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I don't even consider them socially relevant and the followers enabling them to exist equally irrelevant.

I guess a lot of board members these days use other social media platforms however after a personal experience with one such platform I am completely off them and recently have realized just how socially destructive they are to the point I see them as being socially regressive and are creating catastrophic outcomes mentally and emotionally for younger generations with zero accountability.

It was the death of someone else that caused me to come back here today. I've sadly been away more than too long. We were not close or even friends but in decades past, post the Nanapong board, here as Nanaplaza, I met more than a few when being "in love" with Bangkok. We shared a table, a laugh, never enough. I am now 55, I was early 30s back then, less than that in the earlier days. Perhaps because of the age, similar to mine and a discussion with my daughter about mortality this evening over dinner, I am more taken back by this than I can adequately compute right now. I shed a tear to another one gone too soon and I wish his family every condolence.

More reasons that the Catholic church is a: 1. sham. 2. haven for dodgy folk dressed up as saintly representatives of the sky fairy chief. ~ Pope Francis took the unusual decision Wednesday to expel 10 people – a bishop, priests and laypeople – from a troubled Catholic movement in Peru after a Vatican investigation uncovered “sadistic” abuses of power, authority and spirituality. The move against the leadership of the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, or Sodalitium of Christian Life, followed Francis’ decision last month to expel the group’s founder, Luis Figari, after he was found to have sodomized his recruits... https://edition.cnn.com/2024/09/25/americas/pope-expels-bishop-peru-sadistic-abuse-intl-latam/index.html ~ One can't help but think that Mr Jorge Mario Bergoglio, stage name "The Pope", is furiously trying to get good P.R. on this, as he struggles with: A/. hushing things up not working any more. B/. declining interest in praying to sky fairy chief and leaving money behind every Sunday. ~ Disclaimer: I was at the local Lao temple this last Sunday, as MLG likes to go there to wear symbols of Hi-So status, like gold and Gucci, dressed up as the worship of Monks representing Buddha. The only difference I can see is the colour of the grifting saintly reps' clothes, Orange for Buddhists, White/red for Catholics. large farting noise

“…Freelance comes form the days when men who were not affiliated to one ruler (Free) offered their fighting skills (Lance) to the highest bidder…”-Mekong There were many years I was not affiliated with any one particular “ruler” and offered my “Lance” to the lowest bidder…

Trump was sitting in the Oval Office when in rushed an aide "Mr president, there's been a bomb in Rio De Janeiro, 14 brazilian people are dead!" "My god that's awful" said Trump, then paused and asked his aide "How many is a brazilian?"

Love this T-shirt although the original had now as second last word.

Republicans are labeling it as electoral interference.

I the first what is likely to be of a group of Streisand_effects, in relation to Trump and his legal machinations: Judge unseals Jack Smith’s filing in case on Trump, 2020 election A judge has unsealed a court filing from the special counsel's office, featuring new details about the case involving Donald Trump and the 2020 elections... https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/judge-chutkan-jack-smith-unsealed-presidential-immunity-motion-rcna173721 Commentary on this, is that Jack Smith lays out, in great detail that Trump was trying to over turn the election whilst a private citizen, not as part of any Presidential duties. He was told he lost, everyone told him, Pence, lawyers, everyone. He acknowledged this, there are forensic phone records, Trump's forensic phone records. The substance of Jack Smith's filing is elegant, encyclopaedic and complete. In relation to the Supreme court's recent ruling that muddies the waters around Presidential and non-Presidential acts, this filing effectively says, "here, choke on this!" Coss Comment: "Donnie, you're f*cked!"

It’s like in the states, where would your 2.2 kids, a dog called Rover, white picket fence nuclear family make purchases, they’d just head to Best Buy (is it still open?) or it’s equivalent MBK / Fortune etc were fun in the past but there comes a time in your life when you just can’t be arsed with the hassle, am I getting old, maybe, but I like the simple things now. The Power Buy where we live is less than 1KM from home, when we had to replace the TV a couple of months back just went online and ordered it and it was delivered and installed within three hours all for the list price. Can’t beat that. I am beginning to start to doing just like my Dad did

And if having imaginary friends isn’t bad enough, some countries go to war over it.

