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Rather harsh but I actually do recall as a liberal democrat when he won and took over D.C. with his grits revolution that he was considered quite right wing for a democrat. However, comparing him to Trump is a bridge too far in trashing him. Trump is in a LOW class of his own. Also to add, I'm not super familiar with Georgia politics back then, but it is the DEEP SOUTH, and I'm sure back then getting the "redneck" vote was a must do to have any chance to win.

Be careful. He might claim Scotland as the 53rd state. (After adding Canada and Greenland.)

Who said it changed?

Garland was a disaster!

Good point. It was a good time for retirees buying CDs, etc.

As far as hotel booking, I'm pretty sure most of the major booking sites DO accept debit cards to pay and reserve without requirement of imprinted name. On top of that they automatically put a hold on a reserve in your account so that the hotel getting an imprint for incidentals becomes irrelevant. In other words, say you have 100K in your bank account. You pay 20K for a hotel booking with your debit card. An amount in ADDITION is locked up until some time after you check out and your bill is settled.

Surprising. I guess even he knows there's nothing to gain from beating on 100 year old dead man who has through his good works become beloved.

Not so sure about that but definitely less of a blow out for Reagan.

Yes it was really bad which is why those of us who lived through that might feel that younger people's reaction to inflation under Biden lacks historical context. Not to mention how people in Argentina and Russia must feel. Carter levels would be great for them!

Of course not.

The CRS form is for all foreigners.

To add, the recommended Thai restaurant above is in Jomtien if you didn’t know those streets. So delivery to Jomtien and south and central Pattaya should be good. To most easily find it on Grab search for ห่อข้าว

But filing requirements are different from paying tax requirements.

You're saying it's written into law how many days to fly the flag at half mast at official locations after a president dies? It's still about three weeks until the dystopian American Carnage speech 2.0 so unless there really is such a law I would say no.

Why should he have been trusted after Syria and Crimea?

I recall the unsuccessful rescue attempt of the hostages in Tehran. I wonder how things would have been different if it had succeeded.

His one term in office wasn't great. The country learned about grits and gas lines. After his term, he became a humanitarian icon. What's not to love about Jimmy Carter? What a sweetheart. Showing in his deeds the good side of Christianity as opposed to the current dominant toxic hate filled fundamentalists. He said he had stayed alive to vote one last time for Harris to try to beat the incoming autocratic demagogue president elect Trump in his beloved swing state of Georgia. Character-wise Trump and Carter are polar opposites. So the timing of his death now is no surprise. He had been in hospice care since February. Will Biden and Trump both show up at his funeral together? Awkward.

Best Pad Krapow in town! (For my taste) Pad Krapow may be the national dish of Thailand but it varies quite a lot from place to place. Years ago the version at the long closed Boat Restaurant on 2nd road was my ideal Pad Krapow. But since then I eat it less because I haven't found a place that does it my way. Well now I have. Not only does this place have the best Pad Krapow in town (for my taste) but is also in the running for an exceptionally good basic Made to Order restaurant in general (with a few odd quirks). The place is called Heo-Kaow Kitchen aka Hor Khao Restaurant no English sign on Thepprasit road beach side in the same block coming from Tappraya. But you don't want to eat there! Why? Because it's a smoke fest in there from all the cooking although you might want to go once to meet the wonderful friendly proprietor lady chef. No English menu in the restaurant. Order on GRAB instead which has an English menu. Same prices as the restaurant. Typical Thai style price level like 60 baht Pad Krapow rice with egg and 150 seafood tomyum which might seem a little high but it's packed with seafood. Everything I've had there so far is very good and expect that will continue. But here's the glitch -- no salads (yams) and no curries. But other than that the menu is robust and tom kha gai might substitute OK for a curry. Also no pad Thai which I give it points for. On the grab menu there is a spice level list in Thai. The top one is no spice The next two are low spice (fresh or dried chile) The next two medium spice The last two very spicy Special requests are followed precisely. Such as runny egg (I wrote in Thai on Grab) and minced meat (if you choose chicken, you need to say, pork has the option). One thing that really amazed me is that on one order I asked for no spice on one dish and top spice on another and that's how they came! Almost all Thai restaurants will peg you spice wise and do all the dishes one way or the other. In other words if you ask for mild pak boong and spicy tom yum you'll likely get mild everything or spicy everything. I don't know that she really needs the extra business, but now you know. Don't all order at once.

It tasted deep fried to me.

Fancy some Persian food? Israeli food isn't Palestinian food. It's a fusion of different cultures with of course Arabic origins being important. I like the spicier Yemenite Jewish origin dishes. Israeli kids are crazy for chicken schnitzel. Does that sound Palestinian? I can understand in the current environment why some Israeli restaurants might want to play games like the Iranians did with Persian. Nobody owns foods. Does Italy get a commission for every pizza?

It wasn't hit intentionally. But once hit they wanted to bury the evidence in the Caspian sea.

Generations.

Vladimir thanks you.

The accidental targetting was somewhat understandable and excusable in the fog of war (although there should be no civilian aviation in such areas) but the refusal to allow landing and sending it over the Caspian Sea hoping to sink it was a crime of unspeakable evil.

This video speaks to this topic and yes it is critical of both red and blue but is clear that giving power back to Trump was definitely NOT the answer.