French Fire, voting rights act, and the Paralympic Games: World in Photos, Aug. 25

1. Damn i have it easy when compared to some of does

2. For countries affected by military aggression, the Rising Sun Flag is no different from Germany's Nazi Hakenkreuz.  If Japan wants to uphold the Olympic spirit, its designs and comments should never be used on the Olympic stage, and the person in charge should apologize.

   Japan is the perpetrator of the invasion of Asia and the country that suffered damage from the atomic bomb.  Japan is increasingly removing or denying the facts of the perpetrators, highlighting only the damage they have suffered. 

   In particular, while the use of the Hakenkreuz, a symbol of Germany's Nazis, is strictly prohibited, in Japan, the Rising Sun flag is often used in Japan's far-right wing, which still denies the history of aggression, or in support of sporting events, causing a lot of controversy.

3. The Yomiuri Shimbun reported on the 25th that Tokyo Electric Power Corporation has decided to discharge contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan, where a large amount of radioactive material was leaked, into the sea about 1km away from the nuclear power plant.

   According to the report, TEPCO plans to build an undersea tunnel and discharge contaminated water containing radioactive materials into the sea 1 km away from the nuclear power plant. Japan plans to submit a tunnel construction plan to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission by the end of next month with the goal of discharging contaminated water from the spring of 2023.

   Previously, the Japanese government announced that there was no more space to store the contaminated water accumulated since the nuclear accident caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake in April 2011. Since then, the authorities have considered discharging the contaminated water directly from the shore and discharging it through an undersea tunnel. TEPCO plans to reduce the risk of radioactive materials by diluting and discharging contaminated water. There is also an analysis that the decision was made with the external image in mind. A Japanese government official told the Yomiuri Shimbun, "It costs a lot to build, but the discharge through an undersea tunnel will give a better impression (for Japan)."

   Concerns are growing in neighboring countries including Korea and China due to Japan's discharge of contaminated water. This is because tritium, a radioactive material, remains in the contaminated water even after purification, and it can flow into the oceans of neighboring countries.

   Tritium, a radioactive material, is much smaller than a water molecule and has the same chemical properties, so it cannot be separated from water. This means that if it is released into the sea, it will contaminate marine life as it is.

   Tritium, which enters the body through food or air, such as ingestion of seafood, is fatal in that even a small amount can damage DNA. When tritium pushes out normal hydrogen in the human body and causes nuclide conversion, the gene is modified and cells are destroyed, causing various cancers or lowering reproductive function.

   There is concern that even if the concentration of pollution is lowered, the total amount will remain the same if released for a long period of time, adversely affecting the ecosystem.

   If anxiety grows, the economy may suffer, such as a sharp drop in fish consumption in the market and a slump in the fishery industry.

   Greenpeace, an international environmental group, suggested an alternative to storing tritium in a tank for a certain period of time and then releasing it when the level of contamination decreases, as the half-life of tritium radiation is halved by 12.3 years.

   However, despite this, the Japanese government insists on ocean discharge for reasons such as cost…

4. Today I realized that everything is changing. No matter how I voted, no matter what I may say, something evil has invaded our nation, and our lives are never going to be the same.

   I have been confused by the hostility of family and friends. I look at people I have known all my life–so hate-filled that they agree with opinions they would never express as their own. I think that I may well have entered the Twilight Zone. We have become a nation that has lost its collective mind!

   You can't justify this insanity:

   • If a guy pretends to be a woman, you are required to pretend with him.

   • Somehow it’s un-American for the census to count how many Americans are in America.

   • Russians influencing our elections are bad, but illegals voting in our elections are good.

   • It was cool for Joe Biden to "blackmail" the President of Ukraine, but it’s an impeachable offense if Donald Trump inquires about it.

   • Twenty is too young to drink a beer, but eighteen is old enough to vote.

   • People who have never owned slaves should pay slavery reparations to people who have never been slaves.

   • People who have never been to college should pay the debts of college students who took out huge loans for their degrees.

   • Immigrants with tuberculosis and polio are welcome, but you’d better be able to prove your dog is vaccinated.

   • Irish doctors and German engineers who want to immigrate to the US must go through a rigorous vetting process, but any illiterate gang-bangers who jump the southern fence are welcome.

   • $5 billion for border security is too expensive, but $1.5 trillion for “free” health care is not.

   • If you cheat to get into college you go to prison, but if you cheat to get into the country you go to college for free..

   • People who say there is no such thing as gender are demanding a female President.

   • We see other countries going Socialist and collapsing, but it seems like a great plan to us.

   • Some people are held responsible for things that happened before they were born, and other people are not held responsible for what they are doing right now.

   • Criminals are caught-and-released to hurt more people, but stopping them is bad because it's a violation of THEIR rights.

   • And pointing out all this hypocrisy somehow makes us "racists"!

   Nothing makes sense anymore – no values, no morals, and no civility. People are dying of a Chinese virus, but it's racist to refer to it as Chinese even though it began in China. We are clearly living in an upside down world where right is wrong and wrong is right, where moral is immoral and immoral is moral, where good is evil and evil is good, where killing murderers is wrong but killing unborn babies is OK !

   Wake up America, the great unsinkable ship Titanic America has hit an iceberg, is taking on water, and is sinking fast. Speak up! No more lifetime politicians. If all else fails do as the democrats do blame President Trump

5. I wish if grief, sorrows and suffering could be diminished from this world forever. Always think positive and help others. Best of luck and wishes to y'all 💖

6. Good die FKERS 🖕✔️✔️✊✊

7. what da wow that is –

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9. Fire ? Interesting…do I need renter's insurance again ? I have already had my socks burned, which is highly bizarre ! That is terrible when it happens to others because a portion of the time it is viciously set by others to destroy property ! A terrible crime !

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