ToshiYori comments

The singling out of Muslims combined with the president's rhetoric is exactly like the racism that led to Japanese -American incarceration during World War II

Muslims weren't singled-out. The ban included Muslims and non-Muslims from specific countries which did not have adequate procedures in place to vet travelers intending on traveling to the US. Muslims from other countries were able to travel to the US without restrictions while the travel ban was in effect.

Also, while the internment of Japanese-Americans (along with Italian and German-Americans) during WWII was an extreme violation of their civil rights, usually when discussing the internment issue, little is mentioned of the "Niihau Incident" which contributed to internment being considered as a wartime strategy. ICYMI, the Niihau Incident involved a Japanese pilot who crash landed on Hawaii's northernmost island after attacking Pearl Harbor and received aid and comfort by Issei residents of the island. At the time, it was thought that in all "likelihood that Japanese residents previously believed loyal to the United States may aid Japan if further Japanese attacks appear successful" -- resulting in the now considered illegal confinement of more than 100,000 people of Japanese descent.

More on the Niihau Incident is available at:

http://www.historynet.com/the-niihau-incident.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niihau_incident

Personally, I find it odd that none of the bombs detonated. As I understand it, package bombs are supposed to explode when the packages containing the bombs are opened. None did. This leads me to believe someone may be attempting to frighten rather than cause injuries or death. That being said, I think the perpetrator may be a misguided Democratic supporter who thinks Republicans will be blamed thereby causing potential Republican voters to switch their votes to Democratic candidates. Or, an equally misguided and even dumber Republican supporter who thinks sending threatening devices to prominent Democrats will somehow result in increased votes for Republican candidates. Regardless of party affiliation of the perp and his\her desired results, the person responsible for mailing the bombs should be charged with hate crimes, terrorist threats, postal crimes, etc., or a combination of multiple charges that will ensure he\she receives a very, very long prison sentence. Also, while mailing the bombs was extremely stupid, mental illness shouldn't be allowed to be entered as a defense during his\her trial.

Bomb squad technicians arrived and detonated it, a police official told the New York Times.

Hopefully, they got as much forensics evidence as possible from the package and bomb before detonating it.

I hope the message received is: Do not accuse a man of sexual misconduct unless you have evidence of some kind to corroborate your accusation.

I'm an Independent who abhor sexual abuse of any kind, and I would support a Democrat, Republican or member of any other party if he\she is accused of sexual abuse without the "victim" being able to provide tangible evidence or witnesses to support the accusation.

Accusations of sexual abuse and\or harassment without providing proof reminds me too much of my growing up in Mississippi in the 40s and 50s, when the so-called "believe all white women" rule was in effect in Mississippi and other southern states.. In those days, many black males were beaten, jailed or killed after being falsely accused by women of rape, leering, improper gestures, whistling, staring, or any other action considered by the women to be improper conduct. Later, many of the women would admit their accusations were false, but it was much to late to save the accused from being beaten severely, jailed or killed, e.g., "Scottsboro Boys," Emmett Till, etc.

Hiro: How would it feel if we build statues of US dropping bomb on us

Wouldn't bother me. Go for it. Also, to show Japan's air superiority during the initial stages of the war, include statues of Japan bombing Pearl Harbor, Guam, The Philippines and other Asian nations.

very focused on eliminating trade deficits with America's trading partners

What's wrong with trying to eliminate trade deficits?

Immigrants are the backbone of many nations.

Shouldn't that be "Legal Immigrants are the backbone of many nations.?"

"When I recognized the date, Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941, I knew it was something special," 

If the countdown to war briefing was held "just hours before the attack" and Vice Interior Minister Michio Yuzawa, wrote an account three hours after the meeting was over, the date of the memo would be Monday, Dec. 8, 1941.

U.S. officials familiar with the matter said

Frankly, I don't have a whole lot of belief in articles such as this that are based on anonymous sources.

Saito allegedly told the police that she "knew it was a red light" at the intersection, but she "attempted to go through."

It doesn't appears that age, mistaking gas pedal for brake, etc., was the cause of this accident. "Impatience" seems to have been the cause. This "impatience" or "I can make it" mindset can infect drivers of all ages, and it's not unique to Japan.

"I beleive (sic) most Americans are unaware of their country's role in starting wars, including WWII."

Hitler's invasion of Poland marked t­he beginning of World War II, how was the US involved in that event?

"the moment they completely disarm their lives will be over."

Does anyone expect North Korea to completely disarm? It's all about nukes.

"Never forget or forgive what the USA and Japan did to you. It is unforgivable."

.... but families of Japanese abductees, families of victims of North Korean atrocities, and survivors of North Korea's invasion of South Korea should all forgive and forget? North Korea's hands are just as dirty as those of other countries.

