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Not much difference as all are in on the joke

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! Oh well, charter a helicopter to take him to a private airfield and use one of his multiple passports to escape the new charges. Heck - won't the penthouse remand prison hospital be waiting once "dying Tony" comes back? They ain't never tossing Teflon Tony into Gen-Pop. Yep - Tony is sooooo sick that he's constantly seen in public rubbing elbows and press the flesh. 🐂💩 I'm coming Edith!!! It's the Big One this time!!!

When one side seeks an ethnically pure State for itself? Conflict will never end.

Different rules depending on the Immigration Office. Within the same Immigration Office, different rules depending on the mood of the Immigration Officer. Perhaps yours was OTR.

These "low post" newbie OPs get stupider by the day.

At least it's not like an ethnic discrimination issue - Thais are very adept and killing anything and everything on their roads regardless of ethnicity, skin color, or species. They are equal opportunity road-killers.

I don't go to KFC myself. Or pretty much any other Western fast-food chain. If I want decent chicken I go to a Five Star Chicken franchise or buy Gai Yam from the numerous vendors who sell it hot and fresh at roadside stalls where you get value, your order isn't over-priced, and you get a good tasting meal that isn't just a bunch of highly process food-stuff. "You'll get FOOD POISONING from those dirty road-side stalls!!! Arrrgggghhh!" I've had food poisoning twice in Thailand. Both times after eating at a Western corporate fast-food chain. Won't name them though - you know how that goes here in the LOS.

I don't believe a word of what you posted. Otherwise we'd be reading: "Insane farang arrested by RTP for assaulting Thai counter-staff at fast food restaurant with thrown chicken parts. The incident has been referred to Thai Immigration who will start deportation proceeding after concluding a short investigation. For further details at they break tune in to Thai News At Six!" I'll file this under BS Of The Day On AN.

The West can show Russia whose boss! Just nuke Moscow and the entire world will no longer have any Geo-Political problems at all. <BOOM> All problems in the world solved for good. It would be a fitting end to humanity, especially the West, which know nothing but the desire for endless war. So dear Western war-mongers: "go show Putin who really runs the world." Send him a nuke or two and that will take care of everything except for the Continuity of Governance "Morlocks" who happen to make it to their assigned bunkers before the conflagration hits. Come on! Most Westerners hate Russians, so they all should welcome a nuclear end to all of their troubles, 'eh?

Deputy Dir Abbate from the FBI. Deputy Dir Abbate sings a different tune than FBI Dir Wrey who forwarded the conspiracy theory that former President Trump was hit by something other than a bullet which of course trivialized the attempted assassination. Senator John Kennedy questions Deputy Dir Abbate. IMG_7923.MP4

Have you had a recent change of heart about US politics? Just wondering.

Yeah - Jonathan Turley writes many opinions based on Constitutional Law that are worth reading, but I'm personally hesitate to post any of his writing here as, from experience, those posts tend to be disappeared so to speak. Anyway, regarding the article now that it's posted . I've stated that I'm a conservative. Now conservatives are called every vile name in the book by those on the Left, but what is conservationism? From various dictionaries: "Favoring establish customs and values; moderation; a tendency toward moderation and caution; marked by or relating to traditional norms of taste, elegance, style, or manners. Conservative want to take a measured approach to institutional norms. They want to weigh the factors and tend to make changes in a slow, methodical manner. So a conservative's approach to changing norms which are established by the US Constitution is a slow, measured approach where changes are made over decades and are based on the slowly changing world of legal precedent - which does change over time, but also swings like a pendulum to reflect changes in society and values. Now what's the difference between conservatism and liberalism in a Right/Left dichotomy? The Liberal Left wants to take a wreaking-ball to the entire system, toss in a malatov-cocktail to boot, and burn it all down - yesterday. As the old saying goes: "If you weren't a liberal in your youth you had no heart; if you not a conservative in you latter adulthood you have no brain." In my youth I was liberal, a classical liberal - and anti-war. Today I'm a conservative, ironical, a classical liberal - and anti-war. Get the picture? I once was on the Left. Now I'm on the Right. And yet? I really haven't moved. The world moves as did the labels. Those on the Left now are more like Marxists and Communists. More like The Weather Underground of old. And the Democrat Left is no longer anti-war. In the contrary - they are pro-war and pro-violence. They they project that desire for violence on conservatives. The insinuate that conservatives are violent because they embrace the 2nd Amendment. However conservatives embrace the gun culture in order to protect themselves from those who embrace war, violence, and who wish to "take a wreaking-ball to the entire system, toss in a malatov-cocktail to boot, and burn it all down - yesterday." So what does that have to do with Biden's plan to eviscerate the SCOTUS? Everything! That's where we are at now: We have an executive and Democrat Congress who wish to "take a wreaking-ball to the" SCOTUS, "toss in a malatov-cocktail to boot, and burn it all down - yesterday." Conservatives - like Jonathan Turley make a point to urge restraint. And "conservatives" like myself, tend to agree. The SCOTUS is stacked "conservative" at the moment. It's a roll of the dice, it's luck of the draw, it's timing. In 20 years the SCOTUS could be stacked "liberal." And that too would be a roll of the dice, the luck of the draw, and timing. But we don't need a wreaking ball taken to establish institutions in order to stack the deck for one party or the other who are currently butt-hurt about how things currently stands. We don't need a Marxist and Communist revolution in America to change the status-quo because revolution leads to revolution. Violence beget violence. We don't need that. So from a conservative approach the SCOTUS needs to be addressed slowly and over time. The makeup of the SCOTUS will change given time. It just doesn't need a wreaking-ball and a malatov-cocktail approach to change. Imho.

