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Women...who have social media. They're our biggest danger.

I started reading biographies of actors, Marlon Brando, Errol Flynn, Ava Gardner, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Sinatra, Elvis. I actually like to read biographies generally, also of historical figures or commodities, like salt or coffee. But with actors, it is often very interesting, because their lives are so colourful and often immoral. Ava Gardner, for instance was a total slut, one had to pity any man that met her. Sinatra handled it best, but she crushed his soul too. Who says I'm not famous? Maybe I'm a celebrity.

Rainy season, not a fan of rain. People pushing in ahead of you at Lotus. Soi dogs attacking you when you cycle. Waitresses being incapable of speaking English and talking to your lady companion instead. Those stickers in Thai on every product you buy at Big C. The inferior cutlery and cooking pot metal. Older Thai women. Massage places that use curtains. Those nationalist scum in Phuket who want to hunt down foreigners with slingshots. Motorcycle traffic habits. Car drivers. Fly-tipping at beauty spots.

If it's just the women, why not go to Russia? Or Hungary? Or a warm climate like Brazil or Thailand? I don't get it. Romania?

I disagree, the public made the celebrities rich and famous. They have a right to know.

No, it just seems like you lack the capacity to understand what's written. In no way did I suggest WH or MC had to be role models. Rather what I was saying was that Whitney Houston was another case of a woman initially selling herself as a good girl, when in fact she was a major dope and sex addict who loved bad boys. She pretended to be one thing, but was quite another. Same with Mariah Carey, she caused great unhappiness to the music executive who supported her career and had a relationship with her. Lady Gaga too pretended she was a crazy sex kitten, when in fact she was a tortured soul with mental health issues. Women, typically portray themselves as someone they are not. And Argento, the actress would have done the same with Bourdain. How could he know she was a cheater? He could not know. Unless he had investigated her previous relationships. I like to read biographies of celebrities btw, it's a hobby of mine. I always found fame an interesting concept.

That's clearly nonsense, because they will be extradited to the UK no matter what. Returning to Romania in no way avoids the UK trial.

Yes, they both have US passports so they could have tried to avoid the trial in Romania. Even go on the run using the US as a launching pad. However, the fact they returned to Romania seems to indicate they strongly believe they will come out victorious in that court case. Must be very depressing, if they do win, to then be extradited to the UK to face the same process all over again.

He/She looks more attractive than most women! They're getting good at the dress up thing. Shiiit. Don't tell me you see that on the street you would know it's a guy? You wouldn't.

He, and his brother actually, have some excelllent advice that all men of almost all ages can follow. However, you have to keep your critical mind active, as some of their advice is plain wrong and coloured by their tremendous narcicissm.

No they're not, they start out as general population. Bourdain knew Argento as well as he knew you before he went all in. Plus, if you're a celebrity and the public makes you rich and famous beyond belief then they have a right to know really.

The fact that they returned to Romania tells me tha they believe they will be found innocent in Romania. After all, they could have chosen not to return to Romania with all their millions. But the fact that they returned shows they clearly expect they will be exonerated. However, if that happens, they will be extradited to the UK. Where the circus will begin all over again.

It worked for Johnny Depp. He countersued and won big time. Maybe the Tate brothers can use this strategy for sucess too. It should be noted that Tate and his brother were allowed to leave Romania and travelled to the US. With his many millions he could have attempted to evade justice. To their credit they returned to Romania to face the charges. Why on earth anyone would be so in love with Romania, of all places, is a mystery though.

What is despicable is for an armed policeman to shoot an unarmed woman. Because he was pooping his pants.

No. If Bourdain had learned a bit more about Argento's private life before he fell down the feels well, perhaps he would have seen her for who she really was. A cheater and a liar. The again, when people hide their true self, it's almost impossible to find out.

Same in Zurich too, if you go to the park there it's all Africans. You'd think you're in Nigeria.

That's true, Trump reacted relatively quickly in comparison to other leaders.

Obviously I was referring to the financial crimes of the two pardoned..

She was an unarmed woman, shot by an armed lackey of the state. Now the government had to pay 5 million USD compensation. But Michael Byrd should be behind bars.

Well, he was addicted to fame, so he wanted to keep producing. I don't think he was made that way, to want a 60 year old woman, he wanted someone very attractive. He just travelled so much and was surrounded by young and attractive women. It's hard to then want a 60 year old. I don't think he did anything wrong, a man is supposed to work, and most men want a younger girlfriend. He was just extremely unlucky he met a cheater, a liar and a cold hearted wreck of a woman.

