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Why do people still believe in covid?
GroveHillWanderer replied to Red Phoenix's topic in Covid/Vaccine
Do you have links to any reliable source or evidence that supports this screed? If not then the claims it contains are totally baseless and as such, worthless. -
Yes, the initial choice is for employment income. It hadn't occurred to me that it would include pension income. However my UK pension is less than the full amount due to lack of NI contributions when I was first living abroad and was still young and foolish (I moved overseas aged 18). I didn't realise I could make voluntary contributions until I was older so with the allowable deductions, including being over 65 I don't have any assessable income, by my calculations. So I guess no need to file?
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I'm trying to do the online filing but after clicking on the button for P90/91, I get a page where I have to specify what kind of income I'm entering. None of the categories I can choose, seem applicable for entering pension income remitted from abroad. There is one category that looks like it might be the one to use (Assessable income ...) but it has no option to click on, like the others do. Any advice on how to proceed?
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Clarence Thomas v District Judges
GroveHillWanderer replied to theblether's topic in Political Soapbox
Try sticking to the issues under discussion which I responded to, not some other extraneous issues. @SunnyinBangrakasked what offences Trump was found guilty of, I answered by specifying what those offences were. Then you (and he) said the offences were misdemeanors and the statute of limitations on them had expired. I provided evidence that the offences charged were in fact, class E felonies and pointed out that the statute of limitations had not expired. I didn't make any claims about the issues underlying the charges, nor about the judge being right. My only interest and involvement in this was to respond to issues related to the nature of the charges. Pointing out what offences Trump was found guilty of is neither left nor right-leaning, it's simply a question of being objectively accurate. -
Clarence Thomas v District Judges
GroveHillWanderer replied to theblether's topic in Political Soapbox
Incorrect. Falsifying business records may be a misdemeanor but falsifying business records in the first degree is a felony. And the statute of limitations for these offences had clearly not expired, otherwise he couldn't have been found guilty of them. I'm not sure whether you were not paying attention when he was found guilty or didn't read any of the many articles that reported on the verdict being read out in court, but here's just one, as an example. What was Trump convicted of? https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-charges-conviction-guilty-verdict/ Just to confirm that these were felony offences, see the extracts below from a legal article explaining the statute. NY Penal Law § 170.10: Falsifying Business Records in the First Degree https://criminaldefense.1800nynylaw.com/ny-penal-law-170-10-falsifying-business-records-in-first-degree.html -
Yes, they are wrong. No, Chelsea Clinton didn't receive $84M from USAID https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chelsea-clinton-84-million-usaid/
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You're seriously posting a link to an article that says USAID and the Clintons were part of the Pizzagate child sex trafficking scheme? The same Pizzagate child sex trafficking scheme that is an absolute and total fantasy?
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Indeed. The Thai Examiner is one outlet stating that. 4 Israelis given the boot from Thailand after bullying antics at the local hospital in Pai, Mae Hong Son https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2025/02/06/4-israelis-given-the-boot-from-thailand-after-bullying-antics-at-the-local-hospital-in-pai-mae-hong-son/
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Do you know how to read? The CPS information quoted is perfectly clear - being released on bail does not mean there is no evidence against a person. Also, as @Briggsy pointed out, if the police have no evidence against someone, they are "released with no further action" (NFA) - they are not released on bail. As the article below from a UK legal firm states: https://mjrsolicitors.co.uk/services/defence-and-criminal-law/no-further-action/ By contrast, if you are released on bail, it means, "the police will continue investigating your case and assessing any evidence that has been collected." https://www.jdspicer.co.uk/site/blog/crime-fraud/what-happens-when-bail-ends
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Being released on bail doesn't mean, "they have nothing on him." It just means they aren't ready to charge him yet. According to the Crown Prosecution Service website, bail can be granted under 3 sets of circumstances: "1. Where there is as yet insufficient evidence to charge a suspect and they are released pending further investigation. 2. Where the police consider that there is sufficient evidence to charge, but the matter must be referred to the CPS for a charging decision. 3. Where it is no longer necessary to detain a suspect to secure or preserve evidence or obtain it by questioning, yet the police are not in a position to charge." https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/bail
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It's not known how she was killed - the original autopsy couldn't establish a cause of death. However, according to a BBC article, "A cold case review was started in 2016 and scientific advances meant police were able to piece together a more detailed picture of who she was and concluded she had been killed." And her parents were concerned - they were the ones that initially reported her missing (something which her husband never did). I'm not sure what you mean about his family visiting or calling them - his family didn't know she was missing as he told everyone (including their children) that she'd returned to Thailand.
