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I see the scrunchy faced emoji posse has shown up. Thanks for the endorsement.

If only they hadn't solved the problems, before Joe's executive orders unsolved them. Joe just made 3 glaring admissions: 1) The border is a mess. It is not, as the Biden team has insisted, "secure" 2) He doesn't care about the border (or nation security), just the votes and just in an election year. 3) He's had the power all along, but chose not to exercise it. In fact, he chose to exercise the power to make it worse. By leaps and bounds.

Nothing inconsistent about it. Healthcare legislation based on medical technology and and public sentiment of 1864 probably needs to be updated. But he'd leave it up to the state to decide the updates.

If anyone believes he won't do a 180 the day after the election, I have a bridge I'll sell them. It's in Baltimore.

A programming error, or a narrative feature? The "blunder" was making it so obvious. It's supposed to be subtle.

Should have written Mayvy ❤️ Beer. 'Cause almost all nationalities luv beer. And Mayvy is pretty cross cultural.

Back home that would be referred to as a "settlement offer". And I doubt it meets the criteria for a "bribe" in Thailand, either. With the defining characteristic being that a bribe is illegal. Wouldn't it be a kick in the nuts if he sued her for defamation. And won?

Whatever they build, I hope they create some higher ground for when Bangkok is underwater from sea level rise and/or subsidence. If they start 5 years ago, they may beat the rising tide... It does seem a waste of a prime central location to have such dirty industry and heavy truck traffic. Probably worked well when Bangkok was 1/4 of its current population. Betcha the poor residents of Khlong Toey end up SOL, whatever they decide.

If just 1% of the S American newcomers are gang members and desperate criminals, that's 100,000 criminals who are naturally going to end up in Latino neighborhoods where they speak the language. Sucking up Dem giveaways like health care and housing that the residents had to earn, and now have to pay for. I suspect that's a more pragmatic reason to move away from voting Dem. And I suspect (hope) that this is bigger than Trump and 2024. It's about Dems buying votes with tax money, and ignoring the plight of existing Americans, for cheap pandering. And they don't even hide it. Or maybe they're so arrogant that they take their base voters for granted.

Gonna suck for the Dems to let in millions of newcomers only to find out they believe in conservative values, fairness, and meritocracy. And that's the way they'll vote...

Who said it failed?

So, your "63 lawsuits with no wins" came from a statement that Biden made on Jan 7, 2021? Long before any lawsuits could have possibly made it through any real proceeding? Other than the "63" being wrong, "before the Supreme Court" being wrong, "none was successful" being wrong, I guess I'd have to agree with the rest.

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.