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Jingthing

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  1. Like I said before a minority will demand the 20 (if you're f-rang) in which case just pay it. But the majority won't. Of course they will just grab it if you pay 20 and not 10. What happens is a f-rang will hear the 20 demand once and falsely assume that's the fare. Then they always pay it and spread the fake news. Pay 10 ten times.. Then you'll know what I know. The fare is 10. An occasional demand for 20 doesn’t change that.
  2. Nobody said inanimate object. But part of the mother's body and not the same as after its born. To clarify you won't find many people approving very late term abortion unless in extreme circumstances such as protecting the life of the mother. The specific about nation's laws for the timing of allowing more usual reasons abortions are of course a matter of legislative decisions as Thailand is doing.
  3. Glad to oblige. 10 baht 10 baht 10 baht The baht bus fare is 10 baht.
  4. Don't make their brains hurt.
  5. Here's a 10 baht tip. The ignore list is your friend
  6. Because it's not part of the culture there. Go to Phuket for that. I did once and don't regret it.
  7. Also 10 baht to North road. If you loop back to the beach or go into Naklua then it resets to a new ride so then its 20 baht.
  8. Oh great. Robert F. Kennedy -- Mr. Conspiracy theory. Robert Kennedy's new book is full of COVID-19 conspiracy theories (nzz.ch)
  9. Not equivalent. Judaism is much less restrictive than Christianity. Basically, and correctly based on simple logic, in Jewish tradition fetuses are not give as high a status as those that have been born. Judaism and abortion - Wikipedia Of course it's possible but I've never heard of a Jew blowing up an aborion clinic.
  10. If you insist on calling it murder, call it murder. Doesn’t make any difference because whatever you call it there is a difference between a fetus and after a person is born.
  11. Pad Krapow Gai (minced) phet phet with runny egg Tom Yum Kung clear broth phet phet Hor mok talay
  12. Yeah they would just regroup, upgrade their weapons, and when they were really ready on to Odessa and beyond, make Ukraine a landlocked country, and then Kyiv and no country. You can't trust Putin and his entire regime as far as you can throw him out a window. Also Putin might go but the next dinosaur could be even worse. The only way to survival as a sovereign nation for Ukraine is to overwhelming win in battle. This wasn't their choice. It was Putin's choice.
  13. Where else would we go for such high level political analysis?
  14. I think Putin's biggest mistake wasn't that dumb. Still evil of course. He thought the western response to the total invasion would be something like when he stole Crimea. It wasn't a crazy assumption. But it turned out to be super wrong.
  15. Good news for the war effort but bad news for Brittney Griner.
  16. You ain't whistling Dixie.
  17. Refugee or expat? I wasn't aware that SA is a source of refugees these days.
  18. I find very little of the criticisms from the Trumpist side to have merit, but I think we should be honest in the rare cases when they have some kind of point. While there is clearly no equivalence, there is at least something to that criticism. Trumpist believers in the big lie suggesting that Biden was never legally elected, being supportive of the January 6 failed coup attempt, and using illegitimate in that way, is incredibly extremist pro authoritarian, and a direct assault on the very core of American democracy. I don't think anti-Trumpists used the word illegitimate very often at all (even if you can find some quotes) to refer to defeated President Trump, but we did very often say and feel things like NOT MY PRESIDENT. I can't speak for everyone that felt that, but my thinking is that we were accepting that Trump was legally elected and could legally take (legal) presidential actions but that it was so outrageous that such an obviously constantly lying criminally corrupt (for basically all his life) narcissistic clownish demagogue was so offending that we couldn't personally relate to him (or his cultish movement) as something that we could ever be associated with. Each person that felt that kind of thing, he's not my president, would put it a different way, but I don't recall hearing sentiments that he was not legally elected. Sure there were complaints about the electoral college, legit complaints, wanting to change it though a legal process (not a violent coup) but that is the system. These two videos show how radically different the two sides were in response to election defeats: Called Trump the same night to concede then speech next day. Normal behavior. Expected honorable behavior. American behavior. Falsely claimed victory on election night. Never conceded or even called President Biden to concede. To this day, he has not conceded. He obviously will never conceded. Abormal behavior. Anti democracy behavior. Anti American behavior.
  19. I recommend this place for you. There are plenty of empty houses to choose from and the rent is very low. Perhaps you can barter for dancing lessons. It is plenty quit. There are only three other humans and one dog. Make sure you don't speak Russian. These guys will bore you to death if you do. The variety of food (if any) is very limited so you will have the spiritual growth of avoiding swimming in sensation and gluttony. There will be plenty of projects. Small scale agriculture, building a boat, trying to persuade the local officials to build a bridge. If you make it out alive you will definitely know a lot more about yourself.
  20. With a mug like that, I'm sure he'll fit right in in the hoosegow.
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