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Oh, no. Not just younger and taller but smarter as well.

Irrational? I hated him long before he had any indictments, purely on his speech and actions. The indictments and his followers, obviously enraptured by his overt racism, only cemented that hatred. For many, Trump is in the same class as Hitler and Putin. Sucking up to Putin and blackmailing Ukraine absolutely blew it for me. Praising the NK dictator and that fascist in charge of Hungary didn't help either. Plus he was mates of the scumbag lying happy clapper we had as the last prime minister in Australia. There's nothing to like about him. You accuse lefties of being uninformed without basis but statistics tells you that librels are better educated than "patriots". edit: I forgot to mention the white supremacist militias who worship him.

Manafort was convicted for conspiring with the Russians Trump must be getting sick of all that winning by now.

Few presidents aren't re-elected unless they blot their copybook.

“Later, two pro-Trump factions began screaming at each other, with one accusing the other of being white nationalists and the other responding that their foes supported open borders... They started jostling with one another and nearly came to blows until other protesters stepped between the two groups.” https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-supporters-2662573161/

I believe the mainstream GOP calculus is that it's not worth going against Trump because they'll face an uphill battle beating Biden anyway. It is, after all, a second term election and most presidents win them. I think they'd rather let the flow of time wash the flotsom out and wait for the next presidential election.

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Late Friday night a judge appointed to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida by Donald Trump tossed out a lawsuit filed by the former president against CNN in which he claimed he was defamed when hosts on the network used the expression "The Big Lie" which he felt equated him with Adolf Hitler. According to reporting from Poltico's Kyle Cheney, Judge Ragg Singhal dismissed the lawsuit with prejudice which puts an end to yet another Trump legal gambit. The judge also wrote that a host claiming Trump was "being ‘Hitler-like’" is "not a verifiable statement of fact that would support a defamation claim.” https://www.rawstory.com/trump-cnn-lawsuit-2662549867/

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Continuing in the them of toxic... Donald Trump referred to President Joe Biden on Saturday as a "dumb son of a bi--h" at a rally.

Manuka honey is in a locked cabinet. I think it's good that this stuff is available even if it's way over my budget.

Mayo clinic recommends apple cider vinegar.

Indeed. The US SEC website used to have an article claiming the godfather of internet crime was a man who sold fake coconut plantations in the Bahamas to pensioners. He fled to the Philippines but was eventually apprehended, extradited and jailed in the US. I don't see a lot of difference here, frankly. I think Americans call it wire fraud.

I'm too lazy to be a genius. Among other reasons.

Occam's razor says that if he was past it he wouldn't be able to raise enough popular support to run. When Trump starts beating Biden in the polls again I'll start listening.

There wasn't a lot of punters around LK Metro last night, a Saturday night on a long weekend.

Churchill was just short of his 77th birthday when he became prime minister again and he was not in good health.

'An extraordinary sum of money': Questions raised about millions spent on legal fees for Trump and close aides Campaign finance expert Paul Seamus Ryan admitted there are no glaring "red flags" he can see so far, before stating, "It’s an extraordinary sum of money. At the end of the day it’s up to the donors to decide if that’s the way they want their money spent. My sense is if you’re giving money to Trump in 2023, you’re fine with it.” https://www.rawstory.com/trump-legal-bills-2662597202/

If you mean lifetime appointments, that would not be democratic. LIke the US supreme court, not one public vote yet appointed for life. I don't think there should be an age limit for election. There should be term limits and I think only one term, whether 3 or 4 years I don't care but not more. That way the most ;popular person gets it. Why should age matter? If they fall off the perch, so what? There's always a backup and nobody is indispensable. It's not like Reagan was wheel barrowed out of the white house the day he was diagnosed with Alzheimers.

Your mom and pop probably isn't in an area where some random tourist is likely to trash a 7-11 while inebriated by the effects of several base chemicals.

'Drives away young talent': AOC explains why Congress is getting older https://www.rawstory.com/aoc-congress-getting-older/

Come off it, Trump employed McConnell's wife.

I finally got to the stereo I want without selling the farm to get it. 37,000 all up. Triangle Borea Bro3 (100 watt, French made) bookshelf speakers from HD HiFi. Arrived yesterday 14,700 baht. The other speakers under serious consideration was the ELAC B6.2 bookshelf speakers at 12,900 from Piyanas. Topping from Holysai. - D30 pro DAC / preamp. 12,900 baht - PA3s power amp. 4,490 baht. This amp produces 37 watts into 8 ohms at < 1% THD. That's easily enough power to push these speakers. Decent class D amps have made them really affordable. - Female XLR to Male TRS cables (DAC to power amp). 3,190. I had a decent pair of RCA cables which would have done the job but the preamp manual says the output voltage rises from 2V to 4v and is balanced instead of single ended when using the RCA cables. I don't even know what that last bit means really but doubling the output seems worth it Piyanas Pattaya - Speaker cables. 1,250 baht - Audioquest Forest audio quality USB C cable. ~2,000 baht Music source Amazon Music hi-res flac 24 bit / 192 KHz. $10.99 per month for non prime members. . The sound quality is exemplary for the money. I'm very happy. The first serious stereo I bought was in 1982 when I bought Bose 901 speakers, Crown D150A, 150 watt rms class A amp and Crown Straight Line One preamp, Technics turntable, Shure cartridge, Nakamichi cassette player. Most bought in Singapore. They cost a lot more than what I have just paid, especially taking into account the 40 years to now. I can say that I hear the difference at every step between BT vs wired, Spotify / YouTube / Tidal vs Amazon. I previously bought a Fender Monterey on sale at just under 8,000 baht. That was an impulse buy. It's a great speaker but not in the same leage as the Triangles, obviously. Mainly due to the lack of a sound stage in the Fenders. And the clarity. I'm going to gift the Monterey to my gym trainer.

How do you get from not understanding how the universe was created to proof that God exists? Why is it ignorant? It couldn't be more fundamental or simple. Which religion is real? All my life religious people dodge this question like kryptonite and nothiong has changed.

It demonstrates clearly the depth of systemic racism in America.