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@Dango Bong - I am going to assume that you are a republican. Most likely now you will claim that you are an independent, however this always happens. Clinton inherits a horrid economy, for the first year, republicans blame him. He hands off the country to Dubya and he wrecks it. Obama gets it, you blame him the first year even though for the first year it is actually Dubya's economy but you guys scream that it is Obama's fault. Now, you have a good economy, and you are going to say it is because of Trump. Whatever is wrong with it, is Obama's. Yeah, I have heard this all before. But I'm not going to waste my time arguing with you. I will just give you sources.

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-01-19/ranking-the-obama-economy

https://thetylt.com/culture/who-s-responsible-for-the-strong-economy-barack-obama-or-donald-trump

LOL The headline is fine. Sheesh. How is it disrespectful, crude or immature?

He dumped the box.

The carp were happy.

It caused a stir on Twitter.

That is usual with Trump. He always causes a stir.

@Dango Bong. Get a life? Seriously? He is doing everything right? Seriously? So, you are giving him credit for everything that Obama did? Because as you know, this is Obama's economy. He might be driving stocks up because companies are so very happy with less regulations, but there is a downside to that. And that will be apparent very shortly.

Perhaps you were watching this from the Guardian. Either way, it is a non-issue. If CNN ever did that, it was corrected, something the FOX never does. They just stand by it. I can give references to that as well.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/06/trump-dump-president-throws-entire-box-of-fish-food-into-precious-koi-carp-pond

Frankly it is not good to do, and I am sure that it was just in fun. And anyone who makes a big deal out of it, is just being silly. It is not something that needs to be done often or repeated. Not good for them. I actually thought it was funny. Even though I despise him, it really didn't bother me. All in fun.

Yes, yes, blacklabel, Abe did it first. But what is not correct is your account of what CNN said. Here is the article and it never implied anything negative in the first place. It even said people laughed.

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/11/06/politics/donald-trump-koi-pond-japan/index.html

The USA is not a mess because of CNN which actually reports the news, which is not to Trumps liking, in the same way that FOX "News" (sic) does. FOX is the original fake news site. It has an agenda and that is pro-republican and constantly name calling all who disagree with Trump and them. It is not a credible news source at all but is dividing us for ratings and money. Ever hear any name calling over there at CNN? Nope, but I bet you can find that every fifteen minutes over there at FOX.

Frankly, I thought it was funny. Abe got tired of it and so did Trump so they dumped them. Hopefully we in Japan and America can show them the same thing.

It amazes me that SHE could come here and talk about harassment when her father is the most famous for it.

"This takes many forms, including harassment, which can never be tolerated," she added.

Yes, it does. Don't you remember this?

"When you're a star, they let you do it," he said. "Grab them by the pussy. You can do anything," Trump added.

That is harassment. Chastise your perv father in public first before you get on this bandwagon, because until you do, nobody who is not a full blown hypocrite will ever take you seriously. It sickens me to have anyone in that family preach anything of morals to anyone. Its like a rapists telling other men not touch women.

The hypocrisy of the republicans astounds me. Let me see, I thought they were the party of family values.....I guess not.

Very good and true smithinjapan!!!

Bravo SuperLib!!!

At this point it would appear your sole motivation is to get some kind of revenge on Democrats via Clinton. If that's all this is, then I wish you luck. Maybe then you can move on with your life and message boards across the country can talk about something else. Like Trump.

Morons! Simply Morons!!

@gokai - Um, yeah, you did. It wasn't only insulting but inaccurate and stereotypical.

Get your cheap, but poluting and dangerous, American car now!!

I would call that saying that the US didn't make great cars. There is no other way that can be taken.

What you have done is illustrated one of the main problems with why the US does not sell well here. An old image of American cars as gas guzzlers that break down that was partly true but mostly used as a means in the 90's to say that American cars were not good. I seem to remember one ignorant politician saying that Japan should buy American cars and dump them in the bay to help build a tunnel. Real good politician there, just like out Trump. Once an image is set in Japan it is really hard to break, as you so CLEARLY pointed out. Two, I don't really see a big market push by the big three at all in advertising like I do by the Japanese automakers in the USA. You have to spend money to make it. Also, Japanese car companies tend to try to produce every type of car and not so much niche related. That is something that has hurt American car companies a lot from what I have read. Yes, American cars tend to be higher priced in some areas, but not all. Also I have seen many Japanese take to the interior styling of American cars once they actually see them. Once again, this has to do with a lack of advertising by the big three here. Trump is wrong as always about the reasons. The blame belongs on the big three and old stereotypical opinions like yours, of which you don't have actual knowledge about. But there are many really nice American cars out there.

