GroveHillWanderer

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.

Her initial outward symptoms may only have been diarrhoea but at the hospital she was found to be suffering from kidney failure and in the midst of a hypotensive crisis. She then needed dialysis so that means she had only 10 - 15% of her kidney function left. This does not sound like just a simple case of mild food poisoning and "the runs." She was having serious, serious kidney problems.

As per the officially-announced policy, Kamala Harris's son Cole is also omitted from the White House visitor logs. Is that also somehow suspect?

As has been pointed out several times already, Hunter Biden as an individual, was not specifically excluded. What part of the official White House statement (made when announcing the reversal of the Trump policy of not releasing any visitor logs*) that no personal visits from any family members of the first or second family would be recorded, do you not understand? * Trump White House Will Keep Its Visitor Logs Secret

OK, that would make them the majority of Wagner's troops in Ukraine but but necessarily the majority of their entire forces.

They've only started recruiting prisoners since the invasion of Ukraine. It's not clear whether they make up the majority of their personnel, as estimates of their numbers vary. They do seem to make up the majority of their casualties in Ukraine recently though, with one estimate saying that 90% of Wagner's casualties since December have been convicts.

I think you're getting confused. 95% of Wagner's personnel are Russian, with most of the others being Ukrainians, Armenians, Kazakhs and Moldovans. They've fought in Syria and Libya but they don't recruit from there, as far as I can tell.

Still unconfirmed but I also read the same thing on a number of different sources. Supposedly the GRU and FSB rounded up the families of all the Wagner members they could find and used that as leverage to get Prigozhin to turn his forces around.

I don't think you understand what the word "processed" means in the phrase, "processed meat." It refers to processes that meat undergoes after having been produced, and which alter the chemical composition of the meat. It does not refer to how the meat is made in the first place. As stated in the Healthline article below: Why Processed Meat is Bad For You Lab-grown meat has not been subjected to any of the preservation techniques mentioned above, so does not qualify as "processed meat."

There seem to be a number of people laboring under a misconception as to what lab grown meat or (or cultivated meat as some prefer to call it) is. As stated in the article below: Why Do Some Critics Still Call It Lab-Grown Meat?

Does anyone know if this applies only to people who have not started receiving their pension yet? I started getting my pension last year - is there any chance of topping up missing years to boost my current pension?

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Of course - if you don't try something you don't know what it's like. I wouldn't buy it, but I'd certainly try it if offered a free sample.

All we have here as yet, are unsubstantiated allegations of undue deference and interference from two whistleblowers. Firstly, as the AP report on this says: GOP releases testimony of whistleblowers claiming interference in Hunter Biden case Secondly, even if there was some kind of interference from within, by the FBI or DOJ, over how the investigation should be conducted, that again isn't proof of criminal activity by Hunter or Joe Biden.