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They are called corporations, and many - especially pharmaceutical corporations - are predatory. They care about one thing: PROFIT! The public good be damned.

And out of the woodwork comes those pro-mRNA shots, pro-lockdowns, pro-masks conspiracy theorists weaving "Conspiracy Theories" about the "Anti-Covid conspiracy theorists." It really is laughable if it wasn't so freaking sad.

"Fact Checkers" are entities who are highly biased toward one singular view which then rejects all other views. It is a con. But a damn good one!

We're rapidly getting back to how science (as opposed to "The Science") is suppose to function. The scientific method requires active and engaged discussions by all parties regarding the pros and cons, and the flaws and benefits of any research topic. Between 2020 to 2023 those discussions where literally censored, and any scientists who didn't bow down to the narratives of "The Science" were slandered, maligned, and threatened with academic and professional destruction. "The Science" itself was one-sided, anti-science, fascist propaganda with the sole object of supporting pharmaceutical corporations revenues and profits. Well - it's a new dawn. Hopefully a new dawn for the Scientific Method.

...and then they will still defend it. Again - cognitive dissonance.

Welcome to "Off The Beaten Track" where posts without links to "peer reviewed" papers and only "trusted news sources" are no longer a requirement to keep the posts from being dropped in the memory hole. What I find interesting is the level of cognitive dissonance in those who voluntarily took the mRNA shots out of fear of a mild flu which was hyped as a "killer-flu" and "the plague" by pharmaceutical companies with a profit motive as well as the US main-stream media who receive the majority of their advertising revenues from - the same pharmaceutical companies. And the "pharmaceutical regulators" were onboard because the FDA/CDC/NIH all suffer from regulatory capture as there is a revolving door between the regulators and those corporations they supposedly regulate. Those 'revolving doors' between regulators and pharmaceutical companies needs to be shut down and locked. So the rather dumbed down and overly-accepting public were bombarded with propaganda for three years, but now that facade of propaganda is being torn down piece-by-piece and, over time, those peer reviewed papers showing the flaws in the original rushed "research" by pharmaceutical companies and the immediate acceptance by bought-and-paid-for regulators will finally come to light. What is coming to light was well was the deliberate media suppression of any research or opinion by doctors and researchers who published information that didn't fit the "only acceptable narratives" provided by "the only accepted experts." Now I started with "cognitive dissonance," let me continue. Those who willingly took the shot will never accept the new research showing the flaws in the "Safe and Effective" narrative as well as the entire "we must Lockdown and Vaccinate everyone" narratives. The role of natural immunity will come back to the forefront of scientific research, and the vaccine research will again be vetted for Long-Term Safety and Efficacy as opposed to fast-tracking so-called vaccines backed not by solid independent research over time, but by pharmaceutical companies profit-motivated propaganda augmented by their "captured regulators" who work for the benefit on the pharmaceutical companies and not the public. Those who took the shots willingly and continue to do so (while experiencing their 3rd of 4th case of Covid like Fauci as well as other health issues) will deny any new research showing the flaws of the rushed mRNA technology - such as the integration of shots into the DNA of humans and other flaws which show that the rushed mRNA tech is neither "Safe" or "Effective." That's called cognitive dissonance. Like I stated in the past (now in the memory hole) - there is a place for mRNA research and technology, but it needs to only be approved for human use after years of long-term testing as well as independent research which is not tainted by conflicts of interests in the promotion of the "vaccines" and mRNA pharmaceutical products.

I wish Teflon Tony would go back to Dubai - permanently.

Nope - but it did make money for those who were "connected."

I thought Boris Johnson was a Brit?

If striving to see others as individuals as opposed to their cultural, ethnic, or racial grouping in the eyes of societal norms (which I tend not to agree with) is being "righteous?" Then I plead "guilty as charged." We are human, and as such we harbor our own biases. Personally I see anti-racial biases as trumping pro-racial biases. I'm quite Ok with the former bias. If you personally see "being judgemental and righteous at the same time" as a problem, well, you are welcome to your own point of view. I know where I stand and I'm comfortable with it.

Thank God Buddha I don't live in BKK.

That's hilarious! Well like all of the Thais in Thailand, if I'm issued a ticket, I'll forget to pay it - like forever.

