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There you go, making sense in a Thai bashing thread.

TBH, my biggest concern is the shortest queue. I'm amazed at the long queues at the local Super Rich, when I can walk into a nearby no-name exchange with no queue and the same (or better) rate. Being in the Samui section, I can't help with local knowledge. Good topic, though.

It may have happened exactly as stated. But I'd love to see the CCTV and body cams.

To beat the traffic. Harris attendees can't leave early because all three busses leave on schedule.

Boeing could use a little bit of good news.

That's because everyone already knows she grew up in a middle class family. And that's her entire repertoire. And her answer to every question. Except "Orange Man Bad". And that gets tiresome, too.

I'll bet that if they were ensconced in 2 tons of metal with seatbelts, they'd both be back at the hotel right now, having a good time on their holiday.

Gosh. If you want to play pick-a-month, how about this past year... Native born Americans have lost 825,000 jobs in the past 12 months, (130,632K - 131,457K). And that's before the downward adjustment that they've had to make in 16 of the last 17 reported months. Probably closer to 1 million lost after they quietly revise it down. Again. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNU02073413 And there are 485,000 fewer fulltime jobs (Native and immigrant) than there were a year ago, (133,660K - 134,145K) Probably even more lost after the coming downward revision. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS12500000 Fewer jobs for 'Muricans, and fewer full time jobs (with benefits, health insurance and other perks) for everyone. It's tough to live the American dream, including home ownership on a P/T job with no bennies, or job security. That's some red hot economy your team is presiding over.

Still hasn't caught up to Pre-Covid numbers for native born workers. Over a million jobs below the peak before Covid. I'm not seeing the good news for native born 'Muricans. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNU02073413

The Hurricane Season ends in 55 days. That seems immediate. Helene recovery will be going on well beyond the "hurricane season". And Mayorkas says FEMA doesn't have enough money to make it through. While his staff says they can meet immediate needs, he says they can't. Which is it?

North Carolina. FEMA is planning to bulldoze entire towns after Helene, mostly where Trump was strongest. And the Dems are going to disqualify anyone who's registered to vote from an address that is no longer mailable. And there obviously won't be any in-person voting in a bulldozed town, which would have also favored Repubs. That's the scuttlebutt in the wingnut conspiracy circles. God, I love a good wingnut conspiracy theory. You'll have to find the link yourself. It's not an "approved source".

Had there been no migrants to house, feed and care for, why would congress authorize that money be spent on them, instead of other programs? Like hurricane relief. Or veteran health care. Or... Or... This stinks for citizens, no matter how you try to spin it.

Statistics and history would say that unleashing 20,000 newcomers from a culture that eats cats and dogs into a town, there will probably be some cats and dogs eaten. The only question then becomes, who is offering more money for the video and photographic proof? The Trump team, or the Dems? Or did you miss that whole Stormy trial thing about "catch and kill", where hundred of thousands of $$ are paid to squelch inconvenient evidence? I'm not a Harris fan, but that's where I'd be trying to sell any evidence I had. I think they pay better.

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.