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Reading into this article, it seems that that the Covid pandemic scared people stupid. Given that "brain shrinkage" and "brain aging" occurred in people who never got Covid-19 or a SARS-Cov-2 infection, the article implies that the causation of this phenomenon was the pandemic itself, or more likely imho, the literal fear that it produced in the majority of masses who were susceptible to the propaganda of fear and fear-porn that was force on them by media, governments, social media, and "health institutions." My guess is the minority of us who didn't buy into the endless pandemic fear-mongering and who risks censure on social media by pushing back on the narrative that a a virus with a case fatality rate not much different then the annual flu was going to wipe out humanity like the Plague, which of course the weakest minds out there were actually comparing Covid-19 to. "Mask up, social distance, and get every shot your told to get or we'll all die - Covid IS the plague." I'm not sure if people got stupider or if the "Covid Pandemic" simply showed those of us who never fell for the "plague" narrative just how stupid and gullible most of humans are. Given my last two trips to hospitals, my views that The Stupid just got stupider were simply reinforced. I went to a major private hospital in Chiang Mai last week and I'd estimate that 90% of the people were masked. Then I found out why - the doctors in this clinic were still promoting Fear_Of_Evil_PathogensTM - and <gasp> CovidTM. I was required to wear a mask to speak with a doctor who verbally chided me like a petulant child and informed me that, "Hospitals are full of virus and pathogens that can make you sick and if you don't wear a mask you may get - Covid!!!" "EEEEkkkkk!" I laughed, but put the mask on to humor her, and then was instructed to sit a safe 3 meters away for the doctor. I joking brought up the fact that she is probably weakening her immune system by "attempting" to shield herself from "pathogens" instead of challenging her immune system like our species has been doing for a few tens of thousands of years, which is why our immune systems are a marvel of nature. She wasn't having any of it. When I got home I cancelled my future appointment with her. I can't abide my so-called doctors who are 1) irrationally Mysophobic, 2) discount their own immune systems, 3) obviously have suffered "brain shrinkage" and "brain aging" during the "Covid Pandemic." Btw - I had been to two different clinics in the same hospital and there perhaps 50% of the patients chose to wear masks and the staff and doctors were not forcing the patients they were seeing to mask up, so the continued Fear Of Covid was a product of the staff doctors in that one particular clinic. Yesterday I went to a different hospital - not one of those fancy boutique private hospitals like I had visited the previous day, the staff were not forcing people to mask or social distance, and maybe 35% of predominately Thai patients were masked. The irrational fear of "Killer Covid" is slowly subsiding among some members of the population. My guess is that their "brain shrinkage" is reversing. <laughs> "Brain aging appears to have accelerated by several months during the COVID-19 pandemic, even in people who did not get sick from the virus, according to a new study. The study, published in the journal Nature Communications on July 22, found that in 2021 and 2022, brain scans from a large UK database showed signs of aging, including brain shrinkage, even in individuals who were never infected. Although people who had a COVID-19 infection showed some declines in overall cognitive performance, the authors said that structural brain changes were seen across a larger population." https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/covid-19-pandemic-accelerated-brain-aging-even-in-people-who-didnt-get-virus-study-5892144

Goodbye Tourism - Hello Mexico!

People I know overseas and all concerned about "The Thai/Cambodian War." : "Are you OK!!! <gasp>" Given the reaction, I now realize that that will also be the reaction of people who WERE planning trips to Thailand, or Cambodia. They better wrap up their slap-fight over a Khemer temple or both countries are going to have a really suckola tourist season 2025/2026.

Cars and MC won't have a clue, the lights will confuse them, and they'll wipe out a few dozen pedestrians as they are dazzled by the lighting before the government realizes that "smart" cross-walks...aren't. There is no such thing as "road safety" in Thailand and there never will be.

Just get ready for it. Western countries can play the victim card ad-infinitum, but they are actively provoking every non-Western country on the globe, as they keep moving NATO assets including nukes Eastward toward Russia. Really, if Russian (or China) moved nuclear bombs to Cuba or Venezuela the reaction from the US would be preparation for a nuclear war unless they are immediately moved. How do I know? I did freaking "duck & cover" drills on a SAC base in 1962 and that memory is very bright and crisp in my mind to this day. So I get it. So when the US moves nukes to the UK and sets up nukes aimed at Russia in Eastern EU NATO countries, really, what response do you fools think that will be provokes from the Russians. Threaten Russian, China, and Iran with war and what are you going to get in return? War. That's a no-brainer. Nuclear war almost certainly. Soon. Mankind are genocidal, blood-lust filled, war-monkeys. The coming nuclear war will be a fitting end. It's sad, but like you dear fellow expats, I'm just a "useless eater" to these elite bozos who have their fingers on the triggers of nuclear annihilation - oh! And they have under-ground bunkers for long-term survival and we don't. Mowing the grass, culling the herd. Call it what you may, the global elites look forward to snuffing out the lives of most of us. "Russia Russia Russia - Russia Bad, China Bad, Iran bad - Arrrhhhggggg!!!" Yeah yeah yeah, America good, everyone else bad, bad people need to be nuked. I've literally heard it all my life. Pfft. Whatever. BOHICA - it's coming.

