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Anyone can say whatever comes into their head without coaching. You know, electric boats, sharks and so on. Any day, I'm expecting a dissertation on the mud people being the forebears of Indian females.

Er - left wing and fascist is an oxymoron.

The submarine count is misleading. Who has the most nuclear-powered submarines, capable of staying submerged for extended periods? Who has the best noise-suppression equipment? Who has the best detection gear? Those factors change the balance. As does Russia. Thanks to corruption, it is questionable how many of their subs are operational. I am not saying things cannot change. The use of drones in Ukraine has every military in the world scrambling for defenses, and their use on the high seas is presumably in naval thinking as well.

Not much use having a high literacy rate unless one is taught to think with it. Russia has a literacy rate of 99.7%, look where it has got them.

It depends on what metric is used. Militarily, there is no question America is the most powerful country in the world. Best logistics, best equipment. It's arguable who has the best soldiers. What makes America a stand out is its ability to project power all over the globe. It does that with aircraft carriers, satellites, and aerial surveillance. That kind of power at the command of any single human should give anyone pause.

Not often I agree with you. Some white supremacists will have a touch of the tar-brush in their ancestry, and compensate for it with extra fervency in their expressions of racial hatred. I understand the same applies to homophobes.

They look pretty tragic to me. So many stupid people in the same room.

Trump is as funny as root canal therapy. His "humor" is about drawing attention to himself. DA of San Francisco 2003, AG California 2010, Senator for California 2017, VP 2021. Usual racist sh!t about her ethnicity. Who cares? You wouldn't recognize experience if it bit you on the bum. Go away, you're boring.

AFAICT the names Harris is getting called are stupid, thick, laughing, inexperienced, black blah blah blah. Pretty heady stuff. Mostly untrue. You can't say that of the Trump labels. He's all of that. I didn't know it was a crime to laugh, but the right seem hell-bent on making it one. Miserable sods.

Yesterday, I went to a cardiologist in Chiang Rai because I had an issue with edema in my ankles, and possible cellulitis. After reading my ECG and CAT scans from Australia, he checked me over carefully. Asked questions about my medical history, and medications I was on. Very professional. He said the edema was minimal, and he did not think I had cellulitis. However, he would prescribe an antibiotic as a precaution. Come back in a week to check progress. I was absolutely gobsmacked by the bill, 250 baht including the antibiotic. The equivalent of AUD 11. In Australia with the same specialist, I would be charged at least AUD 150.

Usually, it's because they would go broke quite quickly in their home country. Some of us have worked out it's smarter to live here comfortably, than struggle back home. My only reason to go back to Australia is for serious health issues, as I have top level private health cover there.

According to you, felon, misogynist, sexual predator and racist are all off limits. Weird is pretty mild in comparison.

No doubt Trump would appeal any jail term. However, it would make polishing the turd more difficult with the swing voters.

IIRC he is due to be sentenced by Judge Merchan 5 weeks before the election, which could really put a cat among the pigeons.

I've learned how devoted to my welfare my Thai GF can be. I'd marry her in a heartbeat, if it was not for Australian social security regulations that discriminate financially against foreign wives.

Doubt away, I heard of her several years ago.

John Daly is a sad waste of what was a really unique golf talent. His flexibility for someone of his build was quite astounding. His liking for fast food contributed to his demise. The picture tells the story.

As sarcastic posts go, this is podium standard.

IMO you had better get used to the fact we all have biases. Some are intelligently based, others are emotional. For example, I have been a golfer for more than 60 years. I was brought up in the game's honorable traditions, and observed them faithfully. My bias against anyone who cheats is very strong. That's emotional. However, it's also intelligent, because there's no point to playing a game where your opponent wins by cheating. From what I gather, Walker88 has been in close proximity to Trump on a number of occasions. Presumably he developed his bias on the basis of experience. I'm not denying there are problems on both sides of the divide. It's just what I regard as the lesser of two evils, and I can't see what sitting on the fence achieves.

Tell me what you know.

Thanks for confirming laughing at your own posts is a sign of low intellect. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Phelps https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Biles

Don't bruise yourself jumping to conclusions. You know nothing about me.

I was thinking about how they would go in soft sand.

Usual trivial response.

Three nouns, genius.