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Had a good laugh over this nonsense. I find it difficult to conceive of her relationship with Willy Brown as an instance of "working oneself up"!!!!

Many of us, who have lived long enough, probably yearn for the days when politicians, while contemptible in some ways, at least seemed to be guided by deep principles, whether you agreed with them or not. Think of Golda Meir, Indira Ghandi, Margaret Thatcher, Nelson Mandela, Kwame Nkrumah, Churchill...we can all add to the list. But how embarrassingly those names indicate our present impoverishment in the world of politics.

I just completed this quiz. My Score 75/100 My Time 86 seconds  

In his own country, a "stern warning" would involve a hundred lashes to his rear end.... or worse.

Allahu akbar??

Such mindless snobbery!!!! As if MSNBC or CNN were fronted by the cream of the nation's intellectuals!!!

Lucky Indians: they are blessed with a country abounding in energy sources and they have a government with enough common sense to exploit them. https://cornwallalliance.org/2024/08/india-accentuates-coal-reliance-in-its-new-economic-policy-brief/

Even though the scientists are puzzled by this mysterious phenomenon, they nevertheless assume it belongs in the Climate Alarm department. Scientists have, literally, no idea whether this phenomenon has been sighted during the last few billions of years, but apparently it has not been observed before in all recorded history (going back to 1982!!!).

What a sharp contrast between the honourable ethical stance of Fetterman and the ubiquitous lying that characterises the modern Democrat Party and its supporting chorus in the media (with the exception of Fox which for four years has not hidden the fact that both Biden and Harris were not fit for the offices they held).

I hope future Dictionaries of Synonyms will note that in 2023/4 "nuanced" became a new synonym for "anti-semitic."

Did the police actually "do" anything after the report was filed?

All this poll shows is basically what we all already knew: it doesn't really matter which party wins an election. And this is true of all parties everywhere. Only when a leader with a strong personality and strong opinions as to how the problems of the day can be solved does it matter who wins the election. You may disagree with the "winner" (even hate him or her) but at least he or she has a good chance of affecting history for a short while. Not many such figures quickly spring to mind: Margaret Thatcher? Mikhail Gorbachev? Churchill? Stalin? Certainly no modern politician....

Occam's razor: go for the nearest, most obvious and best solution. However, this is Thailand....

He "resigned" in the same way that Biden resigned. Except that Biden still has his finger on the nuclear red button.....

This thread is utterly moronic. It's not unusual on AN to come across kindergarden minds, but this surely is a new low.

Clint Eastwood and Jack Nicholson.

Coming from a country, Canada, that has a much-despised Prime Minister who can stay just where he is till October next year, I rather like the Thai way of ....er...democracy where some big-wig taps on the PM's shoulder and says "Sorry mate, your time is up. Now pi$$ off."

Like clapped-out submarines, you mean???

Let's hope the one who married her brother is the next to be tossed out. Unlikely, however, since she comes from the same state as the nutter that the Harris woman has unveiled as her deputy.

Is that a serious question? Thais... learning world history?! 🤣🤣🤣 Pity you can't recognise a rhetorical question when you see one.....

Paris 1789, Moscow 1917, Vietnam 1945, 54 and 75 come to mind as inspirations for the Thai people (but how much history of the outside world are they allowed to know?) The outside world helped to bring down the apartheid regime in S. Africa. Let's hope that same outside world will put long-term pressure on the centres of power in Thailand.

Apparently the sheeple of Minnesota have been voting Democrat since time immemorial. So getting within 8 points would be considered a moral victory....

Time to explore the possibilities for Deutschexit??? Maybe the UK could re-enter the Brussels bog and pour in billions of pounds to replace the lost German euros....

At the end of the day, who cares??????

So, who is Larry Hogan when he's at home?