200 nations aren't important.  The top polluters are right here in Asia.

https://www.pri.org/stories/2016-01-13/5-countries-dump-more-plastic-oceans-rest-world-combined

5 countries dump more plastic into the oceans than the rest of the world combined

In a recent report, Ocean Conservancy claims that China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam are spewing out as much as 60 percent of the plastic waste that enters the world’s seas.

3 hours ago, Scott said:

I didn't realize we had hit the 200 mark on the number of countries in the world.

 

The UN recognizes 193, with 2 observer states, Taiwan and Kosovo.  Making it 197.  FIFA has 211. LOL

I don't like big buns.  Here's what I eat at home.

4 minutes ago, BsBs said:

 

Depends on what you use at home :-)

The best I can get at the local stores...Tesco, Makro, Foodland...

4 minutes ago, BsBs said:

The only respectable burgers are the one that you cook at home with the best ingredients that no shop in this country will ever use. The sht meat they use, I do not even give it to my dogs.

 

 

Depends on where you eat.  I've had burgers with fantastic meat.  As good or better than we use at home.

58 minutes ago, BuaBS said:

Why replace the best ?

With no competition, how do you know he's the best?  Many there would disagree with you.

41 minutes ago, PhonThong said:

I haven't been to N. Korea, but I know they hate the U.S...Not because they are radicalized but because they have been indoctrinated into believing the United States is the great Satin. They know nothing about the U.S... Only what they are told to believe. 

 Children in Middle Eastern Countries attend Mosque and they learn whatever the Clerics teach them. Happens in the Mosque in the U.S. too.  

 I worked in the middle east and you are correct that not all hate the U.S... Even those that say they do would kill to get a visa to go to America.

As you say, they don't hate the US.  Kim does.  And spreads BS propaganda.  Once they are free of that, they are just like everybody else.  Just want to have a good life and take care of their family.

Like you say, it's not the people that are the problem, it's the government...and the religious leaders!

Dictators need to have a boogie man for the masses to hate, so they don't hate the dictator! LOL

13 minutes ago, FreddieRoyle said:

OK you are clearly not a fan, but pls stop with the hyperbole. There is no strategy of chaos, just opposing interests controlling media is desperate to give the imression of chaos.  If Trump says he knows more than some politicized security agency, we should believe him. He is getting stuff done, some of which we can't always understand from every angle, but I trust him to deliver results.

Hyperbole?

https://www.salon.com/2017/11/17/trump-lies-9-times-a-day-on-average-lately_partner/

Trump lies 9 times a day on average lately

12 minutes ago, thrilled said:

You couldn’t pay me enough money to touch that thing.Dementia or heart attack burger is what that thing is.I will stick with the 1/10 pound meat that McDonalds uses.

It's still heart attack on a plate! LOL

13 minutes ago, FreddieRoyle said:

I feel sick reading this. Nobody, nobody at all, has done greater and irrepairable damage to the the environment than Unilever and it's oil palm business. Millions upon millions of acres of rainforest burned and all animals habitats destroyed, the chemicals used and even child labor. And here the guy is, sugar wouldn't melt in his mouth, blaming our Donald. I used to regularly fly over Kalimantan 25 years ago, the scale of destruction was incredible. It's farcical, and I am not amused. 

Though palm oil plantations are bad, they are far from the worst regarding deforestation.  You should fly around South America some time.  Stunning. 

In the end, it's the responsibility of each country to protect it's natural resources.  And not exploit them.

13 minutes ago, HiSoLowSoNoSo said:

I don't need to travel to the Middle East to figure that out. My country has been invaded by them and to say that they like us or accept our way of living is just a dream.

At least you've admitted you've not been there.  Without being there, you've got no idea what it's really like.

Perhaps the invasions were a reason they hate the US? LOL

59 minutes ago, bristolgeoff said:

street food can be very good and just as good as any restaurant in bkk.the restaurant prices are dbl or more,so i think  most people in bkk would eat st food  mostly

Depends on the street food.  Most vendors use poor quality ingredients.  High end restaurants use great care in sourcing their ingredients.  Makes a huge difference.

