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Zeker 200.000 mensen bij Rode Lijn-demonstratie in Amster...
Volgens de politie verliep de betoging, op enkele incidenten na, rustig.We had enough! Time hold our politicians responsible.

Zeker 200.000 mensen bij Rode Lijn-demonstratie in Amster...
Volgens de politie verliep de betoging, op enkele incidenten na, rustig.We had enough! Time hold our politicians responsible.

You speak so warmly and respectfully about Arm, but in this context, the word "druggie" struck me as a little unfortunate. We don't always know what someone might have been going through or what circumstances they were dealing with, especially in his chosen profession. Perhaps it's worth remembering that there may have been struggles in his life that you never got to see. I just thought it was worth mentioning.

You speak so warmly and respectfully about Arm, but in this context, the word "druggie" struck me as a little unfortunate. We don't always know what someone might have been going through or what circumstances they were dealing with, especially in his chosen profession. Perhaps it's worth remembering that there may have been struggles in his life that you never got to see. I just thought it was worth mentioning.

You speak so warmly and respectfully about Arm, but in this context, the word "druggie" struck me as a little unfortunate. We don't always know what someone might have been going through or what circumstances they were dealing with, especially in his chosen profession. Perhaps it's worth remembering that there may have been struggles in his life that you never got to see. I just thought it was worth mentioning.

You speak so warmly and respectfully about Arm, but in this context, the word "druggie" struck me as a little unfortunate. We don't always know what someone might have been going through or what circumstances they were dealing with, especially in his chosen profession. Perhaps it's worth remembering that there may have been struggles in his life that you never got to see. I just thought it was worth mentioning.

You speak so warmly and respectfully about Arm, but in this context, the word "druggie" struck me as a little unfortunate. We don't always know what someone might have been going through or what circumstances they were dealing with, especially in his chosen profession. Perhaps it's worth remembering that there may have been struggles in his life that you never got to see. I just thought it was worth mentioning.

Because we can!!!

What do you call this? Love?
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DfA19HIDpU_/?vrfl=MW5ramJnejB6Mnk4ZA==

Oh another cheap shot and lazy variation of that old "you're an anti-semite" chestnut. Same same when they play victim and throw the word "hate" at you for criticising their genocidal actions. Newsflash: it doesn't work anymore. Israelis aren't a race and I criticise them for their actions and behaviour. I couldn't care less about their skin colour, the language they speak or what god they worship. One could say attempting to purge Palestine of its non-jewish citizens would be bigotry and racism. Zionism is racism.

It's not a "humanitarian situation"; seeking to wipe out an entire population through military aggression and starvation is genocide. And you're right; Israel is responsible for it, with American money and weapons. And after a month or two on a fun killing spree of Palestinian boys and girls, they fly off to Thailand and the Philippines to fuck Thai and Filipino boys and girls.
Describing the despicable, entitled behaviour of Israelis abroad - no doubt practised and learned from decades of occupying, colonising and killing the Palestinians with impugnity - as hate is just another (mis)use of the ol' antisemitism trope. They're now attempting to set up exclusive new colonies in Cyprus, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand and the Philippines, among others in case the nightmare of Israel comes to an end. And the Thais are rightfully fighting back.

good luck for him and his entire family. I doubt Pattaya with her zillion of available rooms will be that saturated with visitors. On another hand if you don't try , you never know, Nobody ever gives you 5000 if you advertise it for 2300 or even 3200

But what part of it was stupid?  😉 
Trump is a genius.  
Yes.  But we can use ours if we want because we can do whatever the fuck we want.  Especially to countries we all know are shit holes like Canada or just about any EU country.  Like if we don't get Greenland for example.
Doesn't that make you shit hole country people respect us more?
Most of the world respects the US more when you exclude the shit hole socialists.
The U.S. Was Ranked Last Among 184 Countries For 2025 International Visitor Spending
With President Trump in charge people respect the United States more than ever.  They want to visit us and be like us.  Everyone is jealous Trump is not their leader.  Sorry fuck you we get him.  We are special.
China now more popular worldwide than the US
Because of President Trump's  greatness everyone around the world understands China is bad and the US under President Trump is good.  It is that simple.  We are protecting America and thanks to President Trump our alliances and security are stronger than ever.
 
