Yellowtail

 Maryland, crabs, 1979. 

24 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

 

So who dragged the need to defend him out of you?

 

(rhetorical)

Are you saying I defended Trump in this thread? If so, you are another Trump obsessed liar. 

12 minutes ago, lou norman said:

Tough to have an honest discussion when you start off by calling half of America "generally stupid"

What does me calling the left stupid have to do with honesty? 

But nice dodge, run away lefty, run away.  

3 minutes ago, lou norman said:

Calling Trump ‘America’s Hitler’ doesn’t sound like a slip. Maybe 'chameleon' is more apt than shapeshifter.

 

I did not say it was a slip, you just made that up.

What I said was that the statement says nothing about what Vance's core beliefs are, and that anyone that believes legacy media might have said the same thing about Trump at the time. 

I went on to say that anyone not wanting to get cancelled by the rabid left might say the same thing. 

And again, this was said in 2016, before his first term. 

So, nothing even remotely about a slip. Why not have an honest discussion? 

On 6/30/2025 at 7:18 PM, bubblegum said:

No more food stamps. 10 % of the USA population rely on SNAP.

 

Mind boggling that the "Greatest" country ever, has so many people without food. And now ya'll want to take that away. Making your Government mass murderers in my opinion. Well that actually is the one thing you're good at. Killing people!

What is even more mind boggling is that the poor people with no food all seem to be so fat. 

Just now, Hawaiian said:

All the world also notices that the U.S. is losing its grip as the leader of the free world.  The latest policies on immigration are discouraging new talent that has been the backbone of innovation.

So, the illegal aliens flooding across the border that are often illiterate in their native language, much less English and likely be on some form of public assistance for life were "the backbone of innovation"?

1 hour ago, JAG said:

1) Why is he a liar - in what way did he lie in his post?

Which post are you talking about?

1 hour ago, JAG said:

 

2) I don't think he made an altogether unfair comparison, "P Diddy" broke the law and revelled in flaunting his open rejection of what is regarded as a "moral" code. Donald Trump is also convicted of breaking the law, and his approach to what many see as American society's "moral code" is to say the very least ambiguous!

Donald Trump was convicted of recording reimbursements to his attorney for securing a non-disclosure agreement as a legal expense.

The people that support Trump, and ever the people that do not support Trump that followed the case believe they were made up charges. 

1 hour ago, JAG said:

 

Then of course there is the delicious irony of you accusing another of being obsessed!

Yet I was not the one to drag Trump into the thread. 

1 minute ago, bendejo said:

 

During the 2016 GOP primaries JEB! (remember him?) was said to have a massive war chest, and his team was looking for ways to spend it.  At one point someone had the idea to do a promo VHS tape and send it to people.  They put one together, then it was discovered that no one used video tape any more: no problem, we'll get small VHS machines and mail them out to people.  They will unpack the thing, plug it in, and then sit down to enjoy some JEB! time.  

I have no inside info, but I read this back when from a reputable source.  Ever since then when I see these figures of money raised it's always the same question: how is it spent?  I suspect that South African guy was sending people to podunk districts that usually go Dem and handing out US$100 notes for voters to go MAGA.

 

 

Yeah, Jeff Zuckerberg sure knew how to spend that $450 million to influence the 2020 election. 

It's not what you spend, it's how you spend it, and Harris was too stupid to spend it wisely 

9 minutes ago, lou norman said:

Now I wonder why they thought that?

Because they are generally stupid. 

9 minutes ago, lou norman said:

“I go back and forth between thinking Trump is a cynical ahole like Nixon who wouldn’t be that bad (and might even prove useful) or that he’s America’s Hitler,” Vance wrote in a message to a friend in 2016.

Which really says nothing about what his core beliefs are, does it? Anyone that believes legacy media might have said the same thing about Trump at the time. 

Anyone not wanting to get cancelled by the rabid left might say the same thing as well. 

And 2016 was before his first term. 

2 hours ago, soalbundy said:

Ignorance. If it was mandatory to vote in the USA he would have never been elected, he appealed to the lowest common denominator and they came out of the woodwork in droves while the silent majority couldn't be bothered.

