Lacessit

You are a MAGA supporter. Presumably you have relatives, although that is a scary thought in itself. Self-realization is a wonderful thing.

How do you cover sympathetically for a felon who bangs porn stars, cheats contractors, calls fallen soldiers suckers and losers, grifts sneakers and Bibles, and claims he has the biggest crowds? Who has 91 criminal indictments waiting in the wings? The media can only report the facts it gets. Nothing to do with nasty. If I wrote Trump up as a Hollywood scriptwriter and submitted it for making a film, every producer would be kicking me out of their offices, for being too preposterous. Perhaps Bollywood might be interested. Hard to say whether it would be comedy, tragedy or dystopian. Black comedy anyone?

You forget you are not responding to rational, logical people.

How short are the memories of Trumpers, their cognitive biases on full display.......

Is the OP fluent in Thai? IMO a waste of time otherwise. There are plenty of massage shops in Chiang Rai with women who fit his specifications, I daresay it's the same in every city. They would need to know their projected earnings would be substantially more than they would get, just staying put in high season.

You may be right. Ad hominem argument seems to dominate political discourse.

Trump liked to say he only picked the best people.........

AFAIK the TEALs have been a moderating force in Australian politics, and have brought about numerous amendments to legislation. They do not hold the balance of power. The major parties, however, are sh!tting themselves that they may well do in future governments, because they strongly represent their electorates, and are not party hacks.

"No compromises allowed". Isn't that America's problem in a nutshell? Isn't that what Trump did with the bipartisan border legislation? No compromise allowed?

You can't read the link I put in the OP?

We have plenty of sun in Australia. South Australia generates about 65% of its electrical energy from renewables, target 100% by 2027. Hornsdale battery stores 150 MW You have 4 deserts in the USA. While there are some major projects in the Mojave and Sonoran, they are still under construction. Guess who has been dragging their feet? The USA gets wind 24/7. It's otherwise known as domestic politics.

A major policy plank of the TEALs is acknowledging climate change as real, and a pressing issue. I narrowly avoided spraying coffee all over my keyboard. The thought of Trump as a warrior for the environment had me choking.

In 2022, there was a sea-change in Australian politics - the rise of the TEALs., centrist politicians who are not beholden to either side of politics. The majority parties who want legislation passed now have to convince them of the merits of their proposals. IMO both sides of politics in America can agree - the country is completely polarized. The TEALs were successful because they appealed to voters on both sides who thought the major parties were ignoring their concerns, or taking them for granted. Perhaps they are what America needs. Notably, the TEALs who were successful at the ballot box are all women. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/may/23/teal-independents-who-are-they-how-did-they-upend-australia-election

Unfortunately, there are too many examples where innocent people have been executed. Perhaps the leading example is Timothy Evans in the UK. The real murderer, Christie, was the leading witness in Evans's trial. I agree with the death penalty only if the evidence is overwhelming and incontrovertible, with a unanimous jury verdict. Proponents for the death penalty should read John Grisham's only non-fiction book, " An Innocent Man". Officers of the law who perpetrated that injustice with fabricated confessions had their careers left unscathed.

Further to the point of Secret Service accommodation while Trump plays golf, I thought this describes Trump's grift quite nicely...... even down to Melania's role.

It's on record Trump played golf over 300 times while President. Every time he did, it was at one of his golf courses. Usually Bedminster. His entire Secret Service detail was lodged and fed on those properties, which all had accommodation and restaurants. His normal security detail was enlarged. Golf courses are open space requiring more manpower to protect. It's a security nightmare. The Trump organization billed the US taxpayer for housing and feeding the Secret Service detail. The average cost was $800,000 per visit. If you don't understand the math of 300 X $800,000, I can't help you.

No. Not a chill, or a shill either.

I take the opposite view. Legalize everything, with the sole caveat committing a crime under the influence, gets treated as if the perpetrator were not. Police in Australia have said they can't arrest their way out of the meth problem. How many billions has the US spent on its war on drugs? What progress have they made? Making drugs legal accomplishes two things. It removes the criminal element, and the drugs should be safer because there is no longer profit in adulterating them. The data from countries who legalize drugs indicates crime rates are reduced substantially, because addicts no longer have to resort to crime to feed their habit. Just as there are functioning alcoholics, I am fairly sure there are functioning drug addicts. It's ironic, actually. Alcohol and tobacco are legal, yet AFAIK they are the only two substances given the status of Class 1 carcinogens.

Zoom, Skype and Google Voice can all be used on a laptop, using a USB microphone/headset. Or one can use a VoIP service provider. My phone is mainly used for reading books, playing exercise videos, or storing photos of my passport, driver's license etc. Phone calls are a minor component.

Suzy was ignorant of spelling and grammar. This is a new troll, who got caught out quite quickly. Did not know the difference between the two. He/she/it has put me on ignore, which I regard as a badge of honor.

Minor correction. Trump played over 300 rounds of golf, taxpayer cost $240 million.

I suspect the reason most of his golf courses are bleeding money is because he can't get decent staff for them. Golf is a separate universe where everybody knows the good places to apply for jobs. And the ones that treat their staff poorly.

You can put it down the drain quite safely if you emulsify it in the sink first with detergent and hot water. You will probably need about quarter of a bottle of liquid detergent for each bottle of of oil.

True. However, most businesses operate on a payment cycle of 1-3 months, depending on the terms and conditions of the contract. Some of Trump's bills go back to 2016, which is stretching the payment cycle more than a little. Successful companies also know it's good business to maintain an amicable relationship with their suppliers. Trump doesn't, which is why he can't get any reputable law firm to work for him, and the lawyers that do demand payment up front. BTW, Alina Habba seems to have disappeared from the public view.

I certainly won't be ignoring you. I have a feeling you'll be a contender in my stupid post competition.