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Please don't make me repeat myself. here: "And as someone here has pointed out, Raff could say he didn't feel threatened while a gun was pointed at his head. That however doesn't negate the fact that someone pointed a gun at his head."

A friendly reminder - Raffensberger is a Republican, with career aim to be advanced from current position - so whatever truth managed to come out of his mouth, it only does so from one side while the other side of the mouth stays paralyzed. A la Pence. And as someone here has pointed out, Raff could say he didn't feel threatened while a gun was pointed at his head. That however doesn't negate the fact that someone pointed a gun at his head.

Uh oh, another confession by accusation. Shoud have learned by now...

That the way he - to be clear, I'm referring to the one you were responding to - often "sounds." There is this trick in the English language. Someone simply pointed out to you: "That guy parted his hair to the left side." You have to wonder why he had to say that...

Lucky for us mere mortals, Mark Meadows does not make laws. Per common sense, the reserve should be the law: it only takes one decision that Meadows was NOT performing in his official capacity to DIS-qualify for removal.

"The weaponization of the justice system" - Another oximoron coming from the fertile (as in fertilizer) communal gray matter of the GOP. Listen, DOJ job is to persecute and punish wrong-doers. You don't do this by wearing flowers in your hair or chanting psalms. DOJ by its nature (raison d'etre - pd my french) is to serve as a weapon, at the disposition of the American people. You don't go to the DOJ to get marriage licenses or birth certificates. Most (sadly, most but not all) adult Americans know this.

Proud Boyz, Stand back and...bend over!

Well, the reason Trump buried his burnt-("I say, Sit!")- orange face deep, deep in the cushioned backseat of his motorcade was probably to avoid the excruciating scrutiny of bignoc "face reading" talent! Compare this Trump-brand of "bravado" to that of Marie Antoinette, though she knew not for long, held her head high on her cart ride to the scaffold.

Triple that. Rep Barbara Lee of California has just jumped into the fray...

Because race and sex where Trump is concerned (personally that is) are like holy water and garlic to vampires. To make it a woman and black, to whom probably for the 1st time in his privileged white life, Trump had to sit when a female (and younger, ouch this hurts) African-American said "Sit!" - as it happened - only makes that industrial strength. Deep burn on Trump face the moment he got out of Dodge, I mean Atlanta. Of course, this made Trump fanbase sore to the ninth degree seeing their master suffer the humiliation of a lifetime. Thus, they're out in force to hunt down the next big black witch(es.)

To understand the nuances of such profound maxim, one needs to decipher MAGA parlance. One primer example: STOP THE STEAL -==>> meaning STOP THE VOTING PROCESS then STEAL THE VOTES. In everyday normal (read sane) language, we would simply say the thief is sounding the alarm.

Anchovies (and olives) are to Italians what pah-laa (fermented fish) to Isaan folks, core ingredients of their indigenous cuisine. If those are gross to you, then you belong to a distinct minority = as a distant whiff of camembert might bring instant nausea to some of my Asian friends (though they'll be perfectly happy with a wedge wrapped in foil of "La vache qui rit" ie the laughing cow brand of cheese for toddlers.)

And what's the situation with renting motosai in-town. especially post-covid. We plan to get there by train, and for transportation (to Ao Manao for example) we would need our own I guess? Thanks for any suggestion.

Let me start with - instead of shooting down the MAGA batsies - saying something agreeable for a change: "Trump seeks to make the most of historic Georgia mugshot..." - absolutely, why not, if he didn't I would have thought the sun rose from the west this morning. It's called "shameless", in American jargon they say it's being caught with your pants down. But for Trump, it's always a Kodak moment. For me, it's a most delectable time of the day when they managed to put a collar around Trump neck, ie make him comply with the law. Imagine Trump had to pay attention to little "rigger" Fani, you better haul your big fat white ar$e over to our grimy Atlanta courthouse before Friday. Or else. And just like in a wet dream, Trump dutifully showed up. Truth be told, Trump mug shot gave me a Proust' madeleine moment, it recalled the same kind of thrill as when as a kid, I used to sneak into my cinema down the block that showed loops round the world striptease, just at the moment when the lady peeled the last patsy off her crotch. That doesn't happen often these days, know what I mean, I'm so so grateful whenever it did. Scowling will do for now, we fully understand - but we gotcha, right Donnie? Yeah, sleep well and try to swallow your big Mac - look like you've lost couple of pounds the last few days...

