JonnyF

Off topic. Plenty of Trump threads for you to post your drivel.

Off topic. Plenty of Trump threads for you to post your drivel.

Who cares what Joe does? China plays the long, intelligent game. The US on the other hand gets heavily involved until it all becomes too difficult, or a different party is elected and changes direction. Then they simply pull out leaving a huge mess behind them. Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan are good examples. China won't be too worried about the US. If they can't/won't defend Ukraine they're hardly going to go out on a limb for Taiwan. Joe would do well to sit down somewhere quiet. He's still struggling to remember the rules of Checkers, the Chinese mastered Chess generations ago.

Same old Aussies. Always cheating.

Deeply ironic given The Democrats attempt to turn every conversation into an attack on Trump. Biden's refusal to acknowledge this grand-child is incredibly cruel. It really shows his true nature lurking beneath the "sweet grandpa" facade that his team have tried to create.

I do hope nobody in PPP/PT suffers from Gluten intolerance. That would be awful. I think we are seeing a glimpse of the anger that would erupt should this partnership proceed. I have a number of Thai FB friends that rarely make political posts expressing their fury at the current situation. This could get very messy, very quickly.

"Move the Country Forward". You've answered your own question there buddy. Align with MFP or your sacrifice will be to face complete obliteration of Phue-Thai. The party would never recover from aligning with the Junta. It would be Game Over.

Musk does seem to make some strange decisions when it comes to Twitter. I'm not sure why you would change such a recognizable logo/brand. Maybe he's just joking, you never know with Musk. As long as it remains a free speech platform it will continue to be used by people who value said freedom of speech. It's an increasingly rare commodity in these times of Woke/Cancel culture.

In my experience it is only foreigners who need the money in the bank to cover the card. I don't think it applies now as I have 2 KTC credit cards in my name with no associated KTB bank account (although it was applied for through my employer's HR department so that might be the reason). A few years ago it was double the limit of the card that had to be held in a bank account (this was with Bangkok Bank). This policy does not appear to apply to Thai nationals. Hence the huge debts.

Rishi Sunak (or Rashid Sanook as Joe calls him) has much more important issues to deal with. He has no time to listen to the decrepid old man across the pond. There will be no 'special relationship' while Biden is in power.

Wow - the problems are certainly piling up for Joe and Hunter. The Dems are going to need some pretty big shovels if they're going to bury all of this until the next election. At least they have experience, they'll know to dig the hole a bit deeper than they did last time with the laptop.

Joe Biden needs to stay out of UK affairs. The British run our own country and we certainly don't answer to Biden. If he's that worried about this guy, he can send a plane over to come and collect him and bring him to the US. Whenever you're ready, Joe.

No surprise here. The US continues it's decline towards banana republic status under the Biden regime. It's genuinely sad to see.

Well from where I'm sitting it certainly appears that you lack one ????.

As an Englishman with a sense of humour I would love to see that happen. It would be absolutely hilarious. Side splittingly hilarious. For decades… Please, take this idea further.

Of course. That's why the charges were brought. The fact that he will likely be exonerated after the election will not matter if Biden has already won. Same as Hunter's laptop, as long as the truth remained buried until after the election it was job done as far as the Democrats were concerned. Politically motivated. Dirty, but often effective. If Biden is re-elected the USA will be the ultimate loser.

We were talking about justice for the business owners who had their businesses torched by the BLM rioters.

While I think Pita should have sorted out the issue with the shares, it really wouldn't have made any difference. They'd have found or created some other reason to ban him, and failing that the tanks would have rolled onto the streets once again. I do feel that Pita has given them an easy path though. Let's see what happens. This could get messy.

A good decision. The sentence will hopefully quell riots from the usual violent demographic and it runs concurrently so it's not significant to the defendant. The original sentence was appropriate. As for justice for the business owners? No chance. Hard working Americans are considered secondary to violent, drug taking criminals like Floyd.

Revenge politics. This is not about equality. It's about revenge. BLM is a great example. Sure to end well. I mean, what could go wrong ?

Didn't happen.

A Sarong isn't a dress. You could argue it is a skirt (although it's not, it's actually a wrap) but even then, the Indian and Malay males (and some Issan Thai males) that wear them aren't pretending to be women (which was they key point of the argument that you conveniently ignored). I have no issue in referring to a transwoman as "she" if it makes them happy (I have no desire to insult, demean or belittle them). I will happily call them Jospehina instead of Joseph. But as someone who respects science it would be dishonest of me to say they are women when I know they are biologically male. I prefer the correct term, transwoman or if speaking Thai, Katoey.

Maybe he could offer up a prolific arms trader nicknamed the Merchant Of Death in exchange like he did with Britney Griner?

The worst bits of US and the UK culture always seem to filter through to Australia eventually. Normally it takes a couple of decades but in this case it seems to have been quicker. Prepare for race relations to get a whole lot worse when these type of policies spring up. Different rules/systems based on race/heritage never ends well. I also wonder how the "selection" of this body will work. Elections where only certain Demographics can vote? Or "selected" behind closed doors? Doesn't sound very Democratic to me. What next? An Asian body to advise the government on issues affecting Asian Australians? If not, why not? How about a separate body for each race/religion/background. That should really drive the wedge between everyone. Nah, not for me. Better to treat all disadvantaged groups the same, no matter the race or heritage.

I'm talking about the real, guttural reaction from the crowd. Not some carefully scripted PR statement after the event for damage limitation.