SenseNotSoCommon comments

Trump condemns Syria chemical attack but won't say what action U.S. will take

Because he's clueless. And so are his ultra partisan, so-called advisors.

Great that Bannon's kicked off the national security council, by the way.

Many Japanese students are believed to have trouble learning English due in part to psychology

The national self-limiting belief.

Quite a phenomenon, and as explodable as any other myth.

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/01/03/world/asia/china-meth-raid/index.html

snarky 'Saitama' comments?

Based on precedent, @east, and not in the least snarky, hence the question mark.

The previous case was news globally, exposing the very real issue of hidden poverty in Japan.

O dang.

Great photo from Lie Detection 1.0

More starvation in Saitama?

Meth is an obscenity. I hope these guys get life without parole.

Onwards and upwards while May keeps digging.

Go Sturgeon, Go Scotland!

Oh, here we go with the rich demonization

Not demonization. Everyone knows that one's legal budget determines the outcome.

there are opportunists out there that will do anything or try to lure powerful men to get paid

The Trump defence: beneath contempt.

Trump says U.S. ready to act alone on North Korea

The Lone Ranger Rides North.

Police quoted Ishihara as saying he did not intend to murder his wife.

Just a little birthday acupuncture? What the hell?

Wasn't there a recent story about lawsuit against these guys by Nintendo?

I heard they won.

Trump son-in-law, top aide Jared Kushner visits Iraq

There'll be peace now.

Yes, but who's going to bring the revolting Saudi regime to heel?

Precisely. The Saudis bought and bullied the UK into submission in 1980 with Death of a Princess.

Good on the protestors, whose conscience has no price.

More crucial than ever to save us all from the Trumpster.

An inspector, no less? Good on the woman for grabbing him.

Clever diversion, Shinzo and Mom.

A pity we see right through it.

Hear, hear.

No pasarán!

Fox News host Bill O’Reilly said Saturday that he is “vulnerable to lawsuits”

An occupational hazard if you can't keep your hands to yourself.

relatively strong competitiveness of German firms and the high demand among U.S. customers for ‘Made in Germany’ goods.

MakingAmericaGreatAgain by shielding it from competition.

Why not withdraw your athletes from the Olympics to make them great again, too?

Sounds like a potentially very chaotic household.

How do we get the love back?

"Same peoples from the same places but two very different modern histories." "Same peoples"? I don't think so.

It must be devastating to this poster that, if we go back far enough, we're all Africans.

With Trump's approval, Pentagon expands warfighting authority

Bully gives himself permission to attack the vulnerable.

Of course it's sheer coincidence that the black kid selling grass on the street corner has a higher likelihood of being incarcerated than a white kid doing the same.

It's also merely concomitant that many Wall Street firms have invested heavily in private prisons, turning prisoners into profit centers.

Finally, it can only be coincidental that felon disenfranchisement benefits the Republican vote, and that oversight is at state level.

None of these could possibly have a racial element.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids_for_cash_scandal

Give Peace a Chance. No Nukes!

Why should anyone spend 2% of GDP on war?

Tillerson, make yourself scarce!

Wedgwood is planning to capture the image of crumbling castles, Downton Abbey and Will & Kate as it expands to a younger audience.

Good luck with that. Didn't the bulk of Wedgwood production shift to Indonesia several years back?