K3PO comments

There is no hope of recapturing the romance of anything, let alone flying.

As Louis CK said, "...now we live in an amazing, amazing world, and it's wasted on the crappiest generation of just... spoiled idiots..."

Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose pledged to stop throwing his microphone into the audience...

It would be an honor to be struck by Rose's mike...

With a loss to Samoa, Argentina being pipped by South Africa, Japan is in a difficult pool.

In the interests of public health and safety, the "medical complication" should not be censored by the corporate media.

Not media censorship, but the ethical medical practice of patient confidentiality.

So the people don't have any rights to this information unless they are in potential harm.

One key Japanese WW2 trilogy missed by Pugsly is Ningen no jōken by Kobayashi.

Definitely explored the individual IJA soldier's experience from the oppressive regime in Japan, bullying, military corruption and being a Soviet POW.

Captures the universal themes of humans serving a purpose they disagree with but are powerless to resist the march to destruction.

It's dated now, but certainly worth it if you want to see a reflective on Japan's war.

Other reports mentioned that police were on scene within 4 minutes - that saved lives.

When I visited the DMZ, the UN Command had to give me clearance - they processed my SK alien card a week before.

Somehow this guy slipped out of the airport and joined the Panmunjom tour, so he it seems he planned this.

Why even bother - invest in the planet under your feet - Earth.

I think Kevin Spacey now lives as a perpetual character study and the original soul was lost behind many years ago. Perhaps like Peter Sellers.

He may have a version of events that he calls "romantic", but these younger straight men didn't sign up to his "stage productions".

Spacey clearly has many accusations levelled at him, not in a screen play but in the real world of public opinion and the courts.

Netflix, CBS and Sony have all distanced themselves from him, and they'll have some insight for that stance.

People stub a toe, have a cold, need a chat because they're feeling down, these soak up the resources needed by those who require medical support.

Fees need to be charged, to ration the fixed amount of care.

It's wet and cold in NZ right now, people may watch it on TV.

...whose occupation is unknown...

He forgot his occupation too, it seems.

“It wasn’t like a caress. It was like a cobra coming out and getting hold.”

I'm really enjoying this line

I hope you realise how weird that sounds...

I don't want a car thinking for me.

I feel the same, however, a lot of drivers need a car that does think for them.

And if it saves lives, I'll move with the changes.

My home is next to a large park, and there is a great sense of space, and we get plenty of light.

Birds, butterflies, mushrooms are our neighbours. They do have parties, but they manage to keep it quiet and they finish up around dusk.

My job makes me 2.5 years older, so I break even.

"We are fed up, we are French too. We are against violence, we are not scum," he said.

So, if they're French, they should have rioted following the Annecy Park stabbings of four children, in June.

The report findings are a step in the right direction.

Azeem Rafiq, himself made anti-Semitic comments on FB, sexually harrassed and exposed himself in front of women. He should make changes, too.

..saying he was happiest when “close to a mountain summit on a glorious cold morning".

I hope he felt this happiness in his last hours in this world.

He lives on in film.

We have a moral obligation obviously to go and rescue people, whether in bushfires, cyclones or at sea.

It was disappointing, but not surprising, that some of these wealthy adventurers did not give a small part of their wealth back to the agencies, to help others.

The article doesn't mention that Dati was hired as a legal advisor for Renault–Nissan in 2009.

Ghosn's going o have to stay in Lebanon a little longer. It seems the Davos camp have abandoned him.

Japan did beat the Boks in 2015, let's not forget.

The current rules have levelled the game more than ever.

Attitude is a big part of winning teams, and Japan's confidence is building.

I'd say the Wallabies, NZ, England are not as strong as they usually are, so Japan has a good chance of progressing further.

In any case, under three months before it kicks off - looking forward to France hosting a good spectacle.

If Interpol does get involved, what criminal activity are they acting on?

I guess it would fall under hate speech, but someone here will know the law better than I.

@Harry_Gatto

Further:

The No. 24 Camaro was in a class by itself racing against no other cars.

Yet it was second when it had to stop to change its brakes (?)

Anyways, an amazing return from Ferrari, at Le Mans.

I "coached" a high school bukatsu rugby team in Ehime.

The teacher in charge left me to it.

However, I had to defer to the team captain, even though being a licensed coach and player.

It took me six months to gain some input, by which time, I'd taken up a new interest.

Watching paint dry.

Let's shed a tear for the many a Canadian who lives and breathes hockey only to be suffer it being played in Florida, Vegas, Phoenix and Carolina.

Stop the tears and Canadian teams, get even!

Nice to see that they can take a break from the backbreaking work of sleeping through meetings!

More opportunities to snooze - when Gagaku music kicks in, you'll be in a deep. deep sleep and you'd be lucky to excape a vegetative state after a tea ceremony.

China's playing it well these days by promoting non-interference in others domestic matters and mutual interests.

A true Fifty cent party comment.

China's meddling in Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, "secret" police cells in more countries is well known.

However, it's so ineffective, often the results are opposite to what the Chicoms plan.

Current and future AI can only be regulated by further AI, so thus Pandora's box is open.

The rate of change from here on in is going to be even more dizzying.

Fire Saga - "Ja ja, ding dong."

China told Jennifer Lynn Lalonde, consul of the Canadian consulate in Shanghai, to leave China by May 13

I'm sure Jennifer Lalonde will be happy to go. It's coming into summer back home!