Flyguy330

Here's a great Youtube video for you - one which proves the 'conspiracy theories' about organised Union busting. Yes, it's specifically a US based case, but the strategy is being copied throughout the anglosphere.

Are you a nutter? Welcome to my ignore list. You're the first ever.

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I can't cure all the worlds ills. I don't 'live' in Thailand. I told you in my post I am in SE Asia. All over it. One thing I see in my travels is that it is Government policy in most SE Asian nations to depress wages and keep their economies 'cheap' - for the Corporatists. Are you a Corporatist? Instead of criticising me, why don't you take aim at the true source of the problem. Maybe the Thais need better Unions.

Where to begin......😑 Lets start with this - I am living a very comfortable retirement now, thanks entirely to my Union. My Union was not a huxters scam, or a mafia, it was a professional association of men and women determined to protect their job contract and conditions. It was not communist, or socialist, it was anti-corporatist, anti-elitist and anti-exploitationist. If it was not for the solidarity of that group I would not have a pension now, and I would not be living a decent retirement in SE Asia. I would be broke and living in poverty in the freezing cold back home. We stood up to all attempts of self agrandising managers to further their own careers by destroying ours. Yes, it sometimes involved having the backbone to strike. That only ever happened when we were pushed to the absolute limit by managers who believed they could break us. They always failed, and it cost many of them their own jobs. It amazes me how brainwashed and deluded so many of the current generation are. Especially in the United States. Indeed it's a uniquely American product, one of their biggest exports. Workers have bought into the propaganda rammed down their throats by the Corporate Media daily - Unions are bad for you, they are Anti American, Unions are commies, save your money on Union fees, don't expect a permanent job anyway, it's a gig economy so get a gig, health insurance is optional, so get a side gig to pay for it, you have no right to strike, stop complaining, and when you're 60 <deleted> off and die quietly - and the sooner the better. This same US Corporatism has infected much of the anglosphere. I'm not from the US, but I see the same message sold every day in my home country. When we had our 'disputes' with the company it was shocking to see how certain newspapers simply outright LIED about the issue, about wages and conditions, how they would cherry pick their facts and how they covered up those that didn't fit their biased agenda. It's why I trust nothing I read, see or hear in the mainstream media anymore. It's only when you are directly involved in a newsworthy story that you begin to understand that everything they write is lies or misdirection. The anti Union movement has been hugely succesful in the last couple of decades. It is an organised effort, driven by the corporations and aided by the media they own, and the politicians they buy. The result is millions of ordinary people seeing their incomes falling year on year. Governments open borders to cheap goods which kill homegrown business, and import dirt cheap manual labour to erode native workers pay and job security. UKIP convinced the Brits that this influx would end if they voted for Brexit - which they obligingly did. But the influx continues, and indeed increased. The Tories are standing for election and making promises to stop it - but they have had 8 years since Brexit and it continued. Why? Because ultimately it suits the Corporate Agenda to destroy British workers wages and job security. It's not just the Tories - Gordon Brown (Labour) perpetrated one of the most disgusting crimes against UK workers in 1997 when he changed the accounting laws on company reports which effectively made the elimination of Defined Benefit Pension Schemes inevitable in the UK. There isn't a single FTSE100 company now that still has a DBPS. https://theconversation.com/britains-great-pension-robbery-why-the-defined-benefits-gold-standard-is-a-luxury-of-the-past-100844 My Union defended our DBPS to the death. I'm very grateful, as are hundreds of my colleagues.

Bullet proof glass helps a lot too.

On the subject of AC and costs, do any of you have sound knowledge and experience of Inverter AC's as compared to 'regular' AC's? My AC guy is constantly trying to convince me that Inverter AC's are cheaper to run and I should switch over to them (buying off him of course....mmmm). The limited research I've done is lacking in hard data (locally anyhow) on cost savings, and there are caveats about having to run the Inverter AC's at least 8 hrs a day to benefit in savings. Apparently the only difference is the external unit fan function is 'smart' meaning it modulates better than the old models. I find it hard to believe a simple fan motor could make much difference to the running costs. By the way, before I came to Asia an Inverter AC meant one which could be run in reverse (reversible) in winter to blow Hot air instead of cold. I think they are sometimes also called Inverter AC's, or nowadays 'heat pumps'?

