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UK Noel Gallagher Slams Glastonbury as ‘Woke’ and ‘Virtue-Signalling’
Some posters seem to have poor reading comprehension. The opening sentence of this thread's OP states his remarks were made BEFORE this year's Glastonbury Festival (my bold text), This criticism wasn't specifically aimed at Bob Vylan. That interview was quite old, going back 12 months. You can read the same quotes from Gallagher in the OP as in this article in The Sun, dated July 4, 2024. GASTO BLASTO Noel Gallagher launches blistering attack on ‘woke’ Glastonbury and renews feud with rockstar frontman NOEL Gallagher had a storming time at Glastonbury – but he couldn’t help taking aim at other punters. The High Flying Birds frontman moaned that virtue-signalling has taken over the festival — with acts making statements about Palestine’s conflict with Israel and Banksy’s migrant dinghy protest during the Idles set. https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/28973908/noel-gallagher-slams-glastonbury-woke/ This article from the Guardian, also a year old, gives more background on the "wokeness" of Glastonbury: Noel Gallagher says Glastonbury is ‘a bit woke now’ and criticises political musicians https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/jul/05/noel-gallagher-oasis-glastonbury-is-woke-political-musicians It was more "wokeness" in general than support for Hamas that seemed to have pissed off Gallagher in that interview. He opposed the politicizing of musical performances. Several groups and artists at the 2024 Glastonbury Festival expressed support for Ham- I mean Palestinians- including chants of "Free Palestine." That didn't result in any major outcry from political or religious leaders. Bobby Vylan (Pascal Robinson-Foster) got slammed because he led the crowd in death chants and gave an antisemitic tirade His blatant antisemitism, not his support of Palestinians, resulted in all the condemnation. It's unclear what opinion Noel Gallagher has on the Gaza conflict, although he has supported a charity that provides aid to Palestinian children. Support for Palestinians is the rule, not the exception, in the U.K. When this support, however misplaced and naive, turns into raw antisemitic attack, there still, thankfully, will be a sharp negative reaction from some influential voice. However, Gallagher was NOT condemning antisemitism in that old interview. -
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Feature New Cannabis Curbs Rattle Thai Shop Owners
I'm quite sure this will put off tourists especially. Vountarily going onto a database of users for something that used to be and may again become illegal hardly sounds wise. Things that at one time weren't much of a problem here (overstay, certain visa types like education, volunteer etc) are now used against people. As Chairman Mao campaigned, "Let a hundred flowers blossom”. -
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Trump’s Gaza ceasefire boasts will mean nothing unless he can get a grip on Israel
Once you see those words quoted in a forum, you know you are dealing with an eliminationist jew hater. Hopefully, with your illness, you are always looking over your shoulder. Must make you nuts knowing how powerful Israel is. Jews your daddy LOL- 2
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2025 SSA Form 7162 - "Hello, are you dead yet?" forms.
Mine came early June every time from 2009-covid. I marked it and plopped it in the mail and never gave it a 2nd thought. I admit to being upset with US politics the last few years and on the paranoid side. I've helped friends who for some reason couldn't get forms or correspond with the US government at all. DOGE has made a mess of SS and that could make them late this year but I don't think they're going to cut off expats. I'll fill in a blank 7162 if I don't get the form by mid July, then if it comes later use the printed envelope and mail it again, NO EMS or registered, then email Manilla in September for confirmation as I've done the last few years. I don't expect any trouble, but if they don't have it by then, I'll send it again, maybe also to Manilla as a PDF scan attached to an email. I believe they can ensure it gets to the right place. All these extra precautions probably add to the current heavy workload, but many of us are on edge and would be badly hurt w/o the checks. I must say Manilla has always been helpful though harder to reach by phone than it used to be. Hopefully, I can avoid the temptation to rile folks as I too often do. -
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Economy 400 Baht Minimum Wage Now in Effect for Bangkok
Cheap housing , cheap food , cheap transport. Usually there are more than one people in a household that have a wage. Strange, last time I went shopping I saw prices of some items go down. And yes years ago , it was kind of a sport for me to stay under 400 B/day.
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