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Demanding money or begging. Threatening or begging. Huge difference.

McConnell called Trump "ill-tempered" "stupid" and a “despicable human being” Like most of the Trump haters, McConnell is simply projecting as though he is looking in a mirror. Most of the Democrats indulge in the exact hate-speech which they insist they want banned.

Smoking tobacco or Cannabis vs Buddhist Meditation Practice, major impediment or not? Tobacco? No. Some the the renowned Forest meditation masters where nicotine addicts. Nicotine is simply highly addictive but it doesn't have any psychoactive properties. But imho it's stupid to smoke tobacco. I've enough friends and family who died of long-term tobacco use. It should be outlawed as far as I'm concerned. Cannabis? Not conducive with Meditation practice as it has psychoactive properties that are counter to meditative states of consciousness. If you're going to smoke pot, you're not going far with meditation.

And the real question should be, "What does the absolute, vitriolic, irrational hatred of Donald J. Trump say about the IQs of OPs on this forum who repeatedly post there hate-filled, hatred-inciting rhetoric regarding the former US president on this forum." If Trump is that all-powerful that he can pull your strings and make you dance a dance of uncontrollable rage when ever he wishes - well friend - now that is real POWER! And I'm being purposefully sarcastic because none of this has anything to do with the collective IQs of the US voting public. People vote for whomever is the closest aligned with their own interests, and as Jim Carville pointed out in 1992 during the Clinton Presidential campaign: "It's The Economy Stupid." That quote still holds today as well.

If Trump is re-elected what does it say about the I.Q of the average American? Translated: How can I create as much derisive hatred and chaos on this forum as possible in an attempt to characterize a category of US voters as mentally defective. I find it humorous in a rather dark, sarcastic way that the exact people who are easily triggered and demand that the Internet be scrubbed of all content that triggers them personally and to label it as "hate speech" and "disinformation," are the exact people who get on forums such as this and spew their own hatred with glee and abandon. The real question is, "If Trump is re-elected, what does that say about the domestic and foreign policies of the current administration that led to a defeat of the Harris/Waltz ticket.

Color me surprised. Basically bombs on wheels.

Look like I may have to walk around to all the banks at the local Big C and have my wife ask. So nobody has a credit card out there who actually knows this information?

Omg. Fish and whales make the oceans "unhygienic!" The Horror!

Many families throughout Thailand would take in an infant. Why kill it? I'm dumbfounded.

When the going gets great, the great price gouge.

If you really want to know what is in the hearts of men (and women), place them at the wheel of a vehicle with darkly tinted windows and find out.

Honestly, foreigners from Western countries come to Thailand and expect that they can step into a cross-walk and, like in Western countries, the cars will automatically stop from them. That ignorance is deadly and this poor guy just found out. There should be warning signs at cross-walks in English: "Farang. If walk in crosswalk car may no stop. Be careful look for car no stop before walk" It might save injuries and lives. When I cross in a cross-walk, I look left, I look right, and I look left and right again (I learned that in Kindergarten) even if crossing on a one-way road (Especially if crossing on a one-way road), and then keep my peripheral visions and eyes moving back and forth as I cross. And I don't expect any vehicle to actually stop unless they have actually come to a complete stop, and then I look for the motorcyclists behind the cars/truck to split traffic and come scream through at speed. That's how you keep from getting killed or injured in a cross-walk. You don't step out, looking straight ahead, head-high with Western pedistrian arrogance believing that vehicle are actually going to stop for you. "We ain't in Kansas anymore Toto." It doesn't work like that here.

Absolutely. And anyone who votes for Trump should be rounded up by the Neo-Marxist, Kamalanian State of Mamola (formally known as the United States), and thrown into SuperMax prisons as Russian, Hungary, DPRK traitors. Jingthing - you forgot Xi. And Trump Chinese traitors too. Great conspiracy theory you got going here Jingthing: "Russian, China, DPRK, Iran, Palestine, Venezuela, The Sahal States, Yemen, Iraq, Syria, Slovakia, and all the BRICS nations who dare to attempt to avoid US sanctions and meet at the 16th BRICS Summit hosted by <screams and groans> Putin, all countries which are now collectively referred to as The New and Improved Axis Of Evil are beaming X-Band Mind-Control Signals from Russian and Chinese satellites into the heads of ignorant Red State voters and forcing them to vote for <gasp> That Fascist Trump!!!" <dogs howls, cat screeches> Even Democrat 'Men' are now affected by these dastardly malevolent Ruskie plans to take over American Democracy." That sounds about right, 'eh Jing?

So much for trusting "trusted" news media outlets. Regardless of what we a told we must believe, the majority of Americans don't blindly believe what they are told that they are supposed to believe by "trusted news media." Well, I'm in good company with the 69% who have low-trust in main-stream media which are virtually all owned by corporate interests or individual stakeholders like George Soros. "Americans continue to register record-low trust in the mass media, with 31% expressing a “great deal” or “fair amount” of confidence in the media to report the news “fully, accurately and fairly,” similar to last year’s 32%. Americans’ trust in the media -- such as newspapers, television and radio -- first fell to 32% in 2016 and did so again last year." --Gallup Source: https://news.gallup.com/poll/651977/americans-trust-media-remains-trend-low.aspx "Gallup can't be trusted!!! Gallup must be a MAGA site! Grrrrr." Of course they are (wink wink) ☝️

Fish pee in the sea all the time. Why not people?