No you didn't. You stated your opinion. A wrong opinion. I've spoken to muslims about that very subject. There are two main reasons, depending on who you talk to. A Pakistani told me the Palestinians should NOT be evacuated to other muslim nations because they should stay in that muslim land and die as martyrs. I asked if that's fair to the children. He replied yes. Rather reminding me of the slur the Russia backers use when they say the West will fight them to the last Ukrainian. The other reason came from an Egyptian Doctor I know. He says Egypt doesn't want the Palestinians because 'they are troublermakers'. Which I found shocking. You've been informed. Rejects the occupation of Ireland, and the Famine? Your family didn't teach you much history.

Just askin. Elon Musk (owner of Twitter/X) posted the same question on his platform. Apparently they were both in their underpants when the cops arrived. And the whole thing took place in San Francisco - Gay Capital of the US. Knowing how the US works, with endless lies and covers up, anything is possible. Maybe it's YOU who is on the KoolAid. I'll pass thanks...

As with Trump, he's a manifestation of the anger growing in White Western society. Blaming him - a symptom - instead of tackling the real illness, is missing the point. There are certainly big questions to be asked about him, his true name etc. But I tend to think a lot of those charges he's been hit with are trumped up by the authorities (including the UK Police) who have an undeniable Woke agenda. Regarding his 'bona fides' - he's been attacked and threatened by Islamists in his home. They 'know where he lives', and it's an ordinary working class area. Would you have the guts to stand up and speak out when your home might come under attack as a result? The Islamists hate him and have it in for him. I'm surprised he hasn't been murdered already by them. By the way, regarding the accusations of anti black/brown racism - he has had loads of support from the Sikh community in the UK. The Sikhs have fought Islam for centuries and British Sikhs are still on the frontline against Islamic domination, same as Mr.Robinson.

No comments about the rumour that DePape was invited in by Pelosi for a gay tryst which went wrong, leading to a fight, the cops being called, and a damage limitation exercise which painted it as a failed attempt at assasination?

Eh, 'exported'? Like it was desired by them? The Irish diaspora was mainly a result of centuries of invader persecution, finally accelerated by a decade of intentionally man made famine, which resulted in millions of deaths by starvation, and millions more being driven out of their homeland. Now that's being followed by a new invasion, and likely the final eradication of Irish race and culture. As usual the 'white guilt complex' comes blurting out. Maybe you haven't looked around very closely, but nations all over Asia are rigorously rejecting mass refugee arrivals, even though the refugees are BROWN and (even more shockingly) of the same religion - I'm referring especially to the Muslim nations of Asia. These same Islamic peoples constantly and loudly declare their membership of the global Ummah of muslims, yet when muslim refugees arrive on their shores they push their boats back out to sea and tell them to fk off! https://www.scmp.com/video/asia/3242288/rohingya-refugees-indonesias-aceh-province-fear-being-forced-back-sea Mr.Whitey European on the other hand throws the doors open and gives them shelter - even if he grumbles a lot about it. Grumbling is a damn sight less nasty than cold hearted expulsion, by your own Ummah! https://www.scmp.com/video/asia/3244924/parasites-refugees-face-rejection-indonesia-boat-arrivals-surge

I always liked Murray's Youtube videos and writings on Islam. But since the Gaza campaign kicked off he's been acting like a rabid zionist and I've lost all interest in him. Indeed the same applies to several other Youtubers, like The Apostate Prophet, David Wood, and Christian Prince (if you're familiar with them). They previously stuck to educating the ignorant on the truth about Islam using the Islamic texts to illustrate the insanity of that cult. But now they've all switched to plain old zionist rhetoric and denialism. The funny thing about that is they begin to resemble the very nutters they previously denounced (although, to be fair, without actually killing in the name of God themselves). I'm a centrist mainly, perhaps floating to the right somewhat. I dislike and distrust Islam. But I don't hate every muslim. Many of them are victims of the cult themselves and secretly detest it. Prime examples include numerous muslims in Malaysia who have attempted to renounce their religion and have been dragged through the Courts and 'legally' punished for 'apostasy'. Any cult (religious, political or social) which punishes its recalcitrants by law, is a fake and weak creed, and demands rejection. Muslims need to be empowered to do so. Bombing and killing muslim kids in Gaza does not acheive that. In fact it has the opposite effect.

