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United Arab Emirates now has the most powerful passport in the world after jumping 32 spots under new visa-free travel privileges - as the UK ranks 30th, Australia 39th and the US 43rd
March 4, 2023
The United Arab Emirates now has the most powerful passport in the world, according to a new study.
Nomad Capitalist, a tax and immigration consultancy firm, ranked the value of nearly 200 countries' passports based on five factors: the availability of visa-free travel, the taxation on residents living in foreign countries, perception, the availability of dual citizenship and personal freedom.
It found that the UAE's new visa-free travel privileges, as well as its rapidly growing economy and the fact that there are no income taxes have made its passports the most valuable.
Meanwhile, the United States came in at 43rd in large part because it taxes citizens who live in foreign countries. The United Kingdom also ranked 30th and Australia ranked 39.
Previous studies have ranked both the UK and the US higher, but those only took into account how many countries a passport holder can enter without a prior visa.
Sauce/more: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11821479/United-Arab-Emirates-powerful-passport-world.html
Our passport is now = to Tumbler..
Colorado elementary school is exposed for secretly transitioning student, as damning leaked internal emails reveal administrator telling assistant principal to LIE to parents
March 4, 2023
Leaked emails from a Colorado elementary school revealed administrators going behind a parent's back to secretly transition a student.
Laurel Elementary School Assistant Principal, Amanda Pawelski, and Poudre School District Chief Equity Officer, Marlena Gross-Taylor, were caught in leaked emails discussing going behind a parent's back to instruct an elementary school student by their preferred pronouns.
On March 31, 2022, Amanda reached out to Marlena, who was only a few months into her new position, about an unidentified student who has 'expressed their pronouns and chosen name but their parents directly [told] school staff not to call the students by those pronouns.'
'I feel very strongly about supporting the student, but have heard that we legally have to follow the parent's decision due to the age of the child (elementary school),' she wrote in the email to Marlena.
In the same email, she revealed she learned during 'ABCs training' that that 'we should follow the student, not the parents' and asked Marlena to provide a more 'definite answer.'
'We want to support the student. We also want to be covered legally,' she wrote.
Six days later, Marlena responded, confirming that 'schools should use the student's affirming name and pronouns and use their legal name and corresponding pronouns when talking with the family until they are supportive of the student's new name and pronouns.'
Marlena also referred Amanda to the district's new LGBTQIA+ Coordinator, Shayna Seitchik, who also reiterated to Marlena that her and Darcie Votipka, the Director of Student Services for the district, agreed with using the student's chosen pronouns and names while the parents were not present.
Despite the consensus, Amanda seemed worried that the parent's definite disapproval of using the chosen names and pronouns with the elementary student might prove to be an issue due to age.
'I am wondering about the direct "do not" nature of what they said and in light of them being in elementary school. I want to make sure we are still covered if we use the student's chosen name, even in this case?' she wrote.
She also revealed the student had 'asked a few of us to be present when they came out to their mom.'
The mother was reportedly okay with the revelation while in the meeting, but afterward, had directed the school 'not to continue' to use the new name and pronouns.
It is unclear if Marlena ever responded, as the emails post April 5 were not leaked.
Sauce/more: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11821421/Colorado-elementary-school-exposed-secretly-transitioning-student-internal-emails-leaked.html
dat's embarrassing, not even saying how that ended up poasted..
'His wife was f* her son's friend': Chris Rock mocks Will Smith for interview with wife Jada about HER affair and accuses star of 'selective outrage' – as he says he's still got 'ringing in my ear f*** drums' after Oscars slap
March 4, 2023
Chris Rock spoke openly about being slapped across the face by Will Smith in his new stand-up comedy special Saturday night
He said that everyone who knew the circumstances surrounding the slap knew it wasn't actually about him
Rock, 58, brought up the fact that Jada Pinkett Smith only confessed to having an affair while interviewing her husband
He added that he still has ringing in his ear and now watches Will Smith's movie Emancipation to see him get beat up
Chris Rock unleashed a year of pent-up rage after being slapped across the face by actor Will Smith in his new stand-up comedy special Saturday night.
