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Yes!

There is no valid argument you can make against education.

Biglittlelois:
her brother didn't directly kill George, he was there by association or whatever they call it.

Negligence and apathy isn't that different from intent.

falcon01:
lazy ass B*tch!! can't even work out to burn fat!.

Some people still carry fat there regardless of exercise; genetics.

Umm, no. lol He should have came up with something better.

People involved with human trafficking should get life in prison. That includes small-time p*mps. It also includes h*okers who were not forced into it.

P*rnography needs to be banned for the same reason. It's legal trafficking.

He's... proud?

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Forbidden fruit. Also, women find a man more attractive when he's cherished, and when they see him in a loving relationship.

I think some people have a hard time seeing someone a certain way until it's right in front of them, and then it's almost like watching their fantasy in real life. This might be even more striking when they see a guy treat someone in a way they're not being treated or have never been. It also translates to intimacy for them.

Just tell her that you're very flattered, but you love your wife. Which might make her more determined. lol Some women get off on "making" you cheat.

Among many things, she has to be thick. Not slim thick, and not so thick she's fat. But she has to be a bit beyond thick where she's in the sweet spot. I don't like bony chicks, it feels gross. I don't want a chick shaped like a baby elephant either. I don't really like tiny waists. She should have something to hold.

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56855301.amp

US President Joe Biden is reportedly set to propose a tax hike on the wealthiest Americans.

The proposal would raise the top marginal rate and increase taxes on investment gains for the rich.

The tax rise would help pay for childcare and education, but would not be used for healthcare, according to reports.

The news triggered a selloff on Wall Street, with major indexes slipping during Thursday's trading session.

The White House said the American Family Plan, which Mr Biden is expected to lay out in full next week, will not affect any family earning less than $400,000 a year.

"His view is that that should be on the backs... of the wealthiest Americans who can afford it and corporations and businesses who can afford it," said White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki.

The proposal would increase the top marginal income tax rate to 39.6% from 37%, according to the New York Times and Bloomberg.

The move would effectively reverse Donald Trump’s 2017 income tax cut for highest income earners.

The plan would also nearly double taxes on capital gains to 39.6% for people earning more than $1m.

It’s a dramatic increase from the current rate of 20%.

In some states which impose their own capital gains tax, the total bill some investors could face might exceed 50%.

The plan is widely expected to encounter resistance from Republicans in Congress.

Although the Democrats hold a slim majority, they may not support the plan unanimously.

Nevertheless, the news was enough to cause a few jitters on Wall Street.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 420 points before reigning in its losses slightly.

"If it had a chance of passing, we'd be down 2,000 points," Thomas Hayes, from Great Hill Capital told Reuters.

The tech-heavy Nasdaq index also slipped 0.9%.

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/us-lawmakers-look-advance-sweeping-bid-counter-china-2021-04-21/

A bipartisan U.S. congressional push to counteract China picked up steam on Wednesday as a Senate committee overwhelmingly backed a bill pressing Beijing on human rights and economic competition, while other lawmakers introduced a measure seeking billions for technology research.

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee backed the "Strategic Competition Act of 2021" by 21-1, sending the bill for consideration by the 100-member Senate, even as committee members voiced a need to do even more to counteract Beijing.

The committee added dozens of amendments to the bill. One would force a boycott of the 2022 Beijing Olympics by U.S. officials, not athletes, which was also recommended by the U.S. Commission on Religious Freedom. read more

Separately, a group of Senate and House of Representatives lawmakers introduced the "Endless Frontier Act," calling for $100 billion over five years for basic and advanced technology research and $10 billion to create new "technology hubs" across the country. read more

Both bills have strong support from both political parties and are expected to become law. The desire for a hard line in dealings with China is one of the few truly bipartisan sentiments in the deeply divided U.S. Congress, which is narrowly controlled by President Joe Biden's fellow Democrats.

The Biden administration supports the measures.

"With this overwhelming bipartisan vote, the Strategic Competition Act becomes the first of what we hope will be a cascade of legislative activity for our nation to finally meet the China challenge across every dimension of power, political, diplomatic, economic, innovation, military and even cultural," said Senator Bob Menendez, the Democratic chairman of the Senate panel.

