spidermike007

I don't need a link, anybody who spends five minutes online can come up with a hundred reasons to establish his criminal past. Asking for a link is just simply an excuse to continue to believe in this creep without exercising your muscles, and making a sensible determination as to the immoral nature of this creep. Please stop the nonsense.

Sorry but by being born in this country you have permanently revoked your right to criticize the driving habits of people from other nations. Thailand has some of the most reckless drivers on planet earth, and I'm constantly seeing people doing things with their entire families in the car, that put their lives and the lives of everyone and the car at risk (in addition to everyone else on the highway) when they could have simply waited three seconds and been completely safe.

Trump stiffed over 3,600 contractors in the past 40 years. Some for very significant amounts of money. He also made a fortune on fraudulent college degrees from Trump University. All this information is available, for anyone who cares.

The US could not exist without Mexico, Canada and China. End of story. The US consistently overestimates it's influence which is declining dramatically and will continue to decline over Trump's lack of leadership.

As I said it's a lot easier to make money if you're willing to steal it, and if you're willing to stiff nearly everyone that you work with.

Both Trump and Musk are pathological liars and I don't think they have a genuine bone in their entire bodies between the two of them. Trump giving Musk all that power was the last thing in the world America needed, and he has done nothing to date to show that doge is accomplishing anything. On Tuesday, Trump said at a press briefing in Florida that “we have millions and millions of people over 100 years old” receiving Social Security benefits. “They’re obviously fraudulent or incompetent,” Trump said. “If you take all of those millions of people off Social Security, all of a sudden we have a very powerful Social Security with people that are 80 and 70 and 90, but not 200 years old,” he said. He also said that there’s one person in the system listed as 360 years old. Late Monday, Musk posted a slew of posts on his social media platform X, including: “Maybe Twilight is real and there are a lot of vampires collecting Social Security,” and “Having tens of millions of people marked in Social Security as “ALIVE” when they are definitely dead is a HUGE problem. Obviously. Some of these people would have been alive before America existed as a country. Think about that for a second …” A July 2024 report from Social Security’s inspector general states that from fiscal years 2015 through 2022, the agency paid out almost $8.6 trillion in benefits, including $71.8 billion — or less than 1% — in improper payments. Most of the erroneous payments were overpayments to living people. A July 2023 Social Security OIG report states that “almost none of the numberholders discussed in the report currently receive SSA payments.” And, as of September 2015, the agency automatically stops payments to people who are older than 115 years old. https://apnews.com/article/social-security-payments-deceased-false-claims-doge-ed2885f5769f368853ac3615b4852cf7

Yeah I agree with a lot of what you're saying Thai people have a great sense of humor, that's perhaps my favorite quality about them. Most don't take themselves too seriously for the most part, and they love having fun. Being here is such a different life than being back in the US, it's infinitely higher and better for most of us, and for me it's an absolute delight being around Thai people all day. And the women. Damn. My Thai woman is amazing. Every day with her is a very good day. She is the same lovely woman from one day to the next. I never experienced that level of emotional consistency from a western woman, ever. She has a smile on her face when she wakes up in the morning. Never experienced that in the states. She just does not seem to carry any emotional baggage from her past so I never have to deal with that neurosis. Some Thais manifest that unbearable lightness of being, that is so delightful to be around. I cannot really get enough of that spirit, and feel so blessed to be around that, and to have found such a well adjusted and delightful creature.

Just wait, it's only starting. Trump is doing a great job of isolating the US, diminishing its influence and demolishing its economy. As far as I'm concerned one of the most dangerous, reckless, and poorly thought out policies that Trump has proposed, are even higher tariffs on many classes of imported products. Who ends up paying for this? American companies who are manufacturing in China, and the consumer, that's who. In the end huge taxes may encourage companies to pull out of China, which is a good thing, but how long will that process take, and what will the economic consequences be in the interim? If he enacts his import tariffs as promised it could spell disaster for the American economy. It is nothing but a massive tax hike on the American people, and could have a very negative impact on thousands of American companies that manufacturer overseas, without any true understanding of why they manufacture overseas. Trump manufactures overseas, every opportunity he gets, to save money. Bibles, baseball caps, and likely countless other things. So, calling him very disingenuous and extremely dishonest would be an understatement. Trump is a failed capitalist. It is fairly easy to get wealthy if you are willing to steal most of your fortune from unsuspecting small contractors. Yet he still went bankrupt. Five times. Massive failures. That requires a special kind of skill. Or another form of grifting. His tax hike proposals would end up being a disaster. If they were highly targeted tariffs, only imposed upon goods other states were subsidizing, making it impossible to compete, that makes sense and would be good policy. But, blanket tariffs end up being punitive for the American consumer and American companies forced to operate overseas due to the silly costs of manufacturing in the US. They are a tax. Trump lies when he says other nations will pay for them. He lies when he says companies will pay for them. Consumers will pay, so it becomes a tax. Be bold, big Don and for once be honest. It is a tax hike. And it could slow down the economy and result in a massive loss of jobs, and major inflation. Very dumb policy.

