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21 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Eating out in Bangkok, once a common pleasure, is fast becoming a luxury as food costs have more than doubled over the last 13 years.

13 years? Try since Covid. Pad kra pao moo sap kai dao was Bt35-40 before covid and is now Bt50-60. Sure it might not have doubled but IMHO the last 5 years is when prices really started going up.

20 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The exclusion of vaping from the ban has added to perceptions of inconsistency.

 

??? Isn't vaping still illegal. Plenty of people still vaping (buy online) but I don't see it in public.

3 hours ago, Tug said:

The Ukrainians have absolutely humiliated the Russian military and their criminal leader.Id say they handled all weapons received with the upmost skill courage and to great effect salva Ukraine evict the orks from your home!

 You obviously have no idea how the battlefield is going. Let me put it this way. It isn't going Ukraine's way.

8 minutes ago, pacovl46 said:

Well, since he’s proven to be absolutely delusional and unreliable, we’ll have to bite the bullet and tackle it ourselves. It’s about time for that anyway. We can’t keep relying on others for protection! 

US defence spending on NATO is about two thirds of NATO total expenditure. Can't plug that hole any time soon.

9 minutes ago, MarkBR said:

A more recent study indicated that COVID vaccination is independent of the risk of myocarditis & is linked to viral consequences of infection not to the vaccination.  Specific linkage seems to be to athletes engaging in high-intensity exercise.

Myocarditis - A silent killer in athletes: Comparative analysis on the evidence before and after COVID-19 pandemic

in pubmed.gov -  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39234482/

a single paper is not much use except for those that cherry-pick to support weirdness. More papers & a subsequent meta-analyses is far more useful.   Post-viral symptoms can be devastating, and need careful investigation to prevent where possible, and develop suitable treatment where they occur.

If any are more knowledgeable, please supply reasoned argument for & against what I have provided here.  Orthodoxy & heterodoxy often can provide value for clarification of medical realities.  And sometimes heterodoxy can be correct, although it is not common (paradigm shifts)  - for example - Stanley Pruisner & the develop of the theory of prions as cause of bovine spongiform encephalitis, scrapie in sheep, Creutzfeld-Jacob disease; Helicobacter pylori as causesative agent of stomach ulcers, etc...

 

What you have linked is simply the abstract to a paper researching links between Covid-19 infections and myocarditis and doesn't even mention SarS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccinations.

No doubt the narrative believers will soon be on here saying that the jabs are safe and effective and saved millions of lives.

1 hour ago, bamnutsak said:

Distraction.

 

trump uses an autopen ALL THE TIME.

Yep. For the thousands of letters to schoolchildren NOT to give pre-emptive pardons.

1 hour ago, Lucky Bones said:

Huh?🙃🙃

AI Overview

Mustangs in Thailand are right-hand drive (RHD). While previous generations were exclusively left-hand drive, the sixth-generation Mustang was engineered for both left-hand and right-hand drive markets, including Thailand, which drives on the left side of the road. This means the steering wheel is on the right side of the vehicle, allowing for safe and comfortable driving in Thailand. 

1 hour ago, DrPhibes said:

Two buck Chuck is Charles Shaw wines, only sold at Trader Joe's in the US.  Initially sold for $1.99 per bottle.  Has garnered several awards in the wine world.  Look it up 😉

Ok. Thanks. I take back my previous comment. Apologies. Yep there are good wines outside of France, Spain and Italy and to say otherwise is clearly wrong. Thanks for the educating me. 

"... Sure enough, Charles Shaw, the winery most wine snobs love to hate, has won the top prize in judging at the 2007 California State Fair Commercial Wine Competition, beating out hundreds of other wines, all of them likely costing more than $1.99 a bottle at Trader Joe’s.

In its story July 12, ABC News led off by saying “Connoisseurs may cringe, the snobs may even sob, but the judges have spoken: California’s best chardonnay costs less than $3.”

Judged at the state fair competition were 3,029 California wines from 640 wineries. Sixty-four judges conducted the tastings over two weekends ... ."

https://syvnews.com/opinion/columnists/wine-country/two-buck-chuck-stuns-with-double-gold-medal/article_c3b619c2-611c-5b36-92cd-9e371ef8421a.html

Unlike the last couple of years it would seem that the wet season has started on time.

