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Legal immigrants in the U.S. overwhelming support the Trump Administration's crackdown on illegal immigrants. Make of that what you will. Personally, I think it is due to a resentment of those who chose not to take the legal path that they had taken and the reality that unlawful criminal aliens are primarily committing their crimes in immigrant communities.

ALS is a very cruel disease that eventually robs patients of the ability to control any muscles. My mother-in-law has ALS and has been suffering for years, surviving only by a feeding tube, unable to communicate with her family - no words, no gestures, not even the blink of an eye possible. My wife and her family now feel guilt after being pressured by the doctor to allow the feeding tube, with no discussion of how the disease would inevitably progress and the toll it would take. Had they known their mom would suffer in silence for years in a care facility, they never would have agreed. No one who knew the mom would think this is what she would want. Compassionate end of life care must be allowed. An 18-year prison sentience for this doctor, when child murderers routinely get less than a decade, is a terrible injustice.

Within two years this ship will be starting its new life as an artificial reef.

We are treated to the scene of proud Mexicans, waving Mexican flags and celebrating all things Mexican, vigorously objecting to the deportation of Mexican citizens unlawfully in this country to Mexico as somehow being cruel and unusual punishment.

Noticeably absent from these protests are Blacks residents of Los Angeles. Why? Mexican gangs attacked and violently forced out Blacks from Los Angeles neighborhoods like Compton and Inglewood under orders of the Mexican Mafia prison gang. It's an uncomfortable truth.

The rumor went around that there is a Trump punching bag. Roll up. Roll up.

Trump and his critics both operate from the premise that he is at the center of everything.

It's odd that increasing minimum mandatory prison sentences on those guilty of machete attacks is never put forth. Instead it is always collective punishment - if you require a machete for bush work around your property, tough luck. Meanwhile, the mall brawlers will be released and promptly acquire a replacement machete since they are unconcerned with laws in the first place.

Honda is going to provide the cars that customers want to buy. Sounds like a good plan.

It's refreshing to see the honesty of Japanese media reports. In the US, this man would have been simply identified as "a Nagahama man".

It's nice to see that Quentin Tarantino found love with his beautiful wife Daniella. I imagine their two kids will receive the best film education possible growing up.

It's hard to believe that any unexploded bomb remained intact after detonation of the atomic bomb.

A $1.5 trillion USD lithium deposit was just discovered in the state of Oregon. US EV battery production is secured for generations.

This is all a MacGuffin. US carmakers have no goal of increasing car exports to Japan. It's all about the car parts market.

Valley Girl and Raising Arizona are two classic 80s movies.

So many commentators don’t know the meaning of “reciprocal”. Sad!

It’s sad how little consideration for the psychological wellbeing and interests of children is given in this article.

Not a lot of profit in treating aged people with compassion.

There is actually a huge amount of money spent treating aged people with compassion, but often without concern for efficacy or cost-benefit consideration as long as Medicare or other insurance is paying for it. My mother is 86 years old and I'm amazed at the pointless diagnostics and labs that her doctors order given her advanced age. They still send her for an annual mammogram and colonoscopy - what is the point for an 86 year old since any treatment, if sign of a tumor or polyp were detected, would not extend her life? Another doctor sent her for a bone density scan - what possible treatment could be offered to an 86 year old for low bone density if it were to be identified? The doctors are simply maximizing their billing. That money would be better directed to treatment and preventative healthcare for young people.

As far as this article and ER response to a dementia patient having an episode, it simply isn't the role of an ER to handle these acute episodes. The ER staff has to triage patients. I sympathize with his family, but understand that a car accident victim with major trauma is going to have to come first and that is not a matter of "dignity".

There were be very little change in retail price to US consumers as Apple pressures its suppliers to lower prices in response to the tariffs and reduces its own margins to maintain market share. Furthermore, China will fade even further from its role in the global supply chain.

Vaccines, including the two doses of Shingrix, are free on my basic insurance plan in the US as well.

Most of Trump’s haters either don’t know the meaning of”reciprocal” or are too committed to the cause to care.

I understand the reasons why the Japanese are not traveling as much overseas, but the 17% rate of passport possession really surprised me. Thought it would be much higher.

If you don’t heavily tariff goods from the USA, why would you be concerned about reciprocal tariffs?

I remember a Canadian friend of mine in the 90s who put a patch of the Canadian flag on his backpack, thinking he was going to score points with the Vietnamese who must have been still resentful of the war, only to find that the Vietnamese he talked to were disappointed that he wasn't American. The US and Vietnam are becoming allies and share a common goal in reducing the toxic influence of the Chinese Communist Party.

She was in the United States on an F1 student visa. She had no entitlement to stay in the country and the US government was well within its rights to terminate her visa based on her support of the terrorist group Hamas. It is commonsense as the spokesperson stated. Ms. Ozturk will go back to Turkey and we wish her well in her future endeavors outside of this country.

We had eggs back in stock at Costco this week. Nature is healing.

Will short-term rentals, like Airbnb, be subject to the same tax?

Four years of open borders with no vetting of those pouring in, who are offered housing and benefits unavailable to ordinary citizens, doesn’t make a happier population? Who would have thought?

This Mexican music sounds better than the Ranchera favored by my roofers. That was more annoying than the sound of hammering all day.

The police raid on Aum's headquarters did not take place two days after the subway gassing. It took place months later. I remember watching the surreal scene on live TV as the riot squad marched behind a cage with a canary. The death toll on the subway could have been much worse if the Aum terrrorists hadn't thankfully made some errors in the sarin deployment. There was a later attempt at Shinjuku, largely forgotten, that was foiled by a diligent cleaning woman who located the device in a restroom. She deserved recognition that was never given. Another forgotten part of this sad history is the poor man, Yoshiyuki Kono, who lived near the Matsumoto incident and was falsely accused by the media for being responsible. The mass media made his life hell.

This so-called “far right party” is led by a lesbian married to an immigrant from Sri Lanka. Its views are not reactionary. Don’t rely on the mass media for your information.

If Hegseth fails, Trump will fire him. There is no doubt about that. One of the reasons the Biden Administration was such a dumpster fire was that Biden wouldn’t fire anyone no matter how incompetent they were.