Purdey

Is July 4th the time of lunatics and whoever is blamed for gun crime?

Sorry.

Drugs in the White House is not abnormal. Mary Todd Lincoln presumably left laudanum all over the place. William Henry Harrison’s doctor used Dover’s powder (ipecac plus opium) on the president during his 31 brief days in office. And of course, Thomas Jefferson literally grew opium poppies at Monticello. Reports say that George Washington used laudanum, which was an opiate derivative. Some associates of John F. Kennedy say that he used LSD and marijuana. There are 524 staff members in the Biden White House, as of July 1, 2023, so the cocaine could belong to anyone.

Not clueless - this was 35 years ago. Bangkok wasn't the same.

People who like Trump will make up his audience and not criticize him. There are also sensible, educated Republicans who find him disgusting. I just can't see him winning over the latter.

They had been based in Hong Kong, so I guess more shopping and modernity. They didn't know I love taking pictures of temples.

I remember when I was planning to visit Bangkok, I met a couple of British soldiers who had visited. They told me not to bother as it was boring "just" temples and prostitutes. Don't just get opinions from one source only.

How to write a bad review? "Didn't like the food"; "The room wasn't as clean as most international visitors are used to." It is only when you become vindictive that you might leave yourself open to defamation charges.

Again the Thai government puts tourism ahead of modern manufacturing and services. What happened to Thailand 4.0? What happened to education? This dependence on tourism will lead to more concrete, fewer clean beaches and degradation of the environment over time. It is so frustrating to only read about tourism as the key source of income.

It was definitely a show but not much justice. Put taxis and tuk tuks on a points system or a yellow then green card and they will fear for their jobs. I can't help feel that ferrying richer people around in the knowledge they would always be poor is frustrating.

On a side note, I sometimes wonder, if an alleged killer didn't do it, how could he reenact the murder? Does a policeman tell him what to do? This is practically an admission of guilt. Doesn't the court provide a lawyer?

Sad. One too many blows to the head.

Compromise. The wife seems to want her kid to be successful. You want your kid to take a rest. Agree with the wife that education is important but allow the kid to have a lie in now and then. Consider a family break away from home and leave behind the text books.

Hard to agree with switching from one drug (alcohol) to another (valium). An active social life would help support you. Having people around is often a way to end depression, although being depressed may make you want to be alone. Start with coffee with one friend and build on that. The thing is, so much depends on having the courage to do something, not stay home and feel bad. I took a depressed friend to meet a psychiatrist at a local hospital. One of the early questions was do you have any hobbies? No? Then find some. As others have said, exercise is a good idea. Combined with mobile phone photography as a hobby and long walks snapping photos for your Instagram or Facebook portfolio may help.

Second chance? I may have missed the result of the media shares case, the one with a 20 year prison sentence. However, one strategy would be let Anutin have a minority government, force a new election, sweep even more votes and forget the Senate.

So the FDA has no power to recall this from shelves and ban is distribution?

I had assumed that a caretaker government should not sign international deals. I was wrong.

Super Ice. A hero.

Just a few days ago I read about a diabetes drug that helps weight loss (even metformin does to some extent). Wegovy: FDA approves obesity drug to help people keep pounds off | CNN "Semaglutide can help people lose up to 12% of their body weight over about a year and a half". Sounds good, but will it lead to people forgetting about diet and exercise? I have read, and perhaps an American member can confirm or not, that even bread has sugar in it in the U.S. It is the need for sweet food, which may be yummy, but is almost poisoning people.

Harrowing? Nice to see The Thaiger expanding its vocabulary.

Biden appears popular with many Democratic nations. Unlike some.

Sad to hear this. Strange she couldn't tell her parents. Too embarrassing I guess.

It is surprising that only tourists were found intoxicated. This news will do wonders for the tourism industry. Is it a good guess that most tourists don't know bar closing times?

Not sure if you understand that: 1. President Biden is not the father of this child. If your daughter in law does something bad are you responsible? 2. His son is not a staff member of the White House so uninvolved in politics, even though desperate people are trying to link them 3. The word Monster appears in the headline but not in the story so it is obviously a slur intending to say the father is responsible for a son over the age of 21.