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President makes historic trip to Asia

Thailand suspends Cambodia ceasefire deal, testing Trump-brokered truce

Thailand said on Tuesday it was halting implementation of a ceasefire pact with Cambodia a day after a landmine blast maimed a Thai soldier, posing the biggest test for a truce brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump.

The Thai government has accused Cambodia of planting fresh landmines along a stretch of their disputed border, including a PMN-2 anti-personnel mine that injured four Thai soldiers on Monday, with one losing a foot in the explosion.

At least they got the photo op.

Trump-brokered truce under threat as Thailand-Cambodia fighting reignites

BANGKOK/PHNOM PENH, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Thailand said its fighter jets struck Cambodia on Monday in an attempt to cripple its military capability, as a re-eruption of border hostilities derailed a fragile ceasefire brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump.
Each side blamed the other for starting clashes that broke out during the night and intensified before dawn and spread to several locations, with one Thai soldier and four Cambodian civilians killed, according to officials.

Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on Monday said his government would do whatever necessary to protect its territorial integrity and would not engage in dialogue with Cambodia.
"There will be no talks. If the fighting is to end, (Cambodia) must do what Thailand has set," he said, without elaborating.
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Dear Pete Hegseth, I’m Grateful the Japanese Navy Spared My Grandfather’s Life

Well, it would be nice to show some empathy for all the lives who were destroyed by the poisons being delivered by these smugglers who have been rightfully designated as terrorists.
By all means Oompa Loompa, point out how they have failed to express the appropriate level of empathy. Did they not fund enough drug rehabilitation programs? Did they fail to meet the quota for calling for drug law reform. Did their attempts to point out the correlation between poverty and drug use not reach enough people.

While we are at it how, other then killing people suspected of a crime, are conservatives showing their empathy?
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Dear Pete Hegseth, I’m Grateful the Japanese Navy Spared My Grandfather’s Life

Right, but once they are disarmed and out of the fight law prohibits them from being killed.
Okay. When that happens, we can talk about it then.
Unlike Christian morality, the law of armed conflict prohibits the killing of helpless individuals whether they are terrorists or not,
Again, when that happens we can talk about it then.
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Dear Pete Hegseth, I’m Grateful the Japanese Navy Spared My Grandfather’s Life

The United States has been waging a "war on drugs" since the 1970s
We have also been on a Global War on Terrorism since 2001, and these drug smugglers have been designated as terrorists. So now they are no different than ISIS and should be treated as such.
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Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal

Trump was a Democrat in 1993 so it stands to reason he was a criminal.View attachment 374206
It's easy to overlook, but there's some impressive engineering going on in Melania's hairdo.
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A horrifying event, but why is the attorney bringing up alcohol?

i have addiction issues myself but even if you're drinking, and you kill someone it can understand unclear thinking but doesn't excuse the fact you are the one that took that life, and you have to take responsibly of that
Regardless of your opinion, or my opinion, on the morality of the matter the fact remains that in some jurisdictions, for certain crimes the intoxication from alcohol or drugs can be considered a mitigating factor. For example, changing from a charge of premeditated murder to one of manslaughter. Moreover, legal systems do not require that individuals take responsibility for their actions, rather that they should face the consequences.
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RFK Adjusts Hepatitis B Vaccine Recommendations; Democrats Lose Their Minds

Sweetie, Google AI tells you what it thinks you want to hear. It's not reliable, and literally will hallucinate things into existence
I am not your sweetie.

That is not how AI works. It might be inaccurate but it does not "hallucinate" things. It is simply an advanced data correlater subject to GIGO.

VAERS, on the other hand, is a self reporting database. To get meaningful data out requires much more then a simple search of the DB.


The CDC and FDA jointly established the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System, or VAERS, in 1990 as a way for people to report post-vaccination health issues. These could include allergic reactions, intestinal conditions, blood clots, or other problems that may or may not be related to a vaccine. While VAERS cannot determine whether an adverse event was caused by a vaccination, patterns in reporting may suggest a need for further evaluation to assess potential safety concerns.

Since the emergence of COVID-19 vaccines, however, the database has garnered more dubious notoriety. Anti-vaccination fringe groups have attempted to spin false stories using VAERS data, adding to misinformation about the safety of COVID-19 vaccinations.
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Trump joint session speech: "So to our farmers, have a lot of fun. I love you too. I love you too."

Trump is proposing a $12B aid package for farmers hit hard by his trade war with China

Farmers appreciate the aid package, but they say it’s likely only a down payment on what’s needed and government aid doesn’t solve the fundamental problems farmers are facing of soaring costs and uncertain markets for their crops.

