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Why would the US withdraw its protection if the Euros are contributing their fair (and agreed) share? And it's about time. Winning bigly.

Is Bob off his meds again?

If I haven't seen the video, I don't know what they did. Keep in mind that the legal hurdle for "assault" is putting someone in fear. Like maybe misgendering them. It doesn't even require contact. And I've seen airline employees go bonkers and call for security when someone tapped them on the shoulder to get their attention. So I'll wait to see the video.

Nope. It's a bunch of them. Mostly they're spoiler alerts.

And that's when they should have done any downgrade if one was to be done. But that would have hurt Biden's chances in 2024.

What does that even mean? You do know that he won, right?

As much as I may enjoy a good Thai bash, I'd have to see the instant replay. Some airline employees are real snowflakes.

Remind me what happened the last time Germany spent 5% of their GDP on the military?

You're the one with blinders on. Look at my edited post with comment from Moody's.

From Moody's: “This one-notch downgrade on our 21-notch rating scale reflects the increase over more than a decade in government debt and interest payment ratios to levels that are significantly higher than similarly rated sovereigns,” the rating agency said in a statement. From the WH: President Trump’s spokesman Steven Cheung pointed out that the economist for Moody’s is an Obama/Clinton hack. “Mark Zandi, the economist for Moody’s, is an Obama advisor and Clinton donor who has been a Never Trumper since 2016. Nobody takes his “analysis” seriously. He has been proven wrong time and time again,” Steven Cheung said. Of course they waited until the election was over and they had a chance to hurt the Bad Orange Man, though the debt buildup was years in the making. Anyone who doesn't see that just isn't looking.

There you go claiming racism again After 6 decades of affirmative action, DEI, reverse discrimination and demands for $$ bajillions in reparations, a little pro-white would be a welcome respite. No lunacy at all. Had a white guy died with Floyd's toxicology report, they'd have called it an overdose death. And they'd have been correct.

Seems to be going in the wrong direction. What's up with that?

I'd know the top of that head anywhere...

You're denying context. It means 80 miles out and 6' deep.

What ever happened to "Sticks and Stones"? We're raising another generation of wimps and snowflakes, totally incapable of thriving in the real world, where not everyone spends 90% of their conscious energy trying not to offend anyone. As if that's even possible any more.

All you have to do is ask yourself what the Biden DOJ would have done had it been 86AOC a year ago. They'd be looking for someone to prosecute and assigning her more security.

I wonder if they'll go for a new record? And for the lefty that will no doubt report me for an unattributed post: https://majorcitieschiefs.com/ Final Report of the MCCA Police Reform Working Group

3 words... Rent Free Space. I wonder if AN will ban RFS like they did <removed>?

What I get a kick out of is all the same guys advocating Thailand deport all the overstayers, begpackers and Russkies turning around and ragging on Trump for getting rid of gangbangers and benefit thieves from the USA. Let me ask it this way... Are overstayers in Thailand nervous? Why shouldn't they be?

I've been doing it once a month for just over 2 years with no end in sight, so I take a keen interest. And I appreciate anyone who points out where I may be wrong. Sometimes, I'm just spitballing in the hope that someone that knows better will straighten me out. That's one of the ways I learn. But I try to make it clear that I'm spitballing and not offering definitive info. Sometimes, I fail.

It's probably that simple, but there are 2 things that make me wonder... 1) What if the info on the TDAC is incorrect, whether by error or by mischief? It would be a trivial database exercise to figure that out if they have access to the flight manifests and a database guru that can do it while the plane's in the air. But do they? I know the skills are available in Thailand, but does immigration have them? 2) The LED signs above the IO stations request passport, DTAC and boarding pass. I just do what the signs say and life is easier. Seems like they'd want to confirm that all the data matches and there were no errors or omissions.

Had Floyd been white, they'd have called it a death by overdose. Because that's what it was. And a lot of people would have been incensed, but nothing would have been burned down.

I would mention that all of the IOs last night were female, but that would probably get me in trouble in some circles. It was true, though. They did have one really tall dude who was walking between the stations to solve problems.

That's dark. I love it!

That may be true, but the IOs were diligently scrolling through people's smartphone screens. Though I guess they may have been looking for boarding pass information and not the DTAC. Not sure whether virtual boarding passes are available for international flights because I've always had a paper boarding pass.