Aussie women. The most tatooed specimens on earth. 🤢

I'm a sceptic. There's a ginormous nuclear reactor 93 million miles from us which pumps out immense energy. It has well recorded cycles, one as short as 11 years, others much longer which are only partly understood but all of which have had - and still have - terrific effects on our planet. These effects are outside our control. The recent events of Aurora Borealis being seen at far southern latitudes in the northern hemisphere are solar cycle (sunspot) related. It's a good clear example of solar cycles and their effect on earth, and they are beyond our control. Forest fires in Canada alone last year pumped out 2Bn tonnes of CO2 in one summer burn season. The whole USA emits 6Bn per full year, and it's one of the biggest emitting regions on the planet. Volcanic eruptions spew out more CO2 than whole countries do on a regular basis. CO2 out-gassed to the atmosphere and oceans from volcanoes and other magmatically active regions is estimated at 280 to 360 million tonnes (0.28 to 0.36 Gt) per year, including that released into the oceans from mid-ocean ridges. Humanity is kidding itself by imagining it can overcome nature. We are insignificant in the big picture. Sure - cut down on fossil fuel use - that helps cool geopolitical strife and reduces air pollutants. I'm all for it. But don't kid yourself it makes much difference to climate effects. How about instead concentrating all that effort on reducing or eliminating plastic waste in the environment? I find it incredible that so much time is wasted fretting over 'climate change' while ghastly plastic pollution is ignored by comparison. And it's something we can actually fix! Also - reduce human population. Hey presto - CO2 emissions and plastic pollution all reduced too.

I have a question. For all you lot talking about 'she deserved it' because - drugs. Until 2022 in Thailand, cannabis was illegal (for recreational use). Possesion was punished by fines and/or imprisonment. Then one day, it was legalised, and everybody is doing it, selling it, growing it. Then another day and it is declared that a ban is coming to reverse all that, and punishments will no doubt have to be imposed again. Neighbouring countries have longstanding policies of executing people found with even small quantities of cannabis for personal use. In many countries cannabis use and sale remains legal. So my point is this - how do you judge right or wrong here? Is it JUST because it's 'illegal HERE today'? Then what if it becomes legal tomorrow - do you feel hypocritical that you now have to accept it as such? Do you feel satisfaction when it is banned again? I'm not a drug user (the odd glass of wine excepted) so I have no axe to grind about bans. It simply amuses me how people's 'moral compass' works, how it seems to swing around a lot. I'm interested in just that. Is chest thumping moralising really thought through? I know this woman was caught with heroin, a hard drug, but the moral question remains the same. Have at it.

Those of us who are not Americans just look at the state of the US today and shake our heads. It has always been a slightly raucous place where anything crazy could happen, but of late it is becoming positively deranged. The response to the Gaza protests is further evidence of it. Only a year or two ago politicians AND the police were 'taking a knee' to rioters busily burning down their cities. They were 'understandable' and 'justified' rioters. They were 'kosher'. Now the very uttering of a word of criticism of Israel can result in immediate arrest and charges of anti-semitism. Total hypocrisy. Biden is senile. Trump is a lunatic. But while Biden is a product of 'the establishment' Trumps attraction was his averred hatred of the establishment, the Swamp. Trump is a symptom of the anger gripping the American public. They KNOW something is wrong, they SEE and FEEL the problems around them daily, and they CRAVE change. A quick solution. They thought Trump was it. Turned out he was a big disappointment -and HE knows he was too. If he gets re-elected he's probably going to go totally haywire, because now he has a hitlist, and he has learned some lessons. The Americans who really WANT change like that will surely vote for him, not because they like him, or even want him. But they want to demolish the established order as it has played out for decades. They don't want the alternative to Trump. They don't want the wokery, the insane gender debates, the mass illegal immigration etc etc. Many are willing to give him his second run, probably BECAUSE of his newly hardened agenda rather than in spite of it. He is literally The Nuclear Option. To RdN I'd say - you are very right, if he gets in there's gonna be hell to pay. But this is the distillation of decades of misrule and disenfranchisement by 'the political establishment' in America. Were you happy with that Bob? Did you speak out about that? Something had to give. Trump is it.