[China has bought about one fourth of the soybeans that Trump said the Chinese said they would buy by the end of the year.]
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Dear Pete Hegseth, I’m Grateful the Japanese Navy Spared My Grandfather’s Life

In that case you had better not look into the Coast Guard's intersection rate out there. That would impose even more cognitive dissonance than you are suffering now. That, along with the fact that the drugs in the Venezualen boats were not destined for the US might be to much for you.
Does it matter where the drugs were designated to go. Like, "Sorry bro, we pulled you over because we thought you were going to bring the cocaine to the United States. You are free to go. Safe travels to Europe."
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RFK Adjusts Hepatitis B Vaccine Recommendations; Democrats Lose Their Minds

As mentioned previously, the virus can be passed through any break in the skin such as scratched, scrapes, cuts or open wounds either from a person or from a surface that has the virus on it.

As I mentioned before, I included a link to the actual, underlying source so you could educate yourself without much effort, should you ever choose to.

Please knock off the inappropriate terms of address.
Which, again, sweetheart, AI tells you precisely what you want to hear. It literally hallucinates stuff into existence. And again, all of this is moot as vaxxes are already given to those who are born to mothers with Hep B. None of this has changed. You're doing nothing but fearmongering and inventing false things
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RFK Adjusts Hepatitis B Vaccine Recommendations; Democrats Lose Their Minds

Why would citing the system that the government set up to ostensibly track adverse events from vaccination be equated to conspiracy? Again I have to ask, what is the point of VAERS if anyone who cites it is instantly tarred as a conspiracy theorist?
Why on earth would anyone bother to explain it to you yet again?
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Dear Pete Hegseth, I’m Grateful the Japanese Navy Spared My Grandfather’s Life

What are you guys, the feelings police? Liberals are required to allow war crimes because otherwise it might look like we have empathy fora group you do not like?
Well, it would be nice to show some empathy for all the lives who were destroyed by the poisons being delivered by these smugglers who have been rightfully designated as terrorists.
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RFK Adjusts Hepatitis B Vaccine Recommendations; Democrats Lose Their Minds

Not even close.

I don't think you have a clear understanding of what VAERS is for, how it works and how it can be manipulated by bad actors.
The only bad actor I see here is you, denying the various cases of harm caused by this vaccine
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Dear Pete Hegseth, I’m Grateful the Japanese Navy Spared My Grandfather’s Life

That is what some Caribbean fishing boats look like. Others look like this:

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or this:

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or this:

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Yet they look nothing like the ones being blown up. Now show us a picture of one of the suspected drug boats with fishing gear.
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Georgia Man shot at young shopper outside Lowe’s he thought was stealing. He thought he should be rewarded, witness says

“I saw a white male shooting at another person, a Black male,” said Michael Starks, who was in the parking lot when the shooting happened. “He could have hit him in the back, could have killed him, could have had a stray bullet that struck someone else.”

Police say 64-year-old Steven Douglas Wagner pulled a pistol and fired near the garden center around 3 p.m. at the store on Atlanta Highway.

A Lowe’s employee told police the young man had not stolen anything, according to Starks.

Starks called 911 and followed Wagner back into the store and snapped a photo that helped police make an arrest within minutes.

He said Wagner’s demeanor was concerning.

“He honestly thought he did nothing wrong and should have been rewarded for his actions,” Starks said.

Trump says he is pardoning Rep. Henry Cuellar, a Texas Democrat facing bribery charges

Apparently not. Or at least not yet.

'No more Mr. Nice guy!' Trump erupts as Dem lawmaker he pardoned sticks with party

President Donald Trump lashed out at Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) on Sunday after learning that the lawmaker – whom he had pardoned this week following bribery and conspiracy charges – still plans to run for re-election as a Democrat, decrying it as “such a lack of loyalty.”

I have no doubt Trump is using, I mean abusing, the presidential power in a transnational means. More than one person has claimed in Trump's first term through Rudy Giuliani a pardon could be bought for 2M. One one hand that could be just a Rudy thing, but on the other hand Trump is know for demanding compensated in one form or another for his actions. Several pardons are of people who campaign donated or enacted business transactions with his sons.
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Florida Man arrested in Polk County after claims of ‘dirty’ nuclear bomb in his truck; also several firearms, speed loaders, battering ram, NV goggles

On Dec. 5, officers responded to a report of a vehicle crash in a Publix parking lot.

When they arrived, they found a Chevy Silverado with 43-year-old Benjamin Donald Johnson behind the wheel. Johnson refused multiple commands by police to get out of the truck.

As Johnson sat the back of a police cruiser, an officer overheard Johnson says there was a “dirty bomb” in his truck. Officers found a yellow plastic container secured with chains and locks, with a radioactive warning label.

With the help of personnel from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, ATF, and an FBI bomb technician, it was advised that the device inside the container was a moisture density gauge, commonly used for soil testing. The experts said it emits less radioactivity than a medical X-ray.

A search of Johnson’s truck yielded several firearms and ammunition, firearm magazine speed loaders, thermal scopes, knives, a battering ram, night vision goggles, cannabis and gummies which tested positive for THC.

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