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Perhaps, but in her case she knew what she was doing and had multiple opportunities to stop. being the center of attention and earning alot of money is attractive. It is no different than the sex workers you see in Pattaya and elsewhere. They are there for the money. The clientele of the Thai bar girls and barboys are no less loathsome or disgusting than her clients were.

No they were not. The militias were created to overthrow incumbent governments and/or to impose Shiite religion on the local people and/or to extend Iranian control. You are reciting the leftist liberation mantra from 20+ years ago. Not everything has to do with either Israel or the USA. - Hezbollah wants full control of Lebanon and it's goal is to create a Shiite state. The fight with Israel is a side issue and they are doing this in large part to ensure the support of Iran. - Asaib Ahl al Haq and the Badr Organization are Shiite groups who wish to have an Shiite state. They were also opposed to Saadam Hussein when he ruled. - Harakat Hezbollah al Nujaba (Movement of the Party of God’s Nobles), Kataib Sayyad al Shuhada ( Masters of the Martyrs Brigade), Zaynabiyoun Brigade were all various factions aligned with Assad. They were not fighting with Israel or the USA. - Ansar Allah (aka Houthis) overthrew the legal government of Yemen and has installed a religious state. They were at war with Saudi Arabia and the UAE. The fight with Israel is recent and came at the instruction of Iran. -Fatemiyoun Division is intended to establish Iranian influence in Afghanistan - Saraya al Ashtar , as a sponsored unit of Iranian Guards, Saraya al Mukhtar are intended to overthrow the government of bahrain. they have nothing to do with Israel and the USA.

Ok, but the court gave a different sentence. think there was a hint in the headline? Do you think there was a hint in the headline? Transgender Inmate Sues Trump, Claims His Rhetoric Incited Prison Rapes

Maybe so, but Trump launched a trade war against everyone. He can't win against China if he is fighting with everyone.

Only Patong. Phuket is a big Island and the folks up in Surin Beach or Bang Tao or down in Kata don't behave like this

She was sentenced to prison, not to sodomy. Rape is a crime. It is rather telling that some of you get delight at knowing she is being violently raped. It takes a very sick and diseased individual to derive happiness from the forced anal penetration of another man. No wonder so many of you are seen as kiddie diddlers by the general public. Sick sick, sick, just like the inmate,

So you are not one to respect court verdicts and courts sentences then?

I did not find her claims credible. Not that I doubt that she may have provided sexual favours, I do doubt that she was compelled or forced to do so. I think she was a party girl who grew bitter and resentful, once she realized that she was not the special person her sexual partners told her she was. Getting old and plump sucks. As recent events show, she was given to embellished and inflated stories. Idiots like Andrew the self entitled lazy one were easily taken advantage of in large part because they were idiots. '' She is not in a Club Fed. She is currently in the FCI Tallahassee facility. She is in the wing for people who have good behavior and it is a dorm. set up which means rows of metal bunk beds with little privacy. The prison does not have a good reputation. The local newspaper, The Tallahassee Democrat reported a year ago that A summer inspection of the women's prison by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of the Inspector General revealed "alarming" conditions, including inmates living with "black substances" on walls and ceilings. "We found that some inmates in the female prison lived in housing units in which water frequently leaked from ceilings and windows on or near their living spaces," the report says. "We also observed poor conditions inside communal inmate bathrooms." Inspectors also said there were "serious issues" with the food service that posed a risk to inmates' health. Rotten food was consistently served and stored in areas with rat droppings and insect infestation. Another idiotic suggestion of a fake conspiracy? The deceased had already been caught lying after her vehicle crash when she claimed that she was dying and had kidney failure.

Why push a nonsensical claim of a plot? The man was 88 and had chronic diseases. He had heart disease, lung disease and was a diabetic. He was already missing part of his lung that had to be removed when he was a young man because of his chronic lung disease. The poor guy had been suffering for years and was kept alive by modern medicine. At some point one has to let go. He was not going to bounce back at age 88 after having a catastrophic stroke. He was ready to die and had seen to his funeral arrangements. How much more pain did you want him to endure? As sad as the event is, I am glad that he is now at what he felt would be his eternal peace.

Will anybody think to clean drains before the rains start?

Vaccine isn't going to be effective because it is a parasitic disease.