He and Senator Jim Risch, the panel's top Republican, wrote the "Strategic Competition" measure together, with Risch saying it was "truly bipartisan."

The legislation was greeted with anger in Beijing.

"It distorts facts and confuses right and wrong," said Wang Wenbin, a spokesman at the Chinese foreign ministry.

"It hypes up the China threat theory and talks about full strategic competition with China. It grossly interferes with China's affairs and reeks of Cold War and zero sum mentalities."

HUMAN RIGHTS AND MILITARY SPENDING

The 280-page Senate bill addresses competition with China through efforts such as increasing international development funding and working with allied countries and international organizations. It pushes humanitarian and democratic values, like imposing sanctions over the treatment of the minority Muslim Uighurs and supporting democracy in Hong Kong. L1N2M113C

The bill stresses the need to "prioritize the military investments necessary to achieve United States political objectives in the Indo-Pacific." It backs steep increases in security-related funding for the region and closer ties with Taiwan.

It would expand the scope of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), which scrutinizes financial transactions for potential national security risks. U.S. universities are concerned about a provision of the bill requiring CFIUS to review some Chinese grants and contracts.

The Strategic Competition and Endless Frontier acts are part of a fast-track effort announced in February by Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to pass a wide range of legislation to counter China. Schumer is a lead sponsor of the Endless Frontier bill. read more

Foreign Relations committee members said they want to do more.

"I don't believe anyone would think that this legislation is going to change China's march toward a global hegemony of autocracy and repression," Republican Senator Mitt Romney said. "...I would suggest we have a lot more work to do."

Her baby face though.

Congrats though.

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https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/mexico-travel-advisory.html

Do not travel to Mexico due to COVID-19. Exercise increased caution in Mexico due to crime and kidnapping. Some areas have increased risk. Read the entire Travel Advisory.

Read the Department of State’s COVID-19 page before you plan any international travel.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a Level 4 Travel Health Notice for Mexico due to COVID-19, indicating a very high level of COVID-19 in the country. Visit the Embassy's COVID-19 page for more information on COVID-19 in Mexico.

Do Not Travel To:

Colima state due to crime.
Guerrero state due to crime.
Michoacán state due to crime.
Sinaloa state due to crime.
Tamaulipas state due to crime and kidnapping.
Reconsider Travel To:

Chihuahua state due to crime.
Coahuila state due to crime.
Durango state due to crime.
Jalisco state due to crime.
Mexico state due to crime.
Morelos state due to crime.
Nayarit state due to crime.
Nuevo Leon state due to crime.
San Luis Potosi state due to crime.
Sonora state due to crime.
Zacatecas state due to crime.
For detailed information on all states in Mexico, please see below.

Violent crime – such as homicide, kidnapping, carjacking, and robbery – is widespread. Armed criminal groups have been known to target and rob commercial vessels, oil platforms, and offshore supply vessels in the Bay of Campeche.

The U.S. government has limited ability to provide emergency services to U.S. citizens in many areas of Mexico, as travel by U.S. government employees to certain areas is prohibited or significantly restricted.

U.S. government employees may not travel between cities after dark, may not hail taxis on the street, and must rely on dispatched vehicles, including from app-based services like Uber or from regulated taxi stands. U.S. government employees may not drive from the U.S.-Mexico border to or from the interior parts of Mexico, with the exception of daytime travel within Baja California, between Nogales and Hermosillo on Mexican Federal Highway 15D, and between Nuevo Laredo and Monterrey on Highway 85D (during daylight hours and with prior Consulate authorization only).

Read the country information page.

If you decide to travel to Mexico:

See the U.S. Embassy's web page regarding COVID-19.
Visit the CDC’s web page on Travel and COVID-19.
Keep your traveling companions and family back home informed of your travel plans. If separating from your travel group, send a friend your GPS location. If taking a taxi alone, take a photo of the taxi number and/or license plate and text to a friend.
Use toll roads when possible and avoid driving alone or at night. In many states, police presence and emergency services are extremely limited outside the state capital or major cities.
Exercise increased caution when visiting local bars, nightclubs, and casinos.
Do not display signs of wealth, such as wearing expensive watches or jewelry.
Be extra vigilant when visiting banks or ATMs.
Enroll in the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) to receive Alerts and make it easier to locate you in an emergency.
Follow the Department of State on Facebook and Twitter.
Review the Crime and Safety Reports for Mexico.
Mariners planning travel to Mexico should check for U.S. maritime advisories and alerts at https://www.maritime.dot.gov/msci-alerts, which include instructions on reporting suspicious activities and attacks to Mexican naval authorities.
Prepare a contingency plan for emergency situations. Review the Traveler’s Checklist.

