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Urined all over Europe now pi$$ing all over Patong, kudos for not relieving himself inside.

Whatever the gender the brains were missing, escape on a motorbike with number plates, hows that for planing, not only dressing like a woman but thinking like one.

He was last seen by someone who did not wish him well.

His gold chain was still there.

Even then bone is left over and is ground to powder.

The 'medical equipment' wasn't a credit card reader by any chance.

Halal, sounds like someone pi$$ed trying to say hello.

The word communism is an often misused word, there has never been a communist state, plenty of dictatorships spouting the word socialist yes. Like 'a Christian society' which has also never come into existence, plenty of dogma dictatorships yes. "To each according to his needs, from each according to his capabilities" from Karl Marx sounds like Christianity to me. Neither Christianity nor communism could exist because the mindset of humanity is too selfish, too greedy, too corrupt. Europe has managed a compromise, mixing socialist ideals with capitalism, unfortunately though the various government systems throughout the world seem to be turning more and more towards authoritarianism, perhaps because there is a societal breakdown due to failing demographics, and a disproportionate wealth gap, the elites of the world are grasping on to the status quo while the rest are looking for answers, we can only hope that the answer isn't the French solution from 1789.

One needn't wait for elections for disinformation, it is rampant in everyday media, good old 'reporting the facts' and leaving personal prejudices for the opinion columns is a thing of the past. The media has become so politically weaponized that it's difficult to believe anything reported these days.

WHAT?? I didn't know what sex was at 8 years old. The girls of 5 and 6 knew what the term 'rape' meant or was this the mother's interpretation?

Well that was a comprehensive coverage of Russia and its people if a tiny bit coloured by American 'reds under the bed' bias.

did I write that? I wrote that Boers were of Dutch origin, a fact. Your ego want's an argument, I won't comply.

Yes but unfortunately they did have them, no stopping the war mongering Lord Chelmsford on his land grab.

I think most Boers were of Dutch origin.

"Some days it's just better to stay in bed" said the driver.

I'm doing my best.

and it's hand written in Latin, the translation of the text and handwriting is expected to take several years.

A Rorks Drift replay without the guns, a culture show for the Thais.

Yes all Western nations have the classification 'democracies', no argument there, they are however imperfect democracies but function because there is free speech and rule of law (the courts are especially necessary these days). Remember during the Soviet era Eastern countries were referred to as communist societies although they were nothing more than dictatorships, East Germany even called itself democratic while Russia called itself a socialist republic, just names without meaning.

Of course he does......right, that's one box ticked now let's get on to something important that gets votes.

The CPI is dropping everywhere because of a lack of discretionary money causes a lack of demand, it's falling for the wrong reasons.

I'm talking about TRUE democracy here which entails everybody in the community having a say in every major decision, that can only be done in a community of less than 5,000 people. Voting every 4 years for a party to handle all decisions (which could have an impact on their reelection if they decided on necessary but unpopular measures) isn't democracy, it's handing over responsibility for which there are no consequences. Many people who aspire to politics are borderline sociopaths, those who should be in power (responsible, intelligent, empathetic people) have no interest in the filthy business. Listen to your members of congress speaking, they certainly aren't intelligent but rely on their advisers who are but who apparently have no conscience, a bunch of sycophants. As Mark Twain once said, " Imagine you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of congress, but I repeat myself". People vote from a limited choice of power hungry candidates and I dare say that if a suitable well read, intelligent candidate was available he/she wouldn't be chosen, as the saying goes, "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public". Certainly, by good luck, this system has proven to be more beneficial to the people than under a dictatorship of one power hungry man but only because free speech has proven to be a deterrent.

Alcohol and prescription medicines are drugs. Drug addicts are more likely to commit crimes to fuel their drug habit than say someone who is silently suffering from depression. My cousin is bi-polar, when he has a depressive phase he retreats from the world, he has therapy treatment only because he is well off and can afford to pay for it himself.

To weep when trying to make a point in parliament raises the question of how 'repaired' is she. Mental health is the step child of all monetary allocations in every health organization world wide, in the UK the police complain that they are having to act as an arm of the mental health service because people don't have adequate access to treatment. It is obvious why priority is given to drug users, they cause the most harm to society. Mental health treatment (if done correctly) is costly and governments don't have unlimited amounts of money, in the UK even getting treatment for 'normal' illnesses is a disaster, even people with cancer can wait a year or more before getting treatment.

I'm referring to life in the present era, not to outliers in the past. Democracy doesn't really exist anyway, for that you would need a community of less than 5,000 people who could vote on every major decision, even the ancient Greeks didn't achieve that. Power belongs to those who control the means of production and the flow of money and they are the powers behind the throne, Liz Truss found that out rather quickly. If any one party or council ever produced results that were satisfactory to the vast majority of the population they would be in power for multiple decades. The day to day running of the country, any country, lies in the hands of the unelected civil service ('yes minister' is apparently a realistic view of government). It was Churchill, who though agreeing that 'democracy' was the best sorry choice of method of government, said (I paraphrase) " One could be led to dismiss democracy when speaking with the average voter" (look at the support that Trump has in the USA). So no, in this era it doesn't matter which party is in power, nothing fundamentally changes for the average person.