Can't think of much of a better way to go.

Rest In peace good man. ❤️

That will earn him the label of "Antisemitic."

I think she should be offered an immunity deal after which she'll probably need to be placed in Witness Protection. Do be daft - Trump isn't going to "pardon" her. Note: Ghislaine Maxwell didn't commit suicide next week.

Problem solved globally.

And I guarantee that Thai and Cambodia Buddhists go there. All those people at Erawan Shrine. Almost all are Buddhists. Perhaps you don't grasp the fact that "Thai Buddhism" is an amalgam of Animism, Hinduism, and Buddhism. My bet is that applies to Cambodian Buddhists as well. So it doesn't matter that's it's Khmer Hindu. The Buddhists in Thailand will just absorb other religious traditions, especially Hinduism, and file in under "Thai Buddhism." Just saying...

This p***ing match between Thailand and Cambodia over Ta Muen Thom temple Buddhist Temple never ends: 🇹🇭 It's ours. Aggghhhhh! We kill you!!! 🇰🇭 No, it's ours. Aggghhhhh! We kill you!!! Who actually dies? Primarily civilians. Shelling freaking 7/11s ffs! Here's the primary problem: The vast majority of humans are genocidal, blood-lust filled, war-monkeys. That animal-like territorial instinct woven into the human genome. It takes a real effort (like being a Buddhist meditator) to overcome those innate, hardwired desires for what is yours and for what is not yours - but you want it, and my Buddha, you'll kill to get it. The utter absurity of it <head shake>. Not all people are genocidal, blood-lust filled, war-monkeys. There are really good people on this planet who want to see a total end of wars by all countries for all reasons they fabricate. Making weapons of war should be universally banned. But in quintessential human absurdity, how do you enforce a ban on weapons of war? By threatening the use of weapons of war. <Puts hand over eyes and shakes head> But reality. Almost all leader universally seem to be genetically wired to wage endless wars, and their populations of cud-chewing, low-intellect,unquestioning cannon-fodder are happy to step up as "patriots" and "die for their countries." Only problem being, they aren't - "dying for their countries. They are dying for some wealthy and powerful people's unending greed and bottomless desire to rule the lives of those whose countries they don't control and to steal as much of the natural resources and artifacts as possible. You know - like demanding that a Buddhist temple is - THEIRS! Marine Corps Major General Smedley Butler sums it up succinctly, and as a US veteran who has been there and done that - I agree 100%. We all should be screaming for the global end to war - BUT - War IS A Racket. And the vast majority of humans are genocidal, blood-lust filled, war-monkeys. That's just sad as Hell. How do I know. What examples do I have? My "good," faith-filled, Thai Buddhist wife who never misses a chance to go to temple sits in front of her TV and exclaims, "Thailand kick Campucha (Cambodia) ass." I don't hold out a lot of faith for the continued existence of mankind on this planet. "It War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives." – Smedley Butler, War Is a Racket, 1935. "A few profit – and the many pay. But there is a way to stop it. You can't end it by disarmament conferences. You can't eliminate it by peace parleys at Geneva. Well-meaning but impractical groups can't wipe it out b resolutions. It can be smashed effectively only by taking the profit out of war." – Smedley Butler, War Is a Racket, 1935. "I spent 33 years and four months in active military service and during that period I spent most of my time as a high class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and the bankers." – Smedley Butler, War Is a Racket, 1935. "In the World War, we used propaganda to make the boys accept conscription. They were made to feel ashamed if they didn't join the army." – Smedley Butler, War Is a Racket, 1935. "The trouble with America is that when the dollar only earns 6 percent over here, then it gets restless and goes overseas to get 100 percent. Then the flag follows the dollar and the soldiers follow the flag." – Smedley Butler, speech, 1933.

