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I would draw the line at 30 like Logan's Run.

This is terrible, they are saying mass casualty now. I'm no engineering expert but surely this shouldn't happen in this way, is this a tragic example of the US's crumbling infrastructure ? https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/03/26/baltimore-bridge-maryland-ship-collapse-latest-news/

Trump's running on I will stop all wars ticket. Bibi apparently didn't call him when he lost the election, and he's still smarting about that. His daughter has converted to Judaism through Jared's connection and he moved the US embassy to Jerusalem and offed Soleimi so he feels particularly aggrieved his "world leader" status hasn't been acknowledged ! I had though he would offer unconditional support unlike Ukraine, looks like I called it wrong. I can't vote in the US election, but on his stop war stance alone he would have my vote - at arm's length and holding my nose otherwise he is a walking disaster. https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-warns-israel-losing-support-for-gaza-war-with-public-relations-in-ruin/ “You have to finish up your war. To finish it up. You gotta get it done,” Trump told the Israel Hayom newspaper in an interview the freesheet said had been recorded over the weekend. Part of the interview was published on Monday, with more expected later in the week. “And I will say, Israel has to be very careful because you’re losing a lot of the world, you’re losing a lot of support, you have to finish up, you have to get the job done. And you have to get on to peace, to get on to a normal life for Israel, and for everybody else.”

Have a look at that channel it is produced by Ukrainian supporters to give an insight into the Russian propaganda sphere - by carefully curating, translating and highlighting exactly what it is. It is done for a purpose to expose Russian lies not promote Russian propaganda, which is why I hope it stays and folks that are interested in the conflict can add it to their list of useful sources. .

The excellent Russian Disinfo Channel that monitors Russian TV has clipped up a chilling segment from Sokolov's rantfest which gives an insight into the propaganda line Russia are taking on this. "Everybody hates us and Ukraine and their Western backers are to blame." If this is a one off then they will hammer this and move on, but if ISIS-K has the ability to conduct repeated outrages particularly in Moscow this will be a huge impediment to Putin's narrative that he can hold the line. I have to say if you want Putin to fall then probably reluctantly and with a holded nose like some of the Ukrainians channels I have read then you may welcome them as my enemy's enemy is my friend. The sad individuals that did this and scuttled away don't look like your usual run of the mill suicide bombers but then that might be down to the brutal beatings and torture they were subjected to.ISIS hate Russia for the hammering that they did to them in Syria when they were fighting alongside a ragbag of different head choppers against the Assad regime. The US was there aiding some of the groups. All very murky stuff. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_intervention_in_the_Syrian_civil_war

Oh I see - yes he surely is.

The proprietor tried to kick out my wife and I when we went to eat there in 2003. I showed her my business card and there were huge apologies and a fine table was found. I lived just don the road at Soi Ruam Rudee. It was quite a place.

He was part of the old Thailand like this place now fading into obscurity. I used to buy the Nation and Bangkok Post every day - religiously, and consume them like a ravenous creature. Those were the days.

Blimey, the things you learn. Probably asked to have it done himself so he could crawl back here, tail between his legs. Cap doffing on the way.

Ditto

You've got a wrong apostrophe there - I assume you are referring to the plural, as there were 2 of them. So "Tossers" would be correct. You'll thank me for it on your deathbed.

Slightly different, the monks are fed by their local populaces and don't as such get public money or have any direct representation in the Parliament and don't fight (a few corrupt bad apples excepted). And yes Thailand is occupying the 4 southern provinces 'gifted' by the British for a railway from Singapore to Burma and the unrest has elements of that in it to this day, but it's relatively quiet at the moment , I visit there regularly as my wife is from Yala so know it well. I don't hate the Haredi far from it and why would I - they are Torah scholars who refuse to fight and have the good fortune that the Israeli state keeps them in clover to study their ancient texts. Harmless enough but can an Israel fighting for its life support this burden particularly with their large families that keep ever growing ?

He's got to keep his alliance of nutjobs together. They won't work, and they won't join the army but can probably tell you how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. https://archive.is/Zvp5t Even before the war with Hamas erupted last year, the almost complete absence from the military of the fast-growing Haredi community — who make up an eighth of Israel’s population and are expected to account for a quarter by 2050 — had long been a point of contention among the rest of Jewish Israeli society, where at least 24 months of obligatory military service is a rite of passage. But with Israel fighting its longest war since its foundation in 1948, Yosef’s comments sparked criticism from allies and opponents alike, and laid bare the simmering tensions over the issue in Netanyahu’s coalition, which contains both ultraorthodox parties such as Shas and hawkish ex-soldiers determined to abolish the exemption.

BTW there is an excellent new 1 hour long documentary out on Al-Jazeera called October 7th that critically analyses the timeline of the day in detail and with numerous experts both Israeli and international to determine what we can and cannot know about that fateful day and isn't afraid to condemn both Hamas and the IDF.

Have read reports that the original target was the uber-nationalist singer Shaman and Putin fan who was playing at Crocus at the weekend the US warned about. With increased security they called it off and here we are.

She's a good-looking tall blonde women. Just saying - 500 baht you say.Hmmmm

Well he does and since this was an official meeting I suggest that he should have done further due diligence before breaking probably was what a meeting had in confidence. His scant details lead me to think he is trying to smear the US State Department here in the Israeli press in order to try and stymie counter narratives of IDF committing sexual crimes take root. What war teaches us is that brutalised men do brutal things in the execution of it. Just look at Vietnam for instance and all should be unequivocally condemned.

Fair enuff as good answer even for a scouser, I come from Preston, and we regard you guys with suspicion ! I used to love Alan Beswick who used you troll you guys on local radio.

Well if you don't doubt the veracity of The Brig Gen - then a State Department Official said that to him in the State Department therefore on official business and reported in an authoritative source the Jerusalem Post - there's a case to answer at the very least unless you want to smear female US officials as somehow in the pay of Hamas. But then as the whole of the UN is smeared now whither the truth ? The BG can surely not know more than anyone else, especially so since he is retired and the State Department official is not. No wonder that for Joe Biden the premise that everyone but Israel is lying is wearing pretty thin all round. Even their British foul mouthpiece Elon Levy was suspended for his daily fact free diatribes.

https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-793420 IDF Brig.-Gen. (res.) Amir Avivi met with the holder of the Israeli-Palestinian portfolio at the US State Department, who accused Israel of "systematically" sexually abusing Palestinian woman, the general explained in an interview on 103FM. Recounting his meeting, he explained, "It was a meeting that shook me. We sat there, talked about the situation, and suddenly she accused Israel of systematically sexually abusing Palestinian women."

And yet it seems you left Blighty for such a place. Forgive me if I called wrong.

Most of our Thai friends and contacts in the UK are desperate for Thai staff - working holidays under the radar would be a big thing for sure.

Do we know it's hidden for sure ?

Are you acquainted with the noted paintings of Anthony Hancock the celebrated existentialist painter ?

Your paintings and writings look very good I fear though you are too erudite and educated for this declining cess pit of washed up expat humanity. Turn back now before all is lost.