Germany
Just a note without links (google if interested).
The southern parts of Germany, especially Bavaria, are flooded out after days of massive rain. Like a months worth in one day.
Also precarious situations along the large rivers that collect the runoofs, like Danube and Rhein.
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- Mon Jun 03, 2024 8:37 am
- Forum: General Stuff
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- Mon Jun 03, 2024 8:28 am
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Today In History
80 years ago - June 6 1944 - WW2 Europe D-Day Normandy landing
It will be (already is) all over the media with various aspects.
The Wikipedia reference at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandy_landings
It will be (already is) all over the media with various aspects.
The Wikipedia reference at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandy_landings
- Mon Jun 03, 2024 8:22 am
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A supreme court case about fisherman is flying under the radar, but could soon ‘create chaos’ For decades, the Chevron deference doctrine has given broad powers to federal agencies. Now it could be overturned – with major consequences Gabrielle Canon Sun 2 Jun 2024 15.00 CEST The US supreme court i...
- Mon Jun 03, 2024 8:20 am
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trump (convicted felon, defamer, insurrectionist, contemnor, and rapist - $537M)
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Hijack This Thread
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INDICTED (INDICATED) #4 - Quadfecta! Perfecta? - Judge Scott McAfee - Georgia v. Trump ET AL - P01135809- Fani Willis
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South Africa
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UK - England, Wales, N.Ireland, Scotland
Slavery in the UK - today UK care agencies accused of exploiting foreign workers caught in debt traps Exclusive: Experts raise alarm over ‘national scandal’ that has hallmarks of trafficking and modern slavery ‘He didn’t have a contract for me’: the Indian careworkers who paid agents to work in Brit...
- Sun Jun 02, 2024 10:24 pm
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Bragg Manhattan DA charges tfg? Hush money. tfg “INDICATED!” - CONVICTED!!
"Full panic mode": Experts say Trump mad he's "finally being treated like any other defendant" [l]Trump on Truth Social complained that the rules in his trial are the same as "virtually every criminal court" [/l] By CHARLES R. DAVIS Deputy News Editor PUBLISHED MAY 28,...
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Random women who deserve to be noticed
Theresa Claiborne - a United Airlines Captain who made history AOPA: Your Freedom to Fly 25 Mar 2024 Hoover award winner Theresa Claiborne was the first black woman to become a pilot in the United States Air Force. She describes her career in the military and commercial airline pilot along with the...
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Random women who deserve to be noticed
First Black female pilot in U.S. Air Force makes her final flight CBS Evening News 24 May 2024 Capt. Theresa Claiborne, the first Black female pilot to serve in the U.S. Air Force, is making her final flight, retiring after 34 years as a commercial pilot at United Airlines. https://www.youtube.com/...
- Sun Jun 02, 2024 4:03 pm
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Today In History
60 years ago - June 2, 1964 - Founding of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) At its first summit meeting in Cairo in 1964, the Arab League initiated the creation of an organization representing the Palestinian people.[27] The Palestinian National Council convened in Jerusalem on 28 May 196...
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House Select Subcommittee For the Weaponization of the Federal Government
In this case I will retract my retraction and claim too also
- Sun Jun 02, 2024 1:27 pm
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House Select Subcommittee For the Weaponization of the Federal Government
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Up Here in Bathysphere (or wherever it is)
A suggestion in case of encapsulating the ring: try to recover the text of the engravings before. Are they still visisble under UV or IR light sources, perhaps? Will the FBI or other three character agency assist? Was the engraving personal, or was it a standard text, eg is it to be found in some ar...
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Judges Behaving Badly
Man speaks out after charges dropped for refusing to apologize to police officer
- Sun Jun 02, 2024 8:03 am
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trump (convicted felon, defamer, insurrectionist, contemnor, and rapist - $537M)
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- Sun Jun 02, 2024 7:58 am
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