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Yes, I did study history in school. What does Gibraltar belongs economically to Spain mean? You do know that Gibraltar has a strong position as a marine bunkering port? Gibraltar based Peninsula is ranked as the 6th largest bunker entity in the world. Its marine service capabilities are well reputed. Gibraltar makes most of its income from financial services. It is also home to multiple online casinos. Gibraltar's GDP per capita is approx 3X that of Spain., which indicates that Gibraltar is financially better off. Your reference to losing an island in the North Sea makes no sense and is gibberish. In respect to Northern Ireland, you obviously do not know the history. There is not much one can do to change the colonization by the Normans that started in 1169.The Normans also conquered the English. Your quarrel is with the French. The presence of the "English"in Ireland got handed off for a few centuries until the Tudors integrated Ireland in the 1600's. Ireland only came into existence as a stand alone nation in 1921 and it did not include the northern territory. Besides, the future of Northern Ireland is really not for the UK to decide. It is a local driven issue, and a majority of residents do not wish to join with Ireland. I expect that one day they will want to do so . Until then, their wishes must be respected.

Careful.Multiple US airports have police with long guns, usually AR 15 type. Houston, Los Angeles, Boston Houston HOU

What AI program are you using?

Are you the spokesperson for Hamas?

The taxpayers who would have to pay the multi million dollar settlements that would follow will not be as supportive or thrilled by this PR stunt. County attorney must be having conniptions as it is the worst possible thing to say. No I am not supporting violent thugs, nor saying LEO should not defend against assaults. However, if you are one of the people who is struck by a police bullet, because you were in the wrong place at the wrong time, you will be very angry. Some police forces are trigger happy, and innocent people suffer because of it. There are long established rules guidelines regarding the use of lethal force, and saying what he did, goes against them.

Sure. And what security guarantees will be given to Israel/ it is surrounded by Islamic hate states.

The agreement in itself benefits everyone. It facilitates the flow of goods in an out of Gibraltar, and will make it easier to get to Gibraltar without having to land in Spain and then transit to the enclave. A big win for the local economy, and a boost to tourism. The presence of Spanish border/customs of agents in the territory is not a new concept and makes life easier for everyone. UK Border Force officers already operate in France at the Port of Calais, the Eurotunnel terminal, Paris Gare du Nord, Lille, and Calais-Frethun. They also operate at Brussels-South railway station in Belgium and Amsterdam Centraal and Rotterdam Centraal stations in the Netherlands. The USA has its border and customs agents stationed inside at Shannon, Dublin, Dubai and all major Canadian airports as well as in Aruba, Bahamas and Barbados, so that travellers clear US border security before they enter the USA. It makes travel easier and speeds cargo transit. No it belongs to the UK. It was owned and controlled by England far longer than it was by Spain. It was part of the muslim Emirate of Granada until it was captured by the Duke of Sidonia in 1462. He then sold it to jewish- christian convert refugees fleeing Seville and elsewhere. Then in 1501 Queen Isabella of Castille claimed it.. The If Gibraltar is part of Spain, then so too are Belgium and Luxembourg, the Spanish Netherlands. Spain only became Spain with its war of Succession that ended in 1714. Before then, in 1704 the Anglo Dutch fleet liberated Gibratar and the English took possession in the War of Succession. The treaty of Utrecht which allowed the war to end recognized the English ownership of Gibraltar. For the past 321 years, Gibraltar has been a part of England, then Great Britain and now the United Kingdom. as an overseas territory. That's 100+ more years than a forerunner to Spain controlled it. He has not handed England to Europe. Gibraltar remains a self governing British Overseas Territory and its citizens are British citizens. Nonsense. On June 8, 1969, the fascist military dictator and crony of Adolf Hitler, Francisco franco, closed the border, and it remained shut for commercial traffic for 16 years. Gibraltar did not fall, nor did it collapse. Despite the withdrawal of the UK from the EU in 2020, Gibraltar has remained steady and without the 100% demanding union with Spain as you claim. The people of Gibraltar like their independence.

