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Why? Do they ever get predictions right? Better than a coin flip, I mean... Even after it's over (whatever IT is), economists will be arguing for years who/what caused it, and how bad it really was.

They may not need to, if they buy enough BIC pens.

I think thy refer to that as "failing upwards". Her 15 minute clock has started.

So, as it turns out, keeping kids "in cages" was a way to keep them away from child traffickers and kiddie fiddlers. Cages that Obama built BTW. I wonder where AOC will cry for the thousands of missing kids. Actually, I wonder if she'll cry for them.

Harris or Biden would have just kept reading the script from the teleprompter. AOC and most other Dems would have yelled at the lady for interrupting.

Before Covid, there was a Burger King and a Carl's Jr within 50' of each other there. I used to stop at BK, then Carl's Jr after my appointments at Bumrungrad, breaking the fast after drawing blood. I preferred Carl's Jr and was sad to see it missing there, on Silom and at the Davis Hotel. Though I did get one rotten burger at the Silom shop. The meat had obviously gone off. But one bad experience in dozens of burgers was offset by good burgers, fries and brewed ice tea with refills and lemon wedges on the side.

I recently spitballed the idea of a few guys getting together and renting properties in various SEA countries and rotating between them. If you had 3 guys, they could rent (or buy) a place in Thailand, Malaysia, and Cambodia and each of them could live part of the year in all 3 countries. Of course, it would have to be a group you get along with, and trust to keep up the shared properties while they're living there. And to be clear, I wouldn't advocate a room-mate situation. More of a rotation where the guys never even have to see each other. And they'd hire a cleaning crew to come in between each rotation.

The exact selection changes all the time, but one of the handiest cheap money I ever spent in Thailand was on one of these bit sets. Torx, phillips, flat screwdrivers, many with "tamper resistant" workarounds. https://www.lazada.co.th/products/33-security-screwdriver-torq-set-torx-tri-wing-hex-snake-eyes-tri-point-i2914268389.html https://www.lazada.co.th/products/33-hex-s-hank-i4966279036.html I worked on quite a few small appliances that required one of these tips to open them up and clean them and lube them up. You can also search for bigger sets with a lot more tips.

I can't count the number of huge retailers that swirled down the same drain back home. The two that come to mind are K-Mart and Woolworths, because I spent so much time in my youth looking through the toys and then the sporting goods at each of them. Eventually, shopping there became akin to shopping at a warehouse for damaged and obsolete goods. Then, they were gone. Contrast that with Academy Sports, which started as a peddler of factory seconds and is now everywhere. Though, today they are more of a clothing store that has some sports stuff. I liked them better when they were junk shops. I always pulled in whenever I passed one. Nowadays, I only shop there when I'm on a mission, and get in and out as quick as I can. I'm the same way with the new and zoomy Bass Pro's and Cabela's. Clothing stores with some sporting stuff...

If that's true, (I have no reason to doubt it, but it sounds too good...), add that to Thailand's new unlimited land border crossings and I could see a lot of expats moving across the river to avoid the 400/800K baht requirement for extensions, the 90 day reports, as yet unknown tax implications, and that tight feeling in their buttcheeks every year when it's time to renew. Thailand would get more tourist arrivals as we (because I may be one of them) cross over to visit several times a year, or perhaps even several entries per month, but the expats will be spending the majority of their sweaty money in Cambodia.

The question then becomes who gets to decide what constitutes hate and violence (and misinformation in general.)? Seems like anything that doesn't pander to a thin slice of humanity is subject to be taken down or hidden by that thin slice, who have wedged themselves into academia, the MSM and social media overseers. Like the ones that can't define a woman.

Respect...

They must be counting those guys riding their scooters with a few baht worth of cardboard to the recycling center among "the employed".

What are the odds that a Thai born kid with one Thai parent can be taken out of the country by a foreign parent without the Thai parent's permission? If that was easy, I know a lot of guys who'd be living "back home" with their child instead of eking out a meager living in Thailand, to be near their kid(s). If he got the kid a Russkie passport, the first question at departure immigration would probably be "where's his entry stamp?"...

OP title should be "Ukraine proposes kicking off WW3 and nuclear winter, and the US says, not with our equipment".

