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Thumbs up for writing "powers that be" instead of "powers to be".

Here in Chiang Mai, (most) bars stopped serving at 6:00 pm due to elections. One of the more popular nightlife spots - Zoe in Yellow - didn't even open.

Why bring Kamala Harris into this discussion?

The woman in the picture is to "risque" what Roseanne Barr is to "svelte".

I knew it. You're an anti-Maltite!

BOOOM! Wow, what a drunken tool hero! Lol.

Well, if you are not sure someone else will be along to make corrections, then waiting seems futile. Like this thread you started for no apparent reason other than to whine.

Well, I got the punctuation correct. Did you?

You know what no one ever said? Israelis are popular.

To date, 58 crypto wallets have made more than $10 million each on this. 764,000 crypto wallets have lost money. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/06/trump-meme-coin-crypto.html

Yup, she's going to find this hard to swallow.

You know how everyone has that one creepy uncle that no one talks about or talks to? Barron looks like he got raped by all of them.

You do. In the UK I believe it's called "cancer".

Ever notice, this happens when Trump is in office? Once a threat to humanity, always a threat to humanity.

I love Pam Bondi. She's so life-like.

There you go again, being sensible.

When one realizes that Trump's Project 2025 playbook outlines the destruction of institutions (like the independent judiciary) in order to perpetuate the consolidation of authoritarian power, then you realize why the administration wants to kneecap/impeach any judge who disagrees with their lawlessness.

Nailed it. Way to make his point for him while thinking you're doing the opposite.

I know English is not your native language, Dmitry, but that is not what he wrote at all. You just made a bunch of stuff up and attributed it to him. Speaking of people who left, will you and your ilk be heading back to the motherland after the war ends?

"100 Days of Hoaxes" is the name of my new band.

Not the "right" propaganda: "A U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia judge blocked the Trump administration from dismantling the Voice of America (VOA). The ruling is a result of a lawsuit filed by AFGE and other unions for illegally shutting down the congressionally mandated agency. " https://www.afge.org/article/unions-victory-judge-blocks-trump-from-gutting-voa/

From that "lefty MSM" news organization Al-Jazeera: "Trump said Abrego Garcia “had ‘MS-13’ on his knuckles tattooed … He had MS as clear as you can be, not interpreted.” The figures M, S, 1 and 3 and the words below the symbols do not appear in other photographs of Abrego Garcia’s hand, including one shared by the Salvadoran government. Experts in MS-13 and other gangs say the pictorial tattoos shown are not typical designs for MS-13 or other gangs, and they say that several of those tattoos are commonly used by people unaffiliated with gangs. We rate the statement Pants on Fire!" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/30/does-abrego-garcia-have-ms-13-tattooed-on-his-knuckles-as-trump-claims

Trump is to standup what FDR was to standing up.

It'll be like Baghdad Bob (aka Comical Ali) all over again.

Yes, "broken heart" (or is that emoji a damaged liver?) people, I'm also sad to hear the news that our Dear Leader now needs a taxpayer-funded propaganda arm to spread his lies and disinformation.