I appreciate that this a thread about Pattaya, but had the ferry still been operating I would have said, take a cruise to the geriatric hooker care center of Hua Hin, before you complain. I did not see any fat bargirls when I was in Pattaya. Chubby or plump yes. The fatties were the customers. They waddle about, sweating profusely, with their red swollen legs and bulging guts. The worst thing for them are the low cost English breakfasts with the fried hotdog sausages, fried potato, white bread, blood pudding, processed ham, and fried strip of lard called "bacon". You should do your next missive on the low quality of bacon served in most Thai restaurants. It is mostly fat with no meat. The only place where I have consistently been served proper bacon was at the former BKK airport Novotel. Maybe this is why so many are fat in Pattaya. Too much fatty fried pork and rice.

It was all about a weak former world power trying to retain influence and relevance at a time when other nations were establishing their dominance. WW II was the end of the old European powers and the desperation with which the French tried to remain relevant was tragic. Iran was a demonstrable threat. It had attempted to assassinate President Trump. It is a sponsor of international terrorism . It kept Assad the despot in power and was complicit in the deaths of 600,000 Syrians and the creation of 14 million refugees. It is the sponsor of Hezbollah which refuses to accept the authority of the Lebanese government, Iran is the sponsor of the Houthis and complicit in the deaths of 250,000 Yemenis and the creation of millions of refugees in Yemen. Iran has weekly rallies that culminate with chants of death to the UK, USA and Israel. Iran was just found to have hidden its nuclear materials, and its deceptive nuclear arms activities exposed. It has negotiated in bad faith in respect to a nuclear arms agreement. So, it was only a matter of time before Iran acted on its threats. Israel was going to get nuked at some point. Tax payers money has not been spent on war. On the contrary, the USA has done its utmost to prevent this event. Iran instead chose to lie and to drag out the nuclear talks, acting in bad faith. This is Israel's party, and it is taking all the risks. Israel has 12 spy and communication satellites. It launched its Ofek 13 state of the art spy satellite in March 2023. Israel is also receiving the support of a large number of Iranian dissidents who have suffered under the tyrannical religious regime. The fact that Israel was able to station drones in Iran before the attack and to then successfully launch them speaks to the support network. There are thousands of brave and heroic Iranians risking their lives for the freedom of their people. The Kurds have also had good relations with Israel. In the early 1960's, it was Iran that convinced Israel to support the Kurds and acted as the intermediary and introductory agent. Since that time, Kurds have relied on Israeli humanitarian care, support for its refugees, and military support. The Azerbaijanis have tacitly allowed Israel to operate from their nation, although they officially deny it. The takeaway is that Israel may be executing the operation, but they had help from many people in the region, especially Iranians. The USA had no direct involvement in this. It did all that it could do to avoid the conflict. it was Iran who negotiated in bad faith and tried to play the USA. All the USA is saying is to leave it alone and that the Gulf Arab nations who host USA forces have nothing to do with this. Why would the President have a star of David? That is a crude attempt to say that he is under the influence of the juden. In addition to be your being a self appointed expert on infectious disease, you are now sharing hateful prejudiced ignorance. What's next, claiming Israel invented Covid?

Thank you for clarifying.

Yes, it is called a reality check, much like a parent who reminds a whinging son to get off the sofa and to get a job. Trump held back, despite the unfair and provocative things Musk said. Musk had promised $1 trillion in savings and did not deliver..

I don't think being supportive of the Ukraine means one is an anti semite. Granted the Ukrainians didn't have a stellar history in WWII, but at least they are not slaughtering them in the streets like they used to do 100 years ago.

