John Drake

Plenty of Russians here posting in English. Or at least using Google translate.

Still waiting for a self avowed Russian to come on this forum and denounce Putin and the invasion. Or have I missed it?

Trump spent his entire presidency trying to inflate the stock market bubble by begging for more QE constantly.

I mostly agree with you, although I think the Fed is equally responsible as Trump. Maybe more so, since they've been printing money non-stop since 2008. But I want to focus on your comment above. What is so irksome about that situation is that people have been warning for years that it was a crisis and the US needed to source and process rare earths and other industrial components. Just like I read maybe 7 or 8 years ago that it was really a dumb idea that the US relied on Russia for rocket engines to get its payloads in orbit. There are many more things to put on the list. And nobody did anything.

Hope these prices keep going up until the end of the year. That way, maybe I'll get 10 to 12 percent increase in social security.

Thailand is constantly griping and complaining about retirees on long term extensions supposedly running out on medical bills, which they're not. So much so that they want to make them buy scam insurance policies. Now, you have a bunch of deadbeat Russians and Thailand is falling all over itself to pay their way for them, even going so far as to promote crypto money laundering. Why not make everyone in Thailand pay their own way and not give the Russians some special pass to dodge their debts.

Still waiting for russians to identify themselves as such on AN and criticize putin's invasion.

Perhaps the single most pathetic and desperate message I've seen put up on AN in recent memory.

Too bad. You wouldn't get any.

Just maybe she knows her audience and customer base. Thailand is very much trending pro Russia and pro Putin, IMO.

It's not just a matter of military equipment. Go read some of the Indian message boards about the war. They are full of hate and venom towards the US and UK, while praising Russia and Putin as trustworthy friends. The Indian population itself, especially the chattering classes and professional class, hate the West. This, even as they colonize the US tech industry and now start to push their way into Canada. If you're an American, Indians, I think, are a bigger threat to your way of life than their allies, the Russians.

Don't follow the news much?

And Mexico

So you going to sign up to fight with the Russians after that little spew?

Hope they don't move to Texas during the next blizzard when the grid shuts down or during summer when transformers pop and there is no a/c for five or six hours. (In Thailand, I've never gone more than an hour waiting for electricity to be restored.)

The one percent buying doomsday bunkers. https://www.the-sun.com/news/4797076/

Apparently, the post "confused" you. Yet you say nobody should be surprised by Mexico's actions. Frankly, I'm "confused."

The equanimity being expressed towards Russian tourists and individuals abroad could change in a flash. Just a few days ago, Mexico sided with Russia against the US and Nato and not only refused to sanction Russia and Russian aircraft flying into Mexican territory but emphasized "We are not going to take any sort of economic reprisal," he [Mexican President Obrador] added, "because we want to have good relations with all the governments in the world." (Sound familiar?) https://www.newsweek.com/mexico-brazil-leaders-ignore-their-un-delegates-refuse-sanction-russia-1685001 As a result, Russians are getting easy to acquire visa from Mexico and being shuttled to the US southern border, where they enter illegally or claim asylum. So are they all legit? "Granted that some of the Russians crossing the southern border are legitimate asylum seekers, others could be KGB operatives or terrorists seeking to destabilize an already divided country. MS-13 are not the only bad guys crossing illegally." https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/02/05/lucas-add-russians-to-list-of-illegal-migrants-in-us-under-bidens-watch/ Watch some saboteur blow up an oil refinery or take out some gas pipelines and all the live and let live attitude will go poof.

Start rationing. I remember doing it in the 1970s with odd and even license plates.

Immigration apparently giving Russians special preference on visa extensions. Don't see similar news for Ukrainians, although article mentions something about email clearances for Ukrainians. BTW does Phuket have its own separate immigration policy? https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-immigration-gives-russians-extensions-to-stay-83350.php

They (KKFN) are not selling anything to the US. There is nothing to stop buying.

Has any self identified Russian posted to AN and criticized Putin and Russia? Some apparently joined the Ukrainian led protest a week or so ago in Bangkok. But I just wondered if any posted in protest on this forum.

I just want my 1 lb block of Velveeta.

M&Ms in Thailand are made in China. That's why "melts in your mouth, not in your hands" doesn't work here.

Hate filled anti-American rant that employs all the bigoted stereotypes the author wants to condemn in those applying similar descriptions to Russians.