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Utter desperation. And one also has to take into account that a lot of men who move here from Western countries move here with a tremendous level of emotional vulnerability, after having been dealt many blows by local women back home, and after having been asked to jump through ridiculously high hurdles on a regular basis. However, the chances of success are lkikey in proportion to how long the woman has been playing the game. It is my contention that it depends on a few factors. The first and most important factor is how many? How many men has she been with? If she is relatively new, and has only gotten with between 20-200 men, more than likely she is still sane, and could possess a good heart. If she has gotten with over 200, the chances decrease. If over 500, harder for her to relate to men as decent human beings. Once you get to the "around the world level", where she has been with over 1,000 men, all bets are off. The heart hardens, and more than likely she is bitter for life. I am sure there are exceptions. But, the risk in getting involved with a highly experienced bar girl, or massage girl, is great. Some short time girls who are really hot and young will get with three or four guys a day, 6 days a week, so run the numbers we are talking about upwards of 5,000 plus. With the exception of the men who are clever enough to hire a private detective to look into her background, and pay some real money to do it right, there is no way to know. They all have stories. And most of the stories are ones that they know we want to hear. So many times I have heard friends say, "Oh no, she is new. She has only been working at the bar two weeks. I was her first customer. She worked in a factory before that. I could tell how innocent she was'. Yeah right!

Macron: I really don't like you at all I have absolutely no respect for you and I think that you are a rather low quality human being, but you are president now so I must show at least a minor degree of fealty in order for our nations to do business together and cooperate. Trump: You are French and I've never really had much affection for the French people. I don't really have affection for many people except the Russians and North Koreans, but I do like your pastries a lot, and I certainly like your chocolate too. Thanks for showing fealty to me, that's something that I revel in.

The police must remain ever vigilant, there is a chance that the morality of the nation could be contaminated by events such as these, and we would not want moral degradation to take place in the land of absolute purity and piety.

For the next 4 years when someone asks me why I'm from, I will say Canada. I hail out of Regina! Believe me, that goofball is not my president.

Also it's very common to see young children in a car without a child seat, no seat belt and no child seat makes them a projectile if an accident happens. If we knew the actual figures of children who are killed and mutilated on the highways due to such a lack of protection, we would be quite horrified I'm sure. We bought a child seat for our niece and installed it in the car, and she wouldn't use it. She refused to use it and her parents would not insist on her using it. They would not be firm with her and they absolutely refused to act like parents, and demonstrated the fact that the art of parenting seems to be a lost art. Gen Z in my opinion is the weakest generation in the history of mankind, and we are witnessing countless repercussions as a result of that.

I have friends who know younger Russians. And they say they are kind, friendly and progressive. I have no idea what percentage of the population these younger people represent, nor how representative they are of the Russian population. Personally, I have met very few friendly Russians. Anywhere in the world. The vast majority of Russians I have met, seem to have very, very few redeeming qualities. It is no wonder. I can only speak from my experience. Have run into alot of Russians both in the US, and on Phuket and Samui, 98% of them seem to be grumpy, unfriendly and gruff. Some of them are downright hostile. Likely a reflection of a very, very rough culture and environment. So, perhaps it is not a coincidence that the world is not standing up to support them and show them kindness? I do not think it is a sense of entitlement. I think it is a reflection of the current culture. It was destroyed over a century of callous and murderous leadership. Stalin, Lenin, Khruschev, now Putin. They have become somewhat savage and crude. No grace, no finesse, no courtesy. Rather uncivilized. My family was from Russia a few generations back. I used to ask my great-grandmother when she was still around, why they didn't teach us anything about the old country. She would give me this look, and tell me "the reason we never teach you about the place we came from, is because the place we came from was the most horrific country on earth, it was the most destitute, horrible, oppressive place and we were thrilled to finally get out of there and leave it behind. That's why we don't teach you about the old country, the old country doesn't exist for us. There are a multitude of reasons why very few around the world have sympathy for the Russians. Those reasons are not limited to their serial killing, despot, thieving multi billionaire dictator for life. It is more about their nature, their history as ruthless, homicidal Cossack warriors, and their total lack of manners, and class. Not to mention the dignity, class, decency, civility, and social skills decades of Leninism, Stalinism, and now Putinism has stripped them of. And of course, the utter failure of their leader. This is a clear case of psychological projection: Putin dreamt and failed to create a dollar-free world and establish Russia as an “energy superpower.” He allowed corruption to metastasize through the state’s fabric, undermining its security capabilities. With its mass emigration, skyrocketing divorce rate, and low fertility, Russia, more than the West, demonstrates an immense collapse of family and social values. Russia has nothing but malicious intentions. They are a terrorist state, run by a serial killing desperado. This is a nation so lacking in redeeming qualities. They contributed alot culturally, in past centuries. Now? What are they bringing to the table? How are they of any benefit to mankind? They offer nothing but misery, death, destruction and bad will.

