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Oh come on now! You can just provide any one of hundreds of references to the official Thai Government statements about it being a "family resort". 🤣

In this case, he's the opposite of a "low flight risk". He has the connections, the wealth and the places to flee. This is the main reason he was denied bail.

Interesting study here that seems quite relevant to this topic in particular and to those posters like yourself and JonnyF who take these positions. (BTW, don't click on psypost.org links since those are heavily compromised and send you to malicious sites). https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1280366/full Methods: The research includes two studies examining the expressive and informational use of social media. Study 1 conducted a computational text analysis of comments on Singaporean Facebook pages and forums, focusing on how social media is used to discuss immigrants. Study 2 utilized survey data to examine the use of social media at the individual level, testing the relationships between cognitive ability, perceptions of threat, negative emotions towards immigrants, and social media usage within the Integrated Threat Theory framework. Results: Study 1 found that discussions about immigrants on social media often involved negative emotions and concerns about economic impact, such as competition for jobs and crime. Complementing these findings about perceived economic threats, Study 2 showed that individuals with higher social media usage and greater perceptions of threat were more likely to have negative emotions towards immigrants. These relationships were mediated by perceptions of threat and were stronger in individuals with lower cognitive abilities. Just sayin'...

Where is your evidence that there is a situation where "so many US women opting to not use contraception and using abortion as birth control"? IUDs are not a good method of birth control for many women due to pain and other reasons. Why is it only women's responsibility for birth control? If and when a male birth control pill comes out (already under trial), will men be forced to use it or have to take care of any babies they produce? You're in favour of that, right? The Right stands for freedom? What a joke!

That's correct. And they've already done so, and believe it's legitimate and have shown no hesitation to attack Jews regardless of their nationality or affiliation or political beliefs. They have also been clear that they intend to go after any Jew, regardless of whether they're Israeli or not. So why is it that they're not allowed to be targeted? This was more humane than what's happening in Gaza for example. Better targeted and against a declared enemy whom they are at war with.

I don't tend to hang with Hezbollah and doubt they spend much time in Starbucks or on an Airbus. If there were significant uninvolved casualties, I'm sure the Russian-Iranian information machine would be telling us all about them. Seems a pretty decent covert op, all things considered - beats bombing from above where more innocents are likely to be victims.

Nostradamus wasn't anywhere near as accurate or clear as Gates. And I know people think that CEOs are these super-beings who not only run these companies, but write the code, design the rockets, etc., but actually, no. They don't. Gates actually was a coder back in the early days, but once things start taking off he becomes the manager, not the coder. You've been watching too many Hollywood movies.

This was state-sponsored murder by abortion zealots.

If by that you mean someone who both likes and respects women and treats them as fellow human beings with equal rights, yes, you're correct. Perhaps you meant something else though? Which aspects of feminism do you find unpleasant?

That would also explain it. You need therapy, I hope that you get it for your own sake. Living with hatred of the opposite sex is neither healthy nor responsible.

LOL! Do you think this article was custom-written for the ASEAN Now and their prized geriatric old expat market? As to "why would any of us on here care", I think you've encapsulated quite a lot of the Right-Wing psychology that we observe here every day. The RW tend to think only in terms of "what's in it for me?" Is there a better demonstration than this? I'll tell you why I care - I have kids and I have friends who are significantly younger than me. But it's not even about them entirely. I don't want even YOUR friends and kids (if you have any) to suffer needlessly when there's a good way to resolve these issues now through preparation. But it's not even about them. I don't want humanity to suffer needlessly either, why would that be a good thing? This cocktail of idiocy is remarkable even for you - I guess you missed that science has ALREADY DEVELOPED THE ABILITY TO DEVELOP NEW VACCINES RAPIDLY! There was this thing called "COVID-19", you may have heard of it? You really think we're not going to survive the next 25 years without a nuclear or bio-weapon war or complete loss of water somehow? Wow, can't wait for your new book to come out. And I guess you've also missed that Gates no longer involved in Microsoft, and that he's focused entirely on philanthropy with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He also was the one who noted that the world was woefully unprepared and under imminent threat of a pandemic - in 2015! What a dummy!

The extent of your misogyny is remarkable. A man comes and murders one person and severely injures two others and you somehow blame the wife of this walking POS for being cruel? Do you even comprehend the depths of your hatred? Did Mommy not love you? Poor baby. Anyone capable of this should certainly not be allowed around their children and there's likely good reasons as to why he was restricted at the time. He just proved it beyond any doubt.

