Flyguy330

Decades ago, when I was on a visit to NYC, I turned on the TV in my hotel room to catch the news (always local crap only, cat stuck up a tree etc, while rest of world on fire). The news was interrupted by yet another bloody ad break. But this one had me riveted. I never forgot it. It starts with a guy sitting in his armchair at home, watching TV. I think the TV made a comment about US manufacturing going overseas. He casually picks up and reads the label under his ashtray - "Made In Mexico". He chucks it out the open window in anger. Then he gets up and goes around the room looking at the label on every item; The table lamp - "Made in China", out the window. The armchair - "Made in Canada", out the window. He's getting more and more angry. The TV itself- "Made in Japan" out the window. Finally the room is empty of every item of furniture. There's one last thing. On the wall over the fireplace. A RIFLE. He takes it off the wall and reads the label - "Smith & Wesson, "Made in the USA". The camera focuses on his smiling face as the fondles the weapon. "Buy American" says the voiceover, as the screen goes dark. I know Yanks are famous for not 'getting' irony - but you'd think that the ad men at Smith & Wesson should have an ounce of self awareness. The only thing the US manufactures is weapons of war. Even the commercial aviation industry is built on military sales. Gotta keep the demand going! PS. If anybody can locate that original advert I'd really love to see it again.

Sheet, poor ole Ronnie got throwed under de bus. Nuthins sacred to these bastids.

A Republican Hero calling out Trump (skip to 2:10). Awkward.....

"The Media Is Lying To You" And in other news, bears found <deleted>ting in the woods....

Will it help? How? I don't live in Pattaya.

What pisses me off more is broke Farangs. I have many friends and acquaintances, but I seem to attract losers. I’m pretty well off, and it’s the result of decades of hard work and smart money management. I earned it all. Nobody gave me anything. But most of the people I know seem to live hand to mouth existences. I’m not an easy touch, if that’s what you’re thinking, it’s just a sad fact that too many people I meet are broke, and it’s a pain in my arse. I want to hang out with rich guys like me only. Maybe I’m in the wrong country.

So that's what your avatar means! Groovey!

So, the vaunted 'Ceasefire Deal' that Trump promised 'on Day One' is dead - as I predicted. I told you Putin would never ceasefire until he had recaptured Kursk. Trump guarenteed this outcome by pulling US support of Ukraine and emboldening Putin. This is the outcome forged by the 'master of The Art of The Deal'. What a joke. He trashed his own best bargaining chip before even starting negotiations! A rookie error. I wonder how hard he had to beg Putin to give him SOMETHING, ANYTHING to take away and save his face. Probably Putin got more than we've been told. Art of The Deal my arse!

You are ill informed my dear. There are thousands of references in Islamic texts about the Houris of Paradise. Here's a random example; "It was narrated that Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “If a woman from among the people of Paradise were to look out over the earth, she would illuminate everything that is in between them, and would fill everything that is in between them with fragrance. And the scarf on her head is better than this world and everything in it.” If she were to show her face, it would shine between heaven and earth; how beautiful is the light of her face and how beautiful the scent that is filling the space between heaven and earth. As for her garments, the scarf that she places on her head is better than the beauty of this world and all that is in it of delights and pleasure and natural beauty and splendid palaces and other kinds of luxuries. Glory be to their Creator, how great He is, and congratulations to the one for whom she is and he is for her. " Furthermore; "Qur'anic commentator Al-Suyuti (died 1505) and Orthodox Muslim theologians such as al Ghazali (died 1111 CE) and Al-Ash'ari (died 935 CE) graphically elaborated sensual pleasures attributed to Muslims in paradise". Al-Suyuti wrote, "Each time we sleep with a Houri we find her virgin. Besides, the penis of the Elected never softens. The erection is eternal; the sensation that you feel each time you make love is utterly delicious and out of this world and were you to experience it in this world you would faint. Each chosen one [i.e. Muslim] will marry seventy houris, besides the women he married on earth, and all will have appetizing vaginas." On the whole, the Qur'an and the hadiths are filled with sexual fantasies that Muslim men are awarded when they reach Islamic heaven. Anas bin Malik, an Islamic scholar, claimed that "The Prophet used to visit all his wives in a round, during the day and night and they were eleven in number… The Prophet was given the strength of thirty (men)." Muhammad (hadith 24) apparently claimed that devout Muslims would be given the sexual strength of 100 persons upon their arrival in Heaven. (This is apparently more than what was attributed to the prophet himself)." So, not a religion that despises sexual pleasure.

