thaibeachlovers

Given I do not have a phone that connects to the internet, yes I do have a book of road maps in my car. I do not have an internet service for daily tasks. I can survive without internet- can you?

Would that be the rightful owner of the land that Americans live on?

The equivalent in the US would be telling all the people in New York that they were going to be relocated to Wyoming, for their own good, and never mind that they lose their own land and houses as new ones would be built for them. If you want to see what really awaits them, look at the refugees in Jordan, and you will know why it's not an attractive prospect.

Are there not laws banning deleting ANY information on official government info? Can we expect some arrests to be made?

That appears to say that you think the previous cabal of spotty geeks that had access to the nation's secrets were more trustworthy than Musk et al. I don't trust any of them- the previous mob or the new mob. I certainly don't think they had/ have the best interests of the population at heart. It's all about control. As always, my opinion.

Even if that is no more than political speak, it's great to hear a politician admit that they don't have a mandate to waste taxpayer's money on any old nonsense, as has been happening as long as I can remember.

While I do not oppose scrapping the USAID office and moving it to State, I believe that it can only happen if congress approves it. One assumes it will be yet another nonsense for the SCOTUS to rule on.

Thank you, Saved me from having to point that out. Personally, I am unaware of any reason that it should be down to the US to be the main provider of support to countries that have ruined themselves, and refuse to control their population when they can't support the numbers being born. If the US cuts aid to certain countries, the Euros and other countries can put themselves further into debt to make it up, if they care that much. Perhaps the wealthy in those countries could support their needy citizens themselves. I'm sure they are not short of a $ or 3.

Why should he?

There is no interest in the stories of Palestinian prisoners recently released by israel. Wonder why that is?

You must be a blast at parties.

I occasionally see classic US cars on the road here, lovingly restored or preserved. IMO, the ultimate objective ( unstated by government ) is to remove private car ownership and have a bunch of mini self driving EVs in cities, like the electric scooters all over the place. Just call one up and it'll arrive at your door. I'll also be long gone by then, and I'm planning on trading in my car for one of those little granny golf cart things that old people use in town. Called mobility scooters in NZ.

and what if like in NZ petrol stations don't have charging points? Malls are pretty rare, but I never saw a charge point at the one mall in the nearest city. There are a couple at one supermarket in the town I live in, but no charge points anywhere else. However, it's not like there are a lot of EVs to need them- I never saw any using the charge station at the supermarket. They are probably too expensive for most to buy one.

I'm betting on that.

I wasted my time reading the first line. I don't want to have to open the thread to find out I'm not interested.

My last car was 30 years old, and still functioned perfectly. How long is one of your toy cars going to last?

Must be a very long electric cable for someone living on 18th floor, or do they bring them up in the goods lift and park them in the hallway?

NZ has a population of 5 million, and I'm happy to say has given the finger salute to EVs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plug-in_electric_vehicles_in_New_Zealand By 2024 year-end, there were 119,036 registered plug-in electric vehicles in New Zealand, consisting of 83,806 battery-electric vehicles (BEV) and 35,230 plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEV), together making up 2.4% of the national fleet of 4.9 million vehicles.[6] In 2024, 11.2 percent of all new car registrations were plug-in electric vehicles.[1] Obviously most Norwegians are rich enough to buy EVs, unlike in NZ where cheap second hand cars are popular. NZ doesn't have the electric capacity to be having loads of EVs, and we drive long distances, which makes an EV pointless. Public charging points are a rarity, and I have not seen an EV plugged in at a service station- all filling up with good old fossil fuel.

Only for the woke. The anti wokes are cheering that he is banishing woke from the US. I wish he could banish it here.

The Dems and mainly Biden are responsible for weakening US democracy, IMO. Meanwhile most of the IMO wrongly imprisoned protestors have been freed and I support that 100%. IMO you see only what the Dems propaganda wish you to see. Have a nice day in your little bubble.

I posted that we agree on Gaza and you come back with a deflection post ranting about Trump. You apparently need one of these and a long lie down.

Most of my teeth have root canals. I never had the procedure done over more than one day, and that included having posts inserted. It was a long procedure and I often went to sleep, so I had a block used to keep my mouth open. I didn't ever have a crown fitted at the same time. Some were crowned years later. Obviously, having a crown fitted involved 2 visits as they had to make the crown. Many of them were done at Grace clinic in Chiang Mai, a few in London, and some at a clinic in Pattaya that has closed Seems to me that multiple visits is just to get a bigger payout.

Apparently you didn't watch it all live on tv as I did. Most of the people went on a peaceful stroll through the building. A minority caused trouble.

Let the rich people in those countries fund it.

For that you deserve to wake up every morning knowing that Trump is POTUS.