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Yo, this looks good. The season has arrived, I wanna dive into it!

I hate to think what kind of jollies that guy had from this.

Ever hear the story of the 'boy who cried wolf'? Apparently, he hasn't.

virusrexOct. 5  06:31 pm JST

Read the article, from the West’- still don’t know what you’re on about.

People that systematically blame the victim try to do that without actually saying it, implying famous people they like can't possibly be guilty, so the one making the accusation must be lying.

They don't like others making this obvious and demand only like minded people to have an opinion in these articles.

99.99% of all sex assault/rape allegations are REAL.

ZaphodToday  12:43 pm JST

Whatever Trumps "harsh rethoric" is, it pales in comparison to the virulent rethoric against him that has been propagated during the last 8 years and has resulted in already 2 assassination attempts by fanatical invididuals.

He has openly advocated and promoted violence since day 1. It's all karma.

And as the election day gets closer he sinks deeper and deeper into his pit of hatred, ego, lies, desperation, violence. In some sort of way he is destroying himself. He is totally unhinged and just plain EVIL.

I myself have seen teen groupies with lesser stars than these. That doesn't excuse or make it right. Underage is still underage, folks.

There are other music stars who have similar records. Gary Glitter is a super pedo with an odyssey of story that led him back to house arrest in his native UK. Rolf Harris in Australia was a rapist and pervert too, he passed away last year and was one of the first rock stars from the Land Down Under.

There are other sex and groupie stories from other acts, notoriously Aerosmith, G'n'R, Motley Crue, KISS, et al.

The US punk band Anti-Flag split up after several allegations against their singer Justin Sane piled up last year, and the stories are ugly.

Hopefully Time is going to be Up for all perverts, molesters and rapists. No matter what status or position they may be in or how famous they are.

Aly RustomToday  07:45 am JST

This looks like it's going to be a long-protracted war.

Looks like? IS.

WasabiToday  09:41 am JST

And the terrorist do not want this to stop and they keep the hostages. Shame on all that defend the terrorist.

No they don't but does Netanyahu? Israel has every right to defend itself but the PM sure doesn't seem interested in those hostages now, does he? He's just expanding this crazy war all over the place, devil may care. And he don't care.

AttilathehungryToday  10:32 am JST

Woody, please tell me about thie 'apartheid'. I think the word does not mean what you think it means.

'Apartheid' means 'apartness', it's a policy that once governed in South Africa, a form of fascism that finally ended there in 1994. Notorious antisemites use the terms 'apartheid' and 'fascist' and 'Jewish cabal' to describe Israel (and Judaism the religion) but it is none of those things.

In a speech the next day in Erie, Pennsylvania, he cited several instances of rape, including child rape, that he said came at the hands of migrants in the country illegally.

Yeah, yeah? What about those allegations of what he and Epstein did to that 13-year-old? trump is convicted of rape (and defamation) himself and he just can't shut up. Melania herself came here as an illegal immigrant from ex-Yugoslavia (oh wait! That's a land of European white people, coff coff).

wallaceToday  10:49 am JST

Trump's wild and ugly comments will only cause more hatred and more fear in the people. He should be ashamed of himself.

We already know what he did to those kidnapped Hispanic children, physically and mentally they are scarred for life. It's all based on an Orwellian lie about an 'invasion' that is not real. It's an absolute insult to EVERY military veteran who ever defended this nation from the Cold War to now, including myself.

Last week Germany celebrated Reunification Day and all this kind of hate talk as well as the bogus Holocaust Denial notion can get you jailed for inciting hatred and inciting the violence that always results from it. It looks like the German people have learned from all that ugly history. America needs to as well.

And Step One is to punish the terrorist criminal rapist/fascist/traitor/antichrist/etc. trump the chump.

WasabiOct. 7  05:35 pm JST

What the report neglects is the guy's stated reason for doing so. What did the taxi driver do to enrage the cop on a bike?

That does not matter, nothing can excuses this.

Even if the cab driver did commit an offense, there are ways to arrest someone and ways you don't.

> garypenOct. 7  06:00 pm JST

He was drunk at the time and was riding someone else's bike, police said.

Makes one wonder if it was stolen. Drunken idiots who throw bikes at taxis are just the type to grab an unlocked bike off the street to ride home.

When the taxi driver got out of the car, Kusakabe fled, but the driver chased after him and apprehended him.

