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Can't wait to see how Trump and Fox attempt to spin this one.

Thailand's suicide rate is lower than Japan's, so here's a vote for pad Thai.

"If this incident becomes public, I will not be able to live on, and I have decided that I will have no choice but to commit suicide," 

Promises, promises

Akazawa is in Washington but Lutnick can't be bothered to meet him face to face. The arrogance is astounding.

Gilded trash. He knows his core market.

Perfect summary of reality from Some Dude. Thank you.

Does sound very MAGA-like - encourage anger at an outside person, blaming them for any troubles, and mesmerize with charm and charisma.

Where I live it looks like "Kongs Island "....just full of forest, and little rivers and bays for swimming.

That sounds fantastic!

A strategic retreat from a situation in which he was in over his head.

"Dad went to war," he says. Shooting unarmed people in their doorways while disguised as a cop. Clearly deeply unhinged.

Those pretending this guy was part of the No Kings protests are being pathetically dishonest. Everything about the guy, starting with what a loser he is, points to MAGAville. Why else would he only target Dems and Planned Parenthood people?

You really reallly really want to make this political I guess.

The guy had a list of politicians to target. At what point was it NOT going to be political? MAGA cult Christian nationalist gun lover with an AK 47.

I get 91 people didn't pay - with average unpaid bills worth 674,175 yen. That's pretty serious medical treatment.

Happened to me in Roppongi while I was on a date. I was ticked off, but there's no upside to escalating the situation, so I reminded myself it wasn't personal -- in the sense it wasn't really about me, but about his tiny little impotent anger at the world. He moved off pretty fast, too, so...

Last month when the ADP numbers were exceptional?

What are you talking about? The April ADP gain was 60,000, barely half the figure it was a year earlier (113,000 in April 2024). How is that exceptional?

I do not think anyone can be a diplomat, someone must be highly qualified to do this job and has a deep understanding of both country.

Yeah maybe, but I could still study on the plane, so yeah, send me, send me!

Some of them are bordering on peeved. Heck, one or two might write a strongly worded letter.

LOL. It hurts ... because it's true...

Bicycle bosozoku... Seems like an improvement over the original version.

I have a similar dilemma on my commute. Just a question: if I were cycling towards you on the correct side of the road - the left - as you were riding against traffic, would you let me pass on your right (closer to the curb) or would you expect to take the curbside line?

I'd let you pass on my right because a) that sticks with drive on the left norms and b) as the person who can see oncoming traffic I'm in a better position to judge if it's a bad time to pass.

To be clear, for anyone who thinks this is a liberal plot, the legal complaint was brought by a conservative legal advocacy group called the Liberty Justice Center, which said the US trade deficits are “neither an emergency nor an unusual or extraordinary threat.”

Twelve bystanders taken to the hospital by ambulance?

Really. On stretchers? Seems a little extreme...

I was one of 10 foreigners doing the foreign license conversion, and 8 people in my group didn't pass. I passed because I paid for a two-hour practice session and learned all the tricks -- looking under the car before starting, adjusting mirrors and steering wheel whether necessary or not, keeping my head on a swivel.

Flexibility is great strength

He's not flexible, he's capricious. There's a big difference.

Facts don't matter when your constituents are accustomed to living in a daily haze of hysterical noise and emotion. They're addicted to the surge of rage - and he and Fox feed their addiction.

Trump hates smart, educated people who won't bend to his will. He wants everyone to be as easy to manipulate as his MAGA minions.

If you're standing on a stage in Europe, unless you're a MAGA you're going to feel pretty embarrassed about virtually everything Trump is doing. He's just pointing out that he's not insane.

Only a sociopath would seek to win over a woman's affections solely for the purpose of gouging her financially to point where she has to engage in prostitution to pay her debts.

Look at the moon, not at the pointing finger.

I can understand he didn't need to buy his rice. But where's the sense of curiosity? If he's going to be a politician, he should have an interest in knowing how normal people live. The leading candidate in South Korea's election worked in a sweat shop as a child. Now there's someone with his feet on the ground.

So because they work under her and she has to be loyal to them?

The fixation on personal loyalty is the problem. Casting the entire world as a giant Potemkin Village is in no one's interest - even Trump's. Truth and accuracy shouldn't be sacrificed for personal agendas.