I posted this link on another thread but I think it's actually more apposite here. 

Ukraine and Russia’s Collapsing Home Front

https://nationalinterest.org/feature/ukraine-and-russia’s-collapsing-home-front-213869

15 hours ago, frank83628 said:

The Democrats were doing all they could to hinder his campaign and stop him running,  they pulled out a the stops but still lost.

You haven't answered the question. How would civil cases keep him off the ballot? (Hint - they wouldn't).

5 hours ago, Stiddle Mump said:

i think you are mistaken there Sir. 

 

There is no paper that showns that any virus has been isolated. Without isolation, there cannot be a test.

That's a ridiculous mis-statement and so easily disproven that it's laughable. 

Here's just the first paper (published in March 2020, so very early in the piece) that showed up when I did a Google search. There are plenty of others. 

First isolation of SARS-CoV-2 from clinical samples in India 

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7366528/

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We describe here the successful isolation and characterization of SARS-CoV-2 from clinical samples in India

Edit: Here's a paper published in The Lancet, documenting how it was first isolated in China on 7 January, 2020.

A novel coronavirus outbreak of global health concern

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30185-9/fulltext

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By Jan 7, 2020, Chinese scientists had isolated a novel coronavirus (CoV) from patients in Wuhan. The genetic sequence of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) enabled the rapid development of point-of-care real-time RT-PCR diagnostic tests specific for 2019-nCoV ...

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On 12/30/2024 at 7:53 PM, liddelljohn said:

Just reported  , Another landing incident at same airport   , same JEJU airline same Boeing Type 737-800   Undercarriage malfunction  on take off    , unable to retract    plane went around and made and emergency landing ,,, no casulties ...

Not the same airport. The incident you refer to was at Gimpo airport

Here's another report from the NYT saying the same thing.

Questions Arise Over Concrete Wall Near Runway in South Korea Crash*

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/30/business/plane-crash-korea-wall-investigation.html

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Aviation safety analysts said they expect officials investigating the crash, which killed 179 people, to look into the location and composition of a structure housing an antenna.

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50 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   It wasn't a berm to house navigation antennas , it was a reinforced concrete wall in place to sop airplanes if they over shoot the runway ..

   Looks like someone's trying to cover up what happened, maybe they don't want to be liable for 188 deaths ?

It is indeed there to house the navigation anntenae - or at least, it is according to every report I've read or seen.

Where do you see that it isn't?

As explained by multiple sources, these anntenae would normally be at ground level but because this runway is on a slope, they needed to be higher up. However, instead of raising the anntenae position by using frangible materials, they chose to use solid concrete.

Here's just one such report from the BBC. There are others saying the same thing. 

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The concrete structure holds a navigation system that assists aircraft landings - known as a localiser - according to South Korea's Yonhap News Agency.

 

At 4m high, it is covered with dirt and was raised to keep the localiser level with the runway to ensure it functions properly, Yonhap reported.

Why was there a wall near runway at S Korea plane crash airport?

25 minutes ago, G_Money said:

Based on their qualification and education?

 

I think not.

 

Future Democrat voters and representation.

 

No other reason.

Because all immigrants are automatically Democrat supporters?  Just like Musk and Ramaswamy?

18 minutes ago, frank83628 said:

Reports, not confirmations. But of course for you it was Russia from the start. I've seen your Ukriane posts

It is a confirmation from the Azerbaijanis. As stated in the linked article. 

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Azerbaijani government sources have exclusively confirmed to Euronews on Thursday that a Russian surface-to-air missile caused the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash in Aktau on Wednesday.

Just now, Mavideol said:

try this one, MSN should be easy to verify

 

 

Ukraine reveals North Korean soldier’s last letter from Russian frontlines

 

Again, there's no link there, just plain text. Links in other posts work fine, but yours recently (about the last dozen or more) have no URL attached, they're just text.

5 minutes ago, Mavideol said:

to the self denying ones  that said NK soldiers were not shot dead

Ukraine reveals North Korean soldier’s last letter from Russian frontlines

 

Ukraine reveals North Korean soldier’s last letter from Russian frontlines

The link is not working. Actually, that seems to be a problem with a lot of your posts, recently. Can you check and fix it? I liked checking into it those stories but can't any more (for the most part).

6 hours ago, WDSmart said:

The full quote is from Shakespeare, "Cry havoc! And release the dogs of war." What the phrase "dogs of war" does is it "...captures the idea of war as a force that, once unleashed, is very difficult to control from either side."

Dogs of War – Origin and Meaning

Pretty sure that's not the original quote. In fact, even the link you post, gives the correct wording, which is, "Cry 'Havoc!', and let slip the dogs of war."

