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  1. Sure. No one would really vote for Biden at his age if there was an alternative. But if you have a choice between 4 years of Trump along with the possibility of loss of the Republic to a dictatorship and Biden, you take the lesser of the two evils. What it says more than anything else is that there is something very wrong about the system of politics in the USA right now where the choice was between Trump and Biden (and could well be that again in two years time!). Really. America? Is that all ye got?
  2. I see your point. Of course, if it is made clear to the "largest organised criminal enterprise" that they are the only persons informed that the property is empty . . . . but what am I saying . . .
  3. I have no idea which country you were born or raised in or identify with. But imagine that country was invaded for no reason other than your country wanted to enter into international agreements. Sure, you could say that NATO membership might be threatening. But why has Russia not made attachment to Russia so great to the neighbouring states that they would not be interested in EU or NATO? Russia has 11 time zones and many "client states" where there is no democracy, not much development and they have to play ball with Russia as regards how they sell their main exports, who they enter into trade agreements etc etc I can only imagine the uproar if the UK expected either of the following: - Republic of Ireland must join NATO - Republic of Ireland must leave EU and join in a mini Single Market with the UK. Imagine the further uproar if the UK decided to invade the Republic of Ireland on the basis that they were one entity for about seven hundred years or so?
  4. Actually you would be surprised. Any country that voted to abstain would in theory accept Russians. I used the term "in theory" because in practice China is not accepting anyone, neither is Laos etc
  5. I was just waiting for that brazen hussy, Bigmiss Un Derstandin to make an appearance. She is behind just about all such mischief!
  6. If it is such an obvious and grevious malfeasance to have transferred the secretary general back in 2011, is it not by now also a malfeasance to have only discovered that by now?
  7. Those aging falang missing the precise date at which they were supposed to show up at immigration need suppression and this is the vehicle for it.
  8. The only reason why the USA does not have a magnificent railway is because of the lobbying by the oil, automobile and possibly to a smaller extent the long distance bus company interests. In the EU, trains are a matter for individual countries. What you find now is that the old night sleepers are being revived. You also have new long distance services/tracks being introduced in countries like Spain. The Spanish are rather bullish in train services, having announced a competitor for the Eurostar (train that uses the Channel rail between the UK and mainland Europe). Sure China is pushing their Belt and Road projects but even a-back-of-the-envelope calculation would show that there will be no profit in it for at least 50 years, based on income from passenger tickets and freight. Not sure the "dysfunctional" USA citizens and citizens of "sclerotic" EU states would appreciate either their taxes being used to pay for such uneconomic projects or their tax base being used to shore them up. Unfortunately for the Chinese "citizens," they don't get a say in such matters.
  9. The last time I looked the British Film Industry was doing rather well. The post production speciality based in a certain part of London ran into some problems with Brexit (who didn't) and covid had an effect. But it seems that the UK is making a huge amount for the 'made for TV' and the streaming services, where the real growth is, apparently. By the way, I am not British although I lived there for ten years. So no axe to grind.
  10. The really big busts in Laos were for amounts that far exceeded the amount that would have kept the population high for many months. Those consignments were meant for abroad. This bust in Thailand seems to be for lower down in the supply chain, near or at the consumer.
  11. Actually I have. I was referring to those massive breweries whose names we all know so well and whose beers are rather bad. When I lived in a certain state in the USA, only a certain level of alcohol was allowed in beer. Anything stronger you had to go to the Alcohol Beverage Control store - such "ABC stores" were state owned, hellishly high prices. Be caught driving from one state where the prices were lower with a couple of bottles to the state where I lived and you could be done on a smuggling charge. Now I believe that many states (but not all) have allowed small craft brewers to exist. If you ask an American from one of those states what an IPA or a stout is, they can tell you all about it. Very different from not too long ago.
  12. That is why we foreigners call US beer "canoe sex" - because it is <deleted>$#ing close to water!
  13. Nobody is mentioning the elephant in the room with respect to Thailand, which is China - a country that has been blockaded for about two years having gone for zero covid with arguably less effective vaccines and less than half of the population vaccinated. When they open fully, if they can ever open, covid will run wild and fast. That could lead to yet another wave in next door countries, including Thailand, now that there is a rail link through Laos with a change at Vientiane. Lets see.
  14. So lets all go around to wherever you are hanging out tonight and pour drink all over you, if you think it is so acceptable????
  15. Even if he has had Covid, does not matter. I know folks who have had it twice. There are rights. For instance, I have the right to walk around naked. But only in private. If I insist on walking around in public areas naked, I will be arrested. I have the right to refuse the vaccine. But in doing so, I will have to restrict myself in certain ways. For instance, I would have to stay away from people who are old or have underlying conditions (this would preclude me working with them, for instance). It would also preclude my being able to cross certain borders as long as the pandemic exists. Some countries may operate a medical opt-out. And that is up to them. Just as in certain countries it is ok to smoke marijuana, in others that would get you a jail sentence. As regards a certain tennis player, I think that he should be treated like everyone else. Being a tennis player is not a medical condition. If he does not have a medical condition that allows him to opt-out, then he should be excluded like everyone else. I mean, I personally would not take up Australian citizenship because they even excluded their own citizens during certain periods of the pandemic but that is their business, their rules. And if you want to become an Aussie citizen or play professional tennis there, you should be treated just like any other person.
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