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I'll leave you ultra-patriotic, nationalistic, anti-Islamic war-mongers to bash the enemies of the West. Have at it. And I'll leave you with this nuance of wisdom: “Lord our Father, our young patriots, idols of our hearts, go forth into battle—be Thou near them! With them—in spirit—we also go forth from the sweet peace of our beloved firesides to smite the foe. O Lord our God, help us tear their soldiers to bloody shreds with our shells; help us to cover their smiling fields with the pale forms of their patriot dead; help us to drown the thunder of the guns with the shrieks of their wounded, writhing in pain; help us to lay waste their humble homes with a hurricane of fire; help us to wring the hearts of their unoffending widows with unavailing grief; help us to turn them out roofless with their little children to wander unfriended in the wastes of their desolated land in rags and hunger and thirst, sports of the sun flames in summer and the icy winds of winter, broken in spirit, worn with travail, imploring thee for the refuge of the grave and denied it— For our sakes who adore Thee, Lord, blast their hopes, blight their lives, protract their bitter pilgrimmage, make heavy their steps, water their way with their tears, stain the white snow with the blood of their wounded feet! We ask it, in the spirit of love, of Him Who is the Source of Love, and Who is the ever-faithful refuge and friend of all that are sore beset and seek His aid with humble and contrite hearts. Amen. -The War Prayer, Mark Twain Source: https://warprayer.org/

Your position is colored by a ton of historical Western propaganda you read in Western mainstream media over the years - verbatim. You really don't have a clue even though you think you do. Think what you wish. I'm not going to argue with you. I'm happy to let you live with your illusions.

In 1953, the CIA and MI6 orchestrated a coup of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh and replaced him with Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi (The Shah of Iran) for the benefit of what is now known as British Petroleum. Typical Western behavior - take what you want in the so-called name for Democracy which is utter nonsense. Pahlavi was a dictator, but he was "our" (The US and Britain's) dictator. In 1979 the Iranian people took the country back during the Iranian Revolution. Obviously the US and what is now the UK want there own puppet government running the show in Iran as well as access to Iran's oil reserves for their own profit. So? Iran must be overthrown again and Israel makes a good proxies to pour fuel on the fire of another coup and military overthrow of Iran. However, I don't believe Iran will go quietly into the night, and both Russia and China consider Iran a strategic partner. A hot war between Israel, the US, and the UK could be the catalyst that fuels another global world war. And as I stated above in another post: "Like Venezuela and Niger, as well as Syria and Iraq, and offshore of Gaza and Lebanon, as James Claville would say, 'It's The Oil Stupid.'" It's not about "democracy," or women in hijabs, or "dictators," or drug smugglers - Everything is about the oil and other natural resources the West wants to control by force of arms.

I agree with you 100%. Most human beings are naught but genocidal monkeys. Killing others to take what they have is as old as this species. Some of us attempt to transcend that greed and violence - most don't.

Of course - if you recorded all of the inter-tribal battles, massacres, and genocides that map would be white.

FYI - It's probably a good time to buy oil stocks in companies with reserves outside of the Persian Gulf and Red Sea sea lanes. ConocoPhilips perhaps? Then you wonder why Trump want's Venezuela so bad. The Exxon and Shell can get back into the game. Drug smugglers? Ah-huh! Sure. Right. This is going to end badly for the entire world kids. But? Believe what you want. Pull up a chair and cheer on the destruction of Iran which many of you are 110% assured will happen with the Israel & US tag-teams in action. Cheer for the destruction of Russia, and China, the DPRK, Venezuela, Iran, and every other country you the West have told you are your enemies. Yea!!! Whoopee. Nuke them all in the name of Freedom, Liberty, Democracy, and The American Way!

I image the AN War Club will be celebrating nuclear war when it happens. Westerner's never have been able to get enough war. Westerners love war - as long as someone other than themselves are doing the fighting and dying. Pull up CNN, crack open a beer, and watch the slaughter in real-time nowadays.

Iran President Pezeshkian makes the observation that based on US, Israel, and the EU unprovoked attacks on it's landmass, on it's scientists, and on it's leaders, that the US and Israel and EU must be at at war with Iran. Daily Mail twists the statement to mean "Iran At war with US, Israel, and EU." AN members twist it to mean "Iran Declares War On US, Israel, and EU." If no one has been reading the statements coming out of Israel and the US, both countries have been signaling their intention to militarily strike Iran again - unprovoked. I would say that Pezeshkian is correct - the entire West is at war with Iran. It is no doubt the intention of Israel, the US, with Europe's assistance to attempt to overthrow the Iranian government using military force. I'd say that US, Israel, and the EU are at war with Iran, not the other way around. Like Venezuela and Niger, as well as Syria and Iraq, and offshore of Gaza and Lebanon, as James Claville would say, "It's The Oil Stupid." For the AseanNow war-monger crowd who have never seen a non-Western country that isn't ripe for a good bombing and government overthrow by Uncle Sam and his genocidal friends, I image your dreams will come true. Personally I fully expect to see WWIII happen in what remains of my estimated short lifetime.

