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What is Marriage? โ€“ A Unique Perspective

…Japan.  If a foreign national marries a Japanese outside of Japan things become a little complicated. a.)  The State Japan does not automatically recognize marriages outside of Japan.  Instead, the Japanese individual must submit paperwork to the Japanese Embassy to make this “official.”  And to add one more complex element the Japanese individual has the option to change their “koseki” (ๆˆธ็ฑ) which means “Family Registration.” A koseki (ๆˆธ็ฑ?) is a J…

The American Presidential Race

…g are issues that have been giving me a severe headache and have turned me completely off any news unless it comes from the BBC, NPR or the Economist. Others such as CNN or Fox are simply tabloids and I’ve ranted enough about them before. 1. Sara Palin While I still maintain a small modicum of respect for McCain, that too has nearly dissipated in his choice for running mate. A lady that stands up there and speaks like Ned Flanders (okaly dokaly, g…

Bad Republicans

…who were encouraged and motivated directly by the President! Limbaugh was easily ignored as I could just not listen to his show. Easily done. Should an old acquaintance fall into his evil spell I could simply not contact them anymore. But Trump being President it was impossible to ignore. Now it was not only one or two acquaintances but many. These relationships have now been irrevocably damaged and not something a new election will ever fix. Tru…

The Fourth of July 2019

…land of the free and home of the brave! Most countries I’ve been too are ‘free’ but by all means just shout “freedom” as a pass for all of the terrible things America has done and continues to do. Ignore that America forcefully put that ‘brave’ on a reservation after reneging on the countless treaties made with his people. America doesn’t keep its promises but the Native Americans didn’t know that. So I sat there on the 4th of July hearing the fi…

OIC priorities

…stone, or lash, or imprison, or kill the offender, then you have destroyed free speech. In a free society, people with differing opinions live together in harmony, agreeing not to kill one another if their neighbor’s opinions offend them. (…) This is especially true since Islamic spokesmen brand as offensive to Islam any inquiry into the use of Islamic teachings by the jihadists. (…) The upshot of this is that even reporting accurately about the t…

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