Posted in: Trump's Madison Square Garden event turns into a rally with crude and racist insults See in context
Honestly one of the best things about Trump is how he makes the media go full mask-off with their propaganda. Any non-brainwashed person sees a headline like this (from the Associated Press of all organizations!) and has to come to the conclusion that the media's purpose is to shape narratives, not report news.
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Posted in: Is ‘Africa’ a racial slur and should the continent be renamed? See in context
This reads as parody. No, a place being name after its climate is not a bad thing. No, the Greeks referring to a people in Africa as 'sun-burnt' isn't a bad thing either, unless you associate literally any mention of a dark skin tone as being negative. And I have to say, the author's prose reminds me of how high schoolers or college freshman write. The entire piece is just embarrassing to read.
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Posted in: Japan reassesses anti-war actions of woman labeled 'Mother of A-bomb' See in context
Maybe retitle her nickname as "The Mother of Nuclear Physics."
Complete nonsense and outright revisionism, all because she was a woman.
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Posted in: Kishida announces he will step down in September, paving way for a new prime minister See in context
I miss Abe...
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Posted in: Japan court orders gov't to admit gay man as refugee over persecution See in context
And here I thought Japan wanted to solve its population problem... Guess I was wrong
Even if you put aside race/integration/identity/etc, I don't think importing gay men is a solution to the population problem long-term for obvious reasons.
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Posted in: Japan's top court rules trans woman 'father' of girl born after switch See in context
Nature contains things that, for some people, look 'unnatural,' and that is natural.
What about being dismayed and put off by this stuff at a gut level? Do you accept that as natural too?
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Posted in: Japan ranks 118th in 2024 gender gap report See in context
This is just an arbitrary ranking using subjective criteria by an advocacy organization. I despise how news organizations will report on these stories like they're some objective, factual comparison and not just an attempt to dress up advocacy under some pseudo-scientific veneer.
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Posted in: Biden blames China, Japan and India's economic woes on 'xenophobia' See in context
GDP isn't everything. I think having a high-trust society is worth some amount of economic trade-off, at least.
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Posted in: Japan to trial AI scheme for spotting bears as attacks on humans rise See in context
The plan comes in response to the 198 bear attacks on humans across 19 prefectures in the previous fiscal year, which ended in March. The incidents resulted in 219 casualties including six deaths
These numbers for a single year sound astonishing to me - in comparison, across all of North America there's under 1 death per year due to bears.
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Posted in: Astronomers discover largest black hole in Milky Way: study See in context
@Samit Basu
We have one though (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galactic_Center) which makes the headline "Astronomers discover largest black hole in Milky Way" false.
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Posted in: Astronomers discover largest black hole in Milky Way: study See in context
Headline: "Astronomers discover largest black hole in Milky Way"
Article: "Astronomers identified the largest stellar black hole yet discovered in the Milky Way"
This is a good example of how headlines can not only mislead, but actually outright misinform people. I still don't understand why publishers don't make efforts to improve them despite all the issues that keep popping up with them over the years.
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Posted in: Why are so many voters frustrated by the U.S. economy? It's home prices See in context
The article failing to even mention immigration as a factor speaks volumes.
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Posted in: Vietnamese trainees told to undergo contraception to work in Japan See in context
Should've just massively incentivized abortion instead like American tech companies, then you'd have people here praising them as progressive.
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Posted in: Biden’s burden: 4 percentage points, a struggling economy and fragile democracy See in context
Just last week, he said that should he win the election, he would be a “dictator” for day one of his presidency (but not after that).
It's funny how whenever Trump refers to something that has been discussed for decades (executives orders and the 'imperial presidency' concept), suddenly Democratic partisans go apocalyptic. No, Trump acting like Bush, Obama, and now Biden and using the executive branch to enact policy doesn't make him a dictator. We literally just had 4 years of Trump, and he never once acted like a dictator. Stop acting like this already.
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Posted in: Talks on border security grind on as Trump invokes Nazi-era 'blood' rhetoric against immigrants See in context
@Cards fan
Why?
How about because the country has zero social cohesion and is rapidly degrading into the dysfunction typical of Brazil? Because low-skill immigration suppresses wages, and this fact is well-documented no matter how much double think and cognitive dissonance liberals have over it?
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Posted in: After summer's extreme weather, more Americans see climate change as a culprit, poll shows See in context
Strange how the 'weather != climate' point is no longer considered relevant when those arguments are made to blame climate change for weather events.
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Posted in: Why doesn’t the U.S. adopt the metric system? See in context
You realise the rest of the world does have a choice, and they mostly choose metric?
You don't. Go try to sell something in American customary units - you're government will use its monopoly on violence to stop you. Always makes me laugh when Europeans are ignorant of how unfree their societies actually are.
