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Abe234Today 11:42 am JST
But there is another possible option. Can the biological father be contacted?
It shouldn't be difficult at all, but biological fathers are always completely absent from these horror stories.
So I am left to assume the biological father has no contact.
I think that's a safe assumption.
I hope the police or social services consider this option first.
They should but they won't.
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Posted in: Trump says there will be no right of return for Palestinians in Gaza under his plan for U.S. 'ownership' See in context
iknowallToday 11:06 am JST.
What's the alternative plan? Rebuild Gaza and let the Arabs who are responsible for attacking and massacring Israelis live there?
Most of the people you want to expel from the territory are not responsible for any such thing. The Israeli settlers in Gaza, on the other hand, are there illegally and all appear to be genocidal ultranationalist psychopaths backed up by a US-funded military that has its roots as a terrorist organisation.
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Posted in: Legal hurdles keep high-profile rape victim's film off Japan screens See in context
influential friends, including then Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
If there is anything suspect or shady about any of this those words explain it all.
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Megan Thee StallionToday 10:26 am JST
Justin lol, the brotha needs to chill. President is not so serious about it.
You're okay with the President of the United States declaring stuff he isn't really serious about?
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Posted in: Countries vow support for ICC as Trump hits it with sanctions See in context
bass4funkToday 07:30 am JST
Perfect, love this President
Yuck. Too much information.
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Posted in: Trump says Israel would hand over Gaza after fighting; no U.S. troops needed See in context
bass4funkToday 11:52 am JST
So you have no solutions?
Your "solution" is whatever Donald Trump says. If he said tomorrow that he wanted to expel all the Jews from Israel you'd be acclaiming that as a fantastic idea too.
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Posted in: Trump says Israel would hand over Gaza after fighting; no U.S. troops needed See in context
buchailldanaToday 01:08 pm JST
The last world leader who was in favour of forced expulsion of a people was Stalin.
We might heat some odd and disturbing things if anyone asked Trump what he thought of Stalin.
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Posted in: Trump says Israel would hand over Gaza after fighting; no U.S. troops needed See in context
bass4funkToday 11:54 am JST
Sure, so then it would be a fantastic idea to take it over, invest in it and deal with it
And get the same kind of welcome the French Resistance gave the Germans in France during WW2. You must be really looking forward to taking your holidays there when it's a US colony.
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Posted in: Trump says Israel would hand over Gaza after fighting; no U.S. troops needed See in context
I wonder if Trump is coming out with all this stuff about Panama, Canada, Greenland and now Gaza to detract attention from how he seems to be doing nothing about jobs, wages, education, healthcare, taxes or living costs.
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Posted in: Trump aides defend Gaza takeover proposal but walk back some elements See in context
BurgerlandToday 10:25 am JST
Smart heads in the know are saying that the real purpose of this unrealistic proposal is to push regional players - Saudi, Egypt & co into coming up with an alternative proposal for a long term solution / plan for Gaza.
Then the Trump fans taking it at face value as a bona fide great idea in and of itself can't be very smart.
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Posted in: Trump aides defend Gaza takeover proposal but walk back some elements See in context
Geeter MckluskieToday 09:26 am JST
And sadly it's real for millions of Palestinians.
If I were Palestinian...
But you're not.
I'd take a Gaza that resembles the Riviera...
Never going to happen.
Perhaps the Israelies can teach them how to turn dirt into rich soil and verdant land with their advance farming techinques...
They won't.
and show them what a democracy looks like.
Run by crooks and ultranationalist religious extremists.
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Posted in: Trump aides defend Gaza takeover proposal but walk back some elements See in context
bass4funkToday 07:31 am JST
Unlike Democrats, conservatives are...
Whatever.
quercetumToday 07:47 am JST
And have kidnapping and cause tens of thousands to die? This is no different from being a Good Samaritan, different from colonialism and exploitation.
Oh right - sending in the troops to evict the Palestinians so Trump can fill the place up with casinos, resort hotels and golf courses is no different at all.
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Posted in: 'Riviera of the Middle East' — Trump says he wants U.S. to take charge of Gaza Strip and redevelop it See in context
bass4funkToday 03:29 pm JST
Among liberals, but where are they now?
In places that elected Democrats to Congress or states that Kamala Harris won, probably. It's not that hard to figure out, is it?
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Posted in: 'Riviera of the Middle East' — Trump says he wants U.S. to take charge of Gaza Strip and redevelop it See in context
Tokyo GuyToday 01:32 pm JST
I wonder what would have happened if an aide had slipped a note to Netanyahu: "the man over at that podium pardoned insurrectionists including at least one who wore a hoodie emblazoned with the words "Camp Auschwitz" and others who have ties to a group who use slogans such as "6 million wasn't enough "
I wouldn't be too surprised if Netanyahu knew but didn't care.
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Posted in: 'Riviera of the Middle East' — Trump says he wants U.S. to take charge of Gaza Strip and redevelop it See in context
bass4funkToday 01:36 pm JST
...and now when Trump takes action ..
Talking pie-in-the-sky nonsense isn't "taking action".
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Posted in: 'Riviera of the Middle East' — Trump says he wants U.S. to take charge of Gaza Strip and redevelop it See in context
iknowallToday 08:05 am JST
The occupying inhabitants will be able to return to their ancestral lands and assimilate with the other Arabs, so a win-win.
Why don't you return to your ancestral lands?
bass4funkToday 08:38 am JST
They wouldn’t like it because the outcome for them wouldn’t be good,
Why? I don't think "them" just refers to the 'bad guys' or whatever you want to call them.
not that I wouldn’t mind…
Why not, if it's bad for people who haven't committed any crimes or caused any harm to anyone?
