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10 hours ago, Jingthing said:

It certainly does have the potential to be a hundred years war but there is an opportunity for Ukraine to end it this year and yes its a given that Putin must be very gone for that.

The real winner is:

46 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

Well, the fact that straight men sometimes pick them up by accident without knowing they are ladyboys tells you that some of them are attractive to straight men. 

 

Obviously picking them up knowing they are Ladyboys is different, but since gay men never do that I believe it is a straight thing. If they were gay, why not just pick up a "normal" gay bloke? It's not like there's a stigma to that. It's probably because they are not attracted to "normal" gay blokes, because they are straight.

 

Again, I am prepared to be corrected by one of the gay forum members if they like Ladyboys. But every gay bloke I've spoken to finds them very unattractive and wouldn't even consider going with one. Why? Because they look like women whereas they are attracted to men.

I went to the Google. A guy attracted to a tranny is a "Cisgender".

3 hours ago, placeholder said:

One thing that's interesting in a graph from the article is how the percentage of people who say they gay or bisexual his risen steadily over the generations.

So the so-called "sllent generation", the generation older than boomers, reported 1.7%. Whereas Generation Z reported 19.7%.

there is less stigma now days to sexual preferences

55 minutes ago, dingdongrb said:

I totally agree. A great human and American but a puppet for president.

A puppet for who exactly?

Reports seem to indicate that the cause was a burnt off roller bearing. These are sealed units that are   maintenance free. Trackside heat detectors are the only prevention measure. Problem is a bearing can develop a problem and melt down between detectors. 

ain't that a shame? 555

2 hours ago, Hanaguma said:

I agree that she shouldn't have gone. She is a domestic political leader and should steer clear of most international policy- it ain't her bailiwick.  But there is nothing wrong with the principle of reinforcing the reality that Taiwan is an independent, sovereign nation.

I thought the USA had a one China policy?

3 hours ago, GinBoy2 said:

Interesting list.

 

Poland #2.

 

After that I kinda lost the plot

It says can include day trips. My suspicion is Canada is #9 only due to a lot of underage American kids coming over for our lower drinking age. 

7 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

More insanity. I doubt if it will ever even get back to the record of 39 million. Just wishful thinking on the part of dreamers, with nothing to back up their aims, and absolutely no effort to improve Thailand or the tourist experience. 

 

Thailand somehow thinks it can surpass France in tourism numbers. Is Bangkok the new Paris? Comparable museums, culture, food, wine, monuments? 

 

https://www.indexmundi.com/facts/indicators/ST.INT.ARVL/rankings

 

 

 

 

No Bangkok isn't the new Paris but it is much closer for the Chinese to travel to.

 It boggles the mind that in a country were such enormous sums are spent on elections that this guy was vetted by somebody 

 The court system in that country is a joke. Very reminiscent of that of Thailand 

3 hours ago, Tug said:

Yea Hillary would have been a disaster all that horrible experience (dripping sarcasm alert) beeing a lawyer Secretary of State First Lady for 8 years oh and can you imagine how angry the woman would have been if a woman was elected president oh the horrors!imagine no back stabbing nato and our allies geee do you think old Putin would have thought he could get away with Ukraine if he dident have Trump working for him?all that horror aside I’m going to enjoy watching thease two horrible people tear each other to pieces they deserve each other

 As bad as Trump was he never baited Putin into war by advocating NATO membership for Ukraine like Biden did soon after being elected. Same as Bush with Georgia  which resulted in that country losing 2 provinces. Clinton's involving the USA  in the overthrow of the democratically elected government in Ukraine lead to it losing Crimea and much of the Donbas. 

 The Republicans have a couple of things that will make it very difficult for them to win in 2024. That's besides not winning the popular presidential vote for 20 years.  The court's abortion decision will increase the voter turnout against them. Young people in general  hate the Republican party.  If the Democrats run Biden again the GOP could win with a more moderate like the Georgia gov.

But majority of voting Tory members thought the person pledging to give the billionaires the biggest tax cuts was the way to go.