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It is easy to see who the older, and infrequent flyers are. 😄 The switch to biometric boarding will streamline the boarding process, stop look and pass the entry gate. It can also be used to ensure that the people who push their way into an earlier boarding zone can be better managed. It is proven worthwhile. Millions of passengers are already relying on biometrics to clear security lines and immigration. Examples are Global Entry, Nexus, and ABTC. I can now enter the USA or Canada in minutes compared to having to stand in line with people for 30 -60 minutes+ at peak hours. The Lufthansa Group has already deployed in Vienna, Hamburg, Frankfurt and Munchen airports. You will still receive a BP. Did you know that there are electronic boarding passes, if you look at the security gates, most people are using their phones. The SD has a passenger manifest that shows the passenger and their assigned seat. The manifest is either delivered electronically, prior to departure or is in the printout that the GA hands off to the SD before the door is closed. Airports have monitors that show assigned gates and all passengers are told to check with these monitors when disembarking or transiting in the terminal. Gates can and do change. Many longhaul flights that have a connection, do not show the connecting gate. Passengers should always check with the airport monitors that offer real time updates. The move to biometric BPs is long overdue and is part of the improvement in worldwide air travel. Your argument is similar to the one offered when the standard moved to e-tickets and the issuing of paper tickets and coupons for flight segments stopped. People can and do lose their BPs. Multiple people do not have their BPs and ID in hand when boarding and they delay the boarding process. Some people try to board early. This will all be better managed by EBP. The technology that will be used will be at an international standard and have to be certified, much as the screening scanners are. If you have flown with the airline it will have offered an electronic boarding pass which you can use. Most people now use online checkin. The people most likely to be bumped or downgraded are those without FF status at the airline who delay checkin.

The facts of this event are inconsistent with the story. The Thai Air Asia flight did not operate on October 26. It did operate October 27. This is a quick turnaround service meaning that it lands, refuels, is groomed and then departs one hour later. So, the reference to only being released on October 27, does not make sense. The flight FD 182 Thai AirAsia DMK Bangkok - KTM Kathmandu Delayed by 40m Arrival Scheduled 14:00 Actual Arrival 14:40 FD 183 Thai AirAsia KTM Kathmandu -DMK Bangkok Delayed by 3h 35m Departure Scheduled 15:00 Actual 18:46 The flights are late 50% of the time on both portions of the flight, late into KTH at less than 30 minutes, and late into DMK at less than 60 minutes. I expect this is much ado about nothing.

All very solid reasoning. However, I offer that while China could lay waste to the infrastructure of Taiwan it would result in a severing of all financial ties and trade with the free world. South Korea and Japan would be at risk. The Philippines would panic. India would not support China.. China would see its own economy damaged and would likely face serious economic boycotts from 60% of its markets.

Yes, you have made a valid conclusion, provided that someone is not willing to trade or barter or purchase. Although a national currency or even a linked regional basket of currencies can fail. It is unlikely that the fiat currencies of stable countries would do so. When a local currency collapses, the locals will quickly switch a more stable foreign currency like USD, or Euro, or Chinese Renminbi. Long before there was a worldwide collapse of currencies, there would be warning signs, and foreigners would be warned to get out of a hotzone. If there was an immediate collapse, the crisis that would ensue would be far greater than not having any money. We would see a collapse of social services, and a collapse of public order. I doubt that foreigners would survive long enough to have to be concerned about not having any liquid assets. Look at what happened to the Iraqis and their Palestinian allies after the liberation of Kuwait. They fled back to Iraq, but a great many were incinerated one day losing all of the stolen vehicles and the looted appliances, furniture and gold that they were carrying.

Gold is a social construct because the elites of ancient times declared it a valued commodity. Yes, the value of gold has been relatively stable over the long term. However, it has been volatile in the short term. Gold is a solitary item. The fiat currency of a free country can be more stable because it is backed by the combined resources of that country. A diversification of an asset base that relies upon multiple stable commodities offers a stronger base of stability. In addition are judicial systems that support social stability. I do not invest in Thailand. However, I do recognize that it offers a relatively stable economy that relies upon multiple commodities in addition to gold.

