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And? What is your point? Do you have an article or did you just post a date for fun. I did find an article from the NY Post dated December 4, 2024 that corroborates the story here . https://nypost.com/2024/12/04/us-news/ucla-official-allegedly-put-jewish-applicants-on-no-hire-list-petition-claims/ This woman is a full blown deluded buffoon to have actually written " Israel is a colonial state that oppresses Palestinians and other vulnerable marginalized communities like the queer community." Israel is the only country in the region that has legal protections in place for the LGBQT2 community. 300,000+ turn out for Tel Aviv Pride. Quite a contrast to Istanbul where 100 turned up for Pride, of which 15 were attacked and arrested. No Pride in Damascus, Baghdad, Tunis, et al. And not a word from Madame Solidarity.

The measles is still killing and leaving children brain damaged. All because the children were not vaccinated. The Flu severity depends on the variant circulating. Vaccination against the infection will keep the high risk people out of hospital and the funeral home. Updating the Covid vaccine for at risk groups will keep them out of hospital and the funeral home too. We have not yet seen the long term after effects of the Covid infections. Sometimes a disease can take years for the damage to manifest itself. For example, Chicken pox can be mild, but years later it can return as shingles and leave people in great pain for months. Syphilis symptoms can go away for a few years and then return making the brain swiss cheese.

There are no striking parallels with the Penney case. Chauvin ; - Intentionally brutalized Floyd and violated the police department's use of force rules. - Floyd was already immobilized (handcuffed and lying face down) and detained when Chauvin assaulted him. Chauvin knelt on Floyd's neck for 9 and 1/2 minutes, while 2 other police officers knelt on Floyd's back. 3 officers were on a handcuffed and motionless man. - For his final 2 minutes, Floyd was already knocked out and in heart failure with no pulse, and yet, Chauvin kept his knee on Floyd's neck. Penny subdued the deceased Neely on his own. Yes, he used a death hold that as a USMC can be argued was known to be deadly, but the argument was offered that because he was in fear of his life and the circumstances, there was no intent to do permanent harm.

You obviously do not understand the US consumer. They want the cheap price. There is a reason why retailers like DollarTree and Walmart are popular. The majority of consumers put low cost over quality. It's nice that you want to use GDP per capita as an economic indicator, but you have intentionally left out a key factor: The need for the income to be higher in the USA and the gap between the haves and the have nots. The cost of healthcare and of basic necessities like home and auto insurance is much higher in the USA than in Canada. Individual GDP has to be higher in the USA because the total costs of living are higher. Canadians benefit from a public health insurance option and have access to better social benefit options. In the USA, wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few. In Canada, wealth is more equitably distributed. In plain language, the use of a per capita value is misleading because the wealth in the USA is not held by many individuals and is instead, held by a small number off people. A more accurate data point is the national GDP. The United States has the largest economy globally and Canada ranks 9th at US$2.015 trillion. Only the State of California has a larger GDP than Canada. Texas used to, but 2024 is expected to see Canada pass Texas based upon the strength of the Canadian oil sector. And for all the criticism of Trudeau, the Liberal government managed the last Trump tantrum and threat campaign very effectively. It was a national effort. All the provinces, the business community and the major political parties were all on the same team. It was a pan canadian effort. This time around, Pierre the Conservative party leader doesn't seem too interested in a Team Canada effort, and he is getting criticized for it too.

Where can I invest in Russian bank deposits? I will gladly sing the praises of Putin and take 23%. After my tax rate, I promise to give 25% of proceeds to Ukraine.

You can't be serious? In excess of 60% of Canadians have private health care coverage. It is called group health or private health and is first sourced at the workplace. It insures the worker and their immediate family. The coverage is portable upon leaving employment or retirement. Dental care, medications, eye glasses, diagnostic procedures such as blood sampling or MRIs can be done in the private care system and all are reimbursable. Mental health care, physiotherapy, audiologists, speech therapy and travel health insurance is provided by the private system. The health insurers administer and pay these claims. Here is an example; https://www.manulife.ca/personal/insurance/our-products/health-insurance/health-and-dental.html