This was surely of great importance. Argento had seduced Borudain in Rome, and made him believe she was someone she was not, an ideal romantic parter. So Bourdain did fall head over heels in love with her.. You say it was mainly a long -distance relationship, but they stayed in the hotel where she cheated together, they had filmed epsides of his show together. They did spend as much time as possible together, because that is what Bourdain wanted. Bourdain wanted a long term romantic relationship with Argento. He trusted her fully, as was shown when he swallowed her story that she was raped by Weinstein, even though she made similar allegations against others that were denied, and never proven, and even though a teenage boy came forward to say he was raped by her. All that did not matter to Bourdain. He loved her, so believed her. Now given how much in love Bourdain was with her, this amplified the shock and anger when he found out she was unfaithful, and could not be trusted. But not just that, she showed a complete disdain and uncaring attitude to his suffering, hence "You were reckless with my heart"...but not just his heart..."with my life"...because he had started to build his life around Argento. On top of his deep and dangerous love, we have all these aggravating factors Penner digs out ,his social media addiction and how others perceive him, his exhaustion from work, alcohol, but these were contributing factors, not trigggering factors. Argento's betrayal and cheating was the trigger. The immediacy of the causation evidence is overwhelming. I would say that Bourdain was 61, had a failed marriage behind him and possibly saw Argento as his last chance at a an attractive romantic relationship, this too was a contributing factor. But this is not all. Bourdain's decision to trust Argento was made based on false information which Argento fed him, that she loved him, was loyal to him and they would have a future relationship. When Argnto took that away and outed herself as a cheater and a liar, the trauma and shock Bourdain would have suffered, his sense of loss, would have been overwhelming. So it is easy for us to say "oh well he should have reacted less severe. " But we were not in his situation. All the future he had hoped for, his life, his future, was taken away from him. Yes, hiis character played a role in the decision to end his life, but he would never have been in that situation, if Argento had not cheated and lied to him and put him in that position. So clearly Argento was a causative and major factor in his death. If you take Argento out of Bourdain's life, he would still be alive today.

I read his article where he reviews 3 books that have come out with new information. The notion that Bourdain was publicly humiliated by Argento's cheating and betrayal, that's a given and was already mentioned on this thread by me a long time ago. Of course he was humiliated. I like his perceptive "power struggle" analysis which suggests their social media interaction was a battle for attention by both sides.. However, he gets too wrapped up in overanalyzing all the various factors. He knows that's the case, as he acknowledges from the start that the betrayal by Argento was a "triggern factor". It would be foolish to view the items he lists as having equal importance to Argento's cheating being exposed publicly, her ending the relationship. Clearly these were the main and overriding factors. Yes, the day before Bourdain had some drinks, but almost nobody kills themselves after a pleasant night out. Yes, long distance is stressful and raises jealousy issues, but the problem was that Argento really WAS cheating, so that point is moot.. It was not long distance, it was Argento's actual cheating. Yes, he worked a lot, but that does not lead to suicide. Yes he made jokes about suicide and depression but those were just jokes and not a cause of his death. The public humiliation infliced by Argento, of course, that was a real factor. Clearly his public image was important to him and Argento did humiliate him terribly. So top marks for Penner for taking all factors into consideration, and doing a thorough review of the evidence. However, he comes to the wrong conclusion. To admit that Argento's betrayal was a triggering factor and at the same time to say Argento should not be blamed is non-sensical. Nor does it make much sense that Bourdain would have killed himself out of concern for his public persona on social media. The humiliation on social media, infliced by Argento contributed obviously, but it was her betrayal, the loss of his idealised image of Argento that caused his mental turbulence. As Penner writes: We know from Leerhsen’s account that he googled “Asia Argento” over 100 times on the night he committed suicide. Penner appears blind to the fact that Bourdain was deeply in love with Argento, that he believed she was his person and he could trust her, and that her betrayal when she had sex with Hugo Clement, was a massive shock to his mental construct of the perfect lover Argento was supposed to be, but failed so miserably to be in reality. The singular, overriding and most important cause of Bourdain's death remains Argento's cheating and ending the relationship.

You're right, sunny now. Still cloudy though.

Well, the killing of Ashli Babbitt was obviously a disgrace. Michael Byrd should have been prosecuted. I understand the matter is now in the civil courts and our great president Donald Trump has taken a close interest and said a settlement with the Babbitt family should be reached. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Ashli_Babbitt I suppose you condone the state killing an unarmed woman?

Non violent crimes, the penalties were too harsh. Trump was right again.