15 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

Suggesting a fresh perspective, Anutin remarked that reaching a perceived "dead end" might catalyse necessary change in the country’s political landscape. His comments coincided with a recent NIDA poll indicating public dissatisfaction with suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra. The poll suggested a preference for former coup leader Prayuth Chan-o-cha to take her place.

Ridiculous. The poll for what it's worth showed only 34% of respondents wanted this.

It's getting messy. Anutin wants the top job, always has, but I cant see a path for him to get it. Fresh elections? PP will win. PTP hate him and they still have the numbers (just) even after BJT left the coalition. Interesting days and as always the army is the elephant in the room.

7 minutes ago, DrPhibes said:

This sounds a lot like when "2 buck Chuck" from Trader Joes won the top prise many moons ago.  Drank a lot of it!!

$456-$650 USD is what you call "2 buck Chuck"? As for the AUS$22 red that won the prize I guess your knowledge of wine is much better than the judges that awarded the prize.

1 hour ago, Lucky Bones said:

The rescue guys are gunna be totally confused when cutting you out after your high speed bingle with Somchai driving his left hand Mustang on the wrong side of the road.🙃🙃

Right hand drive models for countries that drive on the left hand side.  Bit like left hand drive Rollers, Jags etc. which are right hand drives being made into left hand drives for the US. How on earth do you not know this.

6 hours ago, henryford1958 said:

Another psychotic stoner. Well done Anutin.

What's Anutin got to do with it. This is most likely ice or ya-ba abuse. Take too much of this stuff and you don't sleep for days and end up having massive paranoid delusions and a complete and total freak out. Having a few to many edibles won't do this to someone unless they are already suffering from a severe mental illness like schizophrenia. 

18 minutes ago, Espanol said:

Good wines come from Europe: France, Spain, and Italy.

 

Australian, South African, Chilean, Californian, Argentinian, etc. wines are cheap copies that don't hold a candle to them.

You obviously have no idea and you obviously have never had the pleasure of drinking a South Australian shiraz. Here's a short list of some "cheap copies" from down under (in Australian $).

1. Penfolds Bin 180 Cabernet Shiraz: Priced around $1,000+ per bottle.

2. Penfolds Grange Shiraz: retail around $700–$900 per bottle.

3. Henschke Hill of Grace Shiraz: A current release of Hill of Grace often costs around $700–$800 per bottle,

4. Torbreck The Laird Shiraz: commonly $500–$800 per bottle.

5. Bass Phillip Reserve Pinot Noir: recent vintages often hovering around $800–$1,000 per bottle.

https://garrafeiradailha.com/en/blogs/news/top-5-expensive-australian-wine

These are of course the high end of the market. Very, very good wines can also be found at the other end.

South Australian red wine selling for $22 wins top nod at prestigious international award

A $22 bottle of red wine from McLaren Vale in South Australia has won the highest accolade at the prestigious 2024 Decanter World Wine awards in London.

Shingleback’s 2022 Red Knot Classified GSM – a blend of grenache, shiraz and mourvèdre – was one of 50 wines from around the world to be awarded the coveted best in show on Wednesday.

France swept the awards, winning 12 best in show medals. Australia came runner-up, winning eight of the best in show awards, followed by Spain with seven medals.

https://www.theguardian.com/food/article/2024/jun/20/south-australia-sa-red-wine-wins-decanter-world-wine-awards-shingleback-red-knot-classified-gsm

8 minutes ago, NoDisplayName said:

Put NATO on a diet

That won't be a diet. It will be the end of NATO.

Roosevelt Hotel NYC before sanctuary city and being a sanctuary city: 

Imagine then what the future looks like for Ukraine.

2 minutes ago, bubblegum said:

Does not mean a thing, a threat from Trump is the same a a love letter.

I guess this was Trump's love letter to Iran.

8 minutes ago, Paul Henry said:

Proof that the education system in the US is failing is just to look at the education standard of the President.

"78 and still illiterate"

 He's been POTUS twice and is worth billions. Not bad for someone who according to you is illiterate.

42 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

That’s what’s known as a Strawman.

 

Democrats want the law and the Constitution to apply to everyone.

Illegal. This is something that is against the law is it not? If someone is in the country illegally then surely they have broken the law. Arrest and deportation is how that law is enforced. Same as it is here in Thailand. Same in Australia. I'm sure the list of countries where this is the same would be extensive.