Pope Alexander VI comes to mind. The Borgia pope.

Untrue. They never made a serious effort to have him returned. No super wealthy Thai has even been convicted of anything. It is it doesn't happen.

I agree. I am a Centrist Democrat, and the far left is the reason democrats have so little power now. I despise most of what they stand for.

The spectacularly heinous CCP have created a one-way street, products go out, money comes in, it is extremely difficult to export anything to China, and it's extremely difficult to pull wealth out of China. This obnoxious government (who will eventually be deposed) really have the nation locked down and the people oppressed to an extreme degree. They express a mild degree of contentment due to the economic miracle, and the fact that the middle class has expanded fairly dramatically. But the number of issues that that nation faces are countless, and it's only a matter of time.

The Chinese are very clever and they have many different work around systems setup to own land and houses here, and from what I hear real estate prices in major cities like Shanghai and Beijing are completely out of control. 5 to 10 times what they're paying in big cities here with exception of Bangkok.

No. Absolutely not. I would say a minimum budget for someone who's willing to live like a monk, live on a shoestring and never treat themselves to anything would be 25 or 30,000 per month, to live well 60 to 100,000 a month, so your budget wouldn't last me one year. But I know a lot of people who could live on that budget for three or four years, maybe.

The only way to survive here on the road, is to be patient, have eyes in the back of your head, drive with caution, and always, and I mean always watch out of the other guy. Chances are, he does not have much driving skill, nor patience, nor reason, nor common sense. You cannot be too careful on the road here. Especially considering that the toy police offer no traffic safety, prevention, enforcement of the law, or concern toward the prosecution of very reckless drivers. Those of us with driving skill, and a strong desire for not only survival, but the avoidance of terrible injury, are constantly scanning the road, in front of us, beside us, and behind us. There are an exceptionally high number of reckless fools on these roads, and it is the only way to preserve our lives, and those of our families, and friends, who may be driving with us, and depending on us. Many of us drive motorcycles or scooters here, and it is dangerous getting on the roads with some of these other drivers. Getting on a scooter, or a motorcycle anywhere in Thailand, much less Phuket, Phangan, Dark Tao, or Samui without a very good helmet, is like playing Russian Roulette with three or four bullets in the chamber. It is absolutely asking for problems. The degree of recklessness here is astounding. And many foreigners come here thinking "how much trouble could I get in on a little scooter, on a tropical island"? Well, the answer is alot. The amount of foreigners who are killed on the Southern islands is staggering. Most are not reported in the media. I had a friend who worked for Samui rescue for many years, and said the numbers were about 30-60 a month, on Samui, Phangan and Koh Tao. The official number is about 3 a month. Rider beware. Use as good a helmet as you can afford, and do not use these eggshells pieces of crap. They crack at the first impact, and what lies underneath them? Your skull, which is very delicate.

Well he sure did a good job of selling you and a lot of his supporters on that agenda. I consider it to be another one of his myths and lies. I'm hopeful that I'll be pleasantly surprised and it will only take the fulfillment of about 10% of his promises too impress me. I don't expect much from him.