Buy one of these and allow her to fuck about to her hearts content leaving you free to do more important things like watching Ozzy Man Reviews Videos

Well, to write something down you do have to exist . I am not saying that Jesus or Yeshua didn’t exist it was a very common name at the time in the area, or that he wasn’t crucified, since crucifixion was a common form of execution at the time. So a man with a common name executed by a common method I can accept, what I can’t accept is all the unverifiable bullshit surround this character such as Virgin Birth, Son of God, Resurrection and you know the score. The reason why some bloke called Jesus who was crucified by the Roman’s didn’t write anything down since he couldn’t read and write and he wasn’t important. If he was the son of God, you would have at least expected that god would have given his the ability to read and write, and told him “Son, keep a Diary to stop arguments in 2,000 years time”

But that is only a suggestion, someone making more shit up about made up Shit, The Goat Herders Guide to the Galaxy does not specify the number of wise men, it’s just self important assholes adding their 2 Cents worth .

Yeah i've always wondered about his pickiness, once after a meal, in a Manila seafood place, I left a tip of about $3 on the table and as we were leaving, he swiped it. Mind you, that's probably why he's a millionaire and I'm not.

You’ll probably get there…they have a decent record and they have a lot of focused maintenance and oversight from the Chinese government.

And just for giggles, here in NZ the first peoples were brown (~8-900 yrs ago) and the subsequent immigrants mostly white (~2-300yrs ago), until about 100 yrs ago when multicolour became the more the norm. So NZ was mainly Moa and Kiwi and Tuatara before then. No discernible government. What's changed?... they say...

Very well. OH, I am in possession of a memory that beats any elephant´s. Meaning right now that I wish to come back on your statement many many years ago that that the European built Airbus suffers from serious tecnical defects other that your obviously preferred Boeing planes. Please update on your current opinion in case you got one. No pun intended, purely friendly inquiry I swear.

When I saw “Flogging a dead horse, and or sodomizing the followers?” I first thought it was a trip report from Bust, but as I read on, I saw it was not. The Catholic Church here and I suspect damned near everywhere else is a haven for homos and abuse of children/women. Here in the USA, they, like ALL “legitimate churches” don’t pay taxes. No wonder that can afford to pay out all those settlements. I for one think the US government should be taxing these people same as any other business. We should also be investigating these clowns and punish those guilty of their crimes.

These immigrants you speak of, would include therump’s ancestors as well as those of the people yelling “send them back.”

Grammar rules vary greatly, even within the same language, often by geographical location. Using you example above, I can tell you that here in San Francisco, *IF* you called the girl anything other than a person or their name, thus not forcing gender identity on them, you’d be treading on thin ice. As for grammar rules in Germany, who cares? They lost…twice…

Such a helpful lot and your care and desire to explain words I am unfamiliar with is appreciated. In my younger days we also referred to a "Gig" as a live performance but also to short term engagement or employment which means you could have a Gig with your Gik Gik also refers to glucose-insulin-potassium a treatment for septic shock. But I see the connection with Bourdain for you as he was a huge campaigner LGBT rights

Nothing surprises me with this Nazi loving mafioso lot hiding under the guise of religion

OH's post above, draws some good points and I don't argue with them. --- ...The Drumpf from Germany said - "communities will “never be the same” after having been “inundated” with immigrants". This post is just to draw attention to Trump's out and out appeal to racism. Technically he's correct, the U.S.A. has been inundated by immigrants, since forever, that's the founding basis of the place. --- "On Monday, Donald Trump held a rally in Pennsylvania, where he once again repeated lies about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio. Trump told the crowd that Ohio and Pennsylvania communities will “never be the same” after having been “inundated” with immigrants. “They will never be — do you think Springfield will never be the same? The fact is, and I’ll say it now, you have to get them the hell out. You have to get them out. I’m sorry. Get them out,” Trump said. The crowd then erupted into applause with spectators chanting: “Send them back!” That kind of response from Trump’s rallygoers should hardly come as a surprise. Back in July, the crowd at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee held up signs reading “MASSDEPORTATION NOW!”... " https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/trump-ohio-haitian-immigrants-mass-deportation-rcna172679 by Charlie Sykes - a conservative

I watched some drunk guy try and cross the road once and nearly got taken out by a car. Picked himself up and tried again. Same result. Watched this happen 3 or times so had to go an inform him there was a zebra crossing further up the road to which he replied "hope he's having better luck than I am" 😋

Seems when I married and brought my wife to the USA, I not only got a wife who had been a professional chef, but a driving instructor as well…never find driving here is nothing like in Thailand, nor the fact that I have been driving for 46 years and my wife is ONLY 40…seems she knows when to tell me to signal, close signal and turn, not blow horn or give the finger, when to brake etc…thank god for her, no idea how I ever got by these last few/46 years without her…I’m still the man/;boss of course…

