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The movie never mentions how Japanese people were sold into slavery and shipped to America, Africa and India by the Portuguese. It was a main reason why Hideyoshi kicked the Portuguese and Jesuits out of Japan.
Many black people lived in Japan during the 1600s. A movie about Yasuke, a famous black samurai is being made.
Link:
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuke">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuke</a>
I didn't. She's not really a freeloader if she was a homemaker. She did all the cooking, housework and shopping. She was also trying to bring in money from time to time. She wanted the guitar, but she called it his gift to her - perhaps for an upcoming birthday or anniversary.
She was also very supportive of him. She never criticized him, didn't mind his hanging out with his friends at the bar each night.
Special effects were horrible during the 50s, 60s and early 70s. Why believe humans are too stupid to have space missions when humans are smart enough to create little portable phones that take pictures and allow people to buy movie tickets?
Children born out of wedlock appears to be a worldwide trend except in Asia and the Middle East. Iceland is at 70%.
I remember red pen marks in elementary school, but the teachers used to encourage us with stars. A red star was good, two stars better, but everyone coveted the large gold star. As I became older, teachers assumed students could be corrected without a problem.
My father used to read encyclopedias in his leisure. He bought a set for my brother and me when I was six and we picked up the same habit. I have a great library system in my county. Free books! I'm in there a few times a week.
Trump bragging about being a nonreader could've been his lying, but his behavior reminds me of teens in my neighborhood who used to brag about failing classes.
The educational system is horrible. A coworker showed me how her daughter was taught to do addition using common core. It was very complicated and took a long time.
"How can you kids be here learning algebra when you can't multiply or divide?" It sounds like your school system is passing children from grade to grade without teaching them the skills. That was a huge controversy in my city. I doubt if they solved anything.
I used to work with the public who had to complete forms. Most of them couldn't write a simple sentence without errors.
Thank you for your post, too. It's interesting to learn about what's going on in other parts of the country. Moviechat is saner than imdb was. Most of the trolls from imdb haven't found this site yet. LOL.
Paxton directed this film, too. One of my favorite psychological thrillers.
Maybe Trump trusted Marla to take birth control. Who knows? There are photos of Trump being yelled at by his then wife, Ivana, because he bought his then mistress Marla on a family ski vacation with their three children. He's been in the tabloids and my local papers since that time. Journalists love a good soap opera.
The government actively encouraged girls/women not to marry by giving them a welfare check with a free apartment, medicaid and food stamps if they weren't married. Clueless bureaucrats and politicians created the epidemic of unwed mothers. I knew women who didn't marry a live-in boyfriend (with a middle-class job) in order to get a check for their kid.
The out of wedlock children isn't a "Left" lifestyle. There are plenty of people on the "Right" who are doing the same exact thing and have the same attitude. My guess is people didn't want to continue to stigmatize out-of-wedlock children which is why it became acceptable.
I hate to sound pessimistic, but there is a shortage of "strong, positive male role models" which is another reason why women don't want to marry them.
"Sight reading" sounds like "bureaucrats" trying to justify their salary. Reading should be fun. I worked as a tutor in summer school and would give kids comic books because I knew they would read them. Even the right video game could be helpful. Assassin's Creed teaches history and Creed 3 has plenty of text to read about the American Revolution. When I was six, the elementary school teachers had the students walk to the library to get a library card and take out books for the first time.
There are segments of the population that believe a good education makes a person a snob so it's discouraged. I used to hear it in my neighborhood from some people and I know it exists among Conservatives when they use a term like "elitist". Even Trump bragged about not reading books which sends the wrong message.
I didn't know that "correcting" children was discouraged now. Scary. That's a whole generation growing up too thin-skinned to deal with life. I suppose that's where the term "snowflake generation" originated. Self-esteem is important, but so are constructive criticism and learning from mistakes.
Isn't that like real life? I know plenty of people who become wimps when they fall in love. Perhaps Daryl has the right idea by remaining a lone wolf.
I would have said no a few years ago. But, another show I watched had its main character leave and there was no problem. "My Vampire Diaries" about a woman in love with two vampire brothers and writes a diary. Nobody missed her. As long as they come up with interesting stories, it could survive without Rick.
Daryl is a different matter. His fans would be so angry that the ratings would drop.
People would've tuned into the radio and TV during the beginning of the outbreak and would know that the virus was worldwide. But, they would want to know if some part of government has still survived. They had made attempts to find out by going to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, trying to make radio contact and finding out the source of the military helicopter that was flying overhead. And there was Eugene's mission to Washington which turned out to be bogus.
If it was limited to the American continent, then it would make sense that they would've seen a foreign presence by now which hasn't happened.
At this point, they've probably have given up hope for a government rescue (foreign or domestic) and have turned to creating a new society for themselves - once people stop attacking them.
It was implied that the virus was worldwide and the rest of the world is in bad shape, too. Fear the Walking Dead was supposed to resolve what took place in the early days of the virus.
Negan must be taking something from the Scavengers like he does from all the other groups. Wouldn't it make more sense for the Scavengers to kill off Negan and his group and share the spoils with Rick?
The more recent seasons seem to have the same type of people which is boring. I liked the older shows with a greater mix of ages and backgrounds. It feels too generic to me so I'll pass on this season.
I was about to stop watching the show a few times because of it. Then, they move the story forward and I end up forgiving them. I'm expecting them to go too far away from reality and I'll probably give up.
""Born out of wedlock " is now a serious issue to the left ?"
Why are you assuming I am "the left" and I am representing "the left"? What I write is MY personal opinion. I'm not representing anyone else.
I'm not speaking for "the left". Stop stereotyping me.
Criticizing Trump doesn't automatically make someone a liberal. I have major problems with both parties. I also had major problems with both Clinton and Trump as candidates.