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/mexico-travel-advisory.html

Here's some of their advisory for Mexico:

Do not travel to Mexico due to COVID-19. Exercise increased caution in Mexico due to crime and kidnapping. Some areas have increased risk. Read the entire Travel Advisory.

Read the Department of State’s COVID-19 page before you plan any international travel.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a Level 4 Travel Health Notice for Mexico due to COVID-19, indicating a very high level of COVID-19 in the country. Visit the Embassy's COVID-19 page for more information on COVID-19 in Mexico.

Do Not Travel To:

Colima state due to crime.
Guerrero state due to crime.
Michoacán state due to crime.
Sinaloa state due to crime.
Tamaulipas state due to crime and kidnapping.
Reconsider Travel To:

Chihuahua state due to crime.
Coahuila state due to crime.
Durango state due to crime.
Jalisco state due to crime.
Mexico state due to crime.
Morelos state due to crime.
Nayarit state due to crime.
Nuevo Leon state due to crime.
San Luis Potosi state due to crime.
Sonora state due to crime.
Zacatecas state due to crime.

It's amazing that the US would be dumb enough to allow companies to basically hand power to China. Thankfully, the idi0ts are finally reversing that. It only took a terrible disaster and the threat of their lives to wake up.

Going forward, the US should invest in more Canadian mining, or rather partner with them. Manufacturing and farming should be brought home, but also expanded in South America. Really, it's about keeping almost everything in North and South America.

China is behind a newly discovered series of hacks against key targets in the U.S. government, private companies and the country’s critical infrastructure, cybersecurity firm Mandiant said Wednesday.

The hack works by breaking into Pulse Secure, a program that businesses often use to let workers remotely connect to their offices. The company announced Tuesday how users can check to see if they were affected but said the software update to prevent the risk to users won’t go out until May.

The campaign is the third distinct and severe cyberespionage operation against the U.S. made public in recent months, stressing an already strained cybersecurity workforce. The U.S. government accused Russia in January of hacking nine government agencies via SolarWinds, a Texas software company widely used by American businesses and government agencies. In March, Microsoft blamed China for starting a free-for-all where scores of different hackers broke into organizations around the world through the Microsoft Exchange email program.

In all three campaigns, the hackers first used those programs to hack into victims' computer networks, then created backdoors to spy on them for months, if not longer.

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, or CISA, said in a warning Tuesday evening the latest hacking campaign is currently "affecting U.S. government agencies, critical infrastructure entities, and other private sector organizations."

CISA activated its strictest emergency powers Tuesday evening, mandating that every civilian government agency scan to see if they were affected by the hack and to take actions to fix it. Though it's historically rare for it to do so, it's the second time in seven weeks the agency has issued an emergency directive after the Exchange hack.

"In recent months we have issued them with increasing frequency, which is certainly a concern and something we don't take lightly," said Matt Hartman, the agency's deputy executive assistant director of cybersecurity.

"We at CISA are very concerned," he said.

Unlike the hacks on SolarWinds and Exchange, both of which had at least tens of thousands of potential victims, there's little indication that China used Pulse to hack a broad number of targets. But the hack is particularly significant because it enabled China to gain access to several federal agencies and major U.S. companies for months, said Charles Carmakal, Mandiant's chief technology officer.

"We're starting to see a resurgence of espionage activity from the Chinese government," he said.

None of the victims have yet been made public, though that will likely change, Carmakal said.

"In the coming weeks and months, we're going to have a better sense of how big of a deal this is from a national security perspective," he said.

