GroveHillWanderer

While I don't approve of the use of cluster munitions, they are not actually "illegal under international law" as such - and not in the way that Ukraine intends to use them (on military targets only). As the article linked to below states: What are the cluster munitions the US is supplying Ukraine with and why are they so controversial?

It's mentioned in the OP.

I don't think I've ever seen anyone claim that. Can you provide examples? What people do say is that if you're driving for long distances/long periods (especially with family) you're probably going to have to stop every few hours anyway for food/toilet breaks and these "natural" driving breaks would probably be for about as long as a charging top-up would take. I don't have an EV but whenever I drive long distances (which I never do without at least a couple of family members along for the ride) there are always regular breaks of about half an hour to 45 mins at multiple points along the way.

Did you remember to "crack" the two front windows open a tiny bit also? I used to work in the Middle East where the temperatures would reach 50°C in the summer and my car was often parked outside. Leaving a tiny gap for the superheated internal air to escape can make all the difference.

Then there's also this: https://www.nationthailand.com/thailand/economy/40029031

It doesn't appear that way according to anything I've read. The reports simply say that she was disqualified after it was found the rangefinder had been used multiple times. From the AP article, for example: Thai golfer disqualified at US Women’s Open when caddie uses rangefinder

Actually, the Heimlich maneuver is now recommended only as a last resort when someone is choking. Banging the person on the back should be tried before that (though only after encouraging them to cough). Both the American Red Cross and UK National Health Service (NHS) recommend the following steps in order: 1. Encourage the patient to cough. 2. Give five slaps on the back after bending the patient forward. 3. Abdominal thrusts (aka the Heimlich maneuver) only if the previous methods fail. Detailed advice from the NHS website below. What should I do if someone is choking?

The "UK MP's" mentioned in the Tweet (actually just one MP) are not in charge of the military. The Prime Minister (acting with the Cabinet) makes all key political decisions on the use of the UK's armed forces. However it would require a vote of the whole parliament for the UK to go to war in Ukraine. Even if that happened (which seems unlikely) there is almost no chance that conscription would be introduced. And as for the idea that if it did, it would somehow affect UK expats, that's even more fantastical. To sum up, a single, ex-military MP expressing his personal preference for a war with Russia (and not even mentioning conscription in the clip shown) is hardly a convincing argument that conscription is going to happen.

Dengue is carried by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes. While one study in Indonesia found Ae. albopictus mosquitoes breeding mainly in hilly areas, most studies say both types thrive in urban areas. Aedes albopictus Populations and Larval Habitat Proliferation of Aedes aegypti in urban environments Also as far as I'm aware Aedes aegypti is the more common vector anyway.

In the last hundred years or so, the UK has only had conscription twice: from 1916 to 1920 and from 1939 to 1960. In both cases it was only introduced when there was a full scale World War going on. I rather doubt it's going to be reintroduced for a war in Ukraine (when it wasn't for the Falklands war, for example).

According to the medical paper below: Significance of IgG optical density ratios (index value) in single reactive anti-Dengue virus IgG capture ELISA So if you had dengue more than 6 months ago, the antibodies might no longer be detectable.

Any would-be immigrant with a grasp of the numbers will probably not be deterred. Last year nearly 50,000 people made small boat crossings. This year it looks like being more. Even if this scheme ever gets off the ground (which is by no means certain) the Rwandan government has said it currently only has room to accommodate 200 people. Although that number should eventually rise to 1,000 it's still only going to be a small fraction of small boat arrivals that could go there. I reckon anyone thinking of making a small boat crossing will hardly be put off by those odds.

While there is a principle known "parliamentary supremacy" in the UK, it is not unlimited. It is constrained by various factors, one of which is judicial review. Because, as the the article below points out: Limitations on Doctrine of Parliamentary Supremacy

The first set of statistics brought up on that link show that men that have sex with men make up only a relatively small minority (17%) of HIV infections.

I just got an SMS message saying I'm eligible for a PEA meter refund. There's a link to click on (which I didn't do as I'm a little suspicious of the message). Does anyone know if there are such refunds currently going on, or whether this might be some sort of scam?

