rattlesnake

I'm not even going to engage. Take the Paris subway for 1 hour and then let's pick up this conversation.

The vast majority of immigrants to Western countries are neither talented nor bright. Anyone claiming this is very far removed from reality.

This reasoning is flawed. In practice, what happens after a couple of decades of declining birth rates is that migrants are presented as the solution to compensate for it, as is happening in Europe. The same leaders who encouraged us to stop making babies are now telling us we need more immigration. And it doesn't result in increased wealth, quite the contrary.

Thank you, much appreciated.

Badass.

Lots of people are sick these days, there seems to be a major outbreak of failing immune systems.

The guy in the video is Piers Corbyn. Just reading the first sentence of his Wikipedia profile made me have an instant liking for him: "Piers Richard Corbyn (born 10 March 1947) is a British weather forecaster, businessman, climate change denier, anti-vaccine activist, and conspiracy theorist." He is right, they can't prevent us from paying with legal tender (yet).

Why not indeed? The answer to that question is key.

Pricey but nice.

Not only do the authorities not care about location-independent workers working from home, they are pretty shrewd when it comes to these things and understand that such a person sending 100,000k THB per month to a Thai bank acount is injecting over 1 million per year into the Thai economy. What they do care about is that jobs aren't taken from Thais and that Thailand's image isn't tarnished. Speaking of which, they seem pretty happy when Thailand ranks high in "Best places for digital nomads" rankings.

People sure are getting ultraviolent in Thailand. The new normal I guess.

Haven't seen a public one in Hua Hin. I am wary of doorway ones, especially with the random quality of Thai building. A pull-up tower is the best option IMO: https://www.lazada.co.th//products/i127133775-s133866810.html?spm=a2o4m.cart.0.0.6fde6108NYAPMs&urlFlag=true

99% of scientists agree they don't want to be defunded.

Definitely. Trust and respect. And it also means you can liaise directly with them instead of relying on your wife/gf. A few months ago, I heard my wife arguing with her brother because he was trying to borrow money. I sent him a message on LINE (in Thai: I get by in spoken Thai but have limited writing proficiency so I use Google Translate, speak in the microphone and it will write it for you) telling him to give it a break. Problem solved instantly.

In 2007, he referred to Barack Obama as “the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean.” In 2006, he said, “You cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin’ Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent.” Way back in 1977, he said that forced busing to desegregate schools would cause his children to “grow up in a racial jungle.” https://www.heritage.org/progressivism/commentary/bidens-history-getting-away-racist-remarks

What did they expect, coming from this guy? Biden said two-party system in South was 'good for the Negro' https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/biden-said-two-party-system-in-south-was-good-for-the-negro

Indeed. A grotesque farce… but quite representative of today's world where nothing is real.

Now imagine if this had happened between January 2017 and January 2021… Media and political hysteria would have ensued, and probably another impeachment for good measure. Looking forward to the coming 15 months… Biden could appear naked with a gun in his hand and his defenders would still try to minimize, excuse and deflect towards Trump. Pathetic but very entertaining nonetheless.

Sorry to hear about your problems Owl, I hope everything will work out for you.

Klaus Schwab would concur. "Nothing to hide, nothing to fear", right? Cashless means CBDCs, which means total government overreach and potential dictatorship, especially when combined with "social credit score" systems. Don't tell me such systems will never happen, they already have with the vaccine passports: scan your QR code, green (good citizen) you're in, red (bad citizen) you're out. Accept cashless and you're opening the door to this: How China's 'social credit' system blocked millions of people from travelling https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-march-7-2019-1.5046443/how-china-s-social-credit-system-blocked-millions-of-people-from-travelling-1.5046445

Any farang beggars still in Patts? I saw a few during the years I spent there.

The Walker Foot Clinic was good ten years ago, German guy if I recall correctly. Don't know if he's still around.

Nonsensical. He clearly suffers from dementia. But even more striking – and worrying – is the leniency from the media and Democrats, who will typically start ranting about Trump when confronted with it, as if Trump had anything to do with it.

The man can't formulate a coherent sentence. But he's not the only Democrat who is mentally impaired. He was standing next to John Fetterman during his speech in Philadelphia recently, he's probably the only one who understood what the guy was saying. Fetterman ends his speech by introducing "congressman Boyle Byle". That should have been "Brendan Boyle". Unbelievable.…

Calling it misleading doesn't make it misleading. There is only so much rhetorical dancing one can do to defend an erroneous position. One viable option would be to just admit you are wrong.