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More than that. Israel has apparently declared them active participants. The head of the Israeli Government Press Office, Nitzan Chen, asked AP, Reuters, CNN, and the New York Times to address the “involvement of their photographers in the events of October 7th, which crosses every professional and moral red line.” Israel considers the photographers participants in the October 7 attack and they will be added to the list of those to be “eliminated,” according to Danny Danon, former Israeli ambassador to the UN and a member of parliament from the ruling Likud party. https://www.rt.com/news/586945-israel-journalists-embedded-hamas/ The OP's referenced Honest Reporting article is also worth a read. https://honestreporting.com/photographers-without-borders-ap-reuters-pictures-of-hamas-atrocities-raise-ethical-questions/

In healthcare setting? No problem here. Ask me to re-mask shopping at the Walmart or (how ridiculous was this) on the beach, and we may have a disagreement. A strong one.

The tourist told police through a translation application that he had gone to a beer bar in Soi 6 and paid a 4,200 baht bar fine to take the woman to his hotel. Upon arriving there she made a phone call and spoke in Thai, which he could not follow, after which the two men showed up and attacked him before riding off on their motorcycle. So he got robbed twice. Kinda curious what happened to the woman. Did she ride off with the attackers, or what?

According to the article, he already did. Not 100% clear whether it was consensual or violent, but definitely sex.

I'm forecasting an entire generation of freelancers that never darken the door of a tourist trap. They'll go straight from school to OnlyFans and Tinder. Probably even start while in school. Turbocharged by the Covid lockdowns where it was either online, or hungry- for a couple of years.

It's Thailand. It's 90 degrees F and 95% humidity. Testosterone is flowing. I made the leap. Edit: And I forgot to mention beer breath.

I'm not sure she made up a story. According to the original story a few days ago, the girl was in such a state that she couldn't provide details. The linked Thaiger article seems to confirm that: ThaiRath reported that the girl said she had never told the family that the minibus driver was a rapist. Her family members made the statement to the media. And the story isn't over, by a long shot. Especially since she's 13 and could not legally consent to sex. Nevertheless, a sexual assault did take place but a further investigation is needed to confirm the rapist’s identity. Police believe the rapist must be a person who has a close relationship with her, a family member, or her relative.

I'm afraid this new interweb thing is going to stick a fork into a lot of time honored traditions like Nana, Soi Cowboy and Soi 6. Why would a cute girl waste a bunch of time in a bar making small talk and sucking up to a bunch of smelly tourists, only to give up a huge chunk of the transaction to mamasan? Today she can peddle it online while she spends her day doing whatever she likes, she can name her own price, and she can keep it all. Only fat grandma's who haven't mastered the knack of Photoshop have to settle for the walk-in trade, lady drinks and bar fines.

Thanks for the advance notice.

Was the stopover delay the fault of the airline, due to the weather, or some other cause?

Nomex, invented in the '60s. Old enough that the patent has expired and I'm sure there are generics available.

Sounds like a good idea. There's a few zebra crossings in Bangkok with traffic lights and the cars generally do stop. I'm thinking of a couple around Chinatown where there's no cross street, just a lit zebra crossing, and the cars do stop. I don't recall whether they had red light cameras which would also make sense. Problem with zebra crossings with no lights is that they're ambiguous, depending on where you're from. Even in the USA, some states just allow you to walk across at a zebra crossing without risking a jaywalking ticket. Others require cars to stop for pedestrians in the crosswalk. No consistency. Add in a hundred more countries' laws and it's confusing. Until you add a red light. So I'm happy to see them added. I just hope they're enforced, and that means red light cameras, because of lack of police chase vehicles. A few 500 baht tickets in the mail may make people think twice, and it would be good to increment that to 5,000 baht a ticket for repeat offenders, impounding the vehicle for the real scofflaws.

From the linked article: Arm: “Yes, I filmed you every time we had sex. Do you want me to show it to everyone?” Kittinan: “What? Not every time we had sex. I have never taken my clothes off in front of you like in the video. You must have left a camera in my room! Or did you edit it?” Arm: “Do you think I edited it? I have more videos, in case you didn’t know.” I know I'm confused. Did they do the deed or not? If not, who's that in the videos? (Unless they had sex with her clothes on...)

Ukraine is fighting for survival. I keep on seeing that, and I keep on seeing comparisons of Putin with Hitler. And I would ask you, to the average Ukrainian soldier dying at the front, what's the difference between being ruled by corrupt officials in Kiev or by corrupt officials in Moscow? Hitler waged a war of ethnic cleansing. His goal (stated in Mein Kampf) was to displace or enslave all the sub-humans to the East. That was a fight for survival. Between Kiev and Moscow, it's a war of "who gets to keep the fruits of corruption" and the average citizen's life probably won't be affected very much regardless of whose flag they fly. (Which, BTW, is typical of thousands of years of Euro wars between the inbred rulers, fought and died by the little people who sacrificed much and benefitted little). Comparing this war to Hitler's ethnic cleansing is nonsense. That's why I'd just like to see the killing stopped. Last year would be better, but now is the best we can hope for. And that means compromise and drawing borders that aren't going to satisfy a lot of people. The only ones benefitting from more deaths are the corrupt leaders, foreign warmongers, and the MIC.