Nothing you have written or linked to there is part of the NY Times article. Contrary to what you're implying, the Fox News piece is not merely repeating what the Times article said. They have significantly embellished it, adding various and sundry condemnatory opinions and statements that form no part of the NYT article. They've also added other details that are not in the original piece, such as the claim that WH aides have been asked to say publicly that Biden only has 6 grandchildren. That also, is nowhere to be found in the NYT article and does not come from any identifiable source.

In contrast to the the actions of Trump and his lawyers, Biden's lawyers actively looked for any documents that might have classification markings and when some were found, immediately called (in the first instance) the NARA and then subsequently the DOJ, to make sure they were handled properly. Any documents that needed to be returned were handed over promptly and voluntarily. You're ignoring the fact that people are not charged (and Trump wasn't) simply for having documents that should have been returned - they're charged (as Trump was) for the ones that they wouldn't return and/or attempted to hide, even in the face of repeated requests to return them. So Trump was not charged for any of the documents he returned - only for the ones he tried to hold on to, lied about and over which he obstructed the investigative attempts of the authorities, including ignoring a subpoena.

Trump Urges DOJ to Investigate His Political Foes As the article states:

EV batteries are not fragile - that are actually quite robust. Among other safety features, there's the fact that: Myth # 7 - Batteries are dangerous and can explode in an accident or during charging Overall, EV's are less likely to cause fires than other types of cars As the article below says it's a little difficult to get statistics at least in the US, because the official figures do not differentiate between vehicle types in fires. But statistics from Tesla show that their cars had: Are EVs more likely to catch fire than gas-powered cars?

Appendicitis can be a potential complication of kidney infection. Or the other way round - appendicitis can lead to kidney problems, so it could be she had appendicitis to start with, since diarrhea is one of the symptoms of appendicitis (albeit not the most common one). Or as mentioned, it could have been a side effect of her kidney issues.

Firstly, the law only says that a person may have their Thai nationality revoked under the given circumstances, not that it will be. Secondly, that's not the current law (not sure but I think it may be the 1965 text). In the law as amended, paragraphs 1-4 of section 17 remain almost the same, but the paragraph following it now reads (in part): "The revocation of Thai nationality in (1) or (2) shall lie with the discretion of the Minister ..." And the simple fact is that there is no report of the Minister ever choosing to revoke the Thai nationality of a dual national child simply for "using" a foreign nationality. So the notion that the government is going to suddenly start revoking people's Thai nationality merely for entering the country on a foreign passport is just completely and utterly divorced from the situation that pertains in reality.

It used to be the case in the past that Thai nationality law said a person with dual nationality was supposed to renounce their Thai nationality within a year of turning twenty but it was never enforced. Furthermore, that provision has since been amended. Under the current nationality law a person can choose to renounce their Thai nationality after acquiring another one if they want, but they are not obliged to do so. The actual wording is as follows: "A person of Thai nationality, who was born of an alien father or mother and has acquired the nationality of his father or mother according to law on nationality of his father or mother, or a person who acquires Thai nationality under Section 12 paragraph two or Section 12/1 (2) and (3) may, if he desires to retain his other nationality, make a declaration of his intention to renounce his Thai nationality within one year after his attaining the age of twenty years, according to such form and in the manner as prescribed in the Ministerial Regulations." So as far as I can tell, unless the person actually makes that declaration they are not going to lose their Thai nationality.

People from all around the world are (quite rightly) condemning Russia for deliberately killing innocent civilians. Why on earth would you want Ukraine to sink to the same levels of depravity and barbarity?

I know she doesn't have any biological children but she and her husband refer to Cole and his sister Ella as "our children" (and they call her their "Momala"). The point is that he's a family member, so just like Hunter Biden, is not recorded on the White House visitor log.

No, the implication was that the only thing wrong with her when she went into hospital was a stomach upset, whereas in fact when she arrived at the hospital her kidneys had already almost completely stopped working and her blood pressure was already critically low. The poor lady quite clearly had much more serious medical problems than is implied by the headline.