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I never paid much attention, but after seeing all the Red Fanta left at the spirit houses all the time, my first thought was that maybe Thai people just like Red Fanta. Then someone told me it represented a blood sacrifice of some sort.

There are already special visas available for agricultural workers. H-2A. They've been using those for years. Does dairy not qualify?

In my mind, the main issue would be any current abuse of the H-1B program. Are there equally well-qualified and hard working Americans that can do the job, or can the job only be filled via the H-1B visa? The H-1B program can be expanded, but at the same time preference should be given to equally well qualified Americans.

That's more or less what I felt when I first read about the Panama thing. And it's a perfect illustration of why, in reality, the entire Neocon construct of how the world should work is nonsense. American exceptionalism, regime change for every country that doesn't fall in line, endless wars, etc. It's all nonsense once people have to face reality and the fact that Russia has a long history in that part of the world, a history of being invaded through Ukraine, most recently by Hitler's Nazis, and has legitimate national security interests. It doesn't want NATO missiles in Ukraine, and understandably so. Just as the USA wasn't about to tolerate Russian missiles in Cuba in 1962, it probably wouldn't tolerate Russian missiles there now, or in Mexico or Canada. America has a sphere. of influence. So too does Russia. Neither country will tolerate existential threats. In any event, Trump has a point about Canada and Greenland and Panama. Isn't China establishing a presence in all three areas?

If you want to see something interesting, look up a lawyer named Reiner Fuellmich. He's now in jail, apparently as a political prisoner. But prior to that he and a group of lawyers from around the world were trying to expose the origins of the pandemic.

I saw that movie when ift first came out at a theater in Westwood, near UCLA. The ad in the newspaper said something like "Don't come to this movie without getting stoned first." We took that advice and then after the. movie, we forgot where we parked the car. We finally remembered it was in a parking garage.

You shouldn't worry. I wasn't advocating for anything. just making observations. On the other hand, I try to eat healthy when I can. I, too, am never really sick. I think it's genetic.

I've tried some of that stuff/. At the time, I didn't realize what I was doing. Theoretically, they should be able to grow food inn a lab. In reality, why would they bother? They already have good source of meat: cows.

Somewhere, I saw a TV show about pollution. They went to the most remote place on earth and found plastic bags littering the area. Cut open a big whale and you'll likely find plastic bags, straws, flip-flops, plastic cups, etc. It's a real shame.

Between the plastics and the junk food and processed food, it seems like we should be avoiding everything these days. Avoiding all the bad stuff is almost impossible, I try, but I can't get it right 100% of the time. My water comes in plastic bottles. I use a non-stick frying pan. I sometimes eat processed food. And if I order food from a restaurant, they may well have used seed oil for cooking. But I'm 73 and have made it this far, so I guess that helps.

I think it's crazier than that. One of those things you probably shouldn't try to figure out.

I first smoked weed in 1966 or 1967. Back then it was underground, so to speak. In college, it was everywhere. It was almost impossible to find a group of people where weed wasn't available.. Weed, hashish, LSD, mescaline... Sex, drugs, and rock and roll. It wasn't just a T-shirt. I could tell you all kinds of stories. Anyway, weed was one of the reasons it took me 5 1/2 years to finally accumulate the right amount of credits in the right courses to obtain an undergraduate degree. In other words, weed was counterproductive, for me. By the mid 70s, I was living in NYC and going to another school. I switched over to Johnny Walker Scotch, and that seemed to work better. People still smoked weed back then, but by then, that wasn't a thing I needed to do. I guess I haven't had any since the mid 70s. I've thought about it, though. There must be five stores, just in my little neighborhood. Either weed or maybe some edibles, but I'm not sure it's anything I need. I'd just as soon have a bottle of wine.

You have a point. Why would Russia, China, or North Korea be in on it, if it was a Globalist scam? Maybe they were? Or maybe the entire subject was over their heads and they didn't know any better? After all, it's the politicians who are in charge, not the scientists. And it should be obvious that the politicians usually have other things to worry about. Years ago, I took some curses in Microbiology and Medical Microbiology. The teacher was one of the world experts. I wasn't majoring in the field, but there ws a totally hot girl in the classes, so I signed up and managed to get OK grades. Anyway, I'm sure I've forgotten 99% of what I'm supposed to know, but I do know this: there probably aren't too many people I the world who actually understand the subject. The rest just look up the "studies" and go along with the program. Maybe a small group of people fooled the world? People whose agenda included depopulation of the planet.

It's always interesting to watch the cast of characters in lower Sukhumvit. Who are they? Where did they come from? What's their story? You don't have to look too far to see craziness. Possibly more crazy stories than exist anywhere else on this side of Planet Earth.

It really isn't that bad, all things considered. Is it San Diego? No, but then again, in San Diego or wherever you'd probably have an entirely different set of problems to put up with. Traveling arounds is fine, but I wouldn't do it just because of a little bit extra heat.

Not only Congress. The people working at the FDA, the CDC, the White House, the Courts, employees of Pfizer and Moderna, etc. In other words, they had to exempt people who would say no because they knew the score or could easily find out.

It was a mid-century hose, not a condo, Anyway, you're right about design trends looking dated after a few years. Take a look at some kitchens from the 70s, for example. If I was building or remodeling something today, I'd try to find a styled that wasn't so trendy.

He was also like that as an adult. He refused medical treatment for his illness. His medicine was vodka and orange juice. Worked well until didn't.

Other than some people online, I didn't know anyone who was afraid of the jabs. The propaganda worked on most people. My little brother was another story. He had some sort of innate fear of needles and doctors. When he was a kid, it took two people to hold him down, just to give him the typical childhood shots. Back then, there were just a few vaccines, unlike today, when kids get almost too many to count. He was born in 1955. Anyway, he still ended up with whooping cough during his high school years, and later developed an autoimmune disease which he treated by drinking himself to death. When COVID came around, one thought I had was that maybe he had known something, intuitievely. Perhaps didn't want jabs for a good reason.

I suppose I should make some effort to talk to some of my cousins who worked in the hospitals back then. All of them in hospitals back east. One cousin, slightly older than me, is an infectious disease specialist, a college professor, and on the staff of a world class hospital. He spent his life studying viruses. Another is a prominent OB/GYB with offices in NYC, Connecticut, and Florida. And the third is a nuclear medicine technician. They could probably tell me about how crowded the hospitals were.

So you hung around hospitals and doctor's offices during the first year or so of the pandemic?

There are different types of inflation. What you're describing is called "Demand-Pull" inflation. There can also be "Cash-Push" and "Wage-Price" inflation. In my mind, it all starts out with an increase in the money supply. Either by way of government spending or by way of the banking system.

I think there's a difference between Marble and Granite. I used to have a house with what I think was Italian marble. It was everywhere. Countertops, bathroom walls, floors. It was OK, but the floors hadn't been polished in years, so it was a little dull. Here's a picture of one of the bathrooms:

Let's just say I know what I know. I don't need a "national resistance" to tell me what to think. Are you a real person, or just a BOT programed to be slightly stupid?

If you know what I know, you wouldn't be spouting nonsense. But that's OK. Believe what you want and hope you stay out of the way of whatever they have planned next.