Hervey Bay

Those two guys in white shirts have never done a hard day's physical work in their lives.

Now there is a fourth, though I think it is up the coast a bit. I reckon sharks are more hungry as the place gets more over-fished and stocks depleted.

Was it Blackadder, or Johnny English ?

Wow ! Lived to 117 years old. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchora_Aquino

That 'determined yet sincere' look on Trump's face is quite amusing, but not as much as the 'noble' look he affects.

"51.2 tons of waste, equivalent to 22 truckloads". So far. For the whole of Manila there would be 5 or10 times that.

Goes to show how a smallish group of people can account for a huge percentage of the crime in an area

I don't understand these numbers. They can't be for the whole of Britain....a country of at least 65 million.

I have been in a number of public toilets in Bangkok which had no soap, and I was always worried about germs remaining on my hands which would inevitably spread to other areas and give me hepatitis A. Or just diarrhea. And I am sure many males here have experienced their penis brushing the porcelain in front, underneath the seat. There is no real reason another person's fluids could not give one some kind of disease, though I am not sure about specifically which one.

The 30,000 is because the family's water buffalo need dental crowns and root canal treatment.

Capitalism does not rely on a large population, so much as growth. A large population is the result of growth. Specifically, it is growth economics that is to blame However I'm not sure that can be separated from capitalism.

There are at least 150 genes associated with autism, and I have no doubt that it is both genetic and environmental. About many other conditions they say that "genes load the gun, and environment pulls the trigger". The actor Robert De Niro (who is no fool, by any means) has an autistic son, and he is adamant that the kid was perfectly normal until he got vaccinated.

"They also criticized Mr. Trump for linking the tariffs to the fentanyl crisis, accusing him of using the issue as political leverage". Much as I dislike Trump, I agree with that move. Fentanyl and meth are real scourges. Possibly the only move of his I agree with.

So that they know the technology they will be competing with and may be fighting against in the future. And because they cannot know everything and need US technology to complement their own.

Her surname is Khantiphok. Say it out loud and think of slang.😁