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With the collapse of the Chinese building industry, the steel producers in China have to find a new home for what they manufacture. It also depends on how many long-term contracts they have for the raw materials - iron ore and coal.

The $83.3 million will become small change if, as expected, Engoron orders the disgorgement that Letitia James wants, or more, in the NY fraud case. IIRC, Trump and his lawyer have not exactly endeared themselves to said judge.

Women choose men. Our preferences are incidental. If a woman decides she is going to pussy-whip a man, it's game over. Women are attracted by physical good looks, power, intelligence, personality and money. Depending on their own looks, they will settle for what is achievable. Women want providers, who can take care of them, while they make a home. That's why some quite ugly guys get women that look as if they don't belong with them. What I don't understand are the women who hook up with guys I would not p!ss on, if they were on fire. They must enjoy being victims.

What Supreme Court case are you talking about? The 14 th Amendment applied by Maine and Colorado?

IIRC "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" was written by Betty Smith, who also authored " Tomorrow Will Be Better".

IMO the only steak worth eating in Thailand is imported. Every time i have tried the local meat, it has been as tough as leather.

Most Thais don't want any involvement with police, they don't have a stellar reputation. The OP's wife is acting normally in that respect. I agree trying to negotiate with a Thai without a reasonable grasp of the Thai language is always going to be difficult.

It does not need to start, all it needs to do is roll. Is there a nearby spot the car could be moved to so it is no longer obstructing you?

I normally put on weight in Australia, different food. 100 kg. I made an effort to lose weight here, went from 93 kg to 78 kg in six months a couple of years ago. Back out to 83 kg.

If you mean only Americans can understand their legal and electoral systems, I'd tend to agree. To the rest of the world, it looks like a basket of snakes. When one in ten people in Washington are lawyers, it's not unexpected. You might be surprised to learn there are quite a few non-Americans ( aliens ) who know more about your systems, in all their cock-eyed glory, than many Americans. Conversely, most Americans think we still have kangaroos and wallabies hopping down the streets of Sydney, not that they would know the difference between the two. From the tenor of your posts, I am under the distinct impression you are a Trump supporter. I can't vote in American elections. I would say Trump makes Biden look like Einstein.

The article is dated August 2023, how many of those cited are still working for Trump? Tacopina is not. I would have thought competent lawyers would have convinced Trump to keep his mouth shut, and let them do the work of getting him off. He's losing on all fronts except the primaries, which won't be much use to him in jail. https://americanjournalnews.com/lawyers-turn-down-trump-legal-team-russia-stormy/ https://www.salon.com/2023/06/12/none-of-us-want-to-work-for-the-guy-nightmare-client-cant-find-a-new-mar-a-lago-lawyer/

IMO you are right, something burning the same old fossil fuel wouldn't get much traction unless it could consume 1 litre of fuel in 300 km, or whatever. It's a similar trap to an EV, however. Any EV getting recharged from a power station using fossil fuel is simply transferring CO2 emissions there. 95% of hydrogen production currently comes from steam reforming of methane and other natural gases, so there's no environmental gain. Even worse, a byproduct is carbon monoxide. Until both EV's and hydrogen -powered cars are derived from renewable energy, business as usual.

There's a simple rule of thumb I use with oil changes. I service my vehicle through an independent mechanic anyway. Mineral oil base with lubricant additives, change oil every 5000 km. Semi-synthetic, 10,000 km. Full synthetic, 20,000 km. Black oil means you have carbon and most probably unburnt fuel in the crankcase, which is not conducive to engine longevity. I can remember a sales rep in my company who handed in his vehicle after the mandated 120,000 km. The oil had turned to thick tar because he had not had the car serviced for said 120K. I agree the service business is a racket. If one was to build most vehicles from the spare parts catalogue, it would cost about ten times the RRP. There is a new wrinkle in the service swindle, aimed at freezing out independent mechanics. The EMS software has been made so complex only the dealer's hardware can read it. They are certainly not making it available to independents. Toyota has unveiled a new engine they claim makes EV's obsolete, although detail is lacking.

Doom and gloom would not exist if there were no shortcomings in EV's. ICE's have flaws too, and there are many brands which have sunk under the weight of justified criticism. It is amusing EV owners hark back to Adam Weishaupt, it's a new form of elitism.

Because no competent lawyer would touch Trump with a barge pole. His record of non-payment and not listening to advice precedes him.

I get it, 91 indictments by grand juries are the figments of a fertile imagination. Ad hominem attacks are the sign of a loser, just like Trump.

Alina Habba is lucky she is not in jail after lying to Kaplan about where she was. A conflict of interest when the two worked together over 30 years ago? So what? The jury decided the damages bill, not the judge or plaintiff's counsel. The New York Post is owned by News Corporation. Their brand of "investigative journalism " is lies, gossip and innuendo. Fox is owned by News Corporation too, and that media outlet settled with Dominion for $760 odd million, rather than face court.

I've heard of people getting off charges when there are one or two. Statistically, the bigger the number, the lower the probability of acquittal. Trump has 91 indictments to answer for. That puts him in the top 0.0001 % of people charged with felonies. It's fairly inconceivable he can be acquitted on all 91 charges. He'd have a better shot at winning a lottery. Given the fatuous responses you have posted, I doubt you have the intelligence to comprehend basic probability and statistics. Trump is toast, unless mass insanity prevails, so he can pardon himself.

Give the police 20,000 baht to duff him up somewhat.

Assuming the verdict is disgorgement at the low end - $250 million - where do you think Trump will find that amount to post bond? Who do you think will be stupid enough to lend him the money? This isn't Trump selling BS trading cards, or grifting his rubes for a few million. This is serious money.

She quoted me 1800 baht for 30 tablets when I enquired on LINE.

Agreed, but Trump probably thinks it does.

IMO it is doubtful Trump could raise the money to appeal the second case. The bond would be $83 million. He can't get it from the family, there's a special master in the NY fraud case specifically to prevent Trump transferring funds. Permit me to doubt he would get anyone stupid enough outside the family to stand for him. The appeal of the first case could be quite entertaining. I am betting Trump will throw his attorneys of that case under the bus, saying he had inadequate representation. That creates two problems. Who is going to replace Alina Habba? After the drubbing she got from Judge Kaplan, and also lying to him, she has zero credibility. What sane lawyer wants to put their reputation on the line by representing Trump? The second problem for Trump is Joe Tacopina. If he throws him under the bus, it's a safe bet Joe will come back swinging. He is noted as a bare-knuckle brawler in a court room.

My dislike of Trump is based on a comparatively trivial facet of his character, or rather the lack of it. Trump cheats at golf. He is well known in golfing circles for it. Any experienced golfer looking at his round-arm golf swing over a protruding belly knows his claims to be a champion golfer are complete BS. His wins only come on golf courses he owns. In my country, golf cheats get short shrift. They are ostracised, and once the word gets around, are rejected at every golf club they try to join. Trump defiles the game of golf, like he defiles everything else.

Water has dissolved oxygen, IIRC about 8 mg/L in healthy water. That's not the same as the nascent oxygen generated by HOCl. The first is O2, the second is O. Excessive aeration of a water reservoir will tend to drive off chlorine. It is a gas, after all. Not knowing what your system looks like, I can't say what is happening with it.