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1 hour ago, mrbojangles said:
No, you don't get it. You are trying to claim he is a product of your youth academy. He's from Bradford and not like he joined you at 11. He was almost a man when he joined you and trained by someone else. United are just trying to claim the glory
You're right, he didn't join United at 11. According to the Manchester Evening News, he's been part of their youth development system since the age of 6.
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2 hours ago, thonglorjimmy said:
Is there a quieter period there, I walked passed there yesterday afternoon and they were queuing outside of the door.
Which office are we talking about - BlúPort? If so, I've been doing 90 day reports there for more than a year and I've almost never seen a queue. There was one time I went during the lunch hour (12-1) and when I came back just before one, there were a couple of people waiting for them to reopen. I went for a stroll around a couple of shops and when I came back 15 mins later, the office was empty. So I would avoid going close to 1 pm (and maybe there's a similar thing when they open at 10) but other than that, it's usually very quiet.
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On 3/2/2019 at 9:31 AM, ratcatcher said:
Two things nobody seems to have mentioned.
1. The motorbike rider appears to have been wearing a helmet,unsecured, which popped off on impact
It's been mentioned twice already (posts 7 & 66).
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2 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:
Sooooo, how else would Trump stay in power- just stay in his chair and refuse to leave?
Where in the world has any president/ PM stayed in power without the backing of the military? The Guardian is just doing what the Guardian does and stirring, IMO.
So you're basically admitting that you can't think of any other way of Trump staying in power except by using the military and then using your own lack of imagination to claim that the article was saying something that it actually didn't do.
And the article wasn't written by anyone on the Guardian's staff of writers, it was penned by a former US Secretary of State and currently professor of public policy at the University of California at Berkeley, Robert Reich.
As to other ways Trump could try to stay in power, he's already shown no compunction in riding roughshod over the US Constitution when things aren't going the way he wants. He declared a state of emergency when by his own admission, it wasn't really an emergency, just something he wanted to do more quickly. He also claimed massive election fraud even when he won, so what makes you think he wouldn't claim massive election fraud again, and declare a national emergency if he lost?
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6 hours ago, Thomas J said:Irrespective, the cost of Medicare for All is estimated to be $32.6 Trillion.
That is a widely-quoted figure for the cost over 10 years, and much has been made of it since it came out. (Other estimates show the costs up to $8 trillion dollars lower).
What I find interesting is that even the report with the higher cost estimate shows that the overall amount the US would spend on 'Medicare for all' over those ten years would be some $2 trillion less than the amount spent on health care under the current system. Obviously, if the lower estimates were correct the amount saved for the country as a whole would be greater.
The difference of course is that while at the moment the costs are split between private individuals, employers, states and the government, under a 'Medicare for all' system the costs would all be met by the government. Obviously some of the costs would have to be met by raised taxes for at least some people but on the other hand, private citizens, states and businesses would all make savings.
The bottom line is that the country as a whole would be better off to the tune of trillions of dollars and around 30 million people who do not have health care now, would be covered.
The report on the link below from Business Insider gives the full details.
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1 hour ago, tlandtday said:
Canadian physicians don't need topping up. My friend a gp and not even a specialist worked both countries and he said he will take the canadian pay with no legal suits and collection problems. Specialists in canada do very well too. How much is enough?
The issue I was addressing wasn't how much physicians get paid, it was whether private medical practices were illegal in Canada. I was pointing out that they are not, but that doctors are more or less forced to choose between public and private practice there, whereas in other countries (such as the UK and NZ) they are not, which gives doctors a greater freedom of choice.
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2 hours ago, Hanaguma said:
Not in Canada, since it is basically illegal for doctors to open private practices
According to an article published on the website of the US National Center for Biotechnology Information (link below) private medical practices in Canada are not illegal 'per se' rather it is the case that in:
Quoteall of the Canadian provinces (except Newfoundland) [...] physicians must opt in or out of the public plan and thus are effectively prevented from working in both the public and private sectors.
