Scott Tracy

Why are Federal judges Presidential appointments? Why is it necessary that the judges' political affiliation or views get taken into account? 

In regards to ethics, the judiciary should not only be impartial, but should be seen to be so. Taking 'gifts' from 'friends' who may or may not have business before the court is not good optics. Recusal should be considered. There are so many ways to make these courts less controversial.

He's a geologist as well now?

Today, most Palestinians and their descendants in Jordan are naturalized, making Jordan the only Arab country to fully integrate the Palestinian refugees. So, are they refugees or Jordanian nationals?I

As has been said, no other Arab country will take in Palestinian refugees as they are afraid of their own Black September, so why would any other country even consider it, let alone fall out about it internally?

3 hours ago, Lacessit said:

You have a weird obsession with vaccines

What's weird about vaccines?

'What miserable drones and traitors have I nurtured and promoted in my household who let their lord be treated with such shameful contempt by a lowborn clerk!'

Amend to suit... Potentially...

4 hours ago, stevenl said:

So you disagree with your earlier opinion that the Algerian boxer is a man. After all she has a vagina.

You've been there? Who 're like it.

5 hours ago, impulse said:

You can believe the so called "fact checkers", or you can go to the root data.

 

This is not the root data. 

5 hours ago, susanlea said:

Participation rate under Trump was higher.

Oh for goodness sake. 

22 hours ago, TedG said:

So far, in 2024, 124,517 employees were laid off from the tech sector.

 

Nothing to do with badly run companies?

4 hours ago, susanlea said:

Make up your mind. Biden claimed he created 15m jobs 

• The economy added more than 14 million jobs. The number is now nearly 4.9 million higher than before the pandemic. From factcheck.org. https://www.factcheck.org/2024/01/bidens-numbers-january-2024-update/

The economy added... Not the President...

Under Trump...

• The economy lost 2.7 million jobs. The unemployment rate increased by 1.7 percentage points to 6.4%. Same source... https://www.factcheck.org/2021/10/trumps-final-numbers/

Same logic, the economy lost 2.7 million jobs, not the President.

2 hours ago, wozzlegummich said:

don't think the CAAT is anywhere as stringent as the FAA with GA stuff. Would there even be a full and thorough investigation?

Don't make me laugh... FAA stringent...? In your dreams. Most of the work is IA, DAR, all delegated by the FAA. Useless in their oversight obligations with the organisation itself being subject to political appointees at the top and 're-authorisation '... People furloughed when federal money runs out, because of political dog fights between Congress and the federal government...

So the President can do all this? Nothing to do with Congress? Nothing to do with Intel, Google, Meta, Yahoo, Amazon, Microsoft, Boeing... etc, etc being badly run?

On 6/10/2024 at 7:40 PM, Baht Simpson said:

represent the adult 18+ U.S. population."

Not adult enough to drink alcohol, though. Land of the free, etc...

On 6/9/2024 at 9:26 AM, Expat Rob said:

So did allowing interracial marriage lead to the inner-city riots in the U.S. in the 60

Allowing... Good grief. Land of the free, home of the brave...

On 8/1/2024 at 10:22 AM, Surasak said:

At present the UK DWP pension is not taxed in the UK. It could therefore be classed as taxable income by Thailand? The new thieves of the Labour party may well change this in their up coming budget, due Oct/Nov this year.

It is taxed.... Or at least taxable should it reach or exceed the current personal allowance, which mine does.

'Road rules in Thailand are very right wing ie barely exist. Socialist western nations fine you $1000 for using a mobile phone or $400 for not wearing a seat belt.'

And this is one of the reasons Thailand has the second highest road death rates in the world... An imbecilic comment.

On 8/1/2024 at 9:12 AM, susanlea said:

Thailand is more right wing than left but it appears that 75% of farangs are centre left to far left. Why move to a right wing nation? Why spend 8 years whingeing about Trump?

 

Appears to whom, you? Where's your evidence? I'll spend as many years as I like whingeing about Trump, and others like him. And it won't matter where I do it from. 

On 8/1/2024 at 10:40 AM, susanlea said:

Biden was a known racist. 

He's not any more? Oh damn...why did I get involved in this nightmare...

Aren't the visa requirements cheaper?

Interesting that aircraft 9H-LIV cannot be tracked by registration on the flight tracking sites I checked. Dubai to MNL appears to be within the range of an A319-115 ACJ.

UTP to MNL is shown as around 1436 miles. DXB to UTP is around 3000 miles.