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Do you really need Windows in any form? I have been downloading with MX Linux for years, never a problem.

I'm not afraid of death. I am afraid of dying slowly in constant pain. As I have seen several friends do. I support voluntary euthanasia, and religious organizations opposing it can go <deleted> themselves.

Speaking of smoke, what are you smoking? Trump lost a trade war, the Mexicans told him no to funding the wall, and an election by 7.5 million votes. His resort properties are all losing money hand over fist. What gives you the idea he is winning, apart from your own belief system?

I suggest you take a look at the US unemployment rate to assist your understanding.

COVID vaccines work in terms of reducing ICU admissions, deaths, and the incidence of long COVID. The data is there for everyone to see. Gravity works very well as a reality if one tries stepping off the balcony of a fourteenth floor condo anywhere in Thailand. I agree frequent boosters are unnecessary, which is why my next one is in February 2023.

A very good trade for America, although that would mean all his indebted properties would come under the Russian sanctions.

I understand it is called "Trump under investigation bla bla bla.." However, point taken.

So do I.

You speak of "the left" as if it is one of the Egyptian plagues. It's no better or worse than "the right." Given the performances of elected republicans in Congress and the Senate during two impeachments and the January 6 insurrection, definitely better. IIRC, Obama was trying to hold America together. Trump got himself elected by pandering to all the basest instincts of Americans - racism, intolerance and bigotry. He told them what they wanted to hear, while lying in his teeth about what he would bring to their benefit. He polarized Americans like no President has ever done before. MAGA my aching butt. Putin's "fairly strong currency" is an illusion, Russia's GDP is going under with 16% inflation, a drop in real wages, and a 50% decrease in oil and gas exports last month. If that is economic success, I'd like to know what failure looks like.

Wilcannia is an ideal example of the Law Of Unintended Consequences. Or Murphy's Law, if you will. The 2000 Olympics in Sydney was a big deal for the State Government. They wanted to avoid any disruption from the large Koori population in Redfern. So they offered very generous incentives to get them to move to Wilcannia. The bureaucrats who designed the scheme assumed Aboriginals are one big happy family. They are still distinctly tribal. Result when they shifted to Wilcannia was tribal warfare. I drove through Wilcannia about 7 years ago. There were still bars on the windows and doors of all the houses and shops.

I'm not concerned about VP Harris. I am concerned about the mental health of some posters on this thread.

Do you know the hours for psychiatrists?

Trump as a rat in trouble is less dangerous IMO than someone with a fistful of nuclear codes; however,you may be right.

Leftist? Moi? I'm just a rational non-American, wondering how Trump has managed to con a rump of Americans into accepting his alternative facts as gospel. IMO it would be a fascinating social experiment to compare the average IQ of Trump supporters who believe Trump won or was cheated, against that of the people who voted for Biden. Putin feared Trump? You must have missed Trump kissing Putin's butt in Helsinki.

Yes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children's_Health_Defense VAERS is a voluntary health reporting system on vaccine adverse reactions, it can hardly be taken as objective data. That requires peer review, the stuff responsible scientists and medicos do. An aching arm for a couple of days would be reported as an adverse event, and VAERS would count all deaths with co-morbidities as caused by vaccination. How many people have been saved from death or incapacitation? Those numbers are totally ignored by conspiracy theorists, with their focus on anything adverse about vaccination. Or fluoride, or climate change. I wish I had fluoride given to me as a child. It would have denied a succession of dentists a gold mine.

All you need is one in thirty-two of your forebears.

Your speculations are far more outlandish than mine. It's not speculation anymore that Trump has retained Top Secret documents in an unsecure location despite repeated requests to return them. While it may be speculation what he intended to do with them, there's no speculation about what the Espionage Act says in the circumstances.

Billions of dollars have been shovelled into welfare for them, the woke term is Kooris. I don't know what the answer is, but what is being done for them now is not working. Anyone who thinks Aboriginals are victims should pay a visit to Bourke, Murrum Bridge, Wentworth, or Fitzroy Crossing. It's like being in a war zone, or a white man taking a walk through Harlem. The smarter or more gifted ones make it in mainstream Australian society, but they always seem to go back to their roots. The ones who don't get out of the settlements sit on their bums with their hands out.

The population of Australia is getting close to 27 million, not 40 million. About 80% of Australians live not more than 3 km from a coast. Get into the back blocks, the next house may be 10 km away. Or 100. Non-Australians have no idea how vast and empty Australia is. My retirement to Thailand was based on a number of factors: 1/ Experience. Having worked as a consultant in Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand, I had been exposed to different environments than that prevailing in Australia. 2/ Boredom. While Australia is a very safe place to be, it is also constrained by many rules and regulations, which became stifling to me. Having a house in suburbia requiring constant upkeep was not on my list of exciting things I could do. 3/ Cost of living. I maintain two abodes, two cars, and two scooters here. On my income, in Australia I would only have one place to live. My car. 4/ Women. I could continue living with a woman in my age bracket who was becoming ever more demanding and irritating, and regarded my support as some kind of right. Or I could come to Thailand, where the only requirement for connection with women much younger than me was the size of my wallet. 5/ Medical and dental facilities. Thailand's medical infrastructure is probably one of the best in South-East Asia. 6/ Freedom. Within the bounds of the law here, I can do exactly as I want. There are no bigots or prudes to disapprove of my conduct. Not that I would care. I did about 6 months of research before retiring here, one of my better decisions in life. I suspect proximity is another reason, it's a 8-9 hour flight from Bangkok to the main Australian cities. Spain, Mexico, South Africa and South America are a bridge too far for most Aussies.

Separations are fairly pointless when a couple have been in close proximity during the infection phase. I've found it helpful to get a COVID antibody test done, it tells me where my immune system is at for 500 baht.

I guess you are in for a rude awakening, then. Forked over $45 to the great man yet?

It goes back to Dr. Samuel Johnson's aphorism: " Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel."

Your belief in the righteousness of Trump is touching. It has me wondering why, after saying only mobsters take the Fifth, he would exercise that right himself. And why that would remain unquestioned by you. Opinions differ. Garland wedged the Republicans and Trump beautifully, the warrant and what was found with the warrant is out there for the world to see. Top Secret documents in the possession of a private citizen. Spare me the argument Trump won, that's been tossed out by every judiciary in America. I am looking forward to the truth coming out too. Perhaps you won't be able to handle it.

I would suggest the OP has a setting on his computer which is timing out after ten minutes. I stay logged into ASEAN even when I am switched off, because I am back in as soon as I boot up again, without a password in sight. As for disinformation, my only source is the more deranged posters on ASEAN. I refuse to be on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or TikTok because I don't see the point of it, apart from allowing the site owners to harvest my personal information for free.

Retirees only register with Thais at the local level, the vast majority of Thais don't even know we exist. The money we spend may help one family, not more.