Does Australia medicate kids the school dreams “hyperactive?” Approximately 1 in 20 kids get diagnosed with some type of hyperactivity disorder however only about 40% will resort to medication. Is there a massive gang and drug problem? I wouldn't call it massive however it does exist and is generally ethnic associated. As for drugs the violence is generally over the control of distribution at a high level not street level. What is the overall crime rate/violent crime rate then and now? The average firearm homicide rate went down by about 42 percent in the first 7 years. There was a continued decline however the rate has increased again slightly over the last 5 years. Worth mentioning though there has not been a mass shooting since 1996. The last one I remember a man shot dead his wife, daughter, and four grandchildren, before committing suicide however this was considered a domestic violent crime. Does the average Australian dimwit fear the government and thinks he and his buddies can resist “government tyranny” by taking up arms? No. We don't elect Reality TV Grifters as leaders either. Are there white separatist movements in Australia? National Socialist Network fits that description however very small in numbers and are generally shut down pretty swiftly once they poke their collective heads up.

Man Charged With $10 Million Streaming Music Scam Using AI-Generated Songs In a scheme federal authorities are labeling “brazen fraud,” a North Carolina man allegedly used artificial intelligence to create hundreds of thousands of songs, then continuously streamed them using bot accounts to generate unlawful royalty payments totaling more than $10 million. Michael Smith, who is 52 years old and a musician himself, was arrested on Wednesday, according to the United States Attorney’s Office, and charged with three crimes. Law enforcement officials call the case the first of its kind involving artificially inflated music streaming. In a scheme federal authorities are labeling “brazen fraud,” a North Carolina man allegedly used artificial intelligence to create hundreds of thousands of songs, then continuously streamed them using bot accounts to generate unlawful royalty payments totaling more than $10 million. Michael Smith, who is 52 years old and a musician himself, was arrested on Wednesday, according to the United States Attorney’s Office, and charged with three crimes. Law enforcement officials call the case the first of its kind involving artificially inflated music streaming. “The defendant’s alleged scheme played upon the integrity of the music industry by a concerted attempt to circumvent the streaming platforms’ policies,” FBI Acting Assistant Director Christie M. Curtis said in a statement jointly released by the FBI and the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. “The FBI remains dedicated to plucking out those who manipulate advanced technology to receive illicit profits and infringe on the genuine artistic talent of others.” Scamming Spotify, YouTube Music And More The statement announced the unsealing of the indictment against Smith, who lives in the Charlotte area. Filed in U.S. District Court in New York, it alleges that between 2017 and this year, Smith fraudulently inflated music streams on services such as Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music and YouTube Music. It was not immediately clear who Smith’s attorney is to get a comment on the charges. Streaming subscriptions in the U.S. were up 3% to 99 million over the first half of 2024, according to the Recording Industry Association of America’s 2024 Mid-Year Music Industry Revenue Report. During that time, the report says, streaming services grew 4% at retail value to a record $7.3 billion. https://www.forbes.com/sites/lesliekatz/2024/09/08/man-charged-with-10-million-streaming-scam-using-ai-generated-songs/

I'd have killed them all, all their families, every friend, every acquaintance and given them the same reason the muslims would do to us. KS you deserved better but you gave us free speech. Thank you.

Wallabies have an excuse now. They're being coached by a Kiwi

I thought both teams could have done better. Next week

Errr.....sorry Donald there was no audience 🙄

There seems to exist a growing number of Republican officials saying the Yellowman is basically unfit for President. Took them some time to find out. Probably not exactly rats abandoning ship but maybe a sign of shrinking fear of Donald.

Gentlemen, my stomach starts turning upside down when I read what Yellowtrump and this Viceidiot Vance explain about tariffs on the Chinese imports: they really seem to think that the Chinese have to pay those and they make the US people believe so. I am sure the rest of the world is laughing about what currently happens in the US, this is not real anymore. Are there any pets left in Ohio or did they now eat them all? Oh Lord in heaven please save the US from these "Republican" bastards.

You actually can, just about. OK, the apartment is fully paid for, I packed in drinking over five years ago and smoking more than than seven. Last time I was in a nightlife area was more than 10 years ago and we live just outside Bangkok. But you have to be rather frugal but it can be done just as long as you life the quiet life. Would I have tried it at 25-40 would I fuck, but nowadays I am quite content sat on my balcony with a cup of coffee sorting away on my iPad with memories of days gone by.

