Fat is a type of crazy

Starting to reconsider your pro Trump stance. Good for you. Watch the Noam videos on Trump.

If only the Trump supporters could read this post and similar ones and stop pulling out the Hunter censorship argument every five minutes.

I thought that was the reasoning of the previous poster. I get economy with extra leg room and I'm happy for a 9 hour flight.

Thai's not that great from my experience. Qantas is the same owner and not amazing. I am happy saving on a 9 hour flight. I think all other airlines involve a stop somewhere which surely outweighs the stigma of having a Jetstar label on your luggage.

See the mainstream media are not an evil cabal of liars. CNN debate was fair too. It's hard for her or any politician to acknowledge failures such as Biden's poor record on immigration for the first 3 years. She gave the only answer she could in my opinion - note that Trump had a deal rejected after 3 years - things are better now - and look to the future. Call it a non answer but how to answer better as the media would make such a big deal out of an admission of failure and it may be seen as throwing Biden under the bus. But there are plenty of successes - the economy in 2024 is about as get as it gets with inflation a tad high but overall the economy better than most if not all developed economies. That's a big deal. How you can consider Trump anything but the lightest of lightweights is beyond me in terms of his grasp of policy. At least she'll be likely to work as part of a team of experts and not - like Trump - think she knows everything about everything.

I am here about 4 months but don't go to that many big stores such as Makro except Koh Chang. Live like a tourist. The reason I mentioned the self checkouts is a thai friend in Australia got a job - pretty sure it was with Makro - working on the role out of self checkouts. That was a couple of years ago so maybe the decision to introduce them got shelved.

I thought it was a bit odd but I suppose they are checking you didn't add a few things in there and it's not the cashiers job to look. Become more common with self serve checkouts.

As an Australian I am not proud of what he brought to the world. Hope the more normal kids win their court case and steer the empire in a new direction. https://fortune.com/2024/10/02/billionaire-murdoch-heirs-trust-battle-succession/

Correct. Not a jew but married a jew.

Yeah people love to call Australia a nanny state but recent horrific events in Bangkok show it has an upside. People like to talk about the freedom on the roads too - one poster going on recently about long rides at 180 as though it is nothing - give me the Australian Highway Patrol to sort them out thanks.

Going out it is for sure but I find decent Australian beer is better bang for your buck.

For what it's worth for some reason the increases in fares around the world didn't hit as bad in Australia - from what I've found - still get $700 return and $500 if plan ahead a bit - but point taken.

A fair few Aussies do a similar thing in Bali. Seems concerning not to own the land. A lot of foods they are used to more expensive in Phuket - then there's beer and wine. But being 60 I can see he wants to get on with it and enjoy his life.

No Medicare though

They are in Phuket. Jetstar fly direct Sydney Phuket in about 9 hours.

Trump supporters want low taxes and constantly complain about socialism - i.e. government services for the people - until they need socialism and government services - then each and every shortcoming in that government service is picked apart - even if it's during a disaster which by definition is an extraordinary and difficult situation. But keep at it - you'll always find media out there to find things that are not ideal - mistakes and delays - and to likely find a way to blame Kamala.

Don't worry. Based on your discussion of your trips to Phnom Penh and Bangkok you've worked out no ones giving it to you for free. But dream on. So many gross posts by gross Trump supporters. I wonder if there is a link.

Malcolm are you trolling again

Hardly swept under the rug - right wing media love this type of story. Can't Trump talk about it with facts and a bit of heart and intelligence. Not make <deleted> up. I think you assume he had a plan to paint a bigger picture but really he just new the base loves this sort of stuff. But from your point of view the end justifies the means. Conspiracies tend to hurt people as - though they are normally not correct - the ones that take off with the lowest common denominator are those where one can find someone easy to blame for what ills them. I am likely repeating what's been said. There is no evidence it's true. The Haitians did nothing wrong. There was work in that town. Imagine being a Haitian child going to school amongst the local community. Life's hard enough. How would they feel.

Did they though. Out of 100 be honest about how many were true. Of those that turned out correct - did the government and media say that it was definitely false - or was it not denied as such but simply said there's no proof it's correct. Of course from time to time someone knows something that is the truth, has no proof, and it takes time to disseminate. Some governments and media too cannot be trusted or at least less than others. But the correct conspiracy theories tend to be so few and far between - and so many theories so terribly obviously wrong - that it makes the comment a bit of a sham if you be honest in my opinion.

I am differentiating between voter registration and casting a vote. My point was in Australia we need ID for the former but not the latter and it works well. It seems California is the same based on what I see.

My point was that I assume they require proof of identity to register to vote as we do in Australia. But we don't have to provide ID to actually vote. Or are you saying at no stage either to register or to actually vote - is some sort of proof of ID required.

I had a quick google and it seems almost all or all states require ID to register. Many require ID to vote. When I vote in Australia I provided ID to register - but don't need to provide ID when I vote - but they cross my name off and check that I don't vote more than once. No issues with fraud in Australia. Not sure if there is a factor I am missing.

Thought you were done with this area. Staying in Pattaya or Jomtiem? I 'm in Jomtiem. Like it near the beach. Good to see the busy part of Pattaya from time to time though.

Do you not feel a touch manipulated given the media you watch is no doubt bending over backwards to paint this disaster as being handled poorly. There's always things that go a bit wrong and it takes some people affected a while to be made right but look at the big picture and ask is this really a terrible thing and has it been committed specifically by Biden and Harris.