Harry_Gatto comments

The Global South looks at what a dump the US and Western Europe has become and say no thanks.

Yet the Mediterranean is crowded with people from the south headed north.

Fatigue and shortness of breath are pretty rough this time.

Are you still smoking?

I think the Norks are smart enough to know that this guy is of no use to them at all, they know all about him by now and he is of no value to them or to the US.

What they should do is just quietly hand him over to the Chinese and ask them to send him back to the US Army. That way they need have no contact with the US side and face is saved all around.

NOMINATIONToday  04:48 pm JST

Big news, light sentence because murdering kids rarely matters to Japan's justice system.

The poor child is still very much alive thank goodness, which you would be aware of if you had read and understood the article.

It's getting back to the point where locals are actively avoiding these areas, not for a general antipathy to tourists, but just because it's hard to make a way through the masses.

The locals don't buy the overpriced tat in Nakamise Dori, the only locals there are the ones selling the tat.

Not a mask in sight but plenty of backpacks, people looking like they are going camping for a week. Backpack wearing people should be banned from crowded places, especially trains.

RodneyToday  09:13 am JST

They should arrest him, not murder him.

Reading this -

"Further shots were fired from the male and he was located deceased a short time later," police said.

suggests that he may have shot himself, time will tell.

Combini foods have an amazing array of preservatives and other chemicals. I admit these sandwiches all taste good but it’s scary what your putting into your system.

Interesting. Where can I read more about this and quantify "amazing array"? Just to confirm your theory because not everyone agrees with you.

https://www.thetokyochapter.com/what-snacks-can-i-get-for-kids-while-on-the-go/

Lawson do know more than a little about marketing. The key here is the sentence in the article "The combination is designed to appeal to regular egg eaters, who are being encouraged to compare the two varieties,....." the key word being "compare". If Lawson get enough positive feedback then the faux egg version will prevail.

Want just one example of what's scary about these extremists? 44% of Millennials thinks misgendering should be a criminal offense. https://www.newsweek.com/misgendering-should-crime-according-millennials-1813178

Ah but quoting from that report -

However the figure for millennials contrasts starkly with that for Americans as a whole, among whom just 19 percent want misgendering to be a criminal offense, whilst 65 percent disagree, 12 percent "neither agree nor disagree" and four percent answered "don't know."

so there are still many right-minded people who are not taken in by this nonsense.

Here's an example of the mental problems people associated with the alphabet soup (from 1:04 to 1:35):

https://youtu.be/wxDGb7SPSwo?t=57

A great deal of common sense in the comments under this video.

That will have the Kims foaming at the mouth. A defiant statement in nice old-fashioned English is being prepared and will be released tomorrow, just need to get the tone of the threats right.

We discovered that anyone who frequently posts, regardless of their gender, comes across as a person who seeks attention and validation.

Very true, epitomised by some posters here.

For example, BeReal is an app that prompts users to quickly share an unedited photo snapshot of what they’re doing at a random time throughout the day. 

Why ever would you want to do this?

i don't get it. By yesterday, the extreme flooding had been going on for days. Couldn't those in the affected areas get somewhere safe?

Maybe they were trying to get to somewhere safe, by bus?

Fools and their money are easily parted.

Dubai didn't have one of these when I lived and worked there in 1977, it didn't have much of anything.

Being in the USA no doubt the lawyers are circling and preparing to sue the surgeon who carried out the bariatric surgery.

stickman1760Today  05:21 pm JST

Japan isn’t having much luck with its space program of late. Kinda puts things in perspective when u compare it to what the US has achieved. It’s like night and day.

Remind me again of just how many Space Shuttles blew up killing just how many astronauts.

This is why they test them.

I said yesterday that this stinks of a compensation claim being planned and now, reported elsewhere:-

"Rupert Murdoch’s News UK has offered tens of thousands of pounds to the parents who made allegations about Huw Edwards, in return for a television interview, according to sources at the media company.

The Guardian understands that an interview with the couple has been recorded and is being edited for broadcast on TalkTV, the sister station of the Sun. Sources said the parents have been offered a significant sum for this."

Money is the root of all evil.

The young man's solicitors/lawyer has already issued a statement from him saying that the story is just a pack of lies.

If this is true then the whole thing is beginning to smell like a compensation scam by the boy and/or his parents.

He said it’s difficult to prove that cesspools are the source of the bacteria the team finds but bacteria levels are high where there are many cesspools.

But, putting 2 & 2 together............................

I wonder how long it will be before the old buffoon once again declares that he is Irish.

GobshiteJuly 8  05:12 pm JST

No murder charge then. Get a longer sentence for stealing a bicycle.

DisillusionedJuly 8  10:40 pm JST

Isn't this murder?

Was the baby born alive and subsequently killed by its mother?

gogogoJuly 8  06:47 pm JST

Japan needs to remove pity from murder trials.

Was she charged with murder?

wallaceToday  10:33 am JST

No nation can judged by a single citizen. Recently the Colosseum was defaced by a British tourist who the Italian police are now seeking.

That particular tourist is not British, he is called Ivan Dimitrov, a Bulgarian with a British passport.

Practically the same reports are recycled every summer, it's not really news, it's just the same old summer weather. Those of us who have lived and worked in the Middle East for a few years where the temperature regularly hits 50 deg C and the air is so humid you can chew it chuckle at these reports.

I would have thought it crucial to know whether the baby was stillborn or died after birth. Surely this would have been mentioned and considered at her trial so why is it not being reported?

StrangerlandToday  07:41 am JST

Stupid kid, but he's a kid.

He's old enough to know better. He should be arrested, prosecuted and fined and forced to make a very public apology and have his tourist visa cancelled thus forcing him out of the country tout suite. This will cause great inconvenience and expense to his parents who can then reflect on the way they brought him up.

quercetumToday  08:05 am JST

Doesn’t the water end up on the left coast of the US due to the currents of the ocean?

Do Americans trust the Japanese government that the water is safe?

People living on or near the "left" coast of the USA should research the history of Farallon Islands and Runit Island.

Depending on the product that could have been an expensive case of indigestion. When the police have identified the product and estimated the quantity there will be an update.

I'm sure glad I got all the features for free in my Tesla,

You didn't, they were included in the price you paid.

Amazon interface? For most people when their car is home so are they.

I am more or less in favour of features which are classed as "Driver Assist" and do just that, help me out IF necessary and possibly, for example, start to brake IF the radar/electronics can see something before I can. Some things are helpful, typically Subaru's Eyesight system, it doesn't drive the car but assists the driver when necessary. I, for one, am not ready for full automation.

Remember, computers are dumb machines capable of doing clever things whilst computer programmers are clever people capable of doing dumb things; not always a perfect marriage.