Fat is a type of crazy

America is embarrassing sometimes. Trump supporters will surely call this out - even they can't be that lame. 

30 minutes ago, mogandave said:

Adding a work requirement for young, able bodied men to receive medicaid is a worthwhile cut. 

Take your point if done fairly though to take into account the range of personal circumstances e.g. homelessness, difficult personal circumstances between work, etc. 

13 minutes ago, mogandave said:

Why do the leftists here claim that everyone that does not hate Trump loves everything about him. 

 

All your talk of fealty, dear leader and whatnot just shows you guys for the liars you are. 

 

Virtually everyone on the right has been pointing out Biden’s cognitive decline for a few years. The left called the out as liars, said the clips were “cheap fakes” and anyone in the press pool was kicked out if they asked about. They said Biden was sharp as a tack. 

 

Now everyone knows, and admits that the people on the right were correct, but they (the left) are insisting tgat they weren’t lying, they just had no way of knowing. 

 

So the left has been claiming Trump is in cognitive decline for at least eight years, when he clearly has not been. 

 

So, the lying left can tell when it’s convenient for them, but it’s impossible to tell when it’s inconvenient for them.

 

Rank and file leftists: Arrogant, ignorant, incompetent and dishonest. 

I think the whole narrative of the press working for Biden has some truth but is exaggerated. I can remember the lead up to his last State of the Union - the focus of all the press was on Biden's mental acuity but then he did a really good job which took the pressure off for a while. There was no shortage of people asking questions and after the debate with Trump all bets were off. I am not saying he didn't have issues but this notion that he was totally brain dead and the press ignored it  is overstated in my opinion.  Trump has given reporters plenty of ammunition to question his mental state - just for totally different reasons - he's said and done a lot of weird stuff. 

Used to be that the Is there a god thread was used a lot. Whenever anyone posted - even if months between posts - certain other posters who I don't see otherwise would come out of nowhere to give there 2 cents. 

There is a clear fear and submissiveness to the dear leader a la Putin. How far Trump tries to take it remains to be seen .. but the fact that no one, or few, on his side speak about his crypto coin, the plane, the bypassing of laws on aspects of immigration, etc , doesn't auger well.

But as of now he is no where near the Putin level of domination over his fellow men.

Not sure he's got the wherewithal or smarts or focus to pull it off. 

Used to be a lot of time share touts in Phuket. Stop you on the street. One time I got a free week at a fancy hotel but then had to spend a fair few hours with this guy who was not thrilled when he worked out I was not gonna buy his terrible time share thing. Wouldn't bother now but fun to get a free week. 

8 minutes ago, Mike_Hunt said:

Why would the DOW tumble 500 points over Apple? 

You ask a lot of questions. Big tariffs on the EU and Apple is a big deal.  I guess the market thinks - who's next and what's next and is this idiot ever going to learn with all these random pronouncements. 

Eggs is eggs. Let's be honest. Nothing he's done has likely impacted the cost of eggs either way. But tariffs will have a real effect on Targets prices. 

6 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

They aren't studying, they're using it as a route to gain US citizenship.

Pay the university a fee, get a VISA, then graduate and get US citizenship.

Google told me:

27 per cent of students at Harvard are foreign students.

59 per cent of foreign students leave the USA after studies.

To stay they need to work under specific conditions and then apparently need a business to sponsor them.

They must of course be studying if they want to graduate. Opportunities to stay are limited - an employee would only sponsor you surely if you are highly valuable to them. 

Not sure if this is relevant though. 

How much are wine coolers now. I seem to recall you used to buy them for 27 baht.

4 minutes ago, Mike_Hunt said:

 

I'm sorry, largest issue the USA faces are the debt and deficit.   Your dems have their fingers all the debt and deficit. 

Do you support the big beautiful bill

Just now, Mike_Hunt said:

 

Did you take issue with Joe Biden's applying tariffs? 

Tariffs can play a role of course as I said but you have to look at the circumstances , the outcomes - I have no information to say Biden used them corruptly .. what I can say is there is a well documented history of corruption with tariffs and Trumps actions to date don't give me confidence his aims are purely altruistic .. 

The crypto alone is bizarre - I think one day all people may wake up .. even the Trump fans and say .. hey that was a step too far

4 minutes ago, Mike_Hunt said:

 

Tariffs are corruption?  Really? 

Now if the leader in control was trustworthy and treated everything at arms length, rather than taking a personal interest and applying them seemingly randomly, there is the scope for tariffs not to be corrupt of course but .. 

Just now, Mike_Hunt said:

 

Tariffs are corruption?  Really? 

Yes Mr Jingthing posted a good summary from Fareed Zakaria explaining this. Google tariffs and corruption - it's quite interesting - many articles to peruse

7 minutes ago, Mike_Hunt said:

 

What does this even mean.   Lets talk about it. 

Well tariffs are well known as being a quick and easy way to corruption. Look at countries fast tracking things Trump wants

There's the plane.

There's the crypto with many overseas investors who are now getting one on one  meetings based on their investment which has made him  huge gains 

There's the family following dad around the middle east following up on business deals 

I mean jeez Mike are you happy with all this? 

8 minutes ago, SLOWHAND225 said:

Why ?
Thats what got us in this mess.

Where I come from people expect the truth and are thick skinned enough to not get their feelings hurt. I would have zero respect for Trump had he not called him out.

But it's a bit selective is the point. White farmers at threat. Shut down the meeting and show some likely biased video - biased as it is a fairly contentious argument he is making. But visiting rich countries or talking to Putin - human rights issues - no need to discuss. Come on - be honest - have I got a point. 

13 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

 

I will the first to admit that I am only a half-a** armchair psychologist hack job -- at best. 

 

But why is it that these conversations keep going around in circles and never get resolved?

 

If we were all logical creatures, we would analyze the facts and come to some sort of agreement on our perception of the world around us.

 

What you describe is merely YOUR perception. 

But millions of people have a completely different perception of reality. Millions of people do not see him as a dictator. 

 

Is Aldous Huxley retired in Thailand? Who can we ask to find out why people's perceptions are so different?

 

 

Aspects of the media and entertainment  I watch such as Washington Week with the Atlantic, certain newspapers often considered by the right to be beyond the pale leftist,  and say Bill Maher gave Trump some kudos for doing his own thing, not being a war monger, and trying new ways to find solutions in trouble spots around the world. The sucking up to the oil rich countries , the blatant self interest and corruption, the potential that he is being incredibly naive and misjudging the situation was addressed but there was a definitely a change in giving him some sort of credit. So find some less extreme media is a good start I think. 

9 hours ago, Eloquent pilgrim said:

 

Oh no, not another post for the bedwetting lefties and the crybaby democrats, who it transpires only like democracy when it produces a result they like …. give it a rest.

 

 

But they accept the result of the election .. unlike you cry babies on the right

6 minutes ago, Airalee said:

Moody’s lost all credibility during the GFC.

 

 

True - one would hope they've upped there game - but I don't hear them described as partisan as some suggest -  even if one party in their organisation has somewhat of a political background. Their own statement indicates it is a long term problem so now lets see Trump the great fixer fix it. Or not.