thaibeachlovers

Well said.

Most of us know it's just verbal dribble and he's not going actual death con on anyone. Personally I have no problem with any books as long as I'm not forced to read political ones.

You have zero knowledge of what I have or have not read, so I suggest you give up the personal comments and stay on topic. My opinion is not dependent on your approval, just as yours is not dependent on mine.

Has no one in authority ever listened to the sort of "music" some of those those guys listen to? Some of the lyrics are so vile that I doubt anything he would say could reach that level of offensiveness.

Seems to me that many are either looking to be offended, or bending over to avoid saying anything that can cause someone to be offended. PC madness that can only end badly IMO.

Come on man, where did I tell Ukraine to do anything, and do you prefer what happened to negotiating an exchange of land for peace? The dead would, I'm sure.

Good start would be completing the wall, preventing people climbing over it, and reinstating agreements with Mexico to prevent them entering Mexico or keeping them there. No. They could lock up everyone that crosses except in authorised places to await their hearing. Huge camps in the desert somewhere. That would be the equivalent of what Australia does, and have the same effect of stopping it. Wouldn't get overwhelmed, as soon as the word got out people would stop paying smugglers to take them to be incarcerated.

I hope he has a work permit. Looks too young to be retired, so wonder what visa he's on, and why he has so much time to "volunteer" in his natty uniform with gold stripes.

If I wasn't correct, why was I not deported after I got divorced? I did nothing, stayed in LOS till extension expired and just renewed my extension as retired. Obviously one would need to qualify to use retirement and I pointed that out in one of my posts. BTW, it's not mandatory to extend based on marriage just because one obtained non O based on marriage, so best to extend on retirement regardless, if one can.

Translator?

LOL. I must have walked that hundreds of times after dark. Never had a problem. IMO the other side of the road was the potential crime scene. Lots of sois to run away on, and waaaaay more places to hide. In actual reality, the ladyboys near Walking St after dawn were the problem, so I always ran to get past them. They couldn't run fast enough on their high heels to catch me.

and a very good reason too.

If they allow locals to gamble at all, it'll be a very bad thing for poor Thais. I hope they won't allow any, but one in an isolated area along the Gulf coast far from a town might be OK. Build hotels specifically for casino as was done in Las Vegas.

LOL. However many lanes they add there are only 2 at the Walking St end of Beach Rd. Don't need any parking on Beach Rd. Park elsewhere and take a baht bus like most do. Makes me PO that car owners think everything is about cars- up to me I'd ban all private cars on Beach and Second. Zero sympathy for any problems people driving cars on Pattaya Beach and Second roads may have.

No. It's dirty great big ones on the seaward side of the smelly building just before the bar complex beside Walking St entrance. They obviously can't handle a large downpour though.

I take it life is perfect up there on your cloud.

When riding my bike I carried a length of that blue plastic water pipe. Never got to hit one as they always ran at the sight of it. I made the mistake of riding pillion with wife in local area. Dogs came running and she slowed down. I was shouting at her to speed up and get away, and she came out with some BS about how they wouldn't attack if she was going slow. Never again. Basket of rocks works too. They run at the sight of them.

Obsessed with Trump?

Agree about that, but at least Biden has finally done something I can commend him for. Criminalising m j use has to be a crime against reason IMO. All that time and money wasted to harass people using a drug that is waaaaay less harmful than alcohol.

Why on earth would I go to fight for the Ukrainians when it's nothing to do with me? I certainly don't believe they are fighting for me. I said right before it started that if Ukraine gave up some land, and any idea of joining EU or NATO it likely would never have happened at all. No need for all the destruction and death. I was responding to the statement that other countries should go to war in Ukraine, and IMO if anyone feels like that, perhaps they should go fight for what they apparently believe, and not expect other people to do so.

I'm sooooo hoping for a GOP house and senate, but even with just the house, the ensuing committee investigations will be worth watching. Roll on the elections- not long to go now.

Yes, it's out of THIS president's control. Perhaps a different president might be IN control. Time to man up, put on the big boy pants and do the job he was elected to do.

Do whatever is necessary to prevent them entering without using the proper entry points. Can be done as Australia has proven. Just need the political will to do so.

I stopped reading after the first sentence. If you find my opinion so ill considered feel free to put me on ignore. I'd put you on ignore, except that would leave me with almost no posters to read.

I wasn't aware of that, but I hadn't listened to him since I left Thailand long ago. Just because you didn't like his politics is no reason to insult his memory.