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8 hours ago, Bluespunk said:
Playing politics with the pandemic. That’s low,,,
Mnuchin simply states the truth. As for politics, this weeks developments are almost the final nail in Dem coffin. As I was saying before the 21 day vacation imposed upon me, and months before that, the Democrat party of the USA will not survive 2020! Welcome me back!!!
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On 5/8/2020 at 11:52 PM, YTP said:
Not sure, but I believe civil engineering is reserved for Thais unless you have a recognized license.
Furthermore, I am also not sure if ASEAN nationals have special privileges with regard to the above or not.
Anyway, something to check before solidifying your plans. Good luck.
Begin with Thai immigration website and read everything that pertains to you and your needs.
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55 minutes ago, Matzzon said:Just look at this picture! It says it all! This are the actions of people in a country that have the worlds highest death toll from the pandemic. Signs with orders to end the shutdown as well as about 90% refuses to wear face masks. This is a really idiotic way of dealing with things. Anyway, nothing out of the ordinary. One thing surprise me though. Where is all the gun toting mad men? They would fit right perfect in this picture.
Anyway, extremely ignorant and irresponsible behaviour, especially carrying a child on his arm, of people that have over 40k deaths and still rising.Land of the Free
And the Home of the Brave
You must have enough rice to handle being shutdown forever right?!
The global economy has to reopen. Period!
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32 minutes ago, xylophone said:
Agree with your sentiments in your post and just to add to that..........
Last night I was watching the news and the protesters in Ohio railing against the lockdown measures and a couple of things stood out; there were those in military style garb, some completely in black and others in camouflage outfits, a large black Hummer with some redneck hanging out of the roof shouting support for these fools, and a few folks who looked as if they were inbred. To all intents and purposes this had a "military style" look to it.
It also mirrored, to a certain extent, the demonstrations in Charlottesville with clear evidence of Trump’s statements calling neo-Nazis ‘fine people", although he (and his supporters) later disputed that.
In amongst those demonstrators were people wearing a familiar mix of black shirted and military style garb, so the trend is there for these right wingers, and dressing in black seems to be their preferred style.....who'd have thunk it???? ????
No....Trump never called Neo Nazis fine people. Never. Review the full text.
So its not that Trump supporters denied it .... its that the evidence proves it a lie... you already know that though. And sick of people who spread lies.
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1 minute ago, J Town said:
Mike Huckabee considered them modern day Rosa Parks.
Well...I disagree on that...and often find Huckabee to be not the brightest light on the conservative block.
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2 hours ago, Ventenio said:
First, ask yourself, "why are these guys going to Thailand?"
1. women
2. escape
3. forget
4. money problems
5. start over
6. not think
7. die
if you want a true friend, you should have the same passions. Well, that's usually 10000000x easier between the ages of 0-30. Then people get married, kids, and less passions. So you can join clubs and all that...might help.
the problem is...if he does have the same passion as you, he might still have a bigger problem on the list (see above). then that creates worse drama than being alone.
when in rome......yea, find a girl, 2, 3, try to relax.....if this isn't your thing, think about another country.
I got about 5 of those. I notice finding new men to hang out with isn't on the list.
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9 minutes ago, 19DL86 said:That's a very good point LiverpoolFan and one which I and seemingly many others on here, have pondered over in these many years into the autumn of our lives, I d guess.As said above, with good "friends" you need longevity, shared interested, history and also a quality that I can't determine here in a few words. This comes with and from tests of time, events and emotions. "Grit"Mostly here the fellow Farangs you meet its very one, or at best two dimensional. Also as many members have said there are a lot of "damaged good" and guys with "baggage". Too be perfectly honest I am not the same guy I was 13-14 years ago after living here permanently. Thailand changes you. Some, like myself, in a bad way, you become harder, less trusting, maybe bitter and judgmental. It's a self protection mechanism.I have lived long term in several areas of Thailand, Pattaya/Jomtien. Cha Am/ Hua Hin and Udon Thani city. Each of these places I met quite different Farangs, the better being in those time NOT in Pattaya and Jomtien. In Udon in the whole the guys were very decent, respectful and accepting of Thais and their ways, just a lot less trouble too.I m 60 years old and avoid most younger Farangs, especially British lads under 40-45. The best company and closes acquaintances I have are fellas both in their late 70s an American and an Aussie. Lovely fellas and in despite of some very sad and misfortunate turns in their lives, not one ounce of bitterness.I worked in a great job paying fantastic money and this took me all over the world in the 1980s - early 2000s. I was able to live a lot on my own, enjoying my own company whilst moving about in this work. I visited Thailand as early as '89......but said many times to my mates "Oh I could never live there". In 2006 that's what I done as what I wanted from life changed.When you're young you need many friends, you thrive on it, also you're less picky, don't judge too harshly and take umbridge or offense. Possibly as you re too much enjoying life having fun to give a shhhht about a set of politics, or morality. We see friends and friendship very different then to how or what we require now in our late years. Ignorance might play a big part also when your 22 or so.As we get older we get wiser, or we should hope to, so we seem to be in a constant state of flux with those around us and the World in general.Now I only need friend to help me and give me something that I can't myself or those few family members who are around me. Friendships are forged in desperate times or times of need. Thankfully I ve put all those behind me, never been married until here so no divorces. Dine my jail time when I was young and foolish. Always had money. So far no bad health and never had any really big emotional concerns. So I m doing fine and keeping lucky.But it's very very fair to say that you might not find the pedigree or caliber out here unless you are very fortunate. Or easily pleased. But that can be said about the women too right? As for Thai friends, male or female, oh that's a very contentious issue, one best left alone. Possibly better avoided too.Just be happy with what you have where you are, try find a little something to be grateful of. If you can't, then you won't find it anywhere but within.What a thoughtful post. Thanks.