Fiscally, I'm conservative (Austrian economic model - not destructive Keynesian which both parties follow) and believe the deficit needs to decrease or it will destroy our economy. I don't believe in stimulus spending because it doesn't work and is bad economics.
Both Republicans and Democrats DO redistribute money from the middle-class to the rich".
Have you forgotten the $700 billion (really trillions) given to the banks during the Banking Crisis? That's middle-class money redistributed to the banks for losing their gambling bets with people's homes.
Have you forgotten Reaganomics? Tax breaks for the rich who bought luxuries and moved factories to Mexico with middle-class money. Middle-class taxes went up (sin tax and local taxes, not to mention local layoffs due to less Federal funds).
Where I live, real estate developers are getting huge tax breaks to develop luxury housing for the rich. Why do they need tax breaks when there is a severe shortage of housing for the middle-class?
I was hoping the Trump campaign rhetoric was just that and he would make sound policies and help the middle-class. After seeing his hateful policies and incompetence, I have given up on him and would like to see him impeached before he does too much damage. I can't believe that you don't see his incompetence.
Question for you:
Person A wants to achieve a goal. Person B blocks person A from achieving the goal. Does person B create a problem for person A?
Feminist and Republican women don't have the same goals. If freedom of choice is a feminist issue, but a Republican woman is against that, then it creates a distraction instead of staying focused on achieving a goal which is why they are excluded.
If Republican women want to believe that feminists just want to emasculate men, then why are they complaining about being included, anyway?
"Boob? YOU used the term first!"
But, you were the one who immediately thought about female body parts. LOL!
I replied "It takes hard work, discipline, skills and brains - not just brains". So name one rich star who doesn't have at least one of these?
Sowell's articles pop-up in Investor Business Daily. Just googled Williams, and yes, both are right-wing propagandists.
Instead, I recently read "Trumped! A Nation on the Brink of Ruin... And How to Bring It Back" by David Stockman. Excellent book! A Republican writing the truth without the biased nonsense.
"Because I expect to pay my own way and not rely on a bunch of Washington politicians to support me."
The money isn't coming out of THEIR pockets. It's YOUR tax dollars. Why don't you want it returned to you in the form of better services? I repeat, it's not a Freebie!
Like attracts like. Obviously something disturbing is attracting the Klan to Trump. I don't like hateful people. Not from my "liberal" education, but parochial school education. You know, treat others the way you want to be treated. Love others the way you love thyself. Blame the nuns!
BTW, I do appreciate your trying to keep it civil. I am, also. I notice that there is less overall hostility with Moviechat than with IMDB.
"So what's wrong with being "born out of wedlock"?"
Marla Maples wanted to marry Trump, but he didn't want marriage. People told her to get pregnant, but she wouldn't for a long time. Eventually, she "accidentally" became pregnant and he was "forced" to marry her since he didn't want his child "out-of-wedlock". She was congratulated for "tricking him into marriage" by the public and the media. True story.
BTW, a single mother is more likely to have children raised in poverty. Also, sends a message that men aren't important in the raising of children which isn't true. Children shouldn't be stigmatized, but what's wrong with marriage?
"The "low reading comprehension" of the average American is mostly due to the government run education system."
Sounds like passing the buck considering that you're a teacher.
Sanders regretted it publicly, but privately was probably thinking how stupid the American public is for having such low reading comprehension.
It's about money and power. The United States looks for perpetual warfare to feed the influential Industrial Military Complex. When the government drastically increases spending on war toys, then the military (and politicians) will find an excuse to play with them. Reagan's military spending helped lead to war in Iraq. Also, the U.S. wanted anti-American dictators out and puppets in to have control over their oil. Ditto Egypt, Libya and Syria.
Halliburton made 39.5 billion from Iraq paid for by the American taxpayer.
Trump wants a huge increase in military spending so in a few years we'll have another war. Deplete the war toys. Spend to build them up, again. Ugly cycle.
Yes, the word lesbo is derogatory. The word lesbian is fine. A little tolerance goes a long way.
Not too long ago, a working wife needed her husband's written permission to get her own credit card from a bank. You should be thanking feminists for some of the rights that you take for granted.
Father and son discriminated against blacks and Hispanics in housing. His racist father was also arrested during a Klan riot. Not to mention the appeal of Drumpf to David Duke and his white supremacists friends.
Boob: (Merriam-Webster definition) a foolish or stupid person.
Why were you thinking about boobies? Are you a closeted lesbian? LOL.
"Money is earned, not redistributed!"
Republicans redistribute money from the middle-class to the rich all the time. You're going to be paying for the rich's tax cuts when your taxes go up.
"I don't expect Pres. Trump's help."
That's good because you were never going to get it.
YOU were the one crying about celebs and jocks making millions - not the "Left". BTW, making millions from scratch is smart. It takes hard work, discipline, skills and brains. The only one who sounds jealous of them is you.
Right-wing propaganda books. No thanks. Real economic books to read are: Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Kiyosaki; How to Make Money in the Stock Market by O'Neil; The Millionaire Fastlane by Demarco.
"I never expected anything from government...Not health care, not free stuff"
Actually, it's not free when you're actually paying for it through your taxes. You settle for so little in life that it's kind of sad.
I was actually hoping that Drumpf would be independent and smart. Work with both parties to improve the lives of the middle-class who are suffering, lower the deficit, and create a strong economy. His policies are the complete opposite. Trade war, stimulus nonsense, military wasteful spending, gutting programs that prevent out of wedlock babies, repeated incompetence re: military strikes on ISIS, a lazy careless Trumpcare plan, not to mention the bigoted orders he keeps regurgitating.
Total disappointment.