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A lot of people in the industrialized world seem to think that in countries where the people eat things that Occidentals don't it is because poverty. E.g. I heard some media commentator remark about the theory that Covid came from people eating bats, saying that if it wasn't for poverty people wouldn't have to eat bats. Pretty simple-minded assumption IMO. A counter to this in Chinese cooking there is a dish called (loose translation here) of "Chicken for the King": the main ingredient is chicken gizzards, it is "for the King" because it is a wealthy man who can afford to have a sufficient number of chickens killed to make a dish of the gizzards. Well, that's what I read . . . I saw grilled dog being sold at street stalls in Cambodia, and detected a certain sense of embarrassment in the vendors in having an Occidental (me) catching them selling dog meat.

But what about the cats?

Man, there's people running out of the building with fire on them, no one goes to their aid. Looks like they don't teach them to stop, drop and roll.

Don't speculators need a speculum?

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Is there an online feed?

Why are murder mysteries so popular?

Politicians like Pelosi, Biden, McConnell are perfect poster children for the need for two things; a/ Mandatory retirement ages b/ Mandatory term limits Someone conspicuous in their absence from this list, betrays the poster's bias.

Isn't the support of despots and anti-democratic governments part of the "MAGA agenda"? The USA needs to get it's nomenclature together: define what is pro-American vs pro-MAGA. The world needs a clear picture of America's stance. The person who wrote this seems to think that the US now stands as an anti-democracy force, that "real Americans" suck up to despots, and Pelosi is anti-American for her pro democracy stand. American patriots (21st century edition, the ones flying flags on their pickup trucks) give in to strong foreign leaders, that's the new American way, delivered by a cowardly presidential impersonator. My guess is the author would like Thailand to put aside this democracy silliness, that the iron heel is the way to.

This post brings to mind that fellow who was arrested in relation to that Charlottesville tiki-torch rally in 2017. He was an organizer, and maybe a week later when they caught up with him he cried, actual tears, said he didn't mean to hurt anybody, all that stuff about patriots shedding blood for love of country etc was just talk. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Cantwell Another cry-baby was an actual baby, the Rittenhouse boy. Was I the only one who thought the bawling was phony, obviously performed previously for school principals and such? (I have a nephew that does the same thing: when the going gets tough, CRY.) Off the stand he is nowhere near contrite, even asked to have his assault weapon returned. https://www.npr.org/2022/01/28/1076310840/kyle-rittenhouse-goes-to-court-to-get-gun-back Keep an eye on this lad, I'm expecting bigger things from him in the future. He wants to go to college in Texas. If his fellow students shun him for being what he is he just might get a new weapon and get the last word. When he gets to court he knows he just has to turn on the tears, like last time. But Texas being Texas, that good guy with the gun we hear about just might settle him down once and for all.

"Hey baby, do those things pick up satellite radio?" "No, but I am a walking hot spot!"

It seems that in the Democratic Party it's the women who have the balls. For us old timers who lived through the Cold War years it's all topsy-turvy: standing up to dictators (what the US press used to call a "strong man" and was not a compliment), demanding free and fair elections in other countries, impassioned declarations of patriotism such as "love it or leave it," "better dead than red" and "these colors don't run." Now it's the Dems standing up to fascism while the GOP worries about upsetting the dictators. Some people in US Congress think a foreign policy refers to buying travel insurance.

Ever hear of a US chain called Arby's? Opening a branch in another country would be considered an act of aggression.

Australia's Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry said a "range of undeclared risk products," including the fast food items, were detected in the passenger's rucksack by a biosecurity detector dog named Zinta. Must be really tough to train a dog to find a hamburger. The perpetrator's passport picture would have tipped them off.

Ladies attending will be required to wear slacks in an attempt to prevent them from taking off their panties and bombarding the performer.

She will be condemned by the MAGA-philes if she goes. She will be condemned by the MAGA-philes if she doesn't go. Whatever she does is wrong. No objective discussion possible here. I have noticed that the elder "great statesman" types of the GOP, like Kissinger, have, in general, been displaying a somewhat defeatist attitude. Not long ago "The Kiss" was saying the US should back off on the Ukraine so as not to get Putin any more riled up than he already is. https://www.businessinsider.com/kissinger-ukraine-give-up-land-russia-not-humiliate-putin-2022-5 Way to go to show strength and determination, Henry. But it is practically nostalgic that the likes of the much-much right wing Washington Examiner is taking a hard-line against China on this matter: Pelosi shouldn't back down on Taiwan trip Say what you will about Old Joe, one thing he is not is the bend-over boyfriend of the world's dictators, like his White House predecessor. China is not going to do something to get itself banished from the world's largest economy. When the various quarantines are over they'll have a lot of catching up to do, they're already missing out on shipping stuff in time for Xmas.

I recall there was some chatter that Flynn's brother, also a military honcho, was somehow in charge of the National Guard and did something to delay the Guard's response that day. I've been anticipating the 1/6 committee bringing it up. Here's a glimpse into DT's way of thinking: in his one briefing Obama gave him before leaving office, Obama advised him to keep away from Flynn -- he's bad news and it is going to catch up with him. Under his orange bird's nest this is interpreted as "he wants me to dump Flynn, why would he want that?" so he took Obama's caution as a possible sabotage.

Looks like I'll have to settle for this. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/09/19/a-trumpian-candidate-on-trumps-corset

I want to see him in his corset. I might even spring for pay-per-view for that one.

The real impressive thing (IMO) was how he got them at the very first announcement, the Day of the Descending Escalator. Something in those first words grabbed 30% of the country and they are still with him. Before that he was tv's "you're fired" buffoon.

I have spent a lot of time in Malaysia, mostly Penang, but I've been to lots of places on the peninsula. Never got hassled crossing the border via land or air, never got eyeballed by LE, never had problems receiving packages from abroad. Then I went over to Eastern Malaysia to see what it was like. Spent over a month in various places. Then I got to Kota Kinabalu. On a city bus, the first time I was stopped randomly and had my papers checked in my SEA travels; they were not in uniform, so when the lead guy said "passport" I said "no passport" then he told me "we are police" and all three of them showed their badges. Saw two teenagers, a boy and a girl (her wearing a hijab) sitting on the quayside and two uniformed cops start hassling them. In some Latin American countries there will be women discreetly sitting in the lobbies of budget hotels. They are selling companionship . In KK it will instead be a man, over 30, insisting on eye contact, and probably Chinese. Also a lot of men on the street who seem to be seeking new friends. Maybe the town has a reputation. I do find it odd that this permissiveness goes on in a place that appears to have such strict cops. I met a young European guy with long hair that a female imm. officer wouldn't let on to the plane back to the KL, some "passport problem." The fellow got back in line and went to a different officer, checked in with no problem. A final word on Malaysia cops: talking with a Malay taxi driver who worked the Sadao border area, he said the Thai cops just want money -- you pay them and they go on their way. The Malay cops want the money but they also beat you up, they like to do the strangle-hold that make you pass out.

Weed addiction? Tell us about that.

They beat ya with the whippin' stick down there, same as Singapore. I wonder if this testing is in place only because someone 'made a deal' to spend millions in gov't funds for drug-user detection systems. What the does it matter? Even in the US there is no law against "internal possession."

Looks like we have a DT impersonator in the making. Next step for Sammy is the comb-over and orange face paint.

Well, to the hardcore white supremacist type certain groups who we all think of as White people might not cut it with them, so it's going to get real confusing as to who is on who's side during a firefight. There's that one-third number again. That's the MAGA percentage, hasn't gone below 30% since the day He came down the escalator.