They're rioting in Africa They're starving in Spain There's hurricanes in Florida And Texas needs rain The whole world is festering With unhappy souls The French hate the Germans The Germans hate the Poles Italians hate Yugoslavs South Africans hate the Dutch And I don't like anybody very much --Merry Little Minute, The Kingston Trio

Ewwww - "educated people." Now there is a civilized lot, 'eh? I see we are feeling our superiority today in a snooty, Ivy League, Oxford-educated sort of way. By the way - the average Indian has a better education than most of the descendants of their former colonial masters - they actually excel in STEM as opposed to 'gender studies.' "Educated people." That's funny!

I had a flight like that between San Diego and LAX one time. Everyone was up and chatting, but the stewardesses were up pouring champagne and and chatting with the rest of us. That was the most fun flight that I've ever taken.

This view: "The older single western male is more into the bar scene and living and hanging out with the prostitutes in public. Thai kids going home from school share Pattaya songteows with drunken sex tourists taking hookers back to their hotels. Younger Farang tourists are often over dosing on drugs at full moon type parties and stealing." ... is no less racist then these views: Bob/Colin/Barboy seems to have it in for the Russians in particular but also Thai males. Others seem to have it in for especially for the one straw one coke Indians. Some like Spidermike from the USA rant on about Chinese and Russians. Arabs and Muslims are also targeted daily. We even have Stephen100 who is endlessly putting the Thais down which is confusing. Each seeks to advance themselves as somehow superior to others. All Russians are this; all Chinese are that; all Arabs and Indians are this, that, and the other. All Western expats are "sexpats." This! 👆 👆 👆 No difference as all. You're just taking racial hatred and directing it inwards toward those who are from the same countries as yourself. "MalcolmB isn't a sexpat, like all those other dirty sexpats!" Good for you. You're superior. Pat yourself on the back. Like I said - learn to see people as individuals, not as a collection of alleged ethnic, cultural, and racial traits which one may personally have learned to hate. It's easy to bash people from the anonymity of a forum; but try sitting down and having a discussion with a Russian, or Chinese, or Arab, or Indian on a one-to-one basis. It's a lot more difficult to harbor hatred for someone when you are looking them in the eye and attempting to have a meeting of minds.

Are we really better than the Russians, Indians, Arabs and Chinese in the eyes of Thais? We are only really better than the Russians, Indians, Arabs and Chinese in the eyes of Western AN members who are "mostly white, older, male, English speakers" who have been raised since birth to be vehement anti-Russian and anti-Chinese haters. Their dislike of Indians and Arabs are part & parcel of their colonial upbringing and their world-view that Indians, Arabs, and other POC are "the white man's burden." Basically most Westerners are cultural racists who feel superior to all others on this planet. Thais ethnocentrism for the most part is only within the borders of their own country. Yeah, Thais are unabashed nationalists but it is difficult from them to haul that nationalism to other more advanced countries. Westerners, especially expats who made their move overseas late in life, take their ethnocentrism with them in their baggage wherever they go. And "no." I don't count myself among these natural-born Western racists. I've traveled internationally since I was a young child and was raised in a family who rejected racism in all it's ugly forms. I was raised to look at people as individuals based on their merit, not as part of the national identify of their country of birth. That latter view just leads to racism.

The term "expert" was a cudgel that was use to beat the public into a panic-filled frenzy for 4 years. My response to the term "expert:" 🐂 💩

As a "free speech absolutist" I find that X fits my needs, plus I personally like using the AI interface, Grok. It can be useful. I don't need a highly moderated "safe space" for my "tweets."

Bluesky or X (formally known as Twitter) - Where do YOU feel "safe" to post. Have you made the shift to Bluesky post Trump's election win or are you remaining on X - or will you use both? Feel free to explain your reasons why.

And that money will put another coat of Teflon on Tony and the accusations will just slip right off and right down the memory-hole.

As I said - F1 Racing: By the Wealthy, For the Wealthy using taxpayer money to fund the event which the average Thai will never see in person, or even get close to. Well perhaps other than the noise.

Yeah - it's going to make already bad Bangkok traffic into a cluster-foxtrot.

F1 Racing - by the wealthy, for the wealthy with the help of taxpayer money.