This hasn’t been the first time women’s well-being and possibly their lives have been placed in danger in athletic fighting competitions and all in the name of transgender affirmation.
https://au.sports.yahoo.com/ebanie-bridges-blasts-policy-allowing-transgender-women-compete-female-boxing-024904694.html

Two years ago, a female MMA contestant received serious head-injuries in a match against a transgender who was admitted into the women’s MMA division. It is a blessing that she wasn’t killed. If this persists, it may be time for women involved in both boxing and MMA to form their own independent women’s divisions for their own safety.

Granted that in sports such as this, there is always a chance of an athlete male or female, risking the possibility of serious injury or even death (death being rare) but those are risks that participants knowingly take, but allowing men claiming to be women to compete against female fighters exposes women involved in these kind of sports to unnecessary dangers.
https://www.sportskeeda.com/mma/news-when-transgender-fighter-fallon-fox-broke-opponent-s-skull-mma-fight

France's railway market is gradually opening up to increased competition, aligning with broader European Union efforts to liberalize rail transport. Trenitalia, Italy's state-run railway company, is planning to expand its Frecciarossa in France by launching a new high-speed service between Paris and Marseille in 2025. This move builds on Trenitalia’s existing presence in France, which includes routes like Paris to Lyon and Paris to Milan.

This expansion reflects growing competition in France’s rail market, where the state-owned SNCF has historically dominated. With Trenitalia and other operators like Spain's Renfe entering the market, travelers could benefit from more options, competitive pricing, and improved services. The liberalization of rail services is intended to enhance connectivity across Europe and encourage a shift towards more sustainable forms of transportation.

"The leadership at Sony Pictures stepped aside due to the company's lack of a streaming service competition. The CEO played a key role in revitalizing the company after a challenging period. He originally planned to serve temporarily but remained to oversee major projects, restructuring, and growth initiatives. His leadership helped stabilize Sony Pictures in a competitive industry."

