Saul Schimek comments

It's sending a message to Korea and China to kindly ratchet down the rhetoric a bit. I also noticed the four Escort Class (Helicopter Carriers my hide) Carriers are V/STOL capable in a pinch. Which China has to be nervous about, as they have only one sorta working one ATM

for those wanting to know more actual information on the hurricane

https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/

http://newsofstjohn.com/2017/09/06/wednesday-1210-p-m/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hurricane-irma-florida-keys-evacuates/

Pixels is bad on a level rarely seen in cinema. I'm not sure censorship would not improve it......wow I actually said that

I hope so. One should be able to have festivals without this kinda of nonsense going on

broccoli her tends to be canned a lot of the times. tho if you get fresh broccoli, it's not bad...mostly

They won't stop...now that our politicians have a taste for power. it won't stop

okay this is pretty cool :D

the problems is we have too many laws. A Law at the end of the day can be enforced with up to and including lethal force. If we started pairing down the unneeded laws, this would not be as problematic

it's been 70 years, let it rest already

So right-wing = Nationalist and Left-wing = internationalist in this context?

It's not a bed of roses. there have been several wrecks due to hop-heads being higher than a kite trying to drive

A gun is a tool (for killing). No more. no less.. It is the training and psychology behind using that tool that is problematic at best. U.S. Police really do need to dail it back a bit as they have gotten really gun happy of late.

OTOH, there are elements within society which are not reasonable by any stretch of the imagination and that only a show of force will bring compliance. They are not a large subset, but they are enough to be of concern.

Ideally, Police should be able to use a level of restraint in the use of force. But when the legal system has been twisted into a pretzel so bad by what I like to call Insane Troll Logic Law to the point where shooting the perp is going to cause less problems for a LEO than the other less lethal options, then we do have a severe problem

it's bloody depressing

I thought there were riffing off of 'Frozen', personally

The Peace Prize has become a devalued joke over the years. The Award To Barack Obama before he had done anything of consequence merely made it obvious

So...Kinda like a Farmers Market for Tokyo? Cool

Dig in and make sure you have a portable generator, bottled water and survival supplies. it's gonna be rough

Yeah, the Japanese really do not like being reminded of it....But then China tends to gloss over it's own atrocities too

There are no words.....

China must be having more internal problems. This is getting predictable

I'm glad that the new 'Gojira' film went over well. Hollywood can do things right, when it actually digs in and tries. I rather liked the film myself as well :)

Gino....Or 'Zilla' as it was rebranded, was nuked by Gojira in one of the last films (the name escapes me), much to all Gojira fans pleasure around the world

let's see...nearly 70 years ago....yeah. Don't care very muich

well when it says in the Hamas charter that it's primary purpose is to exterminate the Jews and drive them into the sea.....yeah....peace is kinda a joke

Not surprising at all. On a lot of Holidays, the thugs come out and decide to try to off one another. Chicago has been a pest hole for quite sometime, in spite of it's gun laws.

As to drug cartels being armed without the US? well they could simply bribe the local Mexican LEO's. They pretty much run the northern mexican states anyway, protestations to the contrary not withstanding. But I will agree on the drug problem funding...we DO have a problem here in the States

China has been pouring this one for sometime. they've definitely go domestic problems at this point

" 'I'm sorry I got Caught. "

oh yes. china has never expanded or sent military anywhere ever. Not Nepal, Not Mongolia, Not Vietnam, Not Korea. Not ever.

long sigh of resignation

Okay, as much of a shock as this might be to to people, technically there is NO international law in the strictest sense, as there are no laws other than what countries have mutually agreed to abide by. There is no overarching enforcement mechanism to enforce the international agreements like you would a national law. National will operate in their own self interest, depending on what they perceive it to be. And what they can get away with. No more no less.

He's Not Fat. He's Sumo-Sized :D

Freedom of speech is a good thing. I lets you keep a eye on these sorts of nutters. Offensive or not, you know they exist