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Honestly, which MPs are "in touch with the street?" A handful of back-benchers like Galloway who are ignored or procedurally shut down when they speak, and then called "A Danger To UK Democracy" by those elitists like Sunak, Cameron, Blair and the other pig-swill (I'm being nice) who take to their podiums to urinate on the democratic will of the people when they vote for those MP who actually represent the will of those on the streets. Then the street explodes (and you expected what?) And the elitist's response is to double-down on totalitarianism, to send out the militarized goon-squads to bust the heads of the most peaceful protestors (easiest prey), and then to lambast anyone who attempts to see the world through the eyes of the people on the street as they look down their Oxford and Cambridge educated noses and scoff at the commoners in their high-brow nasally City of London accents which personally makes me want to puke every time I hear them. It's time for serious change as virtually all "leaders" are out of touch with those whom they are supposed to represent when in actuality they only represent the monied interests of the wealthy, the aristocracies, and the billionaire-classes...and the commoners on the street be damned. Just making an observation based on the study of history, but ignore the will of the street long enough and then changes happen in a very undemocratic manner. And the irony being that to get back to the ideals of a democracy or a republic, the rot-at-the-top needs to be cut away and the system rebooted from the ground up. Considering that those who make the lives of those on the street a miserable exercise in austerity, it's just a matter of time before history repeats itself and begins to "rhyme." "History doesn't repeat itself but it often rhymes." - Attributed to Mark Twain

I was a Yank kid but I was raised there in the 50s. Yeah - agree with you. Welcome to The Great Replacement.

Yep. That's the other thing bob. Thailand doesn't give free room and board and stipends to migrants. They work.

Actually I go back as far as Datek too. As far as my portfolio, I've nothing much in it that I'm worried about. If fact I've got a couple of trades that should be doing pretty well in a downturn. Mostly in cash and waiting to see where the dip is heading. If the S&P was halved I'd be happy. I'd start buying again if it hit 2100 and change. But honestly. History - this is probably a week long hiccup. The NASDAQ could bleed off a couple thousand points and not have percentage losses like I've seen in the past. Yeah - I just read about the brokerage outages. Sucks to be trying to dump positions.

Abstinence. Not that it would matter with my 64 year old post-menopausal wife.

No.

I see that the <censored> Pandemic as back. Please go get your vaccinations. Safe and Effective!

There is very legal avenues for migrant immigration from Myanmar to Thailand. I see them at immigration as well as at local provincial hospital where they register for free healthcare. Then if a Myanmar couple have a kid in Thailand - anchor baby. I know, I have friends from Myanmar who will be living here the rest of their lives with their little Thai citizens. Regarding illegal immigration from Myanmar? I've got to guess there are migrant labor quotas so those coming in illegally probably couldn't get a spot on the labor quota.

Because Thai Immigration would kick their collective butts out of the country faster than you can say, Som-Tum. Highly nationalistic, overtly racist country allowing in asylum seekers and economic refugees? Dark-skinned "Kerk" from Africa and Central Asia? Ain't happening - ever. Hell, they can't stand farangs. Pour another drink bob to get your head on straight.

Probably radioactive for the next billion years.

More "Family-Friendly" Pattaya. Come get some more!

No way. One of my favorite!!!

"Family-Friendly" Pattaya! Come and get some!

By Hook or By Crook by Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks featuring The Lickettes!

Einstein's definition of "insanity" I believe.

Come to "Family-Friendly" Pattaya!!!

I see defamation charges coming soon...

No.

Are you advocating for his assassination? Sort of sounds like it. As will no doubt about 1/3 of the AN members on this forum who will be writing that "Trump is Hitler" and "Trump will put all Lefties in concentration camps" and "Trump needs to be stopped by any means.....". They you cheer when an attempted assassination takes place and trivialize Trump getting shot as "getting sharpnel on his ear" which has be formally discredited by the FBI, and yet is still perpetuated by those of you who believe that violence is Ok, because wouldn't be Ok if you went back in time and assassinated Hitler, and now "Trump is Hitler." "The end justifies the means," which is funny because that kind of thinking comes right out of Fascism and totalitarianism - as does condoning and encouraging political violence. "This post doesn't advocate violence!" Yeah - it does.

The Far-Left media as well as the government which doesn't care about the national ethnic roots of the country immediately stokes maximum tension by referring to anyone who protests against the way the government urinates on the average UK citizens whose forefathers have lived their for centuries as opposed to a few years or months - yeah, all of those people get labelled "Far-Right." Then the goons are sent out to bust the heads of any "Far-Right" protestors. Very few people have any confidence in their Western governments who work for the benefit of the Donor Classes who provide the funds to keep the politicians in power. Nothing changes other that the pressure in the pressure cooker which now has a broken release valve. Yeah Starmer, send the goon squads out to bust the heads of white people, because of course, all white people are now Far-Right Extremist and deserve a good beating if they are on the streets That will solve all the problems.

☝️☝️☝️ BLISS. I wonder what sort of "family-friendly" entertainment can be found there, 'eh?

Family-friendly. In "family-friendly" cities you should be able to walk on the sidewalks. I know that in Chiang Mai you are pretty much forced to walk in the street with the vehicle traffic due to the trees, signs, pots, utility poles, and other utility equipment being planted right in the middle of the sidewalks forcing pedestrians into the streets. Who want their kids walking in the streets? It's dangerous. Just saying...... So - how are the sidewalks in Pattaya? I haven't been there since 2007. Do they have "family-friendly" sidewalks now? Any entertainment for kids like arcades and kid-centered theme parks? What's the chances of Dad and Mum getting assaulted by a taxi driver for calling a Grab or Dad getting assaulted by an aggressive tranny? And let's not even talk about Jetskis. Just wondering......

Chinese just doing business, and the rest of the world which is unable to compete has to impose tariffs which negatively impacts their domestic consumers because their domestic manufacturers can't compete against the Chinese on the global stage. If Thailand actually plans to join BRICS, they better get a grip on the fact that imposing tariffs on member states sort of goes counter to the goals of the economic union.

What I find amazing is that as some corporations become highly efficient at being able to offer consumers lower priced products, those who can't compete throw a hissy fit and demands that their government adds tariffs which in turn just ****s the consumers.