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Baerboxer

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  1. 8 hours ago, Matzzon said:

    As you say, this is Thailand. The baht should have fallen long time ago, but seems to just gain instead. Unbelievable!

     

    Only Thailand don't rule the world's forex markets, do they?

     

    Nor are all the traders Thai.

     

    Unbelievable how some posters seem to think Thailand controls and manipulates the world's currency markets! Often the same posters who like to pretend how superior their country is too 555!

  2. 4 hours ago, darksidedog said:

    The  whole country is suffering under the current administration, whose performance is the reason for the protests.

    Bring in real democracy and the country and economy will flourish.

     

    Really? 

     

    And those countries with "real democracy" are doing so fantastically well with their economies and social environments, law and order etc, are they?

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  3. 17 minutes ago, Berkshire said:

    Biden has released his tax returns, so we already know that you're being untruthful. 

     

    Are you a tax accountant who has audited Mr. Biden's finances?

     

    Do you remotely think that anyone engaged in corruption and corrupt payments would actually declare the income received on their official tax returns?

     

    The question is have the Bidens been thoroughly audited and investigated for unusual and/or hidden wealth?

     

    Do they have any family trusts, charities or foundations?

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  4. 1 hour ago, Silurian said:

     

    No mention of Donald knowing that Giuliani was targeted to be a Russian asset in order to slander the Biden family in a fake document dump? 

     

    Intelligence officials warned Trump that Giuliani was target of Russian influence campaign

     

     

     

    The Washington Post - did they get this from another of their unnamed, totally reliable, 100% pukka, secret sources again? Oh no, 4 former offices this time, no less. All hearsay of course. But hey oh - par for the course.

     

    No political bias from them of course!

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  5. 22 hours ago, owl sees all said:

    The Russians; again? Or the Chinese? Could it be the Nigerians?

     

    They need Baidu anti-virus.

     

    I'm not keen on anything with British as its first word British Airways, British telecom, BBC etc.

     

     

     

    Getting a bit like those who include "Democrat, Democratic, People's " etc in their title. There to influence any daft enough to believe it add integrity.

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  6. 45 minutes ago, RayC said:

    And if we accept for a minute that is true, why is it necessarily a bad thing?

     

    Think about it. If the few bailing out the many suddenly can't afford it then who does the bailing?

     

    The idea of a common market was good. Many initial EU policies were good. The idea of richer countries helping poorer ones improve, excellent. But unfortunately, human nature being what it is, many of those poorer ones saw it as a get rich quick for not doing anything scheme. Corruption, bureaucracy, rule bending and ignoring etc etc. 

     

    Those politicians who see ever more closer union and federalism as the goal, won't ever consult the people in their countries. They are more concerned with creating an ideological bureaucratic state rules by the center and controlling everything. That's why a few countries, in which the electorate have elected less compliant politicians are now beginning to oppose the EU dictates.

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  7. 5 hours ago, jingjai9 said:

    It is good they have these content advisories. They are not banning the films, but are instead helping us reflect on our history. We must recognize the wrongs of the past, acknowledge them, face them and move on a litle wiser. Now is the time to ask: Can we learn anything from history?

     

     I cannot see how this is merely political correctness. Younger people watch Disney and this may be their only exposure to history.

     

    The racism is wrong, mistakes were made and we must move on - but that does  not mean that one race is bad because they discriminated - they were wrong and need to make it right. 

     

    If you look deep enough into history, I think you will find every culture has had "their moments" of prejudice and misanthropy. The Vikings enslaved white people. The Ottomons were involved in slavery, and who was meaner than Genghis Khan? The Romans and Greeks had slaves and many historians tell us Africans could not have been enslaved in such large numbers had it not been for other Africans aiding and abetting the slavetraders. 

     

     

     

    If you check the actual facts you'll find out far more Europeans were enslaved by the Ottomans and their Barbary Pirate friends. Many raids on coastal communities captured large numbers. Service in the Ottoman galleys, sold in slave markets or ransomed back. 

     

    This focus on one small window in the appalling history of slavery, which is still very active today, by BLM and those demanding reparations is pure pantomime and a corruption of history.

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  8. 11 hours ago, Nigel Garvie said:

    Yes it's a great quote, and illustrates perfectly how focussing on one minor issue can make you incapable of seeing the broader picture. 

     

    However we are wasting our time, Brexit has become a religion with sacred beliefs, such as the transubstantiation of the flesh! We are dealing with fundamentalists here, many of them on TV it appears. People who believe that Islam justifies sacrifice for Allah, are the same type as those who believe that Brexit justifies failing to get a trade deal, and defaulting to an economy destroying hard Brexit. 

     

    Who wins from a UK economy ruined by Brexit and Covid? Well...... London is already one of the biggest tax avoidance capital cities in the world, that should give us a start.

     

     Boris is no idealist, he never really cared about Brexit one way or the other, he is a careerist, the question remains who is going to line his pockets? 

     

     

     

     

     

    I think Macron, the ex-banker (with a b not a w) is just like Boris. Both careerists, and both having their pockets lined; egotistical entitled elitists too.

     

    Merkel, isn't. And I'd wager she'd love to see this sorted much more amicably as part of her swansong. 

     

    As for the other leaders - whatever, as they ain't important. France and Germany clearly call the shots. 

     

    Looking more and more like a nasty no deal with huge resentment and silly behavior - all because greedy French fishermen refuse to change.

  9. 2 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

    Do they censor what they don't like or what is unconfirmed?

    It seems lots of stories seem to become "real" when they are repeated often enough on social media. Is that good?

    I.e. that stupid Q-Anon conspiracy. Wouldn't it be much better if social media would not have spread that and other crazy conspiracy theories?

     

    I think it should be the duty of the media to publish the truth. But I guess I am a little old-fashioned with that expectation.

     

    That's fine, providing they do that to all and every story, and not based on their own political bias. Seeing how the traditional media have evolved I wouldn't count on sm being any different.

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