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Reckoned it would be hard to find, maybe even back in the warrens, (Suriyawong alleys). Or at least up past the Russian Orthodox church, the appropriately named St Vladimir’s. Nope. First left after CK-Buriwong 4 way, and there was his burrow, in your face. No matter if he was getting money from blighty, he had money problems and/or physical age-related issues. Front by road, still dirty from the floods. Two marks on the wall where AC units had been, both long gone. One window on an upper floor completely gone. All other windows, opaque from grime. If he had a wife, she cleared out long ago. Thai news claimed this was part of ongoing sweeps of suspect areas, uh uh, nah, Likely a neighbor had enough and reported him. At 25 years, impressive but living like that at least for the last couple, or five, ten years ... sad.

People blamed Julian Assange for accepting hacked info & email of the DNC & Hilary, from Russian sources. What can be said is no collusion was found between Donald Trump & the Russian hackers who supplied WikiLeaks. The Soviets, Russians need to keep the reins pretty tight on Trump because he could go any direction at any time. Good work by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on reminding Donald just what is expected.

BP had an fantastic track record of being non WOKE. Then woke happened. Good to see them getting rid of the WOKE ideology and get back to what made them great.

Today cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, Housing Assistance, & more, in the republican budget all to give trillions in Tax Breaks to the rich , those "job creators" Personally I'm waiting for Trumps Social Security Cuts. I know it's harsh, but we have way to many, two bit, US retirees here in Thailand. Cut Social Security and they have to go back & find a trailer park in Tallahassee. Plus a few posters here, pining for a retirement in Isaan, can stop pining, & get a job as a greeter at Walmart. Looks like I'm turning MAGA.

Nothing prayer & leeches could not have cured. Texas needs no vaccine.

Hi So for the hot season. GG is out styling & not pounding the keyboard at 4 AM, in a box?! Not Hi So, but ... I had a skin cancer thingy removed.. The doctor said, be more proactive, as light skinned & living in Thailand. I knew I wouldn’t wear a hat, unless I liked it. Stroke of luck, a Panama Hat store on amazon, with an actual brick & mortar location in my old (old) town. Went there, got it sized, then bought two. Pricey but really like both. One is your basic Panama white & the other MALTA SIENNA,

This might explain why Another Suborned judge. Same thing he is doing now as he fires generals in the military or puts in a new FBI head. He wants people loyal to him, not to the USA. Critical when you are replacing a democracy with an authoritarian state

I really would like to get a picture, a face shot, of the old geezer. They arrested him on Ragang RD. One article states, living nearby. Wonder if he was in the warrens between that Ragang & Kad Kom market?! Always assumed it was mainly Russkies back there, but a scofflaw Brit. Yeah it fits. Back route from my old condo to the moat & CM gate market, if he didn't hunker inside, good chance I saw him. BTW There was a Korean who clocked in with a 26 (?) year overstay out of Lom Sak, Petchaboon. He still holds the record AFAIK, but being Korean, not given star treatment by the Thai media.

Rewriting history this morning? what fun. The WMD Desert Iraqi adventure trip was propagated by Fox News, right wing talkers, Rush etc. a Republican president & their conservative sheep, in lock step. The very people cheering for Trump & Putin today & screaming about WOKE, MSM, Deep State, & crying about Zelensky bagging cash. Recognize who these people are ... have you looked in a mirror lately? Amazing how far they have come in twenty years. Now they support an ex KGB/Stassi agent dictator, & in the US, they are dismantling democracy. Showing their true colors, but ones that have always been there.

This is guy who can't read more than a page in a book. Who has the functional education level of a 7th grader and my favorite, had to briefed about Pearl Harbor and the USS Arizona, by staff when flying out there (1st term). That at the height of his powers. More like 15 steps into senility now. The US has been lucky for a long time. I wonder, is this where luck runs out?

More deaths than Wuhan Flu vaccine - or deaths attributed to the vaccine, in the UK, but listed as questionable. I would expected antivaxxers to be apoplectic about the slaughter, yet almost nothing. As they say All vaccines are equal, but some vaccines are more equal than others.

Putin reckoned he would get it for free, just had to wait until trumps second term, to maximize the benefits. Bam; Wuhan flu, then Biden. Vlad must have excremented his pants when Trump lost in 2020. Had to go to Celestial leader Xi to get get backing, and of course wait for the Olympics to finish before he could do invade. Poor Vlad, what should have been three week rout, turned into a three year meat grinder. Military revealed as joke, decimates Soviet, er, Russian, male population. Puts him even more in Celestial Leaders Xi's pocket. At least he still has Donald Trump. He wants what is owed.