A touchless transaction is the fastest possible transaction. A wave of the card over the scanner and it is done. Hackers are going after bank accounts and are relying on consumers to input their own data. The security exposure exiists whether or not one uses a credit card. I am not afraid of handling money and carry a few thousand baht with me,, but do welcome an opportunity to reduce the likelihood of direct contact. The link between transmission of infectious disease and physical objects, in this case, coins and banknotes is well documented. The beauty of touchless transactions is that one does not need to key in anything, nor handle dirty objects. Paper money and coins as potential vectors of transmissible disease Future Microbiol. 2014;9(2):249-61. Emmanuel Angelakis 1, Esam I Azhar, Fehmida Bibi, Muhammad Yasir, Ahmed K Al-Ghamdi, Ahmad M Ashshi, Adel G Elshemi, Didier Raoult Banknotes recovered from hospitals may be highly contaminated by Staphylococcus aureus. Salmonella species, Escherichia coli and S. aureus are commonly isolated from banknotes from food outlets. Laboratory simulations revealed that methicillin-resistant S. aureus can easily survive on coins, whereas E. coli, Salmonella species and viruses, including human influenza virus, Norovirus, Rhinovirus, hepatitis A virus, and Rotavirus, can be transmitted through hand contact. Stability of pathogens on banknotes and coins: A narrative review. Meister TL, Kirchhoff L, Brüggemann Y, Todt D, Steinmann J, Steinmann E.J Med Virol. 2023 Dec;95(12):e29312. Profile of bacteria and fungi on money coins. Kuria JK, Wahome RG, Jobalamin M, Kariuki SM. East Afr Med J. 2009 Apr;86(4):151-5. Detection of virulence genes in Staphylococcus aureus isolated from paper currency. Kumar JD, Negi YK, Gaur A, Khanna D.Int J Infect Dis. 2009 Nov;13(6):e450-5. Contamination of coins and banknotes as sources of transmission of parasitic pathogens: a pilot study from Iran. Hajipour N, Moosavy MH, Rostamzadeh B, Hajibemani A.Public Health. 2020 Sep;186:116-118.

MAGA has nothing to do with this. Her statements are her own. Can't or won't believe the documentation?

No it wouldn't. Health insurance companies would transition to a fee for service model and would be contracted as third party administrators. That's how it is done with private health insurance now in jurisdictions that have government healthcare programs. E.g. UK, Canada.

Easy to blame the health insurers. Convenient too. The health insurers are one small part of the cost structure. On the contrary, the health insurers would dearly love to reduce the cost of healthcare. The culprits are the US public. 1. The largest investors in the private healthcare industry are pension funds both public and private, mutual fund companies and venture capital investment houses. Their sole objective is to maximize the return on investment. When the ROI is not achieved, the investors, beneficiaries, fund holders are up in arms. 2. The health care providers themselves are a major factor in keeping procedure costs up. Surgeons want to keep their $500,000+ incomes. 3. Private hospitals are there to make a profit, not to deliver affordable healthcare. They are the middlemen delivering healthcare and want their cut. 4. The litigious nature of Americans requires all healthcare providers to make additional profits because they often have to pay unreasonable excess settlements. When a morbidly obese person has a high risk procedure like child birth and the child is born damaged, the family typically sues and claims negligence. it results in expensive court cases and nuisance settlements. 5. The cost of supplies and drugs is subject to large cost markups through the supply chain. Everyone takes a cut, from the overpaid Teamsters who deliver the goods, to the supply houses who markup the products, to the sales person who wines and dines hospital administrators and physicians to encourage their purchases. 6. The consumer. Many hospitals are stuck with the unpaid medical care of the indigent and those who just don't pay. Honest people are forced to pay for them

Great zeus, in June 1922, Penrose made the first recording of this song, which was released on Regal Records. You must be rather ancient.

Did you not read the case? Aside from the harassment, they defied legal orders to cease and desist.

Oh she is employable. Many charities, social service organizations and private businesses will welcome a person just like her.

They are trafficked. The women are not told that they would be obliged to have multiple sexual partners in any given day and to assume the increased risk of contracting deadly and long term diseases such as HPV, HIV, Hepatitis etc. No woman says, yes, I want to have sexual intercourse with 5+ men,some of whom will abuse me and be disgusting, creepy gross vile loathsome losers. They are typically promised jobs in shops or massage shops. They are then coerced, often through violence into the sex trade. That is the reality.

No, they are not petrified. Most are clueless as to what awaits the North American economy. Yes, some of the US stakeholders in the Canadian subsidiaries are worried. Other Canadian stakeholders are acting in an appropriate manner and preparing to counter the ignorance of tariffs. The Ontario advertising campaign was planned and announced months ago. Ontario is the USA's 3rd largest trading partner. Two‐way trade between Ontario and the US exceeded US$354 billion in 2023 and has risen 26% since 2018. The province was the top export destination for 17 US states last year. If Canada imposes retaliatory tariffs like it did last time Trump started his bullying on Aluminum and Steel, many Republican states will suffer. Last time, the USA backed down relatively quickly once the Governors and Congressional members pointed out the economic damage the US tariffs were causing. Beware the peril of hubris. Every time Trump pokes the Canadians, it usually costs the USA something. Look at how many Republican states are dependent on exports to Canada. State Total State Export in Millions USD Share of Total State Exports North Dakota $4,388 84.60% Maine $1,229 52.80% Michigan $17,341 39.40% Ohio $17,273 38.40% Vermont $918 38.30% South Dakota $524 38.00% Montana $544 37.90% Missouri $4,453 34.90% Idaho $1,184 34.80% Indiana $11,080 31.40% Wisconsin $6,226 30.40% West Virginia $1,283 28.10% Iowa $3,460 27.40% Oklahoma $1,452 27.00% Kentucky $6,550 26.50% Pennsylvania $9,699 25.90% Illinois $13,261 24.80% Minnesota $4,828 24.00% New York $13,773 22.30% Arkansas $1,148 22.10% North Carolina $5,881 20.70% Tennessee $5,818 20.70% Mississippi $2,082 20.30% Wyoming $225 19.30% New Jersey $7,229 19.00% Rhode Island $410 17.10% irginia $2,717 16.50% Delaware $619 15.80% Colorado $1,278 15.40% Georgia $5,146 13.30% Maryland $1,581 12.50% Massachusetts $2,746 11.00% Retaliatory tariffs can and will damage Republican state economies.