4 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

That's all well and good. Some offices do home visit every extension .

Also from post couple above yours..

.,..."they wanted photos on the bed"

 

You happy with that, then fine. 

(He means sit on the bed for photo)

How demeaning 

I don't think I would like that either but Hua Hin doesn't require photos taken while sitting on the bed, so it's a moot point (here at least).

When they did the home visit (which as I say, was only the once) the IO only took pictures outside the front door and out on the street where the house number is located. No big deal, for me anyway.

My personal experience is that processing yearly extensions by reason of marriage are not that much of a hassle at all. I have done four extensions, all in Hua Hin and the only slightly annoying thing about it is the number of documents that need to be signed when you hand in the final package at the Immigration Office. 

I've never really had a problem about supplying the correct documents, Hua Hin supplies a list of what they require and so long as you follow it, you won't have a problem. 

The only slight problem I had was in the very first year (when I didn't have the document list from them) and I didn't have a copy of my daughter's birth certificate and had to go back home to get it and make a copy. 

Subsequent years - plain sailing. I've always found the IO's very pleasant to deal with. No questioning of virtually any kind, they just take the documents, check through them, take a photo of myself and the wife and then give me a date to return to get the extension stamped in.

Incidentally, they only ever did a home visit in the first year, which was a quick ten minute drop by, which I didn't find intrusive in the slightest.

3 hours ago, John Drake said:

Why would someone critical of Islam conduct a terror attack on a market celebrating a Christian event? Why not attack a mosque or muslim gathering? 

Apparently, in his society media posts he also blamed Germany for being too pro-Islam. 

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He also accused German authorities of failing to do enough to combat what he said was the “Islamism of Europe.”

Germans mourn attack on Christmas market

Apparently confirmed as malaria - so not a dire plot by the WHO (or anyone else) to foist a new disease and/or control measures on the public at all (as some people were trying to suggest).

Mystery DRC outbreak officially identified as malaria

10 minutes ago, LarryLEB said:

I use the 800,000 Baht routine.  Every year for at least 10, I have always got a full 12-month statement from Kasikorn bank (safety first).  Never a problem.

However the OP is doing extensions based on marriage. Different requirements (those listed by @DrJack54 above).

On 12/11/2024 at 12:20 PM, frank83628 said:

He was restraining him, from what I gathered at the time, it is an allowed method. 

Then you gathered incorrectly, as many of his police colleagues have pointed out.

Derek Chauvin trial: Fourth officer joins colleagues claiming he broke rules by kneeling on George Floyd’s neck

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He joins host of senior Minneapolis officers who’ve blasted their former colleague’s conduct during George Floyd arrest.

5 hours ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

2 tier justice is disgusting. Just imagine if someone attacked sir Kier like this, bearing in mind thousands of Brits are banged up for inconvenient social media posts, never mind actual violence.

Worth noting that violence to further political aims is the definition of terrorism.

If there's any two tier justice here, it's not that evident. 

Here's a list of similar incidents involving Labour Politicians (one even involving Sir Keir last year).

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Egg thrown at John Prescott, 2001 - no action against perpetrator as far as I can tell

 

Purple flour-filled condoms thrown at Tony Blair, 2004 - perpetrators fined £500 and £600 respectively

 

Green custard thrown at Peter Mandelson, 2009 - perpetrator given a police caution

 

Several eggs thrown at Ed Miliband, 2013 - no action against perpetrator as far as I can tell

 

Glitter thrown over Sir Keir Starmer, 2023 - no action against perpetrator as far as I can tell

All the strange things that have been thrown at politicians over the years

On 12/16/2024 at 10:48 AM, novacova said:

Occam’s razor, deduce to the obvious. The flying objects are searching for something. Drones have no purpose to fly in the dark unless they are looking for a person or something. Can definitely rule out foreign adversaries. Possibly a nuclear device and the delayed reaction of the current administration is in panic mode.

Occam's razor means that the simplest explanation that meets the known facts, is likely to be the correct one.

There is no current evidence that these drones are searching for anything.

Meanwhile, the simplest explanation I'm aware of (and various journalists have pointed this out) is that the vast majority of the sightings represent commercial, hobbyist and law enforcement drones, civilian aviation (helicopters and planes) or even gas station lights and constellations.

13 minutes ago, nglodnig said:

The identity of the tourist has not been confirmed, but he was carrying a News South Wales driver’s licence

 

Last time I checked NSW was in Oz not UK

The Daily Mirror article that is quoted, identifies him as a British citizen, originally from Gillingham in Kent, who was running a cleaning business in New South Wales (Australia).