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No, they are just bystanders. Donald Trump is doing an excellent job of shafting the US economy, society and it's standing in the world, all on his own!

Chocolate: TOPS is now very expensive. I have a weakness for the Ritter Sport Marzipan bars - a few months ago B89, now B119. Cadburys "bubbley" is now B48, yet 7/11 push it out for B33. The Ritter Sport of course is from Germany, Cadburys here is * think made in Malaysia. Coffee, as others have said, has gone up similarly. I find Lotus the cheapest. All my local shops have is those ghastly 3 in 1 sachets.

I had. A search. The cheapest I could find were B79 (+delivery), which is the same as TOPS in Chiang Rai. Where do you get the from, if you don't mind telling me?

Wonderful advertisment - worth wading through the OP nonsense to see it!

I am a practising Catholic, (heaven knows I need the practice!), and a confirmed heterosexual, but even I can see the irony in an old celibate man, in a white frock and a hat like that warning against the influence of "the gay lobby"! My opinion, for what it is worth, is that Pope Francis tried to acknowledge, and find a place for, gay people within the Church, acknowledging and believing that they were amongst Gods children, and should not be turned away. It is perhaps fair to suggest that Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller does not view the gay community as charitably; cynically I doubt he views any views other than his own very charitably. I doubt that Pope Francis came to that stance without much thought and prayer; his formation was after all as a Jesuit, and The Society of Jesus is known for intellectual rigour and orthodoxy. Mind you, it is also worth bearing in mind that you can never be absolutely certain what the SJ is going to do next! Perhaps he (Pope Francis) was also mindful that he wanted to avoid the mess which the Church of England (or rather the worldwide Anglican Communion) finds itself in, various factions fighting to decide whether they want the next Archbishop of Canterbury to be male or female, gay or straight, celibate or at it like rabbits on Viagra!

Desperation kicking in? Go for the ultimate MAGA panacea, the explanation for all their woes. Blame it on Hunter Bidens laptop!

Would you pass the sick bucket please!

Now it is what one might call a "cracking political ploy". No matter what the great leader says, either campaigning or when in office; "Everyone knew he was joking. Except Bernie Sanders."!

Generous!

Fine matey, complain to the moderators then.

I don't like BMWs, and confess to reservations about many of those who drive around in them, and their "driving style". A bit over the top though!

To which the people of Canada have, umh, shall we say "responded'!

It is reported that 4 children (US Citizens) have been deported to Honduras, with their mothers who were not US citizens. One child has stage 4 cancer. The child was deported without medicine. Honan appeared alongside Karoline Levitt, blustering as he attempted to justify it. The man is a skidmark on the underpants of humanity. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/us/politics/us-citizen-children-deported-honduras-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.DU8.pvFH.a2Xyy7-pvEwv&smid=url-share

Poor old Wisconsin, rather getting it in the neck aren't they? Nothing to do with the resounding "naff off" they gave to Elon Musk when he tried to buy their Supreme Court Election of course!