spidermike007

See ya Don. In my opinion he started to fade in the last year of his presidency. He may have had a minor stroke. Since then, it has been a steady downhill path. Far less coherent than in the past, very hard for him to continue a sentence for more than 15 seconds, alot of rambling, whining, complaining, playing the victim card, and juvenile name calling as usual. Even most of the CEO's he met with a month ago were shocked at how lacking his message was. He is in the beginning stages of severe cognitive decline and it's a horrific thing to watch, he's an increasingly dangerous man and having him as the oldest elected president in history would not be a good thing. He rambles on and on, and it is easy to discern that he has a very hard time maintaining a thought. He is, and has always been the master of slogans, and memes, but the public is just getting tired of the same game, day in and day out. He does not possess the creative juice to adapt, and that is absolutely killing his campaign, at this point. He is headed for the greatest humiliation of his lifetime. He's old, he's tired, he's now the oldest person to ever run for president, he's feels like he's 85 or 90 right now, he seems to be losing interest, he seems to be losing the plot, his message is getting tired, he has no ability to dance on his feet and be creative, and adapt, and he just seems to be disintegrating before our eyes, which is a beautiful thing to watch. He won't listen to advice, as he always thinks he knows better. And now, he seems to regret his choice of Vance, and seems very stressed out over Harris. Harris is getting free rent in his head. She scares him. Can't blame him for that. He does seem to be imploding. And it is fun to watch. I predict Harris/Walz by 13 million votes, and 40-70 delegates.

Thailand was occupied by the Japanese in the early 1940's. It was never colonized, as the Japanese gave them a choice, and they chose the far less heinous route. The Japanese were thrown out in late 1944, as they were getting slaughtered in Burma and elsewhere, and were weak, and broke, due to their stupidity and recklessness. Some bold senators are responsible for that. Japanese troops arrived in Bangkok on the afternoon of December 8, 1941, apparently by road from French Indochina, and by the following day the occupation of Bangkok by Japanese troops was complete. Throughout the duration of the Malayan and Burma campaigns large numbers of Japanese troops and quantities of military supplies passed through Bangkok from French Indochina to points south and north by rail, but it is impossible to estimate the numbers or quantities involved. To what extent the Thais cooperated with the Japanese in these movements is unknown. Thailand declared war against the United States and Great Britain as of noon, January 25, 1942. And most do not seem to know that the allies bombed Bangkok on several occasions.

Don't blame the Chinese. The Thais are building this. If the Chinese were, the entire Bangkok to Nong Khai corridor would have been completed years ago. Instead they trudge along with the first stage, many years into the project. On 11 July 2017, the Thai Cabinet approved the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) to execute the Project on Bangkok–Nong Khai HSR Development for Regional Connectivity (Section 1: Bangkok–Nakhon Ratchasima). The project is an international joint development at the government level between Thailand and China. In this regard, the Thai government is responsible for entire project investment, civil works construction, and application of Chinese construction technologies and railway systems.

Hello! I was referring to American politics. Wake up on the wrong side of the bed today? I hope you evening is better than your morning!

One may ask why has Putin chosen this moment to make his move on Ukraine? As many have pointed out, Russia is an objectively weak state — “Upper Volta with nuclear weapons,” as someone once quipped — with a nominal G.D.P. smaller than that of South Korea. Outside of energy, minerals and second-rate military equipment, it produces almost nothing that outsiders want: no Russian iPhone, Lexus or “Fauda.” If it were not for the minerals, oil and natural gas, I believe Russia would be a highly irrelevant state. Sure, it had alot of culture. Had. What have it's contributions been since the middle of the 20th century? Putin’s problem with Ukraine, starting with the Maidan uprising of 2014, is that Ukrainians want nothing to do with him. He is despised. And for good reason. If he were a Disney character, he’d be Rapunzel’s mother. But, he is not a Disney character, which makes him a pathetic, aggressive, serial killing despot dictator, who appears to be targeting women and children in his latest escapade, and further walk into the world of darkness.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine has become quite a horrifying event, its butchery in plain view via saturation coverage for anyone with a video screen. But Americans may not yet have absorbed this disturbing reality: The American president who left office just 14 months ago sided with the butcher. That's right: In the struggle now uniting the free world against an autocrat's lawless aggression, America's most recent ex-President sided with the autocrat. His administration implemented some new sanctions on Russia at the insistence of national security officials and Congress. Trump himself objected. "In almost every case, the sanctions were imposed with Trump complaining about it and saying we were being too hard," his former national security adviser John Bolton said on Newsmax recently. He fomented discord at home, advancing Putin's objective of sapping American resolve. "Donald Trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people," his former Defense Secretary James Mattis said in 2020.

