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If single use token are So if you don't have a Thai bank account or the necessary credit card you're out of luck? Is that the way it works?

The last season of Outlander has launched. The gang is back from Scotland and living on the Ridge again, where Ian has built them a veritable mansion in his spare time. In the opening scene, Claire stabs a smuggler to death who she believes killed a daughter she thought had died back in France. I can't count how many people this family has killed. I guess things really were different back in the 18th century.

Oddly, this movie came up in my YouTube feed, offered for free. I'd already seen it but I did watch part of another one called Rogue Assassin, which starred Jason Statham and Jet li, which I'd never heard of before. Looks like a Chinese movie, though it's mostly in English and subtitles are available. Jet Li plays an assassin killing off Yakuza and Satham's in charge of tracking him down. Bullets, bombs, and Kung Fu.

Both Deep Space 9 and Voyager were good series, as I remember. Old-fashioned TV though, 24 episodes a season. Still managed to better than what they're producing today

I watched Hamnet. It's about Shakespeare, his relationship with his wife, and the crisis in their marriage precipitated by the death of their son. It's slow moving and not historically accurate but I still found it interesting and the ending was very powerful. Shakespeare's wife Ann Hathaway, referred to as Agnes in the movie, is portrayed as a kind of witch of the forest and she beguiles Shakespeare over the objections of his parents (she was eight years older). The story mainly concerns Agnes' life apart from Will after he leaves for London and her devotion to their three children so she's devastated when she loses Hamnet, one of the twins, to the plague. Will doesn't make it back before the boy's death which creates a gulf between them tthat then serves as the inspiration for the creation of Hamlet. I'm not going to recommend it because I have the feeling most of the people on here won't like it but I enjoyed it.

It is pretty bad. It's supposed to be set in the 32nd century but humanity hasn't advanced at all. They talk and act like 21st century Gen Z and even use the same profanities (chicken<deleted>!). Even the one Vulcan isn't logical. CBS/Paramount just hasn't been able to come up with a good Star Trek sequal unfortunately.

Sound and text on my budget Samsung. I also recieved the PM 2.5 warning a couple of days ago. I thought of turning off notifications but then decided I'd like to see where they're going to go with this.

According to Grok, two major voice comparisons have been done between pre and post 1966 McCartney songs. Both found the voices were the same

By seamlessly I meant someone who could sing and perform as well as or even better than the supposedly original Paul while fooling the public and media. After all, the Beatles were the most scrutinized band in history

A voice analysis would do the trick. However, if you followed the career of the Beatles it seems impossible they could find somebody who could fit into the band so seamlessly and have all that detailed knowledge of Liverpool and those early days of the beatles,

I abandoned it midway. It was supposed to be a movie about the consequences of Korean men losing their jobs and the effect it has on them but as it went on it became more and more ridiculous. "Falling Down" with Michael Douglas had the same basic theme but was probably a better movie (although I have seen it in 40 years)

Seems complicated. Home page has no English translation and though I was able to find the money transfer page in English I got the feeling this was mainly for people who already had True Wallet, Is this the case?

I think the Midwestern Doctor is a fraud. His approach is to make some alarmist claim (i.e. blood pressue medicines do more harm than good, sunlight doesn't cause skin cancer, statins are a scam) and then promise you how to cure your health ills naturally -- but only once you subscribe. He's also a big advocate of the Covid spike protein shedding myth, although he admits it should be medically impossible. As for the HBV vaccine, if the US had an adequate health system, universal prescreening, and comprehensive prenatal care, there could be targetted use of the vaccine at birth. But it doesn't have any of those things. That's the reason the CDC finally began recommending universal vaccination.