Amen SmithinJapan!!! Utter nonsense by Trump supporters. They have sacrificed country for party. Civility for turmoil. Ethics, morals and everything that we hold dear, they have sacrificed to support this guy. A dirtbag who has done things that they would never allow a democrat to do. The only thing they can do in discussion is pivot when confronted with truth and reality.

@gokai_wo_maneku - Absolute nonsense. There are many great American cars. However great American politicians are NOT being represent here by the POS Pence.

@clamanza - We are done here. Have a nice day. Oh, and if I were you and you did have that space to build a bomb shelter, I certainly would do it. Not hysteria, just good commonsense.

LOL Can't argue with someone who does not get the facts straight and thinks that I am saying something that I am not. Never once did I say that he would bomb Japan. LMFAO. You shouldn't accuse anyone of hysteria and misplaced anger if you can't even get facts straight and misunderstand what people say when they never said them or even hinted to them.

Yeah, right! Sure..... To not see the threat that a loose cannon is, is just not seeing clearly. Lacking any sense of diplomacy by a leader can escalate a problem faster than you think. This is not leftist hysteria nor misplaced anger. This is looking at someone who is clearly out of control with his mouth, fingers (Twitter) and temper by people who are used to calmness, patience and careful thinking. Never has their been such a dangerous man with so much power and more than willing to use it! Mark my words.

@Clamanza - Another name calling, disrepectful Republican. What is it with you guys? Why can't you guys be respectful to people with different opinions and put away your hate? This is the exact reason why I said "Donald Trump" is the most dangerous. People like you who support him.

Now, to all of you who said Kim Jung Un, I disagree. The Kims have been there for more than 50 years, not 25 yakyak. Yes, he is extremely dangerous because they are getting closer and closer to becoming a nuclear power, but it is Trump's big mouth that will set the world on fire. He IS a loose cannon who really does not care about anything but himself and his pride. That is why he is the most dangerous. There are things that can be done to get rid of Kim that are being trained for, but if Trump keeps pushing Kim in the corner, Kim will respond in the worst way before that can happen, cause no matter what happens, Kim is screwed and he knows it. Now, if Trump would just shut up, take him out, then we could wait for the next economic disaster to occur under republican leadership.

You go girl? Seriously? So, its okay for her to reveal extremely private things about him without his approval?

Are you assuming that everything she is true?

If the roles were reversed and HE reveled extremely private things about her, (wether true or not, you have no idea) would you encourage him as well?

This woman has a history or erratic behavior. Hence, restraining order in Hawaii against her by the very woman that she accuses of sleeping with her husband .

AMEN Mike L!!!!

Give me a break. This has nothing to do with sexism. It has everything to do with the wacky way she is behaving. She is embarrassing herself, and her soon-to-be-ex. She is dishing out very private and sensitive information about him without his approval. She deserves whatever is coming because she is going way too far. If it were a guy talking about his wife's inability to sexually perform with him, but taking meds so that she could with other men, and that she wears a wig, I would say it is wrong. Two wrongs do not make a right.

Also, as for her accusing him of having sex with her best friend in Hawaii, that does not appear true. Like I posted earlier, a restraining order has been placed against her in Hawaii. The so-called best friend's husband is rightfully angry a lawsuit pending against her. They sent people to investigate the claims but they came back with nothing. We really don't even know if the viagra part is true or not.

As I said before, he might be a schmuck. He might have fooled around. But that proof has yet to be seen. What does seem to be true is that she has a very bad temper, over emotions and need some serious counseling. She is angry that the Japanese public does not like her videos and is trying to reach out to the foreign media because she can't accept that what the real problem is, is her posting those abnormal, over-dramatic videos in which she tells us about her husband's private business. But from what I gather about from reports about her, she is a nutcase. She actually threw his family's butsudan out on to his apartment entrance. Pure evil.

Frankly, I have to admit, if that were my wife, I sure would not be sleeping with her either. And it has nothing to do with HOW she looks. I would also rather prefer sleeping under a bridge than going to home that face. That face, does not mean HOW she looks. It means how crazy her face is and what is coming out of her mouth. Just pure psychotic.

@thunderbird 2 - Empathy? How can you say, we lack empathy? You show a surprising lack of empathy for this man who just had his private life exposed to the whole country, without any proof of it being true or not. You just assume that we she says is true. Is that because she is a woman and so are you? Would that not be biased? We really don't even know if he fooled around. is a diabetic, taking viagra or anything else. We do know what SHE did. As far as I can see, she is the only one who I can definitively say is, or has done anything wrong at all.

There are better ways to do this.

