thaibeachlovers

Given my opinion of "experts" in such as childhood, I'm happy that they are being monitored. Hopefully the nutters will be stopped before they can do too much damage. It's because of idiots people like that that Enid Blyton was banned from public libraries in NZ.

LOL. The cracks are showing already. If the stalemate in Ukraine continues IMO the crack will become a chasm as EU governments abandon Ukraine. Seems like the warmongers may be left on their own. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/1/pro-russia-party-claims-victory-in-slovakia-election The populist party of former Prime Minister Robert Fico that wants to stop military aid to Ukraine and is critical of the European Union and NATO has won Slovakia’s election, results showed on Sunday. and https://www.ukrainianworldcongress.org/hungary-blocks-20-billion-euro-fund-for-ukraines-armed-forces/ Hungary has blocked the EU’s attempt to create a long-term support fund for the Ukrainian military worth 20 billion euros. Budapest intends to prevent the initiative’s implementation further, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the country, Péter Szijjártó, said.

It's a great comfort to me that someone like Rand exists in the US politics. Even if he's a lone voice crying in the wilderness, it's good to know that at least one person in Washington isn't a swamp creature.

The chances of him invading a NATO country would be infinitesimal IMO, and as for the rest, I don't lose any sleep worrying about them. I grew up while the Soviet Union existed and the west survived and prospered.

IMO that can't happen fast enough. Sadly, that day will not happen any time soon. The world of politics is indeed a bizarre one. Which IMO is probably why sane people don't go into it, or if they are sane when they go into it they change quite fast if they want to stay in it.

Loved that series. I especially loved his solution to government bureaucrats.

It's good to see a sensible post on here. It's like a breath of clean fresh air on a Bkk street.

I'm well aware of the abuse earlier immigrants endured, given my ethnicity, but I don't claim to know everything, unlike certain posters on here. Millions of poor people never commit crimes, and the worst criminals are actually white collar level that commit fraud and exploitation of the vulnerable on a world wide scale with impunity. How many die because of warmongers in high places?

No, IMO the media proclaimed him guilty. The media can't put anyone in jail, but you know that.

You don't say which country you are referring to, but it definitely happened in Thailand. The very first time I landed at Don Mueang I was somewhat surprised to be using the urinal and a female cleaner walked in mid stream. Perhaps you never used the toilets at Don Mueang to know.

Yes, the texts don't say what he's embarrassed about. I've had more than one embarrassing episode with women when I was younger and none of them involved rape.

Let's never forget that the Democrat party was the party that supported slavery. Lincoln was a Republican, I believe. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Democratic-Party During the 19th century the party supported or tolerated slavery, and it opposed civil rights reforms after the American Civil War in order to retain the support of Southern voters.

There is a fundamental difference between "discovering alien life" and doing some local space exploration, but I guess that has gone over your head. BTW, only an idiot, IMO, would claim that we are the only planet in the universe with life forms on it. So, they are trying to prove what is already blindingly obvious. Never mind, as they have to come up with something to get funding for their lifestyle.

Unfortunately we don't have a similar label for your side, but if there was, I'd say that <insert label of choice> posts nonsense.

I watched Biden whining on Al Jazeera about how bad the GOP is, which IMO is hypocritical, given he is a creature of such politics.

In combative politics, it's the job of politicians to vote for what they believe in, and against what they disagree with, so if it was as you say they would vote for bad legislation to keep their pay coming. That's a very bad idea. If it was your way, Ukrainian funding would have been snuck in under cover of funding the government which is not how it should be done. Ukraine is not an American state. If Biden wants an end to such partisan voting he should get off his butt, and go talk to the opposition, like Clinton did, but seems he's all talk and not much do.

Tipping is not compulsory in LOS ( I don't know why anyone thinks it is- it's an abominable American custom ), so whatever you want to tip is the right amount. I usually tipped if I wanted a decent service the next time.

No, it's your opinion.

OR, they could be trying to deter the Ukrainian last attempt to break through before winter.

Perhaps they are hoping for an opportunity to take more aggressive actions. Would not be the first time or the only country to do so.

Depends if she deserves to rest in peace. IMO she does not.

Link?

A lot of opinions in there dressed up as facts, without any links for proof. Negotiations are always preferable to death and destruction. BTW, I don't think Poland had an opportunity to negotiate anything.

Just as well it's not indecent exposure in Thailand as they have female cleaners in men's toilets while men are using the urinal. Strange world we live in when people's bits are regarded as being obscene when we all have them.

I don't see the word rape in there. How do you know he wasn't referring to something else?