Purdey

I did stand for the royal anthem for many years. Once, no one but me stood and I felt embarrassed but a girl behind me whispered, "You very good hansum man." Worth it.

I am often surprised at why westerners don't think much of the Thai dog pack style of fighting. Somehow, westerners think there should be "fair" fights that follow the Marquis of Queensbury rules. I think Thais would prefer to win their fights and socialized fighting achieves that aim. Never pick a fight in Thailand if you want a fair fight.

So, is he a good choice for keeping the job? No real analysis of how he is suited for his new role.

This is going to be a confusing era in history. Trump: I have had a series of good talks with Mr. Xi Jinping. The best talks. He agreed with everything I suggested. Xi Jinping: I have not met with President Trump at all. How is anything getting done when Trump even lies about having met people?

Imagine US grocers using dynamic pricing. Demand for eggs high? Raise prices. That's capitalism!

Leftist? Liberal?

A lot of the nations that America lost wars to had very little in the way of sophistication. The Vietnamese beat America through grit and persistence and about 200 planes. Brilliant strategy helped. The Taliban had zero planes. When you hear people talk about air superiority, it makes you wonder how American air superiority lost to a bunch of "ragheads". While disparaging the Iranians, remember those who beat the western elite and how.

Anyone noticed that it is always a blurry picture when really we need a sharp picture?

That in itself is another mystery. Why would the government not declare that they are not spies... unless...

A lot advice is not bothered with as Trump doesn't/won't read his briefing reports if they don't include his name on every line. He will say he wasn't informed as an escape clause.

"Well, you honor. He worked that rucksack like a deadly weapon, so I defended myself by shooting him eleven times."

Good common sense. Best not to bankrupt the airlines if tourism is important.

Just as long as they don't build one in Thailand where confidence in technology is low. They can't even build a road without it regularly killing people.

She doesn't mention having a headache so why take aspirin? Why voluntarily? Cosby undoubtedly did bad things but surely prosecuting decades later is a little late?

Looks like the USA will have to pay through the nose for carbon based fuels. Doesn't anyone in government believe in diversifying sources of energy?

How can big trades remain a secret? Surely the culprits can be found and brought to task? You know, just like the Epstein case.

Throwing Thai workers out of a job, with no prospects, is another way of looking at it. Perhaps the government should be a little lenient during an economic turndown.

China has an advantage over the rest of the world. It controls roughly 60-70% of mining production but more importantly, it is the world's largest processor of rare earths, controlling approximately 91% of global separation and refining production as of 2024. That means all other countries rely on it to process their rare earths. The USA can't compete, so they basically rely on China to sell them the materials that they intend to use to attack China one day.