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Nothing is absurd with the electoral college system. It is actually very democratic and protects the country from regionalism. The problem is that you do not understand how it works. Each state and DC is allocated a number of electoral college votes equal to the number of Senators and Representatives in its U.S. Congressional delegation -two votes for its Senators in the U.S. Senate plus a number of votes equal to the number of its Congressional districts, with DC allocated three electors. Aside from a slight difference in Maine and Nebraska, the electoral votes are decided based on the total votes cast for a candidate, so your statement that the percentage of votes cast is irrelevant is not correct. It is no different than the first past the post format for the election of a MPs in most parliamentary democracies. In the USA, to simplify, there are 51 individual voting districts each with a number of electoral votes that reflects their population. In a parliamentary democracy, a party can select its PM if it wins enough seats, even though it wins a lower percentage of the popular vote. The US electoral system is similar. The electoral college prevents a regional dominance and acts to ensure that smaller regions still have a voice and are not ignored. The Electoral College system works and it is fair.

He's right. They also do it with Vodka and Gin. One should not be surprised if some bars refill their bottles with bootleg versions. Easier to fool customers when they are served in mixed drinks that are sweetened, e.g. long island iced tea, whiskey sour, gin gimlet. I stopped buying anything but beer in non international hotels because I lost confidence in the integrity of the supply chain.

One issue at a time.get the truce deal with Hezbollah done. Wrap up the operation in Gaza. There is little anyone can do militarily to the Houthis. Much of the country is already in the stone age. Launching missiles will do little and there will be large civilian casualties. The Houthis, like Hezbollah and Hamas locate their military infrastructure in schools, hospitals and residential areas. Focus on Iran. Accept that Iran's leadership may have to be wiped out. Iran tried to assassinate candidate Trump. It has assassins circulating in the UK, Canada and the EU. It has just been caught trying to assassinate the former minister of justice of Canada. the problem is Iran.

Political rhetoric and some crafty MAGAites realizing that people like Mike Johnston are a threat to the MAGA manifesto. The mayor is popular. He is young, white and happily married with 3 kids. Not even the slightest hint of scandal attaches to him. A graduate of Yale and Harvard, he is also a lawyer with deep community roots in a community distinguished by a large latino population. In order to calm their fears, he offers his words of defiance. Denver cannot afford a mass panic, because the businesses that rely on these workers would have to shut their doors. Who then would clean the floors at the hospitals, or change the diapers in the nursing homes? The slaughterhouses would shut down. The reality is that the local police cannot enforce immigration laws. Nor can they stand guard on county borders unless it is to enforce a local law. The state can always take control of the police department if there is an issue. The mayor is representing the people of his city and his powers are limited to civic issues.

The VP will do what other former VPs do; Go and sit on the boards of companies, and give speeches. She will be paid millions of dollars. The Democrat party will put winning the midterms above all else and it will bury anyone within the party who interferes with that goal. Some people may have missed, that party had already started cleaning house when several of its embarrassing congresspeople lost their primaries.

There has not been any shift in the pendulum. what we see are manifestations of anger and frustration. It is seen in democracies all over the world. The UK did not go right wing when it gave Boris a massive majority in 2019 any more than the UK having gone left wing woke when it gave Labour a majority in 2024. Voters were looking for stability,integrity and good government. If the voters next turn to another party, it will be because of disgust with labour and not an embrace of another political manifesto. The electorate of the USA did not suddenly embrace right wing extremism with their selection of Donald. Trump. A large core section of voters has always occupied the conservative right wing spectrum. They were never nice people. It has elected politicians like Spiro Agnew and Nixon. There has always been a core group in the Democrat party who embraced idiotic impractical and irresponsible political positions. In between were centrist Americans who wanted someone to listen and who wanted hope. They thought Eisenhower would bring security and peace, when in effect he left Kennedy the nightmare of the Bay of Pigs fiasco, and the foundations of a war in Vietnam. The USA went to the dishonest Kennedy because he delivered the fantasy of Camelot. They went to Reagan, the man who plunged the USA into debt, supported brutal despots and who transacted with drug cartels, because he offered hope and a return to the imagined glory days of the USA. And on an on it goes. The Democrats lost the 2024 presidential election because they lost their way and didn't listen to the people. The voters wanted simple solutions and action on longstanding problems. Trump's election platform answered their demands. The voters will turn on Trump just as they have done on most US presidents. Had Roosevelt not die in office, they would have turned on him too.

There was no scientific study and there was no medical science/health scientist peer review. The Journal has no scientific standing and serves the community of those promoting false claims and who need a vehicle by which to say that their claims are published in a peer reviewed journal. International Journal of Innovative Research in Medical Science is classified as a "predatory" journal. because someone gave a publication a fancy name does not make it reputable. The authors are not reputable scientists. The lead author is a physician's assistant who works in a dermatology clinic. She is not a scientist and is not a physician. James Thorp is the discredited former ObGny who now promotes various potions and health supplements that he claims will promote wellness through the Wellness Company. . Kirstin Cosgrove is not a health scientist and is not associated with any universities or reputable clinical research organizations Peter McCullough is the discredited cardiologist who was closely associated with the Wellness Company. Baylor University Medical Center cut all ties with the man because of his Covid 19 misinformation. The American Board of Internal Medicine recommended that McCullough's board certification be revoked due to his promotion of misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines. Thorp and McCullogh are often listened on "research" claiming to support Covid19 misinformation. These two are not considered reliable, nor ethical.

