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As President May clearly is able to strike Syria and risk igniting WW3; I don't see what additional "sovereignty" could possibly be desired!
 
I note that Germany was against taking action but President Macron was able to direct France's forces with impunity.
 
What is this lack of sovereignty the Brexiters feel is so important that they are happy to live with huge economic damage as a result? Laws on the geometry of bananas?
 
No, a PEOPLES vote on the deal is a good idea! Heh, it's democracy innit?

6 hours ago, BobBKK said:

You think Trump is evil?  I think he's a megalomaniac who should never, ever be POTUS but evil??? 

 

Anyway it's not about Trump it's about loyalty to the OFFICE. Resign if you have ethical issues not whine after getting fired and start revealing private dinner confidences. If POTUS asked for loyalty why not?  if he can't be loyal to his boss F or FO.

 

 

Loyalty to the OFFICE/POSITION is dead right.

I recall when I joined the Air Force many years ago and it was drilled into recruits that you don't salute a person, you salute the rank/office he holds.

8 hours ago, BobBKK said:

Doesn't 'pique' my interest one iota. It's a disgrace an ex Director writes a 'kiss and tell' book. Shows who he is, what he is and what his loyalty is and it ain't higher than the kneecaps of a grasshopper.

Agreed BobBKK.   Scandalous conduct from a person who held his position.

Yes the evidence and charges would need to be serious for the largely political process of impeachment to proceed. But it's not just Mueller. What's going on in New York that touches on his business criminality could easily be of more consequence. Let the investigations, multiple ones, proceed to their conclusions. Yes, that takes time. It can't be any other way. 

As said countless times before, people vote with their pocketbooks. If the economy is thriving.....well you get the idea. Those of us who work hard don't like the re-distribution of wealth mantra the left chants. If I had my way there would be one tax rate for all Americans with no hidden loopholes. From dishwashers to billionaires....all should pay the same rate.

9 hours ago, sawadeeken said:

Wow.......... I hope very much --- That you are kidding.....................

As far as 'Men' selling themselves....... I cannot imagine a market..... EXCEPT among the GAYS............. And certainly you will never get a 'single Baht' In Thailand, for your sexual expertise, from a Thai woman............ You might have a bit of luck with that with a 'rich widow' in Beverly Hills or Hollywood (if you are above average looking)............ But please don't hold your breath waiting for that to happen in Thailand......... I have a friend from USA that scams a few of the girls on dating sites, making the girls think he is 'Marriage Material' and the girls use much of their parent's college money on Him then they 'kick him out'....... That guy the worst of the 'cheap-charlies'........... 

IMHO that guy is worse than the girl mentioned in OP and may be responsible for 'Hardening' a nice girl into what we have in this OP............

If you aren't going to marry the girl and you know it from the start...... Then..... You are the culprit......... STEALING YOUR OWN PERSONAL PLEASURES FROM HER RATHER THAN 'PAYING' THE 'GOING PRICE' .....................

And if you are one that believes that 'they' are being 'pleased' by YOU..... In Bed ...... and you are 'earning your keep' by pleasing HER.............. Then in my humble opinion............

You may wake up 'shocked' someday......... But then again, you may never wake up to realize 'what is wrong', because you already 'KNOW' it is 'everybody else'...... LOL.....

I was kidding Ken!!

Subcontract this case out to Presdient Trump....he'll authorize a missile strike up this guy's a$$hole, a heat seeker for good measure!

OP did well......now you know the modus operandi OP, stick with the hard position, even if you know them for years.

Wanting to borrow next year will be too fast, or next decade.

52 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

Memory loss, Bruce?

 

Quote Bruce............

I stand corrected, Clinton did authorize a four day joint US-UK bombing campaign of Iraq in 1998 for failure to comply with agreements on WMD.    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Iraq_(1998)

It was only 4 days Neeranam, so I guess that doesn't count??

14 hours ago, Skywalker69 said:

Infowars's Alex Jones blasts Trump over airstrikes: 'He's crapping all over us'

 

Infowars founder Alex Jones ripped into President Trump on Friday night after the president authorized military airstrikes in Syria, saying the decision made him "sick."

 

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/383141-infowars-alex-jones-cries-over-trump-airstrikes-hes-crapping

So according to Alex Jones, he hasn't always been opposed to Trump (or is that "trump"?).   Trump has become a piece of crap, contrary to what many here suggest, i.e., he's always been a piece of crap, since long before he was elected. 

