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[QUIZ:] 6 August - Gold Medals Winners So Far At Paris 2024.
Callmeishmael replied to Captain Flack's topic in The Quiz Forum
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I predict a growing number of socially conservative but economically liberal Pro-Islamic political parties will arise in both the UK and throughout Europe. With the power to throw their votes to the left or right on different issues they will tend to have a disproportionate power in shaping the future of Europe.
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Are the Trump II firings just beginning?
Callmeishmael replied to spidermike007's topic in Political Soapbox
I was betting on Marco Rubio being the first one out, but it looks like I was wrong. I will still bet that Rubio will end up doing a full 'John Bolton' with a tell-all book and numerous anti-Trump Youtube appearances! -
ALL VACCINES WILL KILL YOU - The evidence is overwhelming
Callmeishmael replied to Red Phoenix's topic in Covid/Vaccine
My grandparents lost a total of 3 out of 13 children back in the 1920s. Vaccines would have saved those kids. As my oldest aunt once told me: "In those days everyone lost one or two". -
Report Staggering 80% of Thai Army Conscripts Battling Drug Addiction
Callmeishmael replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Many, if not most, middle-class boys go through an Army Reserve Training when they are in high school. This exempts them from the draft. So the actual draftees are heavily skewed towards the working class/rural kids. -
Except that Trump loves the military and usually gives them more money than they even ask for. Aside from cutting the DEI programs he will probably add a 4th supercarrier fleet! Don't expect DOGE to touch the Defense budget, which is probably the most bloated and wasteful part of the Federal Government!
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I can speak and read Thai fairly well. One problem I have is all the regional dialects. If I drive for two hours away from Bangkok everyone sounds like they are speaking an entirely different language. My wife wants to move up north when I retire, but I'm not looking forward to having to learn Phasa Nua!
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So you're saying that the problems that California faces are based on color/ethnicity? I agree that California is no longer livable, but that's because of over crowding and cost of living, not the fact that my neighbors were Chinese rather than white Southern Baptists!
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Trump has finally met his match as he fights 3 unwinnable wars
Callmeishmael replied to simple1's topic in Political Soapbox
Interesting screenshot. However you cut out part of the description: Notice the last line: Hight for factual reporting. Now let's take a look at a pro-Trump media outlet: -
A true story about an old pal of mine.
Callmeishmael replied to Don Giovanni's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
I did Cambodian border runs when I first came to Thailand about 23 years ago. While waiting for my stamp at the border I noticed people just walking across the border a hundred or so meters away. It was only the need for proper stamps in your passport that made you use a border crossing between Thailand and Cambodia! -
Not Approved Because I'm Not High So
Callmeishmael replied to norsurin's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
Was your ex-wife from Issan? Lots of people from central or southern Thailand are quite prejudiced and look down upon people from Issan, they often view them as 'Thai hillbillys'. She may consider you to be lo-so because you learned to speak Thai with an Issan accent.- 78 replies
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Electronic Voting systems vulnerable to hackers…
Callmeishmael replied to riclag's topic in Political Soapbox
Back in 2000 there were widespread concerns about the reliability of electronic voting machines. After the Supreme Court awarded Florida to Bush, Gore decided to not pursue questions about the voting machines simply because casting doubt on the electoral outcome would be too divisive. His decision to stand by the public results in 2000 was mirrored by Pence's actions in 2020. Two men on opposite sides of the political spectrum who decided to put any person doubts aside and preside over their own defeats. -
Thailand to Boost US Imports Amid Tariff Turmoil
Callmeishmael replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
The Thai Air Force will probably order a dozen of those useless F35s to even up the trade imbalance! -
Poll -- Will you support Canada or USA if war breaks out?
Callmeishmael replied to Jingthing's topic in Political Soapbox
I'm 1/2 Canadian and 1/2 USAian, but hold a US passport. If war broke out I would renounce the US passport and go to the Canadian Embassy with a copy of my mother's birth certificate! -
That's a very interesting discussion with a thoughtful conservative. One quote really stood out for me: if you want to cut Social Security, if you want to tell people you’re cutting Medicare and Medicaid, you have to start with the other stuff that doesn’t seem as close to home, with the stuff that’s, you know, the comic books in Peru about wokeness or whatever. You have to cut that stuff out first, and you have to hold up the bloody head before you have popular interest and willingness to go with you to the stuff that touches their families.
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This is exactly what I said in the last social security thread. Trump/Musk don't need to shut down Social Security, they just need to cut the personnel until the whole department fails. If they start demanding "in-person verification" by going into a SS office every year there will be a lot of unhappy posters here!
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^^ Lack of law enforcement looks a lot like freedom, but it isn't really the same.