spidermike007

It is quite extraordinary how dim some of the insults can be. @Mike_Hunt kind of takes the cake, on the one sentence replies, and his utter refusal to leave dogma aside, and devote more than 10 seconds to articulating a message. We do disagree on many things, but I am not dim. LOL. And I do admit I have some blindness when it comes to Trump. I have known him since the last 1970's in NYC, when I was in commercial real estate, and know too much about him to have any affection, nor any respect for the man. Thanks for the acknowledgement.

I don't respond to you anymore, if you can form an intelligent question and you can make a slight attempt to be a bit more articulate, maybe we could have a discussion. But I have no interest in being baited by you, you're not interested in real answers and you love to twist around other people's words and ideas.

It would certainly appear that both the UK and the US are heading towards fascism, it's just a matter of time if things go the way they're going right now. Free speech is seemingly gone from the face of those two countries. If you're a Brit or an American be very careful what you post online, it's very likely that Trump has beefed up surveillance on Americans and he seems to be completely intolerant of disobedience and disrespect. Since the FBI is run by an incompetent sycophant, anything likely goes if the new king wants it they way.

Well he's certainly demonstrated a complete and total lack of respect for the constitution on so many different levels so nothing would surprise me. He is the polar opposite of a Law and Order president, he is a chaos president and a terrible leader.

I should start off by saying that I think that 90% of the covid narrative was fake, and misleading, and I think the vaccines were dramatically overrated. During covid I was labeled a nut job for wanting to discuss the possibility that the narrative was not entirely possibility. The reaction to covid was bordering on ridiculous and nearly 200 economies around the world shutting down simultaneously was hugely suspicious. However I wouldn't go so far as to deny that covid existed, such as this guy is doing. If we're going to discuss covid, if we're going to discuss vaccines, let's at least be reasonable about it, and I don't mean towing the party line either. Conspiracy theories are one thing, total denial is another. Keeping the immune system strong and healthy is key. There are countless medical and scientific factors involved in maintaining a healthy immune system, many of which are under our direct control. The mainstream media, the CDC, the WHO, the FDA, and especially Big Pharma do not want us to talk about diet, nor obesity, nor lack of exercise, nor any of these external factors that play a tremendous role in keeping the immune system strong, and powerful and allow the body to fight off bacteria, microbes, viruses, flus and many other diseases. Toxicity in the body is an invitation to all of those culprits. In my opinion, a lack of a booster shot or a mask is very minor in comparison.

All this coming from the guy who declared no new wars, if you elect me. So far he wants a war with Panama, a war with Greenland, a war with Iran, and let's see what other wars he can dream up. The creep seems to be a warmonger after all.

Go after her with the same vengeance that you went after Pita, or else just come out and admit that the system is rigged, it favors the elite, the youth are not wanted, and the dinosaurs will remain in power forever, if we have our way. Sure we'll put up a young person to represent the dinosaurs every now and then, but it's all the same.

If you feel that strongly could you please provide some evidence of government sponsored US support for the earthquake victims in Burma? I'll bet you can't. And that is the true abomination. It is like they the only us support is coming from private organizations and private money, and not the spectacularly stingy and ridiculously poor and blackhearted leader of the US currently has. Trump supporters often interpret criticism as being hatred toward Trump, but sometimes it's just truth, though many of his support oftentimes have a hard time recognizing such.

I said this a couple years ago when Trump announced his candidacy, as I could already see that due to his spectacularly stingy heart and his extreme lack of vision, that he would cut down worldwide charity, especially for those with the greatest needs. My greatest fears have come true as we've seen recently. For the last 80 years when a major natural disaster happens around the world the US was typically the first country to have boots on the ground and money to contribute towards aid. This gave the US a tremendous amount of prestige and worldwide respect. Trump and Musk (perhaps two of the stingiest and least charitable men in the history of mankind based on their net worth) have dismantled that like a bull in a China closet, without any vision whatsoever, and in the process they have diminished US standing around the world and forever tainted its image. Not only that, but the nitwits have created an absolutely grand opportunity for China to step in as a moral authority, but Trump's IQ does not permit him to see such things and the tragedy continues, unabated.

They just make this stuff up as they go along, or they just parrot stuff that they've heard from the creep himself. Yesterday I had lunch with a goombah supporter who insisted that Musk had unearthed more than 3 million people who were still collecting Social Security beyond the age of 110. How do you even respond to something like that?

Correct. And it does appear the rebels are doing a great job of eliminating the diseased army.

