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Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36760 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Why was isn't done long ago for the right reasons? Infamous Ohio doctor who said vaccines make people magnetic could be suspended. .....In June 2021, Sherri Tenpenny went before the Ohio House Health Committee to warn lawmakers about what she believed to be the unspoken dangerous consequences of Covid-19 vaccines. She did so at the request of state GOP Rep. Jennifer Gross, according to Cleveland.com's Friday report. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36760 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Is another U.S. bank about to go under? First Republic shares plunge 50 per cent after customers yank $150 billion in deposits. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36760 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
1 Aussie born with the name wins over Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson who uses her mother's maiden name when performing. Katy Perry loses out in Federal Court spat with Australian fashion designer. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31005 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
<spock>Fascinating. </spock> The descriptions of what communists want from this old 1950's film and compare them to the methods of the MAGA today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATY0KhMSOfY |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31005 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
sorry for the second post, couldn't find a transcript. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATY0KhMSOfY wrote: Conquest and subversion by every possible means Tell me he above isn't the tactics of the MAGA if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck ... |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36760 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
The line between authoritarian communism and authoritarian fascism is a very blurry little 1 indeed. ;-) |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36760 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Well there that 1 gone, will any more follow? US authorities 'auction' First Republic Bank to JPMorgan after second biggest bank failure in history. .US regional bank First Republic had a little more than $US200 billion ($301 billion) worth of assets and around 7,000 employees, so it was a large, San Francisco-based bank. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31005 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
First Republic was a bit of a strange animal for a bank. It marketed itself to very high wealth individuals and businesses. Hot cookies when you went into the branch to talk to a banker. Few of its accounts were below the FDIC insurance limit. As such when rumors started, huge amounts were withdrawn, in part because of the bungle of SVB. As to who is next, look to any bank that courted high wealth accounts. When you have 10M on deposit you aren't going to stick around to collect 250k in insurance. Also mergers are a big contributing factor. People opened up accounts in say 20 different banks to be insured. Post mergers those 20 accounts are now all in one bank and not insured as a result. The FDIC insurance program need to be brought forward from the great depression era rules. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36760 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Thank goodness, the loony leprechaun has gone. Outgoing Qantas boss’ tearful reflection as airline’s first female CEO announced. He's taken our national carrier (QANTAS) under his leadership from top of the list down to 6th last year (and this year it could be even further down), but sadly he isn't leaving our shores as he's rumoured to be looking at another Aussie company to damage. Can his replacement fix the problems that he's caused and fix the airline's much damaged reputation in age of fleet, general quality, safety and service (not the mention the very low morale amongst its workers)? |
Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3343 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 |
Lol... Someone shared this in a Facebook group I'm in yesterday Anything to boost Aunt Ethel’s social media!!! |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36760 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Another big twist in U.S. banking. Officials looking into investors targeting big US banks to make 'easy money'. US authorities are now looking into whether big investment firms are targeting, or attacking, otherwise healthy banks to make a profit. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36760 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
I wonder if Chucky is having a chuckle at this. Royal pranksters have already made their mark on one of the world’s most famous lawns as the countdown to the coronation begins. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36760 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
I'm sorry Chucky, but maybe they should conduct 2 referendums at the same time instead of 1. Calls for Australia to become a republic have intensified after King Charles III’s Coronation, with some wanting the 74-year-old to be dumped as Head of State. |
W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19398 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
I'm sorry Chucky, but maybe they should conduct 2 referendums at the same time instead of 1. I look forward to News Corp Australia pushing their candidate for President, one Lachlan Murdoch. |
Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3343 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 |
If I was asked to 'tip' on a self checkout machine I would walk out, not pay & leave my products/order behind. They should PAY ME FOR DOING THE JOB THAT WAS TAKEN AWAY BY THE MACHINE. 'It's emotional blackmail!': Shoppers rage over being asked to tip at SELF-CHECKOUT machines - but where does the cash go? Shoppers have complained they are increasingly being asked to tip at self-checkout machines - despite having zero interaction with an employee. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24911 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
If I was asked to 'tip' on a self checkout machine I would walk out, not pay & leave my products/order behind. Yeo, my sentiments exactly. I used to use them years ago at Tesco's & Asda's. Stopped using them after numerous issues with the machines constantly chiming in saying item not in bag or bag not on. Much simpler to do own bagging at cashier attended checkout. Some dumb machine asks me to "voluntary" tip it - KMA. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31005 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
I'll tip it over. I don't take good union jobs away. (checkout persons here at most large stores are unionized) |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36760 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Well this story is likely to change some minds. An Australian royal superfan says she was arrested and held in a cell for 13 hours during the coronation after a big police mistake. An Australian royal superfan says she was arrested and held in a cell for 13 hours during the coronation after police mistook her for a Just Stop Oil protester.That'll add more ammo to the republican movement here. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24911 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
I was going to say - Unbelievable - unfortunatesly, that would only have applied 50 years ago. She claims that soon after joining the trust, Mr Haythornthwaite - a former BBC accountant - sought to "intervene and influence, and ultimately to control, many operational matters" beyond the scope of his job.No wonder the NHS is in trouble |
W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19398 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
Could goats be the answer to combatting forest fires? https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/chiles-firefighting-goats-protect-native-forest-deadly-blazes-2023-05-14/ |
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