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6 minutes ago, bunnydrops said:

Clinton won the electoral college with 379 and by over 8.51% popular vote, Obama 365 EC 7.27% PV, DT only got 312, and won the PV by only 1.48%.

Try looking up the definition of "convincing win".

1 minute ago, bunnydrops said:

To blackmail, you have to ask for money.

Wrong.  It doesn't have to be money.

7 minutes ago, JackGats said:

Convicted for what crime? For hiding he was paying money to a blackmailer. And the blackmailer did nothing wrong apparently. Is it something to gloat about that the justice system is a madhouse?

Unfortunately, our judicial system is being used as a political tool.  Sad.

33 minutes ago, Stiddle Mump said:

Where did you get that info from? The CDC web site?

 

Polio is cause by toxins, and a toxic environment. Nothing to do with a virus. By the way, the polio 'virus' was 'discovered' somet 120 years ago by some white-coat injecting filth into monkey's brains. Just ridiculous then. Even more so now. But they are still at it.  Not transmissible.

 

Smallpox is a general term that was given to skin eruptions (and other symptoms) for centuries. It was/is caused by environmental conditions. No virus involved what-so-ever. Not transmissible.

 

All these vaccines are pushed forward as a way for rich people to become even richer. Hopefully Kennedy will sort out the nonsense. Although I will not ne holding my breath. But there is some hope.

 

Nature has the answers we seek.

"But there is some hope." But none for you.

23 minutes ago, Stiddle Mump said:

Bridge over the River Kwai?

Rhymes with Good Bye.

3 minutes ago, placeholder said:

So let me get this straight. If a legal immigrant commits a crime that's a consequence you prepare to live with. But if it's an illegal immigrant, that's unacceptable. Because it makes a difference to the victim of the crime if the criminal was legal or illegal?

No, that is not what I am implying.  That's your conclusion. 

38 minutes ago, placeholder said:

Somebody needs a math refresher. And your argument just is just so dumb Since it would apply to all immigrants.

You were comparing  native born Americans to undocumented aliens, so I thought you would understand my use of word "import" was a polite way of saying coming in illegally.  I see I thought wrong.

I have never, ever said I was against anyone coming here with the proper documentation.  I have personally sponsored four individuals that have not run afoul of the law while in this country.

9 hours ago, placeholder said:

 The Cato Institute's research on the relation between immigration status and the propensity to commit crimes concluded that native born Americans were more likely to commit crimes than undocumented aliens. Score one for the Cato Institute.

As far as I am concerned, we have enough homegrown criminals, so we don't need to "import" any more.

1 hour ago, Georgealbert said:

 

Picture courtesy of RTN

 

The Royal Thai Navy intercepted a Vietnamese fishing vessel illegally operating in Thai territorial waters near Koh Kra, Nakhon Si Thammarat, on 3 January. Five crew members were detained, marking the first such operation of 2025.

 

Acting on a tip-off from local sources, the Second Naval Area Command and the Maritime National Interest Protection Centre deployed HTMS Laem Sing for a patrol operation. At 05:30 the patrol identified and seized the Vietnamese vessel, which was using dredging equipment to harvest sea cucumbers. The vessel was located approximately 77 km east of Sichon District (Latitude 8°57’N, Longitude 100°38’E).

 

The detained crew and the vessel were escorted to the Songkhla Naval Base for further investigation. Charges have been filed under three Thai laws:

 

1. The Royal Ordinance on Fisheries, B.E. 2558 (2015) – Operating a stateless fishing vessel in Thai waters and engaging in commercial fishing without a licence.

 

2. The Fisheries Act, B.E. 2482 (1939) – Fishing in Thai territorial waters without authorisation.

 

3. The Immigration Act, B.E. 2522 (1979) – Unauthorised entry into the Kingdom of Thailand.

 

The arrest is part of the Thai Navy’s ongoing efforts to protect the country’s maritime resources, in line with its 2025 mission to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and other maritime threats.

 

Illegal fishing activities, particularly by foreign vessels, pose a significant threat to Thailand’s marine ecosystems and economy. Vietnamese fishing vessels, often equipped with destructive dredging tools, damage seabeds and coral reefs, critical habitats for marine life. In the past year alone, an average of 15 Vietnamese vessels were apprehended annually in Thailand’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Each vessel is capable of harvesting 15–20 tonnes of sea cucumbers per trip, with market values ranging from THB 300 to THB 500 per kilogram. These operations have resulted in an estimated economic impact of THB 150 million annually.

 

Vice Admiral Nares Wongtrakool, Commander of the Second Naval Area, thanked local fishing communities for providing crucial intelligence. He reiterated the Navy’s commitment to safeguarding Thailand’s 113,275-square-kilometre EEZ and vowed to take decisive action against any foreign vessels encroaching on Thai waters.