Such a sad and ignorant post. Unemployment is higher now, than under Biden. And inflation is climbing too. It is of extreme importance to differentiate between people protesting against Israel's approach to this war in Gaza, and antisemitism. They are two completely different things, however Israel is an extremely thin skinned nation, and very intolerant of any sort of criticism. As a Jew I know that many Jews are thin-skinned when it comes to any sort of criticism of Israel, and it's often interpreted as being anti-semitic. I've been called a Jew hater for criticizing Israeli policy so I know how sensitive the issue can be, and it's very important to interpret it correctly. Jews and all people have the right to be critical of Israeli policy, especially now that the extremists have taken over gotten the support of a hateful PM, and are engaging in what could be called a ridiculously disproportionate campaign against the Gazans. Israel must be very careful at this point as they are losing support around the world, by the day it's gotten to the point where there are very few nations who are still supportive of Israel, and the IDF, and even the US is considering withdrawing some support. That would put them in dire straits, and very isolated. But, they deserve that, in my opinion.

Teasury Secretary Scott Bessent put it bluntly earlier this month when he pushed back against the idea that inexpensive products should be what Americans aspire to have. “Access to cheap goods is not the essence of the American dream,” he said in a speech to the Economic Club of New York. Bessent is a blazing idiot, and ridiculously rich ivory tower trash. Mr. Bessent, a former hedge fund investor who is worth hundreds of millions of dollars, underscored that point in a follow-up interview on NBC, arguing that prosperity is not about buying “cheap baubles from China.” “The American dream is not ‘let them eat flat screens,’” he said, arguing that it is instead about having good jobs that are not lost to foreign competition and wages that are high enough to afford homes. The comments renewed a debate within the Republican Party over the merits of trade barriers that in recent years has sidelined traditional conservatives who prize free trade. Former Vice President Mike Pence shot back at Mr. Bessent, asserting on social media that the Treasury secretary misunderstood the aspirations of Americans. “Tariffs are good as a means to bring nations like China to the table, but free trade lowers the costs of goods and improves the quality of life for every American,” Mr. Pence wrote on the social media platform X. But the haphazard rollout of the tariffs and the fact that any changes to the tax code will not occur until later this year have left economists, trade experts and analysts wondering about the viability of Mr. Trump’s strategy and doubtful that his administration can convince consumers that they are better off with higher prices. “My bet would be that people will not be willing to swallow higher prices, lower 401(k)s, lower wealth in exchange for the principle of a nationalistic economy,” said Stephen Haber, a professor and senior fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and the Hoover Institution. “Reality tends to trump ideology for most people.” Pence is one of the few voices of reason left in the GOP. He is right. Trump and Bessent are in no position to discuss inflation, and they are dead wrong. Why would they care how these tax hikes affect us? They don't. Not one iota.

Blazing idiots, ridiculously rich ivory tower gutter trash. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent put it bluntly earlier this month when he pushed back against the idea that inexpensive products should be what Americans aspire to have. “Access to cheap goods is not the essence of the American dream,” he said in a speech to the Economic Club of New York. Mr. Bessent, a former hedge fund investor who is worth hundreds of millions of dollars, underscored that point in a follow-up interview on NBC, arguing that prosperity is not about buying “cheap baubles from China.” “The American dream is not ‘let them eat flat screens,’” he said, arguing that it is instead about having good jobs that are not lost to foreign competition and wages that are high enough to afford homes. The comments renewed a debate within the Republican Party over the merits of trade barriers that in recent years has sidelined traditional conservatives who prize free trade. Former Vice President Mike Pence shot back at Mr. Bessent, asserting on social media that the Treasury secretary misunderstood the aspirations of Americans. “Tariffs are good as a means to bring nations like China to the table, but free trade lowers the costs of goods and improves the quality of life for every American,” Mr. Pence wrote on the social media platform X. But the haphazard rollout of the tariffs and the fact that any changes to the tax code will not occur until later this year have left economists, trade experts and analysts wondering about the viability of Mr. Trump’s strategy and doubtful that his administration can convince consumers that they are better off with higher prices. “My bet would be that people will not be willing to swallow higher prices, lower 401(k)s, lower wealth in exchange for the principle of a nationalistic economy,” said Stephen Haber, a professor and senior fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and the Hoover Institution. “Reality tends to trump ideology for most people.” Pence is one of the few voices of reason left in the GOP. He is right. Trump and Bessent are in no position to discuss inflation, and they are dead wrong. Why would they care how these tax hikes affect us? They don't. Not one iota.

That Thais are not kind is simply not true, it applies to to a lesser extent on Phuket and Samui and areas where the locals are jaded and deal with a lot of butthead foreigners (Pattaya), but for the most part I find the Thai people as delightful as ever, they're still very light-hearted, it's very easy to get them to smile and laugh, and they're great fun. The other aspect of this is that the Thai people are fairly intuitive so what you get back is often times a reflection of what you bring to the table. If you're grouchy and ornery and overly serious, they're not going to respond to you. But if you're lighthearted with a nice smile, kind-hearted and respectful, you get all of that back in abundance. Most Thai people are quite lovely. And I love to be around them, and I love it here. And how about Thai women? Combine their innate femininity, and the level of comfort they have in expressing that, it makes them very appealing. I see a Western woman sometimes, who is beautiful, but cold as ice, and more masculine than I am, and there is no appeal, whatsoever. I think it can be described as the ability to manifest the dignity within femininity. Or, a woman who is not trying to be a man, having lost her sense of womanhood, along the way. Or a woman who is in touch with her body, and not plagued with feelings of shame and a fake sense of purity. Also, some Thai girlfriends, lovers and wives realize that a man enjoys sex, and allowing them that enjoyment, freedom and pleasure is just not a big deal. Lastly, there is a comfort level in the playing of roles here. It is an amazing quality many Thai women have. Allowing a man to be a man, and enjoying being a woman and acting like one. What is more appealing than that? And who wants to be with a woman who is more masculine than we are?

