Once again, I wonder why the tourism industry is supporting initiatives which may hinder tourism. I know, it's 'Thai logic', but still strange.

6 hours ago, Walker88 said:

Judge Jackson asked the best question at the SC Hearing....

 

If the most powerful position on Earth comes with total immunity, what is preventing the Presidency from becoming the seat of organized crime...(or something to that effect).

 

44 President's before trump did not have total immunity, but most did just fine running the country without it. Certainly there is absolutely no mention of Presidential immunity in the Constitution, in fact, quite the opposite. The Founders could have chosen the wording of the Magna Carta, where monarchs are above the law, but did not. Why, after 250 years, does a lowlife like trump suddenly need it? (The answer is obvious: he's a career criminal and wants to be a dictator.)

 

If this SC decides total immunity is a thing, expect the range of Presidential candidates to expand into the likes of John Gotti and Al Capone. Why not? A President could shake down a rich Middle Eastern nation for cash, such as "Give me $10 billion or I'll order a nuclear strike." Total immunity.

 

Frankly, the best way to deal with this silly Supreme Court, if they rule "immunity", is to have Biden order the assassination of Thomas, Alito, Kavanaugh, Gorsuch, Barrett and maybe Roberts.

Even the conservative SC judges cannot rule that a President has an immunity for private crimes (not Presidential duties), that would look too biased!

However, they will likely help him by delaying the trial until after the election, and also by considering his "witch hunt" argument as admissible.

7 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

You guys just keep on ranting about the popular vote as if it mattered, which it doesn't.

Have you not got anything better to say than that tired old pointless canard?

Yet Trump was so furious he lost the popular vote in 2016, that he claimed (already) that the election was rigged and that 3m dead people voted! 🤣

5 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

One has to remember that the employment rate was low because Biden took over during covid. The only accurate comparison would be between now and prior to covid.

One has to remember that you acknowledge the impact of the pandemic when it suits you, and denies it when it doesn't suit you! 😊

9 hours ago, BigBruv said:

 

FACT stands though: 

China now emits more CO2 than the entire developed world combined, approving the equivalent of two new coal plants every week.

 

I get it though, you're bored so 👺

 

But if you genuinely care so much (unlikely) maybe turn your air con off, give your phone and laptop a break and stop spouting hot air about "per capita blah blah" and so on.

The world will be a cooler and better place

Blah blah!

13 hours ago, BigBruv said:

China now emits more CO2 than the entire developed world combined, approving the equivalent of two new coal plants every week.

 

Why don't you ever hear Bill Gates, John Kerry, Al Gore, Greta Thunberg or any of the other climate con artists mention that?

 

Instead they talk about ending meat consumption, shutting down agriculture, banning non-electric vehicles and forcing you to eat insects.

 

Because—since all human activity, including breathing, results in CO2 emissions—the "CO2 is pollution" narrative a merely a pretext to control, regulate and micromanage every intricate detail of your life.

 

It's not really about controlling the environment—it's about controlling YOU.

 

 

As usual, you are making stuff up!

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/15/china/us-china-kerry-beijing-climate-talks-intl-hnk/index.html

It's fair to blame China, but one needs to take into account  the population size. Its CO2 emission rate per capita is around half of the U.S. rate.

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-per-capita-carbon-emissions-by-country/

21 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

China will never forget nor forgive the Japanese, at least not for another 100 years.

The Jews will never forget their history in Germany.

Japan is OK, today.

Germany is OK, today.

But, the World is Not OK, Today.

And, the history of the Jews in Germany, and the Japanese in China, is an important reason why.

Nothing ever goes back to normal, after atrocities of that magnitude.

We never really forget.

 

 

10 hours ago, transam said:

Yes, Germany and Japan have no problems, in fact they prospered...😉

While Japan is certainly a nice place, I would not equate Germany and Japan for the way their consider their 0ast crimes. While Germany has by large acknowledged its crimes, there has been a tendency for Japan to downplay them.

https://www.dw.com/en/japans-nationalist-school-books-teach-a-different-view-of-history/a-40092325

15 minutes ago, jerrymahoney said:

Yes. They should not have listed the entries as legal expenses. They should have entered them as extortion payments:

 

According to New York Penal Law §155.05(2)(e), extortion occurs when a person compels or threatens another to deliver money or property under the threat of physical violence, property damage, or public humiliation.

 

https://jeffreylichtman.com/new-york-city-white-collar-criminal-defense-lawyer/coercion-and-extortion

 

 

 

 

Just a question as I am not familiar with such legal issues. 

Considering that paying Stormy was a personal matter and not a business matter, is it allowed that his company pays for it (whatever the type of entry), instead of Trump paying it with his personal funds?

3 hours ago, frank83628 said:

Incriminating to the point  nothing came of it..a BS nothing burger, as always!

and yes, what was used in evidence was not what the media ran with, that's the point you seem to be missing!!

 BS is posted in all the media, millions of sheep lap it up, the so called 'fact checkers' seem scarce on the ground when it come to fact checking the Dems, yet DT, Rub's or anyone speaking out against the msm narrative  gets scrutinised under a microscope!!

It seems you're making stuff up again.....

1 hour ago, frank83628 said:

its called lying, schiff lied to congress claiming the phone call as evidence for impeachment, the white house released the transcript which showed nothing wrong, schiff backtracked and cnn and the other media outlest covered for him. 
you know the seriousness of an 'impeachment' right? and schiff and say he was paraphrasing or itr was a parody!! GTFOFH, what came of it...... ABSOLUTELY NOTHING....once again!!

