Old Hippie

1 hour ago, bust said:

The man is a complete moron 🙄

Washington: In comments that have been labelled “despicable”, US President Donald Trump has sought to blame diversity and inclusion policies and the Biden administration for a midair collision in the US capital that killed 67 people, while admitting there was no evidence yet to support his claims.

As he apparently said so, without any proof he could reference, he was wrong to say it. But to be honest, DEI *MAY* have p-laced a part in some hiring practices in some government places that *MAY* have resulted in disasters…that *MAYBE* could have been prevented had the proper/best person been hired rather than a trans/non-binary upside down lesbo a-gender  person…which may or may not have been the problem in LA with the fires…

2 hours ago, Coss said:

So why did he rescind his order freezing federal funding? 

He didn’t, it was frozen/stopped for him by a federal judge who is not certain this president really has the authority to do this…

On 1/27/2025 at 9:18 AM, bust said:

Blame the Village People

Oddly, I am one of maybe 2 Americans here at the moment and even I don’t give a shit about US politics as much as some do…

You’d better hope china loses this one… I’m no fan of USA global domination, but it beats the hell out of what China would do…

Fragile masculinity is a worn out term…over used by angry lesbos and women with issues…

11 hours ago, buffalo_bill said:

Khun Hippie,

extremely positive and constructive proposal. Following disturbing reports from Mr Stickman´s works there seem to be tendencies to charge unsuspecting punters two ladydrinks instead of the single one ordered only to satisfy greedy bar owners. We should not tolerate this and I am asking for Presidential intervention. Donald should be at least with US citizens  here and release an executive order, probably the first usable one.

I have advised my Uncle Don to get on this, he understands what is at stake and is on the record as a fellow Punter…to each their own…

2 hours ago, buffalo_bill said:

Announcement:

I hereby declare that all maritime area formerly called " The North Sea "  from midnight January the 31st shall in future be called " Gulf of Germany" . Further, the Gulf of Germany shall be expanded to include the island of Greenland, previously a Danish property. It shall be renamed to Donaldistan in eternal memory of a mentally disturbed US President.

Signed

BuBi the Wikinger, Greatest Emperor ever

 

No fair! I was about to claim it in the name of DJT! It was to be named the gulf of old Hippie! As long as we are claiming stuff and renaming it, I claim all of lower Sukhumvit an declare myself “King for life” returning it to its former glory, “Make Punting Great/cheap again!’ I also claim Phuket and surrounding area…in fact I demand I get all I want! Or I shall stomp my feet and throw a tantrum! Where is my orange toupee?

1 hour ago, My Penis is hungry said:

In case you hadn't noticed, Australia Day is Jan 26

 

However this year we are all celebrating it on Jan 27

 

Jan 27 is the Public Holiday 

As an American, I will stick my nose in…here, in the USA, Holidays are usually observed as the next working day, when  said holiday falls on a weekend…so if it falls on a Saturday, then the holiday is observed on a Friday, if it falls on a Sunday then it is observed on a Monday…no doubt, you wish to follow our way and thus have done so this year…now, to get you off that pesky “metric system…”

On 1/22/2025 at 12:26 AM, bust said:

The things is I have zero invested in US politics however I will never pass an opportunity to point out a clown when I see one. Always thought he was a clown even when he was on The Apprentice and the WWF with his battle with that other goose. And then he threw his toys out of his cote when he found out  Gwen Stefani was being paid more than Trump to appear on The Voice than he was on The Apprentice. But then he saw an opportunity to exploit the gullibility of Americans and the rest is history.

Reality most of the world which actually does exist outside the USA laugh at him and laugh at his supporters equally. That's the sad part they all fell for a grift. Well at least 49.8% of those who voted did.

     To many, Trump represented an end to things they found offensive. One of the big ones being DEI or Diversity, equality and inclusion. Biden said when he was looking for a running mate that he would pick a woman of color, many thought he should have picked the best candidate/successor, he did not. Trump played on this and the idea that so many people were in danger of losing “THEIR” country and “THEIR” way of life. My wife and I took a road trip from San Francisco to Mt. Rushmore and Yellowstone. Trump stores all over the place, the feeling being that the country was being over run by illegals and homos. Neither is true, but both were given a platform that many objected to. I for 1, while not a trump supporter, objected to the fag flag being flown at government buildings and embassies around the world. I also object to having to sit through 3 hours of DEI indoctrination every year, with the emphasis on Gays and “trans.” I happen to think you cannot change who you are/what you were born as, cannot change your gender anymore than you can change your race. Yet, I am forced to take this class where I am told I am wrong ignorant etc….  I have had to work with a lot of these people over the years, even the gays don’t get the trans, many of whom are just plain ticking time bombs. We are paid to fix airplanes, not talk about you and “your journey…”

     So all this said, Trump played to it, gave the “disenfranchised white guys” a voice as well as those who felt marginalized for being white and conservative. Trump played to crowd who has all seen, or claims to have seen anyway, the welfare mom with 64 kids going to the super market in her Lexus and buying prime rib and lobster with her food stamps! The old people who worked hard all their lives to inherit their fortunes who will be damned if anyone will take it away from them via “socialism.” The part I really don’t get is all the Latino men who were in support of trump mainly as a “hell no” to a woman leader. The swing voters are the ones who pretty much determine the presidential race and they may have really fucked us…but then the alternative wasn’t much better, no real platform or agenda/plan.    

9 hours ago, Mekong said:

I know, they just keep on repeating the same old rhetoric without doing simple fact checking 

Deflection is also another tactic the favorite being “…well what about Hillary?” or “…what about Hunter Biden..?”

