I was in the casino business and have seen 100's of "loan sharks" And can honestly say that the vast majority of them are just ordinary people looking to make some interest money. Could be your neighbor, workmate or relative. The notion that most on here have, that all loan sharks are some guy in a suit with ties to the mafia is just false and overblown.
I agree the number of as.holes does seem to be increasing. I think that some people are so insecure they have to bash everything they are not, just to make themselves feel better.
With all this talk of Palestinian civilians, how exactly do you tell a civilian from hamas? There are men, women and children in hamas and none of them wear uniforms.
Not that it will ever happen, but there is a way to remove him from office, it's called the 25th amendment.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-fifth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
I think there's some expensive condo buildings that are almost all foreigners, but to never have to deal with the locals is impossible I think. Your going to have to buy groceries sometime.
You want to move to Thailand, but you don't want to interact with Thai people? Now I've heard it all, 555
Trust me when I say this, 95% of Thai people are nicer better people, than 95% of Californians.