 

“Our mission is to protect Thailand’s maritime resources for future generations. We will not tolerate illegal fishing activities in our waters and will continue to enforce the law to the fullest extent,” Vice Admiral Nares stated.

 

The Royal Thai Navy urges citizens to report any suspicious maritime activities to ensure the continued protection of the nation’s marine resources.

 

-- 2025-01-05

 

 

These types of violations are a worldwide problem and are on the upswing as marine resources shrink.  Perhaps the biggest offender is China whose fishing fleets travel all over the globe poaching in everyone's backyard.

32 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

The concept that the maga movement is a pro free speech movement is indeed garbage. 

 

A movement that tries to erase the history of slavery and any mention of LGBT in schools.

 

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/10/vance-maga-free-speech-social-media-debate/680121/

 

What Conservatives Mean by ‘Freedom of Speech’

They believe that right-wing speech should be sacrosanct, and liberal speech officially disfavored.

You weren't clear as to what part of his post you labeled as garbage.  AFAIK the Facebook and Twitter examples are factual.

2 hours ago, Jingthing said:

If you're in the maga cult spouting such garbage.

You don't have to be in the MAGA cult to know that Zuckerberg  testified before a congressional committee that the White House (under Biden) pressured Facebook to censor some Covid-19 content during the pandemic.

Twitter also suppressed valid information at the request of both the Trump and Biden administrations.

 You need to check a "real" dictionary for the definition of garbage.

1 hour ago, Stiddle Mump said:

Good you came through your sickness OK Sir. Sorry about your mate.

 

You might have had symptoms that we were all told were covid. But covid has never been shown to be anything other than in the imagination of the elite WHO and in computer programmes. I think - without checking - that Tedros  announced its name 'covid-19' on 11th Feb 2020. Although it was common knowledge that one was coming (the following year) in November 2019.

 

Covid is not even real. How can long covid be anything but nonsense?

 

Dr Vernon Coleman has always insisted that covid was/is the rebranded flu. I'll go with that.

You're such a pushover.  By the way, I've got a bridge you might be interested in.

1 hour ago, Jingthing said:

It'll be much worse this time.

For the Democrats.

2 hours ago, transam said:

Gawd 'elp the USA if you're anything to go by................................

Another Chicken Little.

42 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

In your opinion. Hardly everyone's opinion.

The fact remains he will enter his second term both an instant LAME DUCK and a convicted felon.

Being a lame duck can work ways.

41 minutes ago, Airalee said:

258,000 deaths in a population of 1.373 Billion people.

 

Fewer than 1 in 5,000 people died there.

 

I shouldn’t need to say anything else.

 

Business as usual.  Many more people die from diarrhea.

 

Far fewer deaths proportionally compared to western nations and far fewer (as a percentage) of people vaccinated.

 

So as Jas007 alluded to….they did much better than the developed countries.

 

Fancy that.

"I shouldn't need to say anything else."  But you did.  You proved my point. However, I won't say anything else, except for this, GOOD BYE.

10 hours ago, Airalee said:

Dude….even you are posting BS statistics.

 

here….I’ll let you do the homework instead of spoon feeding it to you.

 

Run your Africa death toll numbers (that you posted previously) and get back to us here on the thread.

 

if you aren’t able to do that, and point out where it’s a load of bull…then you can expect some severely mocking posts too.  No personal attacks….just brutal mockery.

 

😁

Your response confirms what I wrote. "Statistics are being challenged as being manipulated or exaggerated."  And you responded, "even you are posting BS statistics."

jas007 posted wrote, "The excess deaths keep piling up around the world, except in places like Africa, where everything is pretty much business as usual."

I replied, "Africa, 12 1/2 million cases and 258,00 deaths," followed  by a link.

He and another poster questioned the reliability of my link.  So I posted another link with basically the same figures. 

I don't recall you posting a rebuttal to my so called "BS statistics."

Because COVID has been investigated and researched for more than four years with a lot of conflicting results, it has become an extremely contentious issue.  Statistics are being challenged as being manipulated and exaggerated for political purposes and monetary gain by Big Pharma.  All of this has split much of the world into two camps which each side claiming the other side is wrong, wrong, wrong.  Many go as far as claiming that anyone who disagrees with their beliefs is brainwashed.  Some even go as far as threatening violence.

I grew up with vaccinations and believe they work.  Granted, they are far from perfect and can have some serious side effects, even sometimes, death.  I personally have never suffered any adverse reactions other than a headache and a sore arm. Are there are long term effects?  I don't know.  I am willing to take that chance rather than face the risk of suffering from a possibly deadly virus.  That's my prerogative. 

For those that continue to do battle, move on.