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Will Kamala Denounce the Pro Terrorist Demonstrators
There was no mention of Nazis in my comment, nor did I even reference them. The question was "Will Kamala Denounce the Pro Terrorist Demonstrators" I provided both the WH statement and a recorded incident where VP Harris told them off. What exactly was factually incorrect with my response and what do you not comprehend with the words? I condemn any individuals associating with the brutal terrorist organization Hamas, which has vowed to annihilate the State of Israel and kill Jews. Pro-Hamas graffiti and rhetoric is abhorrent and we must not tolerate it in our nation. I condemn the burning of the American flag. What's funny is that the jew hater collective will trot out the Trump supposed support for Israel when they need to attack political opponents. I find it admirable that the US jewish community is mostly secular and puts a priority on national issues. They are like many other socially assimilated US voters who put their country first. Examples are the US Catholics who do that, and North Asian heritage people who do that. There is one religious block currently holding their rallies, some foreign initiated and surreptitiously fund, who support an Iran/Russian allied terrorist group. Currently, they are targeting the Democrat Party Convention. These are the same people who come out to riot and protest when an opportunity arises for political disruption. In the past, they also had support from the people who had participated in the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, VA. The far right's previous ties to extremist foreign groups has been well documented. Chaos and instability serve both their political interests. -
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Brazil Travel Report
You might be right - as I said I went in 2006, 18 years ago. No idea what it is like now. I just loved the whole thing at the time. -
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Paetongtarn Won't Take Defence Minister Role, Declares Thaksin
Hopefully the military will exile Daddy and Daughter Shinawatra sometime in the not too distant future. -
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Thai Government Steps Up Efforts to Curb Chinese Business Dominance
Indeed. the first king of the current dynasty invited Chinese immigrants en masse to settle in Siam. He believed that their business acumens and resourcefulness was needed to develop Siam into a modern nation. He also encouraged the Chinese to freely marry the native population as to enrich and enlighten the Thai DNA if you know what I mean. -
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Foreign cyclist severely injured after being hit by Phuket Airport taxi
Sorry for your loss. If you dont mind me asking,.... can I pose the following questions (I'll give my resoning after the questions). - Wearing a helemet ? - Sobre ? - Riding a night ? - Riding in the Wet ? - Speeding or riding fast ? - Quality of eyesight ? - Using phone while riding ? The reasons I ask is to evaluate risk profile. Riding without a helmet oviously increases the risk of serioius injury by about 50%... Just run into a wall at full speed (usually about 20kmh for most ppl) and try and come away without a severe head injury. Riding at night - More drunk people around and poorer visibility due to dark tint - this more chance of a loon knocking you off your bike (I personally avoid riding at night wherever possible). Riding in the Wet - reduces visibility of other vehicles who can't see through crappy windshield dark tint and poor wipers, slippery roads so no one can stop, easier to get into a skid or slide when avoiding something. Speeding / riding fast - speaks for itself... those riding fast have less chance to react (especially when combined with the above factors). Quality of eyesight - my night vision is getting worse, I mostly get my Wife to drive at night... but when I compare to others (friends etc) its still much better !!... just not good enough for the clarity of vision I want. Phone use - so many people dont realise how much road information they miss when looking at a phone for one second. I'm not suggesting any of the reasons above are the cause for the loss of your relative - but, the close friends have had accidents, its usually because of one of those factors: - Guy (Thai) killed himself - rode into the back of a parked truck at night, while drunk at night. - Guy (Western) serious leg injury (lucky not to die).... months of recover, rode while drunk at night, didn't see the truck. - Guy (Thai) using his phone, no seat belt on, drove into the back of another car, Sober, but just not careful, - Nearly all Thai's I know have been involved in a drink driving related accident. - Guy (motorbike) lost his front end braking over a metal road works cover at night, poor lighting, saw the cover too late. -
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Thai Government Steps Up Efforts to Curb Chinese Business Dominance
much more difficult these days, when the majority in your government, businesses, and industries are run by Chinese descent. -
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Do you hold hands with your paid companion?
