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In the early 90's there was a triple suicide of businessmen in the western Tokyo suburb of Kunitachi. A business deal had gone bad leaving the three of them bankrupt. They each rented a room in a hotel and hung themselves. Can you imagine what the poor housekeeper thought when one body was found, only to find another in the next room, and then another in the next?

There is no reason that display fireworks can't be placed back into storage magazines and used again for other shows.

Hamas showed its level of concern for the wellbeing of Gaza residents when it spent several hundred million dollars building terror tunnels instead of using that money to improve civilian infrastructure or facilities.

1) The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On 2) Grizzly Man 3) Overnight

A first-generation Australian with Chinese and Lao roots rises to the position of national commissioner? Sounds like a land of opportunity to me.

The large Japanese hotel chains need to make it easier for travelling families to find rooms. Many of the online reservation systems won't allow the booking of a room for two adults and two children.

Singapore.

I feel sorry for kids who have parents who regularly smoke marijuana and then just tune their kids out. It is as bad as alcohol in those cases, and seem to be increasing with the growing acceptance of marijuana.

Session Black Lager brewed by Full Sail Brewing in Hood River, Oregon.

The obsession of the McDonalds haters never ceases to amaze. Their observations about McDonalds suggest that they go there fairly often for people who supposedly hate the place. I find it to be exactly what it presents itself to be - a convenient, clean place to get an inexpensive meal or snack without any surprises.

Assange is a creepy narcissist who wants to get back into the limelight. So desperate and now only the lunatic fringe supports him after the revelations of his manipulative personality and the corruption of Wikileaks.

I just thought it was a rule that the loser cleans up.

We are just lucky it's not mainland USA otherwise he would have had access to semi automatic weapons and probably killed a lot more.

Actually, the ATF website lists 16 active Federal firearm licensees in Guam, including at least that have the required license (dealer, manufacturer, or importer) to deal in firearms:

http://www.atf.gov/content/firearms/firearms-industry/listing-FFLs

After the World Cup is done, fire them all.

Soccer is a fall sport in most school districts in the U.S.. So the teams have to compete with other fall sports like American football, swimming and cross country for athletes and that reduces greatly the number of kids who would otherwise continue playing after grade school.

The important thing is to declare bank accounts on a Form 8938 with your tax return if the balance reaches the reporting threshold. The bank account itself may not require payment of taxes, but the failure to report the account could lead to severe penalties. Japanese banks will be reporting account information to U.S. tax authorities so there is no chance that you can just ignore the requirement and hope it goes away.

I worked for a company that offered desks that could be elevated with a simple hand-operated crank system. It was so easy to raise the desk up and stand and then lower it when desired. Most people in the office took the opportunity to stand, at least occasionally. I don't know why it isn't more commonplace.

The only 2 countries that have an extraterritorial tax system requiring non-residents to report foreign income

That's not quite true, as appealing as it must be to make the extreme juxtaposition. Try explaining to the Canada Revenue Agency that you didn't think you were required to pay taxes simply because you live and work abroad.

The unintended consequence of the politically correct (yes, well-intentioned white folks continue to crusade against Native American names and imagery even in the face of indigenous tribal calls for maintaining the status quo) is that today's high school students are supporting teams with exclusively Caucasian names - including the Vikings, the Saxons, the Celts, and the hilariously named Beverly Hills High Normans.

What is required now, apparently, is a court-ordered definition of" insanity" to stop people from buying guns.

This has been defined. See Question 11f on the ATF Form 4473 used to record over the counter gun transactions and the instructions for 11f included on the form:

http://www.atf.gov/files/forms/download/atf-f-4473-1.pdf

As of yeasterday, 110,000,000 Americans are on disability, which is a full third of the population

Oh, please. You should check your facts better.

Adams is a despicable person.

I don't associate the word "otaku" with maturity or the ability to go out into the world and connect meaningfully with others, so it is a negative impression.

Colbert is just not that funny. His humor is based on his viewers wanting to think that the views they hold are superior to those he mocks, especially the lower-class less sophisticated. There is not an iota of self-deprecation. Does anyone really laugh at his "jokes"? I predict CBS will be looking for new host within 2 years.

I don't think higher resolution necessarily makes for a better experience for the viewer. For example, I just watched the Godfather series on Blu-Ray and found that the clarity made it clear that the scenes were filmed on sound stages. The clarity made the suspension of disbelief too difficult to get absorbed in the story.

The only way I've found to get relief from bad hay fever in places like Tokyo is three pronged - one is an oral antihistamine like Allegra (generic Fexofenadine), a nasal spray like Flonase (generic Fluticasone), and antihistamine eye drops like Opcon-A. With those in action, you can enjoy life during this beautiful season.

And Minecraft has made me an architect.

Colbert's biggest transgression is being unfunny. If Snyder had named a foundation with the Redskins name, then Colbert might have had something. Instead he couldn't resist the urge to Twitter out despite the lack of a point to the "humor".

The service is too slow at Mos Burger and the product just isn't good enough to wait that long for. Overpriced as well.

I suppose that the purported hijackers wouldn't be able to put the plane back in the air as the engines would begin pinging again.

They may not care about the engines pinging once they load whatever they have onto the plane and force a country to either shoot down the airplane or deal with an even more unimaginable horror.