paddypower

On 2/17/2025 at 11:02 AM, Hakuna Matata said:

 

Propaganda!

Nice try, but it's Bullxxxx - versus facts: this is why I  categorize you as (a)  a Russia appologist or (b) a Russian troll).    the first thing to remember is the history of the relationship between Russia and Ukraine. all the way back to Stalin and later, Russia/USSR requisitioned agricultural products from Ukraine's rural population, leading to economic collapse.

On 2/15/2025 at 2:36 PM, Yagoda said:

You don't think to be a lawyer is to be a whore?

ah now, us Irish call them cute <deleted>. applogizes for that slip of the pen.

1 hour ago, rwill said:

I have recently purchased it on Lazada for 69 baht.

Made in PRC ?

41 minutes ago, Hummin said:

Thai traffic and driving culture

Pollution 

Thai structure and lack of dicipline 

unbelievable. Those are things which make me LOVE LOS . my list: motorcyclists who decide it's worth the risk to drive through a red light. posters to AN who can't spell. anything to do with the Thai answer to the Sopranos (Thaksin). people (99% Thai) at restaurants who stick their mobile out in front of their face, with the speaker turned on.

On 2/15/2025 at 3:26 PM, OneMoreFarang said:

No MARS in most shops anymore. I really don't like that.

 

Luckily, I found some in Villa

 

 

Good to see a Private Eye fan here 🙂 

1 hour ago, JonnyF said:

Look at Starmer's face. He's absolutely loving it. Hobnobbing with the EU.

 

Expect lots of UK money to be poured into this as Two Teir Keir tries to ingratiate himself with the EU politicians.

 

 

Every English person I know reports back, after visiting their homeland in, say that past 5 years, that it is the most depressing visit they have ever had. One exception is a friend of mine, who is a Nigel Farange fan (understandably, as he is the most opportunist and brilliant communicator in England). Since you appear to be a fan of the recent list of useless Tory Prime Ministers I would classify your remark  about Starmer as the pot calling the kettle black.

5 hours ago, hotsun said:

Europe and europeans should be focused on their domestic terrorist problem and not anyone else

how about the big picture, buddy? Your blase attitude  reminds me of that song - 'whose that knockin' on my door? once Putin gets what he wants, with the help of the USA's shortsighted leaders, he will continue to gobble up more of Eastern Europe.

5 hours ago, candide said:

Count how much the EU plus individual EU countries sent so far..🙂

 

https://www.statista.com/chart/28489/ukrainian-military-humanitarian-and-financial-aid-donors/

OMG ! real, actual, most likely; ......Facts

9 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said:

From the various threads running on this topic, the consensus seems to be don't make waves and whatever you do, don't visit your local tax office!

aka ''keep your head down''

On 2/10/2025 at 3:48 PM, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   Where did you learn about Religion ?

Astonishing , where did you learn that Judaism is based on Christianity and Islam ?

   That's the same as saying that the Beatles based their  music on Oasis's music and that John Lennon was influenced by Liam Gallagher 

jeez........try connecting the dots : Old Testament, New Testament, The Jewish sacred text is called the Tanakh (Torah) or the “Hebrew Bible.” It includes the same books as the Old Testament in the Christian Bible, but they're placed in a slightly different order. i had religious education as part of my private school curriculum. I guess you went to a dumbed-down school, or just slept through the whole thing ?

20 hours ago, KhunLA said:

NO, actually one of the best things to happen in decades, if not my lifetime.   

 

About time things get pointed out, the curtain pulled back and silliness exposed, and maybe changed, though very doubtful.   As more than half the country are just too freakin' stupid, too brainwashed, or just don't care, as long as they are getting theirs.

you wrote ' As more than half the country are just too freakin' stupid, too brainwashed, or just don't care, '..... I sincerely assume that you are referring to the half who voted for the new President. (not that there was much choice, with Harris as the alternative, was there?)  The US is truly in a deplorable state. I MUST re-watch that movie ''Idiocracy''

On 2/10/2025 at 10:30 AM, Ben Zioner said:

Netscape? Wasn't that an Internet browser of the sixties.