And away we go with the promos for gold. The value of gold is a social construct. In effect it is the continuation of a cultural practice that dates to ancient times. The biggest promoters of the value of gold are those who sell it and make their living from its trade. The reality is that the currency of a stable economy is far more valuable than gold itself. Gold is but one commodity. The currency of a stable economy is secured by multiple assets. One of the arguments used for holding gold is that it can be used in a time of an emergency. Well, it is of no use if trade routes are blocked, or if suppliers have no resources to sell. Canada has no gold reserves. It doesn't need them. It has oil reserves, fresh water, abundant clean energy with its hydro electricity, lots of fertile land, and an abundance of food or access to it. This is what its currency is secured by: The wealth of the nation. Many countries have similar national assets. This is why their currency is not "dying". The USA offers similar to Canada, and can usually offer a stability of government too. the same holds for the EU, UK, Australia, Japan, South Korea and others. Yes, if I was living in Sierra Leone. gold might have a justifiable need, but I am not so I need not worry about the issue.

You are making demands based upon imagined facts. The USA DOES NOT pay for the majority of the NATO budget, nor is the USA saddled with doing most of the work. Your demand that the USA only provide 1/32 of the budget is illogical and would require the other NATO members to subsidize the USA . Your argument ignores the fact that the USA requires open access to the world's shipping lanes, and transportation corridors over which it imports and exports. The USA also requires stable economies with which to trade. If the USA does not have markets to sell to, the USA will quickly die. The NATO budget is based upon GDP and reflects the benefits each economy derives from access to the markets protected. The USA pays roughly the same proportion of the NATO budget as Germany despite being significantly larger than Germany. Europe as a whole provides much of NATO's budget. The USA wishes to have influence around the world. One of the way it achieves this is through military might. The Gulf Arab nations would not purchase the billions of USD in military hardware and services unless there was a US presence. The USA could not dictate international financial policies and diplomatic positions unless it had a worldwide presence. If the USA loses that presence and footprint, its economy which is trade driven will collapse. Cost share arrangements for civil budget, military budget and NATO Security Investment Programme Nation Cost share "at 32" following the accession of Sweden Valid as from 7 March 2024 until 31 December 2024 Albania 0.0882 Belgium 2.0447 Bulgaria 0.3552 Canada 6.6840 Croatia 0.2910 Czechia 1.0259 Denmark 1.2744 Estonia 0.1213 Finland 0.9057 France 10.1940 Germany 15.8813 Greece 1.0273 Hungary 0.7380 Iceland 0.0624 Italy 8.5324 Latvia 0.1550 Lithuania 0.2493 Luxembourg 0.1645 Montenegro 0.0283 Netherlands 3.3528 North Macedonia 0.0756 Norway 1.7267 Poland 2.9015 Portugal 1.0194 Romania 1.1931 Slovakia 0.5014 Slovenia 0.2212 Spain 5.8211 Sweden 1.9277 Türkiye 4.5927 United Kingdom 10.9626 United States 15.8813 TOTAL NATO 100.0000

GA, AZ - Republican. NC will remain Republican. PA will just barely remain Democrat. WI, NV and MI will remain Democrat NY will remain Democrat. 276 Electoral Votes for Harris 262 Electoral votes for Trump If Harris can keep GA, she can lose PA with her still having 273 electoral votes to 265 votes for Trump. Democrat strategy must now emphasize PA and GA. The black voters delivered Georgia to the Democrats last election and the community must come out to vote this election. As black women are more likely to vote then men, the chatter of black male support for Trump may be just that - talk.The Democrat party machine must be full on out if Harris is to keep PA. Has Harris not replaced Biden, Trump would be in a well padded lead.

Try being honest. Rogan does not deny that he is not a journalist, and that he does not comply with the ethical requirements of a journalist. He is first and foremost an entertainer offering his personal opinions. His comments and statements should be taken in that context. Trump made 32 false claims during his talk with Rogan, and none were challenged by Rogan. Rogan says that was not his responsibility. Fine, but this is why he is not a credible journalist, nor analyst. Rogan is in the entertainment business. he comes from a dysfunctional family and has little attachment or empathy for anyone. it is all about making money and having influence, status. He will say and do what he eeds to do to make money. That's fimne too, but it must be kept in mind when listening to his comments.

Looks like he is about to discover a different type of Chinese bank, the Organ Bank, where he will probably be welcomed as a new depositor.

