TroubleandGrumpy

LIES. Trump wants a debate with Fox News as moderator - Harris has rejected that debate offer. Harris refused that offer and demanded that Trump debates in front of yet another Democrat biased group of moderators. Trump has declined that demand and reiterated that he will debate with Fox News being the moderators. Going forward - all GOP POTUS candidates will refuse any debate moderated by left wing biased news organisations - just as Harris has refused a right wing biased moderator. The only solution will be 1 with each side moderating. Trump has done 2 with left wing media outlets - only fair to have 1 with a right wing media outlet.

Aljazeera is very biased. But as I said - the Al Aqsa Mosque was built on top of a Jewish church on top of the Temple Mount. The Muslims did that a long time ago. The issue is will the Jews retaliate and do the same? I dont know - but if they do - then I would support them doing it. Destroying Mecca? No. The present-day Al-Aqsa Mosque was built on the ruins of the Temple constructed by King Solomon Saudi Scholar: Al-Aqsa Mosque Built on Remnants of Jewish Temple - The Media Line

Good Question - Nail on the Head. My answer is that the 'truth' is only possible in a binary situation - right and wrong - such as Mathematics or Physics. But even then the issue becomes what you think it true and what is actually true - and cognitive bias plays a big part in the problem. When Einstein first proposed his theories they were ridiculed (Darwin, Newton, etc etc etc) - and most scientific advancement has gone through that same process - challenging the existing dogma means confronting cognitive bias. But when it comes to the political truth - the reality is that it is all propaganda - and that both 'sides' see things from their own perspective (cognitive bias). However, when one side lies or distorts the truth - example Biden is not senile - or the border is secure - or Bidenomics is working - those with a cognitive bias towards that 'side' will either rationalise those lies/distortions or they will ignore them. Likewise, when Trump denies using prostitutes, or claims he saved the world and brought about world peace, we conservatives let it go - we dont believe it - but we let it go. And therein lies the truth. Conservatives have a 'limit' on what they will believe - we focus on the core values of a political situation. However Socialists accept and believe everything they are told about the Leader/s of the opposing political party. They genuinely believe Trump is evil and a threat to mankind - because he is not one of them. Conservatives have not attacked Biden for being senile - we have attacked the fact that the Dems supporters and MSM were denying that he was senile - because the truth was obvious. The truth can and does hurt - but if you dont face it you will never grow/change. You gotta want to see it, to see it. But none of us are free of cognitive bias enough to see all truths. IMO woke progressive liberals have no idea what is the truth - they could not see it with Biden, the Border, or Inflation, or the damages being done by Climate policies, or by the BS Gender Affirming lies - they just denied those truths and attacked anyone saying them. As for finding the 'truth' about any particular issue in the media - IMO there is no such thing. The MSM and Social Media is very biased towards left wing woke progressive ideologies - and they and left wing supporters will support those ideologies adamantly and fervently. The rest of them are clearly right wing biased - the sources of our information as a society have been polarised to left wing and right wing, IMO there is no one there in the middle on all issues - but I see that the left wing have done what Musk and Maher have stated - they are now far left ideologues. We now have men wearing a dress and smashing women at sports, and young children are being physically mutilated for life - the far left cognitive bias forces them to either rationalise the unrationalizable or ignore it and change the subject (or run away).

Good luck getting that done - great idea - but until the Dems themselves go back to the middle, those supporting them will justify their never ending move to the far left. I think Musk's picture spells it out perfectly.

Democrat talking points of hatred and BS and personal insults. Biden is a rapist and a paedophile and was senile for 3 years - but I never heard you or any Dem supporter call that out. I could say that you are stupid ignorant fool with the moral values of a drug addicted prostitute - but I wont do that. Because we conservatives attack the issue - not the person - unless we are attacked first of course.

That is the only correct thing you said. Yes you dont have the correct information. You are basing your beliefs on MSM and biased political organisations statements.

True - and if they do continue to do that, then Israel will wipe them out too. It is not possible for peace to exist between Jews and the radical Muslims. The terrorists refuse to accept that the lands now belong to Israel - as they did before they conquered them. Therefore - Israel has to again conquer them and if/when they do - this time they should give nothing back. Destroy completely everything (back to sand) for 200 kms around their borders. There is no peace settlement possible - therefore destroy them and their ability to launch terrorist attacks.

Atypical woke liberal - runs away when challenged - no courage of their convictions. I may not agree with others here - but at least they dont challenge me and call me out - and then run away when I do come outside for a 'debate'. You will no longer be posting (to me) - blocked.

It is in Jerusalem so unlikely to happen as not many terrorist Palestinians there. But it was built on the Temple Mount - which is like Mecca to the Jews - so maybe one day the Jews will tear it down like the Muslims did to the Church that was there when they built it.