Perennial argument for 3+ decades I can recall. Younger folk today are basically fuckwits. No house, no pension, all on credit cards, cannot save, etc. There MUST have been a greater temptation to hugely overpay when we were getting 70/80/90+ to £1 but we didn't, respectful of where that £1 came from. It is all fucked now, just some places less fucked than others.

Never had much time for homos telling others to understand or do what they want to do. Much prefer a couple of naturally large breasted bisexual ladies and myself personally.

From tourist to expat to back to Europe to part time LOS to months in LOS to now. I'm not dead yet.

Why is the guy being labeled as an attempted assassin, no shots were fired. ASAIK he was just a US Citizen exercising his second amendment rights of carrying a firearm whilst engaged in or traveling to / from fishing, camping, hunting, or test / target shooting, which is allowable under Florida State Law. If the owners of the land, which is one DJ Trump since it was his golf course, deem these activities illegal on the property, then it is a civil matter for his own private security associated with said business and nothing to do with the secret service. I hope the poor chap sues the Secret Service for breach of his constitutional rights

“Trump first ran for President warning about rapists coming in from Mexico. I’m worried about keeping the rapist out of the White House.” Linda Ronstadt

A Muslim living in London dies and by some handling error ends up in heaven. He's stopped at the Pearly Gates by St Peter. "Sorry, mate,“ says St Peter, “but we don't allow Muslims into Heaven.” “What?” replies the Muslim, “and why not?” “Well, we just don't!” The Muslim complains and carries on until St Peter gets fed up. “Well,” says St Peter. “Have you ever done anything good in your life?“ “Ummm. “ the Muslim replies. “Yes, I have. Just the other day a lady stopped me on the street collecting for a children's charity so I gave her ten pounds. Last week I donated ten pounds to the Cancer Society and a couple of weeks ago a tramp asked me if I could spare any money so I gave him ten pounds, too!“ “Alrighty then,“ says St Peter. “Wait here and I'll have a quick word with God.” Five minutes later St Peter returns. “Listen, I've spoken with God and he agrees with me . .. ..Here's your 30 quid back, now fuck off!!!”

One of the late night show hosts went to a trump rally and asked the people what they that about trumps proposal on this policy or that policy and they all praised trump and how great his policies were. The host the asked the same people what do you think of Biden’s policies…? They bashed Biden senseless…problem was, the policies they praised were actually Biden’s and the ones they bashed were actually trumps…

We already have that. It's called family 😃

But that is not “Cashless” you wanted to transfer CASH from one country to another, withdraw from an ATM and spend CASH. Your bank fucking up a transfer has absolutely nothing to do with cashless payments, it just means your bank are useless. My main bank is in another country and I do all my banking online, in over 20 years never once has a transfer taken more than 48 hours to clear in Thailand from the time of me initiating transfer. So I have probably executed over 200 transfers without a hitch over the years and you have had 1 bad experience which is <0.5% failure Blame you r useless bank in Auckland not cashless society

Because "famous models" are famous for being very sharp mentally... Andrew Wakefield was the scientist who falsely claimed there was a link between the MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) vaccine and autism.Key points about Wakefield and his discredited research: In 1998, Wakefield and 12 colleagues published a paper in The Lancet suggesting the MMR vaccine may predispose children to behavioral regression and pervasive developmental disorder. This paper received wide publicity and led to a sharp drop in MMR vaccination rates in the UK and Ireland due to parents' concerns about autism risk. Subsequent epidemiological studies refuted any link between the MMR vaccine and autism. In 2010, The Lancet fully retracted Wakefield's paper after an investigation found several elements were incorrect. Wakefield was found to have multiple undeclared conflicts of interest, manipulated evidence, and broken ethical codes in his research. His claims have been characterized as "perhaps the most damaging medical hoax of the last 100 years". Wakefield's fraudulent research and continued promotion of the debunked vaccine-autism link has led to decreased vaccination rates and increased incidence of measles and mumps, resulting in deaths and injuries. The scientific consensus, based on extensive research, is that there is no link between vaccines and autism.

Nice to see all the old board members, too bad it has to be a tragedy that caused it. Since the beginning of this board, Khun Sanuk was the public face of the board, and I have stayed in the background tending to sysadmin duties. I'll continue to do that for the foreseeable future. We may need to consider a new moderator or two to make sure things are attended to. Jigger