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Trump’s mad, mad, mad, mad world—now with extra madness
GroveHillWanderer replied to webfact's topic in World News
Although obviously done tongue-in-cheek, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert had a skit that showed the absurdity of Trump's suggestion. It posited that (since such things are apparently OK) the Palestinians should just announce they're going to take ownership of Mar-a-Lago and force the occupants to relocate elsewhere. -
Do covid-19 mRNA vaccines cause Turbo-cancers?
GroveHillWanderer replied to Red Phoenix's topic in Covid/Vaccine
Those are bogus figures. The actual amount OpenSecrets claimed was donated to Sanders from pharmaceutical companies was about $1.5 million. However even that figure is misleading, as the article below explains. No, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren aren’t top recipients of pharmaceutical industry donations https://www.statnews.com/2025/02/03/big-pharma-pac-contributions-bernie-sanders-elizabeth-warren-open-secrets-data/ Also, Warren is not second in the list from OpenSecrets, she's fifth. -
The UK didn't just take this decision on a mere whim. This is because of an International Court of Justice (ICJ) decision that mandated the return the Chagos archipelago to Mauritius. The ICJ ruling states (in part) as follows: Legal Consequences of the Separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965 https://www.icj-cij.org/case/169
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Not sure where you're getting that impression from. Arab countries (especially Jordan and Egypt) have been saying publicly that they don't want to accept more Palestinian refugees for years now. Here's an example from 2023. Why Egypt and other Arab countries are unwilling to take in Palestinian refugees from Gaza https://apnews.com/article/palestinian-jordan-egypt-israel-refugee-502c06d004767d4b64848d878b66bd3d
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The "more" to this story is that the same guy apparently (if the photos are actually from him - and if they're not then something is really off) told an almost completely different story to the Daily Mail just two weeks ago. In the previous version of the story featuring photos of the same person, it was a case of overstay and having been shopped to the police by his girlfriend over a business dispute. So as many others have pointed out, this story just doesn't hold water, in light of the previously-published, totally different version.
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WISE just shut me down!
GroveHillWanderer replied to PumpkinEater's topic in Jobs, Economy, Banking, Business, Investments
I think that's possibly because that screen is for when you're trying to keep your residence country as the US, and all you want to do is confirm your address there. It wouldn't make any sense to change to a different country in those circumstances. To change your country of residence, as far as I can tell, you would need to go to your personal details and update them. When I try to do that, it gives me a choice of all the different available countries, including Thailand. -
I'd like to transfer some money out of Thailand. I'm looking at using using some kind of online banking or funds transfer app. I already have, Revolut, Wise and K+ (Kasikorn Bank) apps. I've only ever used Wise for incoming transfers, thus far. Does anyone have any experience and/or recommendations on which would be better to use? Or is there another different app which people prefer?
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There is a standalone True Money app that you can use, but you can also get it to work with Google Wallet. It's a two-step process. First create a True Money virtual MasterCard (which is free to do) and then link that card to your Google Wallet. I did this and can now make Google Wallet payments using my True Money account balance, anywhere that accepts contactless cards or NFC phones. There are no charges when you top up the True Money Wallet, or when you pay.