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50 minutes ago, Photoguy21 said:

I thought this site was about Thailand not some geriatric in the USA. Can we keep it to Thailand I am sure there are many sites that talk about the USA

For your information: this is the section 'World News', of the aeannow site.

If it bothers you, or doesn't interest you, don't click on any of the links in that section.

31 minutes ago, cardinalblue said:

article quite incomplete about accident details.....

'Single person accident', so I assume he crashed by himself, hit his head, and as I well know, your memory is gone for a certain amount of time. So he probably can't tell what happened.

Could have been a pothole, a soi dog, front fork of the bike broke, anything really.

3 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Checked your stocks lately?

Job numbers?

Economic growth?

 

I'm not sure what mr Impulse is referring to, but maybe it's the ever rising national debt. And in that respect he would be correct.

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Had you not used nonsense about Trump being a fascist ( you can't point to anything to prove that or it would have been all over this thread ) I might have taken you for a serious poster with something to contribute.

Thanks for agreeing with me about the 'corrupt' and 'coup plotter' part.

10 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I wasn't aware that Trump has been found guilty of trying to overthrow the government. Any facts from a reputable source to back that up? They've had 3 years to convict him on that, but they haven't, have they?

You are correct. The incompetent and/or cowardly Garland DOJ (Garland, handpicked by Biden), has wasted a year and a half before getting into action and starting actual investigations and prosecutions. Apparently these professionals weren't aware of all the delay tactics commonly used by Trump et al.

This is the picture: a corrupt fascist and coup plotter (supported by millions of Americans), against a weak, frail and mentally impaired Biden (supported by the party establishment, not by the American people), with the likelihood of the corrupt fascist winning the election in November.

A great democracy going down the drain fast, and we're all here to watch the disaster in real time. Great stuff!

53 minutes ago, YouAgain said:

 

Here's the problem.  The U.S. has a tricameral system.  The supreme court has no current ethical rules that have any bite, no term limits, and current court has zero checks other than passage of new laws that might get overturned by supreme court anyway.  

 

So it's a complete mess.  There is a solution to increase size of supreme court to 13, which I think Joe should do, cause heir Drumpf will do it anyway.  Then Senate could hurry through the US Supreme court nominees with Senate at 50-50 and VP tie breaker. 

 

Nominate 4 liberal judges, approve them before november with VP tiebreaker, then reverse the garbage passed by MAGA nuts judges.  

 

Time to get serious.  

Too late to get serious. Democrats (yes I'm looking at them, not at the Republicans) have let the flaws in American democracy slide by for so long, it will really bite them now, and all they can do is complaining.

Don't expect any serious action from Biden, it's who Democrats are stuck with, through their own stupidity.

Biden is an institutionalist as it seems to be called, I call it: he's stuck in the past. No ability to look to the future and take appropriate action.

If you take all these developments of the last 7 years or so, the American empire is on the way down. First, elect sn obvious corrupt fascist as president. Then, no checks and balances worth mentioning during his reign. Followed by a Democrat government incapable of applying the rule of law to an obvious bunch of coup plotters, even worse the ringleader is allowed to run for the presidency again, like nothing ever happened.

Americans have managed to deliver a choice for them in the voting booth, between a corrupt fascist whose intentions and plans are clear, and a guy with obvious mental decline. And the corrupt fascist will likely win.

And the icing on the cake, a Supreme Court who have declared themselves as the ultimate rulers of the country, and forget about the Constitution please.

8 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Sigh. If a lower court rules it was not an "official act" it's a crime and they can be prosecuted.

Unfortunately it would probably give presidents like Bush the younger immunity for taking America to war against Iraq on a lie, though they seem to have been acting as though that were always the situation.

If a lower court rules it was not an 'official act', that ruling can be appealed until it teaches the Supreme Court. 

Where these same 6 people that wrote this ruling on immunity last week, might very well decide, especially if it regards a president of their liking, that it was an official act.

And then it simply stops right there. Correct?

