John Drake

Do you count the Iranian terrorists from about 10 or 12 years ago? I think Thailand eventually let them go free back to Iran.

Just in time for the Isaan Rocket Festival.

He's signaling his stock market pump again.

Interesting to see the vast number of UK MIAs versus the extremely low number of US MIAs. Asked Grok about it and Grok said the US had a better centralized system of record keeping and many of the UK MIAs were later found to be POWs. Other factors too, but the UK MIAs almost equal the KIAs.

I could accept that, except there are already so many of his toddler toys thrown out of the crib and cluttering the floor. He's grunting about Canada and Greenland again. Putting tariffs on movies. At one moment saying Iran's nuclear program is okay, the next saying there is no change. Then vague comments about whether or not he'll uphold the Constitution. How can an 80 year old man behave with such a lack of dignity and disdain for the contempt future generations will hold for him?

Other Trump memes also exist, such as one with him shaking hands with Hitler or dressed like Stalin. Why doesn't he just forward some of them as well, as it's all a joke? He doesn't do so, of course, because, rightly, they're offensive and he doesn't want to be seen as endorsing their message, which is what a White House forwarding does. And, again, all that is aside, as amplifying this meme only has a downside. No upside. He gains nothing from it. Instead, he alienates yet more people who probably voted or back him. It was an act of political stupidity.

Just two questions to be asked: 1) What was the upside of this joke? 2) What was the downside?

Trump sounding more like Kim Dotcom every day.

I hate him. Prayuth was better.

He is intentionally destroying the value of the dollar, which effects my life directly. I don't know yet if his "reforms" will mean I need to go to Manila in person for any SSA problems, the Form 7162 this year will be sabotaged, it will soon take months to get a new passport, or he will jiggle with the SSA Cola to cheat me out of more money. But, yea, I hate his fast food stuffing guts.

Very soon, even the Republicans in Congress are going to realize they need to pass legislation to restore their own power over tariffs and spending. If they don't stop this, they're going to be vaporized in the midterms.

Not all of America. Plenty of places have much cheaper production facilites. It's Hollywood production that is dying. That said, one of the things that made Hollywood films (and even TV with series such as Foreign Intrigue, Hong Kong, and Adventures in Paradise) generate even more appeal after World War II was the movement to location shooting. The adventure genre really took off in the late 40s and on throughout the 50s and 60s, all because of location shooting. It provided authenticity. This stupid move by Trump will just limit storylines and generate even more insular filmmaking.

Trump is a slug. But even for a slug this is tin eared. Weren't there at least nine or ten people around him who had the brains to warn him off against this sort of stupidity?

I wish Rubio would replace Trump as president.

The treatments for this disease also have horrific side effects. A book came out a few years ago, The Lost City of the Monkey God, which described an expedition to Honduras to uncover a heretofore unknown city. A good portion of the expedition came down with leishmaniasis, and the last part of the book details just how bad things can get. Look up the disease and then take a look at the images. It will tell you why to avoid this flesh eating disease at all costs.