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19 hours ago, impulse said:

 

When even CNN called them "vulnerable" before the 2024 election, you gotta know they're dodgy.

 

Georgia won’t update vulnerable Dominion software until after 2024 election

 

Georgia won’t update vulnerable Dominion software until after 2024 election | CNN Politics

 

Did you read your link?

"Georgia election officials have been aware of existing vulnerabilities in the state’s voting software for more than two years but continue to insist the system is safe...".

15 hours ago, impulse said:

Trump admin 'thumbs its nose' at Supreme Court

You mean like Biden thumbed his nose when the Supreme Court told him he can't forgive student loan debt? 

 

Show me a president that hasn't pushed back against the courts.   If it wasn't Trump doing it, it would be fine...

 

Then tell me how Trump's going to take a citizen of El Salvador out of that country when President Bukele politely declined Bondi's offer to send a plane to pick him up.  Okay, I fudged a little with the "politely" thing.  He was pretty hilarious about it.

 

Thanks for confirming the trump administration is thumping it's nose st the supreme court.

30 minutes ago, NorthernRyland said:

 

ok I see what you mean but this is not an immovable part of the countries history or anything. If you polled Americans what would they think? I bet a strong majority would disagree with citizenship for children of illegal aliens. Imagine being so brainwashed you think a  person who broke the law should be rewarded but many are.

 

These laws are never complete by nature and people mistakes. Do you really think the average American in 1965 or the government would agree to idea of the children of illegal aliens receiving citizenship? It was always sold to the population the numbers would be small and not change the ethnic composition of the country yet we are today with those white Americans on track to be a minority in their children's lifetimes.

 

Clearly something has gone seriously wrong here and Americans have been deceived and taken advantage of.

Should be easy then to overturn it with a new amendment.

7 hours ago, lordgrinz said:

The guy is not a US citizen, we can't force a foreign country to return one of their own citizens to the US, that's just nuts.

7 hours ago, blaze master said:

We have reached peak trump. 

3 hours ago, Cryingdick said:

 

The president of El Salvador also said it wouldn't be right for him to smuggle a terrorist into the USA. lol If you are some wannabe gangbanger with tattoos maybe it is time to leave?

3 hours ago, hotsun said:

I love nayyib bukele and wish he were american

All nothing to do with the administration refusing to adhere to a SC ruling.

The court also ruled AP should be admitted to the press conferences again, also there the administration refuses to adhere to the ruling.

45 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

I'm not quite sure why you think America should police the world.

NZ has a government, why don't they stop it?

 

Obviously it's sad that anyone is being killed anywhere.

But that's the way that part of the world operates, but it's not my business, and I can't stop it either.

The other way round. US should stop policing the world, which they're doing here by using their veto.

1 hour ago, Evil Penevil said:

Since U.S. born CITIZENS CANNOT BE DEPORTED under any circumstances

'Can not' and 'are not allowed to be ' are not the same.

1 hour ago, Stiddle Mump said:

I'd rather The Don than some demented twit telling everyone that guys with dicks can be women.

Why the obsession with maga for lgbtq?

11 minutes ago, TedG said:

Where did I say posters. 

Without a link that's the only way your post should be read.

The first link makes the same claim as you do, i disagree with the opinion.

12 minutes ago, TedG said:

How so?  We have many people from Europe who feel the US needs to continue to defend Europe at a considerable cost to the US taxpayers.    They also think the US soldiers should be willing to die for Europe for a third time.  

Do they? Which posts show "We have many people from Europe who feel the US needs to continue to defend Europe at a considerable cost to the US taxpayers."

1 hour ago, Lacessit said:

If you have alternative figures, please post them.

From the link by placeholder, 2023 numbers. These numbers are more in line with my thinking, albeit i'd have guessed a lower production cost.

"The iPhone 15 Pro, depending on storage size, costs between $999 and $1499."

"The cost of making an iPhone 15 Pro, Apple's latest iPhone, is $558. Components to make a phone include the screen, the phone casing, the camera, the battery, software, chips, and more. Apple charges a sizable markup on its phones."

56 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

If you have alternative figures, please post them.

No, your numbers just seem unlikely. Hence my question.

40 minutes ago, placeholder said:

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... in the last 3 months Liberals have surged past Conservatives in the polls, and the reversal is due in large part to Canadians’ sudden revulsion over Trump’s relentless economic and rhetorical attacks on their nation. Now, Poilievre finds himself sprinting away from any association with the MAGA movement and his legion of American conservative fans. But while he has tried to define policy differences between himself and Trump ahead of the April 28 election, he has held fast to his confrontational anti-elite media style

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/04/12/pierre-poilievre-trump-canada-prime-minister-00286947

He has no choice. Neither do the staunch conservatives who will vote for him anyway. I think it'll be closer than polling indicates atm.

1 hour ago, impulse said:

 

I'm not so sure.  I recall having to enter my Thai phone number to access a lot of the "free wifi".  In any case, it's pretty convoluted for the average noob tourist.

 

 

I am sure. Free WiFi.

3 hours ago, Lacessit said:

An iPhone costs $1350 to make. It sells for around $2300

Are you sure about those numbers?

3 hours ago, impulse said:

 

If that's the case, I hope they triple up on the AIS and True kiosks upstream of immigration so tourists can buy a Thai SIM before they stand in the immigration queue.

 

There's lot of potential pitfalls, but I doubt any of them are deal killers.

 

They already cleared up my first concern where the site was blocked here in China.  It works fine now.  (I suspect that ferreting out issues like mine and others is the reason they put up the website before May 1)

 

Free WiFi at the airports.

13 hours ago, ThreeCardMonte said:

Even after losing the election the Trump haters still gotta hate.

 

It's in their DNA.  Impossible to remove.

 

Same same for Musk,

 

Two independent entrepreneurs.

 

But the liberals love career politicians.

Anything on the topic or only trying to derail?

12 hours ago, jimmybcool said:

 

I got the impression Europe was complaining.  Am I wrong?

Anything European here?

"However, reducing American forces in Europe would be a disastrous signal to Moscow, warns General Chris Cavoli, the commander of NATO forces in Europe.

In addition, The influential House Armed Services Committee, led by Chairman Michael Rogers, strongly opposes Trump's plans."

34 minutes ago, jas007 said:

Under normal circumstances, you may be right.  You have to find the stuff.  Someone has to do a study about it.  Then, there's bureaucratic red tape. At some point, they may actually begin development.and production. In normal times that process can take 10 years or more. 

 

However, for Trump's purposes and in the case of a declared "national emergency," much if not all of the bureaucracy could be dispensed with.  And in those areas where there are known deposits,  it may well be that production could be expedited.

 

Significant deposits in the Western Hemisphere include the USA,  Greenland, and Brazil.  

 

Other significant deposits are located around the world, including in countries that may well be agreeable to an expedited production process. 

 

So perhaps the situation isn't quite so dire as it would be in normal times. 

 

  

Except for trump times are normal.

24 minutes ago, jas007 said:

You think Krugman and Yellen actually know what they're talking about?  They'r'e both biased in the extreme. People who think like they do are part of the problem, not part of any viable solution. 

So Krugman and yellen don't know what they're talking about says an anonymous poster on a Thailand forum.

Lol.

I have frequently seen waterspouts in the area.

3 hours ago, riclag said:

The Doge leader,  just came out with a truth bomb! HC  “ if they committed a crime , deport them , no questions asked”. 

 

 

Getting desperate? Same post in multiple threads, off topic as well.