spidermike007

It is very much the nature of Donald Trump to select from the bottom of the barrel, he needs absolute fealty, and it's hard to get that from high quality candidates. It's also very possible that he can simply relate to those accused of a sex crime as they have a similar nature to himself. In addition to the sex crime issue there's also just the issue of grossly underqualified and totally inappropriate people for very important positions. It goes almost without saying that Kash Patel, whom Donald Trump picked over the weekend to lead the F.B.I., is supremely unqualified to direct the nation’s premier federal law enforcement agency. That’s what even those who know Mr. Patel well are saying: “He’s absolutely unqualified for this job. He’s untrustworthy,” his supervisor in the first Trump administration, Charles Kupperman, told The Wall Street Journal. “It’s an absolute disgrace to American citizens to even consider an individual of this nature.” Mr. Kupperman’s view is hardly an outlier: In Mr. Trump’s first term, both Bill Barr, then the attorney general, and Gina Haspel, then the C.I.A. director, went to great lengths to prevent Mr. Patel from being installed in senior intelligence and law enforcement roles. Yet the Patel selection stands out as more concretely dangerous and worrisome than many of the other questionable Trump choices. The true danger is almost less about Mr. Patel and more about what it says about Mr. Trump and his approach to his new presidency. To understand the full scope of the damage Mr. Patel could inflict, you have to understand how unique, powerful and dangerous the F.B.I. can be — and why a Patel directorship would likely corrupt and bend the institution for decades, even if he only served a few years. Choosing anyone new at this point is concerning because it is a flagrant break with tradition. There is no current vacancy at the head of the F.B.I.: Following J. Edgar Hoover’s decades-long tenure, Congress set into law in 1976 a 10-year term for the F.B.I. director, fireable only for cause. It is meant to isolate the job from political influence, and Christopher Wray — originally nominated by Mr. Trump in 2017 — still has two years left to serve. What this independence illustrates is that the F.B.I. is not, as many MAGA loyalists believe, some liberal bastion of wokeness. No Democrat has ever served as an F.B.I. director. Even Democratic presidents appoint Republican officials to head the bureau, as Mr. Obama and Mr. Clinton both did in their presidencies. Mr. Trump has been clear in what he is trying to do with a nominee like Mr. Patel: He wants to bend and break the bureau and weaponize it against his political enemies and domestic critics. Mr. Patel himself said last year that he hopes to prosecute journalists.

I understand the idea of charging tourists a higher price than locals, that makes sense, but there should be a policy where expats are allowed entrance for the same fee as locals. We do contribute to the economy, we're now being asked to pay taxes, and if we can show a pink card or even a driver's license we should be allowed entry at the same price of a Thai, otherwise it's racist, ugly, nasty, being a poor host, and very discriminatory.

The lack of a reply are very telling.

Hitting the head can be fatal. People die from a slip, all the time. A friend of a friend went to the bathroom, took a leak, and turned around and slipped on the tile. He hit his head on the floor and died instantly. It happened at the office. He was 26. I have two friends who hit their heads while driving a bike without a helmet. One still cannot walk, or talk or function on her own, from a motorbike accident, where she hit her head on the pavement going only 20 kph. The other one has lost alot of his mental capacity after hitting his head. He insisted for years he would never wear a helmet. Now, he seems 15 years older. It doesn't take much. The head can be very delicate.

A basic primer or the use of Marxist doctrine. The most reactionary and far-right sectors of the capitalist class have teamed up to back a wannabe dictator who’s managed to assemble a mass movement of contradictory forces behind him — outright racists and misogynists along with millions of disaffected and confused members of the working class. It’s the classic formula for fascism. But beyond the race hatred, the anti-immigrant hostility, the misogyny, and the homophobic/transphobic attacks, what else motivates significant blocs of voters to go over to the fascist side? Georgi Dimitrov, one of the famed anti-fascist leaders of the 1930s, provided the beginnings of an answer: “What is the source of the influence of fascism over the masses? Fascism is able to attract the masses because it demagogically appeals to their most urgent needs and demands. Fascism not only inflames prejudices that are deeply ingrained in the masses, but also plays upon the better sentiments of the masses, on their sense of justice and sometimes even on their revolutionary traditions. Fascism aims at the most unbridled exploitation of the masses but it approaches them with the most artful anti-capitalist demagogy, taking advantage of the deep hatred of the working people against the plundering bourgeoisie, the banks, the trusts, and financial magnates.” Add to that the deep resentment that Trump supporters had toward law enforcement and the justice system, for going after their felonious master with such unbridled passion.

Sorry, I meant to say Marxist, since he used propaganda right out of the Marxist playbook, during his campaign.

Perhaps, if he does become the fascist leader some of us think he will be, I will be forced to say Mr. President, or your highness. By force of law. Until then he is goombah Don.

Many of his supporters have no idea who he really is. They just liked his rhetoric and bought his schtick. Many will be very surprised when the real guy surfaces. He is an utter incompetent.

When you consider that Trump added $7.1 trillion to the deficit last time around, I think it is safe to call this election campaign hyperbole.

