Posted in: Chinese premier urges IOC to oppose politicization of sports See in context
China picked a fight with.... Canada. So there's that
We will fight back with, patience, puns, hockey, maple syrup, some poutine, donairs, Sikh harvest dancing, 200? languages of people around the world who decided to make Canada their home and so many escaped Chinese we welcomed too
Sorry
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Posted in: Chinese premier urges IOC to oppose politicization of sports See in context
Fun fact, Toronto and Beijing were competing against each other for the 2008 Olympics when Beijing was awared to try to bring China into a new Western style democracy and start tossing the dictator stuff.
Not only did that not work, it emboldened them further and they haven't looked back.
Decades later they and the world are no better off. We have come to the end of helping and talking to China.
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Posted in: China expels Canadian diplomat in worsening bilateral ties See in context
delibertly let it happen
Not really. The Trudeau government delays and delays action on China in order to not look like it's reacting immediately to avoid Chinese ire, but it's meaningless as China will just react anyway. For example the Huawei networking ban decision took a 2 second decision over years
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Posted in: China expels Canadian diplomat in worsening bilateral ties See in context
The "Five eyes" intelligence sharing is already doing what your suggesting, just including the US.
CANZUK would be a better implementation because currently each one can independently delay action or not have the political courage to act quickly as in the case of my own Canadian government here. If it was under a clear layer of responsibility then actions would be faster kinda like NORAD
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Posted in: Chinese premier urges IOC to oppose politicization of sports See in context
dictatorships should be banned from Olympics. The Bach era of selling out to every dictator on the planet has to go
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Posted in: Eased COVID measures boost travel during Golden Week See in context
So masses of people all travelling at once all across the country... Just perfect for COVID. It's a COVID celebration making sure everyone joins in!
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Posted in: Global South key for G7 to counter Russia and China, despite challenges See in context
India isn't helping matters, start there
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Posted in: China says G7 communique grossly interfered with its affairs See in context
malignant despotic China, angered by stereotypes
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Posted in: Kishida's wife to make solo U.S. visit to meet first lady See in context
Let's just wish her well, no point in being negative. Three days to get away and help make new friends is good for relations.
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Posted in: G7 energy, environment leaders haggle over climate strategy See in context
every city along the coast of Japan has the opportunity to implement hydrothermal just like Enwave Deep Lake Water cooling, but because it's salt water it would hold even more energy. This would offset the cost of air conditioning as it already works here in Toronto. Otherwise we would have needed a gas power plant in the middle of the downtown. That was averted!
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Posted in: G7 energy, environment leaders haggle over climate strategy See in context
No Canada and Japan have a lot of cross channel communications for geothermal.
Japan going green with expansive geothermal and hydrothermal because of it being an island nation would be a clear winner, it's just getting the oyagis out of the way.
Same as it ever was
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Posted in: New BOJ head says banks stable; rules out major policy shift See in context
did the previous guy just get bored and they get a new guy in to do the exact same thing, mix, repeat?
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Posted in: As summer heat looms, Japan urged to curb impact, emissions See in context
heat exhaustion vs heat stroke
faint or dizzy // throbbing headache
excessive sweating // no sweating
cool pale clammy skin // red hot dry skin, body temp above 39.4 degrees C
nausea or vomiting // nausea or vomiting
rapid weak pulse // rapid strong pulse
muscle cramps // may lose consciousness
get to a cool air conditioned place // call 911
drink water if fully conscious // call 911
take a cool shower // call 911
cold compress // take immediate action to cool the person until help arrives
(from a poster from Sacremento)
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Posted in: As summer heat looms, Japan urged to curb impact, emissions See in context
The highest risk factor for having heat stroke is age.
It's more that people who are older can't afford to turn on the aircon and are not drinking enough fluids. Prone to not take care of the conditions of heatstroke because of poor information about it.
