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She would probably be better off comparing the Burger Kings in LOS to the those in other countries. Generally speaking, the backpackers don't get much respect from the Thais. And it seems that the majority of the BPers don't really try to understand the locals (which could be said of nearly any tourists anywhere ). Visit a place like KSR, and imagine what your LOS experience would be like if places like that is all you've experienced of the country. OTOH I recall sitting around with a bunch of expats having a p!ssing match over who had spent the most time here, knows the place best, etc. Later on a few of us piled into a taxi, and the guy who claimed the most seniority was revealed not able to even count from 1 to 10 in Thai.

Probably the actual coin, if it ever comes into existence, will be gold plated (if gold at all) over lead, or maybe even plastic. The real gold will somehow vanish into his personal possessions.

A man dies and appears before God. "So you hate Jews, is that right?" "Damn right!" And then launches into a tirade of what terrible creatures they are etc. God says "Don't you know who I am, schmuck? Ever heard of the Old Testament?"

Sounds like a prime environment for potential fraud.

This could be a fetish thing catered to: having women physically fighting over a guy.

Hey wait! That's MY money, I recognize it! My guess is a camera is running in the passenger section during the entire flight. It might all be on video.

Trying not to go off on the politics of these things. I get the impression LBJ was also chumped into escalating VN, and him later realizing it is one reason why he dodged running for re-election. His political forte was congressional deal making, backroom talks over cigars and bourbon, and being thrust into international affairs put him out of his element. "Truth" regarding Cheney will not be happening while the wife is still alive, and I doubt that the daughters will come to Jesus regarding Dad. Go to Wikipedia and type in Fortunate Son (Hatfield book) for an example of how things like this are done.

No. He is the most useful idiot, waiting in the wings to occupy the Oval when DT gets the 25th Amendment upside his head. He is owned, and will obey his master. IMO, cor.

Oh, and Vlad. https://www.nbcnews.com/world/ukraine/iran-war-russia-putin-oil-prices-sanctions-trump-ukraine-middle-east-rcna262679 https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/russia-told-trump-it-isnt-sharing-us-military-asset-info-with-iran-says-witkoff-2026-03-10/ "Yesterday on the call with the president, the Russians said that they have ‌not ⁠been sharing," Witkoff said when asked if Washington thought Russia had shared with Tehran intelligence about the location of U.S. military assets. "We can take them ⁠at their word. But they did say that. And yesterday morning, independently, Jared (Kushner) and I had a ⁠call with (Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri) Ushakov who reiterated the same," said Witkoff. Sounds familiar, eh?

Atropia per IMDB: Follows an aspiring actress working on a U.S. military base that simulates an Iraqi war zone. One absurdity piles on to another, with a lot of subtle remarks that had me laughing out loud. US vets may get more out of this than the rest of us. Currently watching Shock and Awe (Rob Reiner directed), about the press covering the US wars following the 9/11 attacks. Yet another political suspense movie so topical you just might slip a few times and think they are talking about what is happening now: "we are not stenographers for the administration."

Will he be able to pay his lawyers and legal fees in crypto?

In the early '00 years it seemed that every expat bar in Thailand would always be playing Ronin or one particular Chuck Norris MIA movie (#3, I think). IMO what made Ronin so popular is the coffee cup scene, as it would not be unusual to have a farang guy tell you he was a mercenary/SAS/CIA etc. It became my space-out movie for a while, just toke up and watch a bunch of cars smashing up European produce markets, and Natasha looking good. Before I saw it the only thing I knew about Arle was Van Gogh. Don't sweat the kess, it was just the MacGuffin -- DeNiro owns up when he says "we just want your boss."

As I moved through this thread I thought of Basil Fawlty, always doing ridiculous things and then needs to do even more ridiculous things to cover them up. So it's always diversion time. If he wants the world to see it's during the week (like Noem) but if they want to keep it hushed it's on Friday after close of business (DC time), like more Epstein stuff. But it's not like this a new trick his brain trust conjured up, e.g. HW Bush invaded Panama on Xmas week. The funny part is he really thinks he can get people to forget about Epstein, and believe all his gaslighting again.

Supreme? In some cultures, supreme means guacamole and sour cream are included.

Late mother-in-law, German, lived through the WWII years as a single mom, one of those massive weddings, never saw the guy again. Outlived three husbands and a son. I called her 'the old woman at the end of the world who would outlive us all.' So one winter day she's out shoveling the snow off her walkway, slips and breaks her hip and was soon gone. Quick as that a 90+ year existence ends.

Kyle Rittenhouse's mom bought him the gun and drove him across state lines when he was 17, when he was able to shoot three people, killing two of them. No charges for her or the kid. This guy should have hired his lawyer. BTW he just got married. Is he excited to go on his honeymoon, or is that an ammo clip in his pocket?

And the raw material came from where?

Patel doesn't really get involved, he just signs off on what the boss tells him to. When Lutnick did that "I will never be in the same room . . ." it needed someone to ask "why are you telling us this?" Hegseth is headed to The Hague to be cell mates with Dutarte. Well, that's how I see it. At this moment.

It has been revealed that the person doing the real work of her job is Corey (maybe even the sex is part of his duty), just like we know Kash and that other podcast guy didn't really run the FBI. Maybe the boss is realizing some of this clown show cabinet stuff just might be a liability.

Word gets out about naked foreigners on the beach is going to boost local tourism. In northern California seeing cars filled with teenage Asian boys on an ogling excursion of the nude beaches is a fairly usual sight.

I just saw ST IV, I gave those original series movies a miss back when. It has a moment or two when Spock seems to be betraying emotion (!). I guess they are having trouble keeping up the Vulcan lack of emotion thing. Probably the cutest Vulcan interaction is in Strange New Worlds when young Spock and his fiance are discussing whether they should have sex.

Getting back to the topic of this thread, it might have something to do with the weather in the northern hemisphere.

Put it this way: If (IF) it was Epstein that introduced Melania to DT, and if Jeffo was compensated (in any kind of way) for the favor, well, an adult would know what such a service is called. It would imply that Mel met her future husband as the result of being a victim of human trafficking, and the WH would be experiencing yet another sh_tstorm within the already present sh_tstorms. If this was presented is such way in the free media the MAGA invertebrates would be howling to defend their leader. But substitute a Dem pol and they would be howling to have the guy hung by his naughty bits, declaring him an abomination in the eyes of God, etc. It is as clear as the orange paint on his face that DT is fearful of what the Epstein stuff would reveal, and has shown indications of it all along. His gaslighting abilities are waning, and his "it is what I say it is" shtick that won him his devotees just doesn't work the way it did. It looks like the genie in his magic bottle has abandoned him, now he has gone back to being the television charlatan with the fake university. He is almost as bad at covering-up as Lutnik, whose "I will never be in the same room as that disgusting man" was so obvious as to be comical, maybe that is the real reason he was smiling when he said it.

They were playing that up in the non-MAGA media back then, that he moved slowly, silently, and effective. Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzttt!!! I will continue to be of the opinion Old Joe put him there to make up his SCOTUS rejection. I got the impression Garland just didn't have the energy for the job. It is obvious the only way to handle DT is to hold him by the nose whilst booting him in the a_s, and Garland was not the one to do that.