spidermike007

Lamb won by a wide margin. The GOP and the deflector in chief should get used to it. They are going to get absolutely trounced in November. The population is going to speak, and Tiny Don is going to be quite humiliated with the results. He may end up a lame duck, for the balance of his one and only term. That is my prediction. If there is one thing that the Don has accomplished, it is to energize the democratic party. 

That slim margin — out of almost 230,000 ballots cast in a district that Mr. Trump carried by nearly 20 percentage points in 2016 — nonetheless upended the political landscape ahead of November’s midterm elections. It also emboldened Democrats to run maverick campaigns even in deep-red areas where Republicans remain bedeviled by Mr. Trump’s unpopularity.

Tiny DT. The art of moving America backwards, and lowering the quality of life for the average American. 

The art of I cannot make a deal to save my life. 

The art of losing talent in droves, and replacing them with sycophantic fools, devoid of talent or experience. Like The appointment of Lynne Patton, a wedding planner and longtime Trump family associate, to head the Housing and Urban Development's office for New York and New Jersey, and the talk show host that he just appointed as a chief economic advisor, because he talk smooth and looks good on TV. Good one Don.

The art of not being able to fill vacancies, and leading a nation, without the help of key appointees. The Trump administration will usher in the second quarter of its presidential term with hundreds of vacancies still left to fill in departments throughout the administration. According to the Washington Post and Partnership for Public Service, only 241 key positions requiring Senate confirmation — out of 633 — have been confirmed as of Jan. 18, with 244 positions still without a nominee. The 633 key positions are a small portion of over 1,200 total positions requiring Senate confirmation, the Post noted. Trump’s sluggish staffing stands in stark contrast to his predecessors. According to the Post, Trump had 301 total confirmed nominees by Jan. 18, as compared with 452 confirmations by former President Barack Obama, 493 by George W. Bush and 471 by Bill Clinton at the same point in their terms. 

 The art of attempting to lead a nation, while being infected with the thinnest skin of a world leader, in history. 

The art of not having a diplomatic bone in his body, and destroying long held alliances, with hate, hubris and a horrible lack of intelligence, vision and talent.

2 hours ago, Langsuan Man said:

No this time line is the key to Trump's Tillerson decision:

 

 

source: http://time.com/5197365/rex-tillerson-fired-timeline/

 

That is far more correct, than Trumps lies about North Korea. That is deflection as usual. This man would not know truth, if it bit him on the butt. He has moved so far away from truth, honor and integrity, that he will say or do anything to make himself look better. It does not matter. Lives do not matter to the deflector in chief. He is a great charlatan. He is running the Don show. Ratings must be protected. The truth here, is that Tillerson despised him, disrespected him, considered Tiny Don to be the moron he is, and saw right through him. He was not one of the butt kissers, like Kelly and the others. Trump, like the autocrat he is, demands absolute loyalty, and insists that all of those around him have as little integrity as he does. He always talks about quality people. Well, Rex was the only quality person in this administration. What the Don has accomplished, is to completely clear out the very White House, of any competent and decent souls. Nice job Don. 

22 hours ago, Emster23 said:

Trump boasted he would run into a school shooting situation even if unarmed does not have the balls and decency to tell Tillerson face to face? Actions speak louder than words.

 Lots to not like regarding Tillerson, but he was one of the few adults on the staff and has real world experience in leading a very large corporation and being held accountable for his decisions, unlike Trump & family mom and pop business writ large with no accountability.

 It is chilling that new SofS is said to be "on the same wavelength" as Trump. Among other things, they want to get out of Iran multi national treaty. Why would N Korea ever agree to a treaty with this administration? Erratic, impulsive and uniformed entities not exactly the sort you would make long term agreements with or trust

Absolutely correct. The coward who got five deferments to serve his country, when it was his chance to do so, talks really big when he is in front of the cameras. Anyone with just one iota of decency and respect, would have sat Tillerson down, looked him in the eyes, and explained why he was being fired, before leaking that info through the incredibly cowardly medium of twitter. He deserved that. Working for Tiny Don is a thankless task, and the moment you become a liability, or someone he does not like anymore, or the moment you disagree with him, he throws you under the bus faster than a scam artist on Craigslist dispenses fake checks. Trump is a half man. A man that would pee and soil his pants, if faced with any sort or danger, or threat to his life. I guarantee, that if the deflector in chief, was standing outside of that school, not only would he have not run into the school, armed or not, but he would have wet his pants at the sounds of the bullets and terror. A brave man he is not. A man of virtue and character he will never be. A liar and fabricator he is, on a daily basis.

