thaibeachlovers

Sadly, I suspect it's israel all the way, hey hey hey. Time to read up on Armageddon I fear. Since when did any of us consumer units ever get to vote on being sent to be slaughtered? That hollow laughter you might hear is from the dead of WW1, WW2, Vietnam etc.

Biden is going to look foolish in the election campaign if he has another failure in another war. I'm sure he is prepared to continue the war at least till the election is over. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-says-some-west-are-hinting-looking-peace-ukraine-2023-12-28/ U.S. President Joe Biden has said the West does not seek to destroy Russia but wants Kyiv to defeat Moscow's forces on Ukrainian territory. Biden also said in 2022 that Russia had suffered a "strategic failure" in Ukraine.

Ukraine wants peace talks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why is that not headline news? First I've heard about it. If true, Zelensky must be looking for an exit, as he is the face of the Ukrainian side and responsible for all the deaths and destruction, IMO. He should never have trusted America to support it to the bitter end.

I'm saying that your claims ( without any supporting evidence ) that Russia will invade a NATO country are just imaginary dreams like your claim that I "support" Russia. Not wanting to support Ukraine is not the same as supporting Russia. It's a spat between Russia and Ukraine, not NATO. BTW, what is NATO if not an American invention? Without America it would be nothing.

I get the eggs and bread, but what is the stuff looks like mince, and the round brown things ( perhaps sliced sausage )?

Just to make a comment to show that I'm still here. The physical fulfillment I looked for in Thailand was sex on a lovely beach with a lovely girl and I never found the pleasure of that to vanish. Had I been able I'm sure I'd still be doing that and lovin' it. However to me sex was only a minor part of the whole romance thing, and not the most important by far. Intellectual fulfillment. Be a waste of time wanting that as no one I know is interested in an intellectual discussion. Perhaps people lose interest in that as they age, which is a bit sad, though I love a good intellectual discussion on the very rare occasions I have one. Books, get too bored to read now. Just not stimulating any more. I get stimulated with movies that deal with life, love, succeeding in life, happiness and joy, but that's pretty one sided. A good sunset is pretty fulfilling though, as is all unspoiled nature. a fulfillment that is not dependent on anything external Indeed. I have some interesting conversations with myself, but I doubt they lead to fulfillment. I have never till this day had a conversation with God. That is yet to come.

There was a time no one would have dared to openly take photos on Walking Street. Perhaps we are worse off that it has changed. What happens in Pattaya should stay in Pattaya. I once saw a ladyboy on Walking Street that would have taken a baseball bat to Sean if he'd tried it on with her. She threatened me with it for just having a camera in the open.

You can't. Unfortunately many people are just <deleted><deleted> these days and have no respect for anyone else. Not likely to become law, but if we could legally shoot anyone that behaved badly it would cut right down on antisocial behaviour. I'd be for that.

‘Wokeness’ and feminism are all against you ???? If you think they are for the benefit of men you must have been sleeping the last 20 years.

Well pointed out. We farangs have nothing in common with Thai women, other than sex, IMO. Good enough for me though, as I had no desire to discuss philosophy with my wife. Re the OP I'd be looking for someone under 25, so she'd always be beautiful till the day I died. I have never wanted to wake up next to a granny.

I met her family and they seemed like hardworking good people. The truth only outed when we were already married.

Now that America has made itself an enemy of the Houthis, they can expect attacks on American ships as well. So much for not expanding the war in Gaza. Had they stuck to shooting down the missiles it would have IMO been seen as business as usual, but to attack land based facilities has made them official enemies, and that goes for Britain as well. IMO stupidity writ large.

No link to any of it, of course.

What's not to like about those policies? I'd have added not starting any wars.

I think I am one that can tell the difference between wheat facts and chaff facts, and I put "Biden is a good president worthy of re election" firmly in the chaff category. NB. I didn't mention Trump.

Twice politically impeached, twice not convicted. Next.

I agree. No matter how much I want to see U Tubes of snowflake heads exploding after a Trump win, I have to admit the bumbler Biden is more likely to win against Trump than any other person. IMO the GOP could put up a donkey against Biden and it would win, but Trump is toxic to too many.

Is it just coincidence that that photo only shows the "president" part of the sign, or wishful thinking? :-)

and of those 20% how many end up in prosecutions? Not many, I bet. Luckily, American people don't have to live in states run by nutters, and they have freedom to move to a different state.

Nothing new about faked pictures. They've been around as long as Photoshop. AI just makes it easier. The real danger is in faked voices, as in scamming. I have no problem with eliminating Prima Donna movie "stars" or singers. I like anime, which has no live actors, so "live actor" movies without real actors isn't going to make a difference, and far as music goes, I don't care who sings it as long as I like it. Movies and music to me are just entertainment, not a cult.

You really should take up comedy. I laughed like a drain when I read that diatribe. I'd have given you a laughing emoji except they don't work any more.

Probably any numbers his side disagrees with.

If ever proof was needed that the US "justice system" is a very bad joke, this is it. If it was anyone but Trump would the penalty be as large?

Evidence that is not independently verified, as outside journalists are apparently not permitted in Gaza. The evidence they provided in one hospital was so ludicrous that no sensible person believed it- a calendar that was supposed to be a roster of Hamas fighters and a "command center" that was just a lap top and some rifles in a tote bag that wasn't toted. Of course the WHO ignored it as it's not worth a brass farthing without independent verification.

At the least, Netanyahu and Biden will not be able to prance about proclaiming that the highest court on the planet says it's OK to bomb thousands of women and children to bits while starving them to death.