They could have posted the list on the web 20 years ago and crowdsourced the editing.
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I’d be worried about traveling with someone who’s so fragile they need a boa constrictor to provide emotional support
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More like slithered…
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Our strength derives from the diversity of our global inclusion. This should be our guide as we continue to refine the best arrangement of the elements of this project.
Thank you for your continued engagement in this global effort to maintain one world wide web with equitable access for all its users.
–Ralph Swick, W3C Interim CEO
“There are only two industries which refer to their customers as users, (illegal) drugs and computers”
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That implies there are people left who still know how to edit. One wouldn’t think so from the Robert Clancy books about.
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Maybe it’s time to start requiring testing for C19 by means of rectal sampling among the incoming travelers from China the same way China has done back in the day?
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https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=191589
Some sneakiness in arbitration:
M.O. sent a demand letter to GEICO, asking for GEICO to pay the applicable limits of M.B.'s insurance policy for the bodily injury to M.O. after contracting HPV from M.B. in M.B.'s GEICO-insured vehicle. GEICO denied coverage of M.O.'s claim.2 M.B. and M.O., without informing GEICO, entered into an agreement pursuant to § 537.065. The agreement provided that M.O.'s claims against M.B. would be submitted to arbitration, but M.O. would seek recovery of any judgment on those claims only from M.B.'s insurers, rather than from M.B.
2 GEICO filed a declaratory judgment action in federal court, seeking a declaration regarding coverage of M.B.'s GEICO insurance policy. The coverage dispute remains pending.
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I don’t think this comes under the heading of “auto eroticism”.
BTW, the plaintiff was contributorily negligent: no condom, no HPV vaccination; either would have prevented infection.
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And look who their new friends are:
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“Four Indian Sukhoi Su-30MKI Flanker multirole fighters”
Presumably the Indians will need to stay on good terms with the manufacturers of Sukhoi jets to ensure availability of spare parts. But that is OK – India is part of BRICS, so Indian politicians are already mindful of their Russian & Chinese partners.
Perhaps this is a straw in the wind not of India lining up with Japan against China but of Japan taking the measure of the decadent West and tip-toeing towards the BRICS?
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As the guy on top of the Saturn V said, Millions of parts, all built by the lowest bidder
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Edit: Oops, I linked to the wrong poisoning. Although the Bo Xilai scandal probably also qualifies as “Crazy Years”, I meant to post a link to the following report by Business Insider, published January 9, 2023. The article about the legalization of animal sacrifice in “[the first U.S. city] to have an all-Muslim city council and a Muslim mayor” is timely, however.
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Good! This should not even have been a question.
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From the 2012 article on Bo Xilai’s wife
The sources said police suspect the 41-year-old was poisoned by a drink. They and other sources with access to official information say they believe Heywood was killed at a secluded hilltop retreat, the Nanshan Lijing Holiday Hotel, which is also marketed as the Lucky Holiday Hotel.
Seems like the choice of venue did not live up to its name for either one of the parties involved…
Since this is the “crazy years” thread … Bo Xilai and Gu Kailai’s son, Bo Guagua, was a colorful figure as a student in both England and the US. In 2019, it seems like the young Mr. Bo was working as an analyst at a Canadian company (source)
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NOTAMs, Threat or Menace? Lots of people are not particularly surprised that the NOTAMs system is having issues. Ops Group is a self-organised advocacy organization for flight operations personnel. Apparently they have a longstanding campaign to reform the NOTAM system (as explained in the guide).
A Field Guide to NOTAMs, a more comedic look.
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