I really do not think he cares. He is so out of touch, so oblivious, so caught up within his own desires, and ego gratification, that anything else does not matter. I think it is important to not lose sight of one important aspect of this show. It is the Donald show. It is planet don. It is a reality TV show, with little don as the host. He is able to devote a few hours a day, to pretending to be president. But, for the most part, it is about running the show, and that is the most important thing for the charlatan. The American people? They mean nothing to him. His base? They mean nothing to him. The world. It means nothing to him. His family? They are sort of important. But Melania? Not really. 

Tiny DT. The art of moving America backwards, and lowering the quality of life for the average American. 

The art of I cannot make a deal to save my life. 

The art of losing talent in droves, and replacing them with sycophantic fools, devoid of talent or experience, like The appointment of Lynne Patton, a wedding planner and longtime Trump family associate, to head the Housing and Urban Development's office for New York and New Jersey, and the talk show host that he just appointed as a chief economic advisor, because he talk smooth and looks good on TV. Good one Don.

The art of poorly attempting to lead a nation, while being infected with the thinnest skin of a world leader, in history. 

The art of not having a diplomatic bone in his body, and destroying long held alliances, with hate, hubris and a horrible lack of intelligence, vision and talent.

The NRA is the enemy of the average American, in their continued support of terror, and mass murderers, and their purchase of senators, congressmen, and the deflector in chief is corruption, pure and simple. The age for owning a weapon must be raised to 21, regardless of what the constitution or the ridiculous declaration of independence says. All men are created equal? What a load of crap. Easy for a plantation owner, who owns 800 slaves to make such a ridiculous and false statement. It is all outdated, and the US is facing a national emergency. There are alot of cowardly gun owners, who are hiding behind the 2nd amendment. Meanwhile, 3% of those gun owners own 97% of the guns in civilian hands. Does any of this make sense, to anyone other than the die hard 2nd amendment advocates, who are willing to die, and have their nation torn asunder, before altering that law one iota? America is the new Kabul. Get used to it.

This couple should really be ashamed of themselves. They are corrupting a city that is so pure, so free of vice, such a high spirited, moral, righteous, dignified, elegant, clean city, that is utterly free of problems. They are in need of an immediate attitude adjustment. Let's get the little genius involved. Maybe he has a plan to help lift them up, out of their currently depraved state of mind! At the very least, he can introduce another crackdown. 

As I previously stated:

When I was growing up, we took drivers education classes. They showed us these horrendous films, of semi trucks crashing into cars, and literally obliterating them, and everything inside. Also, they showed very graphic images of head on collisions. Even as a young kid, it left a lasting impression, and I realized driving was no joking matter. Especially when you have your friends, or loved ones in the car with you. I am constantly astonished at the kinds of chances people take here, with their entire family in the car with them. Why? What is the logic? What is the reason? Why take those risks? Often, when someone cuts onto the highway in front of me, as I am doing 100kpm or more on the highway, I look in my rearview mirror, and there is nobody behind me for quite some distance. Which means, had they paused, and waited 2 or 3 seconds, there would have been zero risk to them, their family, or me and my family. What can one even say? All of this matters even more when driving a motorbike, where there is no protection. 

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, nor enforcement of the law. 

All the checkpoints do is clog traffic on the highways, and put alot of cash into the pockets of the toy police. It is all about catching people performing moving violations. That is what causes most accidents. And herein lies the deterrent. As long as everyone is allowed to get away with extremely reckless driving, entering the highway in front of an oncoming vehicle that is only 100 meters away, going 100kph, cutting in front of vehicles within one meter at high speeds, swerving like crazy idiots all over the highway, trucks and 40 year old cars occupying the fast lane doing 40kph, when other vehicles are approaching doing 120kph, drunk driving, etc, accidents, major injuries and deaths will continue to happen, and no amount of rhetoric and platitudes by the fabulously incompetent and insincere authorities are going to make any difference. 

The police only show up after the accident takes place. There is nothing in the way of traffic safety on the roads, or on the highways. Those traffic stops are all about weapons, drugs and handouts. Nothing to do with safety. I suppose there is no money in traffic safety. However, if they levied real fines for speeding over 120kph, for reckless driving, making severely quick lane changes, etc, there would be some money to be made, and the highways would be safer. 

Just a few days ago, I was driving along at about 110kph, on a good, straight stretch of highway. A safe speed. And some joker cuts in front of me with his pickup truck. Within two meters in front of me, then slams on his brakes. I guess he never stopped to look at the lane he was cutting into to see that there was no room for him! I slammed on my brakes to avoid the numnut, and barely missed him. Would have been a horrific crash. Why? What was the point of him changing lanes? Why didn't he look first? Who changes lanes without looking first, when they are doing over 100 kph? Why so little regard for his wife, and for others? Where does that mentality come from? Why do Thais seem so polite, yet when they get into a car, everything they have ever learned in life goes right out the window? Why so little in the way of common sense, reason, and the ability to be careful and maintain some vision? Why such idiocy? The apparent lack of skill and peripheral awareness on the road here is very scary.

