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Do you use the same speech writer as Joe Biden. Your comment is unintelligible.

Lets see. Trump runs and has for decades the Trump organization. It is comprised of over 10,000 employees, 500 companies. 144 of those countries are 44 different countries. So if Trump is dumb, we need more dumb people like him. By contrast, Joe Biden has fed at the public trough all of his life and never held a job privately. His list of accomplishments in the Senate are not legendary they are non-existent. Trump is gruff, certainly not gentile and people mistake that crudeness as being dumb. Biden is a serial liar and one only has to google Biden and gaffes to see pages of evidence the man is a baffoon and has been so for decades. The only thing Joe was ever smart about was influence peddling and making his family millionaires in the process. The trail of USA money going to enterprises that other family members are involved in is numerous. This is just one article on Joe using taxpayer money to benefit his family . https://nypost.com/2020/01/18/how-five-members-of-joe-bidens-family-got-rich-through-his-connections/

The contents of the laptop have not been completely released. The photos and other information have come from what the FBI has. To the best of my knowledge neither Rudy or the Apple store employee has publicly released information from the laptop. It was reported that Rudy turned over the hard drive he had to government officials but it is believed he made a copy. So there would be at least three hard drives one in possession of the FBI, one with Rudy, and one with the Apple repair store. Impossible to manipulate all three.

Gaffe is when you make a mistake, particularly when it is an embarrasing one.

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No, it is my understanding the Rudy had a copy of the hard drive. The FBI confiscated the original laptop and the owner of the Apple Repair store made a copy of the contents of the hard drive.

Senile I would say rather recently. Not too bright, a gaffe artist, guilty of plagerism, and outright lies. All of his life. This is 15 years ago. Next is Politifact's list of lies. https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/list/?category=&ruling=false&speaker=joe-biden

If you read the thread I said Joe Biden had mental difficulties for decades and was a gaffe artist. The poster said supply proof. 7 minutes ago, Danderman123 said: Please provide evidence for your accusations.

Now that is humerous. I guess that those in the chain of custody somehow flew with Hunter and took those photos. I guess that whoever had custody of the laptop somehow also got possession of Hunters internet service provider and falsified the emails on their servers. Those same people who were in the chain of custody made the same changes to the same backup copy he made of the laptop

I forgot to mention that I was a target shooter for many years and signed numerous 4473's over the years. I went into a store where you have to complete the 4473 and then your information goes into The National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) I asked the clerk at a major chain are people really so stupid to try and purchase a gun when they know the background check will determine they have some violation that will disquality them. The man replied, it happens each and every day. Mostly by people who it could be confirmed were prior felons. The only thing that happens to those people is that their purchase permit is rejcted Hunters was selectively chosen for scrutiny.

I was in banking for years and Joe Biden was for a consideable length of time the head of the Senate Banking Committee. In my opinion he lacked mental clarity and was a gaffe artist for decades and his age has made it mental faculties and the amount of gaffes only more severe. With that said. Virtually every president has had relatives with problems. I can recall Billy Carter, and Billy Beer. The Kennedy's have had several family members involved in scandals including Ted Kennedy. It is not fair to somehow convey that the actions of another family member is an indictment on them. However with Hunter, he flew on Air Force 2. His father took actions against Ukraine to punish them for failing to fire a prosecutor. Clearly illegal involvement in the policies of another government. You have millions of dollars flowing to many members of the Biden family. All of that cries to find out why. If and I repeat if Joe Biden is complicit and inproperly recieved money he should be prosecuted and condemned for HIS ACTIONS not those of other family members.

Do you realize you just validated my point. The fact that it is their job does not change the fact that in all truth the prosecutor controls the outcome. So somehow you made the inference that an indictment coming directly from the government was less valid than a pristine one from a grand jury. BUNK. The government agency first off has some expertise and is in a position to see all the evidence. The Grand Jury is fed only what the prosecutor wants them to see and there is no cross examination. Both are biased. You had the FBI clearly with Lisa Paige and Peter Stroz stating in text messages that they hated Trump and were out to get him. It is impossible to remove bias. Whether that is in judges, juries or prosecutors.

