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The solution is always in the check bin, isn't it? When the going gets tough, the tough collect money.

While living in Malaysia I decided to do a trip to Siem Reap (Angkor Wat, Cambodia) a few years back. The visa on arrival, and the stuff I had to pay when leaving (can't recall the names, exit fee or airport tax etc) combined cost more than my round-trip Kuala Lumpur ticket.

So it makes the world news that LOS has experienced a mass shooting. Such a thing is bad for tourism. How to solve this problem? Introduce another tourist fee! Or did this news tidbit really originate in The Onion ?

Biden mocks Trump’s ‘infrastructure week’: ‘He didn’t build a damn thing’ That is because he didn't get re-elected. If he did get a second term he would have said, on Jan 20th 2021, "next week is infrastructure week."

I don't think Jordan actually wants it: it's beyond his skill set and he knows it. Also it's a lot of work, the kind there is no holiday from.

US senator from Kentucky. Mitch McConnell is one also. Lots of Russia-connected monkey business in that state, remember the Moscow Mitch thing? That had to do with Russian oligarchs investment in the state. Hey, after the Ukraine thing is over maybe Russia will try to annex Kentucky, they already have a foot in the door. Ron Paul, the father, yeah, he's another national treasure. Check out their dentistry con.

There is an advantage to using land borders.

Cigarettes, alcohol and junk food -- long may it wave!

Hey MAGAphiles, Biden is giving you the damned border wall you loved the orange guy for promising, and STILL nothing but complaints from you guys. Next up you're going to complain about the color. I do wonder if this is a ploy for reaping swing votes.

Hang loose, I think we're going to see a competition for shortest Speaker tenure.

Well, that would depend on your definition of "best." A history teacher once told the class "the difference between JFK and LBJ was that JFK didn't understand the advantage of having stupid people around." There is a certain former PM of LOS who, it seems, would not hire anyone smarter than himself. I don't know how much is archived, but the guys he had negotiating with the then-government during the street occupation were a great example of this, they really did come off like The Three Stooges. DT may not be as stupid as he seems, but he is certainly no great mind. From a different perspective, bear in mind one of the businesses he ran before he officially entered politics was money laundering for Russian oligarchs. These inflated valuations could turn out to be part of fluffing things up with those intentions, rather than the charges being aired at present. If this can be proven it could move things up a notch or two.

The thing of it is the unredacted Mueller report needs to be held up to the glaring light of the media and reveal what it says once and for all. My guess is the current AG is reluctant to do this because a) it would look like a political move and b) it would make the Justice Dept look bad (or worse). It's like former AG Barr stepped on the report by censoring it and the residual doo-doo is stuck to Justice's shoe. But I'm sure Rudy has an absolutely solid (and viable) excuse for running around in that part of the world in the first place

Pattaya is on Godzilla watch in the wake of the storm.

The same Giuliani that is the only person to attempt to corroborate DT's claim that there were tailgate parties in New Jersey on 9/11 to celebrate the attack. DT didn't seek him out, Rudy sort of sidled his way into the cabal.

Yes, phenomenal would be another word. A huge block of voters who consistently voted against their own self-interest. Hey, how about rounding up the guys who came up with that Tea Party hogwash back when and have them answer for their lies spreading misleading info?

Ah, gone are the days of warrior kings, no inspiration for Shakespeare here.

Maybe this is a puppet show for those he owes $$$ to: Q: When we getting the money, Rudy? A: I'm waiting for this Biden suit to pay off

The GOP is letting itself be bullied. It's their party, it's their problem. This is showing what these people are really about. I vote Dem usually not because I agree with them but because these guys are so loathsome.

He wants to get arrested and taken away by uniform cops as a photo op for fund raising. The rubes will take out second mortgages and send him the $$$ He knows his people. But yeah, a weekend in the hoosegow will help him put things in perspective.

Print that up on leaflets and pass them out to the punters arriving at the airport.

One day I noticed, at an entrance to Siam Center (the mall adjacent to Paragon) there was a video camera on a table next to the door, aimed at the entrance. It wasn't plugged in, no light to indicated it was running on battery, and no data cable -- someone could have just picked it up and carried it off. Would have been on the Skytrain within a few minutes. So much for security.

Taking a shot of vinegar right before a meal, isn't that rough on the taste buds?

Gotta love a guy who is the only one laughing at his own jokes.

And don't forget how well the Founding Fathers defended the airports during the US Revolutionary War.

Aside from vinegar another one that is supposed to lower blood glucose is cinnamon. But it has to be Ceylon cinnamon. A little searching on the web will explain why -- it is the one that smells/tastes like Dentyne chewing gum, the other smells like Cinnabon, that's how I tell them apart. I'm not in LOS now, so can't say anything about availability or type there. I use this one, a pound lasts about a year, a teaspoon in the morning cereal. https://www.amazon.com/Organic-Ceylon-Cinnamon-Powder-Resealable/dp/B07MHX96HW/ Something that hasn't come up yet in this thread is fiber. Ya gotta have fiber. OP: good job having an all fruit meal every day, but adding some protein (like nuts) makes it a proper meal. For me leafy greens works wonders, my fasting read drops even after scarfing down a bag of potato chips.