Making things up again? 😀

Was has been used as evidence is the actual phone call recording and transcript, not Schiff's parody, and it was incriminating.

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GOVPUB-Y4_IN8_18-PURL-gpo129303/pdf/GOVPUB-Y4_IN8_18-PURL-gpo129303.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjF8ZK_x-mFAxXzRKQEHZipADoQFnoECBIQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0XLQimuabkr6usbHNp02GW

27 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

Obama and old Hillary loved them some Russia and appeasing Putin until they didn't....

 

It is interesting (albeit telling) that Putin invaded Ukraine during the Obama-Biden Administration, and during the Biden-Harris Administration, but not during the Trump-Pense Administration. 

 

Would it not have been a whole lot easier for Putin to take Ukraine while his puppet was in the Whitehouse? 

Exactly! Putin could have done it during the Covid pandemic! Russia's population decreased by around 1 million people. Adding 500,000 deaths would not have made much difference! 😁

38 minutes ago, rudi49jr said:

The defense even had the gall to claim that Trump was a family man. I mean, seriously? Especially in NY, everyone who hasn’t been living under a rock knows that that is a blatant lie. Building your defense on obvious lies is not exactly very clever, to say the least.

Of course he's a family man! Here's the proof: he employed his family at the WH!  😀

4 hours ago, Danderman123 said:

Can you remind us what illegalities were on Hunter Biden's laptop?

 

Why hasn't Comer used it to impeach Biden?

You're expecting him to substantiate his claims  are you? 😀

13 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

I support Trump because I like what he did and tried to do, and I don not like what Biden did and is trying to do. 

 

I don't see Trump as a liar, I see him more as a BS'er. I see Bidan as a BS'sr and liar. 

Again, I don't see Trump as a liar, I see him more as a BS'er. What do I care if he says he's the greatest this or that. I would rather have Ron DeSantis to vote for, but I do not have that option. 

 

Why do you not call Biden out for lying? 

 

Why do you not call the press out for lying? 

 

Why do not call out the courts for lying? 

 

Because "Truth is not a left wing value.", all you care about is destroying Trump and keeping a leftist in the Whitehouse. 

I don't call out random posters for lying, I only call out posters that are lying as liars.

 

If I had an opportunity to call Biden a liar instead of the posters that are lying here I would, but I don't. 

He's not telling lies he's telling B.S.! Congratulations, That's a good one! 😆

Note that the two are not exclusive, he can be both a liar and tell B.S., like when he claimed the 2020 election has been rigged by massive fraud.

2 hours ago, kingstonkid said:

https://www.ilaw.or.th/articles/20706

I know it. It's me who posted that link before.

If you read it, you will find that it shows It's not a real election, and also that it uses both election and selection to qualify the process. it also shows It's organised by the EC and that the government does not select Senators.

Finally, it concludes:

"What the constitutional drafters envisioned as an election among an exclusive club of the nonpartisan experts will turn out to be an election for the elderly, wealthy, and well-connected few."

3 hours ago, frank83628 said:

schiff practically made up his own version of the call!

 

https://www.newsweek.com/adam-schiff-parody-donald-trump-congressional-hearing-whistleblower-complaint-ukraine-call-1461579

You are contradicting yourself. 

You claimed that the MSM presented Schiff parody as it were the original transcript in order to fool people ("it was spread far & wide by all the bought out MSM, implying it was what was actually said").

But you have yourself provided two links from the "bought out MSM" showing that they did not do that, and actually provided a critical analysis of Schiff speach to their readers.

2 hours ago, frank83628 said:

yes, of cousre his China & Ukraine back handers will be put through the books and taxed!

 

https://www.newsweek.com/adam-schiff-parody-donald-trump-congressional-hearing-whistleblower-complaint-ukraine-call-1461579
he is another one, cnn typically cover for Schiff for the most part, but ther do at least say he 'At some points, Schiff’s words strayed quite far from what the rough transcript showed Trump saying'...... basically made it up and/or lied!!

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/09/27/politics/fact-check-adam-schiff-trumps-ukraine-call/index.html

 

It's incoherent. On the one hand you are claiming that his wealth is unexplained (amount known from his tax return), and on the other hand you are claiming there have been hidden payments. If there had been hidden payments (of which you have no proof), the wealth brought by these payment would not show in his official wealth amount.

And anyway, your claim of payments from China or Ukraine is baseless. But if you have some proof, send it to Comer, He's desperate as he cannot find any.

FD-1023 anyone?

In summary, you have nothing.

1 hour ago, BarraMarra said:

Khun Thaksin has an agenda to jail the army chiefs who stole his premiership and send  his sister into exile. He hasn't forgotten who stabbed him in the back. By the way when the older members who mention how Thailand was in the good days remember Taxi was in charge then.

I doubt that was part of the mission given to him....

13 minutes ago, frank83628 said:

no, but it was spread far & wide by all the bought out MSM, implying it was what was actually said , millions of msm viewers think that was what DT said, when it was FALSE...basically schiff was spreading 'misinformation' (as you guys are so quick to point out when it comes DT). but lets give it a pass when it comes to those 'fact checkers'...double standards . com!! 

Not true. The MSM published the original transcript from the WH, as Politico did.

Which misinformation did Schiff spread, exactly?

https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/sep/30/context-adam-schiffs-dramatized-version-trump-zele/