John Drake

I've been saying this would happen since before the election. I miss Prayuth. Oh, for the days with cheaper electricity, food, and rent. And the better controlled freeways. And don't underestimate Prayuth's foreign policy. Sure, he leaned toward China. But he walked the line between China and the West much better than the outright surrender to China now taking place. And most of all for expats, he had a policy of stability at immigration. And he didn't tax us on remittances or our global income. Prayuth was better.

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Maduro just detained Jackson Hinkle. The man can't be all bad.

Nothing there I care about. A couple of things I dislike. But not one of them will influence my vote.

So the controversy was actually good for US ratings. Is the US doing well or poorly? That usually has an effect as well.

I will vote against Trump because of his declared intention to weaken the dollar and, as a result, leave me with less money from my SSA benefit transferred to Thailand. I tend to think that Harris policies will also drive inflation higher, and, since I get an inflation adjustment on SSA every year that tends to outperform the Thai baht, that's good for me, too. I don't care about anything else.

I don't understand, with all the Chinese, Indians, and Russians coming in for 60 days visa free, those restaurants should be packed.

Sounds like the wallet will be spent mostly in places like 7 Eleven. CP must be happy with this cash transfer from the treasury to their pocket. Should allow people to pay for medical bills and medicine out of this. Better than them buying junk food in 7.

Gee, sure hope this doesn't get circulated on Chinese social media and hurt Chinese tourism numbers to Thailand.

This the way it is supposed to be. Government jobs give you security but should come with a much lower salary than the private sector. Too many Western countries do it the other way around these days, which explains why they're going broke.

I don't know what their driving practices are like. So I assume there is truth in what you're saying. I'm just wondering what 8 million more drivers (for arguments sake) would do to crowding on the roads.

That would be the US Defense Secretary.

Has criticism of the opening had an impact on television audiences watching these games? Viewership up to expectations or below? I have no idea. I haven't watched anything. All the events with judges need to be scrapped anyway. If you can't measure it, time it, or determine it through events where the last man standing wins, then it doesn't need to be part of the games.

So the goal is 8 million Chinese drivers on the roads.

No idea how Chinafication is going on the ground in Thailand, now that Chuwit is no longer around.

There must be another camera angle that catches their faces. Thai police can be very quick to find offenders--when they want to.

Definitely weird.

Biggest blunder? Trump removing the US from the TPP, an organization the US started, advocated for, and had begun to build into an effective counter to China in East Asia and the Pacific.

How many people attend or watch on tv track and field events, weightlifting, or even gymnastics outside the Olympics. Who won the decathlon two Olympics ago? Anybody know? Anybody care?

Most of these sports at the Olympics don't get an audience of more than a few hundred people when they are divorced from the games. Basketball is an exception, and I'm sure there are others, but I can't think of them right now. But the point is nobody cares about these sports per se. They're only interested in how their countries rank in the medal standings. I'm not. So I'll not be watching any of it--or any of the clumsy "ceremonies." Now, if they thought about putting on a games with real gladiators and the literal last man standing, I might give it a go. Make the drama real.

There are no more boundaries to push.

Watched it. In particular, combining high tariffs and dollar devaluation will destroy the standard of living. What's left of the middle class will evaporate.

I believe it was a bullet. But what is so damning for Trump is his response to it. He couldn't wait to try and turn himself into a martyr, as OP shows. This, despite someone being killed, which is made to seem incidental to "taking a bullet for democracy." it's simply graceless. Better men, such as Reagan, would have come up with a humorous quip. Or TR who kept an even tone in response and merged his assassination attempt into his already existing public identity. Not Trump. He ends up posing and bellowing. He would have gained a hundred percent more had he handled this with some degree of dignity. But he has none--dignity that is.

Trump needs to give up the nomination. The US needs something better than this. Trump needs to move his fat butt to the sidelines permanently. I think there will be a landslide vote against him. Americans were exhausted from just hearing him speak in 2020. The prospect of bringing him back for another four years means I would need to put political news stories on mute. And don't forget! Save the US dollar! Trump will devalue it and make expat lives impoverished.