The dramatic moment occurred on air during the 2022 Oscars ceremony after Rock, who was hosting the event, made a comment about Jada Pinkett Smith's hair.
But in his live stand-up special, Rock, 58, claimed that anybody who really knew about the circumstances surrounding the slap knew that it wasn't actually about him — as he accused Smith, 54, of 'selective outrage,' lashing out because his wife had an affair.
He even brought up the fact that Jada Pinkett Smith only confessed to having an affair while interviewing her husband and noted: 'His wife was f** her son's friend.'
Now, Rock says he still has ringing in his ears and watches the I Am Legend star's feature film, Emancipation, 'just to see him get whooped.'
The special comes just one week before this year's Oscars.
Sauce/more: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11822307/Chris-Rock-mocks-Smith-interviewing-Jada-affair.html
Two Ukrainian pilots are being trained by the US military to fly F-16s - as Biden faces calls to send the fighter jets to Ukraine from both sides of the aisle
March 4, 2023
The US military is training two Ukrainian pilots on American soil to gauge how much time they would need in order to learn how to fly fighter jets such as the F-16.
The pair are being taught using flight simulators at a base in Tucson, Arizona, a senior US official told NBC News.
The official said that neither pilot will fly actual aircraft during their time in the US. As many as ten more pilots will arrive this month for similar training referred to as a 'familiarization event.'
'The program is about assessing their abilities as pilots so we can better advise them on how to use capabilities they have and we have given them,' the official told the network.
The official went on to 'stress' that this is not an official training program and is not an indicator that President Joe Biden will be sending F-16s to Ukraine, amid calls from both sides of aisle for him to do so.
Biden said in an ABC News interview last week that he’s not ready to send F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been pressing the USand allies for jets, but White House officials have pushed back that they are not the weaponry that Ukrainians need in the near term.
'There is no basis on which there is a rationale, according to our military now to provide F-16s,' Biden said. 'I am ruling it out for now.'
The Washington Post editorial board called on Biden to send F-16s, and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. said in a tweet Biden ruling it out was 'disappointing.'
'It has been like pulling teeth with this Administration to get every weapons system requested by Ukraine to the battlefield.'
On the other hand Smith defended the Biden administration, arguing 'what we are giving Ukraine is those weapons systems they need.'
'There is not a decision being made about whether it is too escalatory,' he insisted.
In total, Ukraine is ready to send 20 pilots to the US for training. 'It is a routine activity as part of our military-to-military dialogue with Ukraine,' the official said.
'The ‘familiarization event’ is essentially a discussion between the Air Force personnel and an observation of how the U.S. Air Force operates. This event allows us to better help Ukrainian pilots become more effective pilots and better advise them on how to develop their own capabilities,' they continued.
Sauce/more: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11822377/Pair-Ukrainian-pilots-trained-military-Arizona-fly-fighter-jets.html
Look at those totally organic Send F-16 signs, very original and not a Nuland campaign at all.
Eagles doing Disco, I rememberize and it's not horrible..
yup
>sabel Oakeshott claims relationship with Matt Hancock went sour
Matt Hancock gets around
ah sweet sweet memories, haven't thought of that one in years.. I really need to grow..
In 1973, after failing to take antibiotics to protect his heart before a dental visit, Darin developed sepsis, an overwhelming systemic infection, which further weakened his body and affected one of his heart valves. On December 11, he checked himself into Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Los Angeles for another round of open-heart surgery to repair the two artificial heart valves he had received in January 1971.[1] On the evening of December 19, a four-person surgical team worked for over six hours to repair his damaged heart. Shortly after the surgery ended in the early morning hours of December 20, 1973, Darin died in the recovery room without regaining consciousness. He was 37 years old.