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Some people want there always to be people under them with fewer civil rights as them so they can feel superior. When they are not superior at all. Human nature or as Trink would say MANURE. Also there is nothing homophobes can do to stop lesbians from having kids, eh?

No problem. Say you're man and wife. Sorted. He was talking about a simple legal solution. You're complaining a total TRIVIALITY as if it would be OK to deny an entire class of people basic civil rights because of some petty language fetish.

The committee has no power to indict or disqualify. The senate had its chance at his second impeachment trial but failed to convict.

That would never fly in the US. Too logical and Americans would balk at being forced to be good citizens.

They can't prosecute but there is a chance they will influence DOJ and local prosecuters We will need to wait and see.

Georgians have made this their own Its on the silk road. Foods travel It's special if done well. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khinkali https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20191216-georgias-giant-dumpling-born-from-conquest

Another update on Hong Kong Wok. A dish which I originally mistranslated as something bland like lo mein noodles turned out to be a really big surprise! Spicy snail noodles! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luosifen 螺蛳粉 I didn't realize what it was until later. Glad I didn't know it before. I wouldn't have ordered it otherwise and yes it was tasty. What was it? Delightfully very al dente pho noodles with pickles, nuts, and some sort of small bits of thin dried loaf, perhaps snail based perhaps pork based ok definity mystery meat. The broth a very spicy red broth probably a powdered package imported.from China that has snails. Taiwanese soy sauce pork rice bowl under sets. This is a famous dish Often the meat is fatty pork belly but this wasn't but good because I could eat most of it. Boiled egg,. Bok choy. Usually the egg is soy sauce soaked. This wasn't. Includes a delicious side chili based flavoring sauce. Needless to say I'm having fun checking out the shifting menu at Hong Kong Wok.

Looks like they have khinkali!

So you won't watch. No point in further engagement.

Watch this.

The environment has now (and more is coming) being created and softened for Merrick Garland to indict Donald Trump. This hearing is doing that. History is in his hands. Ironic considering the Trump Republicans stole his supreme court seat from him. ‘What happened tonight was historic’: Bob Woodward says Jan. 6 committee ‘has it cold’

Too late for that.

That's right. Nothing. I guess its new. Do you have Grab? Its on it The map there roughly shows it near the Ferry Port. If someone goes please post location details and ideally photos. Grab works for me. Only 10 baht delivery and their food type delivers well. BTW their menu has been different every day! New stuff there. Old stuff gone. I like the drama.

Yeah he did.. The alphabet thingie is about trying to include all sexual minorites. Heterosexual majorities are included in societies automatically. .

I want to add that posts like vidgra's informing the audience about food finds that most locals don't even know about yet are a large part of the reason that I started this thread in the first place. I post about my own such finds when I can such as my recent discovery on Grab of Hong Kong Wok and their soon to become famous Old Friend Noodles. So I want to express my personal gratitude to vidgra and everyone that has ever posted "new discovery" type posts. Of course such discoveries may include info about specific dishes at well known restaurants especially new menu items. Of course any (sincere) posts about any restaurants here are always welcome here including places that most everyone knows. Gradually Pattaya is going to be opening up again Many old favorite places are gone as pandemic casualties but there will be many new places to discover and consider. Before the pandemic I was feeling Pattaya develop into a mildly credible destination for dare I say it foodies. Especially for those with a focus on international variety at affordable prices. Not now but maybe it will eventually build back to that.

Thanks for that. Sounds like a possible real find. I love Georgian food. When there used to be so many more Russian types here, etc., there were multiple options for Georgian food so I have only tried it locally. As far as French crepes, those don't really look like the kind of savory French Breton crepes that I know which are flat and darker grained not rolled but if what they have tastes good, then no problem. I guess those are Georgian and or Russian style. BTW, I suggest this youtube channel of a colorful Russian guy exiled in Georgia. NFKRZ

US democracy is finished if he is.

A great place to watch this. Happening live now but you can scroll back to the beginning time. There is regular news before they actually start the official hearing. Going back about 1 hour, 34 minutes from the time of this post.

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I didn't expect it to ever happen but just got my first solved in two. Wordle 356 2/6 ⬛⬛????????⬛ ???????????????????? Also I had a great streak going of 49 days but spaced out one day and didn't wordle so the streak is gone. That kind of bites. Forgetting a day is not the same as failing to solve. Oh well.

I use Bolt when it meets my needs, otherwise the buses.

Blah blah blah. That's rather a "blank blank's burden" colonial POV unless you're advocating going back to the odious racial based double pricing for f-rangs. The trouble with raising the bus fares is the service is not reliable and you might need to take two or three legs and there is no TRANSFER system. They do not have reliably set routes, they sometimes turn expectedly, take different surprise routes, convert their bus into a taxi, don't go as far as you expected, etc. Then they tend to TEN TIMES the fare if you are a dumb tourist and talk to them. Back when we had super high seasons large crowds people would be waiting for trucks and watch ten empty ones drive by because the so called bus service had changed to charter only! Not regulated at all. You want a high fare for that?!? Dream on. Now if there was some kind of monthly pass system, some kind of electronic one way ride transfer system, I might agree with you. But at this level of let's face THIRD WORLD service, no no no. Third world prices for third world prices is more than fair. None of my business about your personal transport habits, but often people spouting such out of touch platitudes don't live here and don't ride the buses. Now if you're talking about radically modernizing the entire transport system here, I would be totally onboard with that, with the higher prices of course, but I don't see that happening.

I reckon many or most of us already know about same sex penguin pairs, gay dolphins (dolphins are the best), bisexual bonobo orgies (so close to humans) and randy ramdy same sex rams. But that just scratches the service. The very widespread prevalence of same sex behavior in the wild proves same sex behavior is biologically normal and natural. But with the homophobes, it's always something! If they can't say same sex sex isn't natural, then they just change their tune and say we shouldn't act like animals. (Can't win.)

Yes some Chinese food names are wonderfully evocative. Such as the origin name of the famous mapo tofu which is Pock-marked old woman's tofu. Hopefully an old friend isn't an ingredient in the noodles.

It was a joke.