Here in the USA, where being white was a crime, hence trump, Columbus Day is now called “indigenous people’s day…where we point out how aweful Columbus really was and how wrong it is to be a white European decent and that we all live on “Stolen land.” This is one of the basic reasons trump won…

On 1/22/2025 at 2:48 PM, Perv said:

I just did a search on Netflix and found Bangkok Breaking. 2021 series of 6 episodes. I will now binge watch it.

They ran 2 seasons of it…

Can you perhaps elaborate what this is all about and why there is so much controversy surrounding it this year? All I see on FB is a lot of anger and what may even be called “racism.” Please shed some light on this if you will…

https://thethaiger.com/news/bangkok/transport-ministry-bangkok-port-to-host-entertainment-complex?utm_source=Thaiger+Daily+EN&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2025-01-26

On 1/22/2025 at 9:34 AM, buffalo_bill said:

Sir,

in the name of truth it should be mentioned that TV visitors watching the second inauguration have usually been lower than during the first one. Furthermore Emperor Orange´s TV-time has been 9 hours while normally it lastet 6 hours only which influences the way the TH-folks calculate the number of visitors. Just comparing bare numbers is not good enough in this case. I am indeed defending Donald here but apart from this I even agree with Trump-freak Titanic that this is all useless nit picking. Worse developments are about to appear. Donald now shot a long prepared broadside at anything he dislikes which will lead into a Tsunami of court cases. I am sure that the US population will later find out what kind of garbage all his promises are like. All these hopes he created should lead into major disappointments but with the Trump-sectarians you never know.

My understanding,  is that people watched Trump sign first day bills, wondering what he was going to do first/next…many, including myself expected him to pardon the January 6 criminals and a few other outrageous things.  One good thing Biden did on his way out was commute the sentence of Leonard Peltier. As I stated years ago, I met Trump years back in Atlantic City on a few occasions, I found him quite likeable, a bit self deprecating and very warm, down to earth…not the ass we see today. I also met Joe Biden when I was called to testify about something that may have occurred south of the Mexican border…got a feeling I really needed to keep a hand on my wallet and the other on my car keys, very dislikeable/slimy vibe about him. Also have seen Kampala Harris around the Bay Area back when she was a lowly D.A. Wiping Her knees off and cleaning her chin from Willie Brown, she was a regular around Berkeley at many Indian events, nice person as well though we never engaged in any conversation. 

“…All right, this has gotten quite silly…” 

12 hours ago, Mekong said:

We do have Netflix in Thailand you know, and a damned sight cheaper than the USA as is our internet 

Yes I know…I’m not sure if the show was on Thai TV or if it is a Netflix production being my point. 

I really can believe this…

On 1/19/2025 at 7:52 PM, Mekong said:

Not even Thais watch Thai TV anymore except for those mind numbing soaps which fortunately my wife also hates 

Not sure if it made Thai network TV but we watched the Thai series “Bangkok Breaking” on Netflix. It was actually really good. 

20 hours ago, bust said:

I'm a lover not a fighter!

Hang on that's sounds incredibly incriminating 😳

Rooster fighting is huge in the Philippines with a big online betting industry.

When last in the PI, I stayed at the home of a well known breeder in Visaya. Several Pinoy coworkers are really into this and breed roosters here and occasionally attend events. Yes, the betting is intense. When we went to a fight at the aforementioned place, I got to throw out a rooster as a guest of hormone…some guy kept yelling “…Joe, Joe…” and giving me a sideways peace sign with his fingers (sounds gay I know) which was apparently a bet…he lost and ran off, I was willing to let it go, but those running the show, my host among them, said “…no way, we don’t run that kind of show…” and went after him…I got my money, about $50used and they got their cut and that guy was supposedly banned for a month…I recall betting on the May Thai fights in the old Lumpini and Rajadamdern, and Samrong etc…a lot of fun if you keep it small and pay up. 

1 hour ago, Coss said:

cock fighting

Sounds like something Bust would be into….  

     Yes, no laundry service at Stable lodge, the massage shop up on the left as you head towards Sukhumvit,  before the 7/11  is your place. 

On 1/16/2025 at 10:24 PM, bust said:

It's amazing how achievable a good pic is with a phone. I have been achieving outstanding results for years much to the disgust of another member who will remain nameless. One of my favorite pics I ever took was outside Siam Paragon. To look at it appears like a rendered image.

Please elaborate on this restaurant… There was, someplace, a display of photos taken by kids with phone cams, reflecting their daily lives, quite interesting. They always say the ‘…best camera to have is the one in your hand vs the one you left home…”

Never looked at TikTok…no idea what will happen, so claim it will force the kids back to facebook…who knows and who cares..?

I will not deny that *some* phones can take a decent picture when 1)lucky or 2) in the hands of skilled photographer such as myself, an award winning, professional photo journalist. What phone cams and “point and shoot cameras” lack is controlability/versatility, which to be honest is becoming less and less important given the state of the art of post production apps and software. Even Photoshop, which is great but a pain in the ass to use is becoming obsolete or less a vanguard. 

We ate here as well and enjoyed it as well. Soi 11 more less on the corner. For Thai food, corner of Sukhumvit Soi 11/1, we like https://restaurantguru.com/Krua-Khun-Puk-Bangkok. If you are staying on Soi 8, next to Stable lodge, exit Stable lodge, go left, is Det 5 which moved from Soi 0 and is now a full blown respectable/decent restaurant. We also like Old German Beer House Soi 13 and a Korean place in “Korea town” on Sukhumvit around Soi 10 or so…first place on the right is usually our spot, but others are also good.  Seafood, the big place down on Sukhumvit near Soi 5 and a bigger place Passed Soi 3.