Now for my scooter rant:

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. 
 
Just ask yourself- do I have enough problems already, without a broken skull, or smashed head, or face injury, or lost eye? I have two friends who have been in motorbike accidents on Samui within the last two years. 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. 

I was told by a very reliable source. He did not have an agenda. He rescued alot of the survivors. He attended to alot of the ones who did not make it. The press here is highly censored. The report only what the so called leaders want them to report. Nothing else. Social media? Why would social media report these statistics? They report individual accidents, but not overall statistics. Anything you read about accidents on Samui in the media would be false. 

• Road deaths are now calculated based on fatalities on-site. Victims dying later in hospital not counted.
• In 2000 there was an average of 30 deaths a month on Koh Samui (official figures released each month).
• Now it is stated that Koh Samui has 3-5 deaths each month (using the new way of reporting road deaths).
• In the last ten years the population has almost doubled and there are now 5x more vehicles on Koh Samui.
• Based on ‘official figures’ today it is possible to estimate that Koh Samui currently has 60 deaths per million per year. (Compared to 23 in London.) Based on the population and traffic density statistics from 10 years ago Koh Samui has in reality 720 deaths per million per year. This is probably the highest rate of road deaths in the world. Samui is a fatality death spot that nobody is willing to acknowledge!

So, why doesn't the government act, to make Thailand safer? Apathy, indifference, and a lack of concern for the safety of the common man (pleb). 

Little P.  - Moving Thailand backwards at a breath taking, alarming, and astonishing pace. Real men do what is necessary to save lives. Kids and highly underdeveloped people make promises, tell lies and engage in deflection.

14 hours ago, ukrules said:

 

Really, how much do you pay for your electricity per unit on average in Hua Hin ? I didn't realise it was that bad.

 

A good friend of mine, was paying 8 baht per unit (KW Hour?) in Hua Hin, in  building called the Precious, on Soi 88. The going rate is about 4 baht per unit. That constitutes a 100% markup. The building he was living in was about 80 units. If fully occupied, that means somewhere between 80,000 and 120,000 baht per month, in electric profit for the landlord, who should be in prison. 

The first question I would ever ask of a Thai landlord, is what do you charge for electric and water? Do I pay the actual bill from the meter, or do you mark it up? Oh you mark it up. This meeting is over. I want nothing to do with your criminal tactics. Although, frankly I am not sure if there are any buildings in Hua Hin that do not mark up utilities. Maybe renting from an owner of a private condo? 

The real question is, will this new law be enforced? It flies in the face of everything this administration represents. Protecting the wealthy, the elite, those in power, and those who are connected. That is all they do, day and night. 

13 hours ago, boomerangutang said:

Trump says "I always pick the best people."

 

Translation:  he picks the worst people.

 

similar to Trump saying repeatedly "I would love to release my tax forms, believe me"

Translation:  He would hate to do so.

 

or "I would love to meet with Mueller and answer questions."

Translation:  Trump and his lawyers are scared to meet with Mueller.

 

He never picks the best people. Ever. The lack of talent in this administration is glaring. As far as his taxes go, he will never release them. Why? He used his last bankruptcy as a write off, of $948,000,000. So, it allowed him to go 20 years without paying taxes. Even his base might be offended by that, much less those of us who have no respect for him, and consider him to be a circus clown, crime lord, serial statutory rapist charlatan. 

As far as Mueller goes, he would pick Trump apart like a cinnamon roll. He would last about 6 minutes under his questioning. It will probably never happen. His lawyers know what an egotistical blowhard the man is, and they would never allow it to happen, and if it happened, he would just take the fifth, as his guilt is as deep as the Mariana Trench. 

As many of us have been saying all along, he is above the law. Any and all laws. With the current government in place, their sole job is to protect worms like this one, and make sure they never face justice. That is for certain. Same goes for the serial killer on Dark Tao. Not only do these guys never face arrest and prosecution, but the opposite is the case. They are protected at all levels from the common cop, all the way up to the very weak and small PM. 

This has to relate to apartment buildings, correct? Nearly all rental apartments are in buildings that are over five units, in Hua Hin, for example, and nearly all charge up to a 100% markup on electric, which should be criminal, and apparently it will be? About time. Wonder if these laws can be enforced? Or will the weak, hapless, super incompetent army government just ignore them, like they do all other laws?