The Administration, Congress, and Supreme Court provide checks-and-balances for the American system of governance. Now the Administration wishes to place its thumb on the scales to modify the judicial checks-and-balances in its favor. The Democrat Left is seeking to openly "Communize" and "Stalinize" the Republic and turn it into their vision of a Leftist Totalitarian Hell. I do hope they fail abysmally.

Thai Language Seen as Vital National Symbol, Survey Shows Thais are extremely nationalistic. That's considered to be a "bad thing" in the West and yet the same people saying Western nationalism is bad will approve of Thai nationalism. From my perspective it explains why their education system is sub-par and Thai language skills with foreign languages are also sub-par.

Yeah, you know. Them Commie Ruskies and those dirty camel-jockey ragheads just waiting for the chance to rape the pure and pristine Mother America and her virgin children Ukraine and Israel - all as pure as the wind driven snow. Nuke 'em all I say!

That is a problem, and like I've said: "There isn't any difference between Democrats or Republicans, including Trump, in the US Two-Party DuopolyTM.

There is no profit in peace, so the US and its military industrial complex are addicted to "Forever WarTM" So there is no reason for the West or Western corporations (including their cheerleaders, the corporate Mainstream Media) to want anything other than war for as long as it takes for as long as the MIC, their suppliers, and US politicians can make profits.

It's called "competition," and it's the basis of a free market. The Chinese government helps its corporations. Ok - so what? The Communist Party of China makes long-term economic plans, something the West is incapable of doing, and then works with their manufacturing base to produce goods at prices which can't be beat by nations whose governments and corporations can't plan beyond their own noses as short-term gains are the name of the game in the West. And Thailand is incapable of producing long-range plans that aren't completely politicized - just like the West. If you can't compete, get out of the market before you're shaken out - or - join the economic union and work together with China and other members of the BRICS as a partner and be part of the long-term plans. "Evil China is over-producing! Grrrrr!" And consumers world-wide benefit instead of greedy corporations who pay their government's politicians to provide them with the means to "maximize profits" by screwing the average man, woman, and child in the marketplace.

There is an Olympics? Wake me up for the Winter Olympics or when the Russians compete under their own flag and the games aren't a politicized circle-jerk manufactured solely by the West.

It has nothing to do with Jews. It has to do with Israel and the Israeli fight for liberty and democracy and freedom in the Middle East.

Well, no need to worry about her asking you for money to help her mom's sick buffalo. However, she may need a couple hundred thousand to get the family's rice field tillers and planters healthy again. We're all entertained by you guys who have less than 50 posts who come up with this creative writing about Thai women. I tend to think you're probably a old-time TV/AN member who created a new account just to have a laugh at making silly posts like this. If not? When her rice fields are flooded you can take genital herpes girl out fishing for rice trout. They really are tasty. Give it a try! In the meanwhile she is no doubt filleting the trouser-trout she just landed and is getting ready to cook it. Ain't that right Op? 🐟🎣

Run Skippy, run!

You can get Broccoli seeds from iHerb. Place three Tablespoons in a mason jar and let soak in water for 8 to 12 hours. Cover the top with guaze and pour out water, rinse and pour out again. Place at an angle for until drained. Repeat the rinsing and draining for three days. Tada - broccoli sprouts. Best to do during the cool season. They contain high levels of glucoraphanin, the glucosinolate precursor to the isothiocyanate sulforaphane which has documented anti-cancer properties. I'd link scientific studies but unfortunately it's against the forum rules.

This is probably a stretch. I'm trying to find Filé powder (ground North American sassafras leaves) for making gumbo. Shopee and Lazada don't have it. Unless someone knows where to find it in Chiang Mai, I'd need to order it online if it is available in Thailand. I don't have high expectations of finding any, but checking anyway.

I don't dislike people for their political views per-say. But I have a huge problem with people who want the State to beat down anyone in the general population who doesn't hold there own views. The irony with many on the Left is they espouse "tolerance" and yet display no tolerance for anyone other than those with their own view. Then getting the State involved to be their strong-arm enforcers: Make those people shut up. Throw those people in jail for their thoughts. Imprison or kill their leaders and supporters. If they protest, beat them on the streets and let us help. Make them wear masks, make them take shots, throw them in concentration camps. If "they" go to the capital to protest it's an "insurrection." If we do the same thing it's a fiery but peaceful protest. And so on............. You can't make this up as we've seen it play out over the last few years and it's getting worse every year. Most traditionalists and conservatives want to live their lives and be left alone, and yet still want to exercise their Constitutional rights; many on the Left, perhaps a majority, want the State to make traditionalists and conservatives to do what the Left wants them to do, even if it means inflicting lawfare, violence, and actually throwing them into concentration camps or prison - exactly what the Left says that traditionalists and conservatives want to do to them. But that couldn't be further from the truth. Traditionalists and conservatives basically say, "Do whatever you want to do, just leave us, our families, and our children out of it and don't tread on our Constitutional rights and rights under Natural Law. But the Left just can't do that, so therein lies the problem.