Hearsay, and uncorroborated. USA was advised by Israel that Israel was going to strike. That was the coordination. Some arab countries were aware of the pending attack as well. Israel has its own satellites. The USA did not facilitate this pre-emptive strike. The President warned Iran and the world that this would happen. Listen to his statement from his presser at Les Miserables. He said that iran should not have a nuclear weapon. The IAEA report showed that Iran was hiding nuclear materials and lying about it. The USA could only do so much to try and convince Iran to stop its pursuit of a nuclear arsenal. All the USA did was to get out of the way. Trump stopped Israel previously asking it to give negotiations time. Well, Iran acted in bad faith and this is the result.

Put Israel to the side and have a look at international air traffic. The current air routes are packed. Iran and Iraq have closed their airspace. Overflights of Pakistan and parts of India are restricted because of the conflict between the two. Airspace over Russia is restricted for many airlines Much of Ukraine airspace is closed Afghanistan airspace is avoided. Armenia and Azerbaijan airspace is restricted due to threat of conflict. Israel airspace is restricted Jordan airspace is restricted. As soon as Iran launches missiles, Gulf Arab airspace will close. Cyprus airspace will close Turkiye airspace will be restricted. Good luck on flying to Europe & UK via many carriers Guess who is not happy? Russia. Its drone and munitions supplier will be out of business for a while.

Iran is pledged to the destruction of Israel. Iran tried to kill President Trump Iran has threatened the UK and the USA repeatedly. Iran was again caught lying about their nuclear weapons program, the most recent was yesterday. Iran had an active program of concealing their nuclear weapons program and that even when the nuclear deal was in place, Iran purposefully hid information about its activities. Iran was not negotiating in good faith with the USA in respect to a new nuclear agreement. in fact they were stalling and delaying, which is an indication that it was most likely trying to finish off a nuclear weapon or weapons prior to a possible agreement. In consideration of these demonstrated facts, how would you have handled iran? Sanctions were not working. Iran was financing terrorism around the world. What other option was there other than to neutralize the nuclear arsenal facilities?

We all know what you are trying to do. Smart people will not take the bait.

Trump was impressive on his handling of Musk. He kept calm. Musk was like a petulant child having a temper tantrum. I believe Trump handled this in a fatherly way and was genuinely concerned for Musk's mental health. He has seen it before, and that's why he was asking if Musk was wacked out on drugs. Trump had a brother who was an alcoholic and he lived through the episodes. Trump is loyal to people who stick with him, and it was evident by his not tossing Musk under the political bus, despite most of his senior advisers wanting him to do so. Musk is friends with Steven Miller, Trump's leading minion and I have a feeling Miller was begging Musk to apologize.

Oh my. The spirit of the Dowager Countess of Grantham lives.

I hope I am wrong, and that you are more correct than I am. Azerbaijan is on the brink of a war with Armenia. Its artillery units are reported as shelling Armenian territory for the past week. Armenia relies on its land corridor to Iran and Azerbaijan wants it. It is alleged, that alot of the material that has bypassed the international sanctions on Iran transited Armenia. Trump tried. There were multiple good faith offers made, and every time Hamas, Islamic Jihad and others refused to end hostilities and to release the hostages. It is unreasonable and unfair to blame Trump when the terror groups refused to enter into a peace agreement. Trump put alot of pressure on israel to negotiate and to accept things it was uncomfortable with. It was Gaza which did not want peace.

Well, we finally agree on something. Power vacuum point is a good point. Libya can be added to that list.

Nothing to celebrate because Iran will retaliate. Hopefully, not with one of its nuclear devices, even a dirty bomb. The missiles Iran will fire will pass over some arab countries and there may be collateral damage. Iran may even attack UK and US interests in the region because they are seen as the enemy too, since they back the Gulf Arabs against Iran. The Iranian dissident community social media is running with "thank you uncle Benny" jokes, which is in keeping with Iranian "black" sense of humour. I hope that the missiles fired between the two are restricted to military targets. I have a feeling that Israel is going to get clobbered, but whether it happens nor or in a year, it was inevitable because the Iranian nuclear talks were going to fail and Iran has lied about its nuclear stockpiles.

