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51 minutes ago, GypsyT said:
I tried Cebu Pacific Airlines web site but it's horrible... can't get past first page. I tried Firefox and Chrome - no go.
Cebu is only one flying non stop to Angeles City.
The net is full of frustrated travelers with similar experience.
Air Asia is selling Cebu Air tickets but does "two bad ones make one good one?"
Expedia is a mess too.
What to do?
https://www.cebupacificair.com/en-PH/
Priceline has flights between BKK and MNL on various airlines for under $300 round trip.
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22 minutes ago, Jingthing said:
About Trump's autocratic threat to democracy.
Trump’s triumph threatens an already battered democracy, experts say
American democracy simply wasn’t set up to “deal with an aspiring autocrat,” especially with a willing electorate
Donald Trump’s return to the White House signals a significant breakdown of an already battered democracy, experts say. Almost as dangerous, they contend, much of the electorate sees him as democracy’s savior.
“We’ve already been in a process over the last 10 years of democratic decay,” said Daniel Ziblatt, a professor of government at Harvard University and co-author of “How Democracies Die,” among other books on the subject. “This election will just hasten that decline."
I'm waiting for some "expert" to write about how great universities die.
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2 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:
I think that you will find that your perceived quality of answers that you receive here can depend on the quality of your posts that elicit those questions.
Well said. Thank you.
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9 minutes ago, Jingthing said:
I realize that probably the majority of people that voted for Trump based on relative trivialities such as the price of eggs and demonization of trans people have no idea of what Trump is actually planning on doing. On the other hand many in the maga cult know exactly what the authoritarian plan is.
On the other hand, judging by your doom and gloom predictions, you don't have to be in the maga cult to know exactly what the authoritarian plan is.
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Just now, Jingthing said:Don't bother baiting me. It's tedious.
Your answer is just as I expected-you're full of it.
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5 minutes ago, Jingthing said:You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him THINK.
Since YOU made the predictions please answer in your own words or are you just full of it.
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10 minutes ago, Jingthing said:You didn't watch the video.
There was also hope in it.
This is what Trump ran on and insanely what Americans chose.
When people tell you what they are, flippin' believe them!
You didn't answer my question.
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6 minutes ago, Jingthing said:The aim -- to remake the U.S. government in Trump's image.
(Nothing about the U.S. constitution. Everything about cult leader Trump.)
To make the reelection of Trump's clan more likely by rigging the game in their favor.
(The clan not necessarily about his family but toadies like Vance as well.)
Democracy used to undermind democracy -- Project 2025.
(As happened in Hungary, Russia, etc.)
Recommended viewing for all who favor democracy over autocracy.
Yes, globally autocracy is winning, and tragically it won it's biggest victory November 5.
What happens when all your doom and gloom predictions do not come to pass?
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5 minutes ago, JonnyF said:In the last few days it has really sunk in to me how massive Trump's victory was. It could change the political direction of not only the US but Europe as well. Liberalism has been rejected despite huge MSM support.
This could be the straw that broke the Woke camel. Everyone is sick of the gaslighting and insults. Nazi this Fascist that. It doesn't work.
I suspect they are realising this as well.
Also I suspect some posters are "professional" posters and now the battle has been lost the work has dried up. Not fault of the forum but sometimes the sludge slips through the cracks.
Some notable posters are either very quiet or disappeared. Great times.
At long as Trump fails to meet their doom and gloom predictions these posters will have little to write about.
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15 hours ago, BangkokReady said:Rational person: "Actually, Trump isn't a fascist."
Jingthing: "See?!! They want us to lick his feet!!!"
I don't think Jingthing is coping well with the situation... 😬
He is totally bent out of shape thinking that rational Americans would continue to put up with illegals flooding the country and all the woke and DEI BS and labeling it as progress.
This election proved he was wrong. Many Americans also ditched their senators and congressional representatives.
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26 minutes ago, WDSmart said:
Yes, I agree with you that many (most?) colleges teach and practice DEI and other "woke BS." Why do you think they do that? It's because they believe those ideas and practices are best for society. From your list of courses, it looks like you were mostly interested in making money. My interest has always been in social issues, not those of the economy. I guess that's why I am a far-left liberal, a socialist, actually, and you're probably a right-wing conservative, a capitalist. Those, IMO, are the major issues in our country (USA).
Where do you think the funding comes from for social programs. Many NGO's could not survive without government grants. A bad economy means less money for social programs. That's reality.
I consider myself a right-leaning moderate. I agree we need to reign in some of the extreme practices of capitalism.
I retired 14 years ago at age 70. Being self employed I funded my own retirement. Like my parents, I did not want to rely on the government in my old age.
And no, I do not consider myself "special."
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28 minutes ago, WDSmart said:I just saw something on CNN that makes me feel a little better. It seems the most significant status of people who show up in how they vote is education. The figures show that about 66% of those who voted for Harris have a college degree, as opposed to only about 33% of those who voted for Trump. Only about 40% of US citizens have a college degree.
So, again, I am in a minority group of those with a college degree.Many colleges teach and practice DEI and other woke BS. They are full of liberal professors peddling their personal beliefs. I did not graduate with a degree, but had enough credits, but not the liberal credits required. In other words, I only took courses that interested and benefited me; mostly real estate, finance, business and foreign languages.
Glad you feel better about yourself.
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On 10/31/2024 at 11:11 AM, chuang said:
Hi, is it safe to book airlines tickets via platforms like Agoda, Booking.com.
