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Sad. I was a fan. Still am. Amazing musician. Would love to see a supportive documentary highlighting his work and contribution to music. RIP.

I sometimes wonder how many times I cheated Death doing utterly stupid stuff as a "Young Man" back in the day. Quite a few times actually. I've often reflect back, "That should have killed me, yep that too, yeah, and that time as well." Kid died doing stupid stuff. It's a rite of passage. As goes Rites of Passage of youth, not everyone manages to live through the process. OD'ing on opioids? Stupid. Luck was not with you. Better luck next time around. RIP kid. 🪦

Translated: It sucks to be a healthy, straight, white, man in the UK. 🤔 "Well, yeahhhh baby!"

Russia Rejects Trump's Temporary Ukraine Ceasefire Offer US/Ukraine sends Russia a 30 day ceasefire plan on US/Ukraine terms strapped on back of "massive" sanction threats 🇺🇸 "The ball's in Russia's court <bonk> 🇬🇧 "The ball's in Russia's court" 🇺🇦 "The ball's in Russia's court" 🇪🇺 "The ball's in Russia's court" 🇩🇪 "The ball's in Russia's court" 🇫🇷 "The ball's in Russia's court" 🇮🇹 "The ball's in Russia's court" 🇱🇹 "The ball's in Russia's court" 🇪🇪 "The ball's in Russia's court" 🇵🇱 "The ball's in Russia's court" Russia states is would like a ceasefire that is permanent and based on Russia's terms. 🇷🇺 "We're winning. We'd love a permanent end to hostilities. But we're keeping what we won. The ball's back in your court!" <bonk> Western MSM melts down: "Russia Rejects Trump's Temporary Ukraine Ceasefire Offer! Grrrr!"

Maybe there's something in the water. Alcohol? 🤔

Me: "Honey, hide the Haiter!" Wife: "Don't worry sweetie, the housebook is in my name. They are only going after foreigners!" Humm....🤔

Morons. Enjoy your prison time.

Yep. Went into my ignore list immediately.

Drive down Thapae Road and witness results of the 2020 virus scare fiasco which ended up closing down all of the "non-essential business" that have never recovered. Shuttered storefronts galore. "Rose of the North." Right!

Was that you in Chiang Mai? I believe I told you to ****-off and mind your own business. It's amazing how many times we are told that "Thailand is a conservative country and shirtless farangs and farangs peeing outdoors is the end of the world as we know it." I don't know how many times I've seen shirtless Thai guys in Chiang Mai and elsewhere in the LOS including my own village as well as seeing some Thai guy on the side of the road taking a whiz half the time I get in a car and go anywhere. Thailand is a conservative country as far as dress. Actually it was forced down their collect throats by men with guns who insisted that "The West Is Best!" and "you WILL change your clothes to Western, Christian-inspired, moralistic attire - or else!"

If I spend anytime at all pruning Youtube, it's to review the "Suggestions" on the right-hand side of the page and either select "Not Interested" or "Don't Recommend Channel." Not that it works long-term, it doesn't. No matter how many times I prune Democracy Now and NPR they keep popping back up. I keep ignoring them. Obviously the YT algo thinks I'm like a battered house-wife and that I secretly desire my abuser to keep harassing me.

I don't see much in YT, and I avoid their "shorts" like the plague. AI junk is more likely to show up in Facebook reels. Now FB is inserting that nonsense into my notifications as well. Which is why I seldom use Facebook other than to keep in touch with family in the US and some bass guitar and music education Groups. But the reels in FB are an AI laden cesspool of AI turds floating in a reeking brown swamp of FB swill. I can't stand them, and personally wish I could make all reel suggestions disappear from my feed.

Within the forum, a majority of posts are about Trump... The Trump-Mind-Virus and the Musk-Measles are more infectious and deadly than Covid. Pfizer could make another cool hundred billion USD or so by making an mRNA shot to inoculate against these deadly diseases. On the Left this is an epidemic of historic proportions! But agreed. Post anything, and eventually one of the infected will find a way to loop the OP back around to either Trump or Musk. 🙄

I'm thinking this will do wonders for Thailand's image in the UK. Retire In Serene Peace-Loving Thailand - Live Your Dreams! 😬 Captain Obvious says, " The UK media is going to have a field day with this." Note to potential retirees: Stay out of fights. If in a fight, admit guilt, pay your fine, smile and wai with the aggrieved party, and take a group picture of the happy resolution, allow the media to cover your happy ending and print the story! The Thai justice system prefers conflict resolution by all parties involved as opposed to adjudication.