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54 minutes ago, rumak said:
I demand 100 percent sincerity and integrity..... and an IQ over 75.
all three in one person hard to find . usually takes me about half hour to see which
traits are missing
more seriously: casual friendships with some thais, and some farangs, I have.
There is a reason that even thai people do not want to get "too friendly" with
neighbors, etc. Maybe the same reason that farangs have with other farangs.
The initial friendliness somehow changes as we get to know each other better.
"familiarity breeds contempt" . BTW: this saying originated in the 1300's !!
Isn't that saying usually used when applied to Superior Subordinate relationships like Officer and His men? Or in other authoritarian relationships like the corporate ladder?
"Familiarity breeds contempt"
Not something I ever hear applied to friendships.
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16 minutes ago, Matzzon said:That explained a lot. I just guess you have to go out more.
No. I don't. I'm not in need or looking. "Explained a lot"? What the <deleted> does that mean? Are you studying me? Explained alot about what? Where are you again?
This was just a friendly comment about myself with no ax to grind pal!
If yer looking to argue or insult go back to a politics page and I will be ready for you and the rest of the nutballs!
"Explained a lot"
they just bounce around speading neg like a foul wind.
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You got your stim by DD
A statement was mailed.
What is the issue?
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I have NO friends in Thailand short of my own family.
I have acquaintences met from playing football a bit ago...but not people I hang out with.
When I travel about Thailand I roll solo, and like it that way.
Never one to enjoy sitting on a barstool.
I am 61 maybe that has something to do with it. I never meet or feel the need to know more people as friends. I occassionally talk to other foreigners in Thailand, but rarely.
There are few Americans here. I live last stop of the MRT Bangkok.
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6 minutes ago, gargamon said:
You best run back to Fox News then, really accurate information there. Hahahaha
Yeah if fox put Hannity into the White House pool it would be on par with CNN having Acosta in there. Obvious right?
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7 minutes ago, simple1 said:
No threat, just a suggestion. Your words are below which IMO are a personal attack - no further comment on this matter.
You are exhibiting a feigned pretend outrage which is fed to you by a propaganda machine. And likely serve antiAmerican interests anyway in my view.
You didnt quote me with proper quotes - and that is not what you quoted in your original post which exists for all to see.... a quote directly on my CNN view. so cut the <deleted> man!
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11 minutes ago, mauGR1 said:
I am glad to know that everything is fine for you.
Perhaps you have to concede that there are billions on this planet who are poorer than you.
I am not predicting anything, i am just expecting troubles to happen, perhaps in one month or one week, who knows.
Relax and enjoy, if you think that everything will be fine, good for you, i hope you are right ????
Yeah well if you are not predicting anything....then perhaps you should not predict riots.
And enough with the implying that to not predict riots means I am not cognizant that there are poor in this world. A cheap trick. And a dirty one.
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26 minutes ago, simple1 said:
Disagree. Extremist partisan commentary
The view is reflected and believed by one half, at least, of the USA. Not an extremist belief. In fact not a belief at all. Easily observed from data.
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16 hours ago, simple1 said:
Suggest you put a stop to personal attacks.
I should not be threatened by another poster because that poster considers it personal to see CNN attacked, which is exactly what you quoted from me.
So please do not threaten me about personal attacks, presumably for moderator benefit, because you feel personally threatened by my clear negative views on the worthiness of CNN as a news organization.
