Lacessit

Usual snark to be expected from you. Bye-bye.

Perhaps you are not aware Trump plans to increase the military budget, by about $100 billion. AI works the same way as any other computer. Garbage in, garbage out.

1/ In his last presidency, he milked $240 million from American taxpayers by playing golf on his properties, then having his secret service detail billeted on said properties at an average of $800,000 each time. He played golf over 300 times. 2/ The poor saps who depend on social security and food stamps, of course. 3/ RFK is an antivaxxer, and antifluoride crusader. You might trust a guy who says a worm ate his brain, I don't. Crazy as a bedbug.

In Australia, I simply place my Visa debit card on the device, and my account is debited. The process takes seconds. In Thailand, people at checkouts faff about on their phones for minutes. One would think they would learn to use the <deleted> things after the first few times, but no.

Trump has got what he wants from the voters. A get out of jail free card. More opportunities to bilk taxpayers. If you think he's not going to throw some of the people who voted for him under a bus, you are delusional. Appointing a recovering heroin addict as his Health czar, what could go wrong?

Please explain how imposing tariffs and cutting taxes will improve the USA's budget mess.

We can do something about the amount of carbon dioxide we generate. AFAIK nothing can be done to prevent generation of water vapor. Every 1 degree C increase in temperature results in the atmosphere holding 7% more water.

I tend to agree a lot of money dedicated to climate change is badly directed. Carbon Capture and Storage ( CCS ) is an example, thermodynamic BS. There is not a single CCS facility operating to design specifications. Billions have been wasted on white elephants. A 1.1 degree C change in ocean temperature doesn't sound like much. In fact, it represents a massive amount of energy. The Russian Tsar Bomba is the most powerful nuke ever detonated. It produced an energy output of 2 X 10*17 joules. The total volume of the world's oceans is approximately 1.335 billion cubic kilometres. To raise the temperature of the world's oceans by a single degree requires 5,45 X 10*24 joules. I.e 7 orders of magnitude greater than the Tsar Bomba.

Back in Australia, there is a Mitsubishi Magna. I fitted it with LPG after-market at 80,000 km. It's now on 330,000 km. Nothing wrong with the engine, the transmission is a bit fragile. I guess the best way to find out whether an engine has hardened valve seats is to ask the manufacturer. At a Thai garage, it's possible you will be told what they think you want to hear.

I suggest you check how rapidly property insurance premiums have escalated over the last 3-4 years for high risk areas. Global warming and climate change have everything to do with human activity, but for many it is easier to be in denial. Please explain how the earth has had a constant average temperature for the last 20,000 years, then managed to elevate that temperature by 1.1 C in a mere 150 years.

IIRC the Mexican president told Trump to put his tariffs where the sun doesn't shine. Canada has a positive balance of payments with the USA, quite apart from America importing 52% of its petroleum from there. As for Xi, the US debt is $800 billion. If that were called in, it would probably break American hegemony, as far as being the reserve currency goes. Trump lost the last trade war with China - badly. American farmers needed massive subsidies to placate them. You may be right, it's just threats. If he acts on them, it's going to get ugly - for everyone.

Do me a favor, please. Try to avoid posting idiotic responses.

Santayana said "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." The chaos of the first Trump presidency has been conveniently forgotten by most. Selective memory of purported achievements has been substituted. It would be good if I was disappointed.

It's preferable to have CNG and LPG cars with the two factory fitted. LPG cylinder head temperatures are intermediate, hotter than gasoline, cooler than CNG. It's the luck of the draw with fitting after-market LPG kits in Thailand. Some brands will have hardened valve seats, some not. I had dual-fuel cars, used to run them sequentially on quarter a tank of gasoline, then a full tank of LPG.

You seem to be fixated on a Thai woman who took all your money. Physician, heal yourself.

IIRC the Roman Emperor Caligula was claimed to have appointed a horse to the post of Consul. He was also noted for extravagant spending on showy pageants. Trump is America's Caligula, it will be interesting to see how many parallels arise.

Is that where the hair grows?

About the same amount of time as the right-wing BS.

Centrelink has a Procrustean bed - one size fits all.

We never realize how important our feet are until they start giving trouble.

I had plantar warts on my feet many years ago, and a recurrence about six months ago. I went to a plastic surgeon in Chiang Rai, who made a mess of the operation. I was still in pain, the wound was taking forever to heal. When I started looking for a qualified podiatrist in Chiang Rai, there is none. There is a single podology centre in Chiang Mai, located off the 118. Wuttipong Arayatumsopon trained in Germany for 17 years. He worked on my feet for about an hour and a half, very thorough. 2500 baht. Complete success, feet as good as new. Highly recommended.

Russian military equipment is being shredded in Ukraine, for all the world to see. Even the older T-72 tank still costs half a million dollars. Getting obliterated by a drone costing a few hundred dollars must be causing a significant amount of buyer's remorse. Losing more than 9000 tanks in Ukraine is not a good advertisement for their capabilities.

Why can't Centrelink stop paying the supplements, but still maintain the card's validity? Sensible people turn off all their electrical appliances if they are overseas for 6 weeks or more.

It's not about morals, I couldn't care less. Go ahead, prove to me law enforcement does not classify people on the basis of their appearance. Good luck with finding evidence otherwise. I haven't been in a bar for about ten years, gave up what little alcohol I did drink about 18 months ago. Normal BMI, waist 38 cm. Don't bruise yourself jumping to conclusions.