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The 'extended family' were supposed to stop by, then it was into CM by the moat, for water fights. Damp morning, followed by rain at 1300  killed that, Heh. A relaxing, Songkran, rain pattering on the awnings, reading the kindle, with Sinatra flac files, on the DAP, playing in the background.

A beautiful morning, no AC, just rain cool wind sweeping through the house.  One can almost believe the wet monsoon is here. 

Out at 8 AM on a Rimping/Makro holiday scooter run. Had a brief smattering of rain, woohoo. Forecast for thundershowers this afternoon also. YES!

2 hours ago, blaze master said:

I simply can't gloss over it like you have sorry. No matter the other uses it may have it was developed primarily for causing death and destruction. 

Yes, these weapons will soon cause death & destruction in Kiev, as Vladimir Putin & the Russian forces desperately try & salvage something out of their  Ukrainian invasion.  China being Russia's biggest ally, supplier & bankroller. North Korea & IRAN being the  other two suppliers of Putin. 

Rest Easy; Vladimir Putin, him good guy, according to MAGA narrative. 
 

As China buys 90% of Iranian oil. There is another factor to consider.  

Lets face it, lots of people look pretty ugly. Masks are an improvement. 

Right & Trump was going to go total crush on Hamas if the hostages were not released, plus Peace in the Ukraine in "days" after he became president.  Like everything else, just empty bellowing. 

Given how fast he caved on his tariffs. Was it even 24 hours? Iran has nothing to worry about. More to the point China is watching all of this and making plans. Remain calm & just wait him out. Given his legendary attention span deficit, he will declare victory & move onto something else.  

Why not give Lisa her due, in Gimme Shelter spats, she's not that bad. 

After a one day rally, due to Trump pausing tariffs, the markets tanked again. His right wing money people are going to get their wind up about that. Not surprising as he is a six time bankrupt,  who couldn't make money owning a casino.   The idea he is wealthy genius was all a Hollywood creation. 


 

Markets have been dropping again across the board. Less than 24 hours after the 90 day wait period inspired rally of yesterday.  🫤

A Pattaya Classic

 

4 minutes ago, khunjeff said:

've never seen any "routine check" of an arriving passenger's pockets at any airport in Thailand, ever. Or did he literally hand the passport containing the drugs to the immigration officer? And if this all stemmed from this magical "routine check", how had they organized a "joint operation" to arrest the guy?

You got it. There is a Thai model/actress in jail for over 30 years for a tenth of a gram of coke (or meth). I don't see how that case, or this, are anything more than a set up. I would like to think he is guilty of something else, .... never will know.

Phuket airport is also where they found bullets in the luggage of two departing tourists. That little event cost 6 weeks plus in the pokey and roughly 50K USD  each.  In one of those cases, the perp asked to see the bullet, they never showed it to him. Instead he got the old Sierra Madre routine ... we don't need no stinking bullets.

Can't see that being an issue with the local Thai community. The ones to watch are the MAGA expats. They could easily become violent and lash out, as disability pensions, SSecurity etc. get cut.

That said, I do like &  buy Heinz, SW, Hot Sauce, Bourbons, etc., from the USA. I will boycott US goods, sure, why not?!  Sourcing replacements is an ongoing task.

This week it's hot sauce, not the best, but workable, as a replacement. 

1 minute ago, Middle Aged Grouch said:

Peanuts compared to what Obama and Biden spent in Afghanisthan.

After 9/11 Afghanistan was going to happen.. The trillion dollar plus disaster was when  jrBush & the Republican party took their eyes off the ball & went chasing WMD in the Iraqi desert.  A disaster the US is paying for to this very day. Understandably right wing MAGA heads cannot mention it.   

Oh no. Well, that is a tragedy. 

One in a million?, make it two.

Brit tourist a decade or more, back. Drinking, his dentures got loose and somehow sucked back into his windpipe. He choked to death. Up north In MHS or Chiang Rai, too. Yuck