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It's like I mentioned previously here. The imperial Chinese and Japanese empires have been rivals and enemies throughout the history of the Orient. But both peoples have contributed greatly to humankind in so many ways.

There are still some close-minded booger-brained chumps in America who use that 'Pearl Harbor excuse' to 'justify' hating Japan and its people. Yes, they had a fascist regime but those bastards were defeated and punished.

China (which was an ally during WW2) then had a civil war and the Commies won. Everything got flipped around. And the CCP in charge of it now are just plain rotten.

owzerDec. 3  01:25 pm JST

Another reason to like the Japanese!

Even my uncles who served during the Korean war (just 5 years after WW2) have told me that. Many of them went to Japan for liberty and they loved the place - the people, culture, sightseeing, etc.

Japan has long been a much better place. The fascist government they had is gone. If the indoctrinated Chinese have such a negative view of Japan, then that's their problem.

Destin SkyeToday  11:40 am JST

I agree with him. Ever since Benicio del Toro's masterpiece 'Che' was snubbed and ignored by both the Golden Globes and The Oscars, I find it exceedingly difficult to have any interest in the modern era of Hollywood being lorded over by American conservatism that sees nothing new or innovative, but simply just rehashing previously made movies and pretending it's something new. 

We can say what we want about Sean and his past, but he has greatly matured (as a person and in film) and he has come a LOOOOOONG way since 'Fast Times' in 1982.

He's taken sassy lip from critics for his docus on the waste and pointlessness of the Iraq war, which the karma chameleons of America now disavow. He's also spent over a year in Haiti doing humanitarian relief after that horrible earthquake.

The movie industry is full of regurgitated and recycled trash. But Sean is smart and we need to recognize that.

This is just like what's been in America for 30 years or more. 'Beauty pageants', father-daughter dances/dates, teen/parent dates, the 'idol' industry ---- and then there's Diaper Don and the gross things he says about his daughter. Never mind his pedo remarks - 'the younger, the better'.

And yet that's 'OK'.

I agree with all of you 1000%, this is a horrible exploitative sickening disgusting industry that only feeds the engines of pedophilic lust. What the hell ever happened to gender equality/women's lib/yang-and-yin?

This Sodomic Babylonic crap has just got to STOP!!!!!!

Eat the leftToday  08:53 am JST

Of the 100 songs included on the list, 39 are from female-identifying artists, a record first in the global chart's 7-year history.

Why is every other article on here today praising women? Are they wallflowers that need moral support or something?

That ain't the issue for me. There are some good women performers (who need to be recognized) and a flurry of no talent sex dolls.

This year I saw Heart, which consists of the sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson for the second time. They may have been head-turners back when they started but those chicks have long paid their dues. They've been successful for so long (nearly 50 years) because they have what it takes - the talent. And they never ever pushed the 'sexual' image during their long career. Talented women stars don't do that, they don't need to.

And I also saw the pioneering German synth band Kraftwerk. While waiting to get into the arena theater I interacted with some various folks - synth hobbyists and junkies, people who have worked in audio manipulation (I've done some of that), new wavers, proggies and more. We also threw around a few ribald jokes about Taylor Swift and all the other pop tarts that I won't repeat here. And let's not forget the woman synth player Susan Ciotola, who has written songs and pieces for ads, station identifications, etc. She's not in the limelight so to speak but she is there.

Just because the charts have a lot of women doesn't mean that they're good. Remember the dumb Spice Girls and all the hype they got? Ciotola has been at the game since the 70s, at least. So have Heart. Will TS or Suzi Carpenter be around in 40, 50 years or so? I doubt it.

I wish that Harvey Weinstein and Taylor Swift would just GO AWAY.

Sabrina Carpenter made a bigazz stop at my hometown early this fall. Will she be around 20, 25, 30 years from now? I doubt it. Switch the channel.

