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Do you pee hovering over the toilet?
why are the mods letting this garbage being posted, what's the relevance to Thailand and to AsianNow -
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‘Putin clearly won’: Pundits say meeting was ‘bad for Americans’
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Trump: The Big Beautiful Failure
If we put aside the media noise and negative commentary about Trump, even looking past all of his own grift, corruption, criminality, sexual related crimes, and even the fact that he's an insurrectionist and a traitor, and focus only on his recent campaign promises and achievements, I would say that the only positive action he has taken in his seven months in office so far is bombing Iran. That took a great deal of courage and leadership. Whether it actually achieved anything in slowing down Iran's nuclear program remains to be seen, but the act itself showed decisiveness and should be acknowledged. Aside from that, he has failed to end the war in Ukraine or in Gaza, failed to lower grocery costs for Americans, failed to release the Epstein files, failed to eliminate taxes on Social Security benefits, failed to reduce taxes for the poor, failed to create a new National healthcare program, failed to cut two trillion dollars in federal spending and balance the budget, and the list goes on. He has also failed to bring back jobs to America and has, in fact, contributed to a slowdown in new job creation, which has just resulted in a sudden rise in unemployment. He has essentially failed to deliver on most of his major campaign promises. In reality, seven months is enough time for him to have achieved at least a handful of these priorities, yet he has not. There are also broader failures worth noting. He has failed to secure meaningful immigration reform, failed to restore trust in American institutions, failed to unite a deeply divided nation, failed to take meaningful action on affordable housing, and failed to present a clear and consistent foreign policy strategy beyond reactive measures. Not to mention all the added chaos and confusion caused by his tariff madness. At this point, there is little more that can be said. Love him or hate him, call it a hoax, a witch hunt, some sort of anti-Trump syndrome, or whatever buzzword you like, the reality is that he has become a lame duck president. In fact, he has done more harm to Americans, their quality of life, the public welfare programs, their freedom of speech, and their civil liberties than any president in modern American history. In a word, he's basically done absolutely nothing to make America great again. -
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Chinese Chaos
Doubt it. It would compete with Makro. Same reason a Walmart never opened here. Remember, you can't open a major international retail outlet here without a major Thai partner, like CP for food related or CPN (Central Pattana) for high end retail (or for low end like Costco/Walmart). There's also the Mall Group (owners of MQuartier etc.) - that's about it - and they tend to own or have a major hand in almost everything. The rest are smaller players and wouldn't be able to effect the necessary supply chains of some big multinational player or meet its other requirements. My sense is more international businesses are leaving than arriving here (Tesco, Carrefour, Esso - maybe M&S?) - those that stay are facing difficulties with their local 'partners' (e.g. Nestle), unless they are partnered with the above mentioned mega-groups - and the 'ask' from those groups seems to be increasingly driving away the big international firms. Even many of the international airlines have given up on Thailand despite recent safety improvements at airports (they'd need local regulatory approval and probably code-sharing rights, and they can't be bothered - the ask too great, the ROI too little). -
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‘Putin clearly won’: Pundits say meeting was ‘bad for Americans’
A federal agent conducting terror on American soil is assaulted by a deli weapon! Just think, he could have gotten mustard on his face.- 1
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THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Sunday 17 August 2025
Microlight Aircraft Crashes on Road Near Phuket Airfield Pictures courtesy of Khoasod. Two people were injured when a microlight aircraft crashed on a road near Pa Klok airfield in Phuket on the afternoon of 17 August. Full story:https://aseannow.com/topic/1370037-microlight-aircraft-crashes-on-road-near-phuket-airfield/
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