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Jeez, not only did you get the facts wrong, you're not even in the right country. https://jakartaglobe.id/news/constitutional-court-receives-63-lawsuits-disputing-election-results But, like I posted before, you can make up anything you want about Trump and it won't get taken down here.

They never changed their tune. They never figured removal from office was even a remote possibility, just on the votes alone. Let alone the mind bending possibility of a Kamala presidency. They just wanted the investigation for the subpoena power. Of course, it would have been politically stupid to say that going in.

They're generally very tolerant of inappropriate (and even rude) behavior on the part of foreigners.

3 reasons, actually. 1) Impeachment is a political process, and they could have video of Joe walking across the Whitehouse lawn with a bloody machete in one hand and a severed head in the other, and the Dems still wouldn't vote to remove him from office. 2) Kamala Harris. Best insurance a president could hope for if impeachment were a possibility. Like, if he knew he was telling campaign porkies about influence peddling and figured the truth would come out while he's in office. 3) Even if they did manage to remove him from office, Kamala could pardon him (a'la Ford/Nixon). Wait for a new president to prosecute him as a private citizen and I doubt a pardon is in the cards. Makes no sense to actually impeach him. But it makes a lot of sense to use the subpoena power of a House Impeachment investigation to compel witnesses and demand records.

Biden's former White House stenographer for 6 years figures it was the latter. The Hur report would have you believe it's the former. McCormick courageously identifies US government officials who assisted Joe Biden in his evil schemes, including then president Barack Obama. And McCormick names the journalists who continue to cover for the Obama–Biden corruption. Despite all the evidence, he has not yet been asked to testify under oath about what he saw. That’s why he’s written this book. https://www.amazon.com/Case-Impeach-Imprison-Joe-Biden/dp/B0CQRKXVFH But give it time... They've gathered enough evidence in the Hur report and the impeachment investigation to hang the guy. But they can't prosecute a sitting president, and impeaching him would result in an even worse disaster with President Harris. (I shuddered even typing that). Let's see what happens when he's citizen "The Big Guy". I would note that the Hur Report just recommended not prosecuting the guy. It doesn't exonerate him, or preclude the next Justice Department from picking it back up. Here's the Hur Report: https://www.justice.gov/storage/report-from-special-counsel-robert-k-hur-february-2024.pdf And here's the Impeachment Investigation: https://oversight.house.gov/landing/biden-family-investigation/ (because, apparently you need a link to slam Biden, while you can make up whatever you want about Trump)

On a related note, is Beano available in Thailand?

Anchisa said the foreigner’s Thai wife had told her that when her husband was heavily drunk after consuming more than six bottles of beer he did not listen to anyone. Having taken the oath in 1988 and attended literally thousands of those meetings and heard the stories of many thousands of wet and dry drunks, I'm inclined to suspect it had more to do with the effects of alcohol than whether the guy was a German, an engineer, or in a bar in Pattaya. Just the nature of the beast. Sad situation, but maybe this'll be the bottom that sends him to get help. Unfortunately, the odds aren't great. Especially where boozing it up is part of the (expat) culture.

Have to admit that is a stock photo from the interweb. But it does look a lot like the batches I've made in years past. The downside to making a big batch of beans from scratch is storage. If you can't hermetically seal them (like in a can or a Mason jar), you have to eat them all within a week or so, share them with the neighbors, or freeze them. I used Tupperwear to freeze mine and they stored quite well. But the freezers back home were generally a lot bigger than the freezers in Thailand, and they do take a lot of space.

Sadly, I remember when TVF was full of helpful posters suggesting ways around visa restrictions. Cheapest border runs, most helpful schools for an ED, easiest border to cross... Nowadays, AN seems full of guys who would gladly help Immigration round them up. Back on topic... Home made baked beans: Or you can pay more for the slop from a can.

Half the guys on here would probably rat me out for WP violations, so... No. Dill pickles in Thailand are easy to find. It's sweet pickles and bread and butter that I make myself.

Dozens of recipes on the interweb for making your own baked beans from scratch, starting with dried beans that are cheap as can be at the local markets. In years past when we've made them ourselves they're 10x as good as canned anyway. You actually have discernable bits of meat and onion instead of a hint that maybe there's meat flavoring. I learned to make my own pickles and sausage in Thailand because they cost out the wazoo. I'm not that fanatic about beans, but they're probably just as easy.

I wouldn't dismiss the possibility that millions and millions of Americans that don't have TDS are right. And millions of foreigners see through the lawfare travesty. Maybe they're on the right side of history. Trumps foibles have played out in public, on TV and in the news for decades. And each time they lay another bogus charge onto Trump, his numbers go up. Voters seeing through the nefarious treatment. Yet another indicator...

Glad you enjoyed it. If you get a chance, try the breakfast taco (actually a burrito). Starts with scrambled egg wrapped in a soft tortilla. Then you can add bacon, sausage, potato or chorizo. Adding cheese makes everything better... My ethnic friends swear by the chorizo, but I looked that up once and I stick with the sausage when I'm on a meat kick or potato when I'm not. I swore off bacon after my bypass surgery. They come with picante sauce on the side, and I opt for the wimpy mild sauce. A braver person would choose the spicy. Worth a try for breakfast... On a more Thailand based topic, can you get a breakfast burrito in Bangkok? The closest I found was the chicken Caesar wrap at Starbucks and Amazon. But no egg... Back in South Texas there were roach coaches that did a booming business selling nothing but breakfast burritos from the parking lot. They'd pre-wrap dozens (hundreds?) of them in the wee hours and sell out by 10:00 am. I'd bet there's a market niche in BKK.

