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We call those spoiler alerts. If your wife is a dude, what does that say about your sexuality? I get a kick out of the way they blame Russkie intelligence agencies. As if TikTokers and YouTubers don't do it just for clicks.

Or maybe you were just lucky. There's a CBC exposé on travel insurance that claims you need both a doctor and a lawyer to fully understand a travel policy. A doctor to understand the medical terminology, and a lawyer to understand the legalese. They seem to categorize it as "difficult". It's on YouTube: Travel Insurance Are you actually covered (CBC Marketplace)

Or tremendously selfish. They got quieter beaches and shorter queues and the locals went broke in droves. So it was all good as far as they're concerned.

The only option I saw was to print out the page, which didn't have a QR code. Just a number. So I printed it and PDF'ed it.

I figured out not to even try stationary taxis on my first hotel stay in Bangkok. I'm talking about taxis that I flag down and they refuse the trip if I tell them to use the meter. Edit: Here's how that conversation usually goes: Where you go? Bumrungrad. 300 baht. I'll pay the meter. And then he zooms away. Which is really stupid on my part because I'm fixing to spend 10K, 20K or 30K at Bumrungrad and 300 baht is peanuts. At the airport, they assign me a taxi. My options are rather limited there. Sometimes, they're great and use the meter. Other times they try it on and my options are to get out and go back to the ticket machine or take the one I got. Or negotiate the best I can, with my priority being a driver that's not pissed off. Happy drivers don't drive like maniacs trying to get rid of me as fast as they can.

That's a conundrum. Gamers that have money pay not to get the ads. Gamers without money see the ads. Who wants to advertise to people who have very little discretionary money?

That's not what the League of Nations and the Brits said. You're rewriting history. Or trying to, anyway.

The topic is that Palestine is being wiped off the map. That's generally referred to as "ethnic cleansing". Unless, of course, it's the good guys doing it.

The Brits and the League of Nations referred to it as Palestine. Just Google "British Palestine".

I have the same issue in China and Thailand, but I only think I'm using the same tones. I'm not really. One of my first lessons when I arrived in China 25 years ago is that "la gi" can mean "garbage" or "spicy chicken", depending on the tone. Coming from vowels, consonants and zillions of accents (all comprehendible), tonal languages are a challenge.

Not sure that's a good thing... Faces firmly planted in their small screens...

Just another data point, I'm sure. I successfully filled it out in China, with departure point in China, residence in the USA, and countries in the past 2 weeks being China. I didn't get the email yet after 24 hours or so, but I printed out the page and also saved it to a PDF. No QR code. Just an "Arrival Card Number" with my name, passport # and date of arrival. I'll post back if I have any issues in China or BKK tomorrow.

And the lefties are all up in arms... The Episcopal Church even cancelled their 40 year contract with the gub'ment to help resettle immigrants, citing a moral opposition to resettling persecuted white folks. Not to mention they showed up waving American flags (and they'll probably vote Red when they do get citizenship). Oh, the horror.

Yeah, but the important thing is that it was quite pleasant for some expats. Even if it devastated the locals.

So true. Every time he appears in public, he reminds voters of the Dem fibs to cover it all up. And the fibs of the MSM, who must cringe every time they see him. The MSM must be in quite a quandary, deciding whether it's better that they be seen by viewers as liars, or incompetent. Because it's so obviously one or the other...

Does this mean they won't be putting him on Mt Rushmore? Fickle lot, those Democrats.

This shows desperation to deflect. Not a good sign. It does show desperation, but not to deflect. It's desperation on the part of the Dems who wish Biden would just go away. It's even got its own thread: Are we taking bets on how many midterm candidates will be asking Biden to stump for them? Other than Republicans, I mean. They'd be thrilled to see him on the campaign trail. Dems, not so thrilled.

One death in 10 million population. Still liking those odds. No data on ages and comorbidities?

I said it's got a lot of the bells and whistles. Not all of them. And $400 million sounds a lot cheaper than the $1.95 billion we're paying Boeing. Besides, $400 million for an aircraft you actually get sounds better than $3.9 billion for 2 that you don't.

I saw that. He was on the View and BBC just last week. Lots of Dems aren't too happy about that...

No clue here... Call Big Balls and ask. But given that it was custom built for Qatari royals, I suspect it's already got a lot of the bells and whistles. BTW, Boeing agreed to $3.9 billion for 2 of them, so bringing one in for $400 million of modifications seems like quite the deal. Even to Boeing, who is claiming to be losing a few $billion since it was a fixed price contract. They may be real happy they don't have to produce the 2nd at such a loss. Air Force One debacle: Boeing has now lost more than $1 billion on each of the president’s two new jets | CNN Business

Sooner or later, they were going to bump up against that "Get Out of Jail" card he has. It was a good try, nonetheless.

A significant factor in what? The increase in flights to other nearby tourist destinations, or the decrease in flights to LOS?

Sure. Just list the ones where she was wrong. Because nobody notices when she's right. Besides... Wikipedia? They're about as trustworthy as Dems-Are-Us fact checkers. Or NPR nowadays.

That's karma giving the proverbial finger to all you guys that say karma doesn't exist... I'd go out and buy a lottery ticket, but I won't arrive until mid-week.