Everybody is "on the spectrum", the question of where and the significance of that position depends on the viewpoint of the observer.
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Everybody is "on the spectrum", the question of where and the significance of that position depends on the viewpoint of the observer.
Is there a specific test to diagnose autism?
People do end up with a diagnosis.
Over here people are graded on a scale of 1 to 3. 1 is "a little bit off at times", 2 is you might be non-verbal & difficult/impossible to deal with.. which I assume means 3 is you need to be in a rubber room.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/5/9 ... d-in-syriaPervitin wrote: In an effort to make its front-line soldiers and fighter pilots fight longer, harder, and with less concern for individual safety, the German army ordered them to take military-issue pills made from methamphetamine and a primarily cocaine-based stimulant. After Pervitin, a methamphetamine drug newly developed by the Berlin-based Temmler pharmaceutical company, first entered the civilian market in 1938, it quickly became a top seller among the German population. The drug was brought to the attention of Otto Friedrich Ranke, a military doctor and director of the Institute for General and Defense Physiology at Berlin's Academy of Military Medicine.[5] The effects of amphetamines are similar to those of the adrenaline produced by the body, triggering a heightened state of alertness. In most people, the substance increases self-confidence, concentration, and willingness to take risks while at the same time reducing sensitivity to pain, hunger, and the need for sleep. In September 1939, Ranke tested the drug on 90 university students and concluded that Pervitin could help the Wehrmacht win the war.
Methamphetamine use is believed to have played a role in the speed of Germany's initial blitzkrie
https://m.jpost.com/israel-news/article-769646Captagon has featured large in regional diplomatic discussions as some Arab countries look to normalise relations with Syria.
The addictive, amphetamine-type stimulant mass-produced in Syria and smuggled to the Gulf states seemed to be a bargaining chip for President Bashar al-Assad in talks on reinstating Syria’s Arab League membership as nations looked to curb the illicit drug trade.
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In 2011, after a brutal government crackdown on anti-Assad protesters, Syria descended into civil war. Internationally isolated and racked by fighting, the country was plunged into an economic crisis.
Although Damascus denies any involvement in the trade, observers say production and smuggling of the drug have brought in billions of dollars for al-Assad, his associates and allies as they looked for an economic lifeline.
According to a New Lines Institute report, the Syrian government uses “local alliance structures with other armed groups such as Hezbollah for technical and logistical support in Captagon production and trafficking”.
Hamas terrorists killed by Israeli soldiers were found to carry bags of synthetic amphetamine pills [Captagon] in their pockets.
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The drug is popular among terrorist handlers and their murderous teams that need to fight for extended periods of time on little sleep without fatigue and without a significant decrease in alertness or performance. Thus, it helps terrorists fight longer and harder with less concern for their own health and well-being while resisting or ignoring higher levels of pain, the researchers wrote.
It is also believed to be used by Islamic State terrorists alone or along with other hallucinogenic pills to boost their fervor and go to battle without caring whether to live or die.
UK & US had the same policy during WWII. In the '80's the RAF were still lecturing recruits on it's use.. which lead to the following exchange between a mate of mine & the lecturer:
https://crimestoppers-uk.org/news-campa ... 20and%205G.Govt wrote:Crimestoppers is keen to make everyone aware that the UK Government’s new Emergency Alerts system is now live and will be tested on Sunday, 23 April at 3pm.
The system will enable people to be contacted via their mobile phone when lives are in danger. It will be used to warn you in the event of emergencies, such as severe flooding.
Nope, the town flooded, roads closed, cars and a lorry crashed / written off, 1 local death, but they weren't serious floods so no need to fire the alert cannon.Taipan wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2023 1:09 pm Did anyones Govt installed phone alarm go off in the recent floods?
https://crimestoppers-uk.org/news-campa ... 20and%205G.Govt wrote:Crimestoppers is keen to make everyone aware that the UK Government’s new Emergency Alerts system is now live and will be tested on Sunday, 23 April at 3pm.
The system will enable people to be contacted via their mobile phone when lives are in danger. It will be used to warn you in the event of emergencies, such as severe flooding.
We get so many different warnings that I turned most of the fucking things off. Came to this decision where I leapt out of a chair in a Dr's waiting room thinking we were about to have an earthquake, when it was a notification about a car involved in a kidnapping 3 countries away.
Out of interest, what will you do if the big one comes?ZRX61 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2023 5:15 pmWe get so many different warnings that I turned most of the fucking things off. Came to this decision where I leapt out of a chair in a Dr's waiting room thinking we were about to have an earthquake, when it was a notification about a car involved in a kidnapping 3 countries away.
Now I just get actual quake warnings.
Look outside?Count Steer wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2023 6:05 pmOut of interest, what will you do if the big one comes?ZRX61 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2023 5:15 pmWe get so many different warnings that I turned most of the fucking things off. Came to this decision where I leapt out of a chair in a Dr's waiting room thinking we were about to have an earthquake, when it was a notification about a car involved in a kidnapping 3 countries away.
Now I just get actual quake warnings.
Damn, I thought that a concrete lorry (you know, the ones with the turny barrel thing on the back!) going off the road over near Courchevel was bad!!!On Monday, October 23, at around 1 pm, a 32-tonne truck carrying a 7 m3 concrete mixer on its way up to one of Méribel's construction sites on route du Cruet flipped over on the outside of the hairpin bend, tipping over the low wall protecting the pedestrian walkway with its wheels in the air.KungFooBob wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2023 1:33 pm Holy crap, that's some pile up!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67204993
On Monday, October 23, at around 1 pm, a 32-tonne truck carrying a 7 m3 concrete mixer on its way up to one of Méribel's construction sites on route du Cruet flipped over on the outside of the hairpin bend, tipping over the low wall protecting the pedestrian walkway with its wheels in the air.
The driver, slightly injured, was taken to hospital in Albertville.
The mayor's office has provided a crane and sufficiently powerful equipment to straighten the top.
If the San Andreas fault goes whoopsee...what do you think outside will look like? I don't think they'll bother warning people tbh because there's not a lot they can do...apart from kiss their American asses goodbye, as it were.Greenman wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2023 6:08 pmLook outside?Count Steer wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2023 6:05 pmOut of interest, what will you do if the big one comes?ZRX61 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2023 5:15 pm
We get so many different warnings that I turned most of the fucking things off. Came to this decision where I leapt out of a chair in a Dr's waiting room thinking we were about to have an earthquake, when it was a notification about a car involved in a kidnapping 3 countries away.
Now I just get actual quake warnings.