I don't know about spending a little extra, every time I look into business class it's three times the cost of economy, and at least double the cost of premium economy.

I have long been an advocate of limiting candidates for president to people who have only served in the military, and I would go a step further they must have children that would be of age to serve, and they would have to sign a pledge that their children would be on the front lines if they ever got involved in a war. How's that for a deterrent? How is that for commitment?

Your reply was in regard to this statement. There was one mention of a lawyer. Most were expert advisors. Good common sense folks who have experience. Smart move. His former Secretary of State tried to advise him, his former Secretary of Defense tried that, his former Chief of Staff tried that, his former attorney general tried that, a lot of his advisors tried that, and his national security advisor tried that. He never listened to any of them, he doesn't listen to anyone, he just does Donald.

It is a form of insanity, for a man 20-40 years older than the gal, to believe that money is not an integral component of whatever kind of relationship, or arrangement they have. That is true here, and it is 10x truer in the West. The big difference between here and there, is a guy with a reasonable pension can get a younger gal here, and back there to get a pretty, young gal, 30 years younger, you need to be worth $50,000,000 or more. In my opinion money (financial security) is part of the equation at least 80% of the time, anywhere you go.

You missed the point. Again. Your defense of your guy has erased your objectivity. His NSA and his defense secretary were not lawyers. They were defense and national security experts. And he not only did not listen to them, he fired them because he did not like or want their advice. That makes him very, very dangerous.

In 1999 you could buy a 25 foot wide, 5 story brownstone in a good area of NYC for under 1.5 million dollars. They are selling for nine million now. A 300 meter luxury penthouse in a AA condo tower in Bangkok was 10 million baht. Now? 50-90 million. So, using a standard of 100% for inflation makes no sense. Closer to $800 million today. If well invested. If people knew the real extent of the corruption here, on the part of the army, there would be an uprising.

I always found the watch thing amusing, if they had any interest and they bothered to do a deep dive into the assets, both domestic and overseas, it is likely they'd be well into the billions if not tens of billions for these top ranked generals. So these million baht watches were pocket change. Like the value of a sandwich, for one of us.

There used to be little things that she did that I would occasionally find annoying. These days I'm very happy to report that very little that she does I find annoying. I think I probably just adapted and realized what a good, kind, loyal, and delightful soul she is, and I think I've decided to do embrace all of that wholeheartedly. The only thing I can find if I really wanted to nitpick, is when she goes out with her girlfriends occasionally they drink too much. But it's not all the time, she's not an alcoholic, she does drink alot less than many of her friends, and she's quite a big younger than me, so I think a little bit of understanding goes a long way here.

He somehow managed to capture the conspiracy crowd that Trump wasn't able to attract. Also, he seems to appeal to the people who despise government. I fit into that camp. But, I found this particular Kennedy pretty wierd. And kind of extreme. Wi-Fi causes cancer and "leaky brain," Kennedy told podcaster Joe Rogan last month. Antidepressants are to blame for school shootings, he mused during an appearance with Twitter CEO Elon Musk. Chemicals in the water supply could turn children transgender, he told right-wing Canadian psychologist and podcaster Jordan Peterson, echoing a false assertion made by serial fabulist Alex Jones. AIDS may not be caused by HIV, he has suggested multiple times. Despite study after study finding no connection between vaccines and autism, Kennedy has only dug in deeper to his discredited beliefs. For years, they put him on the fringe of American public discourse — until COVID-19. https://www.npr.org/2023/07/13/1187272781/rfk-jr-kennedy-conspiracy-theories-social-media-presidential-campaign If Wi-Fi really did cause cancer we would all be dead by now. I don't trust the covid narrative and I never trusted it. I only got vaccines because I needed to travel, and I likely won't be getting them ever again. I don't trust the CDC, the FDA, The WHO, and a lot of other three letter government organizations. I think questioning the narratives can be a healthy thing. However I'm not quite as far out there on the fringes as he is.

