GroveHillWanderer

How is it "a far more significant criminal act"? Lagarde's crime was a single count of negligence, for failing to ask enough questions about a compensation payment to a businessman that had been authorised by an independent three-member arbitration panel which she did not control. As for Le Pen, as the judge at her trial stated, one of the reasons her sentence was as much as it was, is because she wasn't guilty merely of negligence, she was guilty of deliberately embezzling funds for the benefit of her organisation, her family and friends, in a continuing scheme that extended for a period of 11 years.

True. I think the words of a construction expert quoted in a BBC article, are apposite here. "... it appears a "flat slab" construction process was being favoured - which is no longer recommended in earthquake-prone areas." "A 'flat slab' system is a way of constructing buildings where floors are made to rest directly on columns, without using beams." "While this design has cost and architectural advantages, is performs poorly during earthquakes, often failing in a brittle and sudden (almost explosive) manner." https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8d4dn18nzgo

You're seriously relying on Steve Kirsch, the renowned vaccine misinformation superspreader as a source? This Steve Kirsch? This tech millionaire went from covid trial funder to misinformation superspreader https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/10/05/1036408/silicon-valley-millionaire-steve-kirsch-covid-vaccine-misinformation/ Activist misuses federal data to make false claim that covid vaccines killed 676,000 https://www.news-medical.net/news/20230901/Activist-misuses-federal-data-to-make-false-claim-that-covid-vaccines-killed-676000.aspx Steve Kirsch and the Seduction of Simplicity https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/critical-thinking/steve-kirsch-and-seduction-simplicity

There's only one effective way to deal with such a poster - do not reply to them. The following very sage advice can be found online:

The 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar took place at 06:20 UTC, according to the USGS website. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?currentFeatureId=us7000pn9s&extent=20.08175,95.27256&extent=23.91599,97.53025&range=week&magnitude=4.5&timeZone=utc&list=false

That's not necessarily true - not if they have already suffered structural damage and there are strong enough aftershocks.

There's a term for what the Trump administration is - a kakistocracy.

The following NASA article explains how melting icebergs do raise sea level, albeit only slightly. Melting Ocean Ice Affects Sea Level – Unlike Ice Cubes in a Glass https://sealevel.nasa.gov/news/261/melting-ocean-ice-affects-sea-level-unlike-ice-cubes-in-a-glass/

I've read it and it states quite unequivocally that it can only be invoked under two specific sets of circumstances, as follows. 1. There is a declared war between the United States and any foreign nation or government .... 2. [If] any invasion or predatory incursion is perpetrated, attempted, or threatened against the territory of the United States by any foreign nation or government ... Perhaps you can tell us which of those two sets of circumstances you think apply to the current situation.

He could not have "ridden out his years" here. If you read the Independent article that @Moonloverlinked to, they had already tracked him down in Thailand using AI-based facial recognition technology and Cheshire Police had started the process for extradition.

Not sure where you're getting this from. The video starts with the young man coming onto the older couple's (leased) property, picking up their plant pots and dumping them at their front door, then waving at their camera and yelling to gain their attention. All the footage comes from the same viewing angle, so it's clear that the entire video is from a CCTV camera at or above the older couple's front door and everything we see takes place in front of their house. This is also made clear by the narrative of the events in the interview they gave to The Sun newspaper. And although the older guy did aim a slight kick at the younger guy, even if he made slight contact (which it's not clear that he did) that is absolutely no justification whatsoever for prolonged frenzy of violence he was then subjected to. The older guy was punched twenty-two times in the head, after he was already lying unconscious on the ground. And these were not light taps, these were full swings of each arm, against a motionless, unconscious and therefore defenceless older opponent. In what universe is that justified by an attempted kick out that as far as I can tell, might not even have landed?

Yes, it was already posted on this thread, on the first page.

Some of the reports seem to suggest that, but in The Sun article that seems to be the original source of the story it sounds more like they were selling because they no longer felt safe there. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/33737639/brit-couple-retired-thailand-beaten-neighbours-prison/

They're losing ground in Kursk, but not in the East. They're making progress against the Russians in both Toretsk and Pokrovsk while things remain fairly static elsewhere. Ukraine War Map Shows Kyiv Regain Ground in Two Major Strongholds https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-war-map-regain-ground-toretsk-2036296

America is benefiting from tariffs right now? That's interesting, since even Donald Trump isn't claiming that. He says there will be some temporary disruption before the benefits are felt. So please give us some examples of the benefits that are currently being experienced by Americans.