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Before you get too conceited on geography, please note most Americans think Australian cities have kangaroos hopping up and down our thoroughfares.

IIRC Europe certainly needed Uncle Sam in the aftermath of WWII, hence the Berlin Airlift and the Marshall Plan. Why did you choose a nom-de-plume whose namesake headed up the NKVD during Stalin's purge of 1934 - 1936, only to be executed in 1938?

Putin could conceivably win against NATO if it is neutered by Trump. Ukrainians have to kill 8 Russians for every casualty on their side to even achieve parity.

AFAIK the US is doing very well for itself in that field, whereas those nations who bought Russian armaments are having considerable buyer's remorse.

Your argument is Putin will stop after he wins in Ukraine. Where are your facts and evidence to support that?

As Stalin once said, quantity is its own quality. Those who forget the lessons of history are condemned to repeat them.

Ukraine is of interest to anyone who remembers what the Iron Curtain was like, with half of Europe stagnating under the Soviet banner. Putin has repeatedly said he wants the Soviet Union restored to its former glory. He won't stop at Ukraine if he wins there. You are simply too young to remember those times.

AFAIK in Vietnam, neither side was trying to commit genocide, or forcibly relocate children. OTOH, Putin definitely wants to finish what Stalin started in Ukraine in 1932. Fifty years before you were born. Try reading some history before making egregiously ignorant posts.

In a country where 50% of the population still believes in angels, laws can't be expected to be rational.

Hybrids are usually superior.

Scots, Danish and French ancestry, actually.

I'm Australian, no idea what you are on about.

While I wish them well, I do have to question why the sheeple media gives this dysfunctional family of overprivileged breeders so much oxygen.

Please wake me up when someone has their retirement extension refused because they do not have a Thai tax number. Until then, it's all ifs, buts and maybes.

Check your apps, and disable the data function. Use WiFi only. I had the same situation in Oz. Quite a few game apps quietly nibble in the background.

My Thai GF would think your post is deranged.

Trump supporters never had a mind to lose. Sheeple.

How ripe do the tanktops have to get before you change?

I proved the brand I bought works, by leaving it outside the house in a dark place which I knew had mosquitoes. I scored a dozen before the rechargeable battery ran flat, which takes about 4-5 hours. Presumably the device is intended for indoor use, while one is sleeping. In a house with insect screens, that is only the odd mosquito. The instructions do say it works much better with no other light sources. Your comment simply demonstrates you have a closed mind.

Apparently UV light only works if it is on a very specific wavelength which attracts mosquitos, UV generated across a wider spectrum will not. I recently bought one, brand Zappify. It works. There are probably a lot of brands that don't.

Trump makes bond when the court says so. He doesn't when you assert a lie as a fact.

I am the fact police, and you posted a lie. Trump has not made bond. Like the fact Trump was involved in over 4000 legal cases BEFORE 2016. Probably another one coming from Truth Social Suckers shareholders. Don't kid yourself you deserve my attention. You're more like a mosquito I turn the bug zapper on for, in the evening.

Possibly we are moving in different social circles, not that I am a party animal. The women I am in contact with mostly staff small shops, restaurants etc. I am obviously lucky, my GF has worked in the rice fields. Most men meeting her for the first time think she is mid-thirties. She is 57 yo. I'd agree Thai rural society appears to be matrilineal, land seems to be passed down by inheritance on the distaff side. I'd disagree on the banter observation, I've had some very direct overtures from Thai women, they were not kidding. I attribute that to finances, not good looks. As for medical and dental, government hospitals are 30 baht for a Thai. The dental profession seems to be mainly about straightening teeth. IMO Thais don't get many cavities. They drink a lot of tea ( cha ) which is rich in fluorides.

He has posted bond from a California company whose NTA is less than the bond amount, and his lawyers are arguing NY laws don't apply to an out-of-state company. I expect Engoron will toss it out soon, if not him, an appeals court judge.

Kennedy picked Johnson as his VP, even though he distrusted him. Because Johnson was without peer as an influencer and arm-twister.