 

As regards your question, I'd say "it depends". ISP could be throttling certain kind of traffic so the VPN could improve things, but if the problem is cause by your TV the VPN won't change a thing. But using a Roku device would work miracles.

Netscape 🙂 yeah, I need to do a memory wipe.

14 hours ago, frank83628 said:

Who hasnt seen it, the clip is decades old, why has it gone nowhere is all this time?

Try again screetchy sore loser🤡

you are (deliberately) missing the point, a very MAGA disease.  the age of the vid. is not important. all it shows is that Trump was (and still is) a lecher . I'm also in favor of the Epstein client list being published. the reason ( to quote Trump's words)  'too many powerful people would get hurt'.  you're a denialist.

30 minutes ago, jayboy said:

 

Agreed but if Israel is always picked out - when other far worse abuses by other countries are ignored - one suspects antisemitism is at work.Also many antisemites use the cover of criticism of Israel to disguise their prejudice.

''  Agreed but if Israel is always picked out - when other far worse abuses by other countries are ignored'' . nobody except my MAGA friends) support Russia's invasions of neighboring countries. whats your opinion on that situation?  Criticism of Israel is NOT antisemitism.  this is a worn out misrepresentation. The Jews amongst my friends are 99% against the way Israeli has been ' bombing the $~## out of civilians. what Hamas did and does is indefensible.  if you read today's news you will find that Israel is rubbing its hands in glee at the prospect of grabbing even more land, despite international law. FYI: Israel is a country. Judaism is a world wide religion, as much based on the teaching of other religions such as Islam and Christianity. The majority of countries in the world support the concept of a 2 state solution.  

On 2/7/2025 at 7:48 AM, rick44 said:

As a mental exercise, try replacing the term “Isreali nationals” in this article with say… Americans! Do you condemn all Americans because of the actions of a small group of people?

 

This article proffers only the view points of the hospital staff. We haven’t heard the rebuttal from the Israelis.

 

Normally, a balanced news article should have the story from both sides .

oh ! you mean like Israeli military? no international news teams allowed into Gaza. the alternative being to get shot ? 

On 2/9/2025 at 7:30 AM, Mr Meeseeks said:

Arrest, detain, deport.

 

Get rid of the undesirables without ceremony. 

 

The Thais have a brilliant immigration system.

 

How I hope and pray the UK follows the same model with additional remigration for those that do not belong there.

'The Thais have a brilliant immigration system.' not if you're here legally . Thailand must be one of the few countries in the world where your experiences when visiting your local Immigration office depend on the mood of the IO you are dealing with. we used to deal with this guy,who, sometimes you'd think he was so into cross-dressing that he was having his period.

On 2/8/2025 at 7:04 PM, Ben Zioner said:

Isn't that obvious to you? He wants to access content that isn't available in Thailand.

Yes and No. I turn on my vpn on my tablet when i want to download tv shows.

next (this is my age showing 😉 ) - if i turn off my vpn, does that have any impact on my problem with my netscape viewing on my android tv ?

3 minutes ago, frank83628 said:

I'd prefer the release the whole Epstein client list... then we'd see where Trump is compared to the rest 

You have seen this, then. ? 

.  Trump will never escape the moniker ' The only President of the US found guilty of what is defined in NY State as 'rape'.

7 hours ago, placeholder said:

Believing in the Big Lie much?

"The BBC, for example, was said to have received approximately $3.2 million (2.6 million pounds) during the 2023-2024 financial year. But that money didn’t go to its news operation. It went to BBC Media Action, an international charity that is “part of the BBC family,” but editorially and financially separate from BBC News, the charity said in a statement. It accounted for about 8% of BBC Media Action’s budget that year."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/claims-usaid-funding-spreading-online-205600612.html

 

 

"USAspending.gov can correctly filter specific payments to The New York Times which shows that over the last five years, government agencies spent about $1.6 million, almost entirely on subscriptions. Other payments include ads, legal notices and delivery charges.