Well screw the shit hole countries.  Most people understand that President Trump is right and if shit holes like Canada and Mexico and the EU and Asia do not see they are shit holes and President Trump is right well that just makes the United States stronger!  The rest of the world is on our side!  Especially countries with no democracies and Trump Hotel or Jared Kushner investment contracts!
 

The POLITICO Poll
Look how much Canadians hate the United States now
It’s not just about the trade war. Nearly half of America’s neighbors to the north now think the U.S. is a bigger threat to world peace than Russia.
 
What the fuck is wrong with Canada?  

 
As a White patriotic American, I find this disturbing and very unpatriotic. 
We welcome these socialists to enjoy our beaches in Florida and even own homes here.  And this is the bullshit they give us in return?  Just because we want to make America great again? 
They should be happy.  They should get in line in hopes they can be our 51st state.  Maybe even in front of the Greenlanders begging to be Americans.
These stupid people in their shit holes will soon enough realize they have no fucking choice.  What do they want to be?  Japan?  They want to live right next to the communists in China?

Ha ha ha well what can I say when you grow up in a socialist shit hole like Canada you end up being socialist and stupid.  And let's just get it out of the way and add the Fake Jew Socialist Bitch down in Mexico.  They can all cozy up to China.  Who the fuck cares?
The US has nukes and if anyone fucks with us we will blow them away.  And if we want allies, we have Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates on Trump's Board Of Peace.  Who needs Canadians and Mexicans?  Losers!  Fake elections!  Like Mexican Americans give a shit about this anyway?  They are clearly happy to be American and keep voting for Trump and MAGA!  Trump will win Mexican Americans and Blacks in a landslide in 2028!
Besides, if America gets really pissed we will just strangle Canada economically.  Under Trump, we can.

 
Ha ha ha you fucking sorry ass socialist shit hole country losers.  You think people in great MAGA states like Montana could give a shit about you losers?
All the workers in Montana who refine our oil will be pleased as shit when we stop importing your sorry ass socialist oil and replace it with oil from somewhere else.  If we can have Trump Steaks and Trump U we can sure as shit have Trump Oil.  Who needs Canada when we run Venezuela?
Just wait you stupid shit hole losers!  You will all see!  And that betrayer Newscum from shit hole California will lose because Americans realize MAGA is right and we don't need some shit hole state like California where one in four people were born outside America EVEN FROM CHINA WORST PLACE TO BE FROM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
California is a loser DEI immigrant state and nobody who wants a decent life would ever want to live under Newscum Socialism!

Newscum and his stupid boss Governor Moonbeam ran California from 2011 to now.  Look how much they fucked it up!!!!  WORST SHIT HOLE EVER!!!!
Almost as bad as Canada!!!!!!!!
Compare that to Montana, which has thrived while Donald Trump is President!

 
Despite all the Fake News, FACTS do not lie.
You can see under Obama and Biden from 2012 to 2016 and 2020 to 2024 Montana was an economic shit hole just like Canada!!!!
But from 2016 to 2020 under the policies of Donald Trump Montana thrived!!!!  Incomes soared!!!!!
Trump's national approval slips, but Montana stays slightly in his corner
See!  Facts don't lie.
Trump is more beloved in America now more than ever.  Especially in great PATRIOTIC STATES like Montana which shit holes like Canada WILL NEVER BE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
 
 
 

End USA military donations to Israel and to Egypt.

Done. Didn't respond, blocked and deleted. Thanks, everyone...I was very suspicious, which is why I asked.