I agree with a lot of what you say, and it makes me reflect on the fact that when I wake up every morning and look in the mirror I'm totally satisfied with my gender and my sexuality, and I guess that's quite a huge blessing to have in life, considering how many people are confused and unhappy about that kind of thing. Life is complicated enough, can you just imagine how complicated it would be if you wanted to change your gender? Yikes.

Rsstoring law and order. That is highly amusing coming from a supporter of the biggest criminal to ever occupy the White House.

For once I agree with Musk, health care costs in the US are completely out of control, they are so overpriced and so are prescription drugs. If there's anything that Trump can do to wrestle these profits away from these Mafia organizations like the Healthcare and hospital industry in America and big Pharma that would be a huge boom for the American people. A good friend of mine got in a bad motorcycle accident some time ago. He almost lost his leg. He got his first of 11 operations at Bangkok Hospital Samui. It costs him over a million baht. They wanted to do a second procedure. They quoted him 1.4 million baht. He decided to transfer to Bangkok. He was quoted 460,000 baht for the same procedure, at a top private hospital there. The surgeon told him that he worked at a public hospital too, and could do the same operation there, for alot less money. He told him he would get him a quote. In the interim, my friend called a buddy in San Diego, who is an orthopedic surgeon. Since my friend is a retired chiropractor, who knew all the terminology, and explained what he needed, and asked for the best price. His friend called him back, and quoted him $960,000, with cash discounts! The local surgeon here got back to him, and told him he could do it for 46,000 baht. He transferred, and they did all the rest of his procedures. So, 1.4 million at Bangkok Hospital, 460,000 at the other private hospital in Bangkok (I think it was Vejthani Hospital), and 46,000 at the public hospital, with an excellent surgeon. VS. 33,000,000 baht in the US. Again, no complaints from this peanut gallery.

They never looked for boss. That much was obvious. Having the son of a multi-billionaire extradited to Thailand is just not something that happens. He was always above the law.

Very simple solution. When it is time to renew, explain the issue, and ask any immigration agent, at any office how much it will be for them to create bank statements for you. They are ALL for sale

That highway construction project is one of the greatest abominations in Asia, everyone associated with that project should be fired or jailed. Apparently this guy is responsible for transport. He should be brought before a committee to answer for this project and the 15 year delay.

Somprasong us a tiny mam, with no self esteem, no sense of self, and no maturity or development as a man. You are scorned and you politely walk away. Instead he shoots up the boyfriends car. What a nitwit. A 13 year old, trapped in a man's body. He looks like a man, he smells like a man. But, he is a petty juvenile! Lock him up!

The sceptic will argue that anything we do could not possibly influence the climate, or effect the atmosphere. The planet is simply too large, and the population is too small to have any effect. Let the ships dump whatever they want into the ocean. The ocean is simply too large for anything we do to damage it. This frees them to buy as many plastic bottles as they please, drive filthy diesel vehicles, and behave as if nothing effects anything. It's not us. It is just a cycle. We are not responsible.

Thank you, if I cared what you thought of me I might be a tiny bit offended, but since I don't care one iota it's water off a ducks back! Unlike many Republicans I have very thick skin and you probably objected to the fact that a lot of the Marxist doctrine that I quoted is something that Trump has adopted into his playbook. Which makes him a bit of a Marxist.

I often times reply, but I rarely ever reply to jingoistic nonsense and people who simply repeat GOP talking points. It's about as boring as listening to somebody trying to convert me to Christianity by quoting from the Bible.

There's no question that there should be prohibitions against any level of transition prior to the age of 18. Youths simply don't have the capacity to make a wise enough decision and parents should be able to say NO. There's a reason why the suicide rate of people who have transitioned is so high, especially amongst those who started to transition at a very young age. And the medical establishment is very culpable there's a tremendous amount of money in this transition industry and they share some of the blame for the permissive nature of society.