Antisemitism. Most of the protests have singled out followers of the jewish faith, or people who were presumed to be of jewish faith . The protests have gone beyond advocating a political position to one of calling for death and injury to jews and of promoting violence. In effec overt and blatant discrimination.

The Guardian journalists in their rush to cover Israel's alleged wrongdoings ignored the atrocities and horrors now being publicized in Syria.

For a long time Greta was treated as a deity, off limits because she was a "child". The recent comments are just more in a long list of political sloganeering. She has every right to express her political views. However, the public also has every right to respond to her hate speech and to treat her accordingly.

So much for the myth of gay tolerance. A gathering of consenting adults and with drug quantities of minimal amounts. And for this, the police undertake a lengthy covert operation and then proceed to humiliate people who are otherwise law abiding and peaceful. And meanwhile, under the very noses of the police children are trafficked for sexual purposes, drugs are trafficked and violent crimes undertaken. A quick look at the photo shows most everyone is probably between ages 23 and 35. All of them are fit. No one is covered in tattoos. Right off the bat, it is easy to tell that they are well off and educated by Thai standards. My takeaway is that this will result in a shakedown. The charges will go away once a brown envelope is volunteered. It is less likely to show stains. I expect that some people will be oozing or dripping once they get done. I doubt shower facilities were provided. It makes it easier to see who is wearing surveillance equipment. Some people sell videos either for monetization purposes or as extortion. Others are snitches. And yes, Thais are remarkably modest. My thai male friends wear underwear under their swim shorts. I have asked why, and they honest response is that they don't want to expose the outline of their distended genitalia.

Since Tucker's propaganda piece, Russia has suffered a significant setback in Syria. Russia supported the despot Assad and at some point, the Syrians will ask the unwelcome occupying Russian military to leave.

There is always the expertise of a health professional who has experience with tropical ailments. My spider bite resulted in significant swelling of my hand and itchiness.

Dunkirk, Goodfellas, Casino, Casablanca, Bride on the River Kwai, La battaglia di Algeri (The Battle of Algeria), D-Day Seven Samurai (Original Japanese), Das Boot, Lawrence of Arabia, Full Metal Jacket, Downfall, Dirty Harry, Letters from Iwo Jima, Empire of The Sun, Crouching Tiger -Hidden Dragon, Apollo 13, A Bridge Too Far, All the James Bond films except the one with George Lazenby , Forrest Gump, Scarface (Original 1932), Gone with The Wind, All Quiet on the Western Front (Original 1930), The Four Feathers (Original 1939), Khartoum, Zulu, Maurice, White Heat, Yankee Doodle Dandy. I like period pieces, action and the (Imagined) good old days of the British Empire, when the USA was a world leader and when good triumphed over evil.

The reputable massage shops do not do the neck manipulations. The staff at the good shops always ask before they start how hard you want it. One of the benefits of Hua Hin is that the clientele is mostly age 60+ and the staff behave accordingly, so the likelihood of getting a James Bond killer session is remote.

Dishonesty, tax evasion, and other misdeeds have a day of reckoning. Rubert Grint, thought he was being smart and thought he could hide behind his accountants, but he is ultimately liable as he approved the filings and tax returns. He now owes £1.8m in back taxes for his 2011-2012 declaration of £4.5m in income as a capital asset rather than as income. He thought he could get by with the lower 10% capital gains tax rate, rather than the higher income tax rate of 52%. His case had gone on for years and now in addition to his tax liability, he has his legal costs. Previously, he was caught trying to play the filing year system by declaring his income in a lower tax applicable year and thereby receive a £1m tax refund. The tax man and the grim reaper don't leave anyone behind.

The ridicule of public health efforts to protect the population is really offensive. All that the Thai MoH is doing is exercising common sense. They are trying to screen for people who are coming from the region where there is a serious deadly disease. What exactly is wrong about that? I am thankful that this is being done. Maybe some arrogant condescending foreigners are not. I also know that they will be the first to run to the hospital when they are infected and expect to be treated right away.