Here's the video of the illegal hit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6_yfY3jc-A

The QB has clearly released the football and is totally defenseless.

TomToday - If America were not Ocean Locked, it would have disappeared a long time ago.

OK, I'll bite, what exactly is meant by the above statement?

Darn, my apologies, the quote should have ended at "before the alert is broadcasted."

This should only be triggered by a military directive and should be verified by two persons before the alert is broadcasted.

Here in Hawaii, if incoming missiles are actually detected, the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency (HI-EMA) would transmit alert messages and sound alert sirens only after being informed of the incoming missiles by the US Pacific Command (USPACOM). HI-EMA did not receive anything from USPACOM to indicate missiles were coming. Reportedly, a supposedly long-term and well-trained HI-EMA employee intended to activate a normal, daily shift change routine, but mistakenly started a sequence which would send a Hawaii-wide missile alert message. Astoundingly, after the employee started the sequence, he received a prompt which asked something like "Do you really want to do this?" and he responded YES. That started the whole false alert thing and lots of folks went into panic mode.

One of the improvements that will come out of this mess, is that HI-EMA now requires two-person verification before future such alert messages are transmitted.

drones shouldn't be flown near any airport / airbase / airstrip period! 

Wholeheartedly agree. It's simply common sense to ban drones from flying over any airfield in Japan, regardless of the primary user of the airfield.

Sunday's 60 Minutes TV show aired another piece about Ohtani. It can be seen in its entirety at https://www.cbsnews.com/videos/japans-babe-ruth-3/

I don't understand the protests over President Trump's decision.

Back in April, Russia recognized West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel (http://thehill.com/policy/international/327673-russia-recognizes-jerusalem-as-israeli-capital). There were no protests.

Today, the Czech Republic recognized West Jerusalem as Israel's capital, and even President Duterte of the Philippines is considering moving his country;s embassy to Israel's capital (http://www.ejpress.org/article/Czech-Republic-says-it-recognizes-West-Jerusalem-as-Israel-s-capital-considers-to-move-embassy-to-Jerusalem/23745). There haven't been any noticeable protests directed toward either country.

Why are so much protest and anger directed toward the US? As mentioned earlier, dividing the city into East\West capitals has long been proposed as the two-state solution for the Israelis and Palestinians.

Must be pretty hot to wear a burqa during daytime.

I was stationed in Peshawar many years ago. It was extremely hot most of the time, with or without a burqa. I remember seeing a lady who was carrying a baby under her burqa. When uncovered, the kid was as red as a beet.

Like this article, Stars and Stripes also isn't providing much clarification of this tragedy.

See https://www.stripes.com/bac-of-marine-involved-in-fatal-okinawa-crash-was-triple-japan-s-limit-police-say-1.498560

... does the reality that hundreds of thousands of South Korean lives hinge on decisions made by the American president suddenly seem alarming?

Just as alarming as the hundreds of thousands of lives that hinge on decisions that may be made by the Supreme Leader of North Korea.

so who is the chief of police of Sutherland Springs?

The city does not have a police department. Probably relies on the county or the state for law enforcement..

How many countries did Pyongyang invaded or bombed in the last say 10 years?

How many countries has Pyongyang threatened to nuke in the last 10 years?

Don't have twitter ....

I also don't have Twitter. However, it doesn't matter. Every presidential tweet will be re-broadcast over and over, ad nauseam, by the news media. IMHO, all of the news media, i.e., TV, online news agencies, newspapers, radio, etc., would do us non-Twitter users a great favor by not giving so much publicity to every single presidential tweet.

Yu Darvish should start tomorrow's game. Perhaps he can pitch the Dodgers to a World Series victory.

The White House has announced that the president will visit Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines from Nov 3-14 amid rising regional tensions due to North Korea's nuclear threat.

While in the area, President Trump should offer to meet with the North Korean leader to discuss ways of easing regional tension.

Excellent. In the interests of parity; I look forward to foreign bases being set up in the US. I'm sure everyone will be in favor of it.

I'd be in favor of it, if the bases were for the purpose of assisting with the defense of the US and military personnel assigned to the bases were willing to die in the defense of the US.

Black people from all walks of life face discrimination, whether rich or poor.

You could say the same about members of all races. There's always someone who doesn't like you or doesn't want to associate with you for real or imagined reasons.

US has long been demanding Japan's PM not to visit the shrine, not openly but through diplomatic channel, which is well known in Japan.

How is it that message traffic in US-Japan diplomatic channel is so well known in Japan? Is US-Japan diplomatic traffic being made publicly available?

Frankly, I don't think most Americans are even aware of the Yasukuni Shrine and don't care who visits it.