I love Whataburger. It may be an acquired taste because they use mustard, which is kinda rare in fast food burgers. That may put some folks off, but not me. Of course, they'll make it to order. My recommendation: Double meat Whataburger with cheese. Standard toppings (lettuce, pickle, mustard and onion). Their fries are also great and their ketchup has a hint of cinnamon or something exotic. For breakfast, get a breakfast taco, sausage or bacon. With cheese. I also love them because they serve brewed ice tea instead of the instant crap out of the machine. Downside is they're sometimes a little slow (I like to think it's because they don't pre-make the burgers.) Let me know how you liked it. Edit: And I'd add that it's hit or miss, but some of their counter staff are a hoot. Catch them on a good day and they'll make you feel like you're part of a family busting each others' balls. In a good way.

Joe Walsh was right.

I love pulpy orange juice. Always have. I just used plain psyllium husk to make mine extra pulpy. With all the fresh squeezed fruit drinks you can buy on any street in Thailand, there's no need to get used to anything. Unless you don't like pulpy fruit drinks. In that case, get the psyllium husk powder and make it a fruit juice frappe. Not a scientific study, but my cholesterol went down when I started drinking psyllium husk. Not enough, but a definite improvement.

I have to admit it's been many years since I tried Libre Office, for the reason I'll discuss. So I hope the compatibility has gotten better... I found them both to be very adequate for composing a spreadsheet and great graphs. My issue was when I tried to open a spreadsheet made in one, with the other. The formatting never seemed to be right on. It always took too long to rejigger the formatting, especially on graphs. And since the majority of graphs I'd download or receive were done in Excel, it was just easier to stick with Excel. If I were just doing spreadsheets, analysis and graphing from zero, and for my own account, I'd save the $$$ and go with Libre office. But that wasn't the real world for me. Maybe someone who's done it more recently can give us an update. Because my Office 365 subscription is due for a renewal. I think 3,000 baht a year. I consider it a great value, but I'm a cheapskate at heart. Maybe the compatibility is improved?

Not the Taiwan earthquake, but here's a Green candidate blaming climate change for the earthquake near New Jersey, where she's running for senate... “I experienced my first earthquake in NJ. We never get earthquakes. The climate crisis is real,” Khalil wrote in a post shared on X, formerly Twitter. https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/05/new-jersey-green-party-senate-candidate-earthquake-blame-climate-change/ Greta probably gave her a like from jail... Kindred spirits.

You may want to look at Judge Cannon's possible jury instructions (that are the topic of this thread), which include this second option: A president has sole authority under the PRA to categorize records as personal or presidential during his/her presidency. Neither a court nor a jury is permitted to make or review such a categorization decision. Although there is no formal means in the PRA by which a president is to make that categorization, an outgoing president’s decision to exclude what he/she considers to be personal records from presidential records transmitted to the National Archives and Records Administration constitutes a president’s categorization of those records as personal under the PRA. She may be over-ruled on appeal. But I'm pretty sure she knows the subject matter better than any of the wannabe legal experts spouting off here. The source I got that from isn't an approved link. But Google (or Bing) that entire paragraph and you'll see it all over the MSM. Most of which is blocked here in China, so I can't provide an "acceptable link". WaPo, MSNBC and several others come up on page 1 of a Bing search. Then quit arguing with the guys agreeing with her here on AN, and argue the topic with her. Let us know how you do.

Did the Fed have to deal with all the free tax money causing inflation under the Trump giveaways? Oh wait. Those were Biden giveaways. Trillions of tax dollars for pie in the sky programs that have so far led to just a few crappy jobs and (at last count) less than 10 electric charging stations for $$ billions, subsidies for those who can afford EV's at all, $$ billions to feed, house and buy drugs for "newcomers"... Nice try, indeed.

I don't claim to know. Here's a thought. I linked to all the data you need, to brain that one out yourself. Why don't you let us know what you calculate? https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CE16OV Edit: Just eyeballing the slopes, if you compare Biden's job growth after mid 2022 (when you say he surpassed pre-Covid), his growth numbers look pretty anemic compared to the Trump numbers before Covid struck. But be a peach and calculate the numbers for us...

You need to get a new calculator. Pre-pandemic, employment was 158.7 million. When Biden was inaugurated, it was 149.8M. Today, it's 161.5M. 8.9M Covid jobs came back (158.7 - 149.8), out of the 11.7M jobs that Biden claims to have added (161.5 - 149.8). Meaning Biden only added 2.8M new jobs (161.5 - 158.7). The vast majority of them (76%) are just Covid jobs coming back. And that was my claim. To make it worse, that's all jobs, part and full time. It's worse for full time jobs. And devastating for American born workers, who have gained no jobs since Mid 2022. Not to mention, he's added somewhere in the neighborhood of 10 million "newcomer" workers. But only 2.8M new jobs. Yet, they claim unemployment is down? That must be the new math. All jobs: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CE16OV For full time jobs: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS12500000 Native Born workers: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNU02073413

Is that headline from the same folks that brought us "the border is secure", "safe and effective" and "most secure election in history"? And the same knobs that claimed a measles epidemic (10 cases) was ravaging Florida? Color me unconvinced that more than one or 2% of the burglars are tourists. In fact, let me make the claim that it's a tiny, tiny percentage (with the same evidence as the OP- bupkis) and see how long before someone calls me out for not providing proof. Because that's only required from the right. Lefties can lie like rugs and just call doubters racists or anti-immigrant to shut down any discussion.

If she's a legal adult, not spending tax money and not selling surgery to the kiddos, more power to her. Not to my taste, but I doubt she cares.

I've been skeptical of IDF explanations since the USS Liberty incident (that's a long time), but I can't imagine it's a good idea to conduct aid deliveries after dark in a war zone. Has anyone seen an explanation why they were out after dark?