Probably the same staffers that know they won't be invited back if Trump is elected. And know that their fat consulting contracts with Big Business, Big Pharma, and the MIC depend on having a tax and spend (and spend some more) career politician in the White House. Vivek spilled the beans when he suggested they could dismantle 75% of wasteful gub'ment agencies.

Disney has tons of lawyers on staff, and trainees that would be picking lint out of their bellybuttons if they didn't have a mundane case assigned. Their incremental cost is peanuts. I think the liability limit is set by state law at $50k, but it would be interesting to see what the Pub settlement was. I feel for restaurants that have to accept liability for any number of food allergies. Imagine being sued out of business if a supplier used peanut oil instead of canola oil and failed to disclose. But I don't feel for Disney at all. I hope they also get the horse they rode in on. With punitive damages.

And thank goodness for that, when they have a 4 syllable first name and a 5 syllable last name. You run out of room on most forms. Assuming, of course, that's accurate.

Oh, Chicago is going to be so, so grand... Muslim leaders expect 100,000 pro-Palestinian demonstrators for DNC. Three main protests are being planned for Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, the first and last days of the convention. More than 150 organizations from around the country say they’ve formed a collective to have these protests be large in numbers, and while they represent a number of different interests, they say they will be focused on the Israeli-Palestinian war. https://wgntv.com/news/democratic-national-convention-chicago-2024/muslim-pro-palestinian-protest-plans-dnc-chicago/ DNC 2024 security zones and protest plans: What we know Regarding “demonstration zones,” a federal judge ruled in the favor of the city’s route for protestors near the United Center. A coalition of protestors said they’ll appeal. https://wgntv.com/news/democratic-national-convention-chicago-2024/dnc-2024-security-protest-zones/ I wonder if it'll be as grand as the 1968 DNC Convention in the Windy City. Because one thing we know about "mostly peaceful protestors" is that they won't stay within the approved areas, or the approved activities.

They came up with plenty, if you bother to read their reports. But impeachment is a political process and the Dems wouldn't convict Biden if he walked across the White House lawn with a bloody machete in one hand and a severed head in the other. Plus, they looked at Kamala, who's next in line. Best insurance against impeachment an old man with a limited memory could possibly hope for.

Out of curiosity, are there any open beaches in Thailand like the one in the OP photo, where you can watch wide body aircraft flying over, up close?

So, less dangerous than the buckets of unknown booze they sell? With whippets (that's what we called shots of nitrous my dorm mates stole from the medical school in the '80s), just like weed, I suggest legalizing it, controlling the quality and distribution and taxing the beejeezus out of it. And watch the tourists rolling in.

Pre-Covid, there was about a year when I regularly got pulled over at routine temporary inspection setups to check my diesel emissions. Complete with the sensor up the tailpipe. My 25+ yo raggedy 1993 Mitsubishi Cyclone always passed. But it was low mileage, and in great condition. The guy in the OP looks like he was just rolling coal to give the finger to the cops.

Wow. A lot of issues to unpack... Is Disney saying that I can't sue them if I signed a trial streaming membership 5 years ago and one of their trucks slams into me on a freeway in Ohio? And what does The Mouse have to do with the menu at an independent contractor that only rents space? My heart goes out to restaurant owners. Seems like the only safe thing to do is hang a sign that says "Our food may contain dairy, nuts, pork, seafood, and other ingredients that we may not even know about. We cannot agree to liability if that causes health or religious problems. Please eat somewhere else if you don't agree". But I'm sure that would be illegal in some places. Regarding Disney... I grew up wishing I could visit the happiest place on earth. Got my wish in the mid '90s when I started working in SoCal and went to Disneyland. Two trips on the same ticket. My first and my last. Ungodly expensive to get in, long lines for everything worth seeing, and ridiculous prices for all food, drink and pretty much everything. That said, I had one Texas buddy who came every year on one of Disney's VIP programs, and his family loved it. But he was pretty much made of money and didn't mind the VIP prices that reduced the queues because the park was only open to VIPs.

That's one way it could go. I can think of another that wouldn't involve a payoff, nor any chance she'd ever cause issues in the future.