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Completely false statement. Check this out: https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/04/politics/fact-check-trump-falsely-claims-canada-prohibits-us-banks/index.html Before you post false statements, I recommend that you check their veracity before hitting send. Trump's claims about the banking system, like just about everything else that comes out of his anus shaped pie hole, is an utter lie.

How's the price of eggs these days?

That's what the Romans used to say about themselves. Didn't quite work out, did it?

He won due to gerrymandering, a dumbed down education system, voter suppression and false promises. Not bad? He inherited a strong economy and managed to almost destroy it within his first term. Once again he inherited a strong economy via Biden, and he'll destroy it again, on purpose. His billionaire buddies love buying companies for pennies on the dollar, and will completely destroy the last vestiges of freedom and democracy if they can get away with it. BTW, I am NOT a Trump hater, but I don't support convicted felons for leadership roles in office, regardless of which country they inflict themselves upon.

We know they are lying. They know they are lying. They know that we know they are lying. We know that they know that we know they are lying. And still they continue to lie. — Alexander Solzhenitsyn

So, using your logic, the USA doesn't need Canadian oil (despite the FACT that it comprises at least 25% of the total US supply) , energy (as many as eight US states depend on Canadian energy to keep the lights on), potash (necessary to fertilize crops, and Canada has the biggest supply), uranium (for those nukes you folks love so much) and other precious metals to thrive. Perhaps you should learn a bit more about how much the USA depends on Canada before you display your obvious ignorance. Oh, and if you think it would be easy to retool to be able to process heavy crude, think again. That would take years, and the midterms would have already happened, with Trump losing power rapidly. Have a nice day, eh.

I've just turned 67. Against my wishes, I brought a Japanese wife back to Canada after a wonderful decade in Tokyo during the Eighties - once in Canuckistan, I had big problems matching my previous salary, but she had no problem spending like a drunken sailor, eventually culminating in a huge fight that featured her smashing several heavily framed old Ukioye prints over my head. That was the lowest point for me. After we split up, I went to Grad school and returned to work in Singapore for a couple of decades, ultimately ending up here in Chiang Rai with a wonderful lady I've been with thirty years. None of this would have occurred without the big breakup, and I'd be back in Montreal, shivering.

I made no claims and suggested that it was impossible to know what was going on in Musk's mind. Just because someone belongs to a particular organization doesn't give them the ability to know what the motivations of other people are. You've misinterpreted my suggestion, which was to simply say that there was no way to know what Musk's true intention was. "Sane washing" is not the most appropriate response IMHO.

How incredible that you, or the Anti Defamation League, have the capability to determine what a person's intent was when President Musk, ah, Elon, threw his arm up in the air. If all of Musk and Trump's actions and pronouncements were not so reminiscent of Hitler's, nobody would pay attention if they "sieg heiled" all day. But, as they are so clearly twisted and cruel, their actions will always be under scrutiny by the people who don't share their beliefs or morality.

Would it be preferable to call supporters of fascism and authoritarian rule sycophants? How about cultists?

Yes, you are correct. Isn't it great!! Wow, some people believe in saving democracy, ...so delusional! :-)

Yeah, not much. He falsely claimed victory in an election that he clearly lost, and ultimately incited an insurrection that resulted in the death of several policemen. Oh, and he got impeached twice, while covering up his attempts to pay off a porn star he was bonking while his wife was giving birth to his youngest son. Oh, one further minor detail...he secretly sent Putin a bunch of Covid test machines before any Americans had access to Covid test kits. Ultimately, over a million Americans died during the Covid crisis, and Trump lied to them and said it was very minor and would fade away soon. Yup, nothing to see here at all folks. Move along, move along....

It's incredible to me how many 'Trumpers' there are on this forum, all seemingly convinced that Biden wasn't effective, despite his ability to revive the economy, create record numbers of jobs and support Ukraine in its existential battle with Russia. Wait until Trump creates absolute chaos, and lets see what you all have to say then. You'll all eat crow, and it won't be tasty.

This poor lady was a personal friend of ours. We went to her funeral and had an opportunity to speak with her family, who revealed full details concerning what went wrong. When choosing a place for treatment, I recommend that everyone stick to the outer edges of CR.

I've been married to a lady from Chiang Rai for over 30 years, and we met in Singapore, at a college adjacent to where I was working. so Just dumb luck in my case as I wasn't expecting to meet anyone in that particular situation. Now, based on what I've observed over the past three decades, If you want to find a "good girl", I must agree with Lacessit that the probability of that in Pattaya is extremely low. However, if you learn some Thai and develop friendships with Thai people, it's almost inevitable that they will start introducing you to potential partners who are the still single daughters of friends and neighbours. This isn't an infallible approach, but you'll get more familiar with a different spectrum within Thai society.