There is no question about the fact that Patel is a blazing fool, but the real question is, is he a bigger fool than Trump, Vance or Hegseth? Those three are rather hard to beat in the numskull category.

Well, you can certainly make an argument that North America was in its prime prior to 1492. But in terms of it's glory years I would say America was in its prime from the late 40s to the early '70s and it's pretty easy to make an argument that for a cup of decades it stagnated, and then as you said it went downhill from there. There is no making America great again, it's never going to happen. America is going to become less significant each year from here on out, no matter what any foolhardy politician lies about or promises.

You are embracing impossible dreams. I understand why one would want to hope, but hoping against hope is a bizarre and dangerous thing. The US will never ever be the country that it once was, those days are long gone, the 50s and 60s were the heyday and since the 90s the US has been on a slow decline that will not stop, regardless of what this absolute goon promises.

Yes. It is a derogatory term regardless of how normalized it's become here, and I always refer to people from other countries as foreigners, and refuse to use the word farang. And it's most polite version it means outsider or "not one of us". For an expat who's been living here for many years and contributing to Thailand in countless ways, that is an insult, and I don't like it, nor will I use the term.

As a Westerner I can accept blame, apologize for an offense caused and take responsibility for my actions. No big deal. I care not one iota if I "lose face". Means less than zero to me what others think of me. Some will say it is a cultural difference. True. But, what about the deeper aspects of self esteem and having enough of it to be able to act like a man? A real man (or woman) accepts responsibility for problems they have caused. When that is being constantly deflected due to a pathological fear of looking bad in the eyes of others, that creates enormous problems for society. I despise the practice of face, and think it is the single greatest weakness of many Thai people. Own up and do what is right. Behave like a decent person and a responsible citizen.

True story. 30s is too soon. Dying in your 30's is tragic. As is the 40s Sympathy dissapates from there. 50s is such a shame 60s is too soon 70s is a good run 80s is a life well lived 90s - is a fricking hell of a ride

Just another TAT sponsored delinquent tourist, when you invite in the lowest of the low, when you make visa requirements zero, you're going to get a lot of ignorant fools who misbehave. That seems to be the nature of alot of Thai tourism in 2025. Quantity over quality never works unless you're selling $2 items at a swap meet. The Goombas just don't seem to understand that, and they don't seem to be willing to make the sacrifices required to attract more affluent tourists. Contrary to popular opinion within official circles, Thailand is not the center of the known universe.

This is not Mexico this is New Mexico, and if you hadn't realized it it's an entirely different country. And I don't not think New Mexico is considered to be a dangerous place. Hackman has appeared to be quite frail for some time, and there is always a possibility that is wife was so distraught over it, and he had had enough, and that it was just a planned family suicide. If I was 95 years old and in bad shape I'd probably be looking for a way out too.

These kinds of crimes are an abomination against nature and the environment, and they should find the owner of the cruise ship and put him in prison for 50 years or the remainder of his life. It might send a message. Unfortunately this kind of thing is happening with container ships and cruise ships all over the world, all over the high seas. In general we have no respect for this planet and we're behaving as if we have nine alternative planets we can move to, once we completely trash this one. We are certainly doing a good job of trashing this one, and it's just further proof that mankind is devolving, and we've been moving backwards for at least the last 30 years. Evolution has stopped on planet Earth!

While I agree that changes are needed, reform is needed and there is a massive amount of waste in the system, his bull in the China closet approach may not be the best way to handle this. Especially in regards to poverty stricken children who are now being deprived of their medicine and are dying daily, due to his heartless manner. Their blood is on his tiny hands.

Any dog who bites any human being in a serious manner should be put down within 24 hours no questions asked and no appeals possible dog should never be given priority over humans and doing so is a sign of a broken society. Not only that but the owner should face a massive fine there's just no excuse to have a poorly behaved dog who's aggressive toward others, especially defenseless children.

