rockershovel Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 Regarding US nationality, US bases anywhere in the world are classed as US sovereign territory, and anyone born there is a US national. That includes children born in the nearby hospitals in Cambridge and Hinchingbrooke, who (by a convenient fiction) are registered on-base by the USAF, regardless of anything else the parents might do. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted October 7, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 7, 2021 (edited) 30 minutes ago, rockershovel said: Regarding US nationality, US bases anywhere in the world are classed as US sovereign territory, and anyone born there is a US national. That includes children born in the nearby hospitals in Cambridge and Hinchingbrooke, who (by a convenient fiction) are registered on-base by the USAF, regardless of anything else the parents might do. That means that when they are adults they can stand for president then? Edited October 7, 2021 by PhilJ W 5 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 31 minutes ago, New Haven Neil said: The road overbridge that provides the viewing point is awfully bouncy when road traffic passes, not something I have ever noticed on bridges elsewhere! This one (275 feet above the valley floor) bounces - https://steveamie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/IMG_4641-1024x922.jpg The photo is taken from the track bed of the former Columbia and Western line of the CPR, abandoned through here in 1991. 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 6 minutes ago, PhilJ W said: That means that when they are adults they can stand for president then? Is that a set-up line? 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted October 7, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 7, 2021 4 minutes ago, pH said: Is that a set-up line? No, just asking. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 2 hours ago, PhilJ W said: No, just asking. The late John McCain was born at a naval air base in Panama. 3 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 (edited) There is some debate about what "a natural-born citizen of the US" actually means but it's never really been put to the test for a presidential applicant. I've often thought it's daft that our son, now 41, wouldn't qualify as he's been in the US since he was barely two years old (Not that it's likely he'd be remotely interested.) Edited October 7, 2021 by AndyID 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted October 7, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 7, 2021 When Arnie was governor of California and was pretty popular across the country, there was talk of whether he could run for President. It was then stated thst he couldn't because he'd been born in Austria. I have a feeling that someone made trouble for Obama, saying that he hadn't been born in the US. Jamie 1 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbishop Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 Bozo was born in New York. One can live in hope. Bill 2 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 5 minutes ago, jamie92208 said: When Arnie was governor of California and was pretty popular across the country, there was talk of whether he could run for President. It was then stated thst he couldn't because he'd been born in Austria. I have a feeling that someone made trouble for Obama, saying that he hadn't been born in the US. Jamie Still goes on. The current VP is under attack. At the risk of stepping across the political line it's just thinly-veiled racism. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 It’s why Ted Cruz can’t run for president - he was born in Canada - in Calgary, Alberta. 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockershovel Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 18 minutes ago, AndyID said: Still goes on. The current VP is under attack. At the risk of stepping across the political line it's just thinly-veiled racism. Not at all. The USA was, for many years concerned with the building of a modern nation from widely disparate origins, many of whom fled there from the various troubles of the Old World. It was central to their national image that their leader be American, born and bred, a symbol of their hopes for the future. It was also central to their long-standing policy of isolationism that their President represented them and no one else, and be so perceived. It is a wholly American policy, rooted in what the are as a nation, and how they got there. 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 Time to bring in the green tomatoes. Almost down to freezing overnight now. 1 3 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 17 minutes ago, rockershovel said: Not at all. The USA was, for many years concerned with the building of a modern nation from widely disparate origins, many of whom fled there from the various troubles of the Old World. It was central to their national image that their leader be American, born and bred, a symbol of their hopes for the future. It was also central to their long-standing policy of isolationism that their President represented them and no one else, and be so perceived. It is a wholly American policy, rooted in what the are as a nation, and how they got there. Yes, I am fully aware of the original reasons and I'm going to leave it at that. 4 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted October 7, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 7, 2021 1 hour ago, bbishop said: Bozo was born in New York. One can live in hope. Bill Hope that we might be able to pass him on to the USA as president? Bonar Law was a Canadian, or would have been if Canada had existed at the time he was born; it did by the time he left for Scotland at the age of 12. 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted October 7, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 7, 2021 1 hour ago, rockershovel said: It is a wholly American policy, rooted in what the are as a nation, and how they got there. Well, rooted in what some of them are and how some of them got there. The ancestors of many arrived involuntarily. 3 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnDMJ Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 (edited) 10 hours ago, Tony_S said: I needed a PCR test 3 days before my recent colonoscopy. The hospital told me I didn’t need to go up the hospital in Whitechapel for the PCR just to make an appointment online for a local drive or walk in centre using the option on the website ‘I have been asked by a medical practitioner to get a test’. I took my negative result printout and the phone text with me but the hospital knew the result somehow, probably from my NHS number. So it would appear that the system is more “joined up” and perhaps the Telford admin don’t know this. Aditi’s sister is having a hospital procedure next week (in London). She was just told arrange a PCR test at a nearby centre too. Tony For my colonoscopy, I had to attend a 'drive-thru' PCR TEST at a portacabin adjacent to the endoscopy unit. This allowed them to directly issue the preparatory potions without the cost of postage to me! Cunning!! Edited October 7, 2021 by JohnDMJ 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 1 minute ago, JohnDMJ said: For my colonoscopy, I had to attend a 'drive-thru' at a portacabin adjacent to the endoscopy unit. A drive-thru colonoscopy eh?! That's pretty impressive 2 1 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 6 minutes ago, JohnDMJ said: This allowed them to directly issue the preparatory potions without the cost of postage to me! Cunning!! I imagine you had to drive home pretty quickly (I'm sorry. My comments are quite inappropriate but I couldn't resist.) 1 1 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted October 7, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 7, 2021 13 minutes ago, AndyID said: A drive-thru colonoscopy eh?! That's pretty impressive I had a vision of all the recipients lying nose to tail and a mobile camera taking a long run through a series of tunnels. Who wants to be first? Me! No me! I'll do it, Why not me? It should be me! I have to collect the kids from school! Never mind that, I also have an appointment with ENT, could you do them both at once?......... 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted October 7, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 7, 2021 25 minutes ago, JohnDMJ said: This allowed them to directly issue the preparatory potions without the cost of postage to me! Cunning!! My last appointment was at short notice so the hospital sent my medication by courier. Not only was it a courier, it was a motorbike courier. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnDMJ Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 24 minutes ago, AndyID said: I imagine you had to drive home pretty quickly (I'm sorry. My comments are quite inappropriate but I couldn't resist.) Don't blame you; I'd have done the same! Apology unnecessary! 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 36 minutes ago, Tony_S said: My last appointment was at short notice so the hospital sent my medication by courier. Not only was it a courier, it was a motorbike courier. Are you a straight-man? I'm sure there's a really bad bathroom joke there but I better stop 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted October 7, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 7, 2021 4 hours ago, bbishop said: Bozo was born in New York. One can live in hope. Bill I understand that he's given up his American citizenship. Something to do with not paying American income tax. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simontaylor484 Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 23 hours ago, coastalview said: I would love to have come into the Grand Harbour on a cruise ship it must look amazing I have a copy of a photo of HMS Impulsive (my Grandads first ship an I class destroyer) entering the Grand Harbour at Valletta it does look really impressive. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now