Article on private health care in Canada
By contrast, as the article also mentions:
QuoteIn the United Kingdom and New Zealand, physicians are usually employed in the public sector and top up their incomes by working in the private sector on a fee-for-service basis.
As far as I'm concerned this is a less restrictive/better arrangement.
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1 hour ago, Arthur Mullard said:The reason? 4 tourist stamps and suspicion of working
Which by your own admission in the other thread @dabhand linked to, was totally correct. So you can't really have any complaints - they had you bang to rights.
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2 hours ago, Thainesss said:"Free at point of delivery"
I find it rather funny that its phrased in that way. There certainly isnt anything free about it, yet the term is still injected into the subject.
Politicians that tout medicare for all should show what their tax policy will be with these positions. Show people what its going to cost them, and be transparent about it. But they never do.
"Free at the point of delivery" means exactly what it says - the patient does not have to pay anything to the doctor or hospital in order to receive treatment.
Yes, it is paid for out of general taxation and national insurance contributions but it's been that way for the last 70 years (since its introduction in 1948) everyone in the UK knows and accepts that's what some of their taxes pay for.
I don't know what you mean about "transparent" - the government publishes spending figures and in the most recent year for which figures are available, spent around £122 billion on the NHS. This represents about 15% of Government revenue.
I don't believe it's possible to calculate exactly how much of each individual's taxes goes to fund the NHS but the average cost per person is around £2,200 per year. I don't think that most people begrudge the fact that part of the taxes they pay, goes to fund universal health care for all UK citizens.
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2 hours ago, lucifer666 said:
If he killed her in 2010 it would only be 8 years
If it was in early 2010 it could be over 9 years already and the story actually says 'almost ten years' so with a little bit of leeway for rounding up ...
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On 2/20/2019 at 10:01 AM, Just1Voice said:
No helmet and no license on him. He should be grateful that all he had to pay was 200 baht. In a country with REAL laws, his butt would be walking - after paying a hefty fine and some jail time.
I don't see where it says he had no helmet, just that he didn't have his license on him.
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6 hours ago, WyrldTraveler said:One of the posters on this thread cites SNOPES, which has been outed as being biased and having an agenda, to the extent that they have planted entirely fake stories and then 'reveled them to be fake'.
That's not the case according to anything I've read. Factcheck.org did a comprehensive analysis of Snopes' stories and "found them to be free from bias in all cases." About.com's urban legends researcher found a "consistent effort to provide even-handed analyses" and that "Snopes' cited sources and numerous reputable analyses of its content confirm its accuracy."
The only trace I could find of an alleged fake story involving Snopes was where a chain email was once circulating, calling the Snopes founders' political affiliations into question, trashing their methodology and saying they had fabricated a tale about a State Farm Insurance agent who had opposed the election of President Obama.
However, by contacting State Farm directly, FactCheck.org was able to confirm that the insurance giant had indeed asked agent Bud Gregg to stop using its brand name as his political soapbox. The article on the link below also debunks the other claims about Snopes being biased and their articles poorly-researched.
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4 hours ago, fruitman said:
Were there no lifeguards on that beach?
I've never seen any lifeguards on Hua Hin beach, in all the times I've been there. If there are any, they're doing a very good job of hiding.
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33 minutes ago, Kieran00001 said:
Its called Mosquirix and is made by GlaxoSmithKline.
Correct - although I suppose it is fair to point out that it is not freely available worldwide yet and as far as I can tell is only being used in a Malaria Vaccination Implementation Programme (MVIP) in three countries in Africa at the moment.
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4 minutes ago, Cheops said:
With "I'd hardly call that an incident that "wasn't too long ago." I was expecting something from the last couple of weeks (or at the most, months)." you do express that you think this happens rarely, while actually the dog problem is huge in Thailand.