There's a fairly simple solution to a problem like this, the church has the suspect detained, and performs a public execution on live television, once sufficient evidence has been met. These are the types of crimes that are unspeakable and need to be met with extremely violent force. Inaction is almost as horrific as the crime itself.

This earthquake happened well inland and there's no possibility of a tsunami unless the earthquake happens underwater. But I guess fear has no reason, and I guess fear is one of those irrational emotions that compels people to do very strange things.

There's always an inherent obsession with growth, but the reality is that a bit of a pause in the tourism sector might not be such a bad thing. If they did indeed get 9 million tourists already this year perhaps that's simply too many, many places that have been have been quite crowded with tourists and maybe a few less tourists won't hurt that much.

What so many Trump supporters who are living under the cloud of extreme deception don't seem to understand, is that America was already on the decline. It may have been the greatest country in modern history but that's all been changing since the 1990s. America's been going downhill for at least 30 years, some would argue 40, and nothing that the goombah does is going to change any of that. The reality is that he's more than likely going to precipitate the decline with his insane and incredibly destructive policies, and his absolute foolishness when it comes to engaging all our allies in a very hostile and respectful manner. That is not going to be forgotten for a very long time, well after Trump is gone or leaves office that will still be remembered. America cannot be trusted anymore.

I can't even begin to imagine once their intellects perceive the fact that their hearts have been betrayed. It is a bit like being assaulted by a priest, I would imagine, in a sense that this was somebody that you deeply trusted and now you realize that he was a con man after all, and the Democrats were right. It's going to be very hard for most Republicans to admit that the Dems were right about Trump. And that he was not even close to the man who they thought he was, and that his agenda was incredibly sinister after all.

I've certainly heard of the concept of a sore loser in the past, but I've never really seen a great example of a sore winner. I'm seeing an awful lot of gloating and it's of a rather nasty variety. It just seems to be the continuation of the kind of division and hatred that the fake master has forged, and established, and his devotees seem to be continuing to run with the torch, and doing a great job of continue the animosity. It's precisely the opposite of what he promised which was to unify the country, however many of us knew this was exactly what was going to happen. Anytime Trump says something you can more or less predict the exact opposite is going to happen. Any sort of individuality and any of your own opinions are not welcome within the maga movement. You have to subscribe to the policies of the master and if you disobey, if you disagree you are thrown under the train, or you are considered to be disloyal.

This horrific creature is getting his butt whooped by the rebels. Yet, he chooses to continue to bomb his people after the earthquake. Pure vermin. Hope he enjoys alot of pain and suffering from a long and protracted disease.

Musk claims to be saving a lot of money, but he has completely avoided any level of transparency, which makes me and many others very suspicious of his claims. Like Trump, Musk is the opposite of a patriot. It is all about Don and Elon.

People seem to forget what he did not accomplish in his first term. He is a guy who promises alot, and delivers very little. Only 13 Presidents failed to get re-elected. Only 5 Presidents failed to win the popular vote. Only 4 Presidents have been impeached or resigned. Only 1 President has ever been criminally indicted. And only ONE President has done ALL FOUR. - DJT didn't lower taxes (He deferred them) - He didn't get Americans that healthcare coverage - He did not unite the USA, he divided it - He didn't lower prescription drug prices - He didn't get roads or bridges built He didn't decrease the deficit - He didn't end the opioid crisis - He made over 250 visits to his golf clubs costing us taxpayers $150 million - He didn't revive the coal industry - He didn't make covid-19 'disappear' He didn't make Mexico pay for the wall He is ranked the worst President in history He added $2 Billion a month in tariff costs to the American consumer He has a net-negative jobs creations for his administration He decreased corporate taxes, passing the tax burden to the workers He added $ 7.8 Trillion to the deficit - a full 25% of the total deficit He incited an insurrection against our government He is the only president to never achieve 50% approval. He didn't put "America first" and he sure didn't "Drain the Swamp... He left office with the worst job numbers of any President since the Great Depression with a net job loss over his term He is the first former president to be a CONVICTED FELON (34 times). The presidency is very much about character. Trump is a lowlife convicted felon.

A friend of mine was looking at a condo in Miami Beach recently, and if he paid cash for it, the homeowners association fee and property taxes would be $4,500 per month. Insanity? A massive balloon filled with helium, on the verge of explosion? An economy that could not be sustained in the long term? Many of us think so. And many of the economic policies of the creep are only making America weaker, less influential and less dynamic. Woe is America.