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@spectatorindex Aren't you already doing that with oil prices shooting up after starting Israel's war? You dropkick.

US Vice President JD Vance says if Iran commits to not have a nuclear weapon, 'we are going to make Iran economically thrive'.

@Cointelegraph The value of his optimism is at an all-time low. Just talks like a used car salesman, while pocketing for him and companies.

🇺🇸 TODAY: Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse says he’s still optimistic on the CLARITY Act at Semafor World Economy. “When people are at their peak frustration, that’s when they finally compromise and it gets done. I think we’re there.”

@japantimes Since the end of the bubble era, Japan has been on a downward slide for 30 plus years. The stock market is an aberration. Japan is really like a poor country going nowhere.But great for tourists visiting because it's dog, third world cheap.

A higher number of young people in Japan are living with low expectations for themselves and their country when compared with their peers in other nations making up the major global powers. 👉 ebx.sh/Yt3WnY

@GOXGOXGOX2 She and Takaichi have something in common tho. They both like their ciggies.

メロー二は高早苗みたいにアメリカにいったときだけクネクネ媚媚するのと違い毅然としててうらやましい

@rjgeller Thanx for the reply. I'm 33 years here, couple years shy of 60, with no desire as stands to leave Japan. Good food for thought, with something to consider. Thanks again.

@EarleJ18 Covid. There were folks with permanent residence who couldn’t get back in after leaving for short overseas trips. Also, just in general, at that age I was sure I had no desire to go back to live permanently in the US after having lived comfortably here for 38 years.

My boyhood friend (completely anglo) lives in Japan, speaks fluent Japanese, is married to a Japanese woman, has three children (who have joint citizenship), and has been in Japan for many years. His career is translating Japanese into English for corporations and publications. He is not a citizen of Japan. He still gets their health care. He gets a pension. He gets pretty much all the benefits, except he can't vote. I asked him once what it would take to be a citizen and he said, "Really it's just if you're Japanese descent."

@rjgeller Can I ask what compelled you at the ripe, sprightly age of seventy to take that plunge?

@EarleJ18 Each person has to make his/her own decisions. As one gets older it becomes easier (or at least it did in my case) to relinquish previous citizenships. I was 70 years old when I was naturalized as a Japanese citizen.

@rjgeller I've lived in Japan longer than my 2 passport holding countries combined and here is home. But to get citizenship and give up the others in the process, is a reach I can't see.

@SandyofCthulhu Naturalized Japanese citizen (formerly U.S. citizen) here. I can testify from my own experience that there is no barrier to obtaining Japanese citizenship if you’re not ethnically of Japanese descent. The process is tedious but is straightforward if you meet the requirements.

@TheDailyShow One day America will look back in shame in allowing such a cretin to become the prez. Ticked the boxes I guess. Greedy, sexist, vainglorious, racist and in a new one, a many count criminal. If only the 77 mil could get the smoke for choosing the orange muppet.

Trump says the war with Iran is over, so all those troops he's sending must be to help set up the victory party?

@OGChuckD @JantaKaReporter @RifatJawaid I second that. Learnt a whole new vocabulary of terms too, including the settler colony which is one of my faves.

@mrjeffu The tradition is sexist and dated. When men can start pushing out children then you can argue over it. But since it's not the case, grow up. As baka as the purity of the Japanese imperial lineage that says only pure Japanese blood all this time. Rubbish.

Japanese polls have shown that over 60% of the country support allowing the current Emperor's daughter to inherit the throne. Prime Minister Takaichi stated today that she is against female succession because the Emperor's younger brother has a son.

@TokyoTom2020 Very polite with your name calling. I'd have said, "The bald-headed git" myself.😅

@atrupar Chrome dome jackass never heard of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Tokyo Fire Bombings a few months before.

Stephen Miller: "There has never in history been a more total asymmetric one-sided annihilation of the enemy than what is unfolding right now in Iran"

@TokyoTom2020 @MalcolmNance @keenanls We hear dementia and age as reasons for his behavior. So? He knows right from wrong.But those excuses will be why he's spared jail time. The American system and populace aren't built to put their CIC in jail like South Korea does. Celebrity and hero worship and all that.

@MalcolmNance @keenanls Dementia

What a fucking idiot. Seriously y’all how is he this stupid, America?

@Mrblock24 @mjfree Funniest comment of the day.

@mjfree Looks like Zelenskyy finally have some cards 🃏 lol

WOW!!!! Zelenskyy just revealed that Trump has asked UKRAINE for help intercepting Iranian drones. Zelenskyy said yes but only if it doesn’t hurt Ukraine’s fight against Russia. Trump is lost.

@MalcolmNance You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That's a part of it". Denzel Washington. You try to engineer a regime change, you gotta expect the blowback.

I lived in #AbuDhabi #UAE for ten years. My wife helped plan and build Saadiyat Island, Raha Beach, and Miryah Island in downtown. I have explored every inch of that country and came to love it. The Emirates, under Sheikh MBZ, wisely spent decades building an image of calm, serenity, and modern culture ... that's all been lost in just 24 hours. UAE Air Defenses are working on ballistic missiles but Shaed drones getting through is costing them tens of billions in lost good will. 20,000 tourists are stranded. Dubai & Abu Dhabi International airports are closed. It will come back but it will take 5-10 years depending on how long this war lasts. This war could last months, or a year if iran wanted it. Iran has 80,000 more Shaheds and they're looking for easy payback.

@Satire_Maybe @RositaDaz48 Fair enough.

@EarleJ18 @RositaDaz48 No, ruling the indigenous in.

Should an Australian Politician Be Born In Australia 🇦🇺? 🇦🇺 Yes... Or No...

@Satire_Maybe @RositaDaz48 So ruling out the indigenous then? Nasty work and probably person.

@RositaDaz48 They should be male, White and Christian/Catholic. Place of birth matters less than these qualities.

@TokyoTom2020 Now is the time for the US military to usurp Trump before it's too late. Yes, America wants to keep portraying itself as the bastion of democracy,but in allowing the orange nutter to invade Greenland illegitimately,loses respect to where there's no coming back from. And for what?

If the rumors are true, and #Trump is on the verge of issuing orders to invade #Greenland, then it is up to the US senior military to oppose him, resign and refuse to carry out the orders. I would go so far as to say, if it merits removal from office for issuing unconstitutional orders, that may also have to be considered. Either way Congress must return to DC and deal with this ASAP

@iamsmudgefan Smith is forever tainted with the ball scratching, that touting his stats are like "yeah, but he..."

Test averages by context: When the series is on the line / WTC Final: Steve Smith - 68.46 Virat Kohli - 49.54 Joe Root - 42.40 When the series is decided (dead rubbers): Steve Smith - 50.41 Joe Root - 59.67 Virat Kohli - 45.96 Playing under pressure is not everyone's work.

@mrjeffu More drinking of the BS kool-aid to keep the peace with Trump's America, like the UK and other appeasers are doing. Fact is, he can't be trusted, and with 30,000 US troops in Okinawa, he could turn them loose on a whim leaving Japan fuct. Trust? Lol two times.

Trump didn't show support for Takaichi's position on Taiwan. Many were surprised by his attack on Venezuela. A news show asked Koizumi Shinjiro if the US can be trusted. He reacted by claiming forces are infiltrating the media to harm US-Japan relations.

@SteveSpevack These two couldn't carry their own fathers' jockstraps. But they've made more money than them, if nothing else. Such a not moving any needle fight.

If you’re not Team Eubank tonight… what even are you doing with your life? 😉🥊 #EubankBenn2