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Posted in: Singapore hangs first woman in 19 years after she was convicted of trafficking 31 grams of heroin See in context
Imagine whining about another countries laws while ignoring the hundreds of thousands of OD deaths in your own. Asia in general but especially Singapore are proof that being tough on drug crime actually does work if you're serious about it.
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Posted in: Montreal has worst air of any major city in world as wildfires rage: monitor See in context
They've been predicting global warming for decades; certainly they were expecting more forest fires. Why haven't they invested more resources on preparing for this?
Because that would be an actually pragmatic response to climate change. There's far more money to be gained in financial instruments like carbon credits than there are in levies, fire-fighting brigades, etc.
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Posted in: Support dips for Indigenous recognition referendum in Australia, poll shows See in context
new advisory body, called the Indigenous "Voice to Parliament"
Isn't their 'voice in parliament' supposed to be taken care of by their duly elected representatives? The US has a few of these but they're for overseas territories that don't vote in federal elections. Having something like this on top of normal representation seems ill-conceived.
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Posted in: 85-year-old man arrested for stealing condoms from convenience store See in context
Shoplifting condoms in national headlines..
Another proof that Japan is one of the safest countries of the world!!!..
The employee detaining a shoplifter stood out to me more. Every retailer in the US explicitly discourages employees from confronting thieves. In fact you're liable to get fired for it, apparently.
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Posted in: The Japanese public has been clear about their position of inclusion and equity, so I’m not a solo voice. All I’ve done is advocate the U.S. policy. See in context
promote equality and eliminate discrimination
Which in the real world translates into men with autogynephilia being allowed into women's restrooms. Nobody needs your Western perversion masquerading as civil liberties.
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Posted in: The Japanese public has been clear about their position of inclusion and equity, so I’m not a solo voice. All I’ve done is advocate the U.S. policy. See in context
Cultural imperialism to go along with the good old regular imperialism (occupation of Okinawa). Gotta love neoliberalism.
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Posted in: Nearly 70% call for regulating development of AI bots: poll See in context
I'd rather be replaced by an AI than an immigrant. At least the former, if repeated at large enough scale, will lead to a political movement that forces universal basic income. Oh and you know, maintain the high trust society that is reliant on having a relatively homogeneous society.
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Posted in: Cool Biz campaign begins across Japan See in context
Masks trap heat, necessitating more AC usage. Therefore advocating mask usage during the hot summer months is in effect advocating for more global warming.
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Posted in: LDP wins 4 of 5 Diet by-elections See in context
Where is the innovation and the new industries?
Who cares, the epicenter of new tech and innovation in the West is also synonymous with homelessness, drug addiction, and unaffordable cost of living (San Francisco).
The swing to a knowledge based economy?
No need, AI is going to make 50% of it redundant in the next decade alone.
The END to the endless red tape and the threatening conditions on importers?
Why should the Japanese worker be forced to compete with foreign workers that get paid $2/hour and have no labor or environmental regulations?
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Posted in: Tokyo Rainbow Pride parade celebrates advances in LGBTQ rights See in context
Hopefully Japan don't import the gender dysphoria portion of the movement.
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Posted in: ‘The Super Mario Bros Movie’ is a box office smash See in context
woke
I didn't notice any race-swapped characters or references to contemporary American politics so if anything it's right-wing by virtue of liberals claiming anything non-political to be 'problematic'.
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Posted in: Virgin Orbit bankruptcy casts shadow over Japan's space dreams See in context
Musk success with Space X like Tesla is due to the United States government in particular the US taxpayers. His businesses rely heavily on US subsidiaries. Compare that to how his competitors are funding their businesses, and you will understand Musk's snake oil.
Tesla's competitors include other US auto manufacturer's that got bailed out by the government (e.g. GM), which in fact were the ones that lobbied for EV subsidies in the first place. And SpaceX's major competitor is the United Launch Alliance (Lockheed + Boeing) which is notorious for cost overruns and delays to the point where their latest rocket costs over 1 billion dollars per launch, all of which is put on the government's tab.
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Posted in: Oil powers announce surprise cuts of more than 1 million bpd See in context
Russia wants higher oil prices to increase its revenues because of the war and the sanctions
Russia would want higher oil prices regardless of whether it was at war or not, as would all these other OPEC members whose financial fortunes are tied to the price of oil. It's less that they're siding with Russia and more that they're not blindly doing what the US wants even at the expense of their own self-interest and the self-interest of their people.
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Posted in: Trump says he will block Nippon Steel from taking over U.S. Steel
So many English teachers on this site claim to know what's best for the USA. Comical.
Posted in: Trump says he will block Nippon Steel from taking over U.S. Steel
Posted in: Trump says he will block Nippon Steel from taking over U.S. Steel
Posted in: Japan experiences warmest autumn on record