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I suspect that, between fraud, waste and other corruption, they can afford to keep us old geezers alive, if they weed even some of that out. Personally, I'm looking forward to turning Musk and his AI resources loose to figure out where the money's actually being spent, and on what, and to whom. And not just Medicare, Medicaid and SS. Across, the board, including the military. Up to now, the gub'ment IT guys have been eons behind the state of the art. Probably as a deliberate strategy. I'm hoping that ends with DOGE.

I follow a guy on YouTube who does firearm training and served as an expert witness on dozens (hundreds?) of 2nd Amendment self defense cases. He suggests thinking before going all Rambo with a gun, because defending such a case starts at $100K and can easily run into the $millions. So even if Penny is found not guilty, he's broke. Unless he has deep pockets supporting him. And lawyers are great at writing contracts so that they can't be discharged in a bankruptcy.

Boiling water doesn't remove micro plastics (or most chemicals, it's in the OP). That requires a filter.

Nothing hinky about that photo, especially if it was taken in the beginning stages of the fire fight. When I was in the VFD, we used a hose reel mounted on a faster truck to do what we could while waiting the few minutes it takes (or longer) for the slower pumpers to find and connect to the hydrants, lay out the big hoses, engage the PTO and start pumping the big water. All that takes time, when people may be dying. The guys in the photo may not have even gotten water yet, or they may be moving from one location to another. (Or, as sometimes happened in our dilapidated resort area of New Jersey, the local authorities decided to let the abandoned bungalows burn to the ground instead of risking our lives for a lost cause. We were just there to make sure it didn't spread to other structures.) Edit: I'd add that the big advantage of the red hose is that it's not collapsible, so there's no chance that it'll kink up and stop flowing when you take it around a corner. And it's almost impossible to cut. So it was the gear we used to enter structures, not the quintessential white hose you see in the movies.

Gotta love this gem from Jonathan Turley: “The president clearly is hoping that he’s given [Hunter] this sweeping protection and that includes unnamed crimes, quite literally, Hunter Biden could have six heads in a duffle bag in his basement and [the pardon] would cover it as long as he committed those murders during this ten-year period. https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/03/jonathan-turley-hunter-biden-charges-pardon/

What do you figure would happen if we formed the NAAWP? There would be rioting in the streets. Again.

By his own DOJ, no less. Which, of course, is an indictment of the justice system under his own administration.

You mean like they did during his first 4 years? The administration that came after anyone who represented a threat to their power is on the way out the door. Not on the way in.

My suspicion, having tuned in here for over 10 years, is that YMMV, depending on a lot of variables, including which land office the OP would be dealing with. One more reason to hire an attorney to discuss their options.

If they convict the guy, every death that happens while able bodied guys sit there watching and not acting to stop it, is on them.

How robust is the power grid on Phuket?

It's also funny how one group sabotages a plan, then blames the other guys for the plan going tits up.

If she pre-deceases you, why not "sell" the properties to her grandson within the 12 month limit, with him giving you a usufruct on the property? In any case, I'd get a lawyer that you trust, before the events that may sweep away reason (and get any other Thai relatives sniffing around with greedy intent). Edit: I'm not clear on what happens if she gives you a usufruct on the property then dies. Can you own the property and lease it to yourself, even within the 12 month period? That's why I'd suggest discussing your options with a real lawyer, and not an anonymous AN "expert".

Is Patel on CCTV stealing women's luggage at airports? If not, he's 2 steps above Biden appointees.

That seems rather excessive. I recall paying a small fraction of that to stay in very nice digs on the island. And beachfront. Edit: Unless, of course, the rooms came with organic bed warmers and hot and cold running sheets.

Why is it that you can have Black Teachers organizations, the NAACP, NABJ, and hundreds of other organizations that exclude whites, and that's all good. But if the white folks do it, it's fomenting hate? Maybe it's not about hating Blacks. It's about being left out. White folks wanting their own safe space...

Trump-Hating Celebrity’s New Home Reportedly Wrecked By Flood After Fleeing America Former talk show host Ellen DeGeneres’s new home in South West England was wrecked by floodwaters days after DeGeneres fled the United States after President-elect Donald Trump defeated his Democratic opponent. https://dailycaller.com/2024/11/30/ellen-degeneres-home-cotswolds-england-flood-trump-election-portia-di-rossi/

Just more liberal tears. Lashing out at anyone who doesn't agree with you.

Or, she may have been offering a helpful suggestion that by the time the ticket sales open up 30 days in advance, all the seats will probably be sold out. Best to buy what's available right now and burn the $5 worth that they won't be using.

I wonder how long we'll have to put up with the liberal tears?

So you don't figure X or Tesla or Space-X have incorporated in the UK?

You're forgetting all the Repubs who called out Trump, even before the election. The dozens who claimed to be voting instead for Kamala... They were revered by lefties. The difference is that the Dems are pissed off because Biden has just revealed them to be a bunch of lying liars who lie. It'll be years before voters believe any election year promises made by a Dem.

If it wasn't for traitors like him, we'd still be fighting in Vietnam.

Trump has every right to call out the blatant lying of his political foe. And, by extension, to call out the lies they told about actually securing the border. And handing out reparation money, for votes. And forgiving millions of student loans, for votes. And... And... And everything else they lied about to get votes. Promises they had no intention of keeping. On a scale of 1-10, Biden pardoning his kid barely rates a 3. But the fact that he repeatedly lied about it (and his connections to his kid's antics) should put him dead worst among the list of American presidents. Not to mention, unpopular with his own party that he just knifed in the back. It'll be years before voters believe a Democrat candidate.

Trump is "getting off" because the charges were bogus and the prosecutions were only meant to keep him from being elected. They'll never stand up to the appeals process. And now that he has been elected, the purpose of the prosecutions has gone by the wayside. Hunter did it. And more.