Then there are just the looks,.... Asean Women look younger than their Western male counterparts... When I've been away in the wilds somewhere, camping, skiing, away at work, unshaven for a few weeks, unkempt, the odd nasal hair of record breaking length, those one or two antennae like eyebrow hairs that mean I can walk safely in the dark and pick up anything I'm about to walk into, months well beyond a back, crack & Sac, crusty nails etc.... .... and then return to my while, who in the meantime has... Spent every morning in the gym, Yoga, spinning, Pilates (often double seasons), dresses like she invented style.... has had her daily facial treatments, spa treatments, carotone cream, slept with a mask on, used Hyaluronic Acid serum daily (which I swear has jizz in it)... takes NMN, various vitamins, (B and D, Calcium)... etc.... She looks 30 years old.... and there I am looking about 60 years old... Then I sort my shyte out, have a shave, trim up, use all her creams etc... get back into the vitamins etc... and start to look closer to a healthy and fit 40 year old... although others may suggest 50... In truth the age gap is 3 years - but she always looks younger than 40... I'll always look older than 40... ... in 20 years time I'll look older than 50 and so will she !!!... thats just the nature of the aging beast.... Maybe we'll start holding hands when we go for a stroll then. -
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Paetongtarn Won't Take Defence Minister Role, Declares Thaksin
There you go, the true leader of LOS has spoken. 😉 -
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Brazil Travel Report
Your experience may no longer be replicable. Right now is the lowest of the low season. The helicopter ride was fully booked out. Over-tourism will need another Covid blowup to get cured. I have an upper-medium favorable opinion of Brazil and I will def come back next year. I am not much of a Big Bang tourist sight kind of tourist, so that colors my view. I imagine if I was writing about the current state of The Grand Canyon (my all time fave Big Bang sight), I'd have the same mobbed-out aversion. -
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Going short-time only, shallow or succulent?
I think you should go to some of the bars around Chaweng, Patong, Pattaya etc. Approach some of the girls who are dancing, drinking and having fun flirting with potential customers. Pull them aside and show them your links. They'll love your links. Tell them they're not actually having fun and they don't want to get loads of money for a few hours work to buy the latest phone, nice clothes, save for a house and support their families. Because you know you're right. You have the links to prove it. Sorry, but you're clueless about the Thai mindset and attitude toward sex / money. So many women working 'respectable' jobs in shops, hotels, banks etc have close friends selling sex, and they don't bat an eyelid. This world is not one size fits all. Well, maybe in your world... -
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Oh Beloved Bangkok, How So You Have Changed...
Transport options are so much better. The buzzing Wild West element at night might be history, but still a bit of fun on occasion. Old Bangkok is nice to wonder around still. -
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Latest developments and discussion of recent events in the Ukraine War
Thanks I've been very busy on other things and haven't had time to study the many sources I use. This sober reflective article in the NS caught my eye. Kursk is high on hopium and PR but would probably prove irrelevant in determining the ultimate outcome of the war. There is a grim grind of now a seemingly endless war which suits western interests on the whole but is destroying Ukraine as a viable state in the long term - and Europe's biggest donor Germany is indicating that the bank is closing as they are out of money and politcal will to continue business as usual. https://www.newstatesman.com/international-content/2024/08/the-ukrainian-endgame https://archive.is/1TviU The diplomacy to end the war will take longer, but it, too, will take place quietly and secretly. And it will come as a shock to Ukraine’s supporters in the West, some of whom may still believe that Ukraine can achieve total victory, including the liberation of Crimea – maybe even regime change in Russia itself. The problem for Ukraine has always been that its Western supporters do not have a commonly agreed war goal. But, in recent months, this has been overtaken by a collective sense that support for a long war is flagging. From a military perspective, both sides’ stated goals appear unrealistic. My baseline scenario is that they will agree somewhere in the middle, maybe next year. There is still a lot to play for, but nobody will get everything they want. It will be a deal that will have no winners, yet one that allows both sides to claim victory. It will be a dirty deal, full of compromises, unveiled to the world as a fait accompli – much like a shadowy and unexpected prisoner exchange. -
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Do you hold hands with your paid companion?
Not "nonsense". I just shared my opinion, if you disagree that is fine and I respect that - it's an opinion. -
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Do you hold hands with your paid companion?
Three replies disagreeing with me - seems I am in the minority then. Still I think hand holding for adults is just weird. Hand holding your kids - absolutely! Teenagers holding hands, yes! But adults? Nah, cringe cringe. The occasional arm over the shoulder is fine, the occasional arm locking, fine. Hand holding, no no no. Just personal opinion, no right or wrong, I just don't like it.
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