I've said this many times before, I feel that there are certain acts that we can commit in this world that are essentially a self-revocation of the right to consume oxygen. This act certainly qualifies, this man should be put down as quickly as possible. I would even advocate without a trial, l if there were a sufficient number of witnesses. I do believe marriage is a sacred bond, and I do believe that one of our duties and obligations as a spouse is to be there for this person, and protect the person that we've sworn our devotion to. And if we can't do that it's best to just admit we are inadequate for the task, get divorced and allow our partner to get on with their lives.

OK, I see that now. Rules and regulations. I sort of get that. But, it still seems like poor form on the part of the owner. An astonishing lack of grace? A huge sense of entitlement?

1. I won't wait more than 10 minutes to get a table at a restaurant. I'm at a point in my life where I just don't have enough time left. Waiting over an hour to get a table to me is just out of the question. I don't care what restaurant it is, I don't care how good they're supposed to be. 2. This restaurant needs to be called out by name. I don't care how good it is, I don't care how great the owner thinks he is, slapping around customers is just beyond the pale. Call them out by name! Shame them humiliate them embarrass them, and do not be the slightest bit concerned with defamation, that's a law written by and for cowards.

Good common sense folks who have experience. Smart move. His former Secretary of State tried to advise him, his former Secretary of Defense tried that, his former Chief of Staff tried that, his former attorney general tried that, a lot of his advisors tried that, and his national security advisor tried that. He never listened to any of them, he doesn't listen to anyone, he just does Donald.

I always say do everything possible to avoid having any contact with the police, nor asking them for assistance unless absolutely necessary. They are not here to serve, they are not here to protect, they are here to collect. I may sound like a contrarian but I also do everything possible to avoid insurance companies, yes I have insurance on my car, and yes I do carry accident insurance, but I refuse to carry health insurance. I self-insure, and I avoid insurance companies whenever possible, they are mafia organizations, much like the RTP.

I hate it, I really hate it. I was planning on running against Biden, and I had a really good game plan, and then he just went about out like an incredibly gracious man, and Harris really took up the baton and ran with it like nobody expected. It just doesn't seem right, it just doesn't seem fair. I'm trailing in nearly all the polls now, very few people seem to be listening to me anymore, I can't seem to attract a good crowd anymore, everybody's making fun of me, I picked a terrible VP choice, he is flailing too, and everything seems to be going wrong. It's just not fair, don't they know who I am? Don't they know how great I am? Don't they know that I am the most incredible human being on the planet? Don't they realize I'm the smartest guy in America? Don't they know how handsome I am? I'm am so confused, flustered, unhappy and bitter. His former Secretary of State tried that, his former Secretary of Defense tried that, his former Chief of Staff tried that, his former attorney general tried that, a lot of his advisors tried that, and his national security advisor tried that. He never listened to any of them, he doesn't listen to anyone, he just does Donald.

I am a Democrat but I'm not a Harris fan and I would prefer to see somebody else, however I would pick Miley Cyrus over Trump. I would pick Pauly Shore over Trump. I would pick Shia LaBeouf over Trump. Anyone but Trump. However his pic of JD Vance as VP was a wet dream for most Democrats, he's now running at a negative 6% in polling, and I think it's only going to get worse. The man is an empty suit, he has zero charisma, and very little to say. Picking him was a monumental mistake by Trump, and listening to anything that his offspring has to say is always going to backfire. They are all subpar intellects, just like he is.

No. Never. During covid I got pretty wound up for awhile. But, I worked through it. I never felt like I belonged in the US. And I do not feel the need to belong here. Don't need to be "one of them". I do not have a nanogram of tribalism, or nationalism in my body. I just live every day, enjoy each day here, am thankful for each day here, and squeeze each day for what it is worth. Which is alot. I think perspective is important. Traveling back to the US a few times a year allows alot of that. I could live there, if a sponsor offered me $3 million a year, and only for 3 years. Ha!

How can any reply on this forum be considered factual? Most are opinions. Even though you don't like opinions which disparage your political Master, saying it is your opinion brings nothing to the discussion. It is not a contribution. It is just a silly bit of retaliation. Try adding some facts.

One of the reasons why Harris/Walz will win resounding is because they are doing a great job of representing our better angels and our higher selves. Trump on the other hand represents only our lower nature and our worst tendencies. Few want a man with such a profound lack of grace, dignity, intelligence, depth, compassion, regard, and elegance as a world leader or president of the US.