He'll probably recover OK. Just take it easy on yourself, Sir Elton.

rainydayToday  11:10 am JST

A proscribed terror group attacked an Israeli concert, and there's an arrest warrant out for the Israeli PM? Tomoko, you're a joke!

A) the Court has also issued a warrant for Hamas leadership in relation to that attack.

B) Netanyahu has killed 10s of thousands of civilians and waged a near genocidal campaign against the Palestinians that has been way more devastating than October 7. If he's broken the law he should face the consequences just like Hamas should.

Smart. And while we're at it, let's issue arrest warrants for Putin and his satellite trump. They are both criminals of the highest order and degree.

falseflagsteveDec. 2  11:19 pm JST

He’s a bounder of the highest order with delude illusion of grandeur, believing himself to be some kind of hero instead of the terrorist lunatic that he really is.

He was arrested in Greenland while trying to harass a Japanese whaler in international waters. He's like these 'anti-oil' activists in Europe who vandalize art works in museums. Doing criminal activity for a 'righteous' cause.

Let him be detained longer in Greenland, wintertime is coming up and it'll be night nearly all the time.

> kurisupisuToday  07:36 am JST

A spec fetish?

Mental problems for sure…

He sure seems to have some strange obsession alright. The cops ought to get into his place to search for pairs of glasses.

Stah-RANGE!!!

that puts the survival of the 2,000-year-old monarchy in jeopardy.

It's 2024, folks.

semperfiDec. 2  01:15 am JST

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Happy Birthday, Aiko !

May you marry well - regardless of the status of your partner ! !!!

In the 21stCentury, monarchy is an anachronism, anyways.

I guess I'm a 'Sex Pistol' but monarchy is just malarky to me. It's mostly symbolic and ceremonial, maybe it's time to abolish it.

Major Duh Factor. Japan is a 'decadent' democracy with a capitalist (or at least 'mixed') economy that doesn't follow the CCP principals est. by the Murderous Bastard Mao.

And we all know that Mao had 'all the know-how' and was 'more Commie than thou'.

That's the crap ideology that Chinese citizens get spoon fed by their rotten government.

Not to mention that throughout history the imperial Chinese and Japanese empires have long been rivals and enemies.

Why would this be a surprise now?

Since when does Sassybray Donny even care about those Israeli hostages, let alone anybody besides himself?

He's already proven time and time again his credibility and worth which is less than zero, so he just needs to shaddup his stupid face and go away.

AustPaulDec. 2  08:03 am JST

This technology looks very interesting and may be a real game changer.

With all our space in Australia hopefully we could invest in these panels too.

It may be costly at first but the benefits will be worth it in the long run.

Some dudeToday  10:34 am JST

Don't worry, apparently there will be "hell to pay", likely with shouts of "yeehaw" and "we gunna kick ASS!"

All those trumpian geeks and armchair generals are going to have their fun soon. Wars are just entertainment for them, they have no clue what the hell they're even fought for.

Then years later as in Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, etc. when the chips are down, they play karma chameleon and claim to have never supported or endorced it.

Until the next time.

With Putin's sputnik coming back into the WH, Zel can kiss Ukrainian sovereignty goodbye. Putin's puppy is going to let Russia conquer it all. Woof!

Constitutional crisis? It's ALREADY happened. A dictator and his yes-men trash-canned all that.

Brian TroutToday  06:34 am JST

The guy looks like an unholy amalgam of Dracula and Frankenstein.

Scowling and evil.

Asiaman7Today  06:33 am JST

Great!

Already tired of his arrogant jerk-school self.

It's very well known that he's a pervert and his demeanor shows it. Now how about getting rid of the sex offender trump too?

Women have served in combat since the 1994 Haiti invasion. As for 'front line' or 'sexually integrated' units I don't know but they are capable as fighters and have been doing it for over 30 years now. Those 'ninja turtle' armor outfits make it difficult to tell who is what anyway.