Exactly. When the brilliant start mutilating children's genitals, compelling girls to shower with men, and allow millions of illegal aliens to flood into the country, devastating the poorest neighborhoods, all the ignorant people that are too stupid to understand how great all those things are turn out to vote.  

5 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

 

Interesting comment.  JD Vance wears eyeliner, as an insult?  Meaning that you find the idea of Vance wearing eyeliner as something you think is negative in some way.  A man wearing makeup is negative?  Seriously?  From you?  Mr. LGBTQ?

 

It's funny how easily the mask slips sometimes...

Most all the hate comes from the left. 

4 minutes ago, lou norman said:

The Right should be careful what they wish for. Vance is a shapeshifter. Just ask the progressives who once championed him, before he morphed into a MAGA.

 

He did not morph. The left thought he was something he was not. 

6 minutes ago, theshu25 said:

Only stands out as the rich and the poor,the filth and the drug addicts that live in evry dirty city here.

Every blue city. 

6 minutes ago, theshu25 said:

 

USA is now on the no travel list for most people.

The USA has always been on most people's no travel list. 

11 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said:

As stated earlier the GOP has a large pool of potential candidates for 2028.  Rubio should be considered, he's a good talker.

I like Rubio, but I think JD is just getting warmed up.

If the midterms go left, it does not matter. 

2 minutes ago, JAG said:

No, they would be posting anonymously on expat forums!😃

They would be incredibly wealthy and doing pretty much whatever they like. 

9 hours ago, jimmybcool said:

 

I am neither pro nor con the BBB.  I would LOVE to read an unbiased analysis of the bill by a qualified economist.  Do you have a link to such an article?

You will not read an unbiased analysis that you do not pay for. You can read the whole thing for free: 

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1

6 hours ago, candide said:

Such analyses have been published by Forbes, WSJ, The Economist, etc..

Ex the 'lefty' Forbes (joking)

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2025/07/01/senate-passes-one-big-beautiful-bill-despite-one-big-not-so-beautiful-price-tag/

He said an unbiased analysis, not an article titled: "Senate Passes One Big Beautiful Bill Despite One Big Not-So-Beautiful Price Tag"

2 hours ago, daveAustin said:

Whoever. It clearly wouldn’t stop never ending donkey posts on this boring topic. About time this sub-forum and World News were shelved. It should all be about Thailand as was originally intended. The ‘USA, USA’ folks could spam Taiger or Reddit. 

Why do you not just avoid the forums? You don't want to play so you want the ball eliminated? 

2 hours ago, morrobay said:

You "heard this heard that" Isn't there enough bs to wade through around here!

There were people on this board saying or at least implying Vance was gay. 

As for AOC: AOC floats Trump impeachment over Iran strikes

https://www.axios.com/2025/06/22/aoc-trump-impeachment-iran-democrats

5 hours ago, bendejo said:

We are now in the post-Citizens United era, no more regulation on campaign donations.  So now the billion$+ class has moved up from sponsoring racehorses, yacht racing and rockets to political puppets.  Thank brother Elon for busting the barriers.  I still would like to know how exactly he spent that $250+ million on the DT re-election.

A Vance victory would put Thiel in the winner's circle.  But it might not be necessary: after next year's midterms, with the blessing of the conservative Supreme Court, DT just might be out of office (how can that be done? Let me count the ways . . .) and then it will be Vance promoting the need for martial law, and if that works there will be an excuse to cancel the 2028 election. 

Vance will do as he is told.  

 

Let's not forget the $450 million Jeff Zuckerberg spent to influence the 2020 election, or does that not count? 

9 hours ago, scorecard said:

No, I'm not American, just an observer.

Oh, where are you from? 

My favorite quote of the campaign came from Vance: Only Martha? Do you hear yourself? Only a handful of apartment complexes in America have been taken over by Venezuelan gangs, and Donald Trump is the problem, and not Kamala Harris’s open border? 

10 hours ago, stevenl said:

Stop lying about lying. You're lying again.

Liar