The Only Solution. The bike rider is charged with attempted manslaughter and is sentenced to jail for 5 years - and then make every media outlet publish the story about the jail sentence. Then do it again the next time - the more the injury, then the longer the sentence - minimum 1 year if you hit a pedestrian on a crossing. That is the ONLY thing that will wake these people up - punishment that is publicised. PS - what happened to that off duty policeman who killed that doctor on that crossing?? In response to that tragedy they painted the crossings with red paint - what a effin waste that was.

Cheers MATE - I feel the same way about you - lets block each other - deal mate? Then I dont have to read your khrapp and you dont have to read mine - easy as - mate.

No links from CNN?? MSNBC ?? WAPO?? NYT?? ROFLOL.

I hope Israel goes full scale war and wipes the MFs out - and their enablers. Egypt, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia will stand down, and anyone else who does not - blow them away. Finish this thing once and for all - send them back to the desert where they belong. Stop trying to make peace - just destroy them all - negotiating with terrorists is a waste of time - obviously. For those few idiots supporting 'them' - it was only their ongoing decades of terrorism that culminated in the atrocity of Oct last year and the massive rocket attacks from Hezbolla that forced Israel people to evacuate their homes near the nth border. Every time they start it and Israel responds - the world gets all soft and says Israel is being too harsh/cruel. Screw the world opinion - 'they' do not want peace they want all Jews killed - they cannot live in peace with Israel. IMO Israel needs to give 'fair notice' to all the surrounding countries - either you weed out and destroy/remove these terrorists or will destroy them along with a lot of your country. What we are doing in Gaza will be coming to your country soon - up to you - we have had enough and are finished trying to live in peace while terrorists on our borders continue their campaigns.

Woke liberal are renowned for ignoring their own hypocrisy - somehow their cognitive bias means that after denying Biden was senile/damaged for years - they see no problem with claiming Trump is senile/damaged. If it was not for their double standards, they would not have any.

It is about why I love Trump - included in that 'why' is the explanations of the alternative candidates - and what their supporters do and say. Funny is it not - OK to attack Trump - but not OK to state why you love him - unbelievable.

Or maybe not to believe it means you are a woke progressive liberal who believes the MSM lies and distortions?

STFU mate - he is asleep or something 😁

Here is the DTA - australia : article 1-5 | The Revenue Department (English Site) (rd.go.th) Do you have legal contracts training and experience - I do - many years of it. My read is the same as several other tax lawyers - but the truth is others have said they think it is taxable. IMO are just touting for business and reading it the way they want to read it - it is ambiguous. But at this point I have not found or heard of any Pensioner paying income taxes to Thailand. The current law/rule is that if earned this year (as the Pension is) you pay tax this year - if it is remitted. I think the issue is not so much a legal one 'is it taxable' - IMO the issue is will TRD try to tax retired Expat's Pensions.

Because you called me out about my support for Trump again and again I said days ago - OK then lets have a bet. You have refused to respond - despite myself asking you time and time again to make a bet. So here is my offer to bet. If Trump wins you delete your AN account. If Harris wins I will delete my AN account. How about it mate - will you step up and put something on the line - or not. If you respond and say - no thanks - then you are obviously a fake and are just trolling. If you accept and Trump wins and you dont cancel your account - then I will remind you and everyone of that. If you accept - I will cancel my account if Harris wins - guaranteed. If you dont respond - then you are obviously a fake and are just trolling. Over to you mate.

The only hope as I see it, to never ending episodes of massive left to right swings as each Party wins and then destroys the other's policies, is for Trump to win by a landslide - or to lose by a landslide. I am hoping Trumps wins bigly, and then the Dems will be forced to get rid of their radical socialist views as pushed by Obama, Clinton and others, and move back to where they were when people like Musk and Maher supported them - progressive, by not lunatic left.

Been there did that years ago - but I just did it again and AAT has changed the 'openness' of their published decisions. Now they seem to publish a monthly list of their basic decisions only. I previously was able to search for specific issues - not so much. And I dont have the time or inclination to do it all again. Suffice to say that I saw cases back in 2010-2015 and it is a fact that portability was denied when someone had returned to Australia at Pension age. Perhaps you think I meant when living in Australia until you get the Pension and then leaving - not the case. I was talking about returning to Australia and then getting the Pension and then leaving again.

Same as with many things where their supply is handed to 'special friends/family' - like Mercedes, Hondas, Concrete, Steel, etc etc etc. There are more oligopolies in Thailand that I ever thought possible. I recall someone years ago doing a ownership research and he reckoned 90% of the big companies are either owned directly or connect via subsidiaries to 9 big wealthy Bangkok families - most of them ethnic Chinese who came here after WW2 and Mao (not all went to Taiwan and HK).

Ditto mate - blocked you are.

Yes I agreed already they are not crucial - but they are worth it IMO.

try this - if the USD or AUD increases in 'value' by 20% then that means those with USD or AUD have more money with which to pay for things in Thailand. Prices going up by 20% of the USD/AUD exchange rates change that much?? No mate. You are seeing it from the wrong perspective - I am talking about my money being 'worth' much less than it would be if the Baht was not so high.