semperfi comments

Beautiful shot

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Ummmmmm . ......it's already evident, given who he PM is.

This government is tanked.

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He is right !.

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Well ask the Vietnamese - no , wait, the Afghanis how deeply one can trust the US to have your back !.

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Beautiful shot !

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Trumps idea is to move all aspects of manufacturing of cars - esp. domestic vehicles - to the USA

Does TRUMP not get it ????

This transition of major huge manufacturing plants will take at least 4 -5 years.

That is long past his term in office [if he doesn't try to run a 3rd term}

The American middle class will be hard hit.

Not to mention cars are highly computerized now and many components will still have to be imported [ now at a higher price] spiking the cost even more.

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Underworld : Up until then, Germany acted very rationally.

Well - Bismarck was no pacifist . He did work to enlarge Germany's border , but his way of managing international affairs' was largely by diplomacy . Though German was involved in various conflagrations due to Bismarck's underhanded manipulations.

However it this swaggering self importance and these rash aggressive pronouncements by Trump that signal a concerning degree of instability

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So sad to see this deterioration of Japan - and along with it the cultural ethos that distinguished it !!!

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While Trump is shaping to protect national industries via tariffs , by punishing even friendly countries for having historically build trading relations with US- he is at the same time threatening these same countries [and others] to take over or appropriate their lands, assets ,waterways . . .

He is showing himself internationally as a a swaggering bully - drunk on his own importance - - - - .

SHAME SHAME

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Trump is so out of touch with the economic and trade and manufacturing realities of the 21st century.

No country is an island that can exist on its own.

This is going to backfire HUGE.

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Trump reminds me of Kaiser Willhelm II whose erratic behavior, militaristic rhetoric, and impulsive decisions contributed to the tensions that fed the existing political tensions that led to WW1

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Exactly, kibousha.

Nissans problems stem back to with Ghosn's mismanagement, and the surreptitious systematic financial misconduct connected with him not only with Nissan but with Renault.

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Ishiba hasn't got a clue.

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Interestingly, a rare oarfish that typically resides in depths up to 3200 feet deep has washed ashore in the Canary Island.

According to Japanese mythology the surfacing of this fish is considered a harbinger of doom - when the oarfish surfaces and washes ashore that is supposed to portend some imminent catastrophe.

Wonder if that applies to these beached whales.

Sad and very disturbing to see nature in distress.

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It will only last so long . . .

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Typical Trump - all swagger and bravad0.

It will backfire.

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It was a crazy move. And it backfired.

The DOW crashed,

Canada & Mexico retaliated with counter tariffs

and economists shook their finger at Swaggering Trump noting that consumer prices in USA would increase and cause deep pain.

You can't control the world ,America !!!

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Syria is already experiencing food insecurity and this incursion compounds the food crisis as the UN expects @ 1.5 million people displaced.

There are no winners.

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Happy Birthday, Aiko !

May you marry well - regardless of the status of your partner ! !!!

In the 21stCentury, monarchy is an anachronism, anyways.

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Steven Hayes - some advice: GROW UP!!!!

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Ishiba - a leader of brilliance !!!!!!

Indeed, 30,000 YEN is REALLY going to get the economy rolling !!!

[Barely cover groceries for a week!- Silly man]

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Let Watson face the Japanese justice system like a man.

Who does he think he is taking the law into his own hands, terrorizing those working o n the high seas just because he has an issue with their industry!?

He calls himself the eco-vigilante of the high seas - rams ,destroys, sinks Japanese and Norwegian whaling ships - with impunity

He has sunk more that a dozen and raided just as many

He sneers at the "Law of the Seas" - which others abide by.

He says, it doesn't apply to him .

He is persona no grata in Iceland - AND, even Greenpeace [of which he was a founder] shuns him because of his extremism.

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It's taken over two years to get this far !!

Wonder if justice will be served.

Pernicious greed fostering reckless irresponsibility drove the Presidents initiative to sail.

The buck need to stop with him.

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No great loss IMO

Cosplay caters to the immature Japanese psyche.

So trivial.

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Outside the sandbox, I think he means.

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So I have question for those stock up or hoard rice.

How do you avoid weevils ?

If one stores rice for long the weevils hatch.

I use mylar bags or air tight glass jars and add bay leaves and cloves.

Anybody have some thoughts on that ?

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Brian Wilson was the creative force behind the Beach Boys success, who with their easy surfin' sound made a legendary contribution toe music in the 60's and 70's.

Very sad to read how profoundly he is struggling now.

He's a beautiful soul.

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Ummm - such a hypocritical double standard !

What about China !????

Though NOT a G7 country - but hey - WHERE is the International censor on China's massive use of coal for energy ?

China is the world's largest producer and consumer of coals .

Her use has almost QUADUPLED since 1990 - so to date 56% of China's energy is Coal

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Well - - it will depend on WHO that woman will be.

Hopefully someone whose neurons are firing with greater efficiency than the current leader.

HO HUM

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It's time Israeli Leaders demonstrate restraint.

What is Netanyahu thinking ? !

It's detrimental for every one - there is no gain for Israel in this.

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