johnnybangkok

Typical Trumper who can't even take the time to read the thread but is 'outraged' by woke culture. Women do compete with women as my previous post pointed out. World Athletics bans transgender women from competing in female world ranking events - BBC Sport NAIA effectively bans transgender women from its collegiate sports | CNN World swimming bans transgender athletes from women's events - CBS News Try educating yourself before you comment.

It's astounding the posters who can't understand that men (both natural and transgender) aren't allowed to compete in women's sports. It would be quite entertaining if it wasn't so ill-informed. World Athletics bans transgender women from competing in female world ranking events - BBC Sport NAIA effectively bans transgender women from its collegiate sports | CNN World swimming bans transgender athletes from women's events - CBS News

So many of you looking for a reason to be outraged when this is such a non-story because - 'World swimming's governing body has effectively banned transgender women from competing in women's events........... World swimming bans transgender athletes from women's events - CBS News If a couple of men who used to be women or women who used to be men want to compete at a miniscule level, then let them at it. It's just a shame it inflames so many of you.

You are so far down the rabbit hole that the light of reality is probably just a dot in the distance for you and I have no illusion that I will change your mind but hey, I've got 10 minutes and I'm a bit bored so what the hell. Let's start with 'Nobody has "ripped to shreds" that the election was stolen' - Trump and his minions filed 62 lawsuits in state and federal courts and each one was thrown out despite many of the judges having been appointed by Trump and being die-hard Republicans. Even his own departments of Justice and Homeland Security said there was no serious fraud, culminating in his own appointed Attorney General, William Barr saying that the Justice Department had found no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the election. So your assertion is that every one of these people are lying? Every one of the judges who have cultivated a reputation and standing in their personal and professional life are all part of some grand conspiracy perpetrated by some globalist overlords? That's some power these globalists have - they can even convince Trump appointees to rule against him. And while we are on the subject of these globalists, who are they and exactly how do they operate? Are we talking singular people or a group of super powerful individuals who can operate with impunity throughout the world? Can they influence Russia, China, North Korea, the UK, Germany and all the countries in the world? Man that is some reach and if for some reason it's true, how exactly are they 'Undermining democracy'? As far as I can see, the only person trying to undermine democracy in the US is Trump with his election denial and January 6th riot. Occam's razor dictates that the simplest explanation is usually the best one, yet here you are ignoring the obvious to try to sell the extraordinary and quite frankly, the bizarre. Now I do understand you see yourself as some enlightened warrior 'fighting for freedom and liberty' and I sincerely hope this is just a hobby for you rather than anything serious that actually affects your life, but facts matter and your posts are VERY light on facts and high on conspiracy which will never turn any reasonable person to your viewpoint. I thank you for your conciliatory tone (unlike many other MAGA fans on here) and appreciate your lack of name calling and aggression but you are just wrong. Very, very wrong.

5,000 THB!!!! What a bargain. Can I have 3 please and does it cover temples?

I rest my case - 'fear-mongering, trans/homo/being different phobia, warped religious doctrine, xenophobia and racism. The latter of course being nicely packaged as patriotism'. If you can't see it, you're beyond help.

You're post is distinguished from other Trump fantasists in it's lack of spelling mistakes and overall decent grammar. However, that's as good as it gets. Eric has done a fine job of ripping to shreds your 'the election was stolen' nonsense. All I would perhaps add is, don't you also think it slightly odd that election fraud only happened in states that Trump lost? Mmmmmmmm. Who would have thunk it? However, I would like to focus on another part of your rant starting with the idea that Trump will rid us all of 'diseased and corrupt institutions'. What 'diseased and corrupt institutions' are we talking about. The law? The media? Public servants? The FBI? The Church? The police? The WHO, NATO? All of them? I would proffer that the only 'diseased and corrupt institutions' are companies run by self-interested billionaires who are the real danger to the vast majority of us. With the singular goal of getting their taxes reduced or their dodgy business dealings ignored, they plead their 'similarity' to the common man by playing him like a fiddle through fear-mongering, trans/homo/being different phobia, warped religious doctrine, xenophobia and racism. The latter of course being nicely packaged as patriotism. If history has shown us anything (and it certainly should have by now) it's that those that aspire to undermine democracy and the rule of law have invariably produced some of the cruelest and most in-humane societies ever to grace this fair planet. And as far as promising the 'first true freedom any of us have ever known in our lifetimes', well I've felt pretty free the whole of my considerable years. This idea that things haven't got better over the years is simply nonsense perpetuated by those with an agenda and lapped up but the failures of society. The MAGA brigade are just unhappy people, fighting an imaginary war for what they once deemed as 'better times'. The better times where there all along. They just missed it or were too stupid to take advantage. Trump isn't just 'the speartip (sic)' he's the puppet, the jester, the circus clown. He's the easy ride to what a very small group of people want (money and power) and the genius of it all is that they've managed to convince you that it's exactly the opposite; that the ONLY party holding their feet to the fire (the Dems in case you are wondering) are the true enemy. It would be genius if it wasn't just so terrifying.

A flight to Manila is only 3 1/2 hours from Bangkok so you will not see much difference in BC to PE but on long-haul flights the difference is considerable - BC lounge before travelling, priority boarding, flat bed seats (the most important), much better food (served when you want it, not when they want to serve it), limitless drinks and snacks etc. You even get a pair of pajamas and a 'comfort kit' with most airlines. I would never travel on a flight that is more than 6 hours other than in BC.