It won't be in FOX .. or other places Macron also allowed the seating of the AP correspondents at the conference. Trump has banned them from DC press conference for still using ‘Gulf of Mexico’ instead of his newly designated; Gulf of America. A truly heinous crime. Meanwhile the USA voted with Russia, Iran, and North Korea against a UN resolution supporting the Ukraine. Voting with enemies, former enemies, Islamic & totalitarian states. Obviously, something Donald Trump has no problem with. Trumps America is just getting going, who knows where it will roll.

Probably of far less significance to the Donald, than the Philadelphia Eagles, winners of Super Bowl 59, refusing to visit the White House. Word is coming out this morning, the team voted that down. Ownership is likely peeing their pants. Hah! Ireland?! Does Donald Trump even know where it is or if it is a country?

Rain came in at 420 in bo sang. We put in awnings, front and back when we got this place. First time a rain has sounded on them. Woke us up, but ok, not that tin roof roar. So nice having coffee in bed, cool wind sweeping through the room. Sundays should always be this way.

That is why AID programs, whether humanitarian, military or whatever give/try to give credits for 60 to 75 per cent of the projected program/budget. Eliminates as much corruption as possible. Again one should REALLY think of it as its taxpayer aid to US business, military industrial complex and farmers, as to any foreign countries. However that is likely far too leftist an idea for your brain pan to handle.

Fascinating what festers in the fevered imaginations of right wing brain pans. Its like you believe the US gave Zelensky a big bag a cash or something. Military aid is basically credits to purchase US equipment, or at least 60 to 75 percent of the total given would be this way. In truth it is US taxpayer money directly given to US business. Now with Ukraine, they would be buying other needed parts and equipment from other Euro countries & and with the remainder, to keep things running. This is how military aid has always been. This is how USAID is too. You think they pass out cash to the starving. Or US farmers give big sacks of wheat or rice to the starving third world out of the kindness of their hearts?! They a re paid for it. US taxpayer money paid to US farmers or Business. The shipped OS and distributed. Ok, back to the sanctimonious handwringing, howling, & gnashing of teeth.

un size Route 66 pic.

I love the syphons, and yes I remember when they brought it to your table. A whole production. This up in Ban Nok Thailand long time gone. Today they want to move customers in & out. Get those sales. Likely too much training for staff to operate & costs, imagine they do break after awhile. Hillkoff up here sells them. I could see buying one, as it brings back positive memories, I want to reenforce.

First I admit, always stock up on trips out of Thailand; Indonesian or Guatemalan, are favorites. Problems I do have with Thai coffee. Thais favor light, medium, or very dark roasts. I like dark roast but not an espresso roast. Secondly with all the different brands, different coffee farms packaging their own, It is tough wading through chaff to find something you like. As you said it can vary widely. believe I will start more online ordering, even though I would rather buy from shops, or ask Flo about a couple they sell. All that said, they're getting better Hot season escape, just stop in a supermarket before you fly back.

Insurance? Right, That's the ticket.

You must be a true connoisseur. Cant think of anything as generic as the taste of an espresso shot. Thailand’s coffee continues to improve. Their Arabica continue to improve. Taking advantage of that, brewed, press, cold or drip coffee has become fashionable in CM these days. A number of shops doing it. Nice to see. Flo coffee on Charoen Muang RD, east of the Ping, next to the famous salapao shop, is happening place. Sadly tourists & pats have yet to find it. If in CM, well worth the effort to visit.

I am not surprised anymore with just how round the bend, bonkers, that idea is. Or that MAGA heads would believe it. The US has been spinning off into zone insanity for 20 or 30 years now. Sooner or later the price of mass stupidity will have to be paid. This will end ugly. The only real alliance is the one that already exists; Russia & China. They want nothing more than to get rid of the US as top dog. That is now within their reach as they have a fool they can play.

You somehow found out that he did not use the money - sorry the credits, to buy US weapons. Way cool Don't keep us in suspense post up some links, on where the money is. Sadly given how MAGA people lie, no one will believe you unless you do.

Not the best in CM, but the best on the eastside ... maybe. For rice paddy dwellers. No such things as an 'American breakfast', but eggs, bacon, hash browns, and a short stack pancakes, or variations of, is one standard available at diners across the US. Grand Slam with home fries.