If flights are delayed or cancelled would I be informed and by who..
Thanks 🙏
Never had problems with Priceline. User friendly website and changes received in a timely fashion.
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7 hours ago, Jingthing said:
Democratically elected fascist dictator.
Sore loser.
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7 hours ago, Jingthing said:
Much quicker actually.
The quicker, the better.
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1 hour ago, Tug said:I’m sorry to all the free nations we have failed as a people Ukraine Europe England as an American I feel deep shame that we have failed you good luck.a great vacuum is being created that the bad actors are about to fill.It ain’t over but it’s deeply wounded don’t trust us don’t share information I am so sorry 😞
Sounds as if you've got problems.
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3 hours ago, Nick Carter icp said:
Not desperate enough to travel all the way to America just to get a sandwich .
Subway is often the only place to get a baguette from in Thailand , theres no other option
Another option is to buy a Vietnamese ban mi. Not sure who sells them.
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On 10/30/2024 at 8:36 AM, watchcat said:
The first two examples I can understand, but why oh why would you disfigure your face with tattoos, that I can'tunderstand?
Maybe he thinking of Maori tradition.
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9 hours ago, SingAPorn said:
Yes of course. Just as the murder of the Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Alkeh, shot down cold blodded by Israel when reporting and the International Criminal Court asking for a trial but that was refused by Israel with US support, that is also propaganda ? Banning the humanitarian aid to Gaza via the UNRWA, as per international law is also the fault of the Palestinians naturally !! I would recommend you to read the Geneva convention and war crimes treaty to understand how Israel is committing war crimes on a daily basis. And it's not me saying that but the UN and the International Criminal Court, but I assume you may consider it is again a Palestinian plot.
The only solution to stop these crimes is to have an independant Palestinian State and not have Gaza colononized by Israel like it is doing on the West Bank, with America's support.
As long as Iran continues to promote terrorism throughout the region an independent Palestinian State will never happen.
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17 hours ago, bannork said:
Here are the facts, no wonder the Arab countries attacked Israel.
"History of Israel (1948–present) - Wikipedia" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Israel_(1948–present)#:~:text=On 14 May 1948—the,as the State of Israel.
Your link just confirms what I wrote. The Arab attack on Israel was clearly based on anti-Jewish sentiment.
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2 hours ago, ericbj said:
I started buying gold and silver in late 2014 after realising the trend the global economy was taking, which bade ill for the future. Initially 50-50 gold-silver by value.
But I dumped silver bullion for gold after a while because silver was going nowhere and the storage/insurance charges were about triple that of gold. But kept a bit in silver shares in view of a potential rally yielding leverage…
Recently, seeing growing demand for silver and diminishing supplies, I switched a modest amount of gold bullion back into silver.
I agree with your opinions expressed here. Except where you say "Gold and silver coins I bought nine years ago have more than doubled in value." I think you mean doubled in terms of USD (a bit more so for gold, less for silver). I.e. they have held their purchasing power, which confirms their usefulness as a "store of value".
Bullion is not an 'investment' in the ordinary sense of the word. But I believe gold and silver could go MUCH higher in terms of both exchange for fiat currency and possibly also purchasing power. Their values have been deliberately and artificially depressed by market manipulation (short-selling in the 'paper' markets). So they have some way to go to catch up.
Asian countries are happy to profit on the backs of myopic western financial institutions, and are steadily cornering the market in p.m.s (and other commodities). The time will come when they push for revaluation.
Most of the coins I bought are collectors items like double eagles, etc. They are valued not only for their gold content, but also for their scarcity.
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11 hours ago, rickudon said:
All countries use money these days. it may be paper, digital or whatever. Reality - if all these currencies become useless, so will gold to a large degree. Back to barter. Food, weapons, tools and other materials will be what you need. Cannot eat gold or make a decent weapon out of it.
The OP does not take into account interest on money. Adjusted for inflation, My GBP with interest when converted to Baht buys me about the same as 10 years ago. My pension goes up nearly every year. Gold doesn't grow, current high value just due to war and other lesser conflicts, will probably loose a third of its value if all the international conflicts stopped.
There are many factors involved in the rising price of gold. Many fail to see that the debt to GDP ratios are playing a big effect on gold's rise. And it is not only America's rising debt that is of concern. The potential for a disruption in the flow of oil is another concern.
Granted there will be corrections in the price of gold and silver, but the general trend is up. Gold and silver coins I bought nine years ago have more than doubled in value.
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20 hours ago, impulse said:Call it whatever you want, spending my tax money on discretionary and controversial overseas activism (when we're $35 trillion in debt) is one of the reasons we have Americans voting for Trump.
Ponder that one...
Another reason Americans are voting for Trump is the Biden/Harris policy of rewarding illegal immigrants with freebies that are denied needy Americans.
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16 hours ago, Lacessit said:
Says me. On the basis of memory.
If you think I am going to waste my time looking for the source to satisfy a poster who will probably shriek bias, think again.
Trump will give tax cuts to billionaires and the rich. That adds to the national debt. Conversely, Harris taxes the rich, which subtracts from it. Simple logic.
If you have facts that say different, post them.
Spending more than taxes paid by the rich DOES NOT subtract from the national debt.
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Trump's Authoritarian Revolution -- Be Ready, It's Coming Soon
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The more you point out the inaccuracies in his posts, the deeper the hole he digs.