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Right now I'm a digital nomad working 5 nights a week so travel is difficult. I have been to CM 40 years ago and a couple of years ago. Not been to Phuket since about 1983 and not to Samui since 1979. Went to Udon a couple of years ago. I went to Kanchanburi as well i the 80's. That was nice. If I had real money I'd stay in BKK but that's out of my price range.

It would cost me at least 3 times as much in rent to stay anywhere in Australia in simple accommodation and much more in food and transport. The visa and flight costs are the only impediment to staying in Thailand. If I needed frequent health care that might tip the scales but so far not. I have some health conditions, HBP and cholesterol which essentially preclude health insurance. I live in Pattaya because it's cheap and varied with much to do and see. Everything is walking distance so I don't bother to rent a bike. Jomtien would be cheaper to rent but the transport costs would make up the difference as well as I just don't like the place. Currently I pay 15K rent and if I was on a pension or much older I'd probably pick somewhere else. No idea where. I'm single and so Pattaya suits me but I don't often go to bars and rarely drink. I have lived in the Philippines for over 20 years and over it big time. I didn't like Cambodia. I have been to Vietnam once and quite liked it but was only there a couple of weeks. Too hard to live there for an Aussie (visas). Speaking Thai helps. I think the time will come when I need to move out of Pattaya to save some rent. Staying in Nirun or Arcadia doesn't appeal.

It's jail time in my country for anything above 0.15. There is a solution. Too many are being killed on the roads by drunk drivers. That's far worse than any stupid farang leaving his wife and kids stranded.

DeSantis isn't a candidate yet. Ye is, I wonder how that's going for the MAGA mob?

Could I refer you to your own post?

I don't believe that's true. MAGA candidates fared much worse than other Republican candidates in the mid terms,

As somebody said, they don't care about the poor. Could you explain how people in cities are more controlled by big brother than in rural areas?

If Trump stands Biden wins. History has shown that.

It depends on what or who one defines as an antichrist.

It's logical. He knows he needs a pardon now to stay out of jail. He knows he won't win, he's not even campaigning.

The only time they don't stop is when the pedestrians have already crossed and the light is still red. I use these crossings in Pattaya on a daily basis.

In light traffic they are often not switched on but seem always to be when traffic is heavy, especially weekends and holidays.

Yeah, you need to explain how modern China is a communist country. I'm not suggesting that I support Xi at all. China hasn't been a communist country since Mao Tse Tung.

They don't. Only one of my links was from Singapore. All the links were scientific research which claimed the Chinese vaccines were effective at preventing serious illness. I think at this point you need to put up some evidence to the contrary instead of telling what I think and how sensitive I am. You want to bash the Chinese vaccines without any evidence at all. Your citation had NOTHING to do with Chinese vaccines or covid.

Too late, DeSantis has made a reputation of being more MAGA than Trump and is only waiting for Trump to be indicted. DeSantis won't be the nominee because his shtick won't fly outside of Magaland any more than Trump's did.

Perot could afford to (and I believe did run) unfunded by political donations. Trump could not but I wish he does anyway. Ultimately I think even the majority of Trumpians would jump ship when the see he is a loser because they aren't known for adherence to principles.

My post and links were about the efficacy of the Chinese vaccines in preventing serious illness. How does the special relationship discredit those findings?

He wouldn't get the donations he needs.

The who regrets the vote? nobody? The polls are wildly off? Your post only makes sense if the poll is disregarded. That would be indeed silly.

Just like travelling faster than the speed of light there are some limitations of physics which will far outlast the ability to humans to solve them before our extinction. Colonisation of a yet undiscovered planet with a sustainable ecosystem is one of those. We need to find a way to survive as a species in a sustainable way on our own planet well before we find a way to colonise another planet. To do otherwise would be analogous to rats abandoning a sinking ship. Key to that is to stop using fossil fuels for energy. Nothing else cuts it.

all polls are random.

Remainers regret that they voted to stay, now? That silly assertion is debunked by the current polls which show widespread opinion that brexit was a bad idea. link already posted.

It's also a matter of public record and large numbers of Australian's trace their ancestry back to Irish convicts.

"Ginni Thomas and Clarence Thomas must BOTH be subpoenaed to testify under oath before one of the grand juries hearing evidence about the January 6 coup," Snell tweeted on Friday. "At best, they are material fact witnesses. At worst, they are co-conspirators to be charged with seditious conspiracy." On Saturday, Tribe agreed and tweeted: "They are at least material fact witnesses. If Justice Thomas were to defy a subpoena on separation of powers grounds, it's fair to ask whether he'd recuse from DOJ's appeal to SCOTUS from a lower federal court ruling upholding Thomas's conviction for contempt of court." https://www.newsweek.com/clarence-thomas-must-subpoenaed-testify-over-jan-6-lawyers-1770573

Yeah, just ignore all the links I provided and post none of your own.