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Upper respiratory infections are caused by viruses, so won't benefit from antibiotics. In fact, outcomes are worse for those treated with antibiotics. Amoxicillin is mainly helpful only for dental infections or strep throats. In the case of URI's, if one is at risk, it may be helpful to test for Covid and take Paxlovid (if done promptly). Otherwise, with URI's, one just has to treat the symptoms. It's not at all uncommon for URI symptoms to last 10 days.

Another clarification: freedom of speech doesn't quite mean the government can't prohibit ANY speech. Prohibited speech includes defamation/slander, threats, fraud, and perjury.

Is that more or less than the number of journalists Putin has murdered?

I agree completely. What I'll never understand is who would ever want to work for Trump. Everyone has got to know that all Trump will do is make the people who work for him try to cover up his mistakes, then get thrown under the bus when they get caught. Surely people have to know Trump will always be the sleaze who will turn on anyone who even helps him. I have no sympathy for the Michael Cohens of the world. MC knew he was dealing with a fraudster and a liar. No boo-hoos when he finds himself in prison, having been even stiffed for his legal bills. Anyone who associates with and assists someone as morally bereft as Trump obviously is should not be surprised when the inevitable happens to him.

Also: Gal. 3:23-25 "However, before the faith arrived, we were being guarded under law, being handed over into custody, looking to the faith that was about to be revealed. 24 So the Law became our guardian leading to Christ, so that we might be declared righteous through faith. 25 But now that the faith has arrived, we are no longer under a guardian."

Well, even Paul himself said (Romans 7:6) "But now we have been delivered from the law, having died to what we were held by, so that we should serve in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter." The New Testament clearly teaches that Christians do not have to follow the old laws of Leviticus. If you read Leviticus, it is absolutely chock-full of laws/edicts that Christians don't follow, so it's a bit crazy to pick one out and say "but you have to follow this one." Not everyone agrees with the translation/interpretation that Paul condemned homosexuality. If he did, though, he was the only apostle to do so, and Jesus Himself certainly did not.

Well, I haven't looked at all of the cases, but in these two defenestration cases, they were obviously not suicide--and it's been made very clear they weren't. No one checks into a hospital to commit suicide by jumping out of a window, for one, and the turning off of the security cameras was the other huge clue that the FSB was responsible. The other (journalist) case is even more clear-cut. Obviously, no one goes grocery shopping, then throws his groceries in the stairway, takes off his shoes, pulls up his sweater and jacket above his shoulders, then crashes through a window in his apartment. Any one of those factors rules out a suicide. The refusal of emergency services to intervene was the icing on the cake. The whole point is that Putin wants to make it as clear as possible that these are NOT suicides. He wants everyone to get the message: if you have the public's ear and you speak against me, I will kill you and laugh in your face about it. The goal is to make it quite obvious that these are not suicides, but will be labeled as such. I'm sure Putin gets a good chuckle after all of these deaths.

Ridiculous. Putin intentionally makes it very obvious to everyone that he's the one responsible. I suppose that organized criminal elements can commit murders, but clearly only the FSB, with Putin's instructions, can make the hospital turn off its video cameras at the opportune moment (and stop any investigations into the death). Putin wants everyone to know that those speak against him will be violently killed, with impunity. He also made it very clear that he was responsible for the murder of journalist Ivan Safronov when he had his goons similarly throw him out of a 5th floor window. The fact that Safronov had just returned from the grocery store, that there were groceries and personal effects strewn about the stairway--and that he had his shoes removed and jacket/sweater pulled over his shoulders--made it clear to everyone that the official explanation of suicide couldn't possibly be true. Of course, authorities refused to send an ambulance until after he'd been confirmed dead (he was still alive for 30 minutes after the fall, but the request for an ambulance was denied). Again, only the FSB could have made it clear to emergency services that they couldn't intervene.

He was the Chairman of Lukoil, like the website says. Jesus Christ, you're like the George Santos of this forum. When you caught in a lie, rather than fess up, you just double-down with another, even more outrageous lie. Believe me, it does not make you look clever. It makes you look like a clown. Maganov was a critic of Putin. Putin can't take any criticism, so the barbarous pussy that Putin is had him murdered.

There are long lists of these people: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspicious_deaths_of_Russian_businesspeople_(2022–2023) "...Ravil Maganov, chairman of the national oil company Lukoil, fell from a Kremlin Hospital window under suspicious circumstances, according to reports: CCTV cameras had been "turned off for repairs", Putin was visiting the hospital the same day, and associates did not believe he was suicidal...". Whether or not you personally witnessed this event is dumb and irrelevant. Do not continue to make a fool of yourself by denying what is documented and common knowledge. You continue to intentionally make false statements of fact, which are easily disproven, and this only makes you come off as a liar. And your continued arrogant refusal to use google translate doesn't make you look any wiser (though at least this time I understood what you were trying to say).

You missed the point. What Jesus said is in the New Testament and therefore supersedes the Old Testament. It is in the New Testament that Jesus said (I believe in the book of Matthew, among other places, though I'm not at home right now so don't have access to my Bible) that those who follow Him don't have to adhere to the edicts of the Old Testament, such as those of Leviticus. This is why most Christian men eat pork and shrimp, aren't circumcised (except in the US), wear clothing with blended fabrics, and so on.

