GroveHillWanderer

OK, but when they say his victory was a broad one, I think that has to be put into context. In these caucuses, the 57,000 or so votes Trump got represents a mere 7% (+/-) of eligible Republican voters in Iowa. It also comes to less than 3% of the approximately 2 million eligible voters in the state. I'm not sure that getting only 7% of your party's voters and less than 3% of the state's total voters to express support for you, really qualifies as a broad victory.

What national secrets? How about the details of US nuclear submarines' tactical capabilities that he leaked to an Australian businessman, Anthony Pratt? Trump bragged to an Australian businessman about a highly secret detail regarding US submarines As for people not being convicted of "insurrection" that's just a question of semantics. What hundreds of them have been convicted of is "seditious conspiracy" which is the legal term used to charge those engaging in an insurrection. 3 years after Capitol riot, almost 1,000 convictions

They absolutely would not. The number of such cases in the UK has been rising noticeably in recent years. The aforementioned Alfie Phillips is just one example among many. As the article below states, there were already an average of 3 per month in 2021 and other reports show the numbers continuing to rise. Three children killed by abusive families every month in England, shocking figures show

While it's true she didn't go into massive detail (very possibly due to having blacked out when it happened) she did say how it happened - she said she was electrocuted by power lines. So that statement from the article isn't quite accurate.

As others have mentioned, this is a thread about Trump. However, there have been plenty of posts listing (and lauding) Biden's positive achievements in multiple other threads. If you haven't seen them, that just means you haven't been looking. A link to at least one of those threads has already been posted on this thread. If you try scanning the "World News" forum you can easily find others.

I don't see how that's obvious at all. The US and EU thought (and said) that it was vitally important to help Ukraine to resist as best as possible, this illegal invasion and blatant violation of international law. That doesn't mean they thought Russia could ultimately be defeated. Many of the analyses that I heard and read seemed to hold that halting the Russian advance was probably the best that could be hoped for, followed by some kind of peace negotiations. Quite a few people still hold that view, I reckon.

The Royal Automobile Club (RAC), one of the two main motoring organisations in the UK, doesn't agree that EV's produce more particulate matter, nor that their tyres wear out more quickly. "So, in conclusion, electric vehicles already vastly reduce particulate matter from brake wear, and claims of tyre wear contributing 1,000 times the particulate matter pollution of petrol and diesel exhausts are greatly overexaggerated. Real EV fleets are already seeing brake lifespans increased fourfold versus the diesel vehicles they have replaced, and tyre wear that is broadly on par with petrol and diesel cars (unless, as like with any vehicle, the drivers get a bit throttle happy!)." Do electric vehicles produce more tyre and brake pollution than their petrol and diesel equivalents?

Who were all these people who thought that "the orcs were going to get beaten at the very start"? As far as I can recall, the general consensus was that the the Ukrainians would not be able to hold out against might and numerical superiority of the Russian military machine for very long at all.

Because, as subsequent events bore out, he was too critically injured to make it that far. The hospital in question was less than 500m away from the scene of the accident - why would you take a critically ill patient with possibly only a few minutes to live, anywhere else? Also, as a rescuer, he undoubtedly knew that (as confirmed in the other threads on this incident) all hospitals are obligated to provide emergency treatment.

Here's a few (there are plenty more): German Hells Angels Gang Member Apprehended in Thailand "BANGKOK, Aug 25 (TNA) – Immigration police arrested a German national who is believed to be a member of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang and is wanted for assault by the authorities in his country." German fugitive is arrested in Chiang Mai For child sexual abuse "Immigration authorities have arrested a fugitive named Mike, a 32-year-old German citizen" International motorcycle gang and Indonesian drug syndicate nabbed in Thailand crackdown "An international motorcycle gang and a major Indonesian drug gang, both of whom had fled to Thailand, have been apprehended in a sweeping operation by the Thai Immigration Bureau (IB)."

After 5 days underwater at a depth of 180 feet, I think it's about 99.99% certain that no-one still on that ship is alive.

What do you mean, "The box they come from"? Surgical masks come in many different boxes and packages, and depending on the manufacturer and country of origin, can have many, many different forms of wording on them. Do you have any examples of a box that surgical masks come from, that says they do nothing to prevent the spread of viruses? I've bought a few boxes of masks and I've never seen that written on any of them. I have seen boxes of surgical masks that say they will not protect the wearer from Covid-19 but that's different from saying they do nothing to prevent the spread of viruses from the wearer to others.

This ruling doesn't say it was only a little crime that wasn't important, it says it wasn't a crime in the first place. As stated in the PBS article:

The only person in a position of authority I know of, that said if you got vaccinated you wouldn't get Covid was Joe Biden, who said it in a "town hall" meeting. It was an unscripted remark that he did not repeat - and in fact corrected in subsequent official announcements. Here's one such announcement from him with corrected information, from just two months after his incorrect town hall remarks. Remarks by President Biden on Fighting the COVID-⁠19 Pandemic So would you care to give examples of the other "various government officials and Big Pharma experts" who said this?

Those would be answers to why don't you do inmmigration business yourself. The OP is asking why do you do inmmigration business yourself (and gives his reasons for doing it himself).

Well, I don't know about anyone else but I'd rather believe the evidence of my own eyes than something being told to me, no matter who it's by. I don't own the house I live in and I was absolutely able to use the online system and update my TM30 status. As stated in the regulation posted above by @ThailandNinjathe TM3O can be done by the "possessor" of the dwelling in question. That's the category that I chose, and it worked just fine. Plenty of others who are not the owners of their residence, have also reported on here that they were able to do their own TM30 online. There's no need to go there and provoke a confrontation by telling anyone that they're wrong. You can just log onto the system by yourself and do it. So when you're next at Immigration and they check your TM30 status, and they find it's been correctly updated in the system, that's it - end of issue.

According to the site below, that is a feature of depression in men, rather than women. Recognizing signs of depression in men

That paper does indeed seem to show some beneficial effects of doxycycline in relation to dengue. But again, on reading the full paper, what it seems to be saying is that there are results indicating doxycycline has an inhibitory effect on dengue virus replication in vitro - and that when a patient is hospitalized for dengue fever, treatment with doxycycline leads to an improvement in cytokine levels: "within 3 days of treatment and continuing through Day 7." I still don't see where it supports the idea that taking one, solitary doxycycline tablet after a mosquito bite is an effective prophylaxis to stop dengue from taking hold in the first place. As @Lorry points out, it also says that further clinical studies are required, to confirm the effects.

102 days before, or 1-2 days?

That study shows decreased mortality in patients with clinically-confirmed dengue hemorrhagic fever, after receiving two doxycycline tablets a day for seven days. It does not show that a single doxycycline tablets is effective as a prophylactic measure to prevent a person developing dengue fever after being bitten.

Because, as stated, it's a multi-entry visa.

As per the PBS article linked to in the OP:

Are you sure you meant to reply to me? I was making the point that this lawsuit was filed by Republicans and Independents, not Democrats.

Reading comprehension not your strong suit, then? The lawsuit was filed by 4 Republicans and 2 Independents, not by Democrats.

You do know there is a difference between climate and weather, right? One of the effects of climate change leaving to an overall, average rise in global temperatures is increasing extremes of weather. This means not only higher highs but also periods of lower temperatures, heavier rainfall (accompanied by floods) interspersed with longer, more extreme droughts. So yes, temporary periods of colder weather are indeed a feature of an overall rise in average worldwide yearly temperatures.