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I wonder how much is siphoned off into the pockets of private entities? Asking for a friend. 🤔

Saw it in Seattle back in the day. Excellent.

He turned his head before the bullet grazed his ear. Had he not turned his head it may have be a "head shot."

Even the Secret Service: "An incident occurred the evening of July 13 at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania. The Secret Service has implemented protective measures and the former President is safe. This is now an active Secret Service investigation and further information will be released when available. — Anthony Guglielmi (@SecretSvcSpox) July 13, 2024" "An incident occurred..." Just an "incident." Nothing special. Move along. Nothing to see here. Um, errr, just speaking as a concerned US citizen - but - It was an ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT! "incident?" Time to fire those in the Secret Service responsible for ignoring the people in the crowd yelling about a "man on the roof with a gun" as well as those within the agency who see this as simply an "incident." As well as to address why the Biden White House has been ignoring the Trump Team's request for additionally Secret Service resources which will hopefully be addressed now.. Obviously there is some lax procedural flaws within the agency which need to be addressed before the next attempt on President Trump's life is successful.

This is how main-stream news frames the assassination attempt on President Trump: CNN : "Trump Injured In Incident at Pennsylvania Rally." MSNBC: "Trump Rushed Offstage at Pennsylvania Rally by Secret Service After Loud Popping Noises Heard." The New York Times: "Trump Rushed Offstage After Chaos at Rally." It's amazing how the media's hatred of President Trump factors into their reporting bias. "Incident." "Loud Popping Noises." No big deal - move along. Nothing to see here. Probably a micro-meteor. Right!

Speaking of Left-Wing Nutters: Lenin, Stalin, Pol Pot, et.al. Why stop at executing a few people - go for millions. "A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic." -Joseph Stalin

He loves using the term but he doesn't have a clue what it means other then it's a good term to use against people whom you hate and despise. Here Jingthing. Take 5 minutes and at least educate yourself as to what Fascism actually is as written by Mussolini and co-written by "the father of Fascism" Giovanni Gentile. "Anti-individualistic, the Fascist conception of life stresses the importance of the State and accepts the individual only in so far as his interests coincide with those of the State, which stands for the conscience and the universal, will of man as a historic entity (11). It is opposed to classical liberalism which arose as a reaction to absolutism and exhausted its historical function when the State became the expression of the conscience and will of the people. Liberalism denied the State in the name of the individual."1 Most of those you claim to be "fascist" are individuals whom value natural law and the right of individuals to enjoy "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness" as individuals. Fascism is not a doctrine of individualism. And in the ultimate of ironies, it's those who bandy the term "fascist" and claim to be "anti-fascist" who are themselves more aligned to the tenets of Classical Fascism then any "MAGA' supporter who you refer to as "fascists" or those of us who are classical liberals who value the individual above the State, where those like yourself want the State to intervene and control individuals who express individualism. What does this have to do with the Trump attempted assassination? In your mind and the mind of others like you - and most likely the shooter - Trump and all Trump followers are 'fascist." You are just using a highly charged term as a pejorative, i.e., you are name-calling. But? In reality most MAGA supporters are individualists, conservatives, and are the antithesis of Fascists. Many - especially independents like myself (although I'm not a MAGA supporter), hold to the tenets of Classical Liberalism2 as their guiding philosophy. Do you want to see a fascist? Find people who want the State to repress the rights of individuals. Which by the way is the opposite of what MAGA supporters want. Most MAGA supporters are individuals who want the State to stay out of their affairs. It's those on the Left, especially the progressive Left who want the State to crush those with whom they disagree. So Jingthing - use the term correctly. 1. THE DOCTRINE OF FASCISM, Benito Mussolini, Giovanni Gentile, 1932 2. Classical Liberalism, Encyclolpaedia Britannica, June 2024

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It's gonna be highly inflationary and the government will then turn around and raise taxes to offset the handout. As well it sets a precedent for politicians to promise voters a handout from the Thai treasury for votes. It should be illegal.

I tried to talk my wife into letting me install solar. She wasn't interested. But I'm thinking that the increase in the electric bill might change her mind. At a minimum I'd like to put all the A/Cs on solar as they are the main electric consumers.

Never heard of Go Wholesale.

Not necessarily. I came here on a Non-B and then changed it to a Non-O based on marriage after I quit working. Did I right at the Immigration office.

The next time you go to immigration to apply for an extension,, take the paperwork for an Extension Based on Marriage and make sure you have the funds in the bank or a year's worth of bank records showing the necessary financial. Be prepared for the IO to try to talk you out of changing the basis of your extension, but if you're married and supporting a family you qualify. This may be a little dated and different Immigration Offices may have different rules.

