spidermike007

Well, I this case the rich guy is the arrogant freak, and the one who is right is the lady doctor. I would love to see him serve some time. That would be fun.

Those insults are really all Trump supporters have to work with now. Trump is flailing.

Trump is just expanding the size of the swamp daily.

He was a relatively low level Fox News host with zero political experience and absolutely no qualifications for his current job. His recklessness, his behavior, his disregard for protocol, his lack of patriotism and his extraordinary betrayal of his nation should have, and could have been anticipated. The man is a human wrecking ball, and has no business in the position that he's in. Only a nitwit like Trump would pick somebody so unqualified.

Talk about avoiding a rational discussion of the topic. Very typical of his supporters.

These days almost every immigration agent in Thailand is bent, so you can accomplish the exact same thing through nearly any immigration office, however my experience is that they charge more for their services then most visa agents.

These days I see more white homeless people than I do black, that's just the nature of things in California. It's a broken economy in a sense that the numbers no longer compute, the cost of living has skyrocketed to the point where it is very difficult for the average person in California to live well. If you don't own a home that's free and clear you're pretty much screwed.

Though the Republican Party may still exist, at this point in time they simply appear to be a sycophantic organization that spends all its time kissing the butt of the fake king. So I would say for now the rot and the extreme moral bankruptcy continues. No doubt Trump will fail and no doubt people will start wising up once inflation kicks up and employment numbers start skyrocketing, and retirement accounts start disappearing. There's a definite possibility he won't even make it through this entire term. And after he disappears from politics with his head bowed down in shame, what will the Republican Party be then? Just a morally spent organization.

And for good reason, he never put his family in positions of great power, he may have gone out of his way to protect family members, but that's to be expected. With Trump it's just more like a mafia clan, than it is a leadership group or politics at large, it's just the continuation of a lifelong criminal enterprise.

California has as much culture as any state in America. I am an avid jazz fan and I get to enjoy incredible live jazz on most of my trips to California, same applies to the Opera, the LA Philharmonic is now one of the best in the world, the art museums here are world class, the wine dinners that I attend are absolutely stunning, and the list goes on and on and on. So I'm not exactly sure what kind of culture you're referring to. Puppet shows? Cosplay events?

Because I have a hope and a dream of a better world, and there's absolutely nothing in the way of Trump policy that is going to bring that about. He's engaging in nothing but massive destruction of the economy, the environment, the land, the seas, the air, the national lands, the wilderness areas, our alliance with close friends and long term allies, aligning himself with dictators and serial killing despots, and tearing down everything that's good about the world. That is just who Trump is. Globalization made the world great, the manufacturing ecosystems within globalization and low tariffs allowed the US economy to thrive for decades, and he's never going to bring back manufacturing to the US. End of story, just a slogan. The fact that so many people are buying into his nonsense and destruction, is what is truly sad. And that is not a party that I want to have anything to do with, on any level, at any time.

There were a tiny number of students who acted irresponsibly and destroyed property, and this is likely completely out of proportion to the number that are being picked on right now by this cruel and vicious Administration, who are undoubtedly highly racist, and very much against the idea of foreigners with dark skin getting an education in America.

They are all sold out, 100 percent of American politicians at the national level are completely sold out, it doesn't matter which party they belong to. Having said that I never really believed that this virus originated from a wet market, and I think official narratives always have to be questioned.

$300? Maybe in 1991. Now? $1500?

There are two massive issues looming that very few people want to talk about, much less people within the administration. Number one is that America needs cheap labor, especially if the Trump fantasy of bringing manufacturing back to the US has any chances whatsoever. So where is that cheap labor going to come from, it's not going to come from within, as Americans do not want to do those jobs. Number two is the reform of the legal immigration system, specifically the antiquated quota system so that we can retain the best and the brightest from all over the world once they graduate from our universities. As it stands now it's very difficult to get a visa to work in the US as the quota system is very out of date and way too low for many professions. So if someone who graduates at the top of their class in MIT, they cannot get a visa to work for a high-tech company and they end up working for that same high-tech company either in Brazil, or they go to work for a different company in Europe or elsewhere. That is called a brain drain, something that's infinitely too sophisticated for Trump and his band of goons to comprehend.

Whatever you do, do not disagree with the administration's policies, if you do not show absolute fealty you are considered an enemy of the state, and therefore a threat. The US no longer wants the best and the brightest, they are now content with mediocrity and are content with a declining economy, and an increasingly more irrelevant status. Thanks Don.

The entire SW 1/3rd of the island is a horrific blight zone. Kits, Legan, Seminyak. Dreadful. Massively overdeveloped, horrifically overcrowded, tremendous traffic, and a lot of young, rowdy Aussies that are not pleasant to be around.

No. Bali is awful. The massive congestion in the southern third of the island is like something out of a horror movie. I remember once I was on a motorbike and it took me 2 hours to go to kilometers in Legian due to traffic. The entire time was transversed on the sidewalk because the road was a parking lot that just would not move. If you could station yourself in Ubud or north, or on the northwest coast or some other area like that it could be quite a lovely place to be, but if you're in a rural area there's not going to have much in the way of services and getting in and out of Denpasar is an unbelievable nightmare. Bali was great back in the 80s but since then it's gone downhill. The upside to a place like Ubud is great Jazz, a lot of culture, incredible handicrafts, good art and Incredible food but you have to deal with a lot of downside, and it's quite a bit more expensive than Thailand.

We want some competence, we want some experience, we don't like nepotism, and we don't like appointments based on cronyism and money and power. How about some qualifications for a change?

And they are all reasonable posts about a deranged and extreme man, who is causing untold damage to the US and the world.

This is nothing but total demagoguery and a very warped and false sense of blame. No question that California has gone downhill dramatically, but it has nothing to do with its ethnicity and everything to do with overly liberal politics, ridiculously high taxes, over population, a cost of living that is unsustainable, and a state that has no idea of what it takes to make itself attractive to industry.

In my opinion both parties are broken and that's been the case for a very long time, there is not a single member at the national level in either party that is not completely sold out. Admittedly the Republicans are better organized and have better messaging but that doesn't mean that they are a more functional party. The Dems do need to get rid of the dinosaurs, for sure. But, so do the Republicans. Guys like Graham, and McConnell are an abomination. And Johnson is a true freak. Washinton is a broken swamp. Present leadership included.

Well it's very typical of Trump to politicize everything and we'll probably never know what the true facts are. What we do know is that Trump's Covid Czar, Dr. Fauci, was a military scientist for about 40 years, and we do know that the US government invested heavily and the Wuhan lab, and Fauci had some involvement with a variety of different viral development programs. Some say the leak happened in the US. If so, would we ever find out those facts?

Trump is destroying the US economy one step at a time. It could be intentional. It could be diabolical. Nobody knows. He could simply be unhinged or following the dictates of a very sinister cabal. One thing is certain. He is accomplishing very little, he will NOT bring manufacturing back to America, which is stupid over priced (I am here now and inflation is raging at 20% or higher right now), he is causing alot of pain, he is losing support, destroying businesses, and consumer confidence, he does not have a coherent plan, and he is a destructive nimwit.

I am often hesitant about removing my shoes, especially when the floor is clearly very dirty and dusty. Sometimes I won't. If they say something I reply that I would have been happy to comply, if they bothered to clean the floor more often. You want me to leave? No problem. I will often place my $100 Timberland sandals (which I cannot easily replace) inside the door.