newnative

Great decision, especially compared to Trump's VP pick.

Throw the book at the tour company. It could have easily resulted in more than one dead.

55555555555555555555 Good luck with that.

No.

Sadly, true.

Yes, good move. Start the new political party immediately, with those MFP elected members not banned joining it, instead of one of the othr parties.

Terrible, terrible decision. Banning Thailand's best and brightest from participating in government is the absolute worst part of the ruling. So sad for Thailand.

Poor Donald. My heart's filled with Walz's 'joy'.

Dated products can't compete with fresher, better, less expensive models from China--with more on the way. Tesla was first out the gate but has faltered. No new factory means they have enough build capacity now for the sales they have.

Don't wait for him to 'recover'. Pack him on to the next plane out and ban him for life.

Ivanka is 42 so let's change that to Ivanka's age and down.

Whatever happens with the ruling, they can't dissolve a movement. A political party? Yes. But not the movement driving the popularity of the party. They can play Whack-A-Mole all they want but will keep failing. The movement will continue, just in a different name for the next iteration of the party moving Thailand forward.

Most surprising thing is I like it much more than I thought I would. That, and Pattaya actually is a family-friendly city.

Any on the list are far better than the whackjob Trump picked.

If this is 'advancing' it's at a snail's pace.

My spouse and I do at least 1 load of clothes a day. I would recommend both a clothes washer and a dryer. We've used most all the brands and haven't had a problem with any of them, including Samsung.

Saw the headline and thought, uhh-oh, I need to run off dozens and dozens of new applications for the 'Just Can't Quit Pattaya Fan Club'. Judging from the 5 pages of responses so far, it looks like there are tragically high numbers of those who wish, wish, wish they were here. I shall get those applications out to you toot sweet. Just try to hang on till then; surely there is something for you to do where you washed up. Think, there must be! Is it too soon to sort your socks again?

Or, 80.

I don't think I am required to post everything under the sun that I am thinking. For example, it just popped into my head that Trump's adult diapers are, perhaps, making him look, in Walker88's apt description, even more like a 'blubberbutt'. All that extra diaper padding is also emphasizing his broad, child-bearing hips, in not a flattering way, in my opinion. But, I shall keep those thoughts to myself.

I'm struggling mightily to see your 'many an inflammatory name was given to trump' in Walker88's terrific and well-written post. Where are they? Trump was referred to as a felon several times, which he is. I much admired the use of 'Senor Felonista'--added a fun and interesting way to say felon. Which, again, Trump is--so nothing inflammatory. Perhaps 'blubberbutt'? Trump, as everyone knows, is grossly overweight so really nothing inflammatory there, just truth. Again, just a great way to say to describe him and keep the reader's interest. I'm partial to 'big tub of lard' for Trump. Maybe 'long rapsheet'? Sorry, true, and likely getting longer with all his current indictments. And, also sorry to keep repeating but--nothing inflammatory, folks. Truth. What about 'civilly convicted rapist'? Unfortunately for America, that, too, is indeed true--you only have to ask the judge who handled the case. We have a convicted rapist running for president. Never thought I'd be typing that sentence! Nothing inflammatory. Which brings us to the final questionable label applied to Trump by the poster--'weird'. I suppose one man's weird could be another man's normal but I, and I think many others, find Trump incredibly weird, in many myriad ways, starting with his serial lying, even in instances when he didn't need to lie. Weird. But, what's even weirder is the 'goobers' supporting him. Let's not be goobers!

Buh bye bye

Certainly hope he is banned from driving passengers.

Could endanger? As well it should.

So true. Here's my Dad's example. He retired in 1972 and started to expand his, at the time, fairly modest stock portfolio. His goal, as he told us 6 kids, was to leave each of us $100,000 when he and my Mom passed on. The stocks were mostly household names and blue chips. JNJ, WMT, BAC, AXP, WM, MO, PM, HSY, DEO, GE, PFE, LLY, DIS, BP, LOW, BA, PG, XOM, etc. Not much tech, except MSFT, INTL, IBM, CSCO, and a few others. When Dad died in 2009, his stock portfolio of about 45 stocks was worth $600, 000, so he had reached his goal. Mom was still alive, however, so from 2009 to 2019, we kept his stock portfolio intact and the dividends paid for her nursing care, along with the money from selling their house. Dad had done the buying, we did the 'hold' of 'buy and hold'. In April 2011, the portfolio value had risen to $746,000. Microsoft was selling for about $26 a share then, Lilly for around $36. In December 2019, when my Mom passed away, the portfolio value was worth about 1.8 million dollars. Soon after, covid hit and the portfolio value plummeted. The estate was going through a very lengthy probate, however, which turned out to be a good thing. By the time the portfolio was ready to be distributed to us kids, it had mostly recovered and the six of us each received about $300,000 in stocks. So, doing absolutely nothing but holding, the portfolio went, through market ups and downs, from $600,000 in 2009 to $1.8 million in December 2019. Had the portfolio remained intact, the present value would be $2,266,000, not counting dividends, stock splits, and company spin-offs. By the way, those two stocks from 2011? MSFT today, $408 a share. LLY, $804 a share.

He's 78, out of shape, and overweight. He's just as likely to drop dead any minute as to survive a presidential term. Which means American voters need to take a hard look at that no-experience whackjob he nominated for VP. Is that someone you want as president when Trump departs for the Eighth Circle of Hell?