jts-khorat

The only reason we have not been aligning stronger with China has been the foreign policy pull of the USA, with us being "allies", so naturally the Europeans tried to stay on the same page (even though it makes little trade benefit). China has tried several times to make overtures to the EU via its Silk Road 2.0 initiative. While that one might be a poison pill for third world countries, catching them in a debt spiral to China (and forcing them into China's zone of influence), Europe being on the end point would only make trade cheaper and stronger. And with American goods getting a lot more expensive due to the tariffs, of course, Europe will connect ever more strongly with China in the near future. There is simply no alternative. I am not sure that this is what Trumps really want, but hitting your allies in the face will make them question pretty fast, if the US is the right partner in the 21st century for growth and success.

What I very obviously tried to say, so I repeat it for you: I find it unconsciable if a website makes money out of the misfortune of victims of tragedy (people dying in car accidents, natural disasters, victims of crime, etc). I have no problem if the same happens with videos of people who sought attention by posting their own risky behaviour and their final moments are documented in the same way as those stunts that worked. Both kinds of videos, I personally would not watch, but I accept that others, like you, might be less discerning.

Now imagine the potential structural damage you do not see and for which you need to dig up the fpoundations and check the internal static elements, if walls got bent that much, that covering elements were popped off. I guess a lot of people owning expensive condos will be left with literally zilch. 😱😢

The earthquake obviously had happened and the crane on top of the building was behaving erratically. Just listen to what the guy with the phone camera says: he is alarmed by the woman to the fact that the building is swaying, you can see the hook of the crane move. After the building swayed for a few moments, commented as such by the guy with the camera, you can hear the inner column structure break before the building collapses.

Answering to myself 🙂 There is a heavy crane now set up at the site of the building collapse and rubble is being moved. But I guess I need to echo posters before me, chances for even a minor positive outcome are very slim.

Several countries already have started sending teams, in the case of Myanmar it is India, I heard the EU also has offered direct and indirect help to both affected countries: From the speed with which the Bangkok governor enacted a State of Emergency, I assume that some kind of pre-planned emergency planning and response is currently acted upon. But of course, if you have a skyscraper-size heap of rubble in fornt of oyu with people somewhere in it, there is not all that much that can be done without heavy machinery.

Strong aftershocks are common after fault slip quakes. I would guess, a good number of the high rises in Bangkok could have structural damage (so far I heard of 200 calls about damaged buildings in Bangkok, so I guess thousands is more likely). If having a choice, I would not stay in one for a few days, to be sure.

As they are all sent regardless of judges orders, what you are advocating is the death sentence for somebody cheering on a Spanish football club (a professional footbaler no less). And that was only one obvious error in a mere 213 sent; how high is the acceptable error rate? I would be banned if I would verbalize of what I think of you.

Your own definition says they are...

The way to go is surely NOT to create concentration camps in Cuba and El Salvador, so that the judicative of the US has no access to what happens there.

Have you read *when* those investments will actually happen? It might create a few question marks, if this is actually a real investment, if you are inclined to dig that deep.

I think "Lebensraum" was more a thing of the 40s. Your verbiage places you right where I thought you should be. Just to remind you: you are also living in a foreign country. The difference between you and some guy from Venezuela entering a country following the then legal procedure (according to your own post) is quite small.

Maybe look a bit deeper. Over the last 80 years, the allies (foremost what is now the EU) have bought American weapons to a large percentage. Now they want to spend more, but only with local arms manufacturers, cutting out the Americans whereever possible (and no military kit besides maybe fighter jets of the Americans is that superior, that it is not immediately replaceable with an European alternative). Just by not buying more F-35, the US is loosing tens of billions in one go. At the same time, Trump wants to start wars in Gaza, Iran and Yemen (and Panama, Greenland and Canada) and is in a depening conflict with China. Where is this improving anything for Americans, I wonder?

... or not. Case in point: a soccer player having a tattoo with a football and a crown, and because of the crown he was deemed (quite certainly wrongly) a gang member and deported. Not the only case in the press, where an error seems fairly obvious. https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/03/21/deported-soccer-player-venezuela-tattoo/82589688007/ This is the danger of incarcerating people without trial and judiciary overview. How to get them back, if they will not get a trial? When do they start to deport American citizens? I hear, the idea has already been floated in Trump's inner circle. If you are American, good times are to come.

I am sorry to say, you have an issue understanding simple sentences. Is English your first language? I said, that the Americans are following a playbook once initiated by the Nazis in the 1930s. Very obviously, we are at the very beginning of this process ... but we are following it to the dot on the i and the cross on the t so far. When and how this process will end in 2025 USA is -- so far -- an open question. Large internment camps on US territory were the end point the last time the 1798 Alien Enemies Act has been used, but the current usage of internment camps in El Salvador and Cuba could be a possible and obvious starting point for something much worse. The killing of 6 million Jews also was a process, I actually do not believe that 1933 anybody would have thought it possible that it could ever go that far (else one would have to ask, why so few of those desperate to flee were accepted into the USA or the UK, who were both quite ambivalent towards them at the time). But here we are, students of history, and maybe able to change it (?) when it matters. Laughing about it, "because it can never happen here" is definitely the wrong reaction, methinks.