If anybody thought that Trump was was sane, I think on a daily basis he's proving this to be untrue. The man is completely unhinged, every day is a new adventure for him. Every day he continues his sabotage of the world order and diminishes the influence of America. His ignorance knows no bounds. He has no understanding of world ecosystems when it comes to globalization and he is not smart enough to be able to understand how these systems work, therefore his propaganda is always of a very simplistic nature, and reminds me of Marxism quite a bit. It’s a total mess. As the Ford Motor chief executive Jim Farley courageously (compared to other chief executives) pointed out, “Let’s be real honest: Long term, a 25 percent tariff across the Mexico and Canada borders would blow a hole in the U.S. industry that we’ve never seen.” So, either Trump wants to blow that hole, or he’s bluffing, or he is clueless. If it is the latter, Trump is going to get a crash course in the hard realities of the global economy as it really is — not how he imagines it. Ecosystems? Listen a bit to Beinhocker, who is also the executive director of the Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School. In the real world, he argues, “There is no such thing as the American economy anymore that you can identify in any real, tangible way. There’s just this accounting fiction that we call U.S. G.D.P.” To be sure, he says, “There are American interests in the economy. There are American workers. There are American consumers. There are firms based in America. But there is no American economy in that isolated sense.” The old days, he added, “where you made wine and I made cheese, and you had everything you needed to make wine and I had everything I needed to make cheese and so we traded with each other — which made us both better off, as Adam Smith taught — those days are long gone.” Except in Trump’s head. Instead, there is a global web of commercial, manufacturing, services and trading “ecosystems,” explains Beinhocker. “There is an automobile ecosystem. There’s an A.I. ecosystem. There’s a smartphone ecosystem. There’s a drug development ecosystem. There is the chip-making ecosystem.” And the people, parts and knowledge that make up those ecosystems all move back and forth across many economies. As NPR noted in a recent story about the auto industry, “carmakers have built a vast, complicated supply chain that spans North America, with parts crossing back and forth across borders throughout the auto manufacturing process. … Some parts cross borders multiple times — like, say, a wire that is manufactured in the U.S., sent to Mexico to be bundled into a group of wires, and then back to the U.S. for installation into a bigger piece of a car, like a seat.” Trump just waves off all of this. He told reporters that the U.S. is not reliant on Canada. “We don’t need them to make our cars,” he said. Actually, we do. And thank goodness for that. It not only enables us to make cars cheaper, but also better. All that a Model T did was get you from point to point faster than a horse, but today’s cars offer you heating and cooling and entertainment from the internet and satellites. They will navigate for you and even drive for you — and they’re much safer. When we can combine more complex knowledge and complex parts to solve complex problems, our quality of life soars. But here’s the catch. You cannot make complex stuff alone anymore. It’s too complex. And if you are not part of these ecosystems, your country will not thrive.” And trust is the essential ingredient that makes these ecosystems work and grow, Beinhocker adds. Trust acts as both glue and grease. It glues together bonds of cooperation, while at the same time it greases the flows of people, products, capital and ideas from one country to the next. Remove trust and the ecosystems start to collapse. Trust, though, is built by good rules and healthy relationships, and Trump is trampling on both. The result: If he goes down this road, Trump will make America and the world poorer. Mr. President, do your homework.

They must do everything in their power to maintain the integrity and the good standing of Pattaya. It is a city of such purity that incidents like this run the risk of creating a deterioration of the social fabric, these things cannot be allowed to happen, we must maintain absolute purity.

Bowing down to the heinous and toxic Masters! There is no doubt that these people being deported are in for a world of hurt. As much as Xi and China tries to deny it, we know what they're up to. And it's no good. This is definitely a boil on the face of Thailand and it shows just where the heart and soul of this young PM, the elites here, and her father is. And it's a very very ugly place.

I don't cower in the face of ridiculousness, and I don't succumb to a law passed by cowards, for cowards. I commit "so called defamation" regularly, and proudly, and I haven't been jailed yet.

No. Can you explain it to us please? Did the anti vax people somehow make vaccines illegal? Did they make them unavailable? Did they force the family to not vaccinate the children?

As an investor would you put $300,000 down on a condo in Gaza with Trump's name on it? I wouldn't pay $1,000 for a piece of property in that neighborhood. Again the silly clown leader has his head in the clouds, and is just coming up with another absolutely ridiculous pipe dream. The dirty little secret in all this is that you can't move the people of Gaza because nobody wants them, they're disliked throughout the entire Arab world. Jordan won't take them. Neither will Egypt. So Trump would have to move them to someplace like Philadelphia. And that really flies in the face of his immigration policy.