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Biden claims it,

Even if he did, which he hasn't, it wouldn't make it true.

Let the Games begin.

Once a bear attacks a human and gets a taste of blood, it will absolutely attack again. This is a fact.

This is well-known urban myth, and one I think you have stated before (and been corrected on).

Don fell asleep, AGAIN.

Trump fans will either deny this or claim that it is because Trump is so bored by the whole thing he has fallen asleep. Neither of which it's plausible.

If convicted, Trump would potentially face prison, but legal observers say fines would be more likely.

We know Cohen went to prison for it, so it is only fair that the instigator should too.

City must regret letting the 21-year-old leave for what now looks like a bargain £40 million ($50 million) in September.

I wonder what he's worth now.

This is the problem with City's wealth of talent - international standard players are rotated off the squad and new talent doesn't get the chance to shine.

Their loss is Chelsea's and football's gain.

This is a good warm-up to the main event.

As someone who's been a juror, I've seen other jurors get emotional and biased during the trial. It must be harder with someone like Trump.

But you can be - assess the facts not the man. Much as I dislike Trump, I would be proud to deliver a not guilty verdict if the evidence was not sufficient.

I don't understand how linking to a news article deprives the news organization of money. If anything, they would get more views and more advertising money. What am I missing?

I don't understand this either. Most companies want their product to come up in a Google search. The underlying issue wasn't properly explained in the article.

Not according to the polls

The polls have got it wrong consistently. Since Trump was elected, all of the pills have over-estimated GOP support, just as they overestimated HRC's chances of winning in 2016.

Elections only count and the actually data is far less favourable to Trump.

Yeah, I still remember when some old guy told a black radio host to his face, “if you don’t vote for me you’re not black” spare the leftist faux outrage, it just makes you guys look silly. Lol

So let's get this straight - am pretty sure you have quoted Biden on that various times before because you found it reprehensible in some way - I agree that it wasn't the best thing to say.

So as you equivilate it to what Trump just said, are you going to condemn Trump by equal measure? Practice what you preach and hold the leftist hypocrites?

Trump is at best a nominal Christian, with no evidence of faith or church attendance. But he sees fundamentalist Christians as a group he can use to get himself into power. And powerful evangelicals overlook his obvious aversion to a Christian lifestyle in order to further their agenda.

The matter is important to conservative Christians, among Trump’s most supportive constituencies, who see the political state of Israel as the modern manifestation of God’s chosen people, the Israelites of the Old Testament in the Christian Bible.

Of course, it's a necessary pre-condition for the end of the world when all the evangelical born agains get swept up to heaven.

Fluent English is not needed - just as the best ballplayer in the world - Ohtani - cannot communicate in English. There are at least 1000 more important skills to master than English.

> The language thing seems like an excuse to keep people from non-english speaking nations out. Ironically, the greatest F1 drivers in history have been non-native English speakers - the Sennas, Fangios, Schumacher's, and Prosts etc.

Given the importance of the car, the mechanics that support them, and the poor team, English is important. If you watch any race you'll hear the almost continual communication over the radio between the team and the driver. The fact you didn't suggests you haven't been watching much F1.

Some sports are better for those with poor language skills - golf and tennis as largely solo skills. I would also add baseball - while a team game, a lot of it is quite solo - each player does his "thing" and together make a team.

Other sports where the situations are more fluid rely more on ongoing communications. Japanese soccer players tend to pick up the local language quickly because it is more important.

By giving the evangelical extremists everything they wanted, but which the majority opposed, Trump made a critical error and it has been shown time and time again the critical factor in the GOP's pretty disastrous electoral performance.

Trump is now trying to distance himself from it by saying that he approves of abortion, but women know that if he wins again, the theocrats will do everything in their power to limit women's access to reproductive healthcare.

This brings some critical states into play like Florida and Texas.

It is a world championship, so Japanese nationality can participate. How can someone who is not Japanese nationality be representing Japan?

This isn't a problem when it comes to rugby - about half the squad is foreign, so the answer to your question is "very easily".

I think that this is another example of Japan's persecution complex coming out and the shame at the prospect of another foreigner being better at Japanese things than they are.

The appeal will be lost, just like the original case. But winning is the point, it's just to throw more sand into the wheels of justice.

All this demonstrates is that those with money and power can evade, or sell to evade, justice better than ordinary people.

He advocates no smartphones before the age of 14 or social media before 16.

Crucially, he says, parents must act together to prevent them caving in when a child "breaks our heart" by telling us they are excluded from their peer group by being the only one without a phone.

Nice sentiment but unrealistic

It wouldn't be a Japanese drama without a bit of time travel, but on this occasion, it is important to the narrative rather than a whimsical plot device in some kind of romantic drama.

But! Are the incidents increasing or just the reporting?

