Isaan sailor

Where did they find that new press secretary? Someone should tell her our stocks don’t look so good now.

I can tell you miss Donald Trump…

You get an A for effort. Inflation (including gas prices) in US began far before Putin’s buildup along the Ukraine border. Retired Americans with Social Security got a 5.9% raise in January—based on 3rd quarter inflation indexes.

Biden tried that trick (Putin’s price hikes). Not too many are buying that malarkey. Most of US gas hikes and inflation took place prior to Putin’s Ukraine invasion. .

Unfair comparison—the US had a vibrant oil industry and much cheaper gasoline on the day Biden took office. Other countries, especially in Central Europe, have always had high gasoline prices.

Open borders, a declared war on the American oil industry, and rampant inflation from trillions of dollars spent on recovery schemes. Stock market only now reacting. Other than that, he’s done a fine job—for Ukraine.

We built one house—Isaan, and rent another—sea coast.

How about freezing diesel prices? It’s how those instant noodles, vegetable oils and canned items get to markets, right?

Interest rate hikes—the fly in the ointment. Although the 1% pay cash for properties.

Welcome back, 35–we really missed you. It kinda makes up for the slaughter of US stocks (bear market, with designs on a full blown recession).

Hello and goodbye to 35 on the USD. Baht bounced right back up to 34.81 today.

Baht down 2% on USD over two weeks. US stocks down 10% over two weeks. These are the best of times. These are the worst of times.

Secretary Austin means well. About time he came to Thailand.

Can feel your pain. USD languished for years, and now it takes a full-blown US recession to bring it back to life. Last week, I did buy more land for wife, with an adjustment to her will, just in case.

Sink, baby, sink.

Yeah right—jack up interest rates to pump up the Baht. That will help tourism and the economy—NOT.

Better to buy wine in a glass bottle, or in a tetrapak? And with beer, better aluminum cans or glass bottles? Of course, my favorite way—by the keg.

Kudos to Singha Beer in small aluminum cans. The six pack uses a reinforced cardboard—to replace those plastic rings.

If NBC publishes this piece on Biden’s problems—you know he’s got trouble.

It seems liberals have the President they deserve. And the same goes for the current VP.

Quick, notify OSHA—no wait, this is Thailand.

Perhaps there’s a missile colonoscopy in Vladimir’s near future?

Long RTX and ULE, thanks.

Funny, the Russian Army shows no restraint in their brutal invasion of Ukraine.

Ukraine should lob a few missiles Vlad’s way, or at least over the border to where the Russians and Chechens hide out.