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I have used Jotun products for 40 years. Most exterior walls have not been repainted in all that time. For flat roof slabs they have 2-part epoxy paint, very durable in preventing leaks.

Thanks for the info. Seems in line with US prices.

Don't blame Nick for that comment. He was only quoting me. I lived long enough in Paris to see the change in generations - between immigrants and descendants.

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Where are the consent forms for filming?

Most people wearing hijab that I see on the Metro in Paris seem to be locals, not some recently arrived Muslims. Over about the past two decades it has become more common to see women wearing hijab. It's probably a trend toward conservatism.

Journalists in India noted cremations far in excess of the number of official Covid deaths. What happened in the back country was ignored. I remember an NYT article suggesting a factor of 3 times the official death count.

The differing death rates between right and left make sense. Those on the right are less educated (in general) and so are more susceptible to anti-vaxer BS.

An extradition proceeding might reveal a situation where the accusation was a sham to go after an "errant" human rights activist.

Really? Last time I went there - no baggage inspection.

It's about hypocrisy.

Sounds like the southern US.

It's true that after the Revolution religion, basically Catholicism, was relegated (hopefully) to obscurity. Church property was confiscated. There was even a new calendar. What goes on today has nothing to do with that kind of secularism. Now it is for political reasons to grab votes from Marine Le Pen's followers.

By today's standards, the Torah, and by extension the Bible and Koran, contain episodes that would be considered ethnic cleansing or genocide.

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.

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.

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.

It's called Islamophobia.

Maybe there is a strategy. Time will tell.

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).

Already with 11 members the group could become unwieldy, so 40 more is unlikely.

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.

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.

As for Thaksin's well-preserved appearance, maybe he dyes his hair, like the Chinese bosses do.

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.