Jones said, “If he had been a piece of crap from the beginning, it wouldn’t be so bad,”  and that implies.....no, it says, that he thought Trump was OK until the strikes in Syria.

Be careful with what you quote, because it doesn't always work for you.

Then I read......

Alexander Emric Jones is an American radio show host and conspiracy theorist. 

Another conspiracy theorist??    He'll be right at home on TV!!!

Buy badly.....sell badly!

He wasn't the first to lose on real estate, Trump Tower or otherwise, and he won't be the last.

5 hours ago, Expatthailover said:

Not all operations are announced eg when they went after bin laden.

Where civilians may be impacted I suppose they try to do the right thing  ( a situation very foreign to the current POTUS).

Overall I will believe this when it happens.

The CIC who prefers government by twittering over proper statesmanship seems to change his mind more often than an incontinent billionnaire changes his underwear.

Being militarily advised by someone who is almost as wacky and deranged as himself adds more uncertainty to the mix.

Being a professional and capable military person who has to stand by while those 2 renowned draft dodgers decide the fate of the world must be decidely challenging.

Cowards running the mightiest military machine in the world..ye gods

Overall I will believe this when it happens.

Please keep up....it HAS happened!!

With all the crap on Trump (or is that "trump") flooding TV, I'm so happy to see the trivia of a lawn mower not starting, the minutiae of everyday life.

HOW REFRESHING!!!   I love it.

Ho hum, I go on an enforced vacation, spend a few weeks in Bali, and nothing's changed!!

At east the Bintang was cold, and the Maskaan Padang still the best cuisine on the planet.

An interesting variation on 'the dog ate my homework' line, but at least the dog didn't get stoned.

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11 minutes ago, smotherb said:

Ah, so now you change your story. You said, "everyone after age 40 is a loser, die with it "  What you said is undeniably incorrect. There are many winners past 40 years of age. There may be more losers under 40 years of age. 

You're qupoting the wrong poster, or you're dreaming.   I never mentioned 40 yo!!

Go back, chill out, read again, and come back.

10 hours ago, simoh1490 said:

I recall from history that you've posted some good, objective, interesting and useful material on TVF over the years, sadly this post doesn't pass muster.

Thanks you for your comment, up to "years........"

Well I can't win them all.   One loved it, bwpage3, post # 106, thought it right on the money, and you don't.   Such is life!!

Differing opinions, based on our life experiences, make life interesting.

I've given you a 'like' for yoru post.

A lot of guys come to Thailand for adventure in their latter years. They find romance, companionship and love. Often leading to marriage and sometimes a kiddie.

 

What these farang don't always understand is that invariably the women who was hugging them so closely in the early days has a different (and secret/hidden) agenda. When push has come to shove, the farang is left contemplating why/how the  relationship deteriorated so far; and often so fast.

 

I've been in Thailand (Isaan) for 10 years now and I've watched as couple after couple have seemingly insurmountable problems, culminating in their relationships falling apart. I can honestly say that in most, the whole catastrophe has been orchestrated by the wife and her family.

That many foreign men fall for it, thinking a 20 yo woman, frequently a bar girl/hooker, would be genuinely interested in a much older man, makes them losers........ in my view.

What crazy man puts assets in an almost stranger's name in another country, when he wouldn't contemplate doing so back home, or marry a hooker back home? A loser!

I've never been to Phuket or Pattaya, but a large percentage of those who frequent such places are those who couldn't sustain a relationship back home.......losers!

I've often stayed at the Ibis, down Soi Nana, Sukhumvit, and all I see in the few bars as I stroll by are big bellied, mostly unattractive men, smokers, and drinking at 10 am, with bar girls.....losers.

I could ramble on with a hundred more examples, but you get the drift, and I agree with the OP, that many of those who move to Thailand are losers. Thailand has become a sort of modern Foreigm Legion, where men went to escape their pasts.

There are, no doubt, success stories, those where ages of partners are relatively close, but I see a significant minority there.

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55 minutes ago, simoh1490 said:

So if they accepted it and the chaos was reduced, then afterwards they could all go down the economics toilet together, that doesn't sound good.

That won't happen.

Are you suggesting that those who voted against are the fonts of all economic knowledge?