Lee Thacket

Some one needs to work on the marketing strategy for this resort.

I like reading court judgments as well, though I don't tell usually admit it in public. What is your favorite?

Where are these tree tops? Is there a good treehouse with evening cocktails?

OR offer to take them to a bar after the AOS interview. I will you unlimited drinks, dinner and tell you about all the organisation I have been involved with IF you give me permanent residency.

The BBC has existed for around 100 years. It seems to work well. It is kind of at arms length from the state. The governance and financing seems to have worked well until now. I think people will miss the BBC when it has gone, but its days are numbered. It would seem strange if the British government sent money direct to an American broadcaster. However, the BBC might partner with a foreign broadcaster. I don't know why the American government would send the organisation money. Presumably there was a purpose. I don't know what Elon Musk's motivations are. He likes to be the center of attention. He also likes breaking things quickly. Hopefully they can be together again! I had a Twitter account, but deleted it. It was full of anonymous people insulting other anonymous people. Lots of free speech, but I did not feel I got much out of it. In terms of who is responsible for deciding what disinformation I think we all are. It is possible to learn better critical thinking skills. "Don't know and don't care" is an often over looked response. We don't have to have an opinion on everything. Getting off social media and reading a book might do some of us some good. I am trying to set up a discussion on political philosophy group in the town where I live. Looking at some of the great minds of the past could possibly give us clues about the future rather than relying on anonymous accounts on social media. I think Reporters without Borders have a variety of sources of income. Hopefully, their funding streams will not disappear. Ranking countries for press freedom seems a good thing to do.

I will come back to this issue in the K1 to AOS thread on the main site. It deserves a serious discussion there. In my opinion, Part nine question one on form I-485 and the accompanying guidance are not worded very well.

Some one said the constitutional wranglings in Israel are due to the lack of a second chamber.

I have got no intention of being flippant. I have always been polite and respectful to all immigration and CBP staff that I have encountered. What I am trying to do is think about all organisations I have been involved with in the course of my life. If I discuss every organisation I have ever been involved with that will take a very long time. The question states: "Have you EVER been a member of, involved in, or any way associated with any organizations, association, fund, foundation, party, club, society, or similar group in the United States or any other location in the world?" That is very broad. I put down a political party, labor union and professional body that I have been involved. Possibly I should have listed more.

Impartiality is difficult at the best of times. People tend to think a media is biased when it criticises their "side". I think the BBC tries to do a good job. They get vehement criticism from pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli. The immigration policy expert Madeleine Sumption was asked to review was asked its immigration and found it to be fair. The question is whether a media organisation can cover stories in a way that might upset the organisation funding it. One of my earliest political memories is from about 40 years ago of my uncle and grandmother arguing about whether the BBC supported terrorism. Margaret Thatcher thought they did. They went on to upset Tony Blair's government as well. George Orwell writes in "Freedom of the Park": " I was told once that "its line", if any, was to represent the Left wing of the government in power. But that was in the the days of the Churchill Government. If it represents the Left Wing of the present Government, I have not noticed the fact." The ideal media organisation would be one where rich, but benign philanthropists paid lots of money into an anonymous trust account. The most talented could use the money to investigate the rich and powerful without fear or favour. Reporters without Borders rated Britain 23/180 for press freedom so there does not seem too much of a problem at the moment. The United States has dropped from 45 to 55.

Countries much smaller than The United States have more judges on their supreme courts. If you could take the power away from the president and partisan politicians that would be a good thing. Oxford University Press has a book about the Supreme Court in its Very Short Introduction series. I think I will order a copy

That should make what I have to say a bit more interesting. Every few hours I remember another organisation I have been involved with. The question is just so broad. It also asks you whether your organisation is legitimate or illegitimate. I look forward to telling them about The Cyclists Touring Club amongst others.

Of course we should be critical of material omissions and misrepresentations. I am just struggling to see the significance of omitting mentioning the UNWRA.

Is the BBC now to be regarded as a terrorist organisation?

The American government has funded UNWRA with several million dollars so it seems a bit strange to criticise him for working for the organisation. He put it in his linkedin profile and, presumably, mentioned it as part of his university application Terrorism is not part of their mission.

I will. Whoever has the misfortune to interview me will be in for a long and boring day