GOOD MORNING FRIENDS AND FOLLOWERS: AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, I LIVE RETIRED IN THE U.S. TERRITORY OF PUERTO RICO IN THE CARIBBEAN. MOVING HERE WASN'T A BAD IDEA: TROPICAL WEATHER, CLOSE TO THE SEA SHORE, NO NEED FOR HEATING BILLS, NO SHOVELING SNOW, NO HEAVY CLOTHES, NO DRIVING ON BLACK ICE AND STILL IN THE U.S.A. EVEN BETTER: HAVING MY OWN HOME BUILT STRONGER THAN IN THE MAINLAND AND NO PROPERTY TAXES IF THE HOUSE IS YOUR MAIN PLACE OF RESIDENCE, NO COMPULSORY HOME INSURANCE AND CAR INSURANCE IS ONLY ONE PAYMENT A YEAR OF LESS THAN $200 FOR BASIC LIABILITY AND IT COMES ATTACHED TO THE REGISTRATION. IT COULD HAVE BEEN PARADISE UNTIL IN 2020, THE GLOBAL POWERS DECLARED A GLOBAL "PANDEMIC". THE TYRANNY THAT FOLLOWED, VARIED DEPENDING ON THE COUNTRY OR STATE WHERE YOU LIVED IN. HERE IN PUERTO RICO, THE TYRANNY WAS ONE OF THE WORST IN THE U.S. COMPULSORY LOCKDOWN, WEARING MASK ALL THE TIME, KEEPING 6 FEET APART FROM OTHER PEOPLE... STREETS WERE EMPTY, BUSINESSES CLOSED... ONCE I WAS WALKING IN TOWN WITH MY WIFE, GOING TO A GROCERY MINI MARKET TO GET SOME FOOD AND WE WERE STOPPED BY THE POLICE TELLING US THAT WE HAD TO WALK 6 FEET AWAY FROM EACH OTHER (BEING HUSBAND AND WIFE), THEY ASKED WHERE WE WERE GOING TO AND WE TOLD THEM THE TRUTH, THEY SAID 'GO BACK HOME, THE GROCERY IS CLOSED'. WE KNEW PHARMACIES REMAINED OPEN, SO WE SAID THAT WE NEEDED SOMETHING FROM THE PHARMACY AND KEPT ON WALKING. THE POLICE LIED TO US, THE GROCERY WAS OPEN. ANOTHER TIME, ON A SUNDAY MORNING WITH STREETS TOTALLY EMPTY, I WAS ALONE IN MY CAR WITHOUT MASK AND STEPPED OUTSIDE THE CAR FOR A FEW SECONDS TO DEPOSIT SOME MAIL IN A MAIL BOX LOCATED IN THE SIDEWALK, OUT OF NOWHERE, A POLICE WOMAN CAME, THREATENING ME WITH ARREST FOR BEING OUTSIDE WITHOUT A MASK, I RAN BACK TO THE CAR AND STEPPED ON THE GAS... A YOUNG GUY WAS BEATEN AND ARRESTED FOR BEING ON A BICYCLE WITHOUT MASK... THEN CAME THE SOLUTION: THE VACCINES. THE REMEDY WAS WORSE THAN THE SICKNESS. VACCINATION WAS QUASI COMPULSORY: NO VACCINE, NO JOB, NO VACCINE, NO SCHOOL, NO VACCINE, NO EATING IN RESTAURANTS OR EVEN GOING TO THE BEACH, NO SERVICES, NO ENTRANCE IN PUBLIC PLACES, DOCTORS WERE TELLING PATIENTS 'WITHOUT VACCINE YOU CAN'T EVEN STAND OUTSIDE THE DOOR OF THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE', MEDICAL TREATMENTS AND EVEN LIFE OR DEATH SURGERIES WERE DENIED TO THE NON VACCINATED... PEOPLE WERE DYING FOR BEING DENIED MEDICAL SERVICES. MY WIFE NEEDED AN ANNUAL MEDICAL TEST AND HAD TO RUN TO A FREE STATE TO GET IT... SHE'S NEVER COMING BACK TO THIS 'SHITHOLE'. IN ORDER TO LIVE A MORE NORMAL LIFE, ABOUT 90% OF THE PEOPLE GOT VACCINATED MULTIPLE TIMES, BECAUSE ONE DOSE WAS NOT ENOUGH, IN ORDER TO KEEP YOUR JOB, YOU HAD TO HAVE YOUR VACCINES UP TO DATE... THEN THE SAME NEWS REPEATING EVERYDAY ON THE RADIO, DIFFERENT PEOPLE, DIFFERENT LOCATION BUT BASICALLY THE SAME NEWS: 'DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF A VEHICLE, IMPACTED A TREE, A WALL OR A UTILITY POLE AND DIED INSTANTLY... OF COURSE, IT WAS A VACCINE INDUCED HEART ATTACK WHILE DRIVING. IN OTHER NEWS: 'A DEAD STINKY BODY OF A MAN OR WOMAN IS FOUND IN A HOUSE OR APARTMENT WITH NO SIGN OF VIOLENCE, WHEN NEIGHBORS CALLED 911 AFTER THE BAD SMELL WAS COMING OUT OF THE WINDOWS. THE SAME NEWS, DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. THIS IS ONE OF THE WORST: 'BABY FOUND DEAD AT HOME WITHOUT SIGNS OF MISTREATMENT'. SAME NEWS, DIFFERENT BABIES, PROBABLY BY DRINKING BREAST MILK FROM VACCINATED MOTHERS. THEN YOUNGER PEOPLE STARTED DYING SUDDENLY WITHOUT EXPLANATION. RECENTLY, A FEMALE ATHLETE FROM PUERTO RICO (29) DIED IN A SPORT COMPETITION IN TURKEY, EVEN BEFORE SHE PLAYED. A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER, A POLICE WOMAN (28) COLLAPSED AND DIED. THE NEWS NEVER GIVE ANY INFORMATION ON THE CAUSE OF DEATH... AND THEN, THE 'TURBO CANCERS'. YOUNGER PEOPLE ARE BEING DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER THAT FROM THE MOMENT OF DIAGNOSIS IS ALREADY IN PHASE 4 AND THEY ARE NOT LASTING VERY LONG. ACCORDING TO A GRAPHIC LEFT BY THE LATE DOCTOR ZELENKO, THE EFFECTS OF THE VACCINES WILL LAST FOR UP TO 10 YEARS, WITHIN THAT PERIOD, THE VACCINATED WILL BE DYING BUT THE DIAGNOSIS WILL BE ANY KNOWN ILLNESS, NEVER BLAMING THE VACCINES. THE BAD NEWS IS, THE VACCINATED MAY FEEL FINE NOW BUT BEFORE 10 YEARS AFTER THE SHOTS, THEY WILL BE GONE. IT'S THE PERFECT CRIME, A HOLOCAUST AND NOBODY IS PAYING THE PRICE FOR KILLING PEOPLE.