If you'd lived in Hong Kong for a few years you'd know that the hands down winners are the Indonesians. The clubs there are full of free-lancers from all over SE Asia. Mostly they are 'helpers' (domestic maids) on their day off. They are not the hardened prostitutes of Thailand, but women who are living hard lonely lives, looking for some love and affection, and fun, and maybe some extra cash. Over a few pints in Wanchai, me and my mates arrived at the following concensus; The Philipinas are all guilt ridden and hung up on their (mostly Catholic) upbringing which preaches sex to be for procreation only and strictly dirty and to be avoided under all other circumstances. They can be cute. But not very sexy. And often focussed on money grabbing. Jealous too. The Indo girls - freed from the conservativism in Indonesia - break out spectacularly. They love to shag. It's a strange and unexpected contradiction given the apparent brainwashing of Islam, but the funny thing about that religion is it doesn't treat the actual sex act as a disgusting perversion, as Catholicism does. The Islamic Paradise is a whore mongers dream, with beautiful naked virgins to entertain the faithful. The girls are well aware of it and when freed from their home constraints they indulge enthusiastically. Check it out.

Nope. Russia has CLEARLY LOST. It lost on Day 3. Why? Because Putin forecast a 3 day campaign to defeat Ukraine. 3 years later he still hasn't managed it. A world 'superpower' held at bay by a puny nation with no nukes. Not only that - Russia's satrap Syria was overrun while he was faffing about in Ukraine, and as a result Russia lost access to one of it's most important Mediterranean naval facilities and ports. The mighty Russian Army has been exposed as a paper tiger and lost all credibility. No wonder Europe is finally talking about boots on the ground.

It's not so much the dying, it's the disposal that concerns me. My MIL died several years ago and (as is the Chinese practice) she was cremated. We waited at the crematorium for the remains. I was expecting an urn. Instead the worker handed my girl a tin can - a small bucket - with the ashes inside, including a recogniseable chunk of skull. She burst into floods of tears. I was kicking myself for not having brought a decent urn along with me. I was disgusted at the callousness of it. In Georgetown, Penang, just across the road from the beautiful historic E&O Hotel, there is an old British Colonial graveyard. It's a fascinating place to walk around, I highly recommend it if you ever visit the island. The inscriptions on the headstones and tombs are so intriguing. The names often match street names in the old town. Some carry short stories of the lives and deaths of the interred. Most of the graves are in bad condition, falling over, broken, and overgrown. It's a shame to see such history neglected. It's a sad and forlorn sight. How dare the British community and Churches - or even the State - allows such a precious monument to rot like that. But worse still is the state of the locals graveyards, both muslim and Chinese. They are all little more than waste ground, often with industrial buildings pressing up on the perimeters. No dignity, no peace, no respect. It might not matter to you when you're dead - but it might matter a lot to your loved ones that you are interred in an abandoned <deleted>hole. Think of them you selfish bastards.

There will be no ceasefire from Putin until he has clawed back control of Kursk. Having it in Ukrainian control weakens his hand in any peace negotiations. The 'allies' (OK, joke term) will demand he gives up territory in Ukraine in exchange for Kursk, so he has to finish that before going to the table. Trump's 'begging' and pleading that he doesn't kill the Ukrainian solidiers in Kursk is his belated realisation of this fact. He's desperately hoping Putin will lay down the guns before negotiations begin. No chance! Trump's blundering has engineered the situation now playing out. He gave Putin the signal to screw Ukraine, and Putin accepted the offer. There'll be no peace, despite Trumps begging, until Putin has regained Kursk. The blood of all those Ukrainian men is on Trumps hands.

Never saw any other 'politician' blow as hard as Trump. Are you telling me you believe all his BS? You're taking him seriously. Or is it literally? Stop it.

Not me bud. I'm a very stable genius! 😜