Well, now you do! I'm Canadian and have golfed with Muslims, they're like other Canadians in many ways. Also golfed with some Chinese guys who were most definitely gaming the system, had been PR for almost a decade but were now finally coming to the point where they'd have to make the choice to bail back to China or stay. They were going to stay, but not sure they're model citizens paying their taxes. Probably doing good business though so they bring something beneficial to the country. It's a big tent in Canada, but the housing crisis is a tough nut to crack. I agree that Trudeau's government opened up the spigot too wide, and he's going to pay the price for that at the next election by getting his butt kicked. If he's smart he'll step down and let someone else take the fall and make it less of a thumping.

But what about the concepts? Beautiful concepts, the best. I mean, concepts that have taken YEARS to develop! Can't make the best plans without the best concepts.

I agree on both points. The obvious response of course to Trump is both "why didn't you do that when you were President?" and "why did your massive tax cuts stop for the working people but continue in perpetuity for the wealthy and corporations?" Of course, these cuts were not offset by reduced spending or other means so added a huge amount to the deficit and were disproportionately beneficial to the highest income brackets.

I think it's because it draws a pretty interesting contrast between the rabidly crazy and racist loonytunes wing of the Republican Party and the current close advisor to the former President. Who is even CRAZIER and MORE RACIST! The GOP is about to get trounced in a general election and they're responding by shifting further away from the Center. Good move! This is turning into a Liberal wet dream!

Sounds like DJT's response to Kamala Harris bringing the receipts and embarrassing a tired old man publicly. Declare yourself the winner and pretend you're too far above the fray to deign to respond. LOL. And just like your idol, you won't be able to stop yourself when my posts provoke you. Tell me, was anything I posted there incorrect? Did you not claim one thing but your AN posting history prove another?

No black pudding or eggs? Like your start but need a bit more to round that out.

I'm sure you're going to be a big hit! Just a suggestion, you might start brushing up on those pesky grammar, spelling and punctuation rules if you're going big-time into publishing. I love it when people say they're "unbiased". LOL.

And for the various pro-Hamas "aNti-ZiOniSTs", consider this: https://imams.org/gic-statement-on-the-execution-of-hostages-by-hamas-terrorists/ Just a taste: "The targeting and brutalization of civilians, especially those who are defenseless and held against their will, are acts of unmitigated evil. These actions represent a gross violation of the sacred laws of conflict as ordained by all major faith traditions, including Islam, which categorically prohibit the harming of innocents. Furthermore, these atrocities contravene international humanitarian laws, including the Geneva Conventions, which are designed to protect civilians during times of war. We hold Hamas directly responsible for the deaths and suffering of all innocent lives lost since October 7, as their actions have not only brought death and destruction upon the region but have also led to immense suffering for the Palestinian people. Hamas’s reckless and inhumane tactics, using civilians as shields and exploiting their plight, have only escalated the cycle of violence and undermined the cause of justice and peace. Moreover, we recognize that the regime in Iran shares equal responsibility for these tragedies, as its continued support and endorsement of Hamas’s actions perpetuate violence and instability in the region." Get it yet? You're literally a tool...of the Hamas terrorists. Stop your hateful anti-semitism.

"I would say that I am heavily biased against Israel so when a study comes out that is contrary to my beliefs I am willing to completely ignore the conclusions and start throwing whataboutisms and strawmen out there to counter it. Look at what an objective and rational person I am!"

It's completely understandable why you support him. You also like to lie like a rug. "I thought is a mistake for Trump to play her game this time" is a lot different than... "In other words, Harris has nothing worth saying, and is just going to copy Trump's policies. The debate is certainly going to be interesting, if she doesn't find some excuse to avoid it." That was YOU on 16 August. You know there's a search function where you can search by author, right? So when you lie and obfuscate it's really easy to go and find the evidence. It's like debating toddlers who don't realize that you also are a sentient being with ears and eyes and a memory that goes longer than a day.

Exercise more, eat less and better, take appropriate medication that is genuine according to the prescription of your doctor.

An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure!

Ah! Big Pharma conspiracist! Thanks for showing up. So, first of all, why am I not dead after taking this awful horrible medication, and why do I feel so great and have no cardiovascular health problems since I've been taking them? Where are these AKI symptoms? Where are my horrible side effects? I think you're getting a bit confused though, it was fat they were painting as the bad guy instead of sugar. And yes, that was real, not a conspiracy. And finally, we agree completely that one should eat healthy, fresh food with as much vegetables as possible and switch from red meats. That's just common sense. I'll still indulge once in a while, but I would say my diagnosis did have many beneficial effects - I lost weight, exercised my core and changed up my diet too. With that and the Atorvastatin, it got my bad cholesterol down to normal and all of my other health problems went away. If you're asking me "would these Big Pharma corporate office undertake shady practices and lie for profit?" I would say "undoubtedly and proven". But the bottom line (ironically) is that these companies ride on the backs of their scientists and researchers, and I definitely trust THOSE people. They're too far removed from the power and profits and are scientists who are doing their jobs. It's only when one gets to the C Suites that the wild and weird stuff happens.