If incidents aren't reported, we can't tell if they are increasing or not, so it is impossible to answer your question.

A totally frivolous claim - the only judge in the entire country who would entertain them is Aileen Qannon, and she's trying a different case in a different state.

For such an isolated event, it is more correct to assume that it was an improper and risky use of that escalator..

Less feelings and more facts..

We know neither, but I doubt that an old man was using the escalator "improperly".

Mechanical devices designed for mass use by the ordinary public tend to have a wide range of safety features built in to protect against the most common and likely things to go wrong, such as clothing getting trapped in the mechanism, or children's fingers poked in the belt. If we didn't, this kind of incident would occur daily allowance around the millions of escalators around the world.

The rareness of the event and the relative ordinariness of the cause suggests that this was a safety feature failure.

Like a spoiled child, Trump is unable to behave with decorum in public and therefore needs to be prevented from endangering the lives of witnesses, court staff and their families.

Nobody builds houses that small anymore and thus the average new home price has rocketed skywards.

In total contrast to the titchy homes in Britain, the USA is now plagued with McMansions, full of superfluous space, which looks good on paper, but which needs to be sacrificed for endless suburbia and the need to drive to even get a carton of milk.

The lack of affordable homes started with Thatcher and her sell-off of council properties to the tenants.

There is a confusion here - the properties that were bought by the tenants still exit - people still live in them and they are part of the housing stock, even if privately owned. The real problem is two-fold:

a much higher population - there are about 10 million more people in the UK than in about 2000. England is actually one of Europe's most densely populated countries, compounded by....

unwillingness to build - councils take a NIMBY approach, and greenbelt rules, despite having a laudable aim, mean that buildable areas become more populated by default.

Developers building smaller and smaller properties to maximise the total number of units that they can from a given planning permission.

For a long time, a 3-bed house in the UK would have been near 1500 sq ft / 140 sq metres. Now you would be lucky to get 1000 sq feet / 90 sq metres.

It was a travesty of justice that Trump was not charged along with Cohen at the time. It wasn't as though they didn't have the evidence - the DA just lacked the spine.

Anyway, this is something that we can all look forward to - Trump on trial. I think that Ms Daniels' evidence will be entertaining.

Is it possible to buy supplementary insurance like in Japan for cancer? Brits don't realize how good they have it compared to Americans.

Additional health insurance is a very common corporate benefit in the UK which allows those who have it to see a consultant straight away and get quickly treated. Family cover is usually the a few thousand GBP a year.

But even if you don't, if you can afford the cost of seeing a consultant privately, it is worth it. Yes, a few hundred pounds or whatever, and unaffordable to many, but for most it isn't, and it could be life saving.

As a case in point, my mum went to see her normal doctor, and when he saw her, told her to shut up because he saw something else was wrong. Did a couple of tests and said she should see a heart specialist for a checkup. This could have taken ages under the NHS.

She went to private, saw someone 2 days later, and he told her to go to the emergency department at the hospital the next morning with a bag. She was admitted immediately. That relatively small expense probably saved her life.

We already know it won’t do anything for the border. Once Biden officially seals the border and reinstates title42 and return and stay in Mexico he’s got our attention big time.

We all know that Trump has vetoed any attempts to control the border because that will limit his re-election campaign. He wants border chaos.

Trump’s core supporters include white evangelicals, many of whom believe the modern state of Israel fulfills biblical prophecy.

Remember, it isn't that the evangelical slike the Jews, it's that they think it will fulfill a prophecy that will hasten judgement day and the end of the world when evangelicals will go to heaven. And the rest of us will be thrown into eternal damnation (along with the Jews).

That describes a core part of Trump's support base.

must have missed that one on Trumptoday.com

You almost deserve an upvote for this glimmer if wit.

He’s innocent until proven guilty.

Anyone remember when Trump supporters used to mock comments about the "walls closing in" in Trump, but now have to make obscure word plays regarding the legal v common usage of words.

The walls have pretty much closed in. Jail beckons and half a billion is due which he doesn't have.

He’ll put down $350m and then appeal the rest, no biggie.

(Feb 17 comments section).

Turns out it is a "biggie" for Donnie.

Not sure in your country or even why you are so interested, but usually in the U.S. you’re innocent until proven guilty and also this is a civil court

I'm interested because the job of POTUS has global consequences. The potential election of Trump could make the world a much more dangerous place.

The PRESUMPTION of innocence is a key basis of the English legal system that the US inherited and one stays delivered jure "innocent" until a guilty verdict is pissed. However, the preponderance of evidence is enough to convince prosecutors that he is definitely facto guilty.

And while you may be forgiven for not knowing that this is a criminal matter, it is very serious, given his co-conspirator in this case has already been to prison. In fact, if Trump plead guilty, he could be free on time for the election. The delays just make it more likely that he'll be locked up past January 2025.