Absolutely. <shrug>

Maybe there should be laws against puerile and pathetic 'lyrics.' First the Left wants to outlaw "bad speech" because it triggers them. Now the freaking Right, no doubt, wants to outlaw "bad speech" because it triggers them. Anyone old enough to remember Frank Zappa speech to Congress and to Tipper Gore? Brown shoes, don't make. Quit school, why fake it. Brown shoes, don't make it. I'd be pushing the limits of the forum rules if I wrote some of Zappa's 'lyrics.' Puerile and pathetic indeed. But Zappa was a freaking musical genius. Yes - I am a fan!

Triggered Lefties. Triggered Rightie. I'm seriously tired of "triggered people." The entire world needs to get over themselves. I came across this on another site, read the lyrics, and shrugged.

Dang - right again!

I find it ironic that the, I ❤️ The US Constitution Trump administration, is now beginning to echo past attempts to limit First Amendment protections on Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Assembly, and Rubio is beginning to sound like Joseph McCarthy from the 1950s Red Scare era, who is now proposing Neo-McCarthism to root out "anti-American activities" and mean speech by foreigners. What's next? Root out "anti-American activities" and mean speech by US Citizens? It's a slippery slope that I'd advise the Constitution loving DJT to not proceed down. But it's a good question: Are MAGA supporters willing to dismantle the US Constitution for Israel?

Trans punk rocker slammed for evil lyrics during onstage performance at Bernie Sanders rally So what? The Right is triggered this time. Dear conservative people - Get over it!

"Activities" meaning protesting, meaning exercising freedom of speech. Unless "activities"are breaking US law. If a foreigner isn't breaking a law, foreigners on green cards can protest anything and everything and still be protected just as are US citizens. It becomes a real slippery slope claiming that a foreign student's speech is "antisemitism" and then claim that is a crime and cause for the deportation of the student. Because at this time, it is not a crime. So again. The First Amendment protects free speech for everyone physically present in the U.S., not just citizens and SCOTUS precedents supports this: Bridges v. Wixon (1945) established that resident aliens enjoy First Amendment rights, stating that "freedom of speech and of press is accorded aliens residing in this country." United States v. Verdugo-Urquidez (1990) clarified that constitutional protections, including the First Amendment, apply to non-citizens within U.S. borders, though the scope can differ based on context (e.g., immigration proceedings vs. criminal law). This case will lead to a legal battle and my guess is that it will end up in front of the Supreme Court.

Trump’s Bold Stand Against Campus Antisemitism Sends a Clear Message What - that the First Amendment is dead? I may agree with the Trump administration on a number of their agendas, but urinating on the First Amendment of the Constitution to appease Israel isn't one of them. Americans can espouse negative views about Israelis as the day is long, just like they can espouse negative views of Russians, Canadians, Chinese, French, South Americans and anyone else in this world. It's Protected Speech under the First Amendment of The Constitution. So, the Trump administration's acts to chill the speech of those living in the US legally, citizens or legal aliens, won't hold up to legal challenges taken to the SCOTUS. And if they do? That just drove a stake through the heart of the Constitution and the US essentially becomes a totalitarian regime. Israeli's are not sacrosanct. And at least in the United States of American that I grew up in - they can be criticized like any other nation or state.

Let's see. How will this work? 🤔 Oh yeah, right.....which is why Russia will reject it.

They must have lost that after 2007 as I came here on a direct flight from LAX to BKK. I'd pay extra money for a direct flight and avoid stopovers.

Ukrainian POW will most likely be treated as POWs, well, if Russia chooses to take prisoners. Foreign fighters in the ranks of the Ukrainian forces will most likely be shot on the spot as a warning to any other Soldiers of Fortune.