While some Jews do follow the laws in Leviticus, one of the main points of Christianity is that a Christian does not have to follow those laws, so there is no need to desecrate those Bibles. Doing so just shows that that person doesn't understand Christianity. Christians are allowed to wear cotton-polyester and other blended fabrics, eat pork and/or shrimp/shellfish, not circumcise their boys, and sleep with people of the same gender. That's why it's called the New Testament.

Christianity was not always anti-gay. The late Yale Professor John Boswell noted that anti-gay interpretations started around the 12th Century: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Boswell "...Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality (1980) is a work which, according to George Chauncey et al. (1989), "offered a revolutionary interpretation of the Western tradition, arguing that the Roman Catholic Church had not condemned gay people throughout its history, but rather, at least until the twelfth century, had alternately evinced no special concern about homosexuality or actually celebrated love between men."..." Besides, the religion is called Christianity, not Paulism. No one has ever claimed that Jesus said anything against homosexuality. Quite the contrary, Jesus is purported to have freed Christians from having to follow the dictums of the book of Leviticus. Those who froth anti-gay vitriol, probably often gay themselves, are simply engaging in the time-honored tradition of scapegoating to distract from real problems. Yes, Paul's words have probably been mistranslated. At best they're ambiguous. That being said, those who follow the Christian faith should be following the teachings of Jesus.

My Russian is terrible. However, at least I understand that, and use assistance when I need to. It's far better than overestimating my abilities and appearing like a jackass. Мой русский ужасен. Однако, по крайней мере, я это понимаю и прибегаю к помощи, когда это необходимо. Это гораздо лучше, чем переоценивать свои способности и выглядеть придурком.

Your English is incomprehensible. Since you can't write in decent English, for crying out loud, just type in what you need translated into google translate. It won't cost you one kopek. Ваш английский непонятен. Поскольку вы не умеете писать на приличном английском, для того, чтобы кричать вслух, просто введите то, что вам нужно, в переводе на Google Translate. Это не будет стоить вам ни копейки.

Trump is also too old and mentally weak. And much, much, worse than that. Hint: try using google translate. It's free.

Well, the movie did focus more on his negative qualities. It did give him some credit, but the credit was muted. More so than Waterloo, his takeover of Moscow was probably more crucial to his downfall. His inability to account for the logistics involved (unlike the Russians, the French weren't willing to resort to cannibalism) caused him to lose the vast majority of his once vast army.

All movies over 2.5 hours long used to have intermissions. Having 3+ hours-long movies without intermissions is a new (and unpleasant) phenomenon. Thankfully, most live theater, opera, etc., still provide for intermissions if the length exceeds 2.5 hours. I certainly believe it would benefit everyone to resume the practice in movies as well. Even for those who can last that long, I'm sure most would appreciate a break after some 2 to 2.5 hours. I don't see who benefits from having these super-long movies with no breaks. I've had kidney stones and don't want to go into these movies dehydrated. Won't do it.

No thanks. I'll wait until it comes on streaming services. I'd rather not be streaming into a diaper or condom catheter... 😉 Kudos for those with large bladders.

Dude, you're resurrecting a 6 week-old post.

You are not being paid, so obviously you don't have to do anything. However, if you dispute facts in an article with reliable references, and you have no references to contradict the other article's references, you're simply acknowledging you're wrong. Nothing wrong with that, but it's a pretty squirrely way to admit you're wrong on this subject.

It's far too early to be paying attention to poll results at this time. Many things will change over the coming months. Biden took some (in my opinion) undeserved hits due to economic woes in 2022 and early 2023, which primarily came from causes way outside of his control such as China's disastrous "Covid Zero" policy and the Saudis jacking up the price of crude oil. Obviously, oil price increases resulted in increased prices in many goods, as did supply-chain issues. Those issues have resolved, and clearly inflation has come way down, along with oil prices. Of course, Xi and bin Salman could still significantly damage our economy if they wanted to, and it may come down to economics. Although I don't know that either meets the definition of dementia, it seems clear to myself and most other Americans that both Biden and Trump have shown cognitive decline, which will likely only get worse over the next 5 years. Neither is a good choice. I have my suspicion that if Biden and Trump get the nominations, neither will want to debate. Third party candidates can also play spoiler roles, as they have many times in America's past. Other Democrats, such as Kennedy, could hand the election to the Republicans. Having two Republicans on the ballot would have the opposite effect. Another unknown is whether Trump will get a criminal conviction before the general election. The Trump team has done everything it can, of course, to delay things, but some trials are set to start soon. I don't think most independents (who always determine the election results) will want to vote for a convicted criminal. So putting hopes or fears on poll numbers now seems a bit silly at this time.

Some guy in Atlanta murdered a Subway employee for putting too much mayo on his sandwich. Then he shot her coworker, for no apparent reason. I hope he never sees the light of day again... 😪 https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2022/06/29/man-suspected-shooting-two-subway-employees-atlanta-identified/

I still get the print copies of The Advocate and OUT sent to me in the mail. When there were print hardcore magazines, I would rifle through them and buy the one with the men I thought would get the biggest loads outa me. One of the most common was Mandate. Sometimes could be Blueboy...