Apprehended by a taxi driver! Dude must've missed self-defense day at the police academy.

You just answered your question. The cop was completely hammered. Then he fled. Fraidy cop!

During the 90s in America there was a car bumper sticker trend that said 'Bad Cop. No Donut.'. That sure fits this scenario.

BakaFuguToday  12:18 am JST

Tonight on Law and Order: DUI.

But with a twist, a DUI policeman. Totally pathetic, man.

The Duran Duran deluxe CD sounds interesting. A cover of an ELO song, this I gotta here!

TaiwanIsNotChinaToday  04:04 am JST

starpunkToday 03:54 am JST

I'm not sure any public school in America has abstinence only education. There are, of course, nutter parents who pull their children out of those classes and presumably are waiting for a special surprise later on.

Something like that did happen in my HS. Every day her parents made her wear a prairie dress to (public) school due to their religion. We had to learn our sex ed at the 10th grade (age 16 for most of us) but by that point she withdrew from school for good. Why is that? She 'experimented' with an older kid and surprise surprise.

Something is seriously wrong with her. She needs to see a mental doctor soon.

OssanAmericaOct. 6  09:21 pm JST

nikToday  05:56 am JST

this is true, since there is information that in some places an increased presence of tritium has been detected in the area of ​​the Kuril Islands. The Russian Federation constantly sends a scientific vessel there to monitor water samples in the Kuril Islands area. Therefore, there is no need to joke with these water discharges, but it is better for all interested countries to jointly monitor the environment.

There are 178 member states in the IAEA. Russia has been a member since 1957. China since 1984. All "interested countries" are already monitoring the environment through their rights as members.

The IAEA has found the discharge levels satisfactory. Nations that are still making an issue of it are doing it for political purposes.

It pretty much is. If the water has been treated and the discharge levels are safe then it's not a problem. The horrible JapanQuake was 14 years ago, and the US Navy has been safely operating nuclear powered vessels for decades.

Some dudeOct. 4  08:39 am JST

Japan has to get used to the fact (if they're not already aware of it) that everything that Russia says is a lie. Everythin

You didn't think Russia would be telling the truth now, did ya?

OssanAmericaOct. 4  09:35 am JST

Stop buying seafood imports from Russia FFS.

Isn't there a UN boycott on their goods now because of the Ukraine war?

Bret TOct. 5  11:07 pm JST

Ladies, just tell them: "No glove, no love".

It takes two to tango. Sex is a gamble, you might roll a 7 or 11, but if you get snake eyes you better get ready for parenthood.

wallaceOct. 5  10:55 am JST

Young people have enjoyed sex for millions of years. Avoiding unwanted pregnancies and sexual diseases is a must and understanding the meaning of consensual sex. Take a condom today.

Sex ed is a joke in America, and 'abstinence only' isn't enough.

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According to former President Donald Trump, the federal government is intentionally withholding aid to Republican disaster victims. Far-right extremist groups warn on social media that officials plan to bulldoze affected communities and seize the land from residents. A tale straight from science fiction asserts that Washington used weather control technology to steer Helene toward Republican voters in order to tilt the presidential election toward Democratic nominee Kamala Harris.

The traitor trump is a social cancer and he has no right to even speak about anything whatsoever at all. He is a lying blabbermouth who says nothing positive or beneficial; he's not even an American and he's proven his merit and cred which is less than zero.

And Muskrat needs to shut up too. All he's doing is causing problems in the USA, he needs a deportation back to South Africa.

PTownsendToday  06:29 am JST

the government used weather control technology to aim the hurricane 

And they did it without using a Sharpie? Wack 'explanations' like this abounds throughout MAGAland, and those posting conspiracy theories want to hide behind what they think is protected free speech.

Walter Cronkite said '1984 may not arrive on time but there's 1985'. And 2016. This shows just sad our education is in America, esp. in science.

lincolnmanToday  06:33 am JST

The scope of the far-right alt reality is truly stunning...

Can it get any crazier than MTG saying that "they" control the weather and "aim" hurricanes at Red States?

MTG is an immature crazy loudmouth shrew, unfit for Congress.

Even Repubs are saying enough of the crazy - it's impacting recovery efforts...

> Many are disinformation efforts by Russia, China, and Iran - and MAGA-world falls for them hook, line, and sinker...

Disgusting...

