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Sooooo, you don't have any then. 55555555555555 BTW I'm not a climate change denier ( whatever that even means ), as I absolutely agree that climate changes. Next.

The prospects of a hostage release just became less likely with the attack on a bakery in a refugee camp. As seen on Al Jazeera.

The israelis are right to not consider the Gaza a pushover to the invasion. https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-says-9-soldiers-killed-battling-hamas-deep-inside-gaza-as-military-toll-mounts/ Fifteen soldiers were killed in fighting deep inside the Gaza Strip in the course of Tuesday, Israeli authorities announced Wednesday, and another was killed by mortar fire on the border on Wednesday, the IDF said, as leaders warned of the “heavy toll” being paid by troops to eliminate the Hamas terror group.

Seems like deja vu NOW https://aseannow.com/topic/1310866-strikes-on-south-gaza-bbc-verifies-attacks-in-areas-of-‘safety’/#comment-18467200 We have serious concerns that these are disproportionate attacks that could amount to war crimes, the UN said on Wednesday. THEN ( 2021 ) https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/un-rights-chief-says-israeli-strikes-in-gaza-may-be-war-crimes May 27, 2021 8:45 AM EDT GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. rights chief said Thursday that Israeli forces may have committed war crimes in the 11-day war with the militant group Hamas that rules the Gaza Strip.

The gate was opened now to allow foreign passport holders to leave, along with some wounded. Apparently it is only a temporary opening. As seen on Al Jazeera.

Something unimaginable in the NZ of my youth is that hundreds of families would be living in motels and some even in cars. Sadly that is what happens when the government sells off most of the state housing, and allows rents to rise without restraint. I was somewhat concerned a while back to learn that I was almost evicted to allow more profitable immigrant workers move in, especially as my next accommodation would have been my car. Luckily the workers went elsewhere.

No one should be paid to have children, and as educated women don't want as many or any it ends up with a large underclass of uneducated youths causing trouble as is happening in a country I know well.

and you make one more not talking about the subject matter of this thread. 🙂

The Chinese must be lovin' the disarray in the western world over the israeli assault on Gaza. At least it's stopped the sniping at China for the moment, and probably encouraged them to continue their encroachment in the seas off the Philippines.

Misogyny has to be the most misused word when attacking men. It's like calling someone a racist when one has nothing better to shut the opposition down. Doesn't matter if it's true or not, but it's one of those accusations that is hard to disprove, even if it's a blatant lie.

I'm chuckling at the mere possibility of the Donald returning to the big chair. I might even get to hear the screams all the way over here. I'd love to be in the Dem's HQ as they wonder why it's all gone so wrong. IMO the back room boys will be frantically looking for a viable candidate to replace Biden. So long Joe, time for a nice cuppa and a long lie down.

When pussygate happened I really thought Trump was toast, but I underestimated Americans dislike of the Washington establishment as personified by Clinton, so while I didn't expect Trump to win, it was great to see Clinton defeated.

Oh dear, that's got to be embarrassing to Sunak. He can hardly come out and accuse them of lying, given every report I've seen on tv by the UN says that "safe areas" are being attacked, as well as attacks on people trying to get to the safe areas. Perhaps he should have waited a while before rushing to israel to offer netanyahu his unconditional support. If he wants to see what the British people think he can look at VDO of how many people were protesting on the weekend.

Oh puleeze! Can Blinken get any UN official to back his story up? I suspect not.

The Ginza is where I'd like to hang out and should I ever win enough millions on lotto, that's my destination. I'd like to go to the AKB48 shows as well. Not interested in ordinary Japanese women as they would have nothing to offer me.

Just to say something different, if I accept your claim that humans caused the hurricanes, what is your solution to such? I may have missed it, but I have no recollection of any post from you saying what you think might change the climate, or what you want it changed to. I await your suggestions of a solution that is acceptable, affordable and effective.

You are not proving that human activity caused them. Just repeating the same thing over and over is not actual proof of human causation.

Been watching the first VDO I've seen of israeli troops attacking in Gaza, and of a Hamas fighter on Al Jazeera. The Hamas fighter had a proper anti tank weapon as compared to a standard RPG. It's not going to be easy for the reservists that make up the majority of the force, given they likely had no experience of fighting an enemy that could fight back. Interesting contribution from an expert that says the Hamas plan is likely to wait till the military is concentrated in the Gaza city before unleashing it's main attack on them. Meanwhile, seems Australia is becoming concerned about settler violence in the West Bank. Could the US be going to lose another supporter? https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/australia-deeply-concerned-about-violence-against-palestinians-penny-wong-says/trupkeewn Australia 'deeply concerned' about violence against Palestinians in West Bank, Penny Wong says The Foreign Minister said those responsible for violence against Palestinians in the West Bank "must be held accountable". Even Biden is becoming concerned about it https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/biden-condemns-retaliatory-attacks-by-israeli-settlers-against-palestinians-in-the-west-bank President Joe Biden on Wednesday spoke out against retaliatory attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank in the aftermath of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel.

LOL. There will always be women that choose the easy way to riches. They may be a tad older though.

As part of my nurse training I observed many births and looked after postpartum women and babies. To be honest, it doesn't surprise me that so many women are choosing to reduce the number of times they have to go through pregnancy, or even not have any kids. PS. I actually enjoyed looking after new born babies as they were easy to look after, were not sick, and didn't complain or make demands.

Look at who controls the IMF and the World Bank! Follow the money! Till now the 1% needed lots and lots of poor workers to exploit ( and as they became more demanding in the west the 1% merely exported their jobs to the poor nations like China used to be ). With the push to AI robotics, the 1% no longer need poor workers. What the plan is for the surplus humans I know not, but I suspect it's not pleasant.

Hmmmmm, you think they don't already?

I see no reason for your negativity for expats. IMO all that will happen is that Thailand allows more workers from Cambodia and Burma, and in any event less workers will be needed as AI robotics takes over. Provided the government moves taxation towards sales tax or such like the tax take should not decrease. Also, the Thai government gives a very small amount in aged support etc. Actually, I agree that the era of retired farang expats is over, but not for the reasons you give. I just think that Thailand is less attractive than it used to be in the golden age of the 80s and 90s, western men are slowly coming to understand the difference between bonking bar girls and being married to them, the exchange rate is <deleted>, and the Thais are making it harder to visit/ stay long time.

It's not a crisis and it's a good thing. I'm not discussing the ethnicity, but the fact that the world has too many people on it and needs to lose enough to return the world population to a sustainable level, which IMO is about 3 billion. We did fine with that many people when I was young, and previously humanity was even able to lose multi millions in 2 major conflicts and still function. IMO the only crisis is that the people we don't really want to have lots of kids are the ones having the most ie the uneducated. In a world about to be subjected to a massive move away from low skilled jobs ( AI robotics ), too many unskilled people will end up without work and society will suffer for it.

Not the time for a ceasefire in Gaza, says US, However, apparently not all in the US want to be included in that. Just watched on Al Jazeera as protesters were removed from the senate while Blinken was speaking. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67275665 Anti-war protesters interrupt Antony Blinken at US Senate hearing Not forgetting the large demonstrations in New York.