to what party you prefer.

What a joke.