John Drake

I knew he couldn't resist having the camera locked in on him for a couple of hours prime time. After all, everything must be about him. Anybody on the fence watching it had to jump down on the other side. But maybe he got lucky and nobody watched. Anybody have the ratings for it?

aka "the bagholders"

Perhaps because it wasn't a 7 month old infant who burned out the bus???

Here is a summation. Taken from it is this:

Trump and his family are repulsive. So is Biden, but not to the degree that Trump is. This is something I'm reminded of every time Trump opens his mouth and starts to speak. And I deeply believe that the judges that put a gag order on Trump during his trials did him massive good. There was nothing to judge Biden against other than his own inarticulate gibberish. Now that Trump is talking again, I'd wager every time he opens his mouth from now on he'll lose votes. Wonder how many were turned off by his convention speech last night.

And you're also forgetting that after Trump appointed Powell, he spent the next two years pressuring the Federal Reserve to lower rates in order to artificially pump the markets. A policy that Trump the candidate in 2016 had opposed. Everything about this man is self serving. He has no core beliefs.

It was Trump's Covid stimulus that started the fire of inflation. Biden later fed the flames.

Prayuth was better.

94 years old.

As an outsider who knows little about these events, it nonetheless appears that Nigel was correct again.

Thai bashers.

That isn't going to happen, because more than half the country is willing to vote for Joe's corpse over Trump.

The relief of a Biden withdrawal would be so tremendous that whoever replaced him would receive support amounting to jubilation. Evan Harris. And if it were to be someone like Newsom, the polling and support that Trump currently enjoys would more than flip. It would turn into a landslide. It says something that a degenerate, decrepit figure like Biden can still be evenly matched against Trump. Specifically, it says that voters just cannot stand the equally degenerate, disgusting Trump, who is in the process of squandering whatever sympathy he got from the assassination attempt. I still wish people would think about RFKjr as an alternative, because Newsom's governing would be a disaster--he would be an able and effective version of Biden and would probably give the equivalent of statehood to PR, Haiti, and half of South America. At least letting their people vote in American elections.

Rest of the world, civilized or not, doesn't care.

Biden or Trump, doesn't matter. America looks weak with Biden, so China attacks Taiwan. America doesn't care with Trump, so China attacks Taiwan.

I honestly think if Trump is doing this and serious about pulling the rug out from under Taiwan that we will have a full scale disaster on our hands. DJT wanting to weaken the dollar while piling on tariffs will sink what's left of the middle class and their standard of living. These two worthless old goats, Trump and Biden, are a disaster. RFKjr the only possible choice.

The gardens are nice enough, but I can't believe people go there in such numbers other than it's convenient to do so. But above Angkor Wat, the Great Wall, and Taj Mahal???

Thai films don't travel very well. Every now and then, a good one pops up, such as Once Upon a Star. But they are few and far between. That's what happens when you have an industry that doesn't pay well, and its best directors need to work in commercials to make ends meet.

I doubt that people in the US care about the UK or what its politicians think, except maybe the ones who like to watch PBS.

Just cancel all the debt.

Here is an interesting biographical sketch. Don't know if it confirms your posting. It is what it is. More here: https://www.nationthailand.com/thailand/general/40030483

Probably a digital nomad on his way to vlogging.

Nice idea. I'll send notice to people back in the US.

Good thing they don't need to worry about Hollywood.

Like I say, it was only the one time, and it was a payroll check. When I deposit large sums of cash, say 50,000, they didn't check. But I haven't made anything but electronic deposits or transfers since 2020.