Purdey

You really don't understand that time moves forward, not backward, do you? People rode horses from Europe to Asia (Alexander the Great for instance), then sailed on boats. Today they fly in aircraft. Stop looking backwards. Tomorrow, there will be another innovation. We can't keep saying use oil and coal as we did historically. Green energy will become predominant in the future.

You are living in the past. They have electric trains and cars in this century. The rest will come with time.

I guess you would have denied pesky women the vote in the early 20th century?

We should thank Thaksin for telling the world that Thai doctors are useless I suppose. Personally, I haven't decided to fly abroad for treatment.

As Kris Kristofferson wrote, "Treason's just another word for nothing left to lose".

I suppose he will lost his job as a crane driver in Asia(?!?) and the criminal record will make it harder to find work. Small blessings.

Nothing wrong with peaceful protests. Nothing wrong with police dragging protesters out of the way. Since learning that Exxon knew 30 years ago they they would cause climate change I have no sympathy with oil companies being targeted.

I can't believe Europe vets every Russian on holiday.

Mockery is bad. Satire is fun. Irony is quietly subversive.

Stay tuned to this station for another episode of"Bickering for Children" followed by"Presidents limited to two terms as recently as 1951". After the news: "They're coming for our guns, ma!" at 7 😲

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My family-in-law always give profuse thanks when I help them. Not everyone is the same.

It's not? Anyway, this is just another tone deaf American take on a country they haven't visited. They could at least have got a Thai to watch it before it was finalized.

Stopped drinking for no other reason than I prefer talking with friends instead of falling asleep on them.

Myra Hindley would agree.

The Logan Act... Good to know. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logan_Act

I suppose voting for the supreme court would be out of the question as that would be an extreme left version of democracy.

No one could argue that the Thai language is important for Thai people. But for some reason, whenever I ask young people which subject they disliked most at school, the answer is usually Thai (and also English). Partly it is the teaching method. Most kids hate ancient Thai poetry (I was asked to translate some of the poem Lilit Talaeng Pai and no Thai teachers could help with the really old vocabulary) but they have to learn it as part of their culture. As they should. However, most Thai literature is in poetic form.

For a start, this is an opinion piece with no indication Trump will implement any of it or even read it. I do remember he was in favor of letting Russia keep some Ukrainian territory. He might change his mind of course. I remember that Johnson was strongly criticized by his own party when he maneuvered to pass additional military aid to Ukraine. "The White House" has no strategy for victory. The White House is not the government of the Ukraine. It can only advise. I guess they mean no outside party can influence Ukraine and that is probably correct As for the suggestions: "Unleash America’s energy potential." The only way to achieve this means drilling in virgin Arctic areas and creating more oil drilling on land that is damaging the environment. Fine... Why would 'rebuilding ties with Saudi Arabia and Israel" work against Iran? Ties are already reasonably good with major Arab states but they haven't worked against any enemy state. China and India will persist in purchasing crude oil from Russia to meet domestic demand and refine it into petroleum products for sale, while Saudi Arabia and the UAE have no hesitation in buying Russian oil for resale, profiting from the pricing gap. I don't see it will stabilize the Middle East, or help squeeze Russia out of global energy markets. That was supposed to have happened already. "Impose real sanctions on Russia." Yet sanctions haven't worked because some countries want or need to do business with Russia (China and India etc). "Bulk up America’s defense industry." This would mean diverting funds to the military and cutting funds for infrastructure (and the wall I guess), education, healthcare etc. "We can’t allow China to match and surpass the U.S." America is a capitalist country based on competition. So... The famous lend-lease with the UK WW2 got it into so much debt that it wasn't paid off until the 70s - but America wrote off the debt from Russia. "This is how we helped Britain in World War II before Pearl Harbor." A joke. (https://it.usembassy.gov/america-sent-gear-to-the-ussr-to-help-win-world-war-ii/#:~:text=From%201941%20through%201945%2C%20the,and%20services%20to%20the%20Soviets.) " Lift all restrictions on the type of weapons Ukraine can obtain and use." If you show Russia this statement what do you think it will do? "Ukraine rebuilds with reparations from Russia’s frozen central-bank reserves, not U.S. taxpayer dollars." One can imagine Putin's reaction. Reparations by Germany after WW1 led to WW2. "Ukraine joins NATO as soon as possible." Why would Russia want its Western enemies so close? Putin already said no. How did America feel about Russia in Cuba? "If Russia complies with these terms." Sounds like Russian lost a war and had terms dictated to it. "Mr. Biden’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan look like a success in comparison." It was Trump's agreement with The Afghans that forced the withdrawal. "The complexities of the Ukraine-Russia conflict," Shows they understand but think their strategy, that they have made public, will work.

I thought there was a Tory government in May? The Telegraph - the Tory rag with no memory.

https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/092915/5-countries-produce-most-carbon-dioxide-co2.asp#:~:text=China tops the list of,its gasoline-fueled transportation industry. https://www.worldometers.info/co2-emissions/co2-emissions-by-country/ https://spj.science.org/doi/10.34133/remotesensing.0006#:~:text=After a long history of,the early 2000s [6]. https://brushclub.us/blogs/green-living-blog/top-5-countries-with-the-highest-level-of-reforestation Lots more....

Soup will not permanently damage an oil painting https://fineart-restoration.co.uk/news/can-soup-damage-a-painting/ Mary Raleigh Richardson's slashing of a Velasquez painting in 1910 was probably equally shocking to elderly ASEAN Now members at the time but several protestor actions eventually led to women getting the vote.

Wouldn't postponing the presidential debate until she has been formally recognized actually be better for Harris? The closer to the election, the easier to remember what was said after all.

Well he failed, so no virgins for him.

Dozy Don's people said that "he would prefer a more sympathetic conservative broadcaster like Fox News" But Fox admitted in court that it is an entertainment company - not a news company - and people should not believe it. Without credibility, Fox should not be chosen. Looking forward to the debate though.