spidermike007

It would not surprise me in the least, especially if the authorities were Americans. They love to engage in nonsense, and enjoy nothing more than arresting a fellow American for sex crimes.

You are correct in a sense that Malaysia and Indonesia are both quite progressive when it comes to environmental initiatives, attempting to stop the burning, protecting the seas from filth and pollution and maintaining much of their forests. Thailand is still in the Dark Ages when it comes to the environment. And Anutin should never be allowed within 5 km. of any government building much less be given a position of authority, the man is an absolute goon.

Or just maybe a rational adult is permitted to agree with something that makes sense regardless of where the idea came from and regardless of what party the politician belongs to. It's more or less how politics were conducted before they became totally uncivilized and completely divided. In terms of being allowed I don't follow any ideology much less the Democrats. I support policies to make sense, I'm not politically correct and I'm likely one of the most conservative Democrats I know.

Art of the deal, that's a funny one. Trump could not negotiate his way out of a paper bag, the man has failed far more than he has succeeded and the vast majority of his fortune was stolen from small contractors.

This driver should be charged with premeditated murder as that was exactly what this was, however the guy on the motorbike never should have let his anger get out of control. We know by now that there's a lot of insane people on the roads here and many of them have the emotional development of a 13-year-old so act out at your own risk. I used to act out on occasion and I had some pretty close calls I've just decided it's not worth it. I take a deep breath I count to 10 and I just let it go.

By now many of us realize that the TAT just makes the stuff up on a daily basis, and it's not necessarily based on any sort of factual data. Chinese travel is way down, it will continue to drop most likely, and this is just another one of those out of touch with the reality pipe dreams on the part of these goons.

Trump is the ultimate panderer and many of us know he will say anything to get a vote, the level of his sincerity is almost non-existent, and his ability to follow through on policy is minimal, so this is not surprising on any level.

What a goon. Such insincerity. Crack down on the refiners who accept burnt sugar. No? They are too rich, and they are all your friends? Exposed again with your callous lies? Real men act. Small men yak, yak and make proclamations and then never do anything about them. That is just who you are.

As a dem, I tend to support this reversal too. It had gone way too far and was out of control. Pandering to the extreme, to accommodate the 1.5%.

Any politician should be presumed guilty, until proven innocent. Just the way it is. Same applies to the police, immigration and customs. They are nearly all corrupt. Gotcha!

One pivotal goal of taxation, he argued, is to ameliorate income disparities between high and low earners. A substantial, balanced reform of the tax system could even lead to lower income tax rates, a development that would ostensibly make Thailand an attractive destination for both investors and skilled professionals. Additionally, Lavaron highlighted that many countries introduce mitigative strategies wherein increased taxes in one domain are counterbalanced by support for vulnerable groups, cushioning the blow of consumption tax rises. I wonder is this guy serious or is he living on another planet? Is he sincere about this or is he an idealist? Is he going to raise the tax rate on the mega corporations and centimillionaires and billionaires within Thailand? One has to seriously doubt that.

Musk is a total superfreak and has definitely come under the spell of Trump, and most certainly realizes that by showing fealty to the new king his businesses will prosper. If there's one thing that's for sure, Trump loves to protect his billionaire friends and give them huge tax breaks, at the expense of the people.

If you like I can recommend some psychologists who specialize in treating people that have TSD (thin skin disorder), it seems like every time somebody criticizes Trump you feel absolutely compelled to respond. I think you have democrat derangement syndrome.

If you have a specific designation that you want to be referred to as wear a name tag that states it. Otherwise I will state what appears to be obvious, and if you don't like it not my issue, that's your issue.

Paying fealty and taking a knee for the new king.

Telephone poles, trees and concrete barriers tend to be very unforgiving, and they must be avoided at all costs!

Sounds like he did secret tapings of their sessions and then indiscriminately decided to post them. This violates a woman's right to privacy and this man deserves to be treated as a criminal, and such an act warrants time in prison. Where, hopefully, he'll learn how to not behave like a complete fool and how to show some respect to the women who he sleeps with.