It is most certainly racist. How is it different than starting a thread on Negro penis dimensions? It is as ignorant and stupid as that, and serves only to provide a platform for the usual bigots. You don't pay attention do you? The majority of Israelis are "Mizrahi", i.e. having originated in region first colonized and then occupied by Islamic people. Much of the population went to Israel after they were forced out of their former homes in Arab countries. In the case of the Ethiopians and Yemen populations, Israel paid large sums for their freedom. Others were given 72 hours to leave and their assets seized. It is an inconvenient truth most Arabs will ever acknowledge and one that none of the western protestors will evr admit because it destroys the false narrative of palestinian victimhood.

You really want to promote your blood libel don't you? Is your motive real hatred, or are you just trolling or are you really this ignorant? The United States Congress of 1913 established the Federal Reserve Bank system. I think one would be hard pressed to find more than a handful of jewish faith members of that period. The Federal Reserve Bank was created to respond to mass panic in 1907 which lead to a run on financial institutions. The first incident occurred on October 16, 1907, when two minor speculators, F. Augustus Heinze and Charles W. Morse, suffered huge losses in a failed attempt to corner the stock of United Copper, a copper mining company traded on the curb. They had secured funding from small local Trust companies, primarily the Knickerbocker Trust, who's president was, Charles T. Barney, an associate of Mr. Morse. None of these people was Jewish. Once the relationship of Knickerbocker was publicized, there was a run on Knickerbocker Trust. The National Bank of Commerce extended credit to Knickerbocker Trust to cover the depositor withdrawals. This bank then requested a loan from the New York Clearing House on the behalf of Knickerbocker Trust. The Clearing House denied the request because its resources were reserved for the support of its member institutions. Knickerbocker and most other trust companies in New York were not members. After this denial, a request for aid was made to J.P. Morgan. He asked Benjamin Strong, then a vice president at Banker’s Trust and later the first head of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, to examine Knickerbocker’s books and determine its financial condition. Strong could make no definitive determination of Knickerbocker’s solvency. Morgan therefore refused to aid the trust. Also on October 21, Knickerbocker’s Board of Directors dismissed Barney on the basis of his personal connections to Morse. The National Bank of Commerce then announced that it would no longer act as Knickerbocker’s clearing agent. Following these announcements, the run on Knickerbocker intensified. The next day, after depositors had withdrawn nearly $8 million, it suspended operations. The suspension of Knickerbocker Trust sparked the full-scale financial crisis in New York City. The runs on deposits spread among the trusts and were most intense at the Trust Company of America. Morgan changed his mind and quickly released aid, as did the New York Clearing House banks. However, depositors continued to withdraw funds from Trust Company of America for two more weeks. An upward spike in the call money interest rate — the rate of interest on overnight loans on stock collateral offered at the New York Stock Exchange — was among the first signals of distress and tightening credit. On the day Knickerbocker closed, October 22, the annualized rate jumped from 9.5 percent to 70 percent, then to 100 percent two days later. At times, there were no credit offers at that rate. The New York Stock Exchange remained open largely because of the legendary actions of Morgan, who solicited cash from large financial and industrial institutions and then had it delivered directly to the loan post at the exchange to support brokers who were willing to extend credit. After an unusual delay of five days, the New York Clearing House Committee met on Saturday, October 26, and formed a panel to facilitate the issuance of clearing-house loan certificates. These were the predecessor to discount window loans from the Federal Reserve System and provided a temporary increase in liquidity. On the same day, the New York Clearing House banks — those institutions central to the payment system — chose to restrict the convertibility of deposits into cash.This action severed the par exchange rate between deposits and cash, thereby leading to a cash premium and a substantial influx of gold imports from abroad. Those gold imports appear to have been instrumental in spurring the recovery of the New York City financial market. No jews were involved or otherwise implicated.

The beach in HH is not bad. It may not be a beautiful as Karon in Phuket, but it is lightly populated, clean and very walkable. The best swimming in the HH area is at the Pines beach at the military golf course, hotel and military holiday villa location.The beach here is often deserted and very swimable. Living inside the city is convenient. Everything is walkable or within reach by 15 satang sangthaew or 100 baht tuk tuk ride. I like being able to pop down to Villa or Tops whenever I want to. Bluport supermarket is nice because of its plentiful parking. Yes, the retail prices are slightly higher than Pattaya, but then the products are not the usual cheap quality and one doesn't have to battle the hawkers occupying every major street. HH's best feature for the older person are its easy access to health care, an immigration office and soon its high speed rail option. It offers quality dining at a much more affordable cost than Samui or Phuket. Best of all it is a higher end socio demographic. The key word is convenience. Everything is closeby. And no the beach is not deplorable. It is still superior to much of what is on offer elsewhere. best of all, no jet ski thugs.