And as for Cadet Bone-Spurs the Traitor coward Quisling who-knows-nothing-about-the-military-or-combat-yet-wants-to use-them-as-his-personal-tools-and-gladiators because he is dictatorial draft-dodger CHICKEN?????

He doesn't have ANY doggone right to say anything on these matters whatsoever. And he has committed so many gross felony offenses that would've got him court-martialed with a Dishonorable, And he IS dishonorable. Rapist, incest molester, pervert, thief, etc.

Diaper Donald needs to shaddup and shut his ugly stupid unmanly cowardly face, NOW!!!!

wallaceNov. 21  03:33 pm JST

falseflagsteve

Cheap food just to fill a hole bruv, lol.

Then I will go for a bowl of soba noodles and tempura.

Sounds like it might be worth trying out. Maybe.

> ZaphodNov. 21  07:58 pm JST

ifd66

*As for the more important factor - Quality and longevity of this ancient reef - according to the same sources:*

Well, the COP29 report is not discussing quality and longivity (how do you measure that anyway), and on the Australian gov site I referenced you can see a 30 increase, not decrease, despite the problems they discuss.

Maybe the Aussies are taking the lead in the fight because we sure can't depend on the US being 'great' and leading the way!

JayNov. 21  12:53 pm JST

Manga, and anime for that matter, are nothing more than cultural poison. It does nothing but glorify degeneracy and childish fantasy, which seems to continue unhealthily into adulthood. People are kidding themselves if they think this hasn't created generations of weird, socially isolated individuals who would rather live in fictional worlds than contribute to society or build real relationships.

Fantasy and sci-fi builds, inspires and creates the future.

falseflagsteveNov. 21  06:20 pm JST

I agree with Jay

Manga, Transformers, Pac-Man, Godzilla and other unique cultural aspects of Japan has greatly gifted the world, and not in entertainment either. Sure, some people get 'overboard' on this stuff and take it much too seriously but that happens with practically everything such as money, religion, sex or fandom of stars like Elvis Presley. I've seen and known my share of all that.

But manga and such is meant to be just plain fun and besides, what's wrong with a little bit of good fun? Nothing.

MarkXToday  07:34 am JST

So it would have been better to make a song about how wonderful things are in Africa, with beautiful scenes from the Serengeti, and that would get people to donate and send money to starving people. Ok, I see!

And when was this guy born? I remember it explicitly when it occurred. I was 18 years old. As for where 'nothing grows' does this guy know what the Sahara Desert is or even means? That's where the horrible famine was hitting so hard. And on top of that, Bob Geldof wrote that into a SONG, something hardly anybody knows how to do these days. So razz his ass for writing this song and drawing the world's attention to that major humanitarian crisis when he saw a news report on his native Irish TV. Then he wrote a song about it (observations are what drive good songwriters, mind you) and then he asked and enlisted several popular stars to fill in on it. The video shows several stars that I like, some I would even see live in concert myself such as Sting, Phil Collins, Kool and the Gang. This Christmas song is a classic of my Gen X and I love and cherish it very much. And I'm sticking to it!

> GBR48Today  07:50 am JST

Quote: initiatives such as Band Aid were rooted in historical slavery and colonialism.

Complete BS. They were rooted in a desire to help people who were in trouble.

Not least because so many post-colonial, post-independence African governments were violently abusive, grossly corrupt and complete rubbish at protecting their citizens.

And may I also mention the Live Aid concert, 'Hear 'n' Aid', 'We Are the World' (yeeeccchhh), 'Hands Across America' (bleeeaaaahhhh!!!!), 'the Super Bowl Shuffle' (BARF!) and LBNL Farm Aid. And during it all Little Steven put together a similar multi-star project called 'Sun City' as a protest against the fascist BS apartheid that ruled South Africa at the time.

On the 'right' we have these intolerant screaming hysterical geeks who hate everyone and everything other than themselves and who think for themselves. They want to destroy everyone who don't kiss their asses. I say the hell with those people.