Over the past 17 years, the period Cheong searched under, total spending came to $3.1 million.

The New York Times' managing director of external communications, Charlie Stadtlander, told Newsweek: "It was surprising to see social media attention on the fact that a small number of government offices, libraries and courts purchase subscriptions to The New York Times and other media outlets."

https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-us-government-did-not-give-new-york-times-tens-millions-2027981

the only way to stop all this slagging of USAID by the MAGA is to post that video of Trump entertaining Epstein and a truck load of what appears to be coked-up, high-as-kites ladies.

On 2/6/2025 at 2:14 PM, placeholder said:

My position is that it's irrelevant whether the increase is due to increased diagnoses or an actual increase in occurrence. What is relevant is that massive studies have shown no correlation between autism and vaccination s.

absolutely. everything is being studied to death today, vv yesteryear. and, also any aberrations which come up in the newer studies are being seized on and extrapolated, as justification for any pet conspiracy which is being promoted today. my wife takes wafarin, to ensure no blood clotting after several replacement surgeries. Yet, countless people will tell you that wafarin is rat poison. and don't start me diving down the rabbit hole, where  wine is good/ wine is bad/ wine is good (maybe...)

Just now, paddypower said:

 

no wonder my knowledge about this topic is out-of-date. (and  i thought village life is slow, 555)  i still can't figure if my vpn makes a difference 🙂 

postscript: i am using the native Netflix app. - and only on my tv.  and no I have not tried to update it. I will have to research how to do that. thanks.

23 hours ago, Centigrade32 said:

 

It's from 2018, so seven years old. Are you using the native Netflix application on the TV? Have you ever updated it via Google Play or anywhere else?

23 hours ago, Centigrade32 said:

 

It's from 2018, so seven years old. Are you using the native Netflix application on the TV? Have you ever updated it via Google Play or anywhere else?

no wonder my knowledge about this topic is out-of-date. (and  i thought village life is slow, 555)  i still can't figure if my vpn makes a difference 🙂 

1 hour ago, baansgr said:

Yep, right onto his 3rd term 👍 

remind me to go back and finish watching that movie 'Civil War' which i thought was hopelessly silly

4 hours ago, WDSmart said:

Actually, "most" voting US citizens did not vote for Trump. He only got 49.7%, so "most" of the voting US citizens voted for someone else. Harris got 48.2%, so she only lost the popular vote by 1.5%.
2024 Presidential General Election Results

 

a convenient 'fact' ignored by the maga cult. not that i would want to see word salad Harris as POTUS,

On 2/5/2025 at 10:32 AM, KhunLA said:

No sh!t 

 

We did buy 2 lots of land last year, and instant profit of about 40%, if we sold right away.   Also decided to stop bringing my pension in, via ATM, as it earns 4.99% (?), sitting in USA.  Figure if I crap out, wife can have brother transfer instantly out of my account to his (since we use same broker), then send to her.

 

Was a nice experiment last year, living on my pittance of a pension, and not touching my Soc Sec.   Anything better than the 1 ish % they give us here @ BBL. 🙄

 

On topic ... as always ... hopefully the doomsayers will be accurate, and tariffs will jack up inflation, and the lower exchange rate, if continues, will be off set by a nice COLA.

 

Saw a YT short yesterday, and didn't realize, prior to WW I & II, most govt spending, the whole damn budget almost, was financed by tariffs on imports.  WTF

 

How did it all turn the opposite so fast ?   Thieving bastards 🥵

 

'We did buy 2 lots of land last year, and instant profit of about 40%, if we sold right away.'  don't be naive - wifey has tucked those land titles away fur..every.  Go ahead, test my theory - try to get her okay to sell the land to a non-relative.