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As of 5:00 CDT, more banging noises were detected but the submersible has only 10-12 hours of oxygen left.

India: Government Policies, Actions Target Minorities A Year After Delhi Violence, Bias Against Muslims Taints Investigation (New York) – Authorities in India have adopted laws and policies that systematically discriminate against Muslims and stigmatize critics of the government, Human Rights Watch said today. Prejudices embedded in the government of the ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have infiltrated independent institutions, such as the police and the courts, empowering nationalist groups to threaten, harass, and attack religious minorities with impunity. February 23, 2021 marks the one-year anniversary of the communal violence in Delhi that killed 53 people, 40 of them Muslim. Instead of conducting a credible and impartial investigation, including into allegations that BJP leaders incited violence and police officials were complicit in attacks, the authorities have targeted activists and protest organizers. The authorities have lately responded to another mass protest, this time by farmers, by vilifying minority Sikh protesters and opening investigations into their alleged affiliation with separatist groups. “The BJP’s embrace of the Hindu majority at the expense of minorities has seeped into government institutions, undermining equal protection of the law without discrimination,” said Meenakshi Ganguly, South Asia director at Human Rights Watch. “The government has not only failed to protect Muslims and other minorities from attacks but is providing political patronage and cover for bigotry.” The February 2020 attacks in Delhi had followed months of peaceful protests by Indians of all faiths against the government’s discriminatory citizenship law and proposed policies. BJP leaders and supporters attempted to discredit protesters, particularly Muslims, by accusing them of conspiring against national interests.

Those computers are long gone. Are they bringing them back?

Ahem.....the correct term is "aboriginals'.

Perhaps in a mafia sense, then yes.

Welcome! The more the merrier and you can ignore as many of us as necessary to make your stay here bearable,

What impresses me about Grant is that he doesn't go down at the first touch and actually breaks the odd tackle- not just a speed merchant.

You may recall that at the time he came to Winnipeg, his daughter was hit in the leg by a random shooting in his hometown and this may relate to that.

That made many fans hurl.

Lets face it- kids are just a bad investment.

Alito's defence of this is utterly laughable. He said that he saved the government thousands of dollars by going with his billionaire buddy because he would have gone anyways and would have had to get a raise to do so. If you follow that twisted logic without hurting yourself, it would be OK to accept money because then he wouldn't need such a high salary.

The concept of small government is woefully outdated. If you turn the clock back a hundred years or so, the services and demands of government were vastly different. Roads were not paved, it was everyone's responsibility to care for their own, prescription meds did not have to vetted, extensive military presences were not required, if you could not support yourself, you would slowly starve to death, and on and on. Moreover, wealthy businesses and individuals were not as aggressively dominant in politics. The world has changed dramatically and an involved government is vital to keep some semblance of balance between the haves and the have-nots. The degree of manipulation both possible and actually by powerful private and corporate interests has scaled up to a degree never seen before.

Search Crews Detect Underwater Noises In Hunt For Missing Submersible Officials estimate the crew of five trapped inside could run out of oxygen by Thursday morning. A Canadian aircraft detected underwater noises during the ongoing search for the missing Titan submersible, the U.S. Coast Guard said Wednesday morning. Rescue crews are desperately searching for the vessel, which vanished midway through an expedition to the wreckage of the Titanic on Sunday morning. Any recovery is a race against the clock, as officials estimate the crew of five trapped inside could run out of oxygen by Thursday morning. The Coast Guard said remote operated vehicles, or ROVs, were searching for the Titan, a minivan-sized craft, and some had been moved to a new search area after the Canadian plane detected the sounds.

And the GOP are trumpeting this as proof of all manner of illegal dealings by the Biden family and promising to launch inquiries. They do not want to talk about the judge involved being a Trump appointee.

According to BBC, there are several dives per year down to the Titanic. There are NO requirements for safety, although most submersibles have redundant systems. Even so, only about one in five dives actually reach the wreck. Not a lot of room for optimism.

Let us know which ICU to send flowers to.

Welcome aboard!

So do Norse gods.

Good. Let's get it out into the open.

Unless they got too close to the wreck and were snagged on something. If they could have gotten to the surface already, they would have, I think.

Looks like he could be legally classified as construction equipment.

I do not argue that it is not inevitable- it is. There will be no "final resolution" accepted by all - there will always be Luddites. The process of conversion will not be quick or gentle.