RMK54

On any commercial flight. A friend of mine was the top guy for a major airline managing the freight. On passenger flights, it’s luggage first, then freight. The airlines will ALWAYS maximize what they carry for financial returns. As was said, their are regulations (and contracts) that dictate what they carry, not politics.

You’d be surprised what’s below your feet in the cargo hold! This just happened to be leaked. As another poster said, “business is business”!

Starting in 1970, I lived in Friendswood, TX, several of our neighbors were those astronauts that walked on the moon. I worked for/with them on their property building fences, barns and the usual stuff for cattle and horses. The men the deniers say lied about walking on the moon were not that. They were awesome people who had strong influence on me going into the Navy and getting my engineering degree, they were as honest as the day is long. They would answer all my questions without hesitating as if they were living the event that moment. So, if anyone on this forum wants to call me a delusional youth at that time, feel free to do so, I still believe it happened. Also, most of our neighbors worked for NASA, it's hard to believe they could get all of these people to lie and follow the same story line.

Sleepy Joe Biden will be labeled the worst President of the US, totally feckless. PDJT has been in office 211 days and the all-knowing ASEAN Now political pundits claim this new administration is a total failure. No big organization that had been previously been driven down a path of failure could be turned around in this period of time. He made the hard choices few presidents before him were willing to make. Instead, most of those former executives tried to drive the USA down the path of the One World Order that other countries are failing under. So, I’d recommend the author give it a breather and wait to see what maybe 2 or 3 years into this administration.

Exactly! 45 years Navy and civil service here. What people think they know from the media is WAY WAY LESS than 10% of the true story. With PDJT, he’s playing the political game like a multilayer chess game, manipulating the many facets of the game.

As an engineer, data reigns supreme in a discussion like this. I’ll add that this is theoretical, based in a test environment! So, in actual use, depending on the installed environment, life expectancy could change drastically. Personally, I have my pros and cons regarding them and believe one’s personal need outweighs technical considerations.

It's funny you say this. There is documented proof that Obama and Biden, both, had facilities that were way worse than what they have at the detention center that PDJT has in Alligator Alcatraz. I guess, they should have been offered the Ritz or asked to report while being free on their own honesty. If they were that honest, I guess they wouldn't have overstayed their visas by 15 and 7 years. They should consider themselves fortunate that they weren't in a country that would have thrown them into prison for overstaying their visa. I understand your compassion, but don't let your <removed> get the best of you! Fascism is a mass political movement that emphasizes extreme nationalism, militarism, and the supremacy of the nation over the individual. Except, PDJT has done everything to put America and the citizens he represents first! Not illegal immigrants or those that abuse a privilege, but lawful citizens and those that follow the law.

What I call the "Matchbook Cover" degrees, never step foot in a classroom and get credit for classes because you can breath, walk and fill out a form. The US is being inundated with people stating they have degrees, when in actuality, they do, but it's an Associates degree that took them 4 months to get and a bit of money. I've seen it too many times and the incompetence in our workforce grows!

PhD - Pot Hole Digger

At 29, he thought he was impervious to anything happening to him. It would be interesting to hear ... the rest of the story. It probably started with him saying "Watch this!". I'm sitting here at 67 having flash backs to 29 and the stupid stuff I did that could have gone absolutely wrong! 100% proof that God takes care of stupid people!

Instead of making a clearly opinionated quip, name the great things Biden did for the US, its economy and overall state. What did he do for the disasters in Florida, Ohio and Western North Carolina? Nothing! I'm politically unbiased, but those four years were really unproductive for the US. If you're going to bring up the illegals in the US, remember, they are called that, because they are illegally in the US.

It might only be 3" long, but it's got the diameter of a coke can!

I'd give you some relevance if you'd put your <removed> aside. This time last year the US budget, in accordance with the CBO, had a $75B deficit. This year this time, a $27B Surplus ... and growing. If you look at this website, https://www.whitehouse.gov/investments/, it lists the huge number of investments occurring in the US since he has taken office. I did vote for PDJT, but I don't think I'd invite him to my home. However, he's a business man and our country needs to be run like a business, not a social experiment. Out of the last 16 years, our government has been run by Democrat Administrations, 70+% of Americans decided the we needed a change ... he is doing exactly like the voters wanted. I imagine you're a very nice person, and probably fairly intelligent, so, give him the fair shake I believe you gave those Democrats that came before him and got us in the mess we are. But, if you're really truly upset by what he's done so far, remember, he's got 3.5 more years to greater things! Live in Peace, try being less divisive and enjoy life!

