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Old Hippie

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  1. We were invited to the premier in Bangkok, how ever, we are currently in Alaska on the obligatory pre-retirement RV trip.
  2. Well his war with Iran will end soon, reports are he/we/the USA is running out of weapons as is by default, Israel…by running out of weapons, the dump has proven his expertise as a military genius and has the little commies right where he wants them, a “deal” is expected soon…
  3. The dump has already torn up and started to build the new structure…so what will he do when he is told no by the Supreme Court justices he has appointed..?
  4. Years back in the USA, when gun laws were REALLY lax, we didn’t seem to see this as much…yeah, the odd out guy going off, but it wasn’t a weekly event for school kids. I’f were a real conspiracy nut, I’d be coming up with all sorts of crap reasons.
  5. Not sure why this posted twice..? In any event, there already “Oscar rumblings” regarding the performance of a certain actor who nailed the role of “white guy in the gallery.”
  6. Common here, our easy access to guns. I look at these other places that with stricter laws and I wonder WTF is happening..? What is the common break down with kids?Why are we seeing this happening so much? Very tragic.
  7. https://thethaiinterpreter.com My wife and I have bit parts in this movie, we went to down to L.A. to be in it. It is written by Benjawan Poomsan Terleky who you may know from her various Thai related books including the well known “Learning Thai” series. Check it out when you get a chance.
  8. https://thethaiinterpreter.com My wife and I have bit parts in this movie, we went to down to L.A. to be in it. It is written by Benjawan Poomsan Terleky who you may know from her various Thai related books including the well known “Learning Thai” series. Check it out when you get a chance.
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  9. Possibly a MKII? British designed gun, used in WWII (which the Americans. Lead by John Wayne, won single handedly) It was locally produced with some modifications. Some of these may have incorporated parts from an Italian version? As an American, I know all about guns, they teach us in school…never mind the communist propaganda like reading, world geography or foreign languages…largely considered gay and anti Christian here…forgot to take Coss shooting when he was here…
  10. There is a need for some sort of “international protection” for this site, but I take your point. Nearby Erawan Falls is a place also worth protecting, so maybe some sort of joint venture..?
  11. We watched him a few times, he was ok. The consensus seems to be “WTF was he doing in those places..?” As one who has gone to those types of places, I get it. Apparently he came from a very poor up bringing and made his way to Chuli, then found a way to travel the world. Not sure I buy the suicide story…
  12. Quite…except in *SOME/CERTAIN* situations, that egotistical asshole is really dumb and manipulated by foreign entities to do their bidding…
  13. At the risk of upsetting the dump by questioning his judgement, resulting in him calling me names, wouldn’t it be better if maybe we left some of that money in Venezuela to help the people there? You know “winning of hearts and minds through good deeds..?
  14. Just watched “All quiet on the Western Front.” Very well done, epic. A monument to man’s ego and stupidity, especially when they aren’t the ones enduring the hardship.
  15. In the USA, this can pertain to several different lots…everyone is a victim here…
  16. A lot of celebs said they went there for the interview no one else would give them, the prying, the sleazy questions “…doin’ any one famous..?” The “wack pack” of guests…
  17. Despite his basic reputation and obscene vulgar style (which I liked), he actually did a really good interview with Hillary Clinton, you can watch it on YouTube.
  18. Neither side considers the other as human or having a right to exist. 1/2 of Americans supposedly want Netanyahu arrested for war crimes during his visit to the USA…Wondering WTF he has on the dump to be manipulating him/the USA like this…
  19. I’ve read up a lot on this, fascinated by the “hidden history” of that entire era. I have actually met many of the heavy hitters from that era, going back to my very first trip to Bangkok. Jack Shirley, Tony “Po,” Raven pilots including “magnet ass” and Les Strouse, Izzy Freidman lots of Raven FAC pilots etc…great stories. Going back to the JFK years, he considered Laos a bigger threat than Vietnam and put eyes on it while trying to scale back the operation in Vietnam. Oddly, lots of Generels didn’t consider Laos much of a threat and thus chose to ignore it once JFK was out of office…LBJ signed executive orders to escalate Vietnam within a day or 2 of JFK’s assassination. Flashermac and I used to discuss this all the time. You may recall, he was a veteran of the war in Vietnam, lots of great information. Some good books on the subject “tragedy in Paradise a country doctor at war in Laos” “Shooting the moon” “Shadow War,” (highly recommended), “The politics of Heroin in South east Asia” (chapter about Pop Buell who helped the Hmong improve their opium growing) “The ravens” “Air America” (same author as the Ravens) and a few others. The hidden history or history the USA wishes we’d all forget, it’s still an open wound here for many of that generation. The history is deep and it seems I keep meeting people who are somehow part of it. I work with kids now who are Hmong, Their parents or grand parents played parts in fighting the Pathet Lao (commies). Some don’t like to talk about it, others are glad someone knows about it and cares. I recall meeting a waiter/owner of a Lao restaurant in Richmond California who proudly wore his Paru Beret. When I asked him about it he was surprised I knew anything about it at all. I ran some names by him and he knew some of them. I said “…what can you tell me about them and everything…” He said “…well, we were all younger then…” and let it go at that. I remember as a kid reading about the wars in South East Asia and for some reason wanting to go see these places, which I have done for the most part. Still a lot to see… Side note, worked with a Cambodian guy who survived one of the Khmer Rouge camps and escaped to Thailand. Also work with a young guy who came here much later from Cambodia who swears the KR were misrepresented and were really nice fun loving guys…was not a good mix…almost as bad as the Indian and Pakistani having a discussion on who was the bigger shit…
  20. So here in the USA, we have these guys called “shock jocks.” Basically loud mouth radio show hosts who say things that are rude, tasteless vulgar etc…anything for a rating. The king of all was or is maybe the original named Howard Stern (google him for examples) He basically really upset decent society when he first came on the scene. He pushed all limits and was fined heavily by the FCC (Federal communications commission.) He basically beat all cases one way or another. Oddly, when Bill Clinton had his famous Blow job scandal, the question was how to report it without offending anyone. As a result, the news media now had to graphically discuss what was involved and thus, suddenly many of the things Howard Stern and others had been fined for was now common language during a news broadcast. Suddenly it was ok to say “oral sex” and “…inserted a cigar into her vagina…” and “…semen stain on her dress…” and “…bent penis…” and a whole host of things that were just plain disgusting and inappropriate for decent Americans to hear…couldn’t blame Howard Stern anymore, had to blame Clinton. Flash forward to the dump and the various phrases and words he uses in his rants and we have hit a new low…when the dump says things like “…they are kissing my ass to make a deal…” and “…I’ll bomb the fucking shit out of them…” this now means kids can say it as well? We have truly hit new lows here and we can no longer blame “liberal media and shock jocks” anymore…
  21. I love Hua Hin! It is on the list of places *IF* we opt for someplace different than Surin. The concern for us is what Surin will be like in 10-15 years. I consider things like hospitals and a few other things like access to certain foods etc…I also love being near a beach. Never really lived more than an hour from an ocean…
  22. Can’t say I blame him…I loved watching her crawl away at the last one…
  23. Spoke with former distinguished board member Lazy Phil regarding the game. He said he had no interest in the match between North Gibraltar and West Falklands…
  24. yes I liked the part where the dump had to be led out of the team photo. He is really such an embarrassment…
  25. I fully expected some of the players to refuse to shake his hand…didn’t see that happen. But fuck him anyway…
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