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5 hours ago, simple1 said:

From the Australian government POV it utilises Facebook as a platform for messaging / advisory; any thing from Covid to Bushfire warnings and so on.

Why would a people's government tie their ability to broadcast to the citizenry, to a private computer program?

Not bad in that Indian motorcycle flick either.

19 hours ago, VocalNeal said:

Great Wall is also looking to Israel. Their Haval brand will launch a new Israeli car there soon called the Nagila.

Is that the Haval Nagila? 

So, a method actor then. 

2 hours ago, colinneil said:

 

What a disgusting excuse of a man, victims warned not to tell, he needs locked up for a long time, until he is old and decrepid, so no longer able to abuse any girl.

Thank God that we are both already there.  

1 hour ago, Jeffr2 said:

Genetic sequencing has been done and it's been proven it wasn't from a lab.

Can you cite someone on this?

1 hour ago, Geoffggi said:

Brown envelopes speak volumes ......................LOL 

Actually in China they are called red envelopes. 

13 hours ago, rabas said:

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, Lol.

 

And how would he know?  Kindly tell me the scientific reasoning.

 

They just got there, can't possibly have learned much or analysed anything. Yet, they state, as fact, the one thing the Chinese CCP party desperately wants the world to believe.

 

No. They don't know that.

 

I was going to say......'what a farce' but I see the same farce everywhere and in everything these days. Pity that.

22 hours ago, Gecko123 said:

Oxford says the exact same thing as the Merriam Webster dictionary. See usage examples under verb entry 1.1 in below link. The debate was never about which was "better"; it was whether it was grammatically permissible. Both dictionaries clearly confirm it is.

 

 

https://www.lexico.com/definition/graduate

 

 

1.1 shows very clearly "graduates of of from".  Please refer to the original posting.

On 2/6/2021 at 6:00 PM, Gecko123 said:

Saying "graduated Harvard" is grammatically acceptable. The intransitive verb definition of graduate is "to receive an academic degree or diploma." While "graduated from Harvard" which includes the preposition "from" would be more complete, omitting "from" is also acceptable, especially in informal language.

 

"I graduated from college" is the most accepted use of graduate in this context. You can also say "I graduated college" or "I was graduated from college." Both are frequently used, but to some people they are considered incorrect.

Is it 'Graduated' or 'Graduated From'? | Merriam-Webster

www.merriam-webster.com › words-at-play › graduated-...

 

Originally Answered: Is Merriam Webster better than Oxford? Merriam Webster produce American English dictionaries. The Oxford English dictionary is for standard English, but additionally lists American english, where they differ. So, no, OED is “better”.

On 2/6/2021 at 8:58 PM, Chomper Higgot said:

She’s been appointed to head an international organization, she doesn’t need the email addresses of insignificant nobodies.

although she may prefer to email insignificant nobodies with personalities to significant somebodies with none.

6 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

She graduated Harvard (economics) magna cum laude, she earned her Masters and PhD at MIT, has held three ministerial offices in Nigeria (Minister of Finance, Coordinating Minister of Economy and Minister of Foreign Affairs), she’s had a 25 career at the World Bank, Washington where she worked her way up to the post of Managing Director.

 

She seems more than qualified for the job.

 

as long as she doesn't get my email address.

17 hours ago, Slaps said:

 

 

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SCUM,

In my book 

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Scum, without a doubt but the most extraordinary thing is that these days he will most probably go on to be a tik tok or instagram hero.  The world is becoming sicker and sicker and there is no vaccine for this one.

14 hours ago, CharlieH said:

Probably a few (a lot) of resident expats will be checking their balances/banking affairs shortly in and around Pattaya.

 

This is not the first time this has been publicised about bank staff behaving in this manner.

 

Very unsettling for many.

Growing old is just becoming more and more difficult these days.  Now where did I leave my teeth?

The young one paid the price of being with the old one's gik.

1 hour ago, najomtiensun said:

The more the merrier as far as I can see. The Chinese bring hard work,thrift and family values they will help post Brexit Britain to be on steroids. 

As long as you can tolerate their curt ways.  I know my wife is one. 

11 hours ago, Seth1a2a said:

people who

have a difficult time thinking for themselves. 

So, 99% of people then.  

The empire is over.

7 hours ago, teacherclaire said:

Taiwan, claimed by China as its own territory, reported multiple Chinese fighter jets and bombers entering its southwestern air defence identification zone last weekend, prompting Washington to urge Beijing to stop pressuring Taiwan.

 

I don't think that the times of "stop that, or we'll jump in" from Washington has any influence anymore.

 

  IMO, the US has lost its credibility of being THE Superpower. Trump played a big part in that game. 

 

Probably right though the carrier group sailing through the straits the other day was a damn good idea.

15 hours ago, Natai Beach said:

I have been coming to Thailand since the seventies.

 

Cant say I have ever experienced any of this racism that seems to be getting you down.  
 

Quite the opposite in my experience. They admire my sturdy nose bridge, my pearly white cheeks, my height and my considerable length. 
Nothing but admiration and praise almost daily and made me feel most welcome.

If I did, being a privileged white make I would just laugh it off anyway. 
 

And this story from the USA is a bit over the top. They seem obsessed about perceived racism. It is nonsense. Who actually complained? 
 

I first arrived in 70 too.  Good days then.  For the PC thing we only have to look to who is leading it and the power that they achieve from it.  A power that has always been attractive to them since the garden itself.

Ah Thailand, sexy one day, sexy the next.