Here's what ChatGPT has to say about this article: Thanks — I pulled the Midwestern Doctor piece and checked the article’s main claims against high-quality sources. Below is a short, evidence-focused credibility assessment of that specific post (with the key sources I used). Quick verdict Most of the article’s sweeping claims are misleading or unsupported by higher-quality evidence. The author mixes real historical events (some accurate), case reports/VAERS numbers, and anecdote with selective citations and speculative causal claims. When the question is “does the evidence show the hep-B birth dose is broadly dangerous or causally linked to autoimmune/demyelinating diseases?” the best available systematic reviews and global safety committees say no — and public-health data show the universal program produced very large reductions in pediatric hepatitis B. PMC+2World Health Organization+2 Specific claims from the article and what the evidence shows “Hepatitis B vaccine is ‘dangerous’ and causes many autoimmune / demyelinating diseases.” What the article uses: VAERS counts, individual case reports, and older observational studies/testimonies. What higher-quality evidence shows: multiple systematic reviews and expert panels have found no consistent association between hepatitis B vaccination and multiple sclerosis or other autoimmune conditions. Case reports and passive surveillance signals require rigorous study to establish causation; the balance of population-level evidence does not support a causal link. PMC+1 Bottom line: Claim is not supported by the best available evidence. Heavy reliance on VAERS report counts as proof of causation (e.g., infant deaths, neurological injuries). What to know: VAERS is a passive reporting system intended for signal detection. Reports alone cannot establish that a vaccine caused an event — they include coincidental and unverified reports and are subject to reporting bias. Proper causal assessment requires controlled studies and active surveillance. CDC+1 Bottom line: Using VAERS counts as proof is misleading. Historical events (France suspended school vaccination in 1998; congressional hearings in the 1990s). What the article says: it recounts real controversies and hearings. What the record shows: France did temporarily suspend a school-based adolescent HBV program in 1998 amid public concern; WHO and other bodies investigated and ultimately rejected a causal association with MS. These historical controversies are real, but they do not by themselves prove ongoing causation. World Health Organization+1 Bottom line: History is factual but the article overweights these events to imply current proof of danger. “No evidence the birth-dose reduced chronic hepatitis cases (so risks outweigh benefits).” What the evidence shows: Universal infant hepatitis B vaccination (policy in the U.S. since 1991) is associated with dramatic declines in pediatric HBV infection and chronic disease; public-health analyses estimate hundreds of thousands of childhood infections and many deaths prevented. Multiple public health agencies and reviews conclude large net benefit. CDC+1 Bottom line: This claim is false / contradicted by public-health data. Selective citation and tone (anecdotes, “suppressed history”, conspiratorial framing). Problem: the article mixes plausible scientific questions with emotional anecdotes, then moves from unanswered uncertainties to strong causal conclusions. That pattern raises concern for cherry-picking and confirmation bias. High-credibility medical analysis gives more weight to systematic reviews, biological plausibility plus good epidemiology, and regulatory safety assessments. PMC Short explanation of why the article is persuasive but unreliable It collects vivid anecdotes and old controversies (which draw attention) but treats passive reports and case series as equivalent to controlled studies. It often ignores systematic reviews, large cohort studies, and official reviews that directly address the raised safety questions. It frames legitimate historical episodes (e.g., the 1998 French pause) as definitive proof rather than examples of how precautionary responses can be amplified by media and activism — while the scientific committees that investigated found no causal link. Key sources I used (most load-bearing) Systematic reviews / literature: Sestili et al. (systematic review on HBV vaccine and MS). PMC WHO Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety — rejected association between HBV vaccine and MS (2002/2003 review). World Health Organization CDC / ACIP evidence & impact statements showing large reductions in pediatric HBV and benefits of universal infant vaccination. CDC+1 VAERS explanation and limitations (CDC). CDC

Just watched Predator Badlands, and, as an earlier poster already noted, it was much much better than I expected. For some reason, I had the impression that it was live action anime, which I usually don't care for, but in this case the CGI was almost flawless. The plot concerns a young Yatuja (predator) who is considered the weakest link of his tribe and is therefore marked for death. He goes to kill a monster on another planet in order to redeem himself, teeming up with a broken synth (robot) and an indigenous monkey-like creature. The only available copy apparently has Russian hard-coded subs for the Predator parts but there are subtitles available on opensubtitles.org

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The vaccine did not have zero benefit for the senior group. It just didn't show enhanced efficacy over the current flu vaccine. And the failure of it to do so had already been reported by Pfizer in May in a filing at government.org. I knew about it. Why didn't you? I have no desire to defend Pfizer but nothing you say can be trusted, It's laughable that you throw around words like "honesty" and "cheap tricks" when you post links to some of the worst rubbish on the Internet. You mean cheap tricks like referring to the vaccines as "poison", deliberately misrepresenting the Singapore data, your failure to note any of the conflicts of interests of your heros like Prasard, Kennedy, or McCullough, etc. all of whom have earned fortunes from their antivax activities

Farcical? That trial was for the 18-64 age group and it was more effective (by 35%) for that age group. The senior group was left out because it didn't show enhanced effectiveness. As I explained before, Pfizer is working on upgrading its flu shot. You see conspiracies where none exist and miss the ones that do exist. Those 10 kids who supposedly died from the vaccine came from unconfirmed Vaers reports. Prasard was being pressured to come up with some evidence that could be used to ban the covid vaccine for kids, so he had Tracey Hoeg, a sports doctor and antivaxxer, comb through the Vaers reports and find something. Then he refused to make the data public. When career staff objected, he told them they could resign if they didn't like it.

The shot for over 65 was no more effective than the existing flu shot, hence the trial failed. I read about that when it happened. My impression was Pfizer was going to conduct further research not seek approval for the current version. Clinical trials fail all the time, They're reported in the medical news but the mainstream media doesn't usually focus on them.

I reported this on this forum just a few days ago in response to a post by Red Phoenix. This news was reported widely

https://x.com/i/grok/share/qQEehC93kQJjdnvQtuj6g4hr7 Singapore: low excess mortality during covid, rare side effects, mostly mild. Thanks to the vaccines. Scare mongering by antivaxxets debunked Try harder

The Last Samurai, a Netflix Japanese drama, is very good, sort of like a Japanese Squid Game, only with Samurai out to kill each other. Six part series, unfortunately it ends on a cliffhanger so it will be a long wait for the resolution.

She threw you over for a bolt driver? I think there's only one response to that, no matter what the risk might be

Always refuse dynamic conversion. You're right it's tantamount to fraud and banks try hard to confuse you about it