The senate? Appointed not elected? Sounds like someone is about to throw their toys out of the pram. As diddums.

22 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

What happened when one of the world's richest men bought the 2020 election? 

Musk wasn't there then... Oh, you mean Mr Trump. He's a pawper in comparison to Musk.

21 hours ago, Oz82 said:

I've always found Thailand to be very uptight about alcohol consumption. Binge drinking is not a normal way of life like it is in western countries. Yes there are people getting drunk at bars on weekends, but society is far less alcohol oriented here than in the west. Tourist areas revolve around alcohol, and Thai people who hang around in tourist/expat areas, are often drinkers. But in normal Thai towns it isn't the norm, and being drunk is quite taboo here.

You want to come and look around the village in which I stay. Drunkenness is not a taboo here, it's an expectation...

5 hours ago, Crossy said:

 

Maybe it's because the container material leaches into the salt poisoning it over time....

1 hour ago, CFCol said:

Where is the logic in that? Thankfully it's GLOBAL norms they're looking at.

There are no global norms. 

3 hours ago, jerrymahoney said:

Constitutional Amendment:

 

 In the 1886 case Ex parte Garland, the (US Supreme) Court referred to the President’s authority to pardon as unlimited except in cases of impeachment, extending to every offence known to the law and able to be exercised either before legal proceedings are taken, or during their pendency, or after conviction and judgment.

 

https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artII-S2-C1-3-1/ALDE_00013316/

Yeah, but that's case law, or 1 interpretation of a clause in the constitution. It all depends on the color of the court, as can be seen in recent years.

2 hours ago, mikeymike100 said:

Does he know something, we don't?

He knows how to butter up. Nothing if not flexible and the inevitability of being targeted seems to have focussed Meta's strategy going forward. All for the greater good, of course...

On 12/12/2024 at 6:35 AM, quake said:

 

You understand nothing of what a landlord can and can not do in the uk.

So no,  not a valid question. just a stupid assumption by you.

Come on then, what can a landlord do in this situation , given the length of the tenancy and time frame of the 

incident.

Come on,  lets hear it.

As for spelling and grammar.  up yours.

 

I know exactly what a landlord can and cannot do in the UK.

As for your final comment, I need say nothing.

13 hours ago, herfiehandbag said:

Well I suppose so, he has made an awful lot of money (much of it off the American government) and has used it to buy himself into a place in the American government.

American people, not the government...

21 hours ago, quake said:

 

Ok, I was right. your not a landlord in the uk and never have been.

it was you who, mentioned the landlord.

As a landlord, in the uk,  if the tenant pays the rent and looks after the property

There's not much you can do. about anything.

What rules of the tenancy have they broken in your view ?

And what should a landlord about it, in your view. ?

 

This was you below.

 

 

 

 

 

Ok, we won't get into spelling and grammar and the abuse of the English language at this point.

You make an assumption about whether or not I'm a landlord. Perhaps I am, perhaps I'm a tenant or house owner. I consider the question as valid. 

Checking the renting checklist: Be considerate to the neighbours. Antisocial behaviour may be a reason for your landlord to evict you. 

Does that not make the question valid?

18 hours ago, webfact said:

Critics allege that the legislation could be politically motivated,

No <deleted> Sherlock....

22 hours ago, quake said:

 

Guess you have never been a landlord in the uk. 

What does that mean? 

7 hours ago, nobodysfriend said:

The Hamas terrorists who attacked the festival goers and the kibbuzim wanted to do their hateful acts to hurt and kill some Israelis , because they hate all Israelis .

That was never meant to be an attack on the state of Israel itself .

You know Hamas' intent? You can state without equivocation that this was not an attack on the State of Israel? I

Hate all Israelis means the State of Israel... Does it not?

If representatives or members of a foreign terrorist organisation killed a relative or friend of mine in my country, I would expect the government of my country to strike back so that said organisation could never do such a thing again. But that's just my opinion...

40 minutes ago, WDSmart said:

I agree with your objection to 'workplace bullying' and with your last statement, but what should we do about people who wear a USA flag pin on their lapel or a cross or Star of David on a necklace in the workplace? Where do you draw the line? 

A flag pin of the person's nationality is fine, religious symbolism, within reason is fine. The workplace has the authority to dictate dress standards, though, as long as there is no perceived discrimination.

a friend of mine is Sikh and wears the kara, the metal bangles. He has to take them off for work, or make them invisible to others at work by tucking them up the sleeves of his sweater...

53 minutes ago, Thingamabob said:

Correct. Are you saying that Harold should be referred to as being Anglo-Saxon, not English. If you are I don't agree.

England, I suppose, didn't exist before the Angles arrived. Hence the name. Everywhere I look, Harold is referred to as Anglo-Saxon... Perhaps English is Anglo-Saxon and complaints about the monarchy being of 'German' origin comes under the heading of, who cares. All English are German...

22 hours ago, scottiejohn said:

I will fly back to the UK and and ask him!

Use your common sense and go look at the internet and see how the Civil List is funded.  Compare the Civil List funding to a salary. 

Household staff will carry out his cleaning requirements. Charles pays the household staff from the Civil List and they buy stuff from the high street where VAT is charged.  Therefore Charles pays VAT!

Sovereign Grant Act 2011 superseded the Civil List Act 1837 and it all gets way too complicated for me.

1 hour ago, Thingamabob said:

Harold was indeed the last English monarch. Sad.

Not so, I regret to say. He was Anglo Saxon, 

1 hour ago, NoshowJones said:

Military service. . Which wars did he fight in? .

One does not need to fight in wars when one serves. 

In fact, the armed forces should not need to fight, just be prepared to if it comes to it. But that's a philosophical viewpoint, away from award of medals. From the King flows all honours. He is the Sovereign.

On 11/5/2024 at 12:58 AM, Thingamabob said:

There have been questions about this family from the moment they

changed their name from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor, during WW1, in order to pretend they were not German.

Is there actually any head of state whose forebears don't have some foreign ancestry? Is there actually any person whose forebears are 'pure blood'?

On 11/4/2024 at 6:14 AM, Mavideol said:

Royal news live: King Charles and William ‘making millions from NHS and public services via property empire’

https://au.yahoo.com/news/royal-news-live-judge-makes-081506357.html

 

I clicked the lnk, but couldn't find reference to property, NHS or anything like that.

On 11/5/2024 at 12:58 AM, Thingamabob said:

There have been questions about this family from the moment they

changed their name from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor, during WW1, in order to pretend they were not German.

Is there actually any head of state whose forebears don't have some foreign ancestry? Is there actually any person whose forebears are 'pure blood'?

On 11/4/2024 at 6:14 AM, Mavideol said:

Royal news live: King Charles and William ‘making millions from NHS and public services via property empire’

https://au.yahoo.com/news/royal-news-live-judge-makes-081506357.html

 

I clicked the lnk, but couldn't find reference to property, NHS or anything like that.

On 11/4/2024 at 6:14 AM, Mavideol said:

Royal news live: King Charles and William ‘making millions from NHS and public services via property empire’

https://au.yahoo.com/news/royal-news-live-judge-makes-081506357.html

 

I clicked the lnk, but couldn't find reference to property, NHS or anything like that.

On 11/22/2024 at 5:03 AM, Hanaguma said:

True, but for the House and 1/3 of the Senate it is in 2 years.  

Isn't Geatz's seat open?