heybruce
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No moderation unless someone complains? Let's see if that's true. A review from Trustpilot: "Thaiger, in many cases, simply opines and pastes articles, as it gleams them from the world presses without sighting sources; plagiarism at its finest." https://www.trustpilot.com/review/thethaiger.com
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Myanmar seeks permission to land aircraft in Tak
heybruce replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
If they dropped their weapons and fled, they have some claim to being refugees. However if they kept their weapons and retreated across the border then they are using, or attempting to use, Thailand as a base for continuing their ugly war. There's a big difference. -
Why? Isn't that the most logical explanation? Especially when you consider Trump's 3+ hours of watching his supporters rampage through the Capitol while ignoring all requests to do something. Only when it was clear that the rioters would not succeed in seizing the Capitol and preventing the election certification did he gently request the "patriots" go home, while repeating the stolen election lie. If you want to believe in a deep state conspiracy behind events on that day, Trump's deep state seeking to overturn the election results is the conspiracy most consistent with the evidence.
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Flights To US Seat selection
heybruce replied to charleskerins's topic in US & Canada Topics and Events
The cheapest airlines that cross the Pacific are the ones most likely to nickel and dime you on seat selection. Many of them are now flying the Boeing 777 with the ten across seating in economy. It is a flying sardine can; many of the passengers rely on sleeping pills or other aids to get through it. As much as possible I avoid it, even if it means paying a few hundred more. -
PM heads to Chiang Mai – today’s #1 most air-polluted city
heybruce replied to webfact's topic in Chiang Mai News
I'm of west of the old city and can't see the mountains. Definitely a day for wearing a mask. -
Mr. President, the border crisis is not on us, it’s on you
heybruce replied to Social Media's topic in World News
You can believe that if you want. Better informed people know better. -
Mr. President, the border crisis is not on us, it’s on you
heybruce replied to Social Media's topic in World News
Correct. Trump wants to deny Biden any semblance of success this year, even if it means more illegal immigrants, more illegal drugs, and handing Russia a tremendous victory in Ukraine. Trump disparages something/someone and his followers go nuts announcing their hatred of that thing or person. Haven't you noticed that? That was enough to shoot down the bill. -
I moved on shortly after it was renamed Phillips Lab. Almost all the work was classified so it was a very low-key organization then. BTW: Any classified that I might remember from back then is at least 30 years past its "Use By" date, but I still treat it as classified. That's how responsible military and civil service members behave. Too bad some Presidents and politicians (many actually) can't do the same.
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Mr. President, the border crisis is not on us, it’s on you
heybruce replied to Social Media's topic in World News
Yeah! Why don't they do something about that? Oh wait, they tried. It was part of the immigration bill Trump told his followers to shut down. "The package also includes bipartisan sweeteners, including the FEND Off Fentanyl Act, which would target, sanction and block the financial assets of people involved in the fentanyl supply chain, from chemical suppliers in China to drug traffickers from Mexico. The anti-fentanyl bill is authored by the leaders of the Senate Banking Committee, Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Tim Scott, R-S.C., and it has support from 67 senators." https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/new-immigration-asylum-reform-bill-released-senate-text-rcna136602 "Yet only about 20% of lorries and less than 5% of cars are x-rayed as they enter America. The administration wants to increase that and send more agents to the border to curb both drug-trafficking and illegal immigration. (The two problems are quite distinct, Mr Mayorkas points out: the vast majority of drugs are intercepted at regular border crossings, not carried into America by undocumented migrants.) But last month Republicans in Congress killed a bipartisan bill that would have beefed up policing of the border, at the behest of Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president." https://www.economist.com/briefing/2024/02/29/americas-ten-year-old-fentanyl-epidemic-is-still-getting-worse