That is not the appropriate medication. The disease is caused by parasites which enter the body. You have to kill the parasites. If they are visible in the skin, destroying their 'nest" helps. However, the most common treatment is with miltefosine. This infection was common to the personnel deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan, so treatments are well tested over the years.

Maybe it is simpler reason? The been there, done that experience. Once you have visited Thailand for 2 weeks a couple times, the thrill is gone for most people. Vietnam wasn't a go to destination until recently. Now it is. Once tourists have had their fill of Vietnamese pollution and corruption, they will move on, perhaps to Taiwan once it is absorbed back into the mainland, or Myanmar, if the war ends, or even South korea. Japan is already experiencing a tourism boom.

Trump is opposed to any action against Iran at this time. He is the one opposing direct action. Give them credit for that. The guy is actually trying to stay out of wars. We may not like his strategy or methodology, but that is his core position. He is an isolationist. If there is a trike against Iran, it will be by Israel and it will come with a tradeoff that Israel must unilaterally end the Gaza war once Iran is no longer funding terrorism in Gaza.

What was factually incorrect about his statement? The wikipedia entry shows him to be a progressive and community focused politician. If the intent was to disparage the man, then you failed. Common sense says that Iran should not have nuclear weapons. The culture of the rulers and much of its Shiite followers is that it is better to die than to live. This is the culture which gives us suicide bombers and which just the other day enabled Pakistani muslim militants to massacre 20+ Hindus in Kashmir of which many were children. You ignore the fact that they teach their children to believe that martyrdom death is better than living. Israel has demonstrated that it does not attack nations that ae at peace with it. You can criticize Israel for Gaza, but the reality is that if it had wanted to it could have wiped the place out in a few days, much as what Iran did to some Syrian cities, without any concern for non combatant casualties. Iran has invaded and murdered through direct sponsorship of militants and terrorist attacks. Your gymnastics of justification as you ignore Iran's responsibility for multiple wars is fantastic.; Syria: 600,000 dead, 14 million refugees. Kurdistan and associated Kurdish enclaves: Ongoing attempt at ethnic cleansing of Kurds, thousands dead. Sudan: 100,000+ dead, 5 million+ refugees. Iran is a sponsor and supplier of weapons to the SAF which is mass murdering black Sudanese. Yemen: Intervention by IRGC and sponsorship of Houthis, 150,000+ dead in ongoing war, 250,000+ in war induced famined, 4 million+ refugees Iraq: Ongoing active involvement of disruption of iraq civil government Gaza; Ongoing supply of weapons and sponsorship of Hamas The ignorance rests with you. These are the militant groups that are funded and supplied by Iran. They act on behalf of Iran and are located in countries where Iran seeks to disrupt and exert control; Lebanon: A state within a state that undermines the elected Lebanese government- Hezbollah (Party of God), Hezbollah ( Party of God Brigades) Lebanon, Israel, West Bank and Gaza: Palestinian Islamic Jihad (Harakat al Jihad al Islami al Filistin), Hamas Iraq: Undermining and attacking the elected Iraqi government; Asaib Ahl al Haq ( League of the Righteous), Badr Organization. Syria: Harakat Hezbollah al Nujaba (Movement of the Party of God’s Nobles), Kataib Sayyad al Shuhada ( Masters of the Martyrs Brigade), Zaynabiyoun Brigade Yemen: Ansar Allah (aka Houthis) With slogans like “Death to America, Death to Israel, Cursed be the Jews, Victory to Islam,” it should come as no surprise that Iran is Pakistan and Syria: Afghanistan: Fatemiyoun Division Bahrain: Saraya al Ashtar , as a sponsored unit of Iranian Guards, Saraya al Mukhtar none of the above are organizations focused on building a civil society.

