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Unfortunately, he’s by far not the only one. The MAGA mind works in mysterious ways. On the one hand, all the overwhelming evidence against Trump and his co-conspirators is disqualified as ‘fake’ or ‘weaponization of Biden’s DOJ’. On the other hand, all the really fake evidence (since there is none, so they have to make it up) against Biden is swallowed line, hook and sinker. Talk about your cult…

I hadn’t thought of that before, but you make a good point. From what I can see, the 50% less carbs comes from more protein, fibre and (unsaturated) fat. I have no interest in any kind of keto diet or whatever. Just found out a few years ago, quite by accident, that this low(er) carb bread is better for my digestion.

“Royal Thai Immigration Commander Orders Crackdown on ‘Foreign Mafia’ in Phuket” I’m sure the domestic mafia (a.k.a. the RTP) will be very grateful and will no doubt reward this royal Thai immigration commander in some kind of way.

Thanks. But I’m no stranger to Thailand, have lived there on and off quite a few times, so I know a little bit what to expect. Just haven’t been back for a few years and was wondering if this kind of bread is available. If not, I will have to make do with ‘ordinary’ whole wheat or whole grain bread. There are a few good bakeries in Hua Hin, I know that much.

Maybe I should clarify my post. Where I live (in Holland) I can buy very good whole wheat bread with about 50% less carbs than ‘normal’ whole wheat bread. It’s also higher in fibres and protein. I will be coming back to Hua Hin for a while in January, though, hence my question.

Is there a bakery/shop in the Hua Hin - Cha’am area that has whole wheat low carb bread? Thanks!

I’m like Teddy Roosevelt: ‘walk softly and carry a big stick’. Plenty of Thai dogs have tried to get at the bone marrow of both my fibula and tibia, but so far they haven’t succeeded, thanks to the big stick.

Maybe first make sure the air that the people using those sidewalks are breathing is a little cleaner.

Maybe he is Darth Vader’s long lost son. The force is strong in him, that’s for sure.

The National Rifle Association is out with a new ad featuring new Speaker of the House Mike Johnson. In the ad, Johnson says he will block any attempts to impose universal background checks or waiting periods before someone can purchase a firearm. https://www.meidastouch.com/news/speaker-johnson-will-oppose-gun-background-checks-or-waiting-periods

We all know whose puppet Shretta is….

Just MAGA speak. Trump is a saint and totally innocent, and those liberal commie radical left Dems are the devil incarnate. Especially Hunter Biden, more than anything else they want to see him hang.

Please explain to me how I am (and people like me are) harming transgender children. I would really like to know. And you seem to think that transgenderism or homosexuality is something that can be promoted. That children can suddenly become gay or transgender or whatever because someone is promoting it? Seriously?

You seem to harbor a deep hatred for ‘the left’, whatever that may mean to you. Like so many MAGA cult members, who call everyone they disagree with a communist, a socialist or a fascist, and sometimes even all three things at the same time. Which I don’t think is possible, but who am I? FYI: there are hardly any ‘commies’ in the US, and certainly not in the government or law enforcement. If you think there are, maybe you should look up what a ‘commie’ really is. And I can tell you exactly why ‘all the commies’ (your words) have a hard-on for Trump: because he’s been breaking the law for decades. If any ‘ordinary’ person had done what Trump has done, they would have gone to jail. For some reason, Trump has (so far) gotten away with it. But many people (not just commies) have a hard-on for Trump most of all because he incited an insurrection and, with his cronies who are also on trial now (and flipping on Trump one by one), tried very hard to overthrow the result of a legitimate election, just because his ego couldn’t handle the fact that he lost. And not by a little bit. He’s been whining about it ever since. In fact he already started whining about it months before the 2020 election, claiming that there was no way he could lose, and that the elections were rigged if he did lose.

Wow, and you accuse me of being disingenuous. You had to take a swipe at Hunter Biden, didn’t you? Couldn’t resist yourself, could you? I’m sure he’s the only spoilt rich kid who ever lied on a gun application. I really wonder why all MAGA folk have such a hard on for Hunter Biden, though. Don’t you think the country is facing far more pressing matters? And you couldn’t even get the comparison right between the age transgender kids can start their treatment and the legal age to own a gun. First of all, the age a transgender child can start their treatment is 14, not 13. And it’s the start of the treatment, the actual operation is still quite a while down the road, often years. And it’s not as if a child wakes up one day and decides to be a boy instead of a girl, or the other way around, and the next day treatment is started, and one week later they have the operation. This is a lengthy process, and the child gets counseling and psychological evaluations. Also, this is someone deciding over their own body, their own life, they don’t harm anyone, except maybe themselves sometimes. But when you own a gun, you can harm and/or kill (many) others. So your analogy is completely wrong. And by the way, do you really care about those transgender children? Or is it just another stick to beat ‘the left’ with for you?

I agree that this guy should have had his guns taken away from him, because of his mental health issues that were known to law enforcement. But what does that have to with your first comment about liberal saps in government?

There are plenty of polls that show most Americans want stricter gun laws. This one: 71% of Americans want stricter gun laws, including about half of Republicans, the vast majority of Democrats and a majority in those in gun-owning households: https://apnews.com/article/gun-violence-covid-health-chicago-c912ecc5619e925c5ea7447d36808715 This one (see points 7 and 8): 61% say it’s too easy to legally obtain a gun, and 58% favor stricter gun laws: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/09/13/key-facts-about-americans-and-guns/

I think your math leaves a little something to be desired. This year there have been 565 mass shootings in the USA. There is no widely accepted definition of a mass shooting, but here’s a list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_shootings_in_the_United_States_in_2023 Some 650 deaths of mass shootings this year. With over two months to go. Here’s the list for 2022: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_shootings_in_the_United_States_in_2022 Some 762 deaths from mass shootings. Slightly more than the less than 60 you claim. Over 14 deaths a week. Slightly more than the 1 a week you claim. Plus almost 3,000 wounded in mass shootings in 2022. I find your casual attitude towards mass shootings quite appalling, to be honest, downplaying the number of victims, and comparing dying in a mass shooting to dying in an accident at home.

Okay, then you tell me why lawmakers are blind to what the (vast) majority of the American people want: stricter gun laws.

There are 20 million (or more) AR15’s in circulation in the USA. In the majority of mass shootings, the AR15 is the gun that is used. https://www.businessinsider.com/us-20-million-ar-15-style-rifles-in-circulation-2022-5?international=true&r=US&IR=T Still think I’m talking cr*p?

What might it be then? Please enlighten us.

Followed by “we’re not going to fix this”. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/28/tim-burchett-republican-nashville-shooting There is a pretty substantial majority in the US who are in favor of (much) stricter gun laws, but these gutless cowards are not going to do anything because they’re in the NRA’s pockets and/or they’re afraid to antagonize part of their gun-nut base and lose votes. Despicable.

As a percentage, fewer households in the US own guns than they did in 1990. Then explain to us simple souls how it's possible that there have been over 500 mass shootings in the US this year alone, while there are hardly any in other countries (with much stricter gun laws). Like you side: yeah, it’s got to be the guns.

You already should know I'm pro firearms. Do you think civilians should be allowed to own assault rifles like an AR15? Because I think it’s completely nuts that millions of people in the US apparently (most of them legally) own some kind of assault rifle like that.

Surgeons call these people (or motorbike riders in general) ‘organ donors’. This guy will end up in the morgue soon enough, if he continues to ride his bike like an idiot.