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Dang! Next thing ya know FedEx, DHL, post offices gonna start charging for items by weight! What? oh... wait...

funny. I'm an American, been watching Aus rules since around 2012 (Had ABC on condo cable). Yank football is devoid of action: WSJ says about 7 1/2 min of actual action. American baseball... even less. Cricket has much more action by comparison. Never got into ice hockey: too hard to see the puck on TV in the old days. No team sport close to Aus rules, in MY opinion... yours not so much, eh. Here is photo of US baseball diamond for game pkayed at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG.. they had 100,024 fans there last month for championship footy match)

You probably would have attacked FDR for being in a wheelchair. WTF does "sniffing hair" have to do with governing as President? Really. You fail to address that Congress is where spending originates in US government. President can't spend the money if Congress doesn't allocate it. President's role is to sign bills on taxation and spending into law, or veto. Pres can of course try to influence shape of bills passed, but that all depends on representatives and senators. Go back to high school civics class and learn how government is supposed to work

Is that the best you can do? You prefer a dude who would date his daughter if she wasn't his daughter? Cheat on multiple wives with hookers? Can't drink water with one hand? Okay... NONE of those have to do with job performance, but Biden hasn't said he wants head of joint chiefs hung; hasn't done his best to overthrow government, etc Where were you when Trump got Congress to give billions to rich and corporations for no good reason? Tell me that didn't add to debt. President does not have authority to "build national debt". Read the Constitution: money matters come from Congress. You should know that if you followed potential shutdown, meltdown of house under dysfunctional Republicans, etc

Citizens have been advised not to breathe for the next 36 to 48 hours.

What used to take all afternoon to screw up they will soon be able to derail within the blink of an eye.

It's part of Thai culture to extend invitations with no expectation the invite will actually result in someone showing up. "...exigencies often superseding moral imperatives." Yeah, that always trips me up.... "....a nation that has freshly emerged from the shadows of a military junta." sez who?

Are there any cricket grounds or stadiums large enough to be used in LA area? If they did find or make some, at least would give possibly for some Aussie rules football (the best there is, IMO). Compare these sizes:

I count at least 14 cops in above picture. Are they worried about poster assaulting them? I could ask why aren't they doing something/anything useful, but that's the broken record here

So who got the contract to make these new vests? And what is the price per item?

Don't hold your breath hoping Thailand might condemn this war crime my Myanmar government butchers

Incest is not all that uncommon here. I personally know a young woman who became pregnant due to father. He was given choice of prison or monkhood. She had the baby and passed him off as her younger brother.

"As part of the procedure, the women were interviewed, photographed, and had their records documented to serve as evidence in case of future incidents. Those with suspicious urine test results were referred for further treatment and rehabilitation.' Rinse and repeat This sort of "police crackdown" has been going on at least as long as I've lived here, and that's been 20+ years

The "deal" between citizens and governments is something of a social contract; You look out for me and I'll look out for you. If government is in the right ignoring a citizen who gets into a jam in a foreign country, then it would be fair for citizens to refuse to serve the government if a war broke out outside the country. "I'm not going to fight until the enemy is inside our borders.... until then it's not my problem"

Learn about things like reality and facts: the 6 billion is Iranian money that was frozen by the west. If I leave may wallet at your house and collect it later, you are not "giving me" the money inside. You are returning it to the owner. Is that too difficult to fathom?

Will they have maple bars? Seem as hard to find here as refried beans....

I think one of the best photos they've had in years! Lots going, sort of like an old master mural... the diagonal flows the eye is drawn to, various perspective tricks, and the man in the distance taking a wee...

Just for fun I looked up population/area of Bangkok, Singapore and Gaza strip. Numbers roughly came to: Bangkok 23k people per sq mile Gaza Strip 16,400 per square mile Singapore 22,254 " " " hmmm San Francisco bit closer to Gaza 18,663 Yeah, so where ya gonna run to?

"...every Hamas member was "a dead man"" Well, I suppose it is time for Hamas to recruit some women then... But it's all good, in line with the OT and all about conquering those who might live on "the promised land": "But of the cities ... which the Lord thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth." Kill the old men and women, the sick and the dying, the blind and the lame, pregnant mothers, nursing mothers, infants, toddlers, and babies." Deuteronomy 20:16 (went without saying kill all the men) Now you may say "Hey wait, that is what Muslim Hamas did". True, but they do refer to Jews as "People of the book" (same sort of origin)... just following God's directions is all Religion poisons everything

"Low mileage, only sunk once"

"....closely monitor the movements and activities of people from Lebanon, Iran, and Palestine." Poor Syria, must feel left out.

Was thinking I would love to have heard the debate when this law was cooked up, but then thought "I bet there was no debate." Not even a "get out of jail free card" more a "never get near a jail, let alone a trial, card"

Israelis have been coming here in numbers for decades, part of a circuit many like to make after their military service... Bangkok & Kathmandu part of the loop. All the schwarma joints on Khao San didn't get there by chance. In '96 I was on flight from BKK to Kathmandu... took 3 days (Yes THREE DAYS! thanks to Royal Nepal Air). Half the flight numbers were Israelis. Made some good friendships, they weren't unfriendly and some women were hot. Also, if I may remind some here, different cultures have different levels of what they consider "friendly". Whatever culture you are from is not "the right one" but just "your one".

But Donald.... what about that miracle mid east peace solution that sonny in law cobbled together (with no Palestinian input) that you boasted of so proudly?

You want me to do the standard hypocritical "in our thoughts and prayers" BS? I don't have to preface discussing his mental condition without first genuflecting... of course it is horrible they lost their lives... no frickin' argument there. It goes (or should go) without saying. I am talking about a seriously disturbed young person. Oh, and the word is "murdered" not "muredered"