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German Tourist Severely Beaten in Pattaya by Group of 10 Men
Because its not just to foreigners... Its to each other too... Read all the news of fights between students a Technical Colleges - the lower socio-demographic of Thailand grows up with violence all around them... ... the grow up with it in the home, they grow up with it at school (Tech colleges), they grow up with it in all forms of social media and the news.... and if they are good at it they will be revered for it as Thai Boxers..... ... Amongst the lower socio-demographic of Thailand violence is simply the norm... for the most part, we as foreigners are outside of this 'circle of violence' but sometimes... in area's of where Thai's have grown jaded, this violence overlaps... -
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Can Americans afford vacations anymore?
You made some BIG assumptions. One of them is the assumption that an increase in prices MUST result in a similar. reduction in purchasing power. This assumption also assumes that wages have not increased. Increased wages reduce the impact of price increases because the wage earner makes more to offset in all or in part, the price increases. Yes, the cumulative rate of inflation during Biden's term was 21.2% . However, earnings rose by 19.4% during that time. (Bureau of Labor Statistics). That's a difference of 1.8%. However, that difference does not translate into a significant loss of purchasing power. It all depends on whether critical items have experienced the large price increases. If luxury items have gone up 40%, it doesn't make much of a difference to a person of limited financial means. Where it hurts is in daily critical items, like gasoline. Medical costs were reduced 9.6% under Biden, Groceries increased 3.4%. Not significant. What drove the price increase index was the cost of gasoline (20.2% increase) and transportation (12.1%). You have offered as evidence of your position an article from USA Today. Please look at the article again. It was written in June 2024 and it undermines your position. Biden's term was not over, and the economy was recovering. The Moneywise article states that inflation during this period. The last three years have seen an average annual inflation of 5.6%, which is certsinly better than 21.4% 😄 The Moneywise analysts used 5 years of data, which means that they went back to the Trump administration in 2020 and 2019. Using your study that you thought "blamed" Biden, it could also be used to blame Trump. However, I am not going to to make the same error you have made. You also ignore the impact that Covid had on salaries. Almost everyone was getting a haircut. At the start of Covid, My US headquartered company froze all matching contributions to our pension plan, and froze bonuses and annual increases. That lasted a year, but once Covid stabilized, we were all made whole and many of us collected compenastory bonuses. This was repeated in many companies, and contributed to inflation. So why not be honest and look at the real reason why there was such a jump in prices. It had nothing to do with Biden. The end of Covid brought with it increased demand for everything including travel and gasoline, which drove the price index since so much depends upon fuel powered transportation. As a reminder, U.S. oil production hit an all-time high of about 13 million barrels per day (BPD). As the pandemic unfolded, demand for oil collapsed, and production followed. By May 2020, oil production had dropped by more than 3 million BPD to 9.7 million BPD. When the pandemic crushed oil demand in 2020, some oil companies went out of business. Some small stripper wells — which account for a respectable amount of U.S. oil production — were permanently capped because of the bleak outlook. Some workers left the oil industry. As people went back to work, demand began to bounce back, but production lagged due to the aforementioned issues. Following the production collapse of 2020, the U.S. has been playing catch up as demand recovered. Rising oil prices — in response to insufficient supplies — are the predominant reason for the surge in gasoline prices. (Forbes Energy Newsletter March 2022) -
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Over protection of children
You cannot "over-protect" your children. If someone assaults your child, you are justified in using lethal force. -
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Toddler Hospitalised with Bone-Deep Dog Bite in Buriram
Which is why I always read the news before commenting and making ridiculous speculations. Perhaps you should try it instead of endlessly making things up. -
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Israel Hamas War the Widening Middle East Conflict
You have edited that report from the BBC to give it a different meaning The next and last sentence should be . Without naming Mr Ballal, the IDF said three Palestinians and an Israeli had been detained on suspicion of "rock hurling" at security forces. But you deleted that sentence and added a different sentence https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0eg04d152zo -
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