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Jane Goodall RIP
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Where are the 5 words?
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Citizenship
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Japan unleashed
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novakant

There's a very good documentary about her:

https://films.nationalgeographic.com/jane-the-movie

There is also somewhat related a classic from the 80s about Diane Fossey

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorillas_in_the_Mist

CharlesWT

"An inspiring portrait of the private person behind world-famous primatologist Jane Goodall and her legendary study of wild chimpanzees in Africa."
Jane's Journey

Pro Bono
+ I’ve been listening to libertarians and right wing folks talking for decades – literally, for decades – about how they’re gonna rise up against government [. . .]
GftNC
+ The federal government has the right to protect the ICE facility. Wow, the facility really needs it too - that broken door in June is [. . .]
russell
+ Libertarians can become outrage exhausted since they can be continuously outraged regardless of who’s running the government. And yet, with the exception of Radley Balko, the [. . .]
wj
+ Tony, it might be worth consulting an immigration attorney. Just to find out what constitutes "lawful authority". The law being how it is, [. . .]
wj

russell, immigration is a temporary solution to falling birth rates simply because falling birth rates are spreading. The sources are not permanent.

wj
+ I have been known to complain bitterly that US business management has gotten incredibly lazy and cheap, unwilling to be flexible or invest in education [. . .]
CharlesWT
+ I look forward to the expressions of libertarian outrage about the abuse and overreach of government power. Libertarians can become outrage exhausted since they can be [. . .]
CharlesWT
+ So, Charles, is it the Libertarian (or your) position that sending in federal troops, contrary to the wishes of the state authorities, to deal with [. . .]
GftNC

A life well spent

Few better, I'd say.

russell

immigration, which seems like a rather temporary solution

This is a bit puzzling to me. Why temporary? Don't immigrants stay (if they can)?

russell
+ R.I.P. Jane Goodall. A life well spent. And apparently she had a better sense of humor, and took herself less seriously, than either her Institute [. . .]
nous
+ Any economic philosophy that is reliant on growth is going to be struggling as it runs up against the reality of climate change. As far [. . .]
russell
+ While "antifa" is annoying the neighbors in Portland, the feds are doing this. I look forward to the expressions of libertarian outrage about the abuse and [. . .]
nous
+ Let me add +1 to russell's list of black bloc types - RW accelerationists wanting to turn up the temperature and provoke things like the [. . .]
Hartmut
+ This reminded me of how way back when I was a kid “Made in Japan” meant cheap and shoddy. Now it is more likely to [. . .]
russell
+ What I look for in comments or concerns about antifa is some sense of balance. First, "antifa" and the related term "radical left" have become so [. . .]
GftNC
+ What a fascinating exercise this has been. Congrats to nous and lj in particular, although I had no idea who Ethan Nordean was, so [. . .]
Michael Cain
+ I suppose because of the Japanese cars that hit the US market at about the time I reached the car buying stage. My first car was [. . .]
nous
+ Here's some local media reporting of the situation: https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2025/09/tracking-the-rise-and-fall-of-portland-ice-protests-key-developments-as-trump-troops-arrive-soon.html It does note the breaking of one door at the ICE facility back in June, but also: July 25: [. . .]

a good survey of the Portland situation!=criticisms for both sides

CharlesWT
+ This video does a good survey of the Portland situation. It has criticisms for both sides. It shows the ICE facility having, at times, many [. . .]

There is a lot of discussion about Sanseito and Kamiya that I'll probably get to in another post.

`wonkie
+ https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/anti-foreigner-sentiments-and-politicians-are-on-the-rise-as-japan-faces-a-population-crisis/ar-AA1NHryD?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=68ddee28709948baa43ae8adcb5dd35a&ei=14 "Outside a train station near Tokyo, hundreds of people cheer as Sohei Kamiya, head of the surging nationalist party Sanseito, criticizes Japan’s rapidly growing foreign [. . .]
russell
+ Also, too: honey badger mom hates antifa, but loves her some Ethan Nordean. So her concern does not appear to be violence and public disruption per [. . .]
russell

At times, there have been several hundred protestors at the ICE facility.

Looked like about five in the video.

`wonkie
+ This reminded me of how way back when I was a kid "Made in Japan" meant cheap and shoddy. Now it is more likely to [. . .]
+ About selling off debt, https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/19/economy/bank-of-japan-september-rates/ Fun quote from the article It would take more than 100 years to sell off all the ETFs held by the BOJ [. . .]
+ Michael, interesting points. IANAE either, but some connected points https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/19/economy/bank-of-japan-september-rates/ The debt is owned primarily by the BOJ (about half) and then domestic banks and insurance companies. [. . .]

https://teachdemocracy.org/bill-of-rights-in-action/bria-16-3-c-the-rescue-movement-pushing-the-limits-of-free-speech

Wonder why no one called in the military or even the national guard during these protests. Funny that.

Michael Cain
+ I am not an economist (although I've taken a few graduate classes) so take the following with a grain of salt... 1) It strikes me that [. . .]
nous
+ At times, there have been several hundred protestors at the ICE facility. And out of those, it's probably this same group of assholes and a dozen [. . .]
CharlesWT
+ At times, there have been several hundred protestors at the ICE facility. People have a right to protest. But they don't have the right to make [. . .]
+ Leave it to Japan to show you how it is done https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/16057632 They are going to revoke permanent residency visas of foreigners not paying taxes or dodging [. . .]

wj, I always wonder if Charles misses the sarcasm in his responses...

+ Michael, thanks for that. Some could take my posting about the 80 year old rugby players as some kind of Japanese exceptionalism, but my point [. . .]
nous
+ CharlesWT - C.K. Bouferrache aka Honeybadgermom is very concerned with ANTIFA, Satan, Drag Queens, Christian Oppression in the US, and the poor treatment of the [. . .]
Tony P.
+ I am a US citizen. I passed a test, swore an oath, and have a certificate to prove it. The certificate is too [. . .]
Tony P.
+ In some old Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoon, a colonel rushes into the general's office and reports "Sir! Sir! Our anti-anti-missile missile just shots itself down, [. . .]
GftNC

Also, RIP Jane Goodall.

GftNC

That's quite a story, Michael. You did a good thing.

CharlesWT
+ On making life difficult. There are a couple of low-rise apartment buildings on the block adjacent to the facility. I know I wouldn't want to [. . .]
CharlesWT
+ Tony, I think you missed the heavy dose of sarcasm in Charles’ comment Perhaps. But Antifa and others have been congregating in front of the ICE [. . .]
wj

Tony, I think you missed the heavy dose of sarcasm in Charles' comment