
Etaoin Shrdlu
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The building wasn't complete, so the cost to replace the property destroyed in the quake will be less, and possibly much less, than the total contract value. Some cost items, such as architects' fees or profit margin won't be recurring, further reducing the cost to replace. Ital-Thai will likely be on the hook for the cost to re-build regardless of whether shoddy materials or faulty design or workmanship is involved. A main contractor is usually responsible for the entire project unless the principal separately contracted out specific elements. It would be up to Ital-Thai to pursue any subcontractors if they were negligent. This should not affect the government's rights under the contract with Ital-Thai. Earthquake is an insurable peril under construction "all-risks" policies. Ital-Thai could have insured this risk if they wanted to. I suspect government contracts may not require contractors to take out this coverage and Ital-Thai quite possibly did not. Some force majeure perils in construction contracts may be limited to excusing the contractor from paying liquidated damages in the event the project is delayed. Insurable perils, such as earthquake, are often not considered force majeure events with respect to the contractor's liability to re-build following a loss unless the project is abandoned by the principal. Political aspects aside, I think Ital-Thai will be on the hook for this one.
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Poll -- Should Hegseth Resign or Be Fired?
Etaoin Shrdlu replied to Jingthing's topic in Political Soapbox
Here's a good analysis: https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/5218181-signal-chat-violates-espionage-act/ -
Poll -- Should Hegseth Resign or Be Fired?
Etaoin Shrdlu replied to Jingthing's topic in Political Soapbox
It isn't about inviting the journalist. It's about using an insecure channel to discuss classified information. Signal isn't approved for discussing classified material. -
Poll -- Should Hegseth Resign or Be Fired?
Etaoin Shrdlu replied to Jingthing's topic in Political Soapbox
Every single government official included in that chat should be fired and criminally charged. Not one of them said "hey, this is an insecure channel and we aren't supposed to be discussing this kind of thing". They were all negligent. -
US Revokes 300 Student Visas in Crackdown on Campus Protests
Etaoin Shrdlu replied to Social Media's topic in World News
I suggest you check. All persons in the US, regardless of their immigration status, have the right to due process. Foreigners in the US on student visas are entitled to appear before an immigration judge prior to deportation. -
US Revokes 300 Student Visas in Crackdown on Campus Protests
Etaoin Shrdlu replied to Social Media's topic in World News
They still have the right to go before an immigration judge before deportation. -
US Revokes 300 Student Visas in Crackdown on Campus Protests
Etaoin Shrdlu replied to Social Media's topic in World News
If they broke the law, then charge them, and if convicted, deport them. They are still entitled to due process. -
US Revokes 300 Student Visas in Crackdown on Campus Protests
Etaoin Shrdlu replied to Social Media's topic in World News
Look up the Brandenburg Test. -
US Revokes 300 Student Visas in Crackdown on Campus Protests
Etaoin Shrdlu replied to Social Media's topic in World News
Student visas don't contain conditions that prohibit engaging in speech protected under the US Constitution. -
US Revokes 300 Student Visas in Crackdown on Campus Protests
Etaoin Shrdlu replied to Social Media's topic in World News
As unpopular as that may be, it is likely protected speech. -
US Revokes 300 Student Visas in Crackdown on Campus Protests
Etaoin Shrdlu replied to Social Media's topic in World News
Supporting a terrorist organization is spelled out quite clearly in statutes. They describe actions, not speech. -
US Revokes 300 Student Visas in Crackdown on Campus Protests
Etaoin Shrdlu replied to Social Media's topic in World News
There are terms under which a student visa can be revoked, but exercising free speech isn't one of them. -
US Revokes 300 Student Visas in Crackdown on Campus Protests
Etaoin Shrdlu replied to Social Media's topic in World News
What specific condition in their visa are they being charged with violating? -
US Revokes 300 Student Visas in Crackdown on Campus Protests
Etaoin Shrdlu replied to Social Media's topic in World News
Spreading hate? I can think of someone else who's a master of doing that and gets masses of Americans to buy into it. Antisemitism? Some of those protesting are Arabs, who are themselves semites. Protesting against Israel's policies isn't anti-Jewish or hate speech. It's protected speech under the Constitution. Supporting Hamas? Not illegal unless it contravenes one or more of the very prescriptive laws that define support for terrorist organizations. These laws criminalize specific actions, not speech. I haven't seen any of the students charged with contravening any of those statutes. Occupying universities? Universities can expel students for prohibited conduct and can charge outsiders with trespass. Expulsion would cancel a student visa, but a misdemeanor trespass may not always be enough to get a foreigner deported. But again, some of the students are bing deported without being charged with any crime. -
US Revokes 300 Student Visas in Crackdown on Campus Protests
Etaoin Shrdlu replied to Social Media's topic in World News
If a foreigner on a student visa breaks the law, then charge them and if they are convicted, deport them. The problem is that some foreign students are being deported without being charged with any crime and are thus deprived of their right to due process under the Constitution. You do support the US Constitution, don't you? -
US Revokes 300 Student Visas in Crackdown on Campus Protests
Etaoin Shrdlu replied to Social Media's topic in World News
No, freedom of speech does not extend to breaking the law. But some of the students are being deported without being charged with breaking any law. -
US Revokes 300 Student Visas in Crackdown on Campus Protests
Etaoin Shrdlu replied to Social Media's topic in World News
Even foreigners on student visas are subject to the provisions of the US Constitution that guarantee free speech and due process. There are no conditions on student visas that state that the holder of the visa is not entitled to protection under the US Constitution. -
US Revokes 300 Student Visas in Crackdown on Campus Protests
Etaoin Shrdlu replied to Social Media's topic in World News
Yes, because they clearly broke the law and were charged with crimes, unlike many of the students who are being deported without being charged with any crime. -
US Revokes 300 Student Visas in Crackdown on Campus Protests
Etaoin Shrdlu replied to Social Media's topic in World News
We don't need violent MAGAs storming the capitol and threatening to hang Mike Pence, either. Yet not only has Trump pardoned most of them, but now wants to compensate them for their time in prison. -
US Revokes 300 Student Visas in Crackdown on Campus Protests
Etaoin Shrdlu replied to Social Media's topic in World News
Not to mention "hang Mike Pence". And now Trump wants to compensate this scum for their well-deserved time in prison. -
Mrs. Shrdlu and I are planning a visit to the US in a couple of months to attend our son's college graduation. We've never had any issues in the past and I'm not expecting any this time. We've been to the US several times in recent years and she still has a few years left on her 10-year tourist visa. But please do post if you do indeed run into anything unusual at US immigration this time.
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Yes, at the university level this is more common. But even Mahidol relies on a government scheme for Thai students. https://muic.mahidol.ac.th/eng/student-life/student-services/health-service/ I guess I should not have assumed that the OP was referring to primary/secondary school where school-provided medical insurance is rare.