Also those sports days in summer should be cancelled. They typically keep running when in the West they'd be shut down for promoting heatstroke
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Posted in: As summer heat looms, Japan urged to curb impact, emissions See in context
houses need a sub-basement. Even 1.5m/5ft down temperatures drop off naturally thanks to thermal cooling, the ground being cooler can be tapped into
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Posted in: Japanese convenience store clerk outsmarts robber with just two words See in context
@shogun36
”I work at a 7-11 during the graveyard shift. You think I would have money if I were subject to working the damn graveyard shift? Maybe I should be robbing you?”
It's more than two words, but it would also probably work!
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Posted in: Japanese convenience store clerk outsmarts robber with just two words See in context
why is the article trying to help the robber?
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Posted in: Three new 'Star Wars' films on the way: producers See in context
so done with Star Wars, we have better things to do with our lives than watch people try to recreate the magic of my youth, and failing miserably over and over
Make new things. Create new magic. Start living for today. Do that instead
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Posted in: Japan's crackdown on truck driver overtime raises fears of economic breakdown See in context
it's only been recent Japan times that have had the luxury of so much daily fish consumption. Previous generations of Okinawans, the ones with the longest lifespan, (not current KFC Okinawans) ate/eat a mostly vegetarian purple potato diet with very low fish intake, like 3%. Also Japan of antiquity ate a predominately vegetarian diet too likewise with very low meat, if at all. Very different than today. It's strange that vegetarian and vegan have to be explained in Japan so much when it used to be the normal healthy diet
The changes in population density and numbers are an opportunity to restore food traditions and thus reasonable delivery methods to conditions that are more sustainable, and equitable for the workers too.
Fish era is certainly coming to a middle with depleting fish stocks. Japan can turn this problem into an opportunity of more locally grown vegetables, including the amazing purple potatoes, before the fish industry collapses from overfishing. Round two, Japan has done it before
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Posted in: Japan's crackdown on truck driver overtime raises fears of economic breakdown See in context
If you eat more potatoes instead of dwindling endangered fish stocks then you don't need same day delivery
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Posted in: Japan's crackdown on truck driver overtime raises fears of economic breakdown See in context
raise wages then, can't anyone try that??
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Posted in: N Korea says it tested another 'underwater nuclear attack drone' See in context
everyone ignoring NK again
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Posted in: Australian mayor readies world's first defamation lawsuit over ChatGPT content See in context
good, hope he wins huge
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Posted in: UK to join Asia-Pacific trade pact in its biggest post-Brexit deal See in context
hopefully the trade bloc will continue to ignore USA and China. The whole point is to be able to compete with them, not just be swallowed up by them again. Also especially China, please no
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Posted in: Do you think Japan has apologized enough for its colonial past concerning South Korea? See in context
Why do you think you stop apologizing?
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Posted in: Kumamoto stumbles over plan to recognize foreigners as citizens See in context
advanced nations have dual citizenship,
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Posted in: G7 should declare 'no first use' of nuclear weapons: ex-Hiroshima mayor See in context
the world should be concentrating on removing Putin
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Posted in: G7 should declare 'no first use' of nuclear weapons: ex-Hiroshima mayor See in context
However this doesn't make sense right now with the war with Russia. Technically the strike has already occurred and the rebuttle has to keep occuring until Russia is either defeated or its economy runs out
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Posted in: G7 should declare 'no first use' of nuclear weapons: ex-Hiroshima mayor See in context
Article 9 on the G7 isn't a bad idea, if we don't go crazy from China buzzing our borders ad nauseam
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Posted in: Refugee-averse Japan welcomes Ukrainians after Russia war See in context
@Sven Asai
Putin or Selensky
How can You put them both in the same sentence? Ridiculous false equivalence
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Posted in: Japan tees up Abe's ex-interpreter to help chart course with Trump
Posted in: Japan moon probe survives second two-week lunar night: space agency
Posted in: Plunging births push Japanese diaper maker to switch to adult market
Posted in: 52-year-old man indicted for raping teenage daughter between 2013 and 2016