As with the Exchange hack, China deflected but did not deny responsibility. In an emailed statement, a spokesperson for China’s embassy in the U.S., Liu Pengyu, said China is "a staunch defender of cyber security" and "firmly opposes and cracks down on all forms of cyber attacks."

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna744

Whodoyoupost:
Would you date the girls who look like her?

No.

Would you consider marrying them? If no, please state why.

Absolutely not. They're oyinbo.

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/australia-cancels-victoria-states-belt-road-deals-with-china-2021-04-21/

Australia on Wednesday cancelled two deals struck by its state of Victoria with China on Beijing's flagship Belt and Road Initiative, prompting the Chinese embassy in Canberra to warn that already tense bilateral ties were bound to worsen.

Under a new process in Australia, Foreign Minister Marise Payne has the power to review deals reached with other nations by the country's states and universities.

Payne said she had decided to cancel four deals, including two that Victoria agreed with China, in 2018 and 2019, on cooperation with the Belt and Road Initiative, Chinese President Xi Jinping's signature trade and infrastructure scheme.

"I consider these four arrangements to be inconsistent with Australia's foreign policy or adverse to our foreign relations," she said in a statement.

China's embassy in Australia voiced its "strong displeasure and resolute opposition" to the cancellations late on Wednesday.

"This is another unreasonable and provocative move taken by the Australian side against China," the embassy said in a statement. "It further shows that the Australian government has no sincerity in improving China-Australia relations."

Bilateral ties were strained in 2018 when Australia became the first country to publicly ban Chinese tech giant Huawei from its 5G network. Relations worsened last year when Canberra called for an independent probe into the origins of the coronavirus outbreak.

Australia's latest move "is bound to bring further damage to bilateral relations, and will only end up hurting itself," the Chinese embassy said.

Australia's federal parliament granted the veto power over foreign deals by states in December amid the deepening diplomatic spat with China, which has imposed a series of trade sanctions on Australian exports ranging from wine to coal.

Liberal Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his predecessor Malcolm Turnbull had declined to agree to a country-level MOU with China on the Belt and Road Initiative.

But Victoria's Labor state premier Dan Andrews signed agreements with China's National Development and Reform Commission to promote the initiative in 2018 and 2019.

Some countries fear the lending the Belt and Road scheme entails could lead to unsustainable debt levels in developing nations, including the Pacific islands region.

Morrison's government has denied that its new veto power is aimed at China, Australia's largest trading partner and biggest source of overseas universities students before the pandemic led the country to close its borders.

Payne said states, local governments and publicly funded universities had notified her of more than 1,000 foreign deals overall.

They made a movie about this. There were like 100 men left, and they lived in the sewers. lol IIRC

I don't remember the name of the movie, but it might be a fun watch.

Funkyswagzz:
U sound like a lesbian who wants all men to vanish so u can have time to fulfill ur sexual fantasies

lol

donprinyo:
how is this an achievement?

I takes tremendous skill, courage, and strength to never fire your weapon. Over the course of such a long career, I'm sure he had many opportunities to solve a problem with force instead of sense. Other times, he was staring down wild situations, but clearly chose to be the coolest head there, even when his training probably told him otherwise.

Ask yourself if you could do his job for one year, be in the same dangerous positions, and manage to never use your weapon.

This guy should be training cops -- everywhere.

The dude looks like a tiny Djimon Honsou.

Telstar:
Coaching is not about age but ideas.

That's true, but to coach at this level you need to know the game, athletes, the clubs, and etc in a way I doubt this guy does. Hopefully, the fact that he has a lot to prove makes him do something great.

Bach

Cool.

They invented it? There go oyinbos trying to rewrite history again.

The UK government?

I guess they want to slow the pace of something like this because a bunch of jobs would be lost. I guess it's also a morale thing.

Either way, still not watching.

African leagues, Caribbean leagues, AFCON, CAF, FIFA, CONCACAF >

Prosecutors are apparently going to go after other officers after Chauvin. An asian, a white, and a mulatto.

R2bees:
Any good? Kinda drawn to it. Make I no go waste MB

I don't know if it's your kind of show. It's my kind of show because it's a good "whodunnit" and it's slowly revealing different things, and there's no cheap violence/s*xuality/nonsense writing.

You might be bored though. idk