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It seems that regular consumption of chili works for me. Of course, that comes with vegetables, and I drink water in the daytime, especially.

We can only hope that Congress people read the Wikipedia on this person and refuse to confirm him.

Aside from Project 2025, if in four years there is no two-state solution in sight and the situation in the Occupied Territories is worse, Michigan would be a serious vulnerability with a pro-Israel Jew leading the Democratic ticket. As for the 2000 election, Gore looked pretty healthy, but proposing a strident Orthodox Jew as VP was not sensible with the failure of Camp David and Ariel Sharon's subsequent provocation on the Temple Mount a few months before the election. You may remember that the pivotal state was Florida where Gore lost by 529 votes while Ralph Nader, a Lebanese-American, got 100,000 votes in that state. That seems to be quite a high number for the Greens. Harris in any case was damaged goods by being Biden's VP, and she failed to show how she would do differently and better than Biden. She did not come off as authentic to me, rather insensitive to the concerns of the people. Her resounding loss should have been no surprise.

You are technically correct. Here's a summary of how people, including me, thought that he would not seek a second term: https://www.axios.com/2024/07/03/biden-campaign-democrats-pledge-one-term

Let's hope that in her hext run for the Senate she is defeated in the primary.

For me, failing to honor his pledge to be a one-term president is the worst. The Dems might have had a chance, if they could have presented a better candidate than Harris, but Biden made that impossible. It was the Federal Reserve that managed the soft landing. Biden was the one who brought us the inflation surge that was one of the main factors for Trump's triumph. It's impossible to ignore Biden's weakness in foreign policy, both Gaza and Ukraine. It's unlikely that he can salvage his legacy in the two months that he has left. Biden is just a continuation of a string of failed presidencies. Things started to fall apart in the Clinton presidency, but George "Baby" Bush was the first truly failed one. We had a budget surplus until he came along, and Republicans threw out their dedication to fiscal responsibility.

It's an interesting question how this will work for Americans. I believe that in US double taxation agreements with other countries, the US gives credit up to the amount of tax due in the US, so if Thailand charges more than the US you end up having to pay that amount above what you would have paid to the US. Another commenter suggested that Thailand treats capital gains as ordinary income. Also, at higher incomes, Thailand's rates are higher than US rates. This will really be problematical for retired Americans living here.

I totally agree. The main problem is that Amy is running this year for reelection to her Senate seat, and Dems can ill afford losing any more Senate seats.

Michelle is a lot smarter than Barack, and she would have the sense to see where he failed, such as not making an effective effort to rescue families from foreclosure. That inept performance led to the current shortfall of 3 million homes and many families forced to rent, having lost their principal store of wealth, the family home. Due to the scarcity of housing compounded by high mortgage rates and the pandemic, house prices are out of reach of the disposessed families. This is a whole discussion that has been largely ignored, except for proposed giving of $25k to first-time buyers, a bad solution from Kamala.

You have to consider the motivation for the report in the first place. It's a smear campaign.

Trump was at a rally in Dearborn with six Muslim community leaders including the mayor who are endorsing him. Why? Because Kamala said she would not do anything different.

Her approach is lacking in substance on issues the electorate care about such as inflation, the border. I haven't even heard her on the abortion issue. For young progressives, she has given only lip service to the war in Gaza and Lebanon, not distancing herself from previous policy. She should not have feared backlash for speaking out, since moderate Jews and Christians have big concerns with what's going on. The others will vote for Trump in any case.

If Biden hadn't broken his promise to be a 1-term president, the Dems would have looked further than Kamala. Imagine if Michelle Obama were their candidate.

Maybe you should read the Wikipedia entry. The salient points: "The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA) is an American non-profit pro-Israel[2] media-monitoring, research and membership organization." "Critics of CAMERA claim that it is an ‘extreme Israel advocacy group’,[12] aligned with hawkish rightwing viewpoints; that it pays stipended fellows to write anti-Palestinian articles; and that it employs smear and intimidation tactics, routinely targeting media and journalists critical of Israel and pro-Palestinian activists on campuses.[13][12][14]"

It's interesting that you didn't mention Jordan. They were the ones with a serious army. There was a then secret agrement for Jordan to occupy the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The Arab forces were no match for the Haganah, etc. In 1967 Nasser would have backed down, but Israel attacked by trashing the Egyptian air force. Sadly, Jordan got sucked in.