The indictments were not "bogus". Try as he might, trump never could have the charges dismissed prior to the election. Trump's walking away from the charges comes because of a legal technicality and not because he was not guilty of the charges.

Most everyone pays taxes, even gypsies. That's the beauty of taxes like the VAT. Very hard to escape that. However, the real issue is whether or not the population of the UK pays enough in all taxes to cover the services and benefits that they receive. The answer is no, they do not. Most UK residents are carried by a small minority of hardworking tax payers. The legal population of the UK is 68.35 million of which only 37.4 million pay income taxes and most other taxes. Older people, children, and the disabled can avoid much of the tax burden. It is the biggest self delusion to hear and read when loudmouths berate public officials with comments like "I pay for your salary". The 10% of income taxpayers with the largest incomes contribute over 60% of income tax receipts. The bottom 50% of income earners only contribute 9% of income tax receipts.

When did the ICC deliver its request to Israel for an investigation of the allegations? When did Israel respond to the ICC on the charges, and where is that formal response found amongst the ICC declarations in this case? This is a legal action and there are procedures to follow. Unfortunately, there is also a great deal of political sloganeering that attaches and one must differentiate between political posturing and the actual legal process.

I watched this and don't go near cannabis.

As I have previously written, although the ICC may have undertaken an investigation, it did not provide Israel with an opportunity to address the allegations. The Rome Statute requires the court to give the "host" nation the opportunity to review, investigate and to either accept or to decline to prosecute. Instead, warrants were issued. The warrants may be unenforceable because of this error in process. The manner in which the warrants were issued, suggests a bias. No. The UK need not comply. There are loopholes, particularly iof the legitimacy of the warrants is questioned. There are also multiple examples where countries have refused to comply. Jordan refused to arrest the Sudanese mass murderer Omar Al Bashir. Mongolia refused to arrest Putin. Where is the outrage? The finger pointing?

Too bad for the malcontents. Tossing out a government because a small vocal minority are unhappy is not how the parliamentary system works in the UK. The people voted and must live with their poor choice until the government resigns or calls an election. Maybe people will think before voting next time. It is not as if the candidates who would run in a new election would be any better than the last election. Conservatives have too much deadwood to do any better.

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A rocket scientist who teaches English. 😶‍🌫️ Have you ever read the Myanmar Sanctions of 2021 (updated October 2024), particularly Regulations 26 and 27, Prohibitions on the provision of technical assistance, financial services or funds relating to military goods or technology? I was wondering how you would explain your presence in a country that is subject to multinational sanctions, if you ever travel to the USA or a Commonwealth country? Do you have a contingency plan if you need to evacuate? Are you registered with the UK? In respect to lodgings, I was once told that one of the better areas for peaceful living was around the universities (e.g. the medical school and the general campus). There were a number of foreign company owned residences (serviced units) for their employees in the area too. With the international sanctions and civil issues with a resulting exodus of foreign labour, I expect that some of the residences might be open to other foreigners living there.

How so? What do you know about the case that was not published? Do you know pertinent details such as; - Was the Thai still an employee? - Did the person present a threat or potential for harrassment to other people? - Why was he hospitalized? - Did the person invoke or otherwise activate his legal rights by calling the hotline telephone number that is required to be posted at the workplace, and that is in the document package, including instructions, that he was provided with? There are 30,000+ Thais in Israel. One case is profiled here, and from that you offer an hateful comment about judes. In the USA,, UK, and other western countries, there are hundreds of thousands of labour related complaints made every year. Do you make similar comments about the religious affiliations of the people of those nations?

I support climate change action. I do not support a financial shakedown by corrupt nations who refuse to provide a transparent and honest undertaking with what they would do with the money they demand. China is one of the worst pollution enablers. It constructs coal burning power generation plants, and heavy polluting industry facilities for profit in these countries and then demands that western countries subsidize the damage mitigation efforts necessitated by its own activity. India is another of the world's worst offenders and refuses to undertake even the most basic of water pollution mitigation initiatives. Russia has been pumping oil in Siberia with the result of some of the most catastrophic oil pipeline and water spill results in the world. its response is to incarcerate or to kill anyone who reports on the environmental catastrophe. It is time for western nations to grow a backbone and say no to the extortion.