..."Prasit will serve the statutory maximum sentence." Unless he doesn't.

Putin Faces Elite Revolt As Sanctions Crush Russian Industry Of course he does. And he's dying. The Russian economy is crushed. Grocery store shelve are bare. Lines for gas are miles long. The Russian citizens are about to revolt and overthrow the government, they just need the EU to give them a push. Ukraine is winning the war. The EU economy is flourishing. Life for EU citizens has never been better. Or? It's all a crock. Time uncovers Truths that Western elites would rather have hidden in the dustbin of history. But time uncovers all. Check back in a year to see which governments prospered, which governments failed, who is in power, and who is in the grave. Then you'll know for sure.

Expensive is a relative term. This costs what you'd spend in a bar on a few beers. Or a piece of salmon. A 1 tsp (5 gram) serving will set you back about 9 THB a day.

You're getting hung up on trifles. Balance is your friend. Eating a wide varieties of greens plus supplements when you can't get around to cooking. Multi-vitamins with minerals a couple of times a week fill in the what you otherwise miss with fresh foods.

I have a Thai chef at home.

I like the taste and texture of iceberg, but out of all the lettuces that are popular, the nutritional value of iceberg is about the lowest. I eat it but generally I'll mix it in with other leafy greens like yale or other lettuces like loose left varieties which are grown hydroponically locally. Source: Grok 4 Loose Leaf Varieties This is generally what we buy locally from hydroponic growers ☝️

Yep - Sizzler always has a grand salad bar. Do they still make you wear masks when you get your food. I stopped going there when they insisted you mask-up just to dish up at the salad bar, so I haven't been there for at least 5 years. The rest of the food there is expensive and not particularly arroy. But the salad bars has always been a good value.

This is also good to get a bunch of vitamins and trace minerals. But personally I like the Spirulina powder. And on some days I just eat a salad. Organic hydroponic lettuce and other greens are plentiful in our area with a number of people selling on roadside stands. Dirt cheap without being grown in dirt. We get these massive bags of greens for 10 THB. In the US the same bag probably would cost $10. All of this cost ฿15 THB.

I've tried this, but personally find the taste rather disgusting. But it is healthy.

On those days when you find you just can get your greens? Supplement.

Get a vegetable steamer. Boil water, add spinach, pop a lid on, and steam until the leaves are bright green but not overcooked - we're talking a matter of seconds, like 20 or 30 seconds. Splash liberally with Ghee and a pinch of salt and chow down. Gotta admin, overcooked spinach is disgusting. 🤮 Me - I love spinach, but I do find it difficult to find here in Northern Thailand. Use kale instead but it's just not the same. I do love spinach. Et Tu Brutae?

Because "Clean Energy" isn't clean. That's marketing hype. Nor is it efficient, nor is it cost effective. The money that was shoved into so-called "clean energy" would have been a better value by investing it in nuclear and fusion energy. Once fusion energy is commercially viable, all of this "clean energy" will be shoveled into a landfill where the components that they are made of will leach into the soil and water supplies and create toxic nightmares. "Clean energy" <laughs>

The case will probably get thrown out. Then the way thing have been happening in the US lately, they guy will be caught for some other felony.

Bottom line - When it's your time to go? Then it's your time to go. Even if you are an athlete. Anicca annica annica 🙏🙏🙏 RIP

You obviously are "listening" considering the butt-hurt response. I had you on my ignore list before. You're back on it again. Bye bye. Lordy - you gotta love the "terminally offended by everything" members. 🙄 I normally keep that crowd "ignored."

I asked Grok if they was possible: "No, it is not possible for a human to run a 5 km race at an average speed of 37 miles per hour (approximately 59.5 km/h). To achieve this speed over 5 km (equivalent to approximately 3.10686 miles), the required completion time would be about 5 minutes and 2 seconds, with an average pace of roughly 1 minute 37 seconds per mile or 1 minute 1 second per kilometer. For context, the men's world record for a 5 km road race stands at approximately 12 minutes and 51 seconds (set by Joshua Cheptegei in 2020), corresponding to an average speed of about 23.3 mph (37.5 km/h). Elite track 5000 m records are similarly around 12–13 minutes, yielding comparable average speeds. These performances represent the pinnacle of human endurance and speed over this distance." But - "For context, the men's world record for a 5 km road race stands at approximately 12 minutes and 51 seconds (set by Joshua Cheptegei in 2020), corresponding to an average speed of about 23.3 mph (37.5 km/h)." 👈 If that is the case he was running at world record pace. Maybe he blew a gasket, metaphorically speaking.

Given this comment I'm wondering if her husband had a pre-existing medical condition. "She requested the public refrain from criticisms or judgmental comments toward her deceased husband," and "She emphasized their efforts in managing his health...." Think about it? What's that mean? Sounds like there in more to this story then we'll ever hear about on this English speaking forum. I imagine Thai media may have more information on this, but there looks to be more going on than meets the eye.