The article does offer the proof. For example, if Trump says he called up the National Guard in Minnesota, and the legal documentation shows that it was the state governor who did so 7 hours before Trump threatened to do so, then yes, Trump lied.

You obviously do not understand that there are quality differences. There are different types of fabrics, weaves, and thread types. The thin synthetic fabric shirts that sag and shine are different from the crisp cotton that harmonizes with body form. The cheap synthetic fiber clothes trap odor and are uncomfortable in the tropical climate, whereas the natural fabric shirts are comfortable and clean. M&S shirts last. Very few big box brands can offer similar quality. John Lewis was one of the few. A gentleman understands the importants of sartorial workmanship. I suppose it does not matter if one only wears a brown shirt

The false claims are annoying. There is no evidence of this being an aircraft structural issue. There are suggestions of engine failure, in engines which are not manufactured by Boeing because of a visible lack of thrust, and suggestions of pilot error because of flap position, and again because of a lack of thrust. Air India has a history of allegations of deficient maintenance of its aircraft. If one goes by the general condition of the Air India cabins, it is not unreasonable to suspect general maintenance. Until the flight data recordings are analyzed, nothing is certain, so why speculate? Due to conflict with Pakistan and the proximity of the airport to Pakistan, I anticipate social media to be flooded with claims of terrorism. To those promoting the claim that Boeing is unsafe, the B787 until this event had never had a fatal incident, nor catastrophic crash. Your unfounded bias serves no purpose. Most airline crashes are a result of pilot error, weather and general maintenance deficiencies, not aircraft structural defect. If you are concerned, then avoid all aircraft travel. Aircraft had just left the tarmac. Event is reported as occurring before gear up stage. Your claim is unfounded. Aside from the initial tragedies, the aircraft since its return to service has one of the safest operating records. It is a heavily surveilled aircraft. The aircraft is such a failure that Boeing had a backlog of 5,943 737 MAX aircraft, according to Reuters. This backlog includes 303 new orders booked in May 2025. Boeing has delivered 164 737 MAXes, in 2025 . The airline leasing companies and the airlines have a different opinion than you. How is it you know more than they do? According to you these customers who signed purchase agreements in 2025 are wrong; Singapore-based leasing company BOC Aviation - 50 Japan Airlines -17 Korean Airlines -20 Now that the tariff issue is on hold with the USA, China is again taking delivery of B737 Max and a new aircraft landed in China on June 10. Qatar and United took delivery of their aircraft last month too. And so on. Everyone in the airline industry has it wrong.

A vile and disgusting false claim. There is no association of the company with Zionism. It is a malicious claim that attempts to incite and to promote hate. The largest shareholders are shown below. None of the investors is a prop of Zionism. On the contrary, a closer look will find some Arab investment. For example, The Al-Futtaim Group is an Emirati conglomerate based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, it owns the franchise in Hong Kong in Hong Kong and Macau. Al-Futtaim operates 72+ Marks & Spencer stores across 11 markets in Asia and the Middle East, with its flagship store in Dubai. Marks and Spencer is a public corporation. There is no single controlling shareholder. The company is not owned by one individual or entity. Institutional shareholders own 79% of the company, of which financial institutions dominate. The balance of shares are public and private ownership. There is no Israeli ownership. Name Equities % Valuation RWC Asset Management LLP 101,424,531 4.937 % 512 M p Schroder Investment Management Ltd. 97,791,409 4.76 % 494 M p The Vanguard Group, Inc. 75,728,000 3.686 % 382 M p Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd. 60,086,115 2.925 % 303 M p Norges Bank Investment Management 47,202,000 2.298 % 238 M p BlackRock Fund Advisors 46,732,524 2.275 % 236 M p Capital Research & Management Co. (World Investors) 43,378,000 2.111 % 219 M p Dimensional Fund Advisors LP 40,953,791 1.993 % 207 M p BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd. 38,201,114 1.859 % 193 M p BlackRock Advisors (UK) Ltd. 32,403,000 1.577 % 164 M p Do you spew hate for fun or is it your raison d'etre?