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93 Dead, 575 Injured in Two Days of New Year Road Crashes Pretty much two normal days on the road in Thailand.

Are you gay? Then it's a redundant statement of fact - ignore it. If you're not gay - ignore it. I write Thai better than that. Probably another farang having a laugh.

Damn!

Ditto. Admirable man.

You can buy a new Suzuki Celerio for another 50K. They are excellent city cars. Highly reliable. An off-brand second-hand EV? May be "iffy" too. I also wouldn't buy a second-hand car after a flood. Do you really know the car's history? Just saying...

Your Brain Flushes Out Waste Every Night–Here’s How to Help It Clean Up "Surrounding the arteries in the brain is a sheath-like structure, and cerebrospinal fluid flows through the space between the arteries and this sheath. During sleep, the brain’s blood vessels constrict, increasing the space between the vessels and the sheath, which allows more cerebrospinal fluid to flow in. As the arteries pulse, the cerebrospinal fluid is pumped through brain tissue, flushing out waste—such as beta-amyloid and tau proteins—from the deeper spaces between brain cells, eventually clearing it from the brain." "“Waste-removing processes in the brain barely operate during wakefulness. It is very much a process that occurs in our deep-sleep stages..." https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/your-brain-flushes-out-waste-every-night-heres-how-to-help-it-clean-up-5767696?src_src=partner&src_cmp=ZeroHedge

Can anyone explain to me why there are cannabis shops everywhere? To sell cannabis? That's just a guess. 🙄

That sucks. 🙏

Germany is a perfect example of implementing a knee-jerk reaction by going full "renewable energy" to "save the planet" without thinking through the implications. And they destroyed their "green" nuclear power as well. Now? They have some of the least "green" energy in Europe as they burn coal to make up the energy deficit. This is where politicians instead of engineers creating energy policy end up screwing an entire population out of sheer stupidity. While on the subject. Commercial fusion power is going to be a reality by 2050 if not sooner. Net Zero will be achievable as soon as fusion power comes online. In the meanwhile the climate zealots need to calm down. "The polar icecaps will melt and flood the world by 2030." These fools have been making that same prediction for the last freaking 50 years and we're all still here. And Obama, Gore, Biden, and their climate loony friends still have not been flooded out of their beach-front properties. Wake me up when the Obama's have to leave their Martha Vineyard estate on the ocean due to "melting icecaps." Otherwise I'm not buying the nonsense. https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/21244/europe-germany-renewable-energy

If I never hear that again, it will be too soon.

Yes! That was a classic line! And true at that. Brit comedian Tommy Trinder.

Yep. By the way - there are a whole lot of Republicans-In-Name-Only who need to be voted out of office in 2026. True Republicans are traditional conservatives who actually believe in the US Constitution. I'd venture that half of the Republicans currently in Congress are RINOs. Many are just Democrats who call themselves "Republican." Liz Cheney comes to mind. Speaking of Liz Cheney, she got pounded in the 2022 election. Harriet Hageman received approximately 66% of the vote, while Liz Cheney garnered about 29%. RINOs are not fooling any conservatives anymore. They all gotta go in the next election cycle. We need the US to return to its conservative roots. Watch! I just whacked a hornet's nest. 🐝

It's not all of us. I'm a US veteran, so anyone who wishes to question my so-called "patriotism" can bite a rock. And yeah, a whole lot of my fellow countrymen believe in "US Exceptionalism." We're the "shining city on the hill." We're the "garden in the jungle." Actually all the US is now is Empire In Decline. The US has had it's day. Most of the US GDP is created out of "services." It creates very little that is tangible. China is the world leader in manufacturing, and as such, the US empire wants to now go to war to destroy it. Like all empires, it wants whats the resources of other countries and if other countries don't "bend a knee" and become vassal-states, then the US will take it forcefully. I'm anti-war and anti-empire and anti-colonialism. I'm pro-peace and pro-trade and pro-international-commerce. The US can't stand any of that. And with Trump coming into office, I expect that the US Exceptionalism trope to be beat to death for the next four years - he's already signaling the roll out of a new Monroe Doctrine policy. We'll, he did get into office by promising to get us out of foreign conflict, but time will tell about that. One thing about US vets. We tend to hold two competing ideals: We love our country for it's Constitutional freedoms and rights, but we are also some of its harsher critics when it comes to foreign policy. Why? Because we were the cannon fodder sent to foreign countries to "project power" and to enforce US foreign policy as flawed as it is. I am 100% for a defensive military in the US used to defense its borders and sovereignty; I'm also 100% against foreign adventurism in the name of US Exceptionalism and US corporate profits. A lot of the "Yanks" who carry on about US Exceptionalism never served a day in any of the US militaries. That says a lot.

"Oath Breaking Insurrectionist." That requires a trial and conviction. There hasn't been either. Ain't going to happen. If it did, my guess is it would be the catalyst for a civil war, which in my humble opinion many on the progressive-left would prefer over Trump taking office. The actual "insurrectionists" are those who now are attempting to set the stage for the overthrow of the democratically elected President of the United States.

Insurance brokers ask about details of the vehicle. The insurance is on the vehicle, not the driver. Never been asked my age. If an insurer wants to lose premiums with age discrimination, my suggestion is to find another insurer. Insurance brokers are a dime a dozen and can provide policies from multiple insurance companies. Vote with your feet and take your business elsewhere.

I'm good to go any time.

"Road Block Enforcement" doesn't do much in the way of decreasing offenses. Thailand, like the West, needs uniformed patrol officers in patrol cars driving in traffic and pulling traffic offenders over and issuing traffic citations. "But Thailand has BIB in patrol cars!" Those are not "Patrol Cars." They are the VIP escort motorcade lead-cars to chase the commoners off the road so that VIPs can pass by at 120 kpm without the "little people" in the way. Thai cops don't stop motorist for "moving violations" and they don't issue citations.

First day of "Mr and Mrs Connda Stay At Home For 10 Days."

This should be entertaining.

I just completed this quiz. My Score 0/100 My Time 19 seconds Interesting. Never got a chance to answer. C'est la vie!

Outside of computers I stay pretty dumb about current technology. I've got a Samsung Galaxy phone running Android with a single USB-C connector. I want to port the phone's screen to an external computer monitor using a HDMI cable but I also need to input an audio signal from my guitar amp into a music program that I run on the phone via a standard USB-A cable. I figure that a USB-C multi-port hub will do the job - maybe or maybe not. 🤔 The USB-C multi-port hub would have both an HDMI and USB-A port, but? I have no idea if the phone can handle both input and output in this manner. Thoughts from more tech-savvy folks out there than myself? Note: I know the phone can hook to a TV via "Smart View" but I don't have a TV, only a computer monitor.

To a globalist, anyone wanting to "Control Immigration" is a Racist. Well - unless you are a developing nation like Thailand, then controlling immigration is perfectly fine and dandy. Globalist only seem concerned with the "browning" of countries with European ancestry. They could give a rip about countries-of-color keeping out all migrants regardless of color, e.g., Thailand. So from a globalist perspective and amplified by pro-globalist politicians and media, if you wish to control the influx of migrants into the UK (US, EU, AU, CA, NZ) though legal immigration and keep out those illegally entering the country - then you are called A Racist! However, I believe the AU and NZ get a pass. 'Eh?

Exactly