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Yes but the point was consumers were loving his food. I recall it had taken him a lot longer to open than expected so that short rope wasn't the original plan. My point was that to say businesses that survive are necessarily the best ones for consumers is a silly ideologically based myth.

Biden would do no such thing. But if it comes to sentencing he won't be treated exactly the same as a regular citizen and the majority of Americans would understand why that would make sense

I am not convinced about your idealistic theory especially in tourism cities. Often it's the crappier for consumers businesses that survive shakeouts. Because of internal factors like better sourcing deals not passed on to consumers, being adequately capitalized to eat years of losses and many others. Reminds of an excellent South American restaurant that opened some years back in Jomtien by an experienced restaurateur. The food was excellent, the prices very fair, the service provided with love. To the casual observer it looked like they had enough customers at least for a new business selling something different. So.I asked the owner how long he had to make the place profitable as he had shared with me his stress related to the business . He said less than a month I was shocked. They soon vanished.

Many more weed shops than 7-11s. Many closed during the pandemic.

He'll probably pick Haley.

I've moved to many places in the US in my life including some well known desirable areas but New York City was the one place that I started to move to that I quickly aborted. If you can make it there you can make it anywhere is the myth.. Well the sacrifices needed to make it there just weren't worth it to me

There actually has been a historically significant brain drain of Russian technical talent related to the war.. Visa policies are a complex country specific thing. They go to many places and don't necessarily need formal residency visas to.work. Dubai is very popular Many work remotely for Russian companies faking their location. Putin.wants them back. In any case you are promoting a vile and false conspiracy theory that western powers want this war..

Crimea Ethnic Cleansing

Yeah I wouldn't want to risk accidentally booking a flight there.

Surprising so many can afford just the rent there.

It is not communist!

Another problem worth mentioning. Unless Biden wins with a massive landslide and you know he won't it's clear that Trump will claim he won again if he loses. This time his maga minions will be better prepared to effect some kind of a coup and failing that Trump will obviously provoke his well armed cult of white nationalists into violence. Yes civil war is a possibility.

Not a question. Most Russian draft dodgers don't want to die. Ask them and 99 percent will support Russia holding Crimea and the majority Donbas.

Good point. I don’t notice them any more but at least with those there is a well proven demand.

The US is a center right country. Biden is progressive enough for Bernie Sanders. It would be very easy to wedge right of Biden. The third party candidate if it happens will of course be younger and the old age objections that so many people have are much more of a problem for Biden than Trump. While informed Americans understand that Trump in power again means the end of American democracy, unfortunately the majority including the MSM has normalized Trump. Getting smug about how this can never happen plays right into Trump's hand. That said if Trump picks a nutcase VP. that reduces his chances. But I think he'll pick someone that's more normal. Of course Harris is even less popular than Biden. Not good Danger Will Robinson!

You're forgetting a few things. Enthusiasm for Biden is very low. Chances are good for a low turnout. Minorities such as blacks and Latinos are becoming more Republican. Perhaps worse of all there may be a cynical third party candidate designed to hurt Biden.

Yeah sure. The myth of free markets kind of like a religion innit. Like the alcohol market here.

This reminds me of when I visited Madrid. There was a district that seemed to have nothing but shoes. Of course I bought a pair.. Turned out to be too tight.

Fair point. I fear such gluts will add fuel to.the fire of Thais wanting to relist cannabis as a narcotic with them feeling it is giving Thailand a bad international reputation. Also I would like to see more variety in entrepreneurs taking risks. Most of these weed shops are probably going to fail. Suppose someone took a chance and opened just ONE Ethiopian restaurant here that yes would probably fail but if it didn’t would be a cultural improvement to the city? Also a great kind of food to enjoy while baked! The Thai copycat thing is not wonderful.

There are still reasons to be proud to be American. I want a further step clearly announcing we are with Ukraine until you WIN.

Remember fish massage? I've noticed a similar glut of Indian restaurants but more limited to certain neighborhoods and many Indian tourists do stick to Indian while abroad. Also I've noticed when you talk to the owners they often have other businesses going like import export.

I'm all for legal weed including recreational use but it occurs to me the number of weed shops in Pattaya has reached a level of ridiculouslous that would be hard to believe if we didn’t see it with our own eyes! Many of them are quite large, in prime locations, with fancy signage. No doubt they're all selling buds at highly inflated prices with consumers having no idea if there is ok value in it. It's doesn’t take Warren Buffett to plainly see there is no way there is demand to justify all those shops in the tourism demographics visiting here. No doubt many tourists will try some out as they might in Amsterdam but compare the reasonable number of coffee shops in Amsterdam to the out of control absurdity here. Expats who like weed are finding lower priced alternatives online so they aren't supporting the tourist shops. So even if weed stays legal and hopefully so when are we going to see a massive shakeout of this glut? If you own such a shop, what are you thinking?

Exactly. While no doubt there have been some mockable excesses on the left such as college students being obsessed with microaggressions, what the DeSantis led fascists have done is to pervert a grain of truth into a full on human erasure movement. To their sick agenda the very existence of LGBT people needs to be erased in schools, in media, and ultimately all society.

Could be. You know I was talking about dry herb vaping. Dabs don't Interest me in the slightest but to each his own.

If you wanna dab dab. Be my guest. I started this as a bong topic and it led me to vaping, so there it is.