No we don't. We can address him as the weasel. The thief. The huckster. The phony, or the goon. Respect has to be earned and it should never be freely given, he conducted a completely ridiculous campaign, he said an inordinate number of ridiculously stupid things, and none of that should ever be forgotten. Okay, he won and he's president now, but you could dress up a wild boar with royal garments it's still just a very unattractive wild animal.

They could always ship them to Ohio. They're eating the dogs They're eating the cats They're taking your pets!

It's interesting how development is always considered to be a good thing, granted it does create income for a lot of people, but is it necessarily a positive thing overall when a town such as Pattaya grows into a tourist mecca, with all the related problems and issues?

Typically most efficient governments and administrations will look for somebody who does have a level of expertise in the ministry that they are governing. Trump never considers that, he does not ever consider whether or not somebody will do a good job governing, as he only picks low hanging fruit. And he only considers the amount of destruction they can wreak, and the amount of revenge they can allow him to put forth.

It's a good thing you're not a lawyer, if that was your defense you would we kicked out of the courtroom in the first 5 minutes.

Considering the fact that Trump is an expert at committing fraud, you would think that that would give him some inside into how to fight fraud.

This is a terrible lack of responsibility on the part of the local authorities. If you must, carry pepper spray, or a can of insect spray. Nearly all creatures hate insect spray, as they cannot handle the smell. A long strong bamboo staff also helps. If nothing else works, culling is a good practice. I do not want a lecture about animal cruelty. . Most soi dogs are a nuisance. Most are mangy, some are disease ridden, many are hungry, tired, and lead terrible lives of desperation. Some attack people, some terrorize neighborhoods. Many harass the domestic dogs, and cause them to bark all night long, like in my neighborhood. Nobody wants to do anything about it. Culling is the answer. If they found a budget for it, they could do it Western style. Round up the dogs, clean them up, vaccinate them, and put them up for adoption. The ones who are not adopted after 60 days are simply put down. Nothing cruel about it. Not doing something like this, is both cruel to the dogs and to the neighborhoods they infest. The average dog bite cost alot money. A series of rabies shots, etc. And that is assuming someone was not hurt badly, like a small child. So, we should prioritize the health of mangy, miserable soi dogs over the well being of the human population?

Personally, I despise PC. And social justice authoritarianism. I think it represents alot of what is wrong with contemporary culture, and especially America today. It is a major form of weakness, when you allow yourself to be easily offended, and take everything personally. Granted, there are things that can be perceived as offensive, but allowing yourself to be offended by tiny little things people say and do is a bit much! But, the people who are offended daily, by things others say, are just weak, and would benefit by growing thicker skin. Life can be rough and caustic at times, and for those of us who have grown thick skin, it is like water off a ducks back. No big deal, at all. Think what you want to think. It just does not mean anything to those with self esteem, and a sense of who and what they are. Granted, these are just my opinions, and some will take offense to them. LOL. The US is by far the most tolerant country in the world when it comes to the whole trans, non-binary, amorosexual, decide whatever you want today, if it fits mentality. No other country is as loose, driftless, and as silly as the US and the UK. It is completely out of control. And now green skin too? The notion that political correctness has “gone mad” is familiar to anyone who follows even vaguely any aspect of modern political or cultural life. The phrase, ostensibly referring to language or action that is designed to avoid offence or harm to protected groups, has become a sharp criticism. It is synonymous with a sort of cultural McCarthyism, usually committed by the left. https://www.economist.com/open-future/2018/09/10/has-political-correctness-gone-too-far

Within the framework of most civilized societies, when a fishing boat crosses a sea border it would typically be escorted back out into Thai waters. Instead the maniacal, homicidal, serial killing armed forces of Burma open up fire on Thailand. No normal civilized society behaves like that. Thailand is acting as if this is just business as usual, with their local partner in crime. Shameful. Pathetic. Who is the foreign minister, and why is he sleeping on the job?

If anyone doesn't realize that she's just an incompetent nepo baby, totally out of her element, perhaps they're starting to figure it out by now? And we thought Prayuth was a terrible leader. She is lowering the bar daily.

Trump looks for very low quality, highly compromised individuals for positions of important positions of leadership, strictly based on fealty and loyalty to him, with no consideration whatsoever given to the qualifications of the individual. That is just who and what he is, he is a bottom of the barrel politician and an intelligent pic for an important post can never be expected of Donald Trump.

So where is the highway patrol who are supposed to be patrolling the highways, and the ridiculously lame police who also refuse to patrol the highways? Where are the safety standards, where is the search for reckless drivers? Why 7-Eleven, such silliness. An admission of surrender on the part of the police.

Not really. These days couples come in many forms besides the normal heterosexual couples, so I was referring to normal couples as heterosexual couples, however that was in no way a judgment as to that's the way it should be.

While they may not need Saudi oil they do still import it. And they certainly require electronics, car parts, and thousands of other products that are made overseas which will be subject to Trump's spectacularly dumb tariffs, which amount to nothing more than a huge tax hike on the American people.

Would you go so far as to say that a child is better off with a lesbian couple as parents, then they would be raised by grandparents with their mother off to work somewhere after they've been abandoned by their father? With the grandparents burdened by having to look after the child? As we all know it's not always so black and white as to assume that all children have a loving mother and father to take care of them.

That's a very good idea, I was going to suggest that, and I will stop replying to your posts as there's barely any content.