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Posted in: Japan, Britain and Italy to establish new organization to develop jet fighter: sources See in context

So, I guess it will have good fuel economy, a bad electrical system, but sound great accelerating?

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Posted in: U.S. envoy Kerry launches international nuclear fusion plan at COP28 See in context

Good grief. Seriously? Is this a parody article?

I’m all for forward thinking, but we’ve got more efficient things to focus on before the year 3000, if ever.

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Posted in: Taxi driver arrested for running over pigeon See in context

The taxi driver was mad.

”You talkin’ to me?”

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Posted in: What is the secret to decorating your Christmas tree like a professional? See in context

Bought a three piece tree that fits together in one minute and already has lights. Plug & Play and get to the spiked eggnog faster to admire it.

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Posted in: Japanese experimental nuclear fusion reactor inaugurated See in context

Can’t be used for spacecraft. You have to expel mass. That pesky physics thing.

People have been working on tokamak devices since the early 1960’s. Practical, working fusion was 40 years away. It’s always 40 years away.

Conservation of energy has yet to be defeated. The “net energy gain” at Livermore was like a TikTok sciencey post. They did not include the massive energy used to fire the lasers. There was no gain of the total system.

A good representation would be input 100 units total to get 0.0001 energy out. A solar panel can get 20% efficiency. It got 0.0001% efficiency.

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Posted in: Osaka expo careens toward a looming disaster, for an event that few even want See in context

The concrete and cement companies want mo money. Laughing all the way to bank.

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Posted in: 3 killed, 8 wounded in Jerusalem shooting attack See in context

When the leader of Hamas repeatedly says they want to annihilate all Jews, turning the other cheek probably isn’t a good idea if you’re a Jew.

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Posted in: Amazon launches Q, a business chatbot powered by generative artificial intelligence See in context

Musk? Little confused there, huh? Article is about Amazon.

And it’s loses, not looses.

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Posted in: What's the best way to salvage your day after a bad night’s sleep? See in context

A morning nap followed by an early happy hour.

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Posted in: Japan NPO director convicted in overseas organ transplant case See in context

There’s a lot of money in non-profits.

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Posted in: Social media sites have become a phenomenal means of communication for hate groups, conspiracy theorists and deranged individuals and groups. Do you agree with this statement? See in context

Social media displays just how wide a swath of people there are who are Looney Tunes, gullible, easily manipulated and just plain stupid. Elon Musk should send them all to mars, and maybe go with them.

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Posted in: Locals use big-city thinking to bring Gunma onsen town back from brink See in context

known as a base for such outdoor activities as climbing, trekking, skiing and rafting.

Tear it all down and plant grass.

Make it a campground where you can pitch your own tent or rent a tent.

Make an area with food stalls like at festivals and have some fireworks in the evening.

Add an outdoor stage for some music and it would be filled on weekends.

Climb, trek and raft.

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Posted in: For readers in international marriages, what are some of the biggest challenges you have had to face? See in context

LagunaNov. 26  03:18 pm JST

I recently lost my wife of 35 years. 

I lost mine in 2018 at 44-years old. I know that no words suffice.

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Posted in: For readers in international marriages, what are some of the biggest challenges you have had to face? See in context

Making sure I didn’t start sounding like woman in Japanese, ne?

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Posted in: What are the pros and cons of pegged currency exchange rates? See in context

If you peg it, you got a leg to stand on.

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Posted in: Novo to launch anti-obesity drug Wegovy in Asia with February Japan roll-out See in context

This drug works by letting people exercise (and eat better) without failing so easily.

Fat people are exercising? That’s a new one.

People need to fail more so they learn resiliency to stop failing.

If you eat half of what you normally eat, you will lose weight.

I’m going to sell a little box of weight loss medicine for 100,000 yen. Open it up and there is a fortune cookie size parse that says “Eat less; exercise more.”

And a natural sleep aid. Open the little box and there is a miniature Japanese-English dictionary.

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Posted in: Suntory announces massive price spike for its whisky, some types more than double in price See in context

Double the price then have a 25% off sale for new years.

Wow, 30% off!

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Posted in: Jet-lagged F1 circus ready for final showdown in Abu Dhabi See in context

These guys most likely flew private which means little or no jet lag.

Jet lag is from being on airliners where cabin pressure is still about 8,000 feet. Private jets take that pressure down substantially because they are sealed better than leaky airliners.

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Posted in: Car explosion shuts down U.S.-Canada border crossing See in context

Now it’s being reported no terrorism, just an idiot driver.

Certainly doesn’t stop the giant leaps to conclusions though.

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Posted in: Car explosion shuts down U.S.-Canada border crossing See in context

Different accounts of this are conflicting.

