Japan is now reporting that a female tour-bus guide has been diagnosed with COVID-19. Normally, individual infections aren’t news at this stage of the virus’s spread. Except that this patient was already being counted in the “recovered” population. She had contracted the disease initially in January, received treatment, and was declared recovered and released on February 1….
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Trump uses racist mock-Asian accent at posh fundraiser
Pardon me for quoting from the right-wing, Murdoch-owned New York Post, but the juxtaposition of these two paragraphs is just perfect in its perversity. The setting — a recent big-money Hamptons fundraiser. I guess Trump assumed he was among his “own people.” Trump kept returning to hit back at the “fake news” media attacks on him,…
Japan empties entire cities on the island of Kyushu due to record torrential rainfall and landslides
< p class=”is-empty-p”> For most of Japan, this time of the year is the rainy season. The rains have taken a deadly turn in recent years according to the Straits Times. Singapore daily notes that “The deluge, which began last Friday and is forecast to continue until at least Thursday, has dumped in some areas…
Trump wishes Japanese military a happy Memorial Day
And a very merry Christmas to all our Saudi friends! x Here is the video of Trump wishing the Japanese military on a Japanese military ship: happy Memorial Day. pic.twitter.com/OdCLe78ud9 — ALT-immigration 🛂 RIP #sweetsophia (@ALT_uscis) May 28, 2019 Also, happy Fourth of July to the Queen! Is Kushner on this trip? Because the last…
Now Trump is screwing up the Asian markets too
In the wake of media reports that China imported exactly zero U.S. soybeans in November (down from 4.7 million tons in November 2017) because of Donald Trump’s regrettable trade war — and following yesterday’s Trump-induced stock market plunge — Asian stocks took a tumble today. Seems Trump’s Christmas gift to the world was actually a regift….
WaPo: Trump told Japanese PM, 'I remember Pearl Harbor'
Yes, yes, yes, we defeated communist Japan. Don’t rub it in; they’re our allies now. Not sure if this means Trump believes he was literally alive for Pearl Harbor and recalls it going down, or if this is some kind of subtle threat that we could bomb Nagasaki and Hiroshima all over again, but either…
Fox & Friends host says America is great because 'we defeated communist Japan'
Let’s be clear. Fox & Friends isn’t just some shit-kicking local morning show in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, giving out tips on where to find the best cheese curds and night crawlers. The actual president of the United States watches it every day, and gives it more credence than the CIA, FBI, National Security Council, and Carson…