On the 'left' we have these intolerant screaming hysterical geeks who hate everyone and everything other than themselves and who think for themselves. They see historical and past abuses as excuses to hate certain people as well. They see a beautiful bowl of flowers and look at nothing but the dung that makes the dirt that the flowers sprang from. In college they were the stereotype 'short hair + dress shirt over-intellectual know-it-alls' who scream but know zero. And I also say the hell with those people.

There's a saying about such bellyachers, left or right and 'gold Cadillacs' that I won't write here.

Guchi36Today  09:07 am JST

Happy Birthday! Great Art.

That long, man? I remember watching it on 'indy' TV stations during the afternoons after my college classes. 'Dragon Ball Z', 'Sailor Moon' and the like, during the 90s before afternoon TV (outside of PBS) became a garbage scow of gossip, rip-off artists, sensationalistic trash and violence galore.

Now Dr. Oz is getting 'promoted' to Minister of Quack Health Propaganda by der Antichrist Traitor. I miss the 20th century in entertainment.

I want my MTV!

i want my Dragon Ball Z!

I want sane decent entertainment back again!

And I want it free! No fee!

Fighto!Nov. 18  02:02 pm JST

Alan Jones - former Fox TV presenter - is a depraved old man who used to decry the lack of morals and ethics in society - all the while preying on young boys and men while he was a schoolteacher, rugby coach and radio/TV presenter. He was able to worm his way out of his previous arrest for lewd activity in a London public toilet, with the help of the Australian PM of the time, Bob Hawke.

Hopefully this time the charges stick, and he finishes his rotten life in prison. Creepily, he'd possibly enjoy being surrounded by all those young men in there.

'Enjoy'? Maybe not, if they give him a 'new job' of being a shoe-licker!

It's obvious that the mother has ongoing depression from an imbalance caused by all the physical and psychological changes she underwent during the pregnancy and birth and afterward progress. And for some it doesn't just 'go away'.

This is a real problem that needs to be addressed more. I hope Sarah gets the help she needs soon. And above all, stay away from what Scientology says with their oversimple 'diet and exercise' advice.

I remember in San Francisco when this happened. The pit bull ripped this poor boy's face right off.

Ever since then it's been illegal to even own a pit bull in The City ever since.

I'm listening to the band INXS this very instant by coincidence and even back in the 80s they wrote about the idiotic talk back shows on the radio. And the scourge now engulfs America too.

And with the obviously immoral climate engulfing America and the general public's apparent acceptance of it, it's sad to see that the land Down Under has it just as bad.

There is just no 'Shangri-La' anywhere on Earth, is there? Rottenness is all around.

Fighto!Nov. 13  03:49 pm JST

Rest in Peace to all the innocent victims.

Beijing has described the killings as isolated incidents, or the motives of the perpetrators have not been publicly disclosed.

These incidents are no longer "isolated".

There is clear domestic unrest and huge, unaddressed issues in China - and the CCP don't want anyone there to know about this attack because they know there will be copycats.

That's right now. Somebody obviously did this heinous act because he was pissed about something in his life, which only shows that the CCP 'paradise' and indoctrination isn't so 'perfect' after all. Just like when I saw the start of the Tianammen Square massacre live on TV before the media blackout, you gotta keep it all outta sight. Undercover of the night.

> NCIS RerunsNov. 13  04:18 pm JST

In the workers' paradise everything is supposed to be perfect. Any suggestions to the contrary must be covered up or rubbed out. Even Chairman Mao, who in his latter years was clinically insane, is revered as the father of modern China and no criticisms of his demented projects, like the Great Leap Forward and Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution are permitted.

Sad to say it's becoming that way in other nations too, even America. Keep it dark.

He ain't gonna do anything but keep on lying. After all, he says he's the 'Chosen One' and he 'can do what he waaaaants' to. Myeh-myeh-myeh!!!!