spidermike007

Ever heard of the term bamboozled? Snookered. He is a master of the art of the con. As you can see by my posts, I tend not to insult his supporters, but I sure do insult the failure, and the creep. He richly deserves the scorn.

Now his supporters are going to talk about what a great negotiator he is and what a great deal maker he is, completely forgetting about the fact that he cannot negotiate his way out of a paper bag and he's had an insane number of business failures. The vast majority of his money has been earned through grifting and theft. 17 of his businesses have failed in the past few decades. Some at huge losses. Trump Steaks, Trump Shuttle Airline ($120 million in losses between 1988 and 1990), GoTrump, Trump Vodka, Trump Mortgage, Trump University, Trump Ice, The New Jersey Generals, Tour de Trump, Trump Network, Trump Magazine, Trumped!. Many businesses that licensed his name went bankrupt, or went out of business. And he had between four and six major bankruptcies (depending on the source), including the Trump Taj Mahal (which he spent $1.2 billion building, and was $3 billion in debt within a year of opening), Trump's Castle, Trump Place Hotel (which was very successful prior to Trump buying it in 1988, and he managed to put it into $550 million in debt by 1992!), Trump Hotels and Casinos Resorts ($1.8 billion in debt by 2004, bankrupt in 2009) , and Trump Entertainment Resorts. There are likely others. And this does not take into account the 3,600 lawsuits he was involved in as of the time he took office, the vast majority of which were filed by small contractors against his companies for non payment, or total default. Many of these contractors were crushed. It is part of his M.O.

That applies to every single topic, with every single poster on this forum, every single day. All we're doing is venturing forth opinions, some people have thicker skin and they can handle it, some people have skin like paper and they get offended at every little thing that seems critical of their master or their preferred agenda.

Not surprising considering how morally bent Trump is. He loves very wealthy dictators and despots.

A ruling against the immoral regime of Putin could be a good thing. Any egg on their face is well deserved.

OMG. This could literally cause the social fabric of the nation to unravel. We can't allow this. It could cause moral degradation and unpure thoughts and actions.

This would be great news. Thai beer is only rivaled by Italian beer, and the mass produced American beers, in terms of the very low quality. Poor grade of hops, barely, and the production process seems to be entirely lacking in pride. Typical of the big monopolies. Even a large production beer, like Beer Laos blows away any Thai beer, hands down. Thailand desperately needs a vital craft beer movement, and the youth are ready to mount it. If only the dinosaurs would stop protecting their "bankers" and move out of the way. In other words, allow some progress, you mindless simpletons! For some, craft beer is associated with anti-establishment politics. “It’s very similar to the French Revolution, which started from a cafe in Paris, where people drank coffee,” says Taopiphop. “The fuel of the revolution is not coffee any more, it’s craft beer.” Taopiphop adds that, after the 2014 coup in Thailand, many pro-democracy activists chose to meet in Bangkok’s craft beer bars. If only the younger Thais were allowed to express themselves, be inventive, be creative, be industrious, and use their smarts and ambition, Thailand could have a future. Craft beer is needed here, and so are the young entrepreneurs. But, that future appears to be suppressed at every turn by dinosaurs, who only answer to money, money, and even more money. Money is the God of lesser men. The money first attitude is holding back Thailand on so many levels.

Who are these influencers, and why is anyone being influence by them? Don't these people have a life?

Absolutely not. Never again. Even the experts are admitting that the vaccines may not be particularly effective against the latest variants and as this thing progresses it seems to be getting weaker and weaker. 6 deaths is less than the daily pedestrian deaths.

Deny some of the precious army budget to pay for this improvement. They are not doing anything for the nation.

Don't like Trump? How about hugely despise and totally disrespect.

I don't speak to Russians, for a half dozen good reasons. Speak to other foreigners often. Why wouldn't I?

It still doesn't seem like the least bit of a cause for alarm, each subsequent variant has proven itself to be less and less dangerous, and we are certainly not worried in the slightest. However, as we've seen before people are likely to panic and masking is likely to continue for the foreseeable decade or longer.

He is not only the most corrupt man in history to occupy that office, he is at least partially senile. Check out this recent speech. Donald Trump on Monday served up a word salad for the ages after being asked to explain his thinking behind 0his order to reopen the notorious former prison of Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay. The president, while taking questions following 0a press conference confirming the NFL 2027 draft will take place in Washington, D.C., was asked: “How did you decide to reopen Alcatraz? Can you walk us through that decision? How will you use it? How did you come up with the idea?” “It represents something very strong, very powerful in terms of law and order. Our country needs law and order. Alcatraz is I would say the ultimate, right? Alcatraz, Sing, Sing. And Alcatraz, the movies. But it’s right now a museum, believe it or not. A lot of people go there. It housed the most violent criminals in the world and nobody ever escaped. One person almost got there but they, as you know, the story, they found his clothing rather badly ripped up and it was a lot of shark bites, a lot of, lot of problems. Nobody’s ever escaped from Alcatraz and just represented something strong having to do with law and order. We need law and order in this country. And so we’re going to look at it. Some of the people up here are going to be working very hard on that and we had a little conversation. I think it’s going to be very interesting. We’ll see if we can bring it back, in large form, add a lot. But I think it represents something right now. It’s a big hulk that’s sitting there rusting and rotting. You look at it, it’s sort of an, you saw that picture that was put out. It’s sort of amazing but it sort of represents something that’s both horrible and beautiful and strong and miserable, weak. It’s got a lot of, it’s got a lot of qualities that are interesting and I think they make a point.”

Many of us knew Trump would cave in to China. They had all the cards and he over played his hand to such an embarrassing degree. He is such an ill informed goon. He is in so far over his big head.

You mean the 4,000 point drop? And the flight from US bonds?

So, either Qatar is trying to save face, or this is just another of Trump's 100 daily lies.

It will be an amazing day when his die hard devotees actually criticize one of his actions, and reclaim an independent mind.

I do too. I honestly believe the promising youth here will eventually push out the incredibly toxic, corrupt, useless, and morally bankrupt dinosaurs, and begin moving the nation nation beyond the regressive morass.

You need to get out of the Pattaya bars first. Then, if you are fortunate, like I have been, you will attract people of your caliber, who are worthy of your friendship.

That is such a ridiculous statement, I just don't know why I am responding. So, either you don't live here, or you are trailer park trash too? Such drivel. Yikes. You are definitely one of the ones you disparage.

Some of us really like eccentric and stramge people. Some of us consider vanilla highly overrated, and same applies to normal people, some of whom are quite boring.

Thanks for holding us in such high regard. I suggest you change your hangouts. Leave the Pattaya bars alone. Alot of very high quality, high functioning expats living in Thailand and posting on this forum.

Your rather severe judgment is far worse than an emoji. You just might need some counseling. Or grow some thicker skin.

I completely agree. I know so many people who have allowed themselves to become martyrs over their dogs and cats. I get the attachment but please, sometimes you just have to get on with life.