34 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Yea, the OP plus dozens more on youtube 🤣

It's maybe hard to grasp for you, but you need actual evidence to prosecute someone.

Your hatred alone doesn't cut it.

Btw, actual evidence is why Israel (and Hamas) will be prosecuted for war crimes. Unless Biden bullies the the ICJ even more than usual.

10 hours ago, Social Media said:

 

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office announced on Thursday that nearly all protesters charged with storming and occupying Columbia University’s campus during anti-Israel demonstrations will not face criminal charges. This decision has sparked outrage among law enforcement officials, higher education authorities, and Jewish advocates.

 

In a dramatic NYPD raid on April 30, protesters were rounded up at Columbia University's Morningside Heights campus, resulting in charges against 46 individuals for trespassing in Hamilton Hall. However, the DA's office dismissed cases against 31 of these individuals, citing insufficient evidence, such as security footage, to tie them directly to the building's takeover.

 

Michael Nussbaum, a member of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York, expressed his frustration, stating, "This is turnstile justice. This is a green light for chaos, a green light for destroying property." The decision has been seen as undermining the severity of the incident and potentially encouraging similar actions in the future.

 

Assistant District Attorney Stephen Millan explained that the prosecution faced significant challenges due to "extremely limited" video surveillance. During the police raid, cameras inside Hamilton Hall were covered, making it difficult to prove any damage or specific misconduct by individuals. Additionally, the protesters wore masks, complicating identification efforts.

 

Millan also noted that none of the individuals whose charges were dropped had a criminal history, and the involvement of Columbia, Barnard, or Union Theological Seminary students and staff in the protests influenced the decision. These individuals face potential disciplinary action from their respective institutions.

 

Among those whose charges were dropped is Aidan Parisi, a 27-year-old postgraduate student in social work at Columbia. However, James Carlson, considered a "possible leader" of the protests, remains charged with hate crime, assault, and petit larceny. Carlson allegedly torched an Israel supporter’s flag and hit the individual with a rock during an April demonstration. He is also accused of destroying a camera inside a holding cell at One Police Plaza. Carlson's attorney, Moira Meltzer-Cohen, has disputed the validity of these allegations.

 

Prosecutors informed 14 other individuals, including 12 unaffiliated with the Ivy League school, that their cases would be dismissed under certain conditions. Defense attorney Matthew W. Daloisio argued for immediate dismissal, emphasizing that no one was harmed or property damaged.

 

The decision to drop charges has been met with disbelief and anger from several police sources. One officer questioned the adequacy of body-worn camera footage as evidence, while another veteran cop criticized the DA's actions as giving protesters a mandate to escalate their behavior.

 

Jeffrey Wiesenfeld, a former trustee on the governing board for CUNY, criticized the inability to identify any individuals involved in the protests. "How can it be that you can’t identify a single person? It’s not acceptable and it’s not good for the city," Wiesenfeld stated.

 

This incident highlights the challenges faced by law enforcement and judicial systems in dealing with large-scale protests and the need for clear and effective evidence to pursue criminal charges. The decision by DA Bragg’s office underscores the complexity of balancing legal standards of proof with public demands for accountability and justice.

 

 

Credit: NYP 2024-06-22

 

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Good call by Bragg. Although they shouldn't have been charged at all. Trespassing, but no evidence? What nonsense.

It's not difficult to see by who is foaming at the mouth what's going on here. Suppression of free speech, of protests against Israel.

Remember that NY deputy police chief, showing proudly a very strong bicycle chain lock as proof of outside organizers of the protests? Clowns.

5 minutes ago, impulse said:

 

A little correction here.  The Bad Orange Man referred to the murderer of Laken Riley as an animal.

 

Trump refers to immigrants as 'vermin' and 'poisoning the blood'. 

Is that ok for you?

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-defends-nazi-rhetoric-immigrants-1234989206/

Just now, placeholder said:

The big problem with your hypothesis is that high inflation was virtually rampant in all of the developed nations and lots of developing nations as well. Was Biden responsible for that? And, of course, before the covid pandemic, government spending had increased yet inflation remained very low.

