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Iron Tongue

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  1. 17 hours ago, bluesofa said:

    Pointless question, I know:

    Why aren't there soldiers being used permanently to control the 'natural' - i.e. porous border? We're not exactly short of soldiers are we.

    The answer must be a matter of 'national security', so we'll probably never know.

    Sure we are!  Thailand is drastically short of military manpower!

     

    Using the US as a comparison, general/soldier ratio is 1/1431...

    Given the existence of at least 1700 military generals in Thailand, it means that Thailand is short of at least 2.1 million soldiers!  -and that's the low end!  High end would be at least 2.7 million soldiers needed!

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  2. 11 hours ago, Orton Rd said:

    India has always been part of China, well I would not be surprised if they came out with that

    Well, now that you brought it up;

    India was ruled by the Mughals, who everyone knows is an off-shoot of the Mongols, and since the Mongols benevolently ruled China as the Yuan Dynasty... Of course India is a historic part of China!

    China is merely defending its sovereignty!

  3. 16 hours ago, digger70 said:

    What ? he should be in Jail ,Not running around  in an other Cosy job . 

    Who's in charge of this Circus?He needs a good  kicking too.

    I don't think these transfers are as cushy as people may think.

    When transferred to administrative duties, they are no-longer able to participate in graft, which is where their real income comes from. 

  4. On 8/29/2020 at 5:09 AM, YetAnother said:

    probably worth it to the offenders for the publicity they received 

    Maybe, but this article left out the part where they may also receive up to 1 year in jail.

     

    I hope, that they get a couple months in jail, and not just community service, picking-up garbage on roadsides.  If they spent some in LA county jail, they might actually experience some reality, and terror. 

  5. Concrete buildings have most of their structural load borne by the outside walls so the interior can be reconfigured with little danger to overall structural integrity.  

     

    I once stayed in a great condo in Taipei where the owners had bought two adjoining and one unit below and combined everything into a huge residence.  They even installed a large circular staircase to go between levels.

  6. R. Kelly is in Federal custody waiting for trial on multiple pedophile charges plus other offenses, he is also wanted by several states on pedo charges. 

    Rather than being secretive like Epstein was, R Kelly shot videos and bragged about his exploits openly for decades.  His music labels are accused of complixity in helping to protect him.

     

    I'm surprised he has a cellmate as pedos don't survive long in general population.

  7. 4 hours ago, rudi49jr said:

    Germany under Hitler wanted “Lebensraum im Osten”, which translates to living space in the east. Apparently Putin is looking for “Lebensraum im Westen”, living space in the west. I’m not sure at all if the USA and/or Europe would interfere if Putin decided to annex Belarus.

    Russia is already the largest country in the world.  It is filled with depopulated villages and towns from the troubles and negative population growth from the 1990s, I doubt that "lebensraum" would be an excuse that even Putin could get away with.  Besides, Belarus sucks more than Russia.

     

    While the US and NATO would not intervene if Russia invaded Belarus because they have no defense treaties with them,  the West might find a few more sanctions to tack-on to what already is there.  But ultimately, Russia needs Belarus separate as a buffer between themselves and NATO.

  8. I'm not an HVAC tech, but I've replaced refrigerant in my auto and home cooler so I've seen and handled both Freon plus new R22 refrigerant.  Played with the canisters and poured it into a bucket to see what the effect would be.  If not in an airtight container, refrigerant will quickly change from liquid to gas by boiling-away.

     

    They are held in your AC in a sealed system and will always want to escape completely if there is even a tiny leak or hole.  When gone, the A.C. will only circulate warm air, and is usually the way people know their AC (or fridge) is out of refrigerant.

     

    What you see is water condensation, it means your refrigerant is fine.

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