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Posted in: Hundreds of thousands of civil servants go on strike in Quebec See in context

They want true dough because of inflation, but he probably won’t be PM much longer.

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Posted in: OpenAI's unusual nonprofit structure led to dramatic ouster of sought-after CEO See in context

The universe needs opposing forces.

AI may one day balance the growing threat of human stupidity (HS) in Social Media, the Internet, media and politics.

It’s a tall order and a race to the finish.

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Posted in: Why the French can't stomach their Oscar entry See in context

The French don’t even like themselves.

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Posted in: Sixty years after the assassination of U.S. President John F Kennedy, debate still continues over whether or not there was a conspiracy to kill him. What are your views on the subject? See in context

That’s OK. Oswald was going explain why he said he was just a patsy.

Oh, wait, that’s right. He was killed two days later.

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Posted in: Sixty years after the assassination of U.S. President John F Kennedy, debate still continues over whether or not there was a conspiracy to kill him. What are your views on the subject? See in context

@JeffLee

Next? Yeah, right.

Your guy Oswald hit Connally with his only shot, which was the second shot fired. It went through his back and wrist and lodged in his thigh.

Connally said the magic bullet theory was nonsense. How can a bullet turn 90 degrees and back 90 degrees again in the space of three feet? He heard the first shot and turned, and was was not hit with the magic first bullet. He was hit 2 seconds later with the 2nd shot.

First shot went through the windshield and hit Kennedy in the throat. The windshield was replaced that afternoon and that was verified by multiple Secret Service Agents.

There are conspiracies. The term conspiracy theory was coined to use people with little depth of thought to cast doubt.

Iran-Contra, CIA and British involvement in installing the Shah of Iran, Tuskegee Syphilis experiment, Operation Mockingbird, MKUltra and many others were conspiracy theories that turned out to be true.

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Posted in: Hawaii may allow Japanese tourists to pass border checks from Japan See in context

You clear US immigration in Vancouver and Toronto airports. It makes sense to clear less people from a country than clear many from many more countries and flights.

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Posted in: Sixty years after the assassination of U.S. President John F Kennedy, debate still continues over whether or not there was a conspiracy to kill him. What are your views on the subject? See in context

The conclusion of the report is cut off, but the conclusion was that Oswald was capable hitting his target.

But he did not.

Every doctor in the trauma room said the neck and head wounds were from the front. Seven doctors who said they were silenced. Seven.

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Posted in: World's richest 1% emit as much carbon as bottom two-thirds: report See in context

As for now, about 200 000 more human beings per day on this planet.

Unfortunately almost all born into poor families with little hope for better.

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Posted in: Sixty years after the assassination of U.S. President John F Kennedy, debate still continues over whether or not there was a conspiracy to kill him. What are your views on the subject? See in context

JeffLeeToday  08:09 am JST

Oswald acted alone. As a Marine, he received the best rifle training in the world. When CBS re-enacted the shooting shortly afterward by another guy with Oswald’s marksmanship skill and same type of rifle used, he scored hits at around the same rate as Oswald.

Completely and utterly false. You just made that up. That was not what CBS, or anyone else reported, or was able to recreate.

Oswald was just barely a sharpshooter by two points with his best rating of 212 with better rifles and

Here is the scale:

Expert: a score of 220 to 250.

Sharpshooter: 210 to 219.

Marksman: 190 to 209.

Expert military shooters in multiple complete reenactment conditions were able to take 3 shots under 6 seconds, but never achieved more than one hit using better, more accurate rifles.

They were never able to fire 3 shots in time with the actual rifle used by Oswald and never hit the target once because it was so inaccurate and had bolt mechanism problems.

Seven doctors in the ER at the time all said the larynx wound was an entrance wound from the front, and most believed the head wound was from the front also. After the first press conference, they were threatened within minutes by men either CIA or FBI to never say it again if they valued their lives.

Thousands of pages of documents remain classified, but were supposed to all be released long ago by law.

There was and is no way the government will allow the public to know that their own agency or agencies were involved. JFK said he wanted to blow up the CIA into a million pieces after the disastrous Bay of Pigs fiasco they cooked up.

Documents do show that the Soviet Union thought Oswald was a nut case and wanted nothing to do with him. They also show that Jack Ruby was being investigated and followed by the FBI just weeks before the assassination.

It was Gerald Ford who came up with the magic bullet theory that the Warren Commission went with.

As only anecdotal information, I was living in Washington DC in 1963 (I was 11 years old). For years afterward, I never heard any adult talking about the assassination and the Warren Commission report say anything but it was a fabrication and not one believed it. It was a running joke how preposterous it was and how it was foisted on the public with a straight face.

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