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I doubt he'll last through his full term.

I swore off flying long before COVID because the TSA and airlines themselves made it so irritating. The mask mandate just steeled my resolve. Removing the mandate makes it more likely that I will one day fly again, but that likelihood still hovers around a 0% chance.

Paper beats rock in the first picture.

Sounds good to me. Until the Russian people, including athletes, get rid of Putin and put in a leader that is more rational and end the war, they are all culpable.

In other words, the average Taro has nothing to look forward to except higher prices, higher taxes to pay for subsidies, and no relief.

@KetoCoffee

He probably got it from the article he just read.

James had no felony convictions and was not prohibited from purchasing or owning a firearm. Police said the gun used in the attack was legally purchased at an Ohio pawn shop in 2011.

When is that mayor up for election? I hope the voters turn him out.

Breathtaking!

Up vote.

Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Those who learn from history are doomed to have a government that didn't learn from history.

Anyone in Japan who thinks the Olympics are a good choice for Sapporo or anywhere in Japan has closed their eyes to what happened not even a year ago. I was extremely disappointed when Tokyo was chosen, long before COVID reared its ugly head. I was against it from the beginning. I sincerely hope officials in Sapporo take their heads out of their BLANKS and stop this nonsense.

As soon as the Olympics were given to Japan, I knew that Tohoku would get the short end. And it has. I live in Iwate. There is so much that could have been done with all that money that was wasted on a two-week sporting event that no one wanted.

That last paragraph made me literally start crying.

The high school I teach at has introduced pants for girls, though so far I have only seen one girl wear pants. I think the trend will be for that. AFAIK, the school doesn't have any rules on underwear. I wouldn't want to have to be the one to check that out. Two of my kids have brown hair, but none of the schools they went to even asked about it.

I'll believe it when I see it.

I cant wait to go back to izakaya, but I think it will be a while. And it will hopefully be one with the koshitsu as someone above mentioned. Still, I won't be going back nearly as often as I used to. It is much cheaper to drink at home with friends or family.

Probably not the kind of comment you are looking for, but I was an avid fan of science and was looking forward to a career in astronomy. But then I had to take Biology, and I had the worst teacher ever. She soured me off of science. It was the last science course I took in high school, and I took the bare minimum in college.

I now teach English here in Japan, and I do my best to give my students an interest, if not excitement, in the subject. I never want to be the teacher that drags someone down.

Another mentally ill person...

who is a junior high school teacher. Someone help those poor students.

Sure wish I had invested about $100 in 2010.

Yeah, good luck trying to get the oyajis in the Diet to go along with that.

Be sure to have plenty of pudding for him. Oh, and ice cream. The guy can't get enough of it.

I have about as much enthusiasm for the World Cup as I do for the Olympics. That is, none.

I used to buy a coffee or tea at the konbini before going to work each day, but then decided to buy 5 on Sunday at the supermarket and take one with mean each morning. I've saved a lot since I started doing that. The same can be done with snacks, too.

I was at a kindergarten yesterday. I would say an average of 2 kids per class had on masks. It isn't happening.

Ski as much as you want. Just know that if you are part of the Genocide Olympics you are a part of the problem, and no one has any sympathy for you.

They're pretty much all the same. No preference, whatever is closest.

losers

Yeah, sorry, but not sorry, risks of suffocation and heat stroke are just as valid for adults as it is for children. I work at a kindergarten, and I saw more masks among the kids before the pandemic than now. I don't know why, but my guess would be pollen. I have two co-workers who religiously wore masks contract Corona. I have a medical exemption and wear only a mouth shield, which is bad enough. There is no way you will ever convince me that a flimsy piece of paper or cloth does anyone any good. Get the jab, take off the mask, and show me your beautiful face.

I have had only one when I had a fever of 39.5 one night. The next morning we called my doctor, he said to come on in. The fever was my only symptom. Turned out negative. I had non-Covid related pneumonia. I am thinking about taking my prefecture up on a free test before the end of the month. Just go to the local drug store and get a free test.

I've always liked Bikkuri Donkey. Now I like them even more.

Well, since China and the IOC have said there's no problem, we just have to believe them, right?

Not.

The Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee told AFP that cyber-threat allegations "have zero evidence and concerns are totally unnecessary", adding that "relevant information is only used for the Olympic and Winter Olympic Games".

The International Olympic Committee has also dismissed the Citizen Lab claims, citing assessments from two unnamed cybersecurity organizations which "confirmed that there are no critical vulnerabilities".