Mental!!!!! This is disgusting. You don't go and air your dirty laundry like this. First of all, she is doing this because she thinks that foreigners might understand her better, because the Japanese don't. She thought her videos would be a huge success and people all over the country would encourage and support her, which for obvious reasons, it does not. To be honest, nobody really cares. Yes, he is schmuck. Maybe he cheated, but this is not the way to go about it. You don't talk about your husband's fake hair and erectile dysfunction meds. You don't throw his privacy out the window like that just because he fooled around on you. I hope I never hear this nutcase talk about her privacy being invaded or a need for it. She has absolutely no right. She went from victim to criminal in my mind.

As for him having an affair with her friend in Hawaii, if I am not mistaken, she has a restraining order against her in Hawaii because of well..... well, stuff like this. Her husband is extremely angry with this crazy woman as well. From what I hear it is not a thing, just something that she has in her head.

She needs medication and counseling so badly. The Japanese didn't like it, and running to the foreign media is just making her look worse to more people. Truly pathetic. I hope he sues her pants off.

Scum!!!

Frankly, I can't stand this guy's gimmicky nonsense. Why does Japan have to let this guy loose to represent it? No talent, talent.

The coast guard spokesman said the suspects reported the location of the crime to the police and admitted that they first shot the two men dead and later chopped their bodies and threw the pieces into the sea. They also admitted to sinking the boat before leaving for Coron town, Palawan, on 30 May, ABS-CBN News wrote.

"We have yet to find the bodies of the victims to check the veracity of their confessions," Zamora said. The Philippines Task Force is reportedly scouring the sea to retrieve the bodies of the victims.

Meanwhile, investigators have summoned another Japanese national, Hiroyuki Nagaham, for interrogation. The man - a businessman from Puerto Princesa City - is accused of masterminding the killings. Three other accomplices have also been identified, police reportedly said.

@Todd - I'm really confused reading your comments between "Are you actually saying these things?" and "Maybe he is just trying to get a rise out of people."

A sense of entitlement? Are you kidding me? Well, yeah they should feel a sense of entitlement NOT to be groped. This is all on perverted dudes not being able to keep their nasty little hands to themselves. Hence they need for a private carriage. Do you ACTUALLY live in Japan? I am seriously doubting it. Have you ever seen the way people are mashed in together on morning and evening commutes? Do you actually understand that groping on the train is a SERIOUS problem and not a figment of anyone's imagination?

If you don't like that the woman's carriages are not full and you are stuffed in like canned sardines, well that is men's fault.

What a total scumbag. I wish they could just throw him in jail indefinately. Pure scum of the earth!

@Todd - Because dudes like to touch them on crowded trains, it is too crowded to see who did it and there are a lot of sick guys out there. Would you want your daughter getting on a crowded train with a bunch of perverts who get off on touching ladies on a crowded train? Wouldn't you feel safer by having women in their own carriages instead of being falsely accused of groping and then being convicted JUST on her testimony?

Obviously there needs to be women only cars. Sounds like the guy who sent those to the Nagoya officials is someone who is really angry that he can't feel women up any more.

Wait a second. You gotta be kidding me. No charges filed against either teacher? Who are they paying? Seems to be that charged need to be filed against both the teachers and the police. This is ludicrous.

Why? Why? Why? Why have charged not been filed yet??????????

@Tanoochi - I like that idea. Give him solitary confinement and a rope.

veejay - Yeah, I caught that too. He knew he would not get the death penalty.

If I am not mistaken, isn't life in Japan (only) 25 years? Well, if he has life in prison or just 25 years, it is more than he should get. Frankly, I find it hard to understand how one person can kill a person, serve time in jail, and then be allowed to walk free. If the victim can't get up and walk around, then the killer should not have that right either. I would love if a judge were to say, "Well, bonehead. When your victim gets out of her grave, you can get out of your jail cell. Until then, SEEY YA!"

@darknuts.....FAIR??????

That way a fair and rational sentence can be handed down, unfettered by emotions.

Fair? Fair? How can you say "FAIR"? Did he do what was fair to her? NO! So, why should anyone care one iota about fairness to someone who took every single right from someone else? Fair is him receiving the same punishment that he dished out. She didn't have a choice. HE DID. HE trampled HER rights. Why should anything at all be fair to him since he took what was not his? I am actually against the death penalty, however, I do agree that since he has taken everything from her, he should lose his just as much as her family wants to take. So, yes, let the parents decide, not a judge who simply does not care and can just walk away from it at the end of the day. Those parents raised that poor child, not the judge. He took her. He should have ZERO rights if we are talking about FAIR!!!!

It is so easy to say what you have said. Maybe you don't have any children. But I wonder if you would be able to say the same thing if it were YOUR daughter who was killed. . . .

Melanie doesn't wear a scarf, republicans admit it with the same ole, "Yeah, hypocrisy on both sides." What a joke!