4 minutes ago, FreddieRoyle said:

We should have the wisdom to accept that Trump as POTUS has better intel or a clear strategy in play here. Watching a 2 minute clip on CNN hardly puts casual observers on a par with the top intel of a President. If I had to guess, he is doing this as part of a bigger political play, one that could end the unrest in the middle east. First ruffle feathers, then smooth them and make the bird feel grateful for it. An old ploy, and Trump is a master at these games. 

BS.  Trump is a known liar.  With a strategy of chaos, and whatever will help him and his family out.

If you remember when he was elected, he refused the intel briefings.  Saying he knew more than them.  BS.

Sad Trump supporters can't see the truth.  Or just don't want to.

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Trump said he would create more jobs through opening up coal mines again. That’s political blah blah. The reality is in the last 10 years or so, most coal mines are closing – and those that are still open are heavily automated because the economics of coal, now that there is shale gas, doesn’t make any sense anymore. The number of jobs being created in the green energy sector is 10 times bigger than the fossil sector now. So the economic forces have made a decision. 

And yet, many Trump supporters still buy his political blah blah.

1 hour ago, sirineou said:

we should invade cyberspace and liberate it from ISIS.

I am loading my cybergun.

Not a bad comment actually.  Stop them from being able to spread their hate. Google seems up to the task.

http://money.cnn.com/2017/12/05/technology/google-youtube-hiring-reviewers-offensive-videos/index.html

Never say that coming!

1 hour ago, webfact said:

State TV, where many Russians still get their news, affords Putin blanket and uncritical coverage while ignoring or denigrating his opponents.

Right.  Their video showing a nuke falling on NYC isn't a threat.

Baan Na Garden in Huay Yai.  Fantastic, as is most of the other food.

5 minutes ago, wwest5829 said:

Agree. Give a national healthcare scheme like, you know, all other advanced nations.

We were on our way with the ACA until Trump killed it.  No, it wasn't perfect, but better than what Trump's proposing.

11 hours ago, HiSoLowSoNoSo said:

Well lets face it, they (the arabs) hate USA and the western world anyway. 

You've not spent much time in the Middle East?  Most don't hate the US and the Western world.  The radicals do.  They hate everybody.

5 hours ago, Thongkorn said:

 Britain tracked the first Steal fighters across the atlantic when they were first Stationed in the UK , the are not that stealth, when they open the Bomb doors they leave a signature, also the paint on them peals off, (developed by shell).

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles-arms-analysis/north-koreas-bark-may-be-worse-than-bite-in-threat-to-shoot-down-u-s-bombers-idUSKCN1C12X2

North Korea's bark may be worse than bite in threat to shoot down U.S. bombers

North Korea has threatened to shoot down U.S. bombers flying near the Korean peninsula, but it would have difficulty matching its words with action given aging air defense systems mostly dating to the Cold War, military experts said.

Last week, North Korea seemed to be unaware that the U.S. B-1B bombers had even been dispatched as it took no action to counter the U.S. patrol at that time, a South Korean lawmaker who was briefed by South Korea’s spy agency said on Tuesday.

Can we have the tax discussions here:

23 minutes ago, Jsinbkk said:

Some people will never understand Trump( more will never like him) but I think he is genius. 

 

He moves the goalpost on his opponents and they go nuts. He gets what he wants ( which is less than asked for but often more than a vast majority). 

 

Travel ban, regulation repeal, tax cuts, now Middle East politics. 

 

Each one of these was unimaginable a year ago. Now they are on the ground facts. 

 

Can you imagine what the Mexican NAFTA negotiators are thinking now?  They are in deep caca and they know it. 

 

trade agreements, Military, judiciary will be completely revamped by 2020. 

 

Donald Trump may go down as one of the most important presidents in modern time. 

 

 

The travel ban is far from a done deal. And has cost us untold sums of money. And has actually accomplished nothing. Sad you'd consider thi genius. Far from it.

Same with tax cuts. Far from a done deal. And with massive negative consequences for many.

The rest? You're delusional.

19 minutes ago, tonbridgebrit said:

????
This move by Trump is massive. This move will trigger off World War Three. And it's not going to be America against Russia. It's not America against China.

It's America against Islam. And for some of Trump's supporters, a war against Islam is what they want.

I just read this was a campaign promise. Linked by the religious nut jobs and wealthy (Jewish?) donors.

Absolutely ridiculous. Trump pandering to his fanatical base.