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I tried. Watched it on and off for awhile. But couldn't keep watching. I kept hoping it would get better, but it never did.

If you believe those numbers in front of an election, I have a bridge for sale. Especially since they've "adjusted" the jobs numbers down just about every month in the past year. Not to mention, how many of those jobs were full time, non-gub'ment (or NGO), and went to the native born and not to the "newcomers"? And how is unemployment the same, when we have 10 million new job entrants, and (arguably) not many more jobs than pre-Covid? There's another puzzler for ya...

At the very least, maybe this will push the insurance companies to do their own inspections to make sure the vehicles they're insuring aren't death traps. Even if the official inspectors are bent as a dog's hind leg.

Kimmel was one of those guys who came up with an occasional gem. He lost it when he had to perform every boring night.

I'm following the science: Science confirms what you’ve always suspected: music these days is worse than it used to be. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/science-proves-pop-music-has-actually-gotten-worse-8173368/

They have fond memories of a country that no longer exists in the form it was in when they left. Edit: If it ever did, really.

The high point of Jimmy Kimmel's career was "Girls on Trampolines". It's been a downhill slide ever since. Oops. Here's my link: https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-man-show-jimmy-kimmel-sexist/

The reality is that, under the current administration, if Congress dumped another $50 Billion into FEMA, they'd use it to process illegals faster and give them better food and nicer rooms. And the hurricane victims would still get the short end of the stick. So Congress would have to dump yet another $50 billion into FEMA.

It's not just the money. FEMA has so many of its personnel and resources deployed for illegals, they can't muster a team to manage the Helene response. It's like the USSS, who have fallen down on their job because of mismanagement under the current administration. You can't fix that with more money. There has to be a paradigm shift.

The sad fact is that Thais like low priced transport. I can't blame them, simply on economic grounds. If the authorities did honest inspections, the bus companies would have to spend more to comply, and the price of a bus ticket would go up. Heinous as the corruption is, it's baked into the economy and all aspects of life.

As distasteful as I find it, every once in awhile, I click on CNN.com to see if my right wing sources are holding anything back on a controversial story. This time, it was a real eye opener, with CNN burying any mention of the NC tragedy several pages deep. Seems only fair that the lefties should plug their nose and occasionally click on Fox news the same way... If only to prove how bad Fox is. Fox has interviews with people on the ground. CNN? Nope. Fox has interviews with the Cajun Navy rescue group. CNN? Nope. Fox has interviews with Florida Guard members who flew helicopter rescue missions, compliments of DeSantis. CNN? Nope. The retired NASCAR deplorable who brought 500 Startlink systems donated by Musk? Nope. Just Fox. Clicking to CNN gave me a whole 'nother level of appreciation why lefties think the Helene NC tragedy is trivial, and it's over. If all I watched was CNN, that's what I'd believe, too. I'd suggest anyone wanting to know what's really happening, from people on location, stay away form CNN and go to YouTube, or hold your nose and click on Fox. Wait for a few hours until the sunrise on the East Coast and get fresh updates. Live, on the ground. https://www.foxnews.com/video If history repeats, in about 4 years, Zuck will admit the Biden administration pressured Facebook to squelch bad news from Helene. And the honest MSM reporting will start up after the election. Meanwhile, here's the flood that CNN covered more thoroughly, while hundreds of Americans are dying in Appalachia. Front page on their Int'l site, which had no mention of Helene. https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/04/travel/elephants-evacuated-thailand-flooding-intl-hnk

People are still dying for lack of relief. They're not reporting because it reflects badly on their candidate. Typical MSM.

Not on CNN.com...

I'm watching interviews with residents. Not listening to the MSM. CNN has more coverage of elephants escaping a flood in Northern Thailand than of the catastrophe in North Carolina.

Our reading comprehension is fine. And so are our BS meters when the linked article says there's adequate money while Mayorkas himself says there isn't. They can't even get their lies talking points straight. Quibbling over which bucket the money is going to come from is asinine when there's people dying for lack of a response. Especially with hundreds of billions of unspent Inflation Assurance Act money out there. They should be dumping money, resources and military assets on the area. I'm watching a bunch of on-the ground interviews, and it is heartbreaking how the gub'ment is letting these American down. According to people on the ground, the military assets are waiting on orders and most of them haven't even seen a FEMA rep. Volunteers are coming in from across the country with trucks and bulldozers and finding hotels completely booked by the Feds, but also mostly vacant. While Kamala is entertaining donors.

https://www.fema.gov/grants/shelter-services-program SSP provides financial support to non-federal entities to provide humanitarian services to noncitizen migrants following their release from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

“We are meeting the immediate needs with the money that we have. We are expecting another hurricane hitting,” Mayorkas said. “FEMA does not have the funds to make it through the season.” (I'd note that "the season" is through Nov 30.) https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-helene-congress-fema-funding-5be4f18e00ce2b509d6830410cf2c1cb Would Congress and the Harris/Biden admin have had to set aside the SSP money if there wasn't a self inflicted border crisis? Maybe they'd have that $billion to spend on FEMAs support of citizens after a hurricane. Which isn't self inflicted.

FEMA is short because so much of their funding went to caring for illegals.

Maybe they should get their talking points straight: The Federal Emergency Management Agency can meet immediate needs but does not have enough funding to make it through the hurricane season, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told reporters Wednesday. https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-helene-congress-fema-funding-5be4f18e00ce2b509d6830410cf2c1cb

It's funny that they demand photos and videos when locals report geese being eaten, but they eagerly take the word of some random women when they report sexual misconduct.

Seems like there's a business opportunity there. Especially if someone's Thai wife or Thai kids know how to sell on Lazada...

I don't think it's that simple. https://www.timbertradeportal.com/en/thailand/144/key-documents There have been AN threads over the years about arrests for possessing the wrong kind of wood without the right kind of permit.

Not to mention, the tribes killed the heck out of each other for hundreds of years before the evil Europeans showed up with their fancy technology.

I'm seeing a lot more effort by the Dems to make it go away, than from the Repubs who mostly know it was just a gaffe.

I've had several over the years in Thailand, China, and the USA. I've always been happy with them. Never had any irritating problems with connecting them. Or the inevitable updates, like I've had with some off-brands that are cheaper and look good on paper. Logitechs just work...