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It was centered around 19 km from Mandalay in Burma, it was a big one, a 7.7 and apparently at it rocked areas in Thailand, but I haven't gotten any confirmation yet of any significant damage in Bangkok, nor any injuries. It does look like there was one building collapse in Burma and the building was under construction. There will likely be alot of damage and fatalities in Burma as the construction standards are quite shoddy and it was a big quake.

Many of us knew this Administration was weak and that these selections were terrible, but now we have written proof. How about that?

Though an implant takes a lot more time and cost a lot more money, it is certainly worth it in the long run if you can afford it.

I don't hate America, I simply hate its leadership and I despise Trump more than I could ever express on these pages. I'm going back for a family reunion, going back to see friends and to have a little fun. There's no point in us getting her citizenship, we never plan on living there, and the only way I would ever consider living there at this point would be if some sponsor offered me $3 million dollars a year, and then I do it for 3 years and leave.

There is no question that the dems are going to turn the house very soon, and Trump's poll numbers are already dropping. 61% of people who voted for Trump disapprove of the way he is handling the Hesgeth military leak corruption affair, the lack of security protocols and the absolute recklessness that's being demonstrated here by people in top positions is scary. Also Trump's lifelong habit of denial, obfuscation, disinformation, and lying simply does not work once he's been outed to this extent. So for him to continue defending Hesgeth makes him look like a fool and a goon. And for his cronies to continue defending these guys it's just simply not working. The American people are saying you guys screwed up, we need competence, somebody has to pay. Hesgeth the minor should be looking at either a prison term or firing squad.

Extreme cowardice and total moral bankruptcy has a price, being outed as a coward has a price, perhaps Thailand will be called to account and perhaps their lack of morality will begin to cause them enough embarrassment, enough humiliation, and enough shame, to force them into doing the right thing.

Plenty of examples. President Trump is wrongly criminalizing anyone his administration suspects lacks legal status, leaving them susceptible to arrest by law enforcement. These cruel immigration enforcement actions have already resulted in reports of veterans and U.S citizens being detained, Native American Tribal members’ identities being questioned, deportations of pregnant women and children, and the detention of a father of U.S. citizen children who may now lose their home, to give just a few examples. The Trump administration’s approach rejects a commonsense prioritization of enforcement resources, directing the time and resources of law enforcement away from public safety threats to instead carry out “collateral arrests” of hardworking people who pose no danger to American communities. This ineffective immigration enforcement strategy is tearing families apart while making the country less safe. https://www.americanprogress.org/article/trumps-rash-immigration-actions-place-cruelty-and-spectacle-above-security/

Not yet, anyway. Just wait until they get in the way of Trump's multi-billion dollar resort development on the Gaza Coast.

Did you forget that he's defense secretary? Doesn't the buck have to stop somewhere, or does that not apply to this administration? Wouldn't he be essentially the overseer for this type of communication? Many of his communications were included in these messages, don't you think that he has some responsibility for this massive breach of security?

Though I agree with you fundamentally, and I do despise woke and PC policy, Trump's press secretary kicking members of the media out of the room because they don't ask nice questions is not exactly how I would define free speech, would you?

I disagree I think the greatest risk to the US dollar right now is a man named Donald Trump, and his hugely ignorant policies.

There you go again. You just can't help yourself.

You are correct and I think it's safe to say that Trump is the most thin skinned, sensitive, revengeful, and reactionary president America has ever seen. Hopefully, looking towards the future a mistake of this proportion will never happen again.

Thank you, that is very kind of you. I've always considered it to be an enormous compliment when people have asked me if I was gay.

No what is really pathetic and very predictable is the right coming to the defense of people who have committed egregious errors, compromised the nation's security and done far worse than what Hillary did with her email servers, and yet nobody is willing to hold anyone to task for this. This is so typical of Trump and his groupies, it is truly getting to the point where it's a pathetic level of fealty, on a daily basis. Anyone will now say anything to excuse the mistakes, the confusion, and the bad behavior. Where is the dignity in that, and why the complete unwillingness to be critical?

Well if you're insinuating the Elon is Trump's boss, you very well might be correct.

A rather fascinating phenomena is taking place right now. I'm a lifelong Democrat and during the 20 years of the Clinton, Obama and Biden Administrations I was openly critical of a multitude of their policies. Right now that does not seem to be possible with the average Republican, criticism is out the window, total support, absolute fealty, and complete obedience to the most ridiculous policies imaginable are now the M.O. for the average Trump supporter. It is a spectacularly pathetic thing to witness and it's downright embarrassing as an American.

That was definitely, 100% classified information, in many countries Hapless Hesgeth would now be facing a firing squad, at the very minimum he should be fired and imprisoned. Of course that won't happen because Trump truly believes that he's above any and all laws.

Hundreds of millions of people will never have a positive attitude about this absolute creep and lifelong criminal, yes he did win the election and time is bearing out the fact that this was an enormous tragedy for both the US and the world. He is definitely not the man that you thought he was.

In my opinion successive administrations have spent 75 years avoiding any sort of plan that included the proper movement of cargo, they should have had rail systems in place with major cargo transport for decades now, and instead you have trucks of all sizes plying a very limited number of highways and causing massive amounts of congestion and very slow moving traffic. This is an abomination and falls on the tiny shoulders of many successive PMs. The only solution I can see would be to build double decker highways throughout the entire nation with toll roads on the top and free roads on the bottom, but it's quite likely Thailand simply does not have the money for this. One solution would be to accept help from the Chinese, get a massive Belt and Road initiative loan, have the Chinese solve the problem within a year or two, and then default on the loan, like every other country in that program.

Heads should be rolling and the top officers of this construction company should be in jail. This project is a decade behind schedule and was not only an badly planned, but continues to be an embarrassment to the Thai nation. This is the main artery in and out of Bangkok for God's sake, get your act together people! the fact that this project has been so poorly managed and is so far behind schedule is an abomination.

This is a very bad idea for a number of reasons, and I don't have anything against casinos in general. Number one the Chinese government has explicitly warmed Thailand, and the small gal that they will and discourage their citizens from visiting the country if there are casinos. Number two successive governments tend to change and there is a chance that this plan will be withdrawn later with a successive administration, leaving many casinos completely abandoned, which happened in next door Sihanoukville, and it was absolutely tragic.

Well thank you for that reply, that was most helpful. She has no tattoos and she presents very well. But she is Asian.

If you're running a booming business I suppose you can get away with raising prices a bit, but it's never good idea to cut the portion sizes. Thais are very sensitive to this kind of thing, they love to eat and everybody notices a smaller portion. It's bad behavior and it's a good way to lose customers permanently. If your business is already struggling the last thing in the world you should be doing is raising your prices. There is no doubt the economy here is hurting and a lot of people are struggling to get by.

No. Trump has been incredibly careless, his policies are very misguided, his arrogance knows no bounds, and it's very possible that he will run the US economy into the ground. The US is becoming less relevant by the day, and though that has been happening for a long time, he is a major architect of the further demise. Contrary to the reasoning of many Trump supporters this is not a negotiating tactic, this is absolute insanity, and friends and allies around the world are reacting with both horror and defiance. The defiance will simply build and the US will come become increasingly more isolated, which they richly deserve due to the fact that they elected this absolutely reckless goombah. This is a wet dream for China. My guess is that the top dogs in China are busting open bottles of 1982 Lafite, celebrating Trump's mistakes, and America's demise. Talk about low intelligence goons playing right into their hands .