True Republicans have never been this wildly fanatical, warped or crazy. Bush 41 and 'Dumbya', Boehner, McCain, Dole, Ford, Reagan, not even the crook Nixon. Then again, none of them were traitors either. That says plenty right there.

You can call this a political 'brownie point' stunt but really this is Ishiba doing his JOB.

What the hell is this traitor doing even walking around and talking trash like he always does? After all he has done he should be behind bars in solitary confinement for the rest of his life.

a White House staffer heard Trump tell family members that "it doesn't matter if you won or lost the election. You still have to fight like hell." It also alleges that on Jan 1, 2021, Trump told his vice president, Mike Pence, that people "are gonna hate your guts" and "think you're stupid" if he didn't use his role presiding over the Jan 6, 2021, congressional certification of the election result to benefit Trump.

Those J6 traitors were going to hang everyone in the Capitol Building of ALL parties, and they had a noose ready for Mike Pence too. Anybody who supports and or endorses trump, let alone believes his hateful lies is stupid and does not respect American democracy or its principals.

Doing their jobs. This is part of the responsibility of the POTUS and/or VP.

'Fears of wider war mount'? Masterpiece of understatement, dudes. What does this look like to you? Now it has Lebanon and Iran and Yemen (somewhat) involved too. Major Duh, man.

MocheakeOct. 2  04:51 pm JST

Loved the guy. He said one of my all-time favorite lines in Die Hard with Bruce Willis after they started to see eye to eye.. Went something like this: John McClain (Willis): I was wrong about you being an a-hole.

Major (Amos): No, you were right. I'm just your kind of a-hole. Classic line! RIP. Also lost Dikembe Mutombo and Pete Rose this week. RIP to them too.

Two great athletes. thing about Rose is that since the early 90s he's been blacklisted for sports betting and now all of a sudden, he gets respect again since he's dead. Fickle US media and public.

> I am thinking of you.Oct. 2  06:52 pm JST

He was a great actor. Roots was a great book. It should be read by all.

Fershure. 'Roots' inspired many people (incl. myself) to explore their own ethnic roots, and I mean Americans of all kinds, not just Black Americans. Much can be learned from that epic book. Also, it was adapted for a miniseries on ABC-TV a few years later. Check that one out too.

Fighto!Oct. 2  09:42 am JST

The latest evidence coming to light is that filthy Combs sexually abused a 9 year old boy he had been grooming after promising to "make him a rap star". Sickening.

Combs really was the equivalent of Japan's Johnny Kitagawa, Gary Glitter and Jimmy Savile all in one evil, perverted individual. He should never be released from his cage - and expire in there.

Harvey Weinstein, Bill Cosby, Rolf Harris, R Kelly, Donald trump. Almost all of this abusive scum got their karma, but not nearly enough of it.

Weinstein is appealing and he's in his 80s, Cos is pretty old too and didn't spend enough time for his crimes, Rolf is dead and he even wrote a diss song against one of his accusers, from jail, R Kelly is doing time for just the NYC charges alone, Trashtrump got convicted for one rape and that's not nearly enough, whether she's 'his type' or not.

And Gary Glitter is under house arrest in his native UK with no telephone/telegraph/internet access whatsoever. He was jailed then kicked out of Vietnam. Even Communist countries don't like perverts. That stuff is verboten in every nation of the world.

Combs/Pee Pee/Diddy Wop Doo-Doo/Oh WTH he calls himself this week is a dangerous menace to people and society, just like R Kelly. And as such he should STAY in prison even before trial and convictions. He's a flight risk. After all, 120 is a mighty large number, at least one of them has to be factual.

Megan Thee StallionToday  11:44 am JST

120 accusers? Damn.

That kis no conspiracy or smear campaign. It's TIME for this dirtbag to pay for all his crimes. Rape is one of the worst things that can happen to anyone, and I mean anyone.

He was terrific. He broke the mold for Black American actors, no stereotypes for this guy. He was just an average Joe in a Chicago family trying to make ends meet, just like in all ethnicities in America. After he was 'killed off' the show wasn't the same.

Yet through it all the shows like this one and the others Lear made were funny too, an element sore3ly lacking today. This man was a fine actor, a pioneering Black American actor and a serious one - not a 'TV jester'. That says something right there. May he RIP.

lincolnmanToday  07:28 am JST

Israel has every right to protect itself and take revenge on all the murderers who carried out the Oct 7th attack...

But what of this?

