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Not really. I would think few Trump supporters in Australia per capita compared to US. Look at our two parties - middle of the road or in fact a fair bit to the left of American politics. We are pretty level headed over all. Australian bogans tend to be more interested in cars and girls and fun rather than guns or gender politics or some distorted view of freedom like the American type seems to be. A rich Australian called Clive Palmer tried to do a Trump and failed miserably. 2 main sorts of bogans. Many cashed up bogans in tradie jobs absolutely killing it now happily financially, and your lazy possibly unemployed bogan who probably cares more about smoking bongs, than politics. Don't think Dolf is a bogan. Not many bogans travelling small towns in Thailand months at a time commenting on stuff on websites all the time.

... and there lies the problem. Some working class swing voters who don't really like Trump might remember that lovely time they got Covid cheques and didn't have to work. They may now have ok jobs but they see the cost of everything going higher and wealthier people racing away from them in terms of wealth. Tell them Trump stuffed up covid treatments, and that the covid cheques were not sustainable and they caused inflation, and that Biden has turned things around and in case they forgot, that Trump was a tedious menace, and they may simply recall those cheques. Hopefully Biden can send an effective message to counter this.

You've reminded me of an annoying thing with Agoda - they often have a pay now or pay later option - but the pay later has an additional 5 per cent fee that they don't make clear - so better to pay at first. Can still cancel if conditions allow and get money back fairly fast. I concur it's good to keep your eye on the price from time to time as some sites but not others will pay you back the difference.

As others have mentioned it will often be more expensive than going by a site such as Agoda. Sometimes significantly so. Agoda tends to be cheaper but is cheaper still if you search through a comparison site first e.g. Tripadvisor. Booking.com was always a lot more expensive but now they seem to often give 10 per cent off for members so a bit better - the prices aren't necessarily better if you go by Tripadvisor. Hotels.com used to be good but are now always expensive. If you can be bothered you can get them to price match, e.g. a hotels website price assuming same conditions, and they will do so with the bonus that for each ten nights booked you get a night for free. A problem is that often there are small differences in conditions that make a price match difficult.

I concur the issue didn't have a lot of relevance to the case but it certainly hasn't helped her reputation. The whole bit about having cash at home to repay her boyfriend sounded dodgy as hell. Cash from where? Couldn't say it seems.

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When I googled that I got all sorts of articles saying the 5000 claim by Trump and others is not correct. For example: So where did this 5,000-a-day figure come from? The bipartisan deal does include provisions that would shut down the border entirely if a certain threshold is hit, but those are border encounters, not crossings. As noted above, no migrants trying to enter the U.S. illegally would be allowed into the country unless they passed asylum interviews or were being held under government supervision. Under the new immigration bill, the Department of Homeland Security could close the border if too many migrants were showing up with asylum claims. After negotiators conferred with the Border Patrol and officials at the Department of Homeland Security, they crafted the legislation to give DHS the authority to close the border if they reached a seven-day average of 4,000 or more border encounters. A seven-day average of 5,000 or more would mandate a border closure. If the number exceeded 8,500 in a single day, there would also be a mandatory border closure. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/does-new-immigration-bill-5000-illegal-border-crossings-per-day-rcna136656 Point is this is clearly what Republicans wanted. This is what the Border Patrol unions wanted. Democrats said fine and Trump said no.

I agree that he is not the ideal candidate and 4 years is a long time at 81. I was though reassured yesterday and given it is what it is I feel like he can make it to November in good shape. It was nice to hear actual policies and ideas and points of difference too rather than most political talk which is all about the candidates themselves.

None of us could have done half as good a job as he did yesterday. It wasn't simply reading from a teleprompter - he was clearly aware and actively thinking and responding and discussing complex issues.

My take is Biden was slow to do something. I have always found the democrat approach to migration a bit to nice - statue of liberty and all that - migration can be good but limits are reasonable. But the fact Republicans wont pass the legislation they themselves clearly wanted has taken the wind out of their sails.

I think you're from New Zealand. Nice place to be. No cruelty to monkey issues. 6 months in the cold and clean air and six months back in Thailand might work.

Where you been 2 is 1. Sick of this site? It interests me when people disappear for ages and come back.

Imagine wanting Trump has president. Does your head in. What's wrong with you guys. Pick some other republican. God.

That might change a bit after day. The narrative which I felt a bit too, is he really is a befuddled tired elderly man, but he was like the Biden of old. Many voters want to feel respected by having a decent candidate and he showed to a fair degree he is that and he still has a bit in the tank.

I have been critical of his candidacy but I saw about half and he did really well - quite passionate and articulate - hopefully there are many who will drop the too old and befuddled stuff at least for a while based on that effort.

On the positive side you'll find it nice to back in Melbourne. Been a lovely mild summer though hot weather shortly.

Did you personally see those drug and homeless things or see them in the media? Is a security guard a big deal? Theft at supermarkets is not good but pretty normal and if a bit worse than before is that a gamechanger for your life? When I come back to Australia I could search out some area with homeless or talk to someone about theft at the local store, which is a thing here too, but otherwise I would see everything pretty normal - only problem might be boredom. Good though if it helps you make a decision but you didn't seem all that happy or thrilled about Thailand either.

Australia doesn't or not much except the bits close to Asia.

Got to admit Bob this is pretty nasty and newsworthy

Not sure I could live there full time. A bit hot.

Odd thing is Sydney is noting they are bring in changes on the same day of March 19 - going from mail to on line applications - but no increase in fee.

Hope I don't become like that. No I know I won't.

Not about you solely. There's lots of people with fairly extreme views on this site that I don't see in my normal life. It's full on if you think about it. What's a little bit odd on this site is highly odd in Australia as you know.

No probs. The post was about you not for you.