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After reading the post mentioning the Stockholm3 test, I looked it up, and it seems quite interesting: https://www.stockholm3.com/ After having a few friends die of prostate cancer, and myself having procrastinated when my doc recommended a biopsy, I definitely believe in regular PSA testing. Some friends have done brachytherapy (radioactive seeds implanted in the prostate), but their cancer was detected early. If as good as claimed, the Stockholm3 test seems to be an excellent diagnostic alternative in conjunction with PSA testing.
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Why Democrats Hold the Advantage for 2028 and Beyond
placnx replied to Social Media's topic in World News
Maybe it's time for Ross Perot's party to be resurected. This time people could have used a choice beyond the Green Party. -
Why Democrats Hold the Advantage for 2028 and Beyond
placnx replied to Social Media's topic in World News
The Republicans are the planners. Democratic politics seem quite chaotic. When Democratic presidencies start out, they typically have not developed legislation ready to pass, and they waste precious months and lose momentum. Republicans take projects developed on K Street long before the election, ready to go in the first 100 days. Remember the tribulations over passing Obamacare? If they had done it before Ted Kennedy died, it would have sailed through. The speculation about 2028 candidates is pretty meaningless at this point. Worry about 2026 first. -
Can this receipt (a pdf?) be gotten from the desktop version of the TM30 site? Last time at the yearly extension, the initial queue reviewer said I had to go out back to obtain an old style TM30 receipt at the TM30 office out back, as they didn't like the print out from the TM30 site (Excel-like format). Too small. AT the TM30 office they told me that with their phone app I could get the receipt as shown above. Too complicated, so I went back to the queue official, and she told me to go inside to the extension window to ask whether they would accept the TM30 receipt that I had presented, and they said yes. So no need to get the receipt as shown above. This was in November. Is there a new version - new link - for TM30 whereby you can get the receipt format shown above on a desktop -not the phone app? If so where do you click to get this receipt in pdf format?
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Netanyahu figures that Trump will give him more favors, like the last time when he recognized a unified Jerusalem as the israeli capital. So not giving success to Biden helped Trump get elected. (Of course Harris helped herself lose as well). If not for his 100% backing of the war, Biden could have cut off arms & cash supplies long ago to secure a ceasefire, so the 7-8 months (as you say) were just time where 10000 more Palestinians died.
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Thailand Sets Sights on Nuclear Power Integration by 2037
placnx replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
If not wind turbines, what kind of turbine are you talking about? -
Surge in Support for Mask Ban in New York Amid Rising Hate Incidents
placnx replied to Social Media's topic in World News
The counterargument is that students are potential victims of doxxing if their faces can be researched in social media. They can be shut out of jobs in finance and other business fields. This "fear" of masked students is a pretext, IMO. -
Pete Hegseth Pledges to Restore Warrior Ethos in U.S. Military
placnx replied to Social Media's topic in World News
Democratic presidents were in charge when the Hegseth "miracles" took place (except 2017): 1917 - Wilson, 1948 - Truman, 1967 - Johnson. To that I would add 1979 - Carter (an Evangelical), who deleted text from the treaty between Israel and Egypt which referred to the principle of non-acquisition of territory by force, so that Israel's taking of territory from Egypt, Syria, and the then Jordan West Bank would have been acknowledged as contrary to international law; and 2000 - Clinton, who tried to force Arafat to accept a "Swiss cheese" statelet without sovereignty. We can now see how things are going for the Palestinians in the West Bank - economic strangulation and creeping annexation. It's no wonder that some Muslim voters prefer Republicans, and, after the Biden performance, even Trump despite the record of his previous time as president. -
Pete Hegseth Pledges to Restore Warrior Ethos in U.S. Military
placnx replied to Social Media's topic in World News
Drunk on the job is not a good example to set to the Boy Scouts, nor is violence against women. -
Pete Hegseth Pledges to Restore Warrior Ethos in U.S. Military
placnx replied to Social Media's topic in World News
Hegseth advocated the construction of the Third Temple on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem during Trump 1.0. He said that 1917 was a miracle, 1948 was a miracle, 1967 was a miracle, 2017 was a miracle. Video available here: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/new-us-defence-secretary-called-building-third-temple-jerusalem 2017: the Balfour Declaration, the UK promise for a Jewish state in Palestine; 1948: creation of Israel 1967: the war that seized East Jerusalem 2017: the US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital. The Third Temple is a goal of the extreme right in Israel and far right Evangelicals in the US who see it as part of the coming of the Messiah heralding the end of the world. -
Thailand Sets Sights on Nuclear Power Integration by 2037
placnx replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
There are hundreds of designs underway, but only two are under construction in CHina and Argentina (125 and 30 megawatts). https://aris.iaea.org/publications/SMR_catalogue_2024.pdf At a cost of around USD4mn for a 3 megawatt wind turbine, this would require 42 wind turbines at a cost of around USD168mn to equal the power generated by the Chinese SMR cited above. Time will tell whether these small reactors cost that much. The concept is assembling them in a factory and installing them onsite in a concrete shell (see designs in linked publication). Low maintenance compared to turbines. -
My US card was recently compromised. I have used it for some recurring charges in the US, but here only in ATMs. So I checked whether there was any way my card details could have been captured here. I use Bitdefender since last year when Kaspersky was outlawed in the US. I have learned that there are vulnerabilities, nonetheless. 1) Using older wireless devices such as keyboards and mice with Bluetooth, the transmissions are not encrypted, so someone fairly close by can intercept the data. Some current wireless devices, from Logitech for example. They use their own Logi Bolt dongle to send encrypted signals. Google "Mousejack". 2) Another danger is through a fake CAPTCHA popup where you click to confirm that you are a human. There is not the usual display of a photo divided in 9 sections where you have to identify a specified item appearing in certain sections. This is called Lumma Stealer. https://blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-threat-research/2024/10/20/unmasking-lumma-stealer-analyzing-deceptive-tactics-with-fake-captcha Antivirus programs including Bitdefender cannot detect this activity. One solution is using virtual or burner cards as much as possible. Also, avoid storing sensitive data such as passwords in unencrypted files on your computer. Aside from concealed cameras at ATMs, I wonder whether there is any way that bank employees or the authorities can intercept the transmission of chip card details and what details are in the transmission. Does anyone here know?
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Thailand Celebrates Same-Sex Marriage with Landmark Equality Act
placnx replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
Why not allow surrogacy for gay couples so that they can contribute to growing the population? -
US Aims for Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Agreement Within Two Weeks
placnx replied to Social Media's topic in World News
No, PA claims that it is attacking Islamic Jihad in Jenin. They are apparently trying to show Netanyahu or US that they would be capable of preventing the reemergence of Hamas in Gaza if they were given "control" over it, but Netanyahu does not want to see any group in control of both West Bank and Gaza.