OneMoreFarang

4 minutes ago, cjinchiangrai said:

It is less about US leaders being weak, but more about the current president being a bought and paid for Russian asset.

It is certainly a possibility that Putin tells Trump what to do. But I wouldn't bet on it.

Trump just doesn't think and act like a normal human being. And it seems most of the time he has no idea about future consequences of his actions and/or he just doesn't care.

Maybe Trump just thinks he will get the rare earth from Ukraine and let Putin does whatever he wants. And I am pretty sure many Americans couldn't care less what happens in Ukraine or Europe. It's so far away and all that.

3 minutes ago, daveAustin said:

Advice? Point them to this site but tell them to ignore all the grumpy old boomers. 😄

 

Seriously, tell your buddy for them to just bring common sense, have travel insurance, and don't get hammered alone etc. SIMs available at airports for tourists--weekly, fortnight, monthly. If they do as some mention--'trust no-one, take pics of taxi drivers' etc--they'll just end up paranoid and won't enjoy themselves. Most young visitors have a blast here with no issue.

I am sure many tourists have a good time.

But bad things happen and often they are not published. So, who really knows how many "incidents" happen all the time?

Back home nobody would worry to take a taxi. Nobody would worry getting drugged. But here those are real risks. How often do nasty things happen? I don't know. But they certainly do happen too often. 

Thanks for all your post.

Coming back to my original post, do you have any links to helpful websites about this topic?

Maybe someone can point out where in the conversation Joe said those things.

Here is the complete video.

3 minutes ago, Tug said:

with the betrayer in chief in the whitehouse for now we cannot help hopefully it’s temporary.

That's what we though last time. Like, they can't possibly be so stupid to vote again for that guy...

Unfortunately, I think the Europe American divide is so large that Europe first has to learn to defend themselves. And maybe after they did that, decades later, the relation to the USA might improve again. But I wouldn't bet on that. The USA is on the way down and desperate people do desperate things. 

3 minutes ago, nomad22 said:

If Ukraine falls, who's next?  Poland?  Lithuania?  Finland?

 

At what point will those of you being spoon fed Russian propaganda start caring?

There is a huge difference. The countries you mention are part of NATO. And anybody who starts a war against a NATO member knows that they start a war against NATO. In such a war all NATO countries could join the fight on day one.

Ukraine is not part of NATO. Other countries helped because they saw the unfairness of the invasion. They didn't have to help. That is a huge difference. And obviously if many NATO countries would fight with all their military, then that would be WWIII. Nobody wants that. 

11 hours ago, bokningar said:

Interesting to see that 21 % of all voted here i Russian trolls or bots. And quite scary.

I guess this will make me spend less time here from now on.

With some posters I agree with your impression.

But the question is if people personally care about Ukraine. 

How many of us ever visited that region? How many of us would know if Ukraine ever existed? How many would feel any personal difference if Ukraine would not exist anymore tomorrow? I guess the answer to all these questions is: few.

I am sure many of us would love to see a fair solution for any conflict in this world (and other conflicts). But in reality, we know often there are no fair solutions. And if it is far enough away from us like in the next village or at the other end of the world we don't really care.

2 hours ago, MicroB said:

 

Or Trump just thinks they have Kompromat.

 

But probably not. This is just who he is. An a*sehole.

I would say they have and he is.

11 hours ago, swissie said:

It takes time and money. Both of them we don't have.

"We" have the money. The question is how the money is spent.

Imagine if any European country would be at war (for most of them this is theory). How much money would they suddenly find to fight the enemy? And how much money would they suddenly admit should they have spent previously to avoid such situation.

11 hours ago, swissie said:

A Farang, Tourist or long-termer has to pay his way in Thailand. No welfare programs for Farangs.

 

Immigrants (refugees) entering Europe can hop on welfare programs from day 1. It's the money that makes them come to Europe, not the pleasant winters. Besides, most have no marketable skills and hardly ever learn the language. The European voter is getting tired of this kind of "welcome culture".

 

That's the little difference that makes all the difference.

 

I don't have the numbers, but I remember reading articles that end the end of the day many immigrants in Europe do actually work and pay taxes. And because many of them are young they help to keep the pensions going.

I think many European politicians have basically two choices: Let the foreigners in or reduce the pensions, increase the retirement age, etc.

The voters don't want A and they don't want B. But in reality, they have to accept that having everything just doesn't work.

I think it is obvious that many foreigners in Thailand work without work permit or have not really enough money to retire here and pay hospital bills, etc. In other words, they are illegal in Thailand - but obviously they want to stay here. But back home, ... 

11 hours ago, Keeps said:

I do think the 'popular contributors ' should be changed to 'frequent contributors'. There is a HUGE difference between the two.

 

That is not having a dig at you I hasten to add. If you look at one poster at the top or near the top, no way could he/she/it be described as popular. 

Bob is probably at the other end of that list. 😉 His amount of post is huge. 

Maybe some moderator wants to explain to us the criteria for that list.

1 minute ago, still kicking said:

It must have been Bob Smith then

I thought Bob has more like 2" - if he is excited. 

1 minute ago, tomazbodner said:

You're blaming her to have irresponsible parents?

Geez. How did you choose your parents before you were born? Were there resumes available or something?

Where did you read that I blame her for her parents.

I bet her father or other people in her life told her not to do certain risky things. She obviously didn't listen.

24 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

Mark had promised a lavish package of cash and jewels

nuff said