After first reading the OP, I'd have agreed with you. Until I read the summary judgment that's being appealed. Apparently, he was initially told he couldn't wear a mask by his onsite supervisor, but after corporate got further involved, he was allowed to wear one. But he was so upset by the experience that he quit. I'd have to get the transcript (or the recording itself) of the heated conversation that apparently happened after they told him he could wear a mask. That's when they called him out on his attitude. I suspect there's some crappy supervising going on, perhaps with some previous history. But it doesn't look to me like a $$$ million beef. Had they fired the guy, I'd have agreed. But he quit after they made the accommodation he requested. Looks like his beef isn't about the mask, but the way he was treated. A common complaint in Texas (my home state), where a lot of supervisors are wannabe Hitlers. But that's just part of life, and often the incentive to go to college so you don't have to work for idiots like that. https://www.bloomberglaw.com/public/desktop/document/EqualEmploymentOpportunityCommissionvUSDrugMartIncDocketNo321cv00/2?doc_id=X6J9QSUBBPH8IQA2M4RFRSL70FC

Got a link for that rejection? Otherwise, it's just an unsubstantiated claim... 'Be great of you could also show where they fired the junior minister.

Voluntary testing of passengers and testing the plane septic tanks for bugs seems pretty reasonable to me, for the purpose of identifying the trajectory of a pathogen. Which one, how fast it's spreading, where it's coming from, how it's mutating, etc. If it's a US airport, I'd suggest they sweeten the deal by offering the volunteers a voucher for a free bottle of drinking water on the departure side of security of their next flight. It'll cost them $0.15 and save the passenger around 5 bucks. I'd generally let them violate my nose to save $5 on my next departure. I'm cheap like that. I'm a lot leerier of recent moves to test neighborhood sewage for drugs, on the basis that they'll eventually develop the technology to install testing at each home and see what we've been eating, drinking, smoking, etc. That's scary. Test for bugs, no problem. Test for drugs, big issue (though I don't use any illegals ones) But that's not the topic here...

My God. Has anyone told these 5,000 migrants that the border's not open? TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — About 5,000 migrants from Central America, Venezuela, Cuba and Haiti set out on foot from Mexico’s southern border Monday, walking north toward the U.S. https://apnews.com/article/mexico-migrant-caravan-us-border-tapachula-visas-e2bd75d87981508b494fe691b6890d06

Good catch... True, but is it true in all states, or just the ones with homestead laws? It is true in Texas.

Interesting that Trump's numbers seem to be going up as they pile on more charges.

From 30,000 feet, I'd lament that fact that it didn't happen. But the devil's often in the detail, like who gets covered, what gets covered, how it gets paid for, etc. If they proposed covering liposuction, transgender surgery and third trimester abortions, I'd go along with the reps who voted against it. Ditto if it covers free healthcare for anyone who hops across the border for it. Edit: BTW, though I do advocate universal healthcare, I'm in favor of at least a token co-pay so everyone has some skin in the game and incentive to live a healthier lifestyle. Not expensive, and perhaps mean tested, so nobody's locked out. But not free and unlimited.

That's a little disingenuous. You can get treated, but you're going to get billed. The difference is that when they turn the unpaid bill over to a collection agency, it'll ruin your credit and could result in legal judgments that attach to anything you own. Which, the illegals (many of them, anyway) don't really care.

Maybe, but I'll wait for the investigation. Too many recent cases where CCTV showed a very different story than the alleged victim told. Last one I saw, I'd call blackout drinking by the alleged victim. She consented, but didn't remember later. In fact, she didn't just consent, she was the instigator. Poor guy was raked over the coals before they found the CCTV footage. (USA, not in Thailand)

I wonder what that was According to the 73-year-old driver of the pickup truck, Mr. Somlak Wattanasombat, the victims reportedly swerved to evade another vehicle before they lost control and crashed into him. Chonburi police were examining CCTV footage to identify his claim. He may be lying through his teeth. I don't claim to know. My main takeaway is that he survived to tell the story because he had 4 wheels and a seatbelt.

Title is inaccurate. The 3 were killed in a scooter accident. The driver of the car (in this case a pickup truck) survived to tell the cops what happened. One more data point. Car and a scooter in an accident. The same accident, with the same crash dynamics. The driver with 4 wheels and seatbelts walked away. The scooter riders perished.