First off he didn't say it was rigged. He said a good prosecutor could persuade a Grand Jury to get an indictment if that is what the prosecutor was seeking. Also do you know what the Dunning Krueger Syndrome. That is when someone holds themselves out to be an expert in a field that they know little to nothing about. Now Sol Watchler was the Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court. Now I know this will come as a shock to you but given his background I have more than a slightly greater prejudice to believe his opinions on the grand jury process and its accuracy than yours.

Again are you saying that he is exonerated because his crime was less severe? That is like saying to a person who assaulted another that he should not be prosecuted because others who have been assaulted had much more severe injuries. He signed a form 4473 form and lied on it. That is unquestionable. You can argue that the prosecution was poltically motivated but so is Trumps, the surveillance of Carter Page, the prosecutions of General Flynn and Michael Cohen.

I am not sure I understand exactly your point. You are differentiating an indictment handed down from a prosecutor versus one from a grand jury? In 1985, Sol Wachtler, then the chief justice of New York's Supreme Court said, “ Now lets be clear. both of the prosecutions the one against Hunter and the ones against Trump are biased and are a form of political persecution. Neither would in all liklihood been targeted for indictment if it was not for politics. The same is true of Genral Flynn, Michael Cohen the FBI surveillance of Carter Page. With that said irrespective of how the indictment started. It is irrefutable that Hunter Biden purchased a gun, was a drug user and lied on his 4473 form. You can argue that his indictment was poltically motivated but you can't say that there was no basis for it irrespective of whether it came from the government directly or through a grand jury process.

Yes and as I said, I stand corrected. From a practical standpoint does it really make a difference if he was using Meth, Cocaine, Fentanyl, or any other ilicit drugs. The law is intended to curb those that may be a threat to themselves and others by being addicted and in possession of a firearm. Persons convicted of a felony are similarly barred from legally purchasing a gun. So using your "logic" and I use that term loosely if a person was on parole for murder it is ok that he get a gun because others who falsified on their 4473 form and got a gun also had committed murders.

Thailand’s EV sector hopes for spark I think I might have chosen a different word than spark when mentioning EV's

Oh so your logic is that since others have done it, that it is ok. It is true that on many forms people have lied. Those lies have not been discovered. The same is true for Trump and his tax returns. Assuming Trump falsified items on his tax returns does not exonerate him because others have similarly lied. Try some common sense sometime. I was told that Hunters teeth were a result of Meth usage. Since your reply I checked and determined that the similar decaying teeth can result from crack cocaine so I stand corrected.

Tug The man was discharged from the military for drug use. The law in an attempt to keep firearms out of the hands of people who may be a danger specifically requires a purchaser to attest to not being addicted to drugs. That is making a false statement to the US Government. A crime. that is not maganites out for blood it is called equal treatment under the law. Simple as that. Now of the charges against Hunter I think the gun purchase is the least significant. His punishment if found guilty should not be any harsher or more lenient than others who have been found guilty of a similar offense. The Form as I understand it has been amended to remove marijuana as a disqualifying drug but not the meth and cocaine that Hunters own pictures show he was clearly using.

The Democrats have the mantra that "no one is above the law' but the Hunter Biden saga shows they believe that to be a law for "thee and not for me" I know this, that if it was Trump who had the evidence on a laptop, the payments coming from Burisma, the money wired to him from the wife of a Russian mayor and deals linking millions in transactions with China he would be wearing an orange jump suit already. I agree that no one is above the law. When laws apply only to some and not to others it undermines society and makes it essentially lawless. The Hunter Biden story has seriously eroded public confidence that our regulatory agencies are not biased and undermines faith in them. The same is true of the Trump story where the opposite has occured and agencies are used as weapons. Nixon and others used the agencies to target people with tax probes etc. Herbert Hoover was known to keep secret dossiers on people to exert influence over them. The practice of not prosecuting some and punishing others by concocting charges has gone on for a long time. You see the same here in Thailand. It is a sad indictment of human behavior.

Now what other than being LGTBQ is not a behavior. There is no other attribute that was mentioned other than being LGTBQ. That is a behavior. Not any different than being heterosexual is a behavior. If you target gamblers that is a behavior. If you target young people that is an age group. If you target neighboring countries that is a geographic demographic. Now LGTBQ may have larger incomes but you are not targeting basded on income or net worth. If you were doing that you would target the wealthy not based on sexual orientation. Anyway I hope you wake up someday and that not every waking moment is consumed with the singular obsession about being LGTBQ. It apparently defines what your self image is of yourself. As I have repeatedly said, I am not saying not to welcome LGTBQ to Thailand I am saying that expending marketing dollars would be better spent targeting the neighboring countries that comprise almost half the worlds population. A baht spent to attract an LGTBQ is a baht not spent attracting someone from China, India, or Indonesia. I suggest you will get a better return on your marketing expenditures targeting those that are close not those who wish to come to Thailand for a hookup. PS you are now 5.6 times higher than the next highest poster regarding this subject.