Once again, a story without background and without details. The man received medical care and was released from the hospital. We do not know why he was in hospital. Did he attack someone? Was he on drugs? Did he have a mental health crisis? Was he a danger to other people? Sometimes troublesome workers are terminated. Israel has laws in place that regulate foreign workers and they are enforced. The labour unions, NGOs and a representatives of the Thai government do monitor worker labour conditions. All workers are provided with a tip sheet that provides contact information in the event of a problem. There is a toll free hotline. There are tens of thousands of foreign workers, and they are not all in agriculture. They are employed in healthcare, skilled trades, the hospitality industry, particularly in Eliat, and in restaurants. (Thai cuisine is popular in Israel). There is one issue here with one agricultural worker. For reference sake, the Israeli Law 5751-199 sets out foreign worker rights. And yes, it is enforced. Israel cannot afford to lose its foreign workers. Contract of employment. 1C. (a) The employer has entered into a written employment contract with the foreign worker, in alanguage understood by the foreign worker, and had provided the foreign worker with a copy thereof. (b) Such terms of employment as have been agreed between the parties shall be specified in the contract subject to the provisions of any enactment, and also specifying all the following: (1) the identity of the employer and of the foreign worker; (2) job description; (3) the foreign worker's salary, the composition thereof, the manner of updating the same including its constituents parts and dates of payment; (4) a list of deductions from the salary; (5) payment made by the employer and the employee for the employee's social benefits' (6) the date of commencement of the employment and the period thereof; (7) the length of the foreign worker's normal working day or week including his weekly rest day; (8) conditions concerning aid absences, including leaves, festival days and sickness days; (9) the employer's obligations under sections 1D and 1E and under section 1A, in so far as they apply to him. (c) Nothing by virtue of the provisions of this section shall derogate from the provisions of a collective agreement or extension order within the meaning thereof in the Collective Agreements Law, 5757-1957, or from the provisions of any enactment, that apply to the foreign worker and to the employer. (d) The Minister may make supplementary regulations for the purpose of this section and to section 1F including prescribing those additional matters which must be written into the said employment contract, and as to those terms that must not be included in the employment contract, which if included, shall be null and void, and all in order to ensure fair conditions for the foreign worker having regard to the provisions of any law, a collective agreement or an extension order as provided in subsection (b). Medical insurance. 1D. (a) The employer shall arrange at his own expense, medical insurance, for the foreign worker covering the whole of the period of his employment with him, which shall include such basket of services as the Minister of Health shall prescribe for this purpose by order; and the Minister of Health, with the agreement of the Minister of Finance may prescribe that such medical insurance shall include health services in addition to those provided in the basket of services. (b) Where a basket of services has been prescribed by the Minister of Health under subsection (a), the employer's obligation to arrange such medical insurance for the foreign worker as prescribed by order, shall apply until the expiration of six months from the date of the publication of such order. (c) The employer may deduct from the foreign worker's salary an amount that he has expended or as actually undertaken to expend on insurance premiums as aforesaid, in an amount that shall not exceed the amount prescribed by the Minister, whether in general terms or according to categories. (d) The provisions of this section shall apply for as long as the Minister of Health has not otherwise prescribed special arrangements for foreign workers under section 56(a)(1)(d) of the National Health Law, 5754-1994. Suitable residential accommodation. 1E. (a) The employer shall make available at his own expense for the use of the foreign worker, suitable residential accommodation throughout the whole of the period of his employment with him and until a date that shall not be for less than seven days after the end of such employment, and where from the date of the end of such employment and until the end of the foreign worker's stay in Israel a period of less than seven days remains - then to date that shall not be less than the number of days remaining. (b) The employer may deduct from the foreign worker's wages an amount by way of reimbursement of such expenses as he has incurred or has actually undertaken to incur, for residential accommodation as aforesaid, in an amount that shall not exceed the amount prescribed by the Minister, whether in general terms or for categories of foreign workers. (c)(1) The Minister, may exempt an employer from the obligation imposed upon him in subsection (a) to workers employed by him in such specific assignments as he shall determine, or whose wages exceed the amount that he has prescribed; an exemption under this subsection may be granted in regulations in general, or in relation to a particular foreign worker; (2) An employer who has not made suitable residential accommodation available for a foreign worker due to an exemption that he has received pursuant to paragraph (1) shall make a payment to the foreign worker for suitable residential accommodation of such amount as shall be prescribed; an amount prescribed pursuant to this subsection shall be linked to the index as the minister shall determine. (d) The Minister may prescribe, in consultation with the Minister of Health, and the Minister of Housing and Construction, binding criteria for suitable residential accommodation, including conditions relating to safety and sanitation.

Suggest one reads the current Panama news. You know, the stories on the soaring crime rate, and social unrest

Failure to dress Bangkok style, and bad styles.

I suggests that there is some sense in her appointment. She will be tasked with doing something that will occupy her and most likely overwhelm her. She won't have time to run around with her nonsensical claims and won't be a thorn in the administration's side.

Try opining on some taboo subjects, or blog about poor quality meals/service/goods naming names and see how long you remain out and about in your delusional state.

Perhaps it has something to do with his melanin levels? I have never seen a 75 year old with jet black coloured hair like his.

4 Honest and genuine people who were politically active. None of whom are/were professional politicians, but all of whom had the confidence of people who voted for them, and all free of the taint of corruption. -Pita Limjaroenrat, one of the kindest and most sincere of Thailand's younger political initiates. He is still around, albeit muzzled. -Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut. aka Mr. Robot. -Sarayut Jailak -Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit

The man can't keep his yap shut. A fundamental rule of good oversight of a national bank is to maintain its independence. I can see now why responsible Thai leaders despise the man.