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Although I am usually left-wing (I voted for Bernie), I agree with Musk on this one. Freedom of speech is really the foundation of a civilized society and imprisoning people for hate speech is just wrong. To paraphrase some old pundit: "I may disagree with everything you say, but I will always defend your right to say it."

I think "feebly pawing reporters" would be a better description!

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DeSantis saying that MAGA heroes are not welcome?? I am pleasantly surprised, I wouldn't have thought that he would publicly go against right-wing folk heroes like the Tate bros.

I'm sure that the DOGE savings will more than pay for this very useful and practical tunnel. 😝

An under 15 on a dating ap??? I don't want to shift any blame from this fellow, but where were her parents?

Several years ago I had a student who was half Arab and half Thai. She was obviously raised in a secular household and was a very nice, normal girl. She never wore a headscarf and dressed and acted just like her Buddhist classmates. She was admitted to an English University a few years ago and now always wears a full Niqap and only posts quotes from the Quran on her Facebook page. Sending her the the Islamic Republic of England was the worst choice her parents could have made.

So $5 million for staying with him from December 2022 to now - that's about $2.4 million per year. Not a bad payday! 😆

I've encountered sharks that size while skin-diving in those waters. Rather than approaching the shark I would always swim quietly away from them!

If they are really serious about cutting waste, they should look at the DOD. The US has more aircraft carriers than the rest of the world combined. Do you know how many billions could be saved by selling off 1/2 of them?

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Entitlements... The easiest way to cut money there would be to cut everyone off of SS and Medicare a make them prove that they are eligible all over again. That would eliminate fraud and save billions. Brace yourselves, after USAID, this is the next obvious target.

USAID is low hanging fruit. After that has been picked, what's next? The obvious targets are Medicare and Social Security. Billions could be saved in Social Security payments by requiring recipients to personally verify their identity in their state of residence. Better get copies your Birth Certificates and a plane ticket back to your US hometown ready!

Looks like Musk is eliminating the competition!

There are 2 reasons why this relocation plan will never fly: 1. The Palestinians believe, with some justification, that if they leave they will never be allowed to return. 2. Jordan, Lebanon, Kuwait and other Arab nations have accepted Palestinian refugees in the past and soon came to regret it. Palestinian extremists assassinated the Jordanian King and tried to overthrow the government. Palestinian refugees openly welcome the Iraqi invaders when they took over Kuwait. Palestinian refugees contributed to the unrest that led to Lebanon's decades long civil war. Palestinian groups have ties to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. A sizable percent of Palestinians have been radicalized by generations of grievances, so they often do not live peaceably with their neighbors. Arabs don't like to admit it publicly, but they don't want the Palestinians to settle in their country.

Ya'll think that this is Georgia the state or Georgia the country? The article should really make that clear.

It's not just Bangkok though. On most days the air pollution is just as bad out in the countryside. Here are a couple of maps: (The first one is AQI -Air Quality Index, the second one is the FIRMS fire map)

So, Trump blamed the crash on DEI hiring. From Fox News, here is the helicopter pilot: (Andrew Eaves from Mississippi) And here is the airplane pilot: (Sam Lilley from Georgia) Are these two are DEI hires?

The idea of a BRICS currency just sinks like a brick! I can't see China or India or Russia ever surrendering the economic autonomy that adopting a common currency would require.

Thai beef is usually tougher than old leather. Substitute some Gai Yang for the beef and you've got a winner!

Do they meet the income requirements that UK citizens need to meet to bring over their foreign wives/husbands?

I hate to be pedantic, (actually that's a lie, I love being pedantic!) but you are comparing two different things. The map is showing the local AQI or Air Quality Index, while your Air Cleaner is showing PM2.5 in ppm. AQI is a composite figure that includes particulate matter (PM1, PM10, PM2.5) as well as CO2 levels, NOx levels, SO2, etc... If the AQI is 180, the PM2.5 will typically be anywhere from 20 to 80. If you click on the 180 figure, you should be able to see more detailed information from that reporting station, including the actual PM2.5..

So the 'Ang Pao' phone ap isn't catching on? 😉

Spending $500 billion to eliminate millions of jobs... Welcome to the dystopian future!

In boxing terms, this was a case of a middle-weight being attacked by a heavy-weight!