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I subscribe to Hulu (Japan) solely for the purpose of “Live TV” which includes BBC and CNN. They’re not allowed to play commercials since it’s a paid service. What a godsend! However I’ve timed the breaks between segments - CNN International only has 35 minutes of live broadcast per hour, BBC...

In the early 70s I worked at an Amoco gas station on US 90 that runs along the Gulf Coast of Mississippi. The owners bought official Amoco gasoline but also had headless (no pump) storage tanks that they would fill with black market gasoline brought in from Galveston by gypsies. After closing...

I accept that the Earth’s atmosphere is in a constant state of flux, and probably man’s activities have had significant nega impact on climate since the industrial revolution. It’s just that there’s nothing I can really do as an individual. Perhaps nothing can be done collectively either. Maybe...

New Years is the time for gluttony in Japan … Egg Custard with Foie Gras & Black Truffle topping: Japanese Spiny Lobster with white miso: Traditional Japanese New Year’s Day 1st meal - mochi and chicken balls in homemade dashi :

Found some good news!! Police shot some dude who’d shot a bicyclist in Lost Angeles … he’s critical, the biker now stable. A ray of 🌞 sunshine!! https://ktla.com/news/local-news/one-victim-and-one-suspect-hospitalized-after-police-shooting-in-huntington-beach-officials/

Went to the market today for New Year’s holiday foods which typically includes a lot of large crustaceans. Turns out Snow Crab is much more abundant and cheaper than in any previous years due to climate change and rising ocean temperatures. Maine Lobster is absent this year though due to...

Well let’s see - a scholar on China, a Broadway actor, and a watercolor painter croaked. I bet they were all Blue people. To some people that’s maybe great news ? 🤣

Hillbillies don’t eat enough fresh food of any kind these days to get worms. Actually it’s much more prevalent in people on the West Coast who eat cheap salmon and mackerel sushi and sashimi from shops that don’t know what they’re looking for or how to pluck from the raw fish. Like Safeway...

True. But so is South Korea and China and they’re not faring as well comparatively. Apparently they’ve discovered that the Japanese are genetically predisposed for more protection against Covid. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34026045/...

Per 100,000 is the reference - it’s normalized so it doesn’t matter the size of the population. If you’re referring to “density per a given area” it still doesn’t make sense - Tokyo is much denser than any area in the USA yet there’s less Covid than in the least densely populated parts of the...

While your posting pics of Dixie here’s a couple from the CDC to ponder (data 12/20) : Oddly more people dying per 100,000 in the highly vaccinated places.

Lots of good news out there! I do paid terminal on Bloomberg, Reuters, and news subscriptions on Nikkei and Financial Times (no Sundays). Very objective and to the point. Not pandering in pain or trying to sell you something. My wife watches Japanese TV and Netflix. I keep my eye on the ball...

I have the inReach Explorer+ with optional services for aviation. They have a mini version which is cheaper. The mini version would be plenty enough for a bicyclist or hiker and there are quite economical plans to be had. It works pretty much globally by the way except parts of the Southern...

Hi Stefan, yes they’re pretty strict here about e-bike restrictions. I’m actually happy with it because it keeps it safer on Tokyo streets and yet has allowed e-bikes to become a mainstream mode of transportation for young parents. Very common to see a bike with Mom + 2 children onboard going to...

Perhaps in Maine you’ve just gone over the edge. It’s easy to see you’re heading in the same direction as another group of Socialist Democrats - Hitler’s Nazis.

Tampering with children’s sexuality is considered pedophilia in a vast majority of the world.

That’s just crazy.

Frankenstein much ?

Can’t see this happening in Mississippi. 🤣

Hahahaha…. Amazon translation engine most likely… アウトドアグローブ 防寒グローブ メンズ【3Mシンサレート・裏起毛・零下15℃防寒】タッチパネル対応・滑り止め・革・厚手・暖かい・防水フィルム付き・防風・防水・自転車・サイクルグローブ・登山・通勤・通学・男女兼用・冬用 (ブラック, Ｌ) 零下15℃防寒 - > 15° C below zero.