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placnx

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  1. Regarding point #1, the defendant will try to have the case moved to Federal court. The main advantage will be a less Black jury pool, since the case will still be tried under Georgia law and any pardon application would have to go through the Georgia pardons board.
  2. I can say that magnesium really helps, but the magnesium pills on sale here are not effective since they contain the cheapest forms of magnesium, which are barely absorbed from the digestive tract. So I have to get pills available through Lazada, etc, originating from the US.
  3. In the case of employment, the problem in France is that through the name of an applicant employers systematically discriminate against citizens of North African origin, but because of legal blindness this discrimination cannot be addressed. This blindness finds its origin in the laïcité concept.
  4. Maybe there is a strategy. Time will tell.
  5. The restaurant could just say that the corkage fee is X, so the customer should arrange the wine themselves (to be sure they get what they want).
  6. Already with 11 members the group could become unwieldy, so 40 more is unlikely.
  7. This echoes the BRICS meeting which expanded by 6 countries and is encouraging trade without the USD as intermediary. New members include Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, and Iran, so now the Middle East is covered.
  8. You don't understand the mentality of Chinese bosses, evidently, the vicious circle of power and wealth. That's not to say that overseas Chinese such as Chinese Thais are incapable of assimilation and reform.
  9. As for Thaksin's well-preserved appearance, maybe he dyes his hair, like the Chinese bosses do.
  10. Putting Thaksin and Pita in the same basket because of their Chinese heritage doesn't make sense. It's different generations, and bear in mind Pita's US education. Think of their mentalities differing in this way: Thaksin = rule BY law; Pita = rule OF law.
  11. There are some people who exemplify their Chineseness with the control obsession, Xi Jin Ping being the exemplar. Thaksin at the end of his time in power was displaying this unfortunate tendency.
  12. Is he a virologist? As various people have commented, you can get it again. There are four strains A-D.
  13. If you've had it, you could get the vaccine to protect against getting it again. Dengvaxia.
  14. When you do that sitting, try keeping your legs elevated.
  15. I didn't see any change after stopping Daflon around 6 weeks ago. This morning I could see my ankle bones clearly. This was not the case for the last 6 months or so.
  16. The current one, Shingrix, is very effective, but not available in Thailand.
  17. I've had some swelling in the feet for about 10 years, but a year ago it started getting so bad that in the end I could only get my feet in my shoes with a shoe horn and a struggle. Normally I am quite stationary, but sit with my feet elevated, but last year I started spending a lot more time sitting with feet down. A vascular surgeon prescribed Daflon 1000 for 2 months. It didn't do anything. At the end of the 2 months I got a doppler ultrasound which showed no blockages. What helped quickly was resuming feet up or sitting in bed and reading. So I'm back to where I was a year ago or so when sitting habits had changed.
  18. Hopefully Trump's appeals can be similarly expedited so that he will be disqualified from holding office, but we could end up with a Republican president and Dem VP!
  19. I haven't asked about vaccination cost in Taiwan yet. I am still deciding on which hospital/clinic to use. Cost in US for 1st jab was $222.
  20. I just checked last week, and Shingrix is available in Taiwan.
  21. My experience with Shingrix - 1st jab: no side effects. I'm thinking of going to Taiwan or Singapore for the 2nd. The window is 2-6 months.
  22. I guess that the others meant that once the senator hurdle has been overcome, could the PM & speaker nominate ministers from the original 8-party coalition, effectively dumping the parties that got them through the PM vote?
  23. There is a program running on Al Jazeera English on Sunday at 19:00 which can also be watched online. It's Al Jazeera World : The Database, and the program note is: "Information about you that private companies supply to banks can come from any number of sources and result in your account being closed for no apparent reason." This is a two-part program that was initially shown in April 2020.
  24. Move Forward should now state clearly their program regarding 112 and put this matter in abeyance until an election when they gain a majority (not counting any coalition partners) .
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