Your level of English comprehension seems to be somewhat lacking. Talking about one individual incident and how long ago that specific incident happened, does not reveal anything about how often I think such incidents happen.
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4 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said:
Still there aint any vaccines against other mosquito-borne diseases like Dengue fever and Malaria
Well there are - it's just that they're not particularly great.
There is one currently-licensed vaccine for Dengue (others are in late stage development) however it is "recommended that the vaccine only be used in people who have previously had a dengue infection as otherwise there was evidence it may worsen subsequent infections."
There is also a malaria vaccine but once again it is not all that highly-recommended as it requires four injections and has a relatively low efficacy.
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45 minutes ago, Cheops said:
Just give us your address Mr. doglover, so the next time (which is daily in Thailand!) we can arrange the dogs to be send to you.
There are too much stories of kids and people getting bitten or mauled by dogs in Thailand. If you don't see this you really need to take your head out of the sand.
And don't ask for a link. Just Google it if you don't believe it!
What on earth are you on about? My post was about how long ago the incident happened - nothing else. It expressed absolutely no opinion about dogs.
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9 hours ago, geriatrickid said:The charges are in respect to possessing an illegal firearm and in discharging the weapon in a public place endangering lives.
While he has been charged with firearms offences, the specific mention of a penalty of two years in prison that you are replying to, is in regard to the animal cruelty charges.
From the original article:
QuoteHe also faces animal cruelty charges that carry a prison sentence of 2 years or a fine of 40,000 baht or both.
There is no mention of the penalties for firearms offences.
However I should perhaps mention that the two years is a potential maximum sentence and not necessarily what he would receive even if found guilty.
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13 hours ago, tlandtday said:
Not so fast there has been talk of using El Chapo seized drug money (14 billion) to pay for it. Trump has played Pelosi once again - she is senile and needs to be replaced along with Biden and the whole lot of old folks home politicians hanging around and filling their corrupt pockets.
There is no evidence that El Chapo actually ever had 14 billion dollars - that's just a Department of Justice estimate of how much money the entire Sinaloa cartel should have made, based on the amount of drugs they're estimated to have trafficked. Even if he had made that much (some estimates put his personal stash as low as $1 billion) it still doesn't mean that it's anywhere where the US authorities can get their hands on it.
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3 hours ago, from the home of CC said:
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30323291
next time do your own damn research!
That's what I thought - you're talking about something that happened way back in 2017. I'd hardly call that an incident that "wasn't too long ago." I was expecting something from the last couple of weeks (or at the most, months).
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3 hours ago, from the home of CC said:
Wasn't too long ago a dog with rabies was running around Hua Hin biting numerous people when it died in the street foaming at the mouth.
When and where was this? Do you have links to any reliable reports of the incident?
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38 minutes ago, Vacuum said:
And what happened? Might as well have asked a fortune teller.
The point at issue was people criticising him for simply assuming that it was OK for him to travel - I was pointing out that he didn't just assume it, he checked with the relevant authorities. We all know what happened.
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On 1/29/2019 at 7:21 PM, ukrules said:
That map sucks, not one landmark like Market Village or Bluport shown on there.
It appears to be somewhere near the end of Soi 88.
The map would have had to be extended to a ridiculous extent to include either of those 'landmarks.' Including either of them would not really help in finding the new office. The map looks perfectly fine to me. As others have said, just search for Smart House Village on Google (or Google Maps).
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15 minutes ago, happy chappie said:
I didn't actually say he was a criminal but was pointing out the fact anyone coming from these countries can commit a crime in their country and run to a safe country and claim asylum.
Anyone can claim asylum but you can be assured that especially in Australia with its record of hostility to asylum seekers (Nauru and Manus detention centres, anyone?) their claims are thoroughly examined and refugee status is not just granted willy-nilly.
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New York attorney general is investigating Trump projects: New York Times
in World News
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If she "ruled out no impeachment" that means she ruled it in. Which means your statement is completely wrong - about par for the course, really.