Good Evening, just a short musing after checking the sites. Does anyone else remember when they received the local newspapers and there was literally news from around the world?? Not always happy talk but often interesting bits, pieces, and articles. It feels like we have been locked in five years about the four same topics and no one tries for anymore than that. Aren’t you completely burned out, at about this point??? I did sign up for lots of newsletters when covid started. Something seemed awfully fishy about it and allowing for the fact no one seemed to know anything about it, I wanted to learn all I could. Now all we are getting is not why we should not take shots, all the same newsletters can only talk about is the vaxx injuries!!! So that’s at least two years on the same topic. Hate to say it but I lump vaxx injuries into the same category as how are streets are flooded by Tranq addicts, because they are both self inflected miseries. There seems to be a competition in the media to keep you well informed of every new mRNA drug coming out (I think there is something like 140 of them coming available). They’ve done polls recently ask people if they intend to take a number of shots, but they include covid 19 in their questions. Haven’t people learned anything over these last five years??? I’m tired of the articles telling you how all the plastics and many other things are in your food and how many organs it is found in your body. BUT I have as yet, read anything about how to remove them. Why give us more problems to consider, unless you can be given us aplan to remove them???

Swisscom, the European community is investigating the acquisition of Vodafone Italia
Swisscom AG - Bern-based telecommunications provider - Says Italian Competition Authority announced on Wednesday that it opened a phase 2 in-depth investigation into Swisscom's acquisition of Vodafone Italia from Vodafone Group PLC. The EUR8 billion deal, announced in March, was approved by the Italian Council of Ministers in May.

U.K. competition watchdog probing use of 'dynamic pricing' in Oasis ticket debacle
The band says they had no idea that 'dynamic pricing' would be used during the Aug. 31 ticket sale
https://friendevu.com/posts/197603

The decline of McDonald’s: How the golden arches lost their shine
SPOILER ALERT: It's because they went woke and people are finally waking up to the fact their food is the unhealthiest you can eat!
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/mcdonalds-sales-fast-food-chain-competition-high-street-b2597337.html?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us

There is no consensus on whether Twitter will ultimately be considered a successful Banks leveraged buyout, so only competition will tell how the perform under internet rules, such as increasing revenue and cutting costs, could eventually lead to a profitable outcome.

Electric cars face several financial challenges that impact their widespread adoption and market growth. Here are some of the key financial problems they encounter:

High Initial Cost: The upfront cost of electric vehicles (EVs) is generally higher than that of internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. This is largely due to the expensive battery technology that powers EVs.
Battery Costs: Although the cost of batteries has been decreasing, they still represent a significant portion of the total cost of an EV. Research and development to improve battery efficiency and reduce costs are ongoing but require substantial investment.
Infrastructure Investment: Building a widespread and reliable charging infrastructure requires significant financial investment. Governments and private companies need to collaborate to develop charging stations, which can be costly.
Research and Development: Continuous innovation in battery technology, vehicle design, and software development demands substantial funding. Companies need to invest heavily in R&D to stay competitive and advance EV technology.
Government Subsidies and Incentives: Many EV manufacturers rely on government subsidies and incentives to make their vehicles more affordable for consumers. The reduction or elimination of these subsidies can negatively impact sales and financial stability.
Economies of Scale: Traditional automakers have the advantage of economies of scale due to mass production. EV manufacturers, especially new entrants, may struggle to achieve similar cost efficiencies without large-scale production.
Consumer Perception and Demand: Despite growing interest in EVs, many consumers are still hesitant to switch from ICE vehicles due to concerns about range, charging availability, and resale value. This affects market demand and, consequently, financial performance.
Competition: The automotive industry is highly competitive, with many established players and new startups entering the EV market. This competition can drive down prices and profit margins, making it challenging for companies to remain financially viable.
Supply Chain Issues: Sourcing raw materials for batteries, such as lithium, cobalt, and nickel, can be expensive and subject to geopolitical and environmental issues. Supply chain disruptions can increase costs and impact production schedules.
Regulatory Compliance: Meeting stringent environmental and safety regulations requires continuous investment in compliance measures, which can be financially burdensome, especially for smaller manufacturers.
Addressing these financial challenges is crucial for the long-term success and sustainability of the electric vehicle industry. Collaboration between governments, manufacturers, and consumers is essential to overcome these hurdles and drive the adoption of electric vehicles.