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So when these retirees go back to where they come from, are they going back to a better or worse standard of living? Do you think they are being patriotic, by helping fund tax cuts for billionaires, and more defense spending for a country that has never been invaded, and surrounded by two oceans? What's wrong with pining for a better life? Whatever happened to aspiration? What is wrong with you?

50% of Americans believe in angels. What does that say about their sanity? There's always going to be someone smarter than me. You are not one of them.

True. I suppose my experiences with black people have been quite positive, which is why I view them in a favorable light. I used to play golf with a black American guy in Chiang Mai. Martial arts instructor, really nice person.

So is DOGE. That's why the feces are hitting the fan. How would you like to be a diabetic pensioner seeing his $6 a month insulin hiked to $80 as soon as Trump took office? I can't think of anything more stupid than firing people responsible for the safety of nuclear weapons, except some posters on this forum.

It demonstrates the esteem in which Trump is held by other nations. I am wondering when Putin will be erecting a statue in Red Square.

The epitome of a sore winner. Perhaps you have not realized reports deemed frivolous or non-factual may be ignored. Please post evidence you have been told not to use the report function. Are you on SS? Don't worry, you'll be a sore loser soon enough.

I'm thinking many of the posters here are as mad as a cut snake. Welcome into their midst.

It doesn't seem to be surging in departments such as USAID, SS and Medicare. Mass layoffs Trump might need extra military when buyer remorse really sets in. Meantime, Republican governors in half a dozen states affected by layoffs are pleading for exemptions. They can see what the mid-terms are going to do, and Trump has only been there for a month.

QED & SMH.

I'm predicting this will be a thread for some very sick people.

I have heard of two in Chiang Mai, one in Hang Dong which is about 45,000 baht/month, another off the 118 which is 90,000 baht/month. Some affluent families hire live-in retired nurses, who have to quit government hospitals at age 45. I understand they are 15,000 - 20,000 baht/month.

Who cares? Everyone knows Trump mouths off at any group that does not vote for him, or kiss his ring. How un-American is it to call fallen soldiers suckers and losers?

So do people who have had prefrontal lobotomies.

A game where players hit the ball with their heads, and practice diving into solid ground instead of water. No wonder so many do stupid things off the field.

She's probably a hell of a lot better at pleasing a man than a so-called honest woman.

You add so much to every thread.

It only takes one earthquake to screw it up. The mid-Atlantic ridge is seismically active. Next.

Claiming cost savings which later turn out to be total BS has been around ever since management consultants were born.

Says the master baiter. I post facts, when was the last time you did?

Australia contributes more per capita in foreign aid than the US does. $360 billion for secondhand nuclear submarines. US multinationals avoiding company tax in Australia with profit shifting and fake loans. Trump extorting Ukraine for strategic minerals. China thinks of us as an American base. It's America doing the stealing, think about that before opening your fat yap again.

IMO someone who slaps tariffs on their allies is going to put in question whether an alliance has any value. MAGA posters here are frothing at the mouth about transgender programs in Peru, whatever. The fact USAID also funds major public health initiatives in vulnerable countries escapes them. Polio is still endemic in Pakistan and Afghanistan. They will find out soon enough bacteria and viruses don't give a damn about national borders. But hey, with an anti-vaxxer in charge of America's health, what could possibly go wrong?

The Russian land mass is 17 million square kilometres, the biggest country on the planet. Ukraine is a mere 600,000 square kilometres, but the soil in eastern Ukraine is the richest on the planet. Wars are about theft writ large, and Putin has a well-earned reputation as a kleptomaniac. IMO he is focused in the wrong direction. Eastern Siberia is a treasure house of all kinds of resources, and China needs them. What's the bet if Ukraine becomes all out war between the EU and Russia, China won't be stabbing Putin in the back?

I am not sure he is in Thailand, as he seems to spend a lot of time bagging it. My hypothesis - he is shivering in some miserable bedsit in Birmingham or Manchester, cranking out bitter posts as his sole entertainment.

Please go ahead. A holiday would probably do you the world of good.

I realize ascribing thinking to his brain farts is a bit of a stretch.