Question for Thai Air Asia travellers. Their Baggage Guidelines say they will not allow more than 2 spare batteries/power packs in your carry on luggage (and none in the checked bags of course). I've flown Air Asia from many other points in Asia but only the THAI Air Asia rules have this restriction. Have any of you run into this issue? It's pretty limiting for me. I probably won't fly Thai Air Asia because of it.

But your comment makes you sound offended by the criticism of one particular religion. If they're all tripe why do you need to defend any of them?

Well guys, since I was a young man I had always wanted a Rolex, but I could never afford it. I bought a Breitling instead and it was my everyday watch. when I got to 50 I actually realised finally I could afford that Rolex, a GMT (Pepsi). It was the one I had always wanted. I wear it with pride - but not every day. In fact I later bought two other Breitlings, a Navitimer and a B-1, which I enjoy wearing on special occasions. I think it's only right for a man to have at least one 'special watch'. The ladies can dress up with their earings and rings and necklaces, but since I'm not gay I prefer a nice watch.

This is a big issue for me because I find it quite irksome how all (and I mean ALL) of the Asians I meet (Malaysians, Hong Kong'ers, Singaporeans mainly) express shock and disbelief at the stupidity of Europe in allowing their lands to be flooded with millions of foreigners. They seriously cannot get their head around it. The same goes for the online Forums I read, you get the same disbelief, but it's usually expressed in an even more negative and racist way. They laugh at and deride the stupidity of The West. The point being here that these Asian people do not think it is in any way racist or xenophobic to have strict immigration controls. You can see this actually borne out by the extreme limits on immigration in many Asian nations (e.g. China, Japan) where there is effectively zero immigration allowed, and generally, regional leaders do not at all shy away from openly expressing their firm intent to keep undesireable foreigners out, even their brother muslims in the case of the Rohingya refugees and Malaysia/Indonesia. The 'opinion' you generally get to this in the western media is - "Yes, but we're better than them, so we shouldn't sink to that level of discrimination". Isn't that the very essence of racism right there? Then we have the situation in Gaza, where the moral superiority of The West is exposed as one big lie. I find it all seriously embarassing.

Wanna sleep undisturbed? Earplugs.

It is so jarring to read of the punishments applied for Cannabis possession just across the southern border. On one side of that invisible line a Thai or Farang can lounge in public smoking weed which is openly on sale everywhere, while yards away on the other side of that invisible line a man caught in possession of weed will face a lengthy prison sentence, or even death. Humans are really weird. Ex-Customs officer escapes gallows, gets 15 years' jail for possessing cannabis

It's just a theory, sure. But there's a big gay porn industry in the US and I'd be really surprised if none of their producer/directors ever work in straight porn too. If they're any 'good' they'd be in demand. They don't need to be 'in control' of it to have an influence on it. Lets face it, that's where the 'wokeness' in mainstream cinema is coming from. I don't think hundreds of straight film producers/directors just decided one fine day that they all had to start creating more 'woke content'. So where does it all come from? What's driving it? I've no doubt there's a lot of 'confusion' out there these days. But for me, sex and sexual attraction is about far more than just 'getting off'. It is a package of things that starts fundamentally, for me, with a certain aesthetic. I won't insult you by using perjoratives about the aesthetics of male/male sexual behaviour, but I will simply say that the beauty of a lovely womans face, eyes, hair, skin, lips, body, smell, touch, voice and mind can never be matched by the ugly utilitarian form of the human male. I'll admit that ladyboys in Thailand can do a damn good impression. But that's all it is. And when I see one I can spot it right away, and after that all I see is a guy in drag who has spent a fortune on plastic surgery with the aim for fooling the ignorant. But the vast majority of gay men in the West don't look like that. They are the boring ordinary Joe Soaps sitting next to you in the bus. What can possibly be attractive about them? I just don't get it. It seems almost like an intentional rejection of beauty, which runs contrary to every fibre of my being.

I'm not a Yank actually. I don't support their system either. Fake democracy. Sorry for dragging the thread off topic.