The jews do not run the US banking system. They never have, and have in fact were historically blocked from senior positions in the banking industry. Obviously you are unaware of the nature of banking in the USA, since most of the multi-state banks in the USA are publicly owned, which means ownership by the general public, by pension and investment funds. Historically, the most accomplished jewish people have come from cultures which encouraged everyone to achieve. One of the reasons why so many jewish scientists were European nationalities was because there were advanced universities that they could attend, albeit subject to quotas. The Middle east did not have a culture of education and advancement. Israel has invested heavily in its educational system. It is a lesson now copied by several Gulf States. The Iranians too had a tradition of education, but that ended with the creation of the Islamic Republic. Science does not do well in a vacuum, Many brilliant scientists are also gifted musicians and artists. Cultures which do not value music or art do not advance. They stagnate and regress. The European Renaissance was a time of new ideas both in science and the arts. The Islamic world still awaits such a change in its culture. The jews who have come from cultures where freedom and opportunity is respected and enabled, have flourished. It is why they super achieved once they arrived in the USA and to a lesser extent Canada, South Africa and Australia. In the USA, despite the inherent prejudice, they were free of the oppressive bigotry of Europe and had opportunities. Cultures which encourage fun and personal happiness enable scientific brilliance and western culture does this.

The codes you refer to do not appear on the receipts issued by airlines such as Air Asia, or Thai Lion. If the codes neither appear, nor the charges explained to the consumer, how do you expect the typical passenger to know? I provided an example direct from the booking page of Thai Air Asia. Insisting that I am "wrong" does not change the reality which is that the charges are not itemized which precludes the consumer from knowing what all of the fees and charges are for.

The Israeli victims of Gazan rape and sexual violence has been documented. Are you saying it is a lie because the women are Israeli? The trafficking of Yazidi children to be used as sex slaves has been documented. The most recent liberation occurred a week ago. As you won't accept Israeli sources,will the Qatari Al jazeera suffice? https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/4/yazidi-woman-rescued-from-gaza-10-years-after-being-taken-captive-by-isil

Plausible. Children are taught to obey their parents and to serve them.

I would too. Rogan has been implicated in too many false claims that he has never acknowledged were false. Why should she boost his ratings anyway, as his listeners are not open to considering the Democrat policy policies or voting for the Democrats. Candidate Harris' time is better spent at an event that targets her potential voters.

14%+ of India's population is muslim. That's 200 million people. As you acknowledge upthread, they are most likely muslims. This is where they act as a common group.

I don't think Jordan was too happy with that as it is a violation of its airspace. This can lead to an angry response, and yes I know Jordan is not in a position to stop it, but the Jordanians have been helpful, shooting down Iranian and Hezbollah launched missiles when they violate Jordanian airspace.

Where did the 350 years come from? It is a absolutely ridiculous number and looks like it was intended to justify sending more money to further bloat the billions of Euro Hamas has in EU, Turkish and Qatari banks. For a land so impoverished, Hamas was able to build a US $500 million real estate portfolio however, fund a military of thousands equipped with rockets and drones and build a vast web of tunnels under Gaza. Estimates of its annual military budget range from US$100 million to US $350 million. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/gaza-plagued-poverty-hamas-no-shortage-cash-come-rcna121099 I doubt that your propaganda is convincing anyone here. Maybe you can ask the Hamas leadership in Qatar to share their wealth? The cumulative net worth of Hamas’s top leaders abroad is estimated at $11 billion, and they do not hide their taste for the high life https://nationalpost.com/news/world/israel-middle-east/hamas-money

I don't know what the purpose of the missile firing was unless it was to demonstrate the IDF ability for pinpoint accuracy against specific military targets, unlike the Hezbollah Iranian missiles which are fired indiscriminately at civilian targets. Based upon the limited response and restricted targets, it looks like the Gulf States and the USA kept Israel from laying waste to Iran. Turning down the violence isn't a bad thing.

Thank you for the pointer. I had not seen the arabic script on the upper walls, and had just seen it as "decoration". It now becomes obvious to me why the Indians so easily listened to their Pakistani brothers and I am certain they share a common set of beliefs.

When you are seeking bias confirmation, what do you expect?