Truly a pathetic move. For many of the officers who were pepper-sprayed or hit with two-by-fours or beaten that day, the thought that the nation’s chief executive would forgive such actions is despicable. “Releasing those who assaulted us from blame would be a desecration of justice,” Aquilino Gonell, a former Capitol Police sergeant who suffered lasting injuries in the riot, wrote in a Times Opinion guest essay this month. “If Mr. Trump wants to heal our divided nation, he’ll let their convictions stand.” A Capitol police release the day after the riots said that USCP Officer Brian Sicknick “passed away due to injuries sustained while on-duty.” The report stated that Sicknick “was injured while physically engaging with protesters. He returned to his division office and collapsed.” Four other police officers committed suicide in the days and months after the riot. The first was U.S. Capitol Police Officer Howard Liebengood, 51, who had been guarding the Capitol for 15 years and was on duty at the Capitol on Jan. 6. He took his own life three days after the riots. The following day, Trump ordered flags at the White House be lowered to half-staff in honor of both Sicknick and Liebengood. Several days later, D.C. Police Officer Jeffrey Smith, 35, who was injured in the riots on Jan. 6, also committed suicide. Smith’s wife, Erin, told the Washington Post her husband related to her the fear and panic he experienced the day of the assault on the Capitol, and that he was afraid he might die. In defending the Capitol, Smith was struck on the helmet by a metal pole thrown by rioters. Later that night, his wife said he went to the police medical clinic, where he was prescribed pain medication and put on sick leave. Smith’s wife said he “wasn’t the same” in the days after the riot and seemed to be in constant pain. After visiting a police clinic on Jan. 14 and being ordered back to work, Smith shot himself on the way to work, the Post reported. https://www.factcheck.org/2021/11/how-many-died-as-a-result-of-capitol-riot/ Pretty sickening. But, to be expected from a morally bankrupt goon.

Thailand is no longer attracting very many Western tourists for a dozen very good reasons. Right now it is predominantly Malaysian, Indian, Arab, Chinese, and Russian. One could argue that these are relatively low quality tourists, in terms of the amounts of money that they spend. Sure you have a few wealthy Russians and some wealthy Chinese, but most are lower to middle income and don't spend alot. This process will not be reversed until the authorities wake up and make some sacrifices such as lowering luxury taxes, lowering wine taxes, cleaning up the air, making the highways safer, allowing more private air travel, helicopter travel, high-speed trains and alternatives to the totally choked and extremely hazardous highways. And now they have invited in the Bratva, by opening up the country to all Russians. And the Chinese triads. Quantity over quality only works if you are selling $2 items at a swap meet. Dumb and dumber.

Correct. But things have changed dramatically in the US. And there is no making America great again. Great slogan. Fake premise. Not gonna happen. It will continue it's slide into less relevance.

I hope and pray you are correct.

I don't agree with much that Trump says or does. But, I agree with this. And it is just one of the reasons the Dems failed so miserably in the recent election. 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. The UK might be in second place. 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 Hopefully all this craziness will pass and we'll return to some form of normalcy and indecency. The term first appeared in the Marxist-Leninist vocabulary following the Russian Revolution (really, a coup) of 1917 to describe strict adherence to policies and principles of the Soviet Union’s Communist Party. “Political correctness” was invented by the communists to camouflage the truth about events and policies in the Soviet Union that had resulted in mass murders, the starvation of millions, and slave labor camps. It was “politically incorrect” to reveal such facts; the “party line” was for all loyal communist party members to promote the same “politically correct truths” about the “good life” under totalitarian government. https://www.telegram.com/news/20200114/roberta-schaefer-history-of-political-correctness-and-why-its-gone-way-too-far

The public urges government assistance in tackling air pollution. If you goons were not bought and paid for by big agra, the burning would stop. It is your compromised nature and your unwillingness to put up a good fight, that is the major cause of the air apocalypse we are facing. People are dying and suffering in hospitals on your watch, and their blood is on your hands. You are cowards. You are incompetents. You deserve to be voted out with a vengeance. Oh, I forgot, you were.

Trump has spent 4 years trying to change the narrative and frame the rioters as patriots. After the findings of the Jan. 6 committee, he began referring to the rioters as “political prisoners” persecuted by Democrats and openly suggesting that the F.B.I. had helped stage the attack. By the time his presidential campaign was in full swing last year, he had completely transformed the day’s monstrous bloody fury into what he called a “day of love” and insisted falsely that none of his supporters had brought guns to the Capitol. Fanone, a former police officer attacked by the crowd on Jan. 6, told The Times. “And who is to say he wouldn’t?” For many of the officers who were pepper-sprayed or hit with two-by-fours or beaten that day, the thought that the nation’s chief executive would forgive such actions is despicable. “Releasing those who assaulted us from blame would be a desecration of justice,” Aquilino Gonell, a former Capitol Police sergeant who suffered lasting injuries in the riot, wrote in a Times Opinion guest essay this month. “If Mr. Trump wants to heal our divided nation, he’ll let their convictions stand.” Pretty sickening. But, to be expected from a morally bankrupt goombah.

A few weeks ago, Vice President JD Vance said on Fox News that rioters who had assaulted the police would most likely not get pardons. “If you committed violence on that day, obviously you shouldn’t be pardoned,” Mr. Vance said, but added that “there’s a little bit of a gray area there.” Mr. Vance’s comments elicited almost immediate outrage among many of the rioters. “J6 defendants are very angry at JD Vance,” Philip Anderson, who was accused of taking part in a violent scrum in a tunnel outside the Capitol, wrote on social media. “All J6 defendants need to be saved.” Mr. Vance quickly tried to walk back his remarks. “I assure you, we care about people unjustly locked up,” he wrote on X. “Yes, that includes people provoked and it includes people who got a garbage trial.”