The New Face of WAR Bombing 7/11s. Both Thailand and Cambodia's leaders need to take a deep breath and step back. Then look at the absurdity of using deadly force to claim territory around Buddhist temples. Siddhartha Gautama Buddha would be shaking his head as both Thai and Cambodia leaders resort to killing (civilians) out of greed for land.

The Fold, Peter Clines. The Fold by Peter Clines follows Mike Erikson, a high-IQ teacher recruited to investigate a secretive DARPA project in San Diego. The project, led by scientist Arthur Cross, involves a device called the Albuquerque Door, which uses advanced physics to "fold" space, enabling instant travel across distances. Mike, with his photographic memory, uncovers inconsistencies in the project’s data and the team’s behavior. As he digs deeper, strange events unfold—memory lapses, personality shifts, and hints of a cover-up. The team’s experiments have unintended consequences, threatening reality itself with cosmic horrors inspired by Lovecraftian themes. The plot escalates when a test goes wrong, trapping a researcher and forcing Mike to unravel the Door’s true nature. He discovers the device doesn’t just bend space but connects to alternate realities, risking catastrophic consequences. Racing against time, Mike and the team confront the dangers of their creation, blending hard science fiction with thriller elements. Reviews praise the fast-paced narrative, likable characters, and mix of quantum physics with existential dread, though some note the dense scientific explanations can slow the story.

The majority of people love war. They can never get enough unless they are victims. Otherwise, they cheer for more war. Really. What is man other than a genocidal monkey.

French President Macron Slams Baseless Rumours Claiming His Wife Is a Man Filing a criminal defamation suit in the US is a little different than in the EU were elites protected by the legal system. If there is ANY truth to the claims, then it will come out in Discovery during the trial. Watch who blinks first, and there you will find the truth. Owen's has a net worth that should allow her to take this to a civil trial and then submit her proof to the court. If there is something there, well, let the chips fall were they may. The Marcon's are just thin-skinned elites.

Just finished Children of the Night and A Winter Haunting by Dan Simmons. Off to find some other good reads in a similar genre.

Nobody reads. Social media is populated by low-IQ morons who can barely string together a sentence. I can't wait for AI to really ramp up and take over, then people can just shut off their brains for good and just engage in sex, drink, and drugs. Hell, they don't even need to write sentences - they just need to know how to click on a down-trump emoji. They only need a 4th grade reading level and an 85 IQ to accomplish that.

Good. Let him have his day in court. And during the interim, I hope he, Clapper, Brennen, Comey and the others involvedd in the sebversion of the democratic process and then the attempted soft-coup, remember that it was THEY who opened the lid of the Lawfare Genie's sealed bottle and attempted to let it loose on Presidential Candidate Trump and then President Trump. MAGA Lover!!! That couldn't be further from the truth. I'm jJust an old school, conservative, classic-liberal who detests war, corruption, and the elite's total disregard for the laws that the rest of us are expected to abide. I'm pretty sure that Trump was involved in exactly what Epstein and Maxwell were engaged in, and as such, I hope that it is investigated - like this attempt to subvert the Democratic processes by Obama and his administration - and if anything is found, i hope he too has his day in court. I don't like either side as they all are corrupt. But like I said - I detest corruption - and unfortunately the world we live in is run by the corrupt and the corruptible who will hide the sins of their enemies in order to hide their own malfeasance. I doubt if anything will come of the Epstein affair nor the fabrication of a Russia hoax fabricated in order to attempt a soft-coup against a sitting US president. Both sides will in the end cover up evidence and make it all disappear. That's what those in power do: project corruption for their own benefit. It's a big club and you ain't in it. -George Carlin

Thailand Recognises Poker and American Football as Official Sports But dare to PLAY poker and you'll be arrested and thrown into prison for gambling and possessing illegal playing cards.

Keir Starmer told to end pensioner poverty as 2.8 million struggle on low incomes He can't do that by golly. Illegal aliens, Zelenskyy and a horde of corrupt Ukrainian government officials need - Billions! Moar War Baby! Screw the whiny elderly peasants. Let them eat flour.

Already have two houses and land here. Big C and Makro 1/2 hour away. Property taxes were less than $1.00. Why?

You wake up and it's back to 1995. No WiFi, no cell phones, the simple life. What is the first thing you do? Read a book. Remember books? Paper thingys, pages of paper with writing on them? Tells a story!

Fabricating evidence is illegal and undermines the intelligence services, the Republic as a whole, destroys the integrity of the judiciary, and creates a massive hole in national security . If you just start making evidence to support a equally fabricated crime - well, kiss your Constitutional Republic goodbye. This needs to be prosecuted and let the chips fall where they may.

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