In my last visit to Immigration (Samut Prakan), the retirement extension IO didn't ask for TM6 (as I had omitted to include it in my stack of documents)- however the 90 day report guy did, and when I pretended to fumble in my briefcase in search for it, he finally waved it off and made sound to the effect that oh, he had found the pertinent info already in the system. Of note is that the 90 day report IO sometimes also plays the part as the door security guard (- or the other way round? it's a small office) so maybe his training was not up to date, thus still asking for the TM6.

Well the staff of my Chatramue hang out have this habit of constantly chatting/laughing while preparing customer orders (salary seems to be their favorite topic...) But seriously I think it's their Cracker Jack prize campaign leak.

He looks gaunt, probably lost some weight, not like the Donnie we used to...hate (and still do.) Better watch out for an impending heart attack though.

1st sentence: concentrated "milk" to be exact. 2nd sentence: really? the "only" part is simply not true, and re the "tastes good" part: You know how the VNmese drink their filtered coffee? By putting the whole set into a bowl of hot water, to keep it relatively hot while waiting for the liquid to drip and that could take a while. How that process can make good coffee is doubtful. Granted they produce excellent beans, which deserve better than a century-old knick knack. Don't buy into the hype.

Just wanted to show off my new merch autumn line.... (tshirt, toilet paper, kleenex - with tag line "Don't cry for me, Georgia!" - all coming soon.)

This reminds me of an episode in my earlier life Hollywood in the 90s. My roommate has an old Brit friend, let's call him Alan, in his 60s who lived alone in Los Angeles Chinatown on a UK veteran pension (his Brit family had disowned him a long time ago, after him coming out to them.) Once a week, we got to go out together for a weekend dinner, like a family of sort with Alan taking the role of the mother hen. One weeknight, Wednesday night I think, my roommate was out of town, I was in the apartment when Alan called. I only heard him leaving a message on my roommate answering machine in his bedroom, so I didn't pay much attention, except there seemed to be a lot of coughing... When my roommate came home Sunday I told him about Allan's raspy message. We listened together and it was Alan having a hard time putting sentence together under heavily labored breath that he was driving himself to the emergency room, for something like pneumonia (this was long past the AIDS era.) Then there was a following message, that came Friday, by which a nurse from the hospital notifying my roommate that his friend had passed away that morning. We looked at each other in stunned silence, the same scenario playing in our head: that Alan had driven himself to the emergency room, got placed in a ward somewhere and died alone two days later without anyone next of kin (which would be my roommate, and to certain extent me) standing by his bed. That's the reason that I, a resolute confirmed bachelor, corralled myself into marital life soon after hitting 60's in the Land of Smiles.

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This was the subject of an Austrian movie made about a decade ago ("Paradise - Love"), making a small splash on the European cinema circuit. Since then business has been as usual, I'm glad Asean Now finally picked up the news.

How satisfied I am seeing Mark Meadows featuring at last - but kind of perplexed at the same time: If he was able to get pass Jack Smith list, why wasn't he with Fani's? Answering self: probably because Fani has little use of him...

Why not sell the fridge then to get some cash?

And my "operative" point here is that I don't care a hoot for this "conservative Hoover Institution senior staffer" opinion. Not one bit for neither "conservative" nor " Hoover" nor "Institution" nor "senior" nor his "credentials..." I could post here the link to "slit-throat" De Santis opinion as well. But I refrain myself, just for the sake of other readers on this thread. (You're welcome.)