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Arachnologist

And that guy's a state senator. They've got no hope in that country.

Unbelievable! Wonder what the little kid got for Christmas.

I heard on the news that Trump has raked in another $2.2m in donations from his flock of followers since he announced he was going to be arrested this week.

Only the photo, not the reality.

Very strange behaviour.

If you explained your situation to the dealer and paid him say $1500 he may agree to hold it for you until you can pay the balance.

Xi Jinping and Putin seem to be best friends now. I don't think Xi is too concerned about Ukraine and I think he would be quite prepared to slip a few useful things Putin's way on the quiet if he can. It's in his interests to prop Putin up and prolong the war because it keeps the US and the West under pressure. In the meantime he makes Putin more dependent on China, so not much downside for Xi provided he doesn't get found out and hit with sanctions by the West. He can also act the benevolent peace broker and look as though he's a great statesman for domestic consumption.

‘Cooker’ sounds a bit odd. ‘Cooked’ might be more accurate.

Certainly looks fake if you compare the texture of his ‘face’ compared to those around him.

By getting in first Trump is trying to stir up his supporters ahead of a possible arrest to ensure the focus is on the politics not the law, to put more pressure on the DA, and to scam for money to fight his charges, whenever they come. Whether or not there was a leak is questionable. He probably made up that story to suit his narrative.

Putin would probably go himself just to show his contempt for the ICC. If the South Africans didn’t arrest the Sudanese president they wouldn’t risk an international incident by trying to arrest Putin, especially given the number of major countries that aren’t signatories.

Any negotiation now would be with an indicted war criminal, albeit one who doesn’t recognise the ICC. That could throw a spanner in the works of any thoughts of a negotiated settlement.

I'm surprised no reporter seems to have asked him how he would do it. I expect his plan would be to tell the Ukrainians they have 24 hours to pay for all the US equipment and ammunition they have been given to date, although he might let them off if they can come up with more dirt on Joe Biden.

Most likely the same way this pretty convincing video of ball lighting was made:

They’ll be even more upset if the Russians salvage the wreckage before they do.

Both Trump and De Santis would be bad for Ukraine. De Santis doesn't believe that Ukraine's problems are an issue for the US either. At least Nikki Haley takes the conflict seriously, although who knows what else she stands for.

Those stories of alien abduction / examination have been around for years. Easy to claim, but not so easy to prove. Adamksi claimed he went to Venus in a flying saucer.

Mary had a rough trot.

Interesting story. I remember my dad telling me he saw ball lightning roll along the roof of their house in Holland when he was a teenager. It rolled along a gutter until it got to a down pipe at the bottom of which was a large wooden barrel to collect rainwater. There was an almighty bang and the barrel exploded.

Just for the record, I don't think they were mysterious alien spacecraft piloted by little green men. They looked more like a cluster of weather balloons being blown along in an easterly breeze, but it was still a puzzling sight.

I can answer that by saying that I saw a Tasmanian Tiger cross the road in front of me in country Victoria when I was in my early 20’s. That was in an area where there had been the odd report over the years. It had the stripes and tapered hindquarters, stiff tail etc so I remain convinced that I saw one. Still in all those years no one has ever proved that they are still around. Same with Bigfoot.

The object in the video is different to the one on the ground.

I was driving home from work one evening a few years ago about 6:30pm heading east along the Great Eastern Highway Bypass towards the Roe Highway intersection (for those who know Perth), when I saw three large glowing spheres maybe 3m diameter in loose formation approaching me from the hills on the other side of Roe highway. There were flying in a westerly direction keeping 30-50m above the ground. It was approaching dusk at that time of the year so I couldn't see much detail to figure out what they were. They passed me on the south side of the Bypass and presumably kept going west. I thought they might be weather balloons but why three together and keeping quite close formation? They are the only unidentifiable UFO's I've ever seen, but I didn't even pull up to try and get a closer look. Just thought "That's weird. I wonder what those things are?" and kept going.

I would believe what I/we saw and no doubt spend the rest of my life wondering what it was. I'd have no qualms about telling others about it, but it wouldn't worry or surprise me if they didn't believe a word of it.