Well of course. I'm sure he was a Far-Right-Wing Conservative Wing-Nut Republican as well as a Wacko-Veteran and 2A Nutjob and probably a KKK and Proudboy to boot. Of course. Then again, the main-stream media being controlled by the Democratic Party and the Far-Left has nothing to do with narrative management. So feel free to spout that Trump is Hitler and "Too bad the shooter missed ha ha ha ha ha." That's all good and perfectly acceptable with the current main-stream narratives. So now when ya'll say that Hitler Trump the Dictator will throw all of the Far-Left Extremist who wish the former President to be assassinated into concentration camps - maybe you're rightfully on to something? 🤔 I use to just dismiss those rambling, but maybe not anymore. The next thing we'll hear is that "Trump Shot Himself!" Why not. "The Russian Agent Donald "Vladimirov" Trump Who Is Putin's Puppet and a Member Of The Soviet Communist Party Deliberately Shot Himself To Stage an Assassination." Sure. Why not. Everything you Lefties say is the honest truth. 'Eh? So keep pouring out the hatred and publicly wishing for President Trump's demise before the November elections, and if he wins, then afterwards too. Personally? I'm really tired of you people and your Leftist extremist views which you claim are "main-stream." You've finally created enough agitation to provoke an attempt on the life of a former president who is running for office and whom those on the Left openly disdain and hate, and who publicly wish him ill-will. I've been around for JFK assassination, RFK assassination, Ronald Regan's attempted assassination, and now an assassination attempt on President Trump. And what do we get from the Left? "Too bad the assassin missed." Keep spewing hatred, keep agitating your Leftist base, and let's see where it ends up.

The days of the Extreme-Left and Extremist Progressives may be coming to an end. Maybe you people who are openly wishing that Trump had been assassinated do have something to worry about now. It seems to prove the point that those on the Extreme-Left are actually a "Danger to our Democracy." Stand-by. Let the games begin...

Just watched a BBC interview with an eye-witness who saw the shooter with a rifle on the roof of a building. Now - how did a shooter with a rifle get on the roof of any building in the vicinity? Secret Service sort of falling down on the job? So now you have this: Good luck Democrats. You thoroughly FBABed this one.

Trump rushed off stage after possible assassination attempt Had Biden got clipped in the ear by a bullet the MSM front page would have read, "Radical, far-right extremist MAGA Trump supporters attempts assassination of Present Biden. With Trump it's a "possible assassination attempt." Even the Secret Service downplayed it. Make's ya wonder who is involved and how far up the chain of command it goes. 🤔

Well - the progressive left and the Democrats almost got their wish. And now we know that when all else fails - assassinating Trump is now in the cards. So 60%+ of the AN members are now mourning the bullet that missed. Now that I know that a segment of the population hates Trump so badly that assassination is now on the table, I may have to reassess my vote in November.

Go home and get your shine box.

I'm never surprised when I'm reading these threads like this one regarding the absolute inbred hatred the vast amount of Westerners have for non-Western nations and the non-Western citizens who inhabit those nations. I'd estimate that 60% to 70% of the Western expats who are AN members consider all non-Western nations to be little more than backwater, tinpot dictatorships or "evil commies" and that only "The Garden of Western Liberalism" produces civilized human beings whom are guided by Manifest Destiny to "lead the rest of the uncivilized world" with either a carrot, or if need be, by the stick. And leading with "the stick" is tremendously more profitable for The Chosen, Golden Few whom God himself (or Satan for that matter) has chosen and anointed to lead and govern the dirty, unwashed masses of useless eaters who must be kept around to do the grunt work for their exceptional, God-like Western leaders and the useful idiots under their command who do their bidding. I'm thinking a full-scale, humanity-ending nuclear war on this planet would be a blessing for the rest of the universe. Maybe in a million or so years the evolved cockroaches can do a better job as stewards of this planet.

A NASAMS air defense missile hit the hospital just like Russian air defense hit the ATACMS missile full of cluster munitions over a Crimean beach. Collateral Damage: War is Hell. But Ukraine should have signed the Istanbul Accord in April of 2022 and this would have been over. Why isn't it over? Peace is not profitable for the West. The US and Western weapons manufacturers want "Forever War" as it's a Trillion Dollar a year industry - and right at the moment all NATO needs to do is to feed Slavic people into the meat-grinder and extract profits. Trust me - The West doesn't give a **** about Slavs (speaking as an ethnic Slav). In other news, the Main-Stream Media use of the term "Shocked" is a tagline used to jerk an emotive response out of readers. It's a propaganda term. The phrase, "Thailand is Shocked," is utter nonsense. I could ask my wife about Ukraine and she's say, "What's Ukraine?" That's pretty much most of the Thai public who could care less about what happens outside of Thailand. Now "Thailand is Shocked" will definitely be the case when the government raises electricity rates between 18% to 44% - then "Thailand" will be "Shocked." The Ukraine conflict? "What's Ukraine?" That about sums it up.

Over the last 8 months, anyone who mentioned that Israel invoked the Hannibal Doctrine and deliberately killed a lot of their own people back on Oct 7 based on independent media investigative reporting would be labeled an "antisemitic conspiracy theorist" by all main-stream media outlets and social media forums. If fact the Hannibal Directive itself was called "antisemitic conspiracy theory" This week the Israeli newpaper Haaretz verified the fact that the directive was used on Oct 7. According to Haaretz, "As far as Haaretz knows, even at 9:33 P.M. this was still the situation on the ground. At that time, there was a further order from Southern Command: close off all the border area with tanks. In fact, all forces in the area received permission to open fire at anyone approaching the border area, without any restrictions." As I oft times have stated, over sufficient time, "conspiracy theory" turns into conspiracy fact. This is one such instance. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-07-07/ty-article-magazine/.premium/idf-ordered-hannibal-directive-on-october-7-to-prevent-hamas-taking-soldiers-captive/00000190-89a2-d776-a3b1-fdbe45520000 *Note - Haaretz is behind a paywall but past versions of newsprint are available via archive.today (https://archive.is/iAgIy#selection-1637.0-1637.322).

I'll you need to do is occasionally look at the grid wires - dead sketter bodies galore. UV light does attract them. They do work.

That's a self-solving problem. <SNAP> 😁