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I certainly hope this is not true. I will add anyone who has any positive thoughts about Trump to my 'WTF?' list.

I haven't seen this yet, but that was her duty as the VP. Just like confirming Biden four years ago was Pence's job. The last figures I saw said Trump got 49.7% of the popular vote and Harris got 47.4%. I wouldn't refer to that as just "more than a few votes."

Lock him up!

Human existence has not BECOME too complex to comprehend. It has always been incomprehensible because it is not based on logic and reason, which are the basis for comprehension. The best we can do is to make up excuses for human activity after the fact.

In that case, would you then support the swerve?

Ah, ha! The person in question "knows" whether they are a "he" or a "she," and we should respect their gender identity and not impose our gender assignment on them. That's our "woke" position.

You are right. I am very far left, so I do consider the "center" to be too accepting of the right.

The gender of the driver, the cat, or the person hit doesn't matter to me. I did read the article, but I missed the references to the driver as a woman. Thanks for your correction.

I am a proponent of free speech, but I never take anything I read on Meta or any other social media platform as factual. In fact, it's becoming increasingly problematic to find factual information anywhere on the Internet. Just read and enjoy them as you would, listening to stories told by a group sitting around a table and drinking beer at a bar. Just don't depend on anything you hear or read. I know many will disagree with me on this, but I do trust CNN. They do make mistakes once in a while, but then they acknowledge and correct them. That's, of course, IMO.

This post doesn't have to do with UK transfers but is about "How to get funds to my Thai bank account." I just transferred my US Social Security payment from my US bank account to my Thai bank account (Krungsri). I'm always asked what the transfer is for, and I have always just put down a generic "Family Support" for" a long-term stay in Thailand." I'm on an O-type visa, which is a non-resident visa, and I have done this for about 20 years now. This time, however, the bank asked me to be more specific about the transfer, which was obviously specific to Thailand since it referenced Thai baht and non-resident accounts. There were many choices, and I finally decided on Non-Resident Transfers for "Other" Puposes, and further defined that as just "Personal Expenses." Has anyone else seen this change in the information required to initiate a transfer of funds from a foreign bank account to Thailand?

I'm sure he didn't swerve to avoid the cat, KNOWING he would hit someone. That's the definition of an ACCIDENT. I would also swerve or brake to avoid hitting an animal, including a human. But would I swerve to avoid hitting a human, KNOWING I would then hit some other animal? I hope I never have to make that decision.

I'm sorry to see this. Facebook is my main social media site, and I'd hate to see it go too far to the right. However, I do support Free Speech and certainly don't take everything I read on Facebook or other social media sites as true facts. I treat it like conversations with people sitting around drinking beer in a bar. They can be interesting, but I wouldn't count on any of them to be the absolute truth.

Looks cute! Are they for sale here in Thailand?

Lock him up!

Lock 'em up! (The people that poisoned the dogs.)

As far as I know, all banks do. I bank at Krungsri (Ayudhaya) and Bangkok Bank, and they both pay me interest. It's not much, but they do pay it.

I've been calling for this for over a year now. I hope a ceasefire (permanent)/hostage return can be done as soon as possible.

Lock 'em up!

We are savages, maybe more so than at any other time in human history. We are knowingly destroying the Earth's environment without giving it a second thought. It's all about me, me, me! Yes, the Sioux and most other American Indian tribes had a social and political hierarchy. From what I've read, they had a socialist-style economy and a monarchical government.

Absolutely not. Such services well predate Marx and are a function of an orderly functioning polity. Rome had public libraries. Absolutely so. Public libraries, public parks, public streets, etc., are provided to all for no fee for their use. They are paid for, of course, by the government, which is funded by taxes. I don't know why you think socialism started with Marx. Socialism is, IMO, the way humans used to live together, like the American Indian. They lived in a tribe, and all those in the tribe contributed to the general welfare and their needs were provided for. That's socialism in a nutshell.

In the USA, anything labeled "public" is most likely socialis features. Examples are public libraries, public schools, public hospitals, and public streets. Also most police and firefighting departments are socialist features.

No, I understand socialism as an economic system. So is capitalism and communism. Democracy is a governmental system. So is a republic, dictatorship, monarchy, and plutocracy. You can mix most economic systems with most governmental systems. The only exception I know of is socialism and communism with a plutocracy since in socialism and communism, there would be no wealthy people. My country, the USA, has an economy that is a mix of capitalism and socialism. That's called Keynesian economics. The arguments are usually not for one or the other, but what the proper ratio of the mix should be. The USA does not have a democracy, but something closer to a democratic republic. However, the democratic part is restricted to only some but not all citizens, and the rules vary from state to state. And those rules tend to make the governmental system close to a plutocracy.

Here is the link again...Why National Socialism Was NOT Socialism – Resisting Hate IMO, socialism ONLY has economic aspects. It is a type of economy and can exist in virtually any type of government: a democracy, republic, dictatorship, or monarchy, but not a plutocracy. They took our debate down? Wow! I hadn't noticed. But, if they did because we were embedding our replies within a former comment, I'll quit doing that, although I thought that made the exchange easier to follow.

I justify it from what I've read about it. Also, here is a link with more details... Why National Socialism Was NOT Socialism – Resisting Hate

There is no record of mass murder in a country with a socialist economy that I know of. And even if there were, there are certainly records of mass murder in countries with a capitalist economy, like my own, the USA. My point is that mass murder or racism or gender bias, although it may occur, are not fundamental cornerstones of socialism or any other economic system I know of - even capitalism.