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Mary Trump has a good Substack article about her uncle and his and the Republicans' role in fomenting political violence.

https://www.marytrump.org/p/the-slipperiest-of-slopes

39 minutes ago, Sully_ said:

Blame the university ? I don't know seems pretty stupid.

It seems he studied engineering for one semester at a state university, dropped out, and then attended a trade school to learn to be an electrician. 

I don't see how even MAGAs could possibly see this as a path towards leftist indoctrination.

Here's another article discussing a possible motive.

While it does touch on the Alt-Right angle, it suggests an apolitical motive, namely recognition on social media. It also ties the messages on the shell casings to online games, not Antifa or other political groups. This would fit with someone who is isolated socially, perhaps somewhere on the spectrum. 

https://www.garbageday.email/p/charlie-kirk-was-killed-by-a-meme

1 minute ago, Cameroni said:

 

Do you have a link to the bs you came up with about Fuentes?

 

Here is a link to the press conference where the governor of Utah tells us that in private conversations with family Tylor Robinson bemoanted that Kirk was "full of hatred".

 

 

Putting that to one one side, perhaps you'd like to outline how your theory that Tylor Robinson was a racist and thought Kirk was not "racist enough" squares with the evidence found, namely bullets engraved with left-wing ANTIFA messages and symbols?

I posted a link to an article earlier that discussed the possibility that Tyler Robinson was influenced by the Alt-Right.

I'm not claiming it is an official statement by a government authority. Invoking the authority of a government entity should be backed up by something credible.

2 minutes ago, Cameroni said:

 

Complete and utter lies.

 

The state of Utah has told us that what Tylor Robinson objected to was that Kirk was full of "hatred". Not that he wasn't full enough of hatred for blacks.

 

Again, the left will stop at nothing to misrepresent what has happened here.

 

It is totally disgusting.

Do you have a link to an official statement by the state of Utah?

It's interesting that neither Tyler Robinson's family, who have.said he had become radicalized, and Utah Governor Cox, attributed this radicalization to the Left. Given that his parents are MAGA, and Cox a Republican, this omission is telling.  Here's a possible explanation that leads in a different direction.

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/what-is-a-groyper-and-was-tyler-robinson-a-part-of-alt-right-movement-charlie-kirk-shooting-suspect-turning-point-usa-founder-utah-valley-university-white-nationalist-christian-figure-nick-fuentes-followers-unusual-ammunition-markings-video-game-helldivers-2/articleshow/123859730.cms?from=mdr

5 minutes ago, Cameroni said:

 

No it's not debatable. 

 

There is a documented case plastered all over the press where a man from Iraq won the Ohio lottery and he was paid out. His ticket was bought via thelotter.com

 

Even though they're not affiliated, they are acting legally in the US.

This is very interesting. I bought a lottery ticket some years ago when visiting the US and read the terms and conditions on the ticket. It stated that only residents of the US were eligible.

Perhaps buying through an agent that is domiciled in the US gets around this. Do you know how this works?

Too many people only look on the bad side of gun crime in Chicago.

The bright side is that Chicago makes the most efficient use of its snowplows. In the winter, they clear the snow. In the summer, they clear the shell casings.

2 hours ago, HappyExpat57 said:

 

 

"The $250 U.S. Visa Integrity Fee is designed to be refundable to applicants who comply with their visa terms, but the refund process is still unclear and pending detailed implementation by the government. Therefore, returning to your country after complying with your visa will not automatically guarantee a refund; the specifics of how and when you receive it are not yet established, and you should expect a delay, possibly for years."

 

That in itself is enough to deter the majority of travelers.

Are we done with all this winning yet?

Exactly!

The current B1/B2 visa is issued for a period of ten years without specific limitation on the number of entries. 

I could see how it would not be possible to preclude an overstay of the visa until after it had expired ten years after issuance!

1 hour ago, dinsdale said:

Spell check no longer active. At least not for me.

My MAGA detector works reasonably well most of the time. It notices how posters manage to navigate loose/lose, their/there/they're, and your/you're.

30 minutes ago, t0mt0m said:

Both. How you perceive "winner" comes from numbers and stats. But on the war there's no winners. Only loosers. Who doesn't understand this is just a mental caveman and ignorant. Killed, crippled and mutilated people on both sides. Destroyed cities and infrastructure. Disrupted social ties and bonds. 3 generations (elders, middleaged/teenages and children) touched by violence, death, famine, desease. Billions spent on human killing weaponry instead investing in future, education, healthcare, infrastructure, researches, industry, pensioners welfares, food for kids in schools. Not only Putin got blood on his hands. All of you poisoned-minds banderites (also on this forum here) are in some way responsible for what is happening now in your country. Ukraine could have a potential to be a great country but since 2nd WW you and your oligharhic politics never changed mentality and mindset and decided to build your "culture" on corruption and massive bestial killing/tormenting minorities.

 

What goes around comes around. I hope this is your carma after what you did in 1943/1944. No matter what kind of your banderite propaganda you use in threads about this conflict. I see in the real world more and more people already know what kind of people you are and how is your corrupted country trying to drag others to all this sh%^t you created. Change your mind banderites and start build the future instead of destroying everything again like you did 8 decades ago.

I think you may have missed the point of my post.

7 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Never you mind.   Where are you from?...tell me and I'll tell you.

Given your screen name and apparent politics, I thought you might be from East Liverpool, Ohio.

Russia loosed its army on Ukraine, so I guess you could say Russia is the looser.

We will see which country will the the ultimate loser, though.

1 hour ago, Liverpool Lou said:

If you're American, he sure is, whether you like it or not.

Are you from East Liverpool, Ohio?

10 hours ago, jphasia said:

I guess you are talking about Don Muang, right?

 

Yes

It appears that the target for this new capability are those receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI), which is a separate payment apart from normal Social Security retirement benefits and is means tested. 

I suspect that there are very few retirees here in Thailand receiving SSI benefits on top of their normal retirement benefit payments, so this probably won't end up affecting many of us. Is anyone on AN receiving SSI benefits?

But this expansion of government surveillance is troubling by itself.

3 hours ago, jphasia said:

Coming back late on your feedback. I missed it. Thanks anyway.

So, since my initial post, I have a used a lot the carpark at Suvanarbhuni. I always enter from the 5th floor. I used to go only directly to the 6th floor where there was always a lot of availabilities. since the last 2 months, the 6th floor is closed as they are doing some renovations. So, I am going down to the 4th or the 3rd. So far, never had big issues to find available spaces.

Now, I need to use Don Muang airport. How difficult it is? 

It can be a challenge to find a space in one of the parking garages right at terminals 1 and 2, but there is another parking garage past the two terminals. It is right by what used to be Terminal 3, which has been closed now for over a decade. There is a covered air-conditioned walkway that connects the old Terminal 3 to the current Terminal 2. I've not had difficulty finding a place at the old Terminal 3 parking garage, especially when I was willing to park on the roof.

Go early, and if you can't find a space by 1 or 2, go on to the abandoned Terminal 3 and park in the parking garage there and walk back to the other terminals using the walkway.

Was Deckard's dog in Bladerunner 2049 a real dog or a replicant?