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Why not India, tipped to become more populous than China this year and ultimately a stronger economy due to China's aging population as a result of it's one child policy.

Should they buy Chinese submarines or US fighter jets? Or neither?

That question might be moot very soon hopefully.

Nobody ever got an address wrong and went to the wrong house by mistake? Happens every day.

No they don't. Nuff said because off topic.

Rainy season is looming in Pattaya right now.

Hopefully just those who believe it's not still an issue and especially those who like to proselytize about it.

My girlfriend told me that ghosts were "real". I told her there are no ghosts in my country and asked her if she knew why? She didn't. I told her because they can't swim.

Long covid is also known to cause foggy brain. It isn't something to be belittled.

One one level I can sympathize with the little black duck and I have read that Bangkok taxi drivers have been ripping off tourists. That said, I would use discretion and if I thought the driver had a point and was trapped by worse traffic than he could have reasonably foreseen I would pay the extra. Fair's fair is my motto.

Millions more would undoubtedly have died if there hadn't been. They continue to die and suffer long covid afterwards even when hardly ill. https://time.com/6191655/long-covid-under-diagnosed/

Except that those goods aren't made in the US and it would take ages to ramp up production. It did actually reduce the trade deficit with China, it was the only thing Trump did that was right.

On a recent visit to Koh Larn I stayed in the port area as it was much cheaper than the beaches. I was amazed at how many old derelict houses there were and was told they were inhabited by ghosts as people had died there.

I will then. He meant that if he doesn't pull the US out of NATO Putin will release the tapes. Trump most definitely was acting in support of Putin just as he did when he told the world he trusted Putin more than his own intelligence chiefs.

Big storm about to hit Pattaya, starting to rain just now. Lots of thunder. Hopefully this will end the heat wave. I can hear the airconditioners clicking off as I write this. Lovely and cool.

He couldn't understand that tariffs on Chinese goods don't cost the Chinese a brass razoo either.

If I want that I come here ????

During the last US navy visit I didn't see any of them in soi 6 or any other bars. The closest they got to soi 6 was the Starbucks at the end of the street on beach road.

It's not really that academic. It looks like Trump et al are likely to be charged with racketeering over this very crime. The Fulton County probe expanded beyond the Trump phone calls to include false claims of election fraud to state lawmakers, the fake elector scheme, efforts by unauthorized individuals to access voting machines in one Georgia county and threats and harassment against election workers. https://edition.cnn.com/2023/03/20/politics/georgia-racketeering-conspiracy-trump-willis/index.html

I did when challenged. I didn't think the jury was still out on my claim and I subsequently proved that it wasn't. I only provide a link when I think there's a reasonable chance that it will be challenged or that the claim is new to this board. It wasn't new.

I think Biden Jr feels he's on solid ground otherwise he wouldn't sue for defamation. Just like dominion felt they were on solid ground. And E Jean Carroll for that matter.

I'd have to ask my girlfriend but I doubt that she'd agree with you.

Western weapons and Ukrainian soldiers will and are stopping this invasion. They are about to engage on a spring offensive. Russians are literally digging fortifications in Crimea. What does that tell you about their opinion?

My point was how is the conversation less interesting? That isn't my experience by the way and I'm not young.

It's probably close to the average where I come from as it is in Pattaya.