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I do agree with that, and yes I've run into a number of guys who are living on an extreme budget, and my heart goes out to them because there are a few things in life that I enjoy less, then counting my pennies.

Wow. You sure have a tremendous amount of skill when it comes to taking a feel-good moment and flipping it on its head. However having said that, I think if a very conclusive amount of testing was done, China and Russia would probably be found to be the nations who cheated the most, when it came to doping their athletes.

Very true, Trump is a great example, he wakes up every morning with a sour taste of bile in his mouth, and an absolute state of misery, and he feels the need to project that onto everyone and anyone that he encounters, everywhere he goes. He is one of the most bitter and hateful men I've ever encountered in my lifetime. And it's a fascinating thing to witness because they say that heaven and hell is not elsewhere, but it's right here, right now within our own minds. So I can only imagine the hell that that man is experiencing 24/7. Despite his wealth.

Most Thais are very cool and I found a lot of them to be very honest. However it's difficult to leave stupidity behind, so if you're not careful and you're not cautious and you're not using common sense at home, if you go anywhere else, the same is going to apply. You just have to use common sense, especially with strangers and especially online. And that always applies when your offered something that's too good to be true!

After three medals in weightlifting, the Thais have ended up with a total of six medals, which is quite an accomplishment. Kudos to them for an excellent Olympics performance, Panipak, and the men's weightlifting was especially impressive.

The US has had another very successful Olpymics. They edged out China, by tying them on the gold medal count at 40, and winning a grand total of 126 medals. The UK and France also excelled. Kudos to them. And the closing ceremony made up for those silly parts of the opening ceremony. It was quite grand. Going to miss the Olympics. The AIS streaming coverage was excellent. What an event.

I do agree that money does give people choices, it helps people to deal with problems and challenges, and it improves the overall quality of life, there's no doubt about that. I have no issues with money or wealth, or people that have great wealth, as long as they use it to do some good in the world. My only objection was that I don't think that it brings happiness, on any level. As far as being stuck in Thailand, some of us love being here, and many of us are thrilled about being here. I love my life here on a daily basis. Granted if I were wealthy I'd be doing more traveling and I would probably only be in Thailand 4 to 6 months of the year, but I would still be spending quite a bit of time here.

This guy is obviously a lowlife, as is a lot of his family, but having said that I love the fact that someone is bringing PT headaches. It's a good thing after they stole the election from the people, they should be criticized, and given as many headaches as possible!

One can only hope wish and pray that many of the creeps holding back the nation end up behind bars, or exiled. At this point, it seems like a distant dream. But, things have a way of changing and evolving and these goons are in the way of that change and progress.

There is much to be concerned about. Srettha is the do nothing, unelected PM. There is so much room for improvement. Thailand ranks 131st in freedom of speech, 127th in freedom of assembly, 114th in governance, 136th in institutional trust, 102nd in executive constraints, 84th in contract enforcement, 84th in adult skills, 116th in emissions, 118th in the protection of forests, land and soil, 82nd in restrictions on international investment, according to the The 2023 Legatum Prosperity Index? https://docs.prosperity.com/3716/7689/5368/Thailand_2023_Picountryprofile.pdf

There is much to be concerned about. Srettha is the do nothing, unelected PM. There is so much room for improvement. Thailand ranks 131st in freedom of speech, 127th in freedom of assembly, 114th in governance, 136th in institutional trust, 102nd in executive constraints, 84th in contract enforcement, 84th in adult skills, 116th in emissions, 118th in the protection of forests, land and soil, 82nd in restrictions on international investment, according to the The 2023 Legatum Prosperity Index? https://docs.prosperity.com/3716/7689/5368/Thailand_2023_Picountryprofile.pdf

Prices are up, inflation continues its march, and income for many Thais who are not successful entrepreneurs, or government workers, is down. Tourism numbers are up, but will not recover anytime soon, in terms of real income or profits for the industry. The quality of tourists continues to drop, the average spend is down, and occupancy rates are low. In addition, exports are down, and we have not even seen a real recession hit yet overseas. Nor has the market correction come yet. So, there are still alot of headwind that Thailand faces. Srettha has a litany of unfulfilled promises and is the do nothing, unelected PM. He represents many things that are wrong with Thailand. Of course the people are concerned. No progress on joining the OECD. No Schengen visa-free deal. No real progress on a trade deal with the European Union. And major pushback on his government’s “digital wallet” and “Land Bridge” schemes. “BRICS is thus played to domestic audiences as a deliverable achievement. Thailand ranks 131st in freedom of speech 127th in freedom of assembly 114th in governance 136th in institutional trust 102nd in executive constraints 84th in contract enforcement 84th in adult skills 116th in vehicle emissions 118th in the protection of forests, land and soil and 82nd in restrictions on international investment, according to the The 2023 Legatum Prosperity Index. https://docs.prosperity.com/3716/7689/5368/Thailand_2023_Picountryprofile.pdf

Never. Security, yes. Happiness? Absolutely not. Happiness comes from within. This world has far more poor people who are far closer to happiness than rich ones. Just take a look around. The richest countries have some of the least happy people.