I'm pretty similar to yourself except there's a 23 year age gap. I offer a much better lifestyle to what she can achieve with a Thai man as although tall and very beautiful, she's an Isan girl so immediately ruled out by a great deal of Thai men with similar means to myself. If you ask her, she will never go back to a Thai guy (she had one for about a year), because of their tendency to resolve issues with their fists, their philandering and their 'equipment' (she gleefully explains this particular subject with a wiggle of her little finger). I am certainly perceived as more caring and attentive but very importantly, someone who can look after her and someone who won't cheat on her (never have in the 4 years we've been together and don't plan to). Trust is super important for these ladies and is a significant contributor to their views on you.

Oh no, blocked. However will I ever survive! Such child-like name calling and throwing the toys out of the pram just kinda backs up my point. Hasta La Vista! See ya! Wouldn't wanna be ya!

Enough of the faux pearl clutching. You are only ever bothered about racism when it's against whites. That's not being anti-racism, that's just being pro-white.

You really are going all in with this 'Hitler wasn't right wing' stance aren't you? Granted you can say the early days of the Nazi's was probably more centrist than right-wing but with the mass killing of gypsies, the disabled, intellectuals, blacks, disobedient civilians, gays and of course 6 million Jews, I think we can safely say he veered ever so slightly to what we know view as extreme right-wing. And there lies the rub; what right-wing we saw even up to Reagan times has changed dramatically and whatever noble, centrists policies that gave us a '........bit of both' has now firmly been taken over by the extremists and the racists. I don't conflate anyone who does 'not agree with lewft (sic) wing political ideologies' as being 'a far-right Nazi' but then again I'm not the one trying to convince this forum that Hitler was more centrist and perhaps even left-leaning rather than right wing. Perhaps we can then agree that the term we are looking for is 'extreme right', which encapsulates racism, xenophobia and extreme nationalism.

You really went all out there didn't you sunshine? 'Hitler's Party was named the National Socialist German Workers Party - they were yet another variation of the far-left' Are you being serious? I think you would struggle to be more far-right than the actual Nazi's. You trying to conflate misguided but essentially well-meaning Scottish politicians with the Nazi's is some of the most extreme gaslighting we have seen on this site (and that's saying something). And don't get me started on 'right wing political parties are very much in favour of giving People rights and freedoms. Do you want to try that statement on the women who are being refused abortions or the GOP's continued gerrymandering and erosion of voting right for minorities? That is some echo chamber you inhabit. A ridiculous post that deserves complete derision.

Spot on as usual. Love Jonathan Pie.

As I said, you obviously have no idea what you are talking about.

What absolute drivel. Not worth saying anything more though as you obviously have no idea what you are talking about.

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I think we all know where his and the Phea Thai's extreme views on drugs is coming from and it's not from any objective viewpoint. 'In February 2003, the Thai government, under then Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, launched a 'war on drugs', purportedly aimed at the suppression of drug trafficking and the prevention of drug use. In fact, a major outcome of this policy was arbitrary killings. In the first three months of the campaign there were some 2800 extrajudicial killing.' https://www.hrw.org/news/2008/03/12/thailands-war-drugs

He's not outnumbered as I also agree that context is important and 45 seconds of a speach shouldn't determine the whole speach. Humza Yousaf was pointing out the extraodinary amount of white people holding very senior roles in Scotland BUT Scotland IS 95% white (as opposed to 80% in England) so it shouldn't come as too much of a surprise that the vast majority of senior jobs would be filled by white people BUT to have quite so many as he pointed out could also be construed as instutional racism. It's hard to say as you would also need to know how many non-whites applied for these jobs and whether ethnicity played a part in the decision making process. I agree with RuamRudy though that those with an agenda (like JonnyF and perhaps yourself) are trying to spin that as racist against whites when the simple answer is Yousaf was just stating facts in an effort to highlight possible racism issues that were happening during the time of George Floyd. As he said 'it is not enough to not be racist....... people, must be anti-racist". As for the new law, I think it's ill-thought out and open to misinterpretation. It was made with good intentions (who doesn't want less hate speach), but the devil is in the detail and the detail is far too ambiguous and too easily open for abuse. Let's see how it unfolds though.

And you lot call liberals 'snowflakes'. Geez, lighten up dude.

DO NOT just transfer the money over before you have spoken to your bank as they will just give you the bog standard exchange rate. You can negotiate preferable exchange rates directly with your bank (I do it all the time with Bangkok Bank). If they refuse just shop around to see who is offering the best rate. Then tell your bank you will take your business elsewhere unless they match or do better. The only caveat is how much they want your business. I use BB for my business as well as personal so they are always bending over backwards to accommodate. Just remember they are a business like any other business and should act accordingly. P.S. Talking to the right person is also key.

Thana Plaza. Great place for all golf gear.

Do you think this lot know they don’t exist?

Not sure if you're being facetious here but I use a fastrack service all the time (only at Suvarnabhumi so can't comment on Don Mueang) and had guest use it about 2 weeks ago. You get picked up at the gate, stuck on a buggy and fastracked through immigration. Guy/lady stays with you whilst your bags arrive (doesn't fastrack your bags unfortunately but that's to be expected), then takes you to a waiting car for journey home/to hotel. If it doesn't exist then I need to dose down on the weed I'm smoking.

If only polls were actual elections, but as we saw from Hillary, they're not.