It is obvious that you were never in business or marketing. A baht spent to attract one segment is a baht not spent to attract another. I am merely pointing out as I did in my original comment, the idea to point specifically at the LGTBQ community is not for economic reasons it is to be seen as WOKE. The marketing baht are not unlimited. So if you spent lets say 50 million baht on a marketing campaign to attract LGTBQ I suggest you will have a lower repsonse and less economic benefit than if you spent the same 50 million baht targeting not a behavior but rather large population groups that are geographically close. That sir is commons sense. Cruise lines have marketing campaigns targeted at gamblers Why? They tend to be the most profitable. Airlines have campaigns targeted to the business traveler Why? They travel the most often, travel often in business class and are not price sensitive. Toy manufacturers will do campaigns for groups known to have young children. I worked for Merrill Lynch we targeted groups identified with large net worths and higher incomes. However when you target based on behavior, you should expect that what you will attract are people not necessarily with the best revenue potential but rather those that focus on that activity. If you target backpackers for Thailand expect the people you are successful to come for the backpacking. If Thailand was to start a gaming industry and target gamblers expect that since you selected them for their gambling they will come for the gambling. If you target LGTBQ you are not targeting them for their income but rather their sexual orientation and it is naive to expect they would not come to Thailand seeking companionship no different than the single men have flocked to Thailand for years because of its night life, bars, and bar girls. My point to beat a dead horse is that targeting LGTBQ is not an economic decision it is to make a social advocacy statement. Money spent to larger population groups and those regions geographically close to Thailand make far more sense. That is not to say you don't welcome the LGTBQ traveler but you don't do an outreach to specifally attract them. One final point. Thailand to broaden its appeal has tried to separate itself from its sex trade image. It professes to want to broaden its appeal across many ages, and family groups. I suggest that even if successful in attracting the LGTBQ community that then shaping the businesses that will cater to the LGTBQ lifestyle will be at variance to broadenings its appeal to the other 7.5 billion people on earth. I can only give you one example. In South Carolina they host a big biker week. The areas is flooded with both recreational bikers and biker gangs. Though they do come and spend money the economy suffers for the other tourists avoid the community during the festival. One only has to look at Budweiser and what happens to your base of customers when they feel slighted or uncomfortable.

Oh really I am merely pointing out that you have seem to be obsessed with a single issue.

As said all marketing dollars are expended. There is "no extra" only an allocation. Jimthing, it is not that LGTBQ travel does not generate revenue. The issue is whether expending limited marketing dollars to attract only a small portion of the population is a good return on investment or merely to appear WOKE. The LGTBQ community is small. Take just China if the same amount of baht was expended to attract the Chinese vs LGTBQ would it raise more revenue. You only have a certain budget to spend so from purely a business standpoint you want each marketing baht to reach the greatest number of people and most importantly be effective. I might expend marketing dollars in Monaco saying I wanted to attract a wealthier more affluent tourist to Thailand. However if few if any came that baht was wasted. Personally if lets say I have 100 million baht to spend on attracting Thailand tourists I reasonable approach would be to focus on those areas geographically close to Thailand making it conventient. Focus on socioecomic groups in those regions that match what Thailand has to offer. Thailand is not Monaco nor is it Bangaladesch I might focus on those who enjoy water or beach related activities since Thailand has those to offer. However focusing a target market strictly because of how they use their genitals is ludicrous. The LGTBQ community is throughout the world It is estimated to be 7.1% of the population of about 550 million people. By contrast China, India, and Indonesia have a combined population of 3 billion people. They are all geographically close and concentrated making marketing more effective. So while the LGTBQ community is not non existent. In the scheme of things it is pointing the marketing baht at the mouse and not the elephant. Similarly, 11.4% of Thailand's GDP was generated by tourism, with a whopping 28.1% accounted for by Chinese spending.Jul 29, 2566 BE