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Father and Son Die in Motorcycle Crash During Test Ride of New Bike
Who would tech them, on aracetrack? -
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Macron and Trump Meet in Paris
Replacing Wheezy Joe and his 5 student deferments. -
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Canada is Petrified
As a "born in Ontariariarioooo" guy, I have to say that I am petrified. Petrified that Trudeau will stuff things up with his empty leftist rhetoric and knee-jerk platitudes. He has had 9 years in power and managed to nearly impoverish the country. IF Canada were the 51st state, it would rank 50th in per capita GDP, just edging out Mississippi in the race to the bottom. So I actually think Trump woudn't want us. -
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non O based on marriage visa extension
Immigration offices vary on what they want re map Example, for CW just a hand drawn map showing location of condo/house with street name and to closest main intersection. Certainly not map from dwelling to immigration office. Some want more. Check with your immigration office -
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Joe Biden Ranked 'Worst President' in Modern History, Poll Reveals
Could care less. I’m not the POTUS. -
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EV Owners Frustrated as Samui Ferries Restrict EV Transport Over New Year Period
Plenty of research going on into extinguishing EV fires, a couple of simple examples below. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214157X23011954 https://ctif.org/news/new-revolutionary-method-extinguishes-lithium-ion-ev-fires-ten-minutes-minimal-water Below is some of the latest guidance for emergency responders on dealing with EV fires, supported by the Australian government. https://www.evfiresafe.com/ev-fire-suppression-methods- 1
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People who support Cashless Society
Going completely cashless is supremely dumb for so many reasons, let's have a look at some: 1. The first and most obvious reason for not doing it is that we, the public, are handing far too much power over to banks, corporations, and governments... and we all know what a bunch of bankers they all are. I'm uncomfortable with the bank and government knowing every tiny little thing I spend money on... might lead to social scoring (even secretive) like in China where if you spend too much, in their eyes, on say beer or something, you lose points and become less socially viable. That is a dangerous and dystopian road. 2. It is good that there are different ways to pay for things as some are more appropriate for some things than for others. It's called choice, and anything that takes away choice from you is taking away your freedom... the more choice you have, the freer you are. 3. There needs to be a currency that can be used in troubled times, barring complete and utter collapse of society and it's instituations... cash is it. What will you do if the internet goes out? How about no electricity? 4. Satellites can go down and malfunction, bad actors can cut internet cables under the sea, unleach EP weapons etc. etc. How about if there is a huge solar storm or coronal mass ejection that hits the earth just right.... only a matter of time, remember the Carrington Event? When that happened we were lucky we were only using telegraph, as it would be very distructive if it happened again. People talk about "hardening the grid" but an estimate of how much it would cost to just harden the US grid would be $25 billion or more, plus take a massive amount of time... not sure if there is the political will for that. 5. If there is only one way to pay, then if it goes down, society will implode much faster than if people have access to cash as a stopgap until things normalize. 6. People say it will cut down on criminality, but in all honesty, the more we digitize everything, the more fraud, hacking, and online scamming is happening... so the criminality would simply shift online, not go away. 7. The removal of the right to privacy, which some might argue has already vanished... would be undoubably gone, period, but I kind of covered that a little in number 1. I still use cash as much as possible as I dislike, and don't trust, the authorities and banks not to use the information for some end, or just sell it whilst they build up a financial profile of everyone. Look what an information treasure trove the cash handout apps are or the Covid app was... can find out almost anything out about everyone. Bet the intellignece agencies were have a party when you combine those with all the data people freely share about themselves on social media too... facepalm. Think I'm paranoid? Think of all the corporate data centers that are being set up everywhere, and all the intelligence agencies around love data and info because, well, you know the old phrase "Knowledge is power". I bet most people would be astonished if they knew how many corporate and government agencies knew so much about their lives in tiny details.
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