Yes, we do, because that's what we voted for! 70+% of the population saw the waste, fraud and abuse being perpetuated by the liberal Democrats in our government. They saw the pandering to the EU and other countries before addressing the concerns of US citizens. So, the people spoke, Trump heard, and he is governing the USA for the benefits of Americans, not the world. Now, I truly believe, once America is back on solid footing, he probably will be more gracious to other countries and try and help them. However, before he does that, he's going to right our government and get the US on a steady course. Don't let your Kumbaya emotions and <removed> get the best of you, sit back, enjoy your retirement, or whatever you're doing in Thailand, and watch. A ship's path doesn't turn on a dime, but PDJT has directed the US ship to be aggressive in maneuvering as much as possible.

It's interesting, the number of left leaning armchair politicians that post on here regarding US economic strategies. I've found that most, even when I look at myself, have an "opinion" about things that vaguely touch the actual true points of an issue with accuracy that is way, way less than 10% of the true story. One's personal bias tends to drive them to dislike a person or thing not on what they know about them/it, but what they "think" they know. I'd bet that most of the pundits posting here are far, far from in the know about any of this subject matter!

The benefits of disinformation is that it has everyone, including this forum, imparting and disseminating half truths to further a narrative to justify extending warfare on an engagement that may not be warranted. Everyone here has done their bidding. What one thinks they know about something is usually way less than 10% of reality...especially when it deals with national intelligence.

Although he provided for my mother, me and my six siblings, he was an excessive disciplinarian, using verbal and physical means, to the extreme, to address issues. I am a very disciplined person and have always been as an adult, but decided early on with my children to do neither of those to correct behavior. So, I guess what I learned from him was not to be like him in that way.

Time tells all! I was a workout king for a long time until the grind of life and age started having its affects. Today, I'm 67 with Siatica, warn joints and random aches and pains...thank you Navy! It happened over night. My son, a 20 year retired Marine, told me I needed to workout more. I thought the same thing when I was his age, 43. It hasn't hit him yet, rolling out of bed at 6am with a muscle pull and a knee pain that wasn't there the day before. I think he's soon to be enlightened to the inevitability! Where am I going with this? All these young men and women chasing the scalpel and chemical fountain of youth and beauty will eventually face the aging of time, too. They may try and fight it, but, eventually, their doctor and spa visits will only stretch, pull and change them to a point. Beyond that point, that's when their chase of these fountain of youth elixirs will start making them look less than normal and more like a freak. Accepting themselves as they are, over time, will allow them to age more gracefully and not live to unrealistic expectations that only a psychological change will fix.

The hypocrisy of this is that Bernie would be the first to criticize a Republican for doing the exact same thing. The initial plan for politicians by our forefathers was that politicians were only supposed to get per diem, not entitlements.

If the feelings weren't there to continue on through life's trials and tribulations, it's best to cut loose sooner than later!

We have always held hands throughout our marriage. As we've gotten older, although still a sign of endearment for each other, it has also become a method of joint stability, literally! We won't consume the walkways, and break apart when needed, but we're together most any other time. People will just have to sneer at us!

So, I did a little language research and the word Farang comes from the word "Frank" used to refer to "Europeans" vis-à-vis "Westerner"(stems from Persian and Greek). Okay, so what! I am a Westerner, born and raised; therefore, I am a Farang. I was in the Navy for a long time, called many things by my friends and those not my friends, it didn't stop me in anything I did in life. So, this guy should get over it and be thankful the Thai people have invited them to THEIR country and they haven't called him anything worse. If he doesn't like it ... Go Home! This Farang will not call anyone anything but friend and offer them a smile.

My wife and I are “Westerners”, we are actually coming to Thailand to escape the “Opinion Police”. We live in an area of North Carolina where retirees from the NE USA and W USA left and brought the issues they were escaping from. We loved it when we came here years ago because it was so laid back. I hope we’re not moving from one problem to another. We have lived many places and have learned “While in Rome, do as the Romans do”, we plan to acclimate and let others live their life.