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19 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Two movies will be played each day in multiple languages, with films focusing on things in Pattaya.

Debbie does Dallas?

23 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Anyone know if the EU diplomats were actually democratically voted into their position or not ? Be pot calling the kettle black if not

No. The EU isn't huge on Democracy. Not even the President is elected by citizens of the EU. There are many layers between the electorate and the positions of power. A very convoluted process to give the impression of a Democracy while ensuring the people have no say. No citizen voted for Von Der Leyen and they cannot vote to remove her.

In fact, despite all it's faults Thailand has a superior version of Democracy than the EU so it is strange that these diplomats would be so critical. At least the Thais know who they are voting for to lead the country. In any case, these diplomats will be ignored by the Thais. They have little interest in making the same mistakes that is leading to the downfall of The West. The East is rising, free of the shackles of Woke ideology and socialist ideals and a few dinosaurs arrogantly pontificating from a fading power won't change that.

45 minutes ago, VocalNeal said:

All Thais know where to buy alcohol on all days. This doesn't effect them one iota. 

 

Yes of course, and so do expats. However that wasn't my point.

My point is that this needlessly affects business owners and tourists. It would be so simple to allow foreigners to be excluded from this silly paternalistic tradition.

36 minutes ago, NickyLouie said:

 

Strange how uTube deleted all the vids of him stroking and touching little kiddies.

 

They are still there. He certainly knows how to make them feel very uncomfortable. Poor girl is shaking at the 38 second mark and he gets "the eyes" from the help to tell him to stop it at 0:40.

On 4/20/2023 at 5:58 PM, eisfeld said:

Yea one of my favorite places to ride. Below my weapon of choice for spirited day out in the Alps. Would this Kawa 400 provide me with as much fun? I dunno. I have not noticed many small cubic four pots there.

 

The Tuono is a lovely bike. I really like the 660 but it's ridiculously priced here.

As for small 4 pots in Europe, they haven't released any for years. The ZX-25R was Asia only. I think the ZX-4R will be released there but I'm not sure how well it will do, since lots of people there like the pub/forum bragging rights of a bigger bike. I think the 4R would do very well in the Alps as long as you kept it on the pipe. 

Torque is a lot of fun, my MT09 wants to lift the front wheel until you get into 4th. But there's something fun about extracting every bit of power out of a smaller engine. I know it's a cliche, but it's true that it's more fun riding a slow bike fast than riding a fast bike slow.

I sat on the 4R at the motor show and it's surprisingly comfy. Higher bars than most supersports, not quite as high as the Ninja 400 but not far off. 

23 minutes ago, transam said:

Good afternoon RR, yet another Lefty post, what a surprise...

Dare I mention your SNP..............

Cut him some slack, probably mad that they're going to cut off the corrupt SNP's funding.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/snp-nicola-sturgeon-humza-yousaf-latest-news-b2323980.html

24 minutes ago, RuamRudy said:

If only they were Tories, they could cheat, lie, steal and offend with total impunity.

Do you have a link to back up that claim?

12 minutes ago, Hanaguma said:

You know, pre-2016 Don Lemon was actually an interesting journalist. He talked a lot more about social issues and less about politics. He did some good reporting. But I guess Trump broke his spirit, as he did so many other journalists.  

Indeed, Trump was living rent free in his head, like he does with so many Democrats.

As Dems go, I didn't think Lemon was too bad. Many of his 'misogynistic' comments were simply telling the truth. Such as more people being interested in men's sport because it's generally of a higher standard than women's sport. I guess that's why CNN fired him. Can't have the truth getting in the way of Woke agendas.

5 minutes ago, placeholder said:

Even you had to admit that a lot got accomplished during his first 2 years. Most of it very popular with American electorate.

Oh really? Very popular you say? 

https://www.reuters.com/graphics/USA-BIDEN/POLL/nmopagnqapa/

9 hours ago, BangkokReady said:

Don't attacks on tourists appear to be becoming more common also?

Not that I've noticed, attacks on tourists have always been a staple of the Thai tourism trade. The difference (as I see it) seems to be that with the influx of tourists from the Middle East, China and Russia/Eastern Europe, the violence appears to now be in both directions.

13 minutes ago, bignok said:

She looks like a hater. Does she hate men too?

Her main apparent dislike is for Jews and white people.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/8994068/Diane-Abbott-White-people-love-playing-divide-and-rule.html

Although she has spoken of the "crisis of masculinity" in the past.

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/05/15/diane-abbot-masculinity-crisis_n_3277154.html

She doesn't seem to have an issue with Corbyn though, although in fairness he did preside over a period in the Labour party when anti-semitism was particularly prominent so they seem to have a lot in common.

2 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

I didn’t ignore it.

 

It’s a historical report, the Labour Party have changed leadership, adopted the recommendations and expelled people the report identified as being guilty of antisemitism.

 

You have nothing to back up your slur.

And yet they still have bigots like Abbott making anti-semitic remarks. Why hasn't she been expelled? It's not like it's her first racist comment. 

They've done nothing more than got a fancy new front door, swept the mess under the carpet and carried on as normal.

5 minutes ago, transam said:

She supports terrorist organisations, she is a nutter that really has got away with murder, same as her mentor in terrorism, Corby...........

 

It took them too long to send the pair on their way, but........

Indeed, she even refuses to say she regrets supporting the IRA. If she didn't tick all the right boxes in terms of the holy grail "diversity" she'd have been out years ago.

Imagine a white middle aged Tory saying the stuff she's said and still being an MP.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/diane-abbott-ira-regret-jeremy-corbyn-defeat-british-state-a7759926.html

8 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Where’s that from, provide a link so we can see the source and the date.

 

Or are you back into historical stuff that’s already been dealt with, hence hiding the source and date?

Same article I quoted before which you conveniently ignored, hence my question "did you read the report". Clearly not, or you'd know where the quotes were from. 

Here it is (again...). From 2020. Not exactly ancient history.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/oct/29/key-findings-of-the-ehrc-inquiry-into-labour-antisemitism

On 4/22/2023 at 3:32 PM, RickG16 said:

Pretty good until the final para.... We don't need 'a new back 4'. We need better back up defenders. You might have noticed that was our second string (I'm sure you did ????????) and DDG might be out as well suggests you might have read some speculation over the past couple of days. It's OK if you want to regurgitate things you've read, but just note they might not all be true.

Well, you have the worst defensive record in the top 4. You can't blame a poor record over 30 games on playing your second string in one game. Looking at goals scored (also the worst in the top 4) they might be interested in some new forwards or attacking midfielders as well. That goal difference is shocking. Maybe a bit fortunate to be in the top 4? I've felt for a while their results in the league have been better than their performances.

If you want to compete with City, you'll have to do more than buy some backup defenders.