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Deo GratiasToday 11:18 am JST
In the past I would have been frustrated and maddened by this stubborn attitude. But it's gotten to the point now that we shouldn't care what they think.
Why bother writing a long, rambling and tedious comment about it, then?
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Posted in: Arab nations reject Trump’s suggestion to relocate Palestinians from Gaza to Egypt and Jordan See in context
Donald TaylorToday 11:10 am JST
The hard truth is no Arab/Muslim nation wants the Palestinians on their soil.
Why should they, when people like Donald Trump don't want refugees or illegal immigrants on their own soil?
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Posted in: Arab nations reject Trump’s suggestion to relocate Palestinians from Gaza to Egypt and Jordan See in context
BlacksamuraiToday 10:34 am JST
As for an anti Israel poster having an issue with the term 'Jewish westerners' - this refers to the Jewish populations of countries like the US, UK and Australia...
I know. The Israelis in the settlements don't behave anything like them at all. They're more like the terrorists who bombed hotels and murdered British military personnel during the Palestinian Mandate.
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Posted in: Arab nations reject Trump’s suggestion to relocate Palestinians from Gaza to Egypt and Jordan See in context
BlacksamuraiToday 07:58 am JST
Jewish westerners
You really think that's what some of the Israelis in the IDF and the settlements are like?
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Posted in: Japan to halt funding for U.N. women's rights panel over call to end male-only imperial succession See in context
KhuniriJan. 31 11:57 am JST
As Japanese citizens, my family members and I greatly admire Aiko-sama and hope that one day she is the empress. But the matter is for the Japanese people to decide.
Then you need to elect a government that will actually do what the people want.
Agent_NeoJan. 31 08:33 pm JST
Also, from the perspective of gender equality, even if a woman can become an empress, a man cannot enter the imperial family.
This should be called inequality.
They can't become head of the family, but why should they?
The UN and other self-proclaimed feminists are trying to break the bloodline of the Japanese imperial family by creating a female emperor and further creating a female emperor.
They're not "trying" to do anything.
This is also a serious interference in domestic affairs.
How? It's not actually going to affect anyone's lives much one way or the other, is it?
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Posted in: Gov't pulls ads from Fuji TV after scandal See in context
owzerToday 09:26 am JST
So you do actually mean the young women too, then?
If they were attending said parties, then yes. If they were attending any other sort of event where people were taking advantage of them, then probably no. Pretty sure the article said "party" tho. I mean, what girl in her right mind would willingly go somewhere that she knew others had been taken advantage of and that she would also be abused somehow.
Have you considered the possibility that they were employees who had little choice but to attend.
Suggesting that maligns the women in the entertainment industry, imo.
Who ever suggested it?
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Posted in: Gov't pulls ads from Fuji TV after scandal See in context
robert maesToday 03:53 am JST
Complete over reacting again against the company. Same thing could have, has happened, is happening and will happen again m’n thousands of companies.
the actor/singer should get punished and that is the end of it.
Why, if others were complicit in what was happening?
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Posted in: Gov't pulls ads from Fuji TV after scandal See in context
owzerJan. 31 10:41 pm JST
"Note my use of the term "I think.""
As long as you realize you were mistaken, it's all good.
I hoped I wasn't.
Who do you think the people were that were having all the fun, then?
The people at the party. It's rather simple.
So you do actually mean the young women too, then?
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Posted in: Gov't pulls ads from Fuji TV after scandal See in context
owzerToday 05:46 pm JST
"I think you mean celebrities having fun. I'm not sure about the young women."
You’re not sure about the young women, but you’re certain you know what I mean - even though I said something completely different.
Note my use of the term "I think." Who do you think the people were that were having all the fun, then?
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Posted in: Gov't pulls ads from Fuji TV after scandal See in context
owzerToday 07:16 am JST
"The case also shone the spotlight on other TV channels, with local media reporting that dinners and drinking parties involving celebrities and young women were common practice."
Oh no! People having fun! The horror!
I think you mean celebrities having fun. I'm not sure about the young women.
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Posted in: Japan to halt funding for U.N. women's rights panel over call to end male-only imperial succession See in context
asdfghjklToday 08:22 pm JST
Good for Japan!…..Who cares…..they can do what they want, it’s their country.
By "they" and "their" I assume you refer to the Japanese government. Ordinary Japanese people don't get any say in this.
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Posted in: Japan to halt funding for U.N. women's rights panel over call to end male-only imperial succession See in context
OssanAmericaToday 03:11 pm JST
Jaan isn't doing it. The UN is. Read the article.
Read my comment. I was referring to how the Japanese government seemed to be okay with funding this panel to do what it was doing, as long as they didn't criticise Japan too.
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Posted in: Japan to halt funding for U.N. women's rights panel over call to end male-only imperial succession See in context
OssanAmericaToday 02:18 pm JST
Japan should most certainly change its policy.
So the UN is basically right?
But it's not the UN's place to stick their noses into a domestic issue of a sovereign country.
I can't blame Japan for not wanting to put in so much money just to be insulted and treated poorly.
So if Japan puts in the money and the panel sticks its nose into the affairs of other sovereign countries that's okay? That does seem to be the panel's purpose, as the Japanese government presumably knew when they were helping to fund it.
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Posted in: Japan to halt funding for U.N. women's rights panel over call to end male-only imperial succession See in context
TobleroneToday 12:12 pm JST
Japan should withdraw from the stupid and hypocritical UN.
The UN is more in line with what most Japanese people think than the moldy old fogeys in the LDP and the government.
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I love how the title of this article can be parsed two ways.
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