How many infrastructure workers, skilled and unskilled, how much materials, how much machinery, were just waiting on the sidelines for that 1.2 trillion to get dumped?

9 minutes ago, placeholder said:

If they were serious about stemming the flow of illegal immigration, all they would have to do was to pass laws making it a felony to hire undocumented aliens. Of course, there goes a huge portion of the labor force that is responsible one way or another for getting Americans fed. And, oddly enough, dairy farmers, other farmers, and meat packing companies tend to favor Republicans. Hmmm....

I don't think Democrats are doing better in that respect.

9 minutes ago, NativeBob said:

True. Yet that works in every country. Even in Taiwanese factories, and thai construction sites, not only booming economies but many boom-booms as well.

for example Trump used illegals from Eastern Europe extensively and Burge Halliffa skyscrapper was built by bengalis and nepalis.

I'm not American, and I'm probably considered a liberal, or libtard. But here's some common sense, from abroad.

Biden dumps 1.2 trillion into the economy, for infrastructure, and gets hailed for it. First, it's all borrowed money, but ok.

More important, a sudden infusion of money into the infrastructure section of the economy (that has a certain size) means ...

Do we have the people, do we have the materials, do we have the machinery.

Of course not. So that leads to price increases, lack of labor, and of course illegal labor. Could very well be a main cause of the rise in illegal immigration.

But of course Americans, and certainly people like Biden and Trump, rather ignore that mechanism.

21 minutes ago, NativeBob said:

lets say Biden drew a sweet'n'cute picture of Jose The Gardener, Mario The Soldier, Rose-Mary The Nanny and similar.

But the actual illegals are way different. Once [I think Rex T.?] called them "animals" and he had very serious reason for that. 

What is the purpose of visas if anyone can just waltz into another country?

I saw what happened in Paris pre-COVID years - horrible!

This is very bad idea for Americans, I don't think they appreciate it 

Your booming economy can only function with mostly illegal immigrants.

You only have to look at how many companies are seriously punished for hiring illegals. Almost none.

Nevertheless xenophobes like many posters here and Trump of course, talk about mass deportation, aka razzias.

5 hours ago, 1duckyboy said:

An easy half a million new voters for Democrats. 

Do you mean that if Trump had taken the same action during his presidency, the Republican party would have had an easy half million new voters?

11 hours ago, nauseus said:

Looks like the Vikings have had it with mass immigration too.

Do you mean that immigration automatically leads to Nazism? In Sweden?

21 minutes ago, riclag said:

Actually i wasnt even considering that war , which was started under his watch.

I was referring to the totality of the warring !Ukraine and the middle east!

Weak decisions & appeasing Terror nations such as Hamas and Iran while giving billions of dollars that is used to emboldened these radical regimes!

 

This world chaos happened all under his administration , weakness through appeasement!

 

A 2019 article: Joe biden -warmonger 

It is time to seriously consider whether we’re ready for another four years of foreign interventions in places where we aren’t wanted and don’t belong. Don’t let Biden’s centrist veneer fool you. In reality, few other candidates have been on the wrong side of history so often.

 

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/joe-biden-warmonger/

 

  

Appeasing Hamas. Now I've heard it all! 😂

9 minutes ago, Hanaguma said:

Talk about changing the subject....

I simply said that the idea of Biden as a warmonger in large part is due to his full throated and expensive pledges to keep Zelensky afloat at a time when the money is needed domestically. 

Doesn't make any more sense if you phrase it that way.

10 minutes ago, Hanaguma said:

Of course, no need to be stroppish.  Just suggesting the reason for the accusation of Biden. When veterans are homeless on the streets of America, it is a hard sell to spend that kind of treasure to prop up a distant regime.

Ok, changing the subject. Got it.

Biden subsidized Intel, a very big and wealthy company. Do you think that's a better way to spend taxpayer money?

6 minutes ago, Hanaguma said:

Probably p!ssing away close to $200 billion on Ukraine.

You do understand that Putin is the war mongerer here, or is that fact above your pay grade?