One article does not make a trend. It will soon be forgotten. The Indian Sea tsunami of Christmas Day 2004 was catastrophic. The Phuket tourist strip was washed away in some places and Patong's tourist economy knocked out. A year later, the time share and vacation unit owners were back for high season. 2 years later the tourist economy was up and running again, and 3 years later, tourist numbers had recovered. Khao Lak which was wiped out took about 4 years, and that was because a large part of the local population died. (4,000+ people including tourists). Yes, a building under construction collapsed. It may not have been because of the earthquake, but rather poor design or construction. The investigation is not even completed and you are making assumptions. No other buildings collapsed did they? Yes, there were some cracks and cosmetic damage, but there are no buildings collapsing now are there? Japan has weekly earthquake and tsunami scares and yet it is experiencing its biggest tourist season yet. The Chinese are used to powerful earthquakes, and the Bangkok damage was nothing compared to what they can have. Bangkok's risk of a catastrophic earthquake is much less than other nearby regions. The big pool of purchasers now is from Myanmar and still from China. Bangkok's quake risk is no worse and is usually much less than what they have at home. And, the consumer reality is that many prospective purchasers may not be aware of the earthquake or just do not care. People looking for a bolt hole or a place to park some questionable wealth don't care. The overall number of foreign condo unit purchasers is still relatively small and a minor quake in Thailand will not have a longstanding impact. What matters most will be currency exchange rates, and whether or not the purchasers will feel safe. They will still be purchasing condo units in seaside tourist destinations like Cha Am, Hua Hin, Surat Thani, Krabi, Phuket and Pattaya.

Perhaps your hatred for Thailand has blinded you. Apparently, Quality Houses Hotel and Residence Freehold and Leasehold Property Fund, and Land and Houses Freehold and Leasehold Property Fund didn't get your directive. Despite your assessment of Thai building standards and maintenance, many properties built 25 years ago are still standing with no significant problems. The collapse of one property is not an indictment of the entire Thai residential property sector.

You assume that the condos owned by a foreigner are sold to other foreigners. The change in total foreign ownership is impacted if the foreign owned condos are being sold to Thais or Thai investors. One of the biggest real estate trends in North America is the presence of large real estate investment groups who have purchased residential condo units and homes. This is a concept that is coming to Thailand can deliver significant profit.

Caitlin Jenner disagrees with you.

It is not a straw man gambit. Rather, it is about understanding who and what the Nazis were. The term is tossed about so easily and without any consideration of the history or the actual social and political policies referenced. In the USA, there are no racial purity laws, no confiscation of property based upon religion or ethnicity, no forced sterilizations, no euthanasia, no denial of access to an education or state services based upon religion or ethnicity, no slave labour camps, and no death camps. I get it; some of the Trump administration social policies are unpopular and upsetting. The enforcement of the immigration laws and the use of every possible tool to address a long neglected problem irks multiple vested interest groups. However, these policies are not nazi policies. nor are they enforced in a nazi like fashion. The continued labeling of actions in the USA as nazi, diminishes the actual horrors of the Third Reich and its enablers and supporters last century.

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Using your logic, everyone except dead and injured were not involved in the shooting. David Hogg like the other 30+ kids in his classroom were involved. The quick actions of a school janitor saved their lives when the gunman was in proximity. This is documented. All of the students in the school that day were involved in the shooting as VICTIMS. The children who were murdered were primarily Seniors and Freshmen. David Hogg was a senior. His sister was a freshman. A large number of the children would have known who the students and teachers that were gunned one were.

Almost all of the above references are Opinions. In an effort to address is falling subscription numbers, the Forward embraced a both sides of a story position and in so doing alienated many people. One of its crises related to the Congress member Ilhan Omar. The media outlet criticized her for statements. It resulted in a backlash from some of the people who had contributed articles. Here is an example; https://jewishcurrents.org/the-forward-s-both-sides-approach-has-failed The media outlet also moved to the center of the political spectrum. The shrinking customer base forced that change. The Columbia Journalsim Review What happened to The Forward? How America’s Jewish newspaper lost the left February 5, 2020 By Mairav Zonszein https://www.cjr.org/special_report/the-forward.php The Forward is not a bastion of journalism, nor is it known for its investigative stories. The opinion of a writer that has no more than 10,000 paying customers is hardly the basis to get excited over an opinion piece. President Trump is not a Nazi and it is cheap politics to keep trying to categorize his administration as nazi.

And the question is how many of the condos owned by foreigners were sold. If 10,000 were sold, then the net difference of 4,573 is what counts and that would not be as wonderful an indication.

Did you consider the population that is involved? China population- 1,411,000,000 est. China's Middle Class - 500-700 million people China's wealthy est. - 6,000,000+ People have assets of USD $1million or more, 814 billionaires, 100,000+ people with assets in excess of USD$30million The Chinese economy would need to be totally collapsed for its people to no longer have the money to take holidays. Even if only 10% of its middle class people are left with the money to afford a holiday, that is still a pool of 50-60 million people. The people who have money in China are still going to have money at the end of the Trump escapade.