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I'm in the process of reading the Raylan Givens series by Elmore Leonard:: Pronto, Riding the Rap, Raylan, Fire in the Hole. The first two were written before the TV series Justified, based on the Raylan Givens character, was made. Leonard wrote the other two in response to the series. I have never been a big Elmore Leonard fan but I'm on the third book in this series, though normally I have a hard time finishing thrillers these days. But I'm drawn to the character of Raylan, so much so that I started watching Justified again. And, yep, it's just as good as I remembered.

I watched The Killer, a French remake of the Hong Kong movie made way back in 1989 that starred the legendary Chow Yun-Fat. The remake is directed by John Woo, the same director of the original. Woo made a name for himself with his ultra-violent Hong Kong gangster flicks and then came to Hollywood where he made a few films (including a Mission Impossible with Tom Cruise) with mixed success. His style never really meshed with Hollywood. Woo is in his 70's now and it's hard to see the rationale for the remake but despite its flaws, I enjoyed it. The Chow Yun-Fat role of the assassin has been changed to woman (Nathalie Emmanuel). Some of the acting is clunky, the script has holes, and it's not realistic but it is high octane, the fight scenes are smoothly choreographed and it's the type of film, to use a cliche, that they just don't make anymore.

Once an addict, always an addict, a fundamental rule of groups like Alcoholics Anonymous. He might have stopped using drugs but the addiction personality remains, obvioiusly transferred in this case to a need for power and attention.

And who was PM at this time? Thaksin. The same Thaksin who just announced that his daughter's administration would demand "ownership" and "accountability" from state officials even though he claimed he had no responsibility for the Tak Bai massacre, that it was all the fault of the military.

I did listen. This is a guy who is constantly changing his story, denying what he said previoiusly, whining that the media has misquoted him, and lying constantly. Inn other words, the typical behavior of an addict, and he was a heroin addict for more than 15 years.

Trump took a fradulent deferment and called people who joint the army suckers.

So he's no better than Harris. Great

Just finished Toppo Season 2, which I thought was even better than Season 1. The ending was a little too pat and unconvincing but I like those two main characters.

First couple of season are great -- then it really goes off the rails.

Well, he's actually done it. He's removing his name from state ballots and throwing his support behind Trump, proving that he really doesn't have any integrity. This is what he had to say about Trump just 3 months ago: https://x.co m/RobertKennedyJr/status/1794913465594962285 Now all of this is true and the reason why he decided to run against Trump in the first place. So what changed? The only question now is what's the quid pro quo because you know there has to be one.

My point wasn't that she was a good choice. Only that there have been others far worse. And don’t forget Dick Cheney

That's nothing. I won $2 million in an email lottery! I just need to come up with the $20,000 deposit. Anyone want to help out?

Did you forget about Sarah Palin? Don Quayle? The Republicans have a history of bad VP picks

Sounds like Nicole Shanahan, who's one major accomplishment was marrying Sergey Brin and winning a huge divorce settlement, is calling the shots here. Too bad she's as dumb as a post.

No, it will synch everything unless you tell it not to . On my girlfriend's computer, it backed up all her photos and documents without asking and when it exceeded the storage limit began nagging her to buy more storage or risk having her files deleted. If the files are deleted in the cloud, they'll be deleted on your computer too. Google "complaints about OneDrive" to see the various problems people are having. (Don't use Bing because none of those complaints will show up)

I turned OneDrive off on my computer. It kept trying to synch everything to the cloud and badgering ne with ads to buy more storage. I don't trust Microsoft a bit. Plus, with OneDrive you only get 2GB of free storage. With Google Drive you get 15 -- and you can open multiple accounts.

You could use a flash drive, a portable SSD drive or hard drive, you could upload them to Google Photos if you have a Google account, you can use a file tansfer service such as WeTransfer, set up a file transfer over your wireless network (enable file sharing on both computers, connect them both to the network, select the files you want to share), or you can use a transfer service like PCMover to transfer everything. This costs money though

What's the room rate if you don't mind my asking

IMHO 16gb of ram is a must as WIndows 11 and many browsers tend to be memory hogs. 1 tb ssd is probably excessive unless you store a lot of high resolution movies on your computer. Even then you're probably better off with a portable ssd drive for storage and backup. Finally, I'd recommend an OlED 15.6 display. Cost all in for an Asus vivobook maybe around 20,000 baht

Looked like the reporter was having a good time. She kept taunting him with questions even after he threw a few slaps her way. This will be good for her career probably.

No experience, none. No foreign relations experience, no economic experience, no parliamentary experience...Well qualified obviously to be Thailand's PM!

Are they really going to start auditing foreign retirees bringing a few hundred thousand baht into the country each year? Considering the fact that only about 25 percent of Thais file income tax.

"Ethics" of lack thereof is a term that applies only to people the Constitutional Court wants to get rid of

I'm on volume 2 of the Slow Horses series. The TV series follows the books quite closely (which is why it' so good) but in my opinion the book are still worth reading if you enjoy spending time with these people. I also just finished Rachel Cusk's Aftermath in which she discusses the repercussions of her divorce. I'm a big ambivalent about her because her books really aren't novels or memoirs but more like a series of short essays but this is the third book of hers I've read, so I guess I'd have to say I like her.

He wasn't running the country anyway. The question now is whether we'll get another Thaksin puppet or a military puppet.