That is not a personal attack against you. To attempt to frame it as such with a warning - to me - is simply wrong!
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18 minutes ago, mauGR1 said:
My post is very general, but reading comments on social media, as much as you can despise them, can give one the impression that many people are already fuming, for lack of freedom, money and in poorer countries even food.
No riots yet, as far as i know, i hope i'm just being overtly pessimistic.
Riots where? X2 Your prediction not mine. You are using the word RIOT. As if... YOU anticipate riots. So do you? Or are you simply fanning an idea that violence is coming? So where should I expect this violence?
Look out your window. Is it calm and peaceful ? Or is the tension overwhelming, the smell of blood in the air?
It's calm and peaceful here. And yes, people are all ready for the lockdowns to end, and for a return to normalcy. But not sensing any underlying current of violence ready to burst forth.
So why are you seeing things different? It is you using the language that says violence is ready to spring forth. So once more where?
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15 hours ago, xylophone said:
Quite how these people believe their own rubbish is alarming, almost like a sect preaching that the earth is flat, whereas we know it is not, and I quote this because it seems right on the button......
British writer Andrew O'Hagan said of Trump, "What we're witnessing is a supernatural communal turn towards something deeply sinister. He summons everything that's worst about the American character and sells it back to them as virtue....They could really go for this guy. He appeals directly to something vengeful and self-loathing in the American character. They look at that guy and see a reflection of something very essential to themselves. That is a frightening energy. And it could get out of control”.
And CNN has over 180 reporters and correspondents!
The British writer should worry about Britain and the rebuilding of the British Navy
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15 hours ago, sirineou said:
You are insane too
If I was I suppose I would just swallow the three year illegal attempt to remove a President from office as normal.
I would considered faked Dossiers normal
I would consider the Speaker of the House claiming the President is a Russian agent as Normal
I would think that former heads of intel services being on the CNN MSNBC payroll as normal
I would think spying on a presidential campaign normal
I would think a predawn CNN FBI raid on Roger Stone is business as usual and normal
I would think no found correspondance between Clinton and Stevens in Bengazzi is normal
I would think that a political party calling a Supreme Court nominee a serial gang rapist without evidence as normal.
Nah I am quite sane and cogent in my thinking.
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15 hours ago, simple1 said:
CNN quoted trump's own words, not a democrat. CNN has a reporter allocated to WH briefings - Acosta - though trump did at one time try to ban him for asking relevant questions which trump found uncomfortable.
Suggest you put a stop to personal attacks.
Acosta is not a reporter he is a Democrat propagandist working for a provider of propaganda. Review him over 3 years or so and this becomes painfully obvious. He is not an independent minded objective journalist. Not a Reporter.
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1 hour ago, GinBoy2 said:
I'm actually amazed that any overseas resident gets the payment, let alone their spouse!
After all, isn't it designed to keep the US economy alive?
I don't think my Thai wife will be getting the ฿5k payment from the Thai government since she lives in the US, and certainly I won't.
Paying a 'stimulus' to someone who doesn't live, and hence spend the money in the country, seems insane to me
An American citizen abroad is still an American citizen. That citizen could suffer the same circumstances as someone stateside so it would be difficult to exclude them. How they spend stimulus is likewise an unknown. Maybe such funds would be used to return home, help a stateside family member, by from Amazon. Maybe not, but they have made no such rules on spending.
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26 minutes ago, mauGR1 said:
I am afraid that you nailed it.
Although we can hope and pray for people helping each other to a certain extent, we can expect riots, and heavy hand response from authorities, and.. Better stop here for the moment.
Riots?!! Where?????
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I live in Thailand. I am not a citizen. Not a legal Resident. Am on a O visa. I have no opinion on matters Thai Govt except as expressed to immediate family.
The reason is that it does me no good to find myself angered because I have no say in Thai politics at all. No vote. No say.No input asked. None given.
I like it this way. It's very Taoist.
Not that I am a Taoist but like water I just keep flowing around the rocks and don't get stuck in the cracks.
All the screaming and yelling, but none of it is at me so why listen?
I have family up in Isaan and my family here in Bangkok. There is no emergency taking place under my roof. All is calm. Up Northeast all are calm in the village. Family elsewhere in Local area...also cool.
A beautiful day.
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Fyi Atlantic article on WHO CCP and early spread
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U.S. unemployment rate will get worse, Treasury's Mnuchin says
in World News
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He is sharp as a tack. And had the results, and will get them back again. Root for his success, it's in your best interest!