These dinosaurs live a life filled with fear. Fear of change, fear of reform, fear of progress, fear of the unknown, fear of looking within. Who knows what they might find? Perhaps the source of their problems. And of course, fear of their wealth being threatened. They are absolute losers, and highly insecure people, who know very little about their inner selves, and have done very little in the way of spiritual work on themselves. And worst of all, they seem to care not one iota for the well being of their people. It must be difficult living with such a cold and lifeless heart of stone.

A lot of the concern about climate change manifests itself in a fairly subtle fashion, as the ocean levels rise even slight storm swells become a much greater concern and very low lying cities like Bangkok are greatly affected by increasing floods. But many people just simply prefer to live a life of denial.

Yeah, that's what a lot of people say and think. I am not responsible, I have not contributed to these problems, if they exist at all, and nothing that I do could possibly have an effect on some place as large as the earth or it's vast oceans. So stop picking on me and stop asking me to take responsibility, because I won't. Plastic is not harmful and I won't make any attempt to cut down on my use of it. Gas vehicles are not harmful and therefore I will make no attempt to drive one that consumes less gas, or to use a bicycle, or even a motorbike. I like gas guzzlers, so again I ask please leave me alone.

It actually looks very clever on her part, she's getting farther and farther ahead in the polls, there's far more excitement about Harris and Walz, than there is Trump and Vance throughout the nation, she's already agreed to one debate and she's playing it safe. While that's not particularly courageous, it's likely very smart. She's letting Trump and Vance implode and letting both of them shoot themselves in the foot every time they open their mouths. And she's allowing the media to research all of Trump and Vance's lies, and allowing them to call both of them out. It is called a historic meltdown. Grover Cleveland is the only president who lost, then ran again and won. Trump will not experience the same level of success. And he will go down in history as being the only man who has lost the presidency twice. See ya, Don.

No those above the law statements and innuendos only apply to Trump.

It's just more evidence of his cognitive decline, and his senility, that he would mistake a 5'6" Willie Brown with a 6'3" Nate Holden. That is far more serious than not being able to recognize one black man from another.

It is actually scientifically accurate.

Great essay. When people think of civilisation, they typically think of increasing technological sophistication. That has always been a part of what anthropologists examine when they write about different civilisations. But they’ve always gone much beyond that to look at other attributes of society, most notably temperance and disposition to co-existence. One does not have to be an anthropologist or sociologist to notice that both are generally static or in decline worldwide. Today the echo-chamber is largely housed in social media, where groups reinforce each other’s grievances without rebuttal or critique. It has the effect of compromising rationality, even of otherwise rational people. It is in this regard that IPOB, Boko Haram and America’s white supremacists have much in common. Alas, they are not alone. Take a look at the carnage in Gaza, the result of an unending conflict between Jews and Palestinians, two people with much kinship. Somehow, Israel believes that its path to peace lies in expanding farther and farther into Palestinian territories and keeping the Palestinians caged in. Meanwhile, embittered Palestinians — embodied by Hamas — believe that firing relatively crude missiles into Israel is the way out. That is, despite knowing that the Israelis will bombard the congested territory, killing hundreds and leveling neighbourhoods. The potentially cataclysmic lag in the evolution of human emotions would seem to be a priority to researchers. Instead, some of the world’s brightest minds are labouring to make robots more human. A much more urgent quest would be to seek to make humans more humane. The idea is to cultivate those traits that supposedly distinguish us as humans so that we may transcend the animalistic instincts that have remained with us over several millennia of evolution. Specifically, that would entail cultivating positive traits such as empathy, honesty and a sense of justice while weeding out the negatives such as self-centeredness, anger and malice. It’s a matter of survival of society as we know it. https://punchng.com/civilisation-is-in-reverse/

Correct. Dislike, a tremendous lack of respect, an ability to call out dishonor and bad behavior, and being able to see through the lying ways of a con man and charlatan.

Ha! If there is one advantage of getting older, it is being able to think and reason with the larger head, rather than the one that does not know anything, other than passion and lust.

But that's not the case. I think there is no doubt the population is getting dumber and dumber, and rather than advancing we are moving backwards as civilization.

Well that's an interesting point, because I think that Biden was experiencing such severe decline, that Trump never really came into question. Now that Biden has exited stage left, Trump's cognitive decline, dementia and semi senility is really coming into focus, he really looks like a very, very old man at this point. The oldest to ever run now. No thanks. The nation needs someone sharper and less incoherent and rambling in his thoughts. And his moaning ang groaning and constant complaints are making him look weaker and weaker and very vulnerable. Harris seems to have his ticket. The poor guy is really flailing. His attacks on Harris’ race, recent obsession with rally crowd size and other off-the-cuff remarks hearken back to his first run in 2016. But this time he is not an unknown quantity capitalizing on anger and anti-establishment sentiment to surge past an unpopular opponent. In Montana on Friday, Trump’s only rally of the week, an event in support of Montana GOP Senate nominee Tim Sheehy featured Trump speaking for nearly two hours, largely about his personal grievances and views of the presidential race. Trump also used the Mar-a-Lago press conference to attack Harris' intelligence and brag about the audience at his rallies, falsely claiming that more people attended his Jan. 6, 2021, rally than Martin Luther King, Jr.’s famous “I Have A Dream” speech. https://www.cfpublic.org/2024-08-10/a-trump-campaign-built-to-battle-biden-is-forced-to-recalibrate-to-kamala-harris