I've got a credit card in the US but if I make local purchases I get hit with international transaction fees. I'd like to obtain one of those pre-deposit, M/C or Visa credit card from a Thai bank to make local purchases. I can tie up 100K THB as a deposit for a 100K THB credit limit which is way more than I'll ever need. What I don't want it a bank which insists on holding double the deposit of the credit limit. What banks in Thailand will issue a credit card with these deposit/credit limits to a farang with a yellow house book, pink ID, Tax-ID, married to a Thai woman, who came into Thailand originally on a Non-B visa (now I just stay on marriage extensions).

Well, the politicians pasted that vote-buying gimmick on all of their road-side campaign posters. "Vote For Me And My Party And If We Win We'll Give You Lotsa Money Directly From The Thai Treasury." Now, lying is part and parcel of being a politician so the commoners fully expect to be rewarded for their votes. And should the Shinawatra's and their friends renege on those promises - well? That ploy will never work again and they can probably expect to be kicked out of power in the next election - well - unless the Army decides to run the country for awhile again.

Well according to the private jet flying John Kerry, all of the commoner and peasant classes of citizens must be immediately forced to stop all flying, be forced to live in 15 minute cities, and forced to stop driving in order to "Save The Planet From Man-Made Climate Change. And of course when that happens, if it is ever enforced by the world's governments (and it may in the future), then Phuket will return to being a fishing village as all tourism will be mandated by world leaders to permanently end for the plebeians . Only the John Kerry's of the world will be allow to fly and take vacations. Then Phuket won't have to worry about the occasional flooding (which by the way has been happening cyclically since the dawn of the Earth). And actually it won't even be a fishing village as all fishing will be outlawed in order to "Save The Planet." Only the John Kerry's and his WEF friends will be allowed to eat fish. So trust me - it won't be cyclical annual floods that end the tourist destinations like Phuket (and in fact, all of Thailand's) and all tourism by the commoners. It will be man-made laws outlawing tourism (for everyone but those with private jets who all are above all laws) in the name of stopping "man-made climate change"

Seagal is no more planning on joining Russia's military efforts than any 72 year old man. I don't think any military in the world allows men in their 70s to join their rank regardless of their physical conditioning. Well, maybe Ukraine as I read that the Russians captured a US guy in his 60s who looks like Santa Claus fighting for Ukraine. 70 year olds don't see action unless their country is overrun by an invading force. However give the bellicosity of Neo-con elements in the West and the outright admission that their plan for Russia includes its strategic defeat and the break-up of the Russian landmass (read Zbigniew Brzezinski's The Grand Chessboard, et. al.) in addition to the absolute hatred by most EU leaders of anything Russian - US-led NATA may just attempt a land invasion of Russia in the future. Then perhaps Seagal's aspirations will come true.

Well, give him credit for not running like most Thais.

Shhhhh. Pfizer and the CDC say there is no such thing as natural immunity. It's disinformation!

Safe and Effective. Just ask Dr. Fauci. He's had Covid three times and those shots saved him from dying for sure.

Foreign Tour Operators Flood Phuket, Taking Jobs from Locals Well Phuket locals, go to Mexico, book a trip through Eagle Pass, TX, and get your free healthcare, a complimentary EBT card loaded up with USD, and a free apartment, and a job waiting for you with transportation to and from work. Show them foreigners a thing or two and go take jobs away from them in their home countries. Don't like the US (although North Hollywood has great weather), then head to the EU or UK. Claim asylum and get a similar deal. "Hello Big Money!" Stay for five years in the US and collect Social Security when you get old and retire. Why stay in Thailand and complain about foreigners? Two can play this game and in the West the game is rigged in your favor! Move and join the gravy-train today!

Lightweight.

So why war? Wars are Profit. Wars make a s**t-ton of money for Western corporations. So wars are an eternal facet of Western colonial powers. They never end. There is no such thing as “peace” to those Ivy League leaders of Western nations as there is no profit in peace. So forever wars are fabricated, new insurgents are born (generally from within the population of those labeled collateral damage), and the beat goes on… However, if you have ever traveled extensively or are a Western veteran, the rose colored glasses slip-off and you see things for what they are, well, unless you are a completely brainwashed ideologue...then there is little hope for you. So do wake up and understand that there is more than one narrative. Every country has it’s own interests and a right to protect their national interests against larger colonial powers which seek to take what smaller countries (or countries which have little in the way of modern weapons and can be crushed with a disparity of force by those with advanced weapons systems) have by force. And now it has gotten so silly that Western military forces are gearing up for wars with Russia, China, and Iran (and elsewhere) on those countries territories! Who do you think fights with a vengeance? A soldier or conscript sent thousands of miles away to fight a war, or a soldier (an insurgent) fighting on their own homelands in defense of their country? Hegemony and hubris – it is a world-destroying recipe.