Israeli strikes have killed over 1,000 people in Lebanon over the past two weeks, nearly a quarter of them women and children, according to the Health Ministry. Hundreds of thousands have fled their homes.

If we add all the children killed in Gaza to those in Lebanon, how many is that?

Why is it always the innocent children, who know nothing of the hate, who suffer?

If Israel wants to prove it is not the same as its enemies, it must stop the killing of innocent children...

It's been about a year since Hamas committed that unprovoked attack on Israel and took all those hostages. Yet Nutty Yahoo doesn't seem to care about them, oh no. He's been killing innocent people throughout Gaza and now has invaded Lebanese territory, doing everything but defending Israel and recuing those hostages and destroying Hamas itself.

This is insane, it's gotten even worse. Meanwhile the US and others are waging a sea war against those Houthi hooligan pirates in the Red Sea, and now Iran (who has no true allies whatsoever) has tossed their hat into the ring.

If the Israeli PM did his job of defending his country this strife would've been over by now with the hostages rescued and Hamas punished. Now it's even worse due to his overzealous ambitions and nobody wins.

Kristofferson's sharp-tongued political lyrics sometimes hurt his popularity, especially in the late 1980s. His 1989 album, “Third World Warrior” was focused on Central America and what United States policy had wrought there, but critics and fans weren’t excited about the overtly political songs.

He said during a 1995 interview with the AP he remembered a woman complaining about one of the songs that began with killing babies in the name of freedom.

“And I said, ‘Well, what made you mad — the fact that I was saying it or the fact that we’re doing it? To me, they were getting mad at me ’cause I was telling them what was going on.”

Kris was in the service and he had every right to say those things. The US today is now mostly a bunch of armchair generals who think it's all fun and games. Ever since the 1991 Gulf War it's been TV gladiator entertainment, they don't know.

Then when our soldiers return in messed up states they just look away and say, 'Druggies, losers.'

If spilling the beans makes some listeners mad, then tough Tudball. Kris knew, he wrote about it. He was no dummy.

Alfie NoakesSep. 30  09:03 am JST

A good man indeed. RIP.

Good songwriter too. Observational and inspired. We need more like this.

MilesTegSep. 30  09:12 am JST

For someone so talented with such a storied life and experiences, he got little recognition. Was a better actor than he got credit for. RIP.

There's no rule that says you or anyone has to be the superstar in the limelight. Some performers prefer not to be. But I do remember that supergroup Highwaymen, the four were in a video where he, Waylon, Willie and Cash were the four faces on a 'Mount Rushmore'. As for that 1989 album about Central America, he wrote about what was on his mind as the best songwriters do.

And as a preteen at that 'certain age', during a recess indoors due to harsh winter weather outdoors somebody had a 45 of Rita Coolidge with her picture on it and............ mhm.

Memories keep fading, 'Fading Lights' like in that Genesis song from 1991. Doors to the past shut forever. This guy has had quite a career and a life. May this trooper jam out with his cohorts in Heaven.

I saw Noel with his High Flying Birds in the winter of 2018 and they were outstanding. Here's hoping they can keep their act together for the entire tour next year.

Is the play about the melancholy Dane going to have some whining singing in it?

It's sad that this is happening at all after all this time. During the 2020 unrest in America some militia crud wore t-shirts and armbands stating '6MWNNE' = '6 Million (Dead Jews) Was Not Nearly Enough'. Oh really? What did Jews (or anybody else) deserve to get that? And then there's some Holocaust deniers as well.

Of course, some would say that I'm too young and 'wasn't around' at the time but I remember when I was in college the genocidal crap in Yugoslavia and Rwanda was going on. Later on, it was the ISIL committing genocide against ALOT in Syria and Iraq. Those horrible events are more than enough to tell me the Holocaust occurred. And either way, there's no excuse for any hate crime against anyone whatsoever, I don't care who or what.

Have a happy 35 years in the can, JT. You jerk.

Fighto!Today  09:15 am JST

Founded in the 1950s under the helm of an ex-Nazi lawmaker, the FPO

That's a very important fact to know.

A lot of people nowadays - and we see it endlessly in these threads - whitewash the Nazis. "But. ..they did some good things!" ... "It turns out they were correct after all!"

No, they weren't.

It must also be remembered that Austria itself had a Nazi government before WW2 created by traitors within (pseudo-trump). And finally in 1938, Austria was in Anschluss with Nazi Germany.