Last night I met up with @vinapu for dinner at the new German restaurant in the Jomtien Complex = Schatzi's .
Totally unplanned, we gladly joined tables with forum member @Olddaddy and had a great forum catch up.  I did not know that Vinapu and Olddaddy had not met prior to last night.  I truly enjoy that feeling when 2 (or more) forum members meet each other for the first time - the digital forum persona vs. the human real person.
All 3 of us had the Seductive Schnitzel plates and we all agreed that Siggy (the owner) truly knows how to prepare a great schnitzel.
We then of course joked with Siggy about his sausage vs. Guido from G's sausage.  With Guido coming soon to Pattaya we may need to get Siggy and Guido in the same room so that we can hear that famous catch phrase, "Do you like my sausage? 🍆"
Before we left the restaurant I asked Siggy if he would give me a tour of one of the 4 rooms that they will soon open up - as part of their "Stay" concept (like in a hotel).  These 4 rooms are above the restaurant in the same building.  I was very impressed with the room which had a large balcony, that I am considering to stay there 1 night just to have the German bed & breakfast experience in Supertown.
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1DWXUuCzB5/
Afterwards, Vinapu and I we went over to the Momo-Turn bar for 1 drink.  I was hoping to introduce Vinapu to sexy Momo - but he was not there.  One of the staff shared with us some potentially exciting news - perhaps for this upcoming high season, they may transform 1 of their 2 bars into a sexy-show type of place.  Let's hope that this truly comes to fruition - because the previous attempt over at The Best Bar was short lived.  I reported on those titillating erotic events last year here at:
https://www.gayguides.com/topic/72200-the-best-bar-in-the-jomtien-complex-aka-supertown-gogo-boy-possibility/#comment-430188
https://www.gayguides.com/topic/72200-the-best-bar-in-the-jomtien-complex-aka-supertown-gogo-boy-possibility/#findComment-448080
 
After that exciting news we headed over to Boyztown where we watched 2 cycles of the hot X-Boys Pattaya show.
And the BIG exciting news at X-Boys Pattaya was that one of my many year heart-throbs from the original dance team (at least for me since 2013)  B-Boys showing their stuff at M2M breakdancing troupe now works at X-Boys Pattaya .  He is the sexy guy on the far right as shown in one of their recent advertisements.  We saw him working as a barker (outside on the nearby streets attracting potential customers into the bar) and we also saw him working as a waiter.  And of course, he joined the stage for the B-Boys breakdance segment of the X-Boys show.

https://www.instagram.com/x_boys_pattaya/?hl=en
 
Afterwards, I left Vinapu all alone in Boyztown to return home. 
I hope that Vinapu was all right ?
 
 

Cuts force World Food Programme to end support for half a million Palestinians in Gaza
Two-thirds of population face crisis levels of food insecurity and 200,000 people are in danger of famine
Emma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem and Seham Tantesh in Gaza
Mon 19 Oct 2026 10.54 BST
More than a year after a Trump-brokered ceasefire came into force, promised reconstruction has not begun, there are few jobs and the vast majority in Gaza still rely on aid to eat.
This summer, WFP programmes helped feed three-quarters of Gaza’s population, about 1.6 million people, but funding has fallen by more than half from 2025 levels.
As a result, from October, aid has been scaled back to 1.1 million people each month. Cuts to deliveries of ration boxes, cash stipends to buy food in markets, and hot meals at community kitchens have already been rolled out.
The WFP needs more than £300m over the next six months to restore and maintain critical programmes in Palestine.
A year of large aid shipments ended a famine declared in summer 2025 and reduced the most severe hunger, but without steps to rebuild Gaza’s economy, most families still rely on food handouts.
Gaza was self-sufficient in fruit and vegetables before the war, but the vast majority of farmland has been occupied by Israel’s military. The sophisticated greenhouse and irrigation systems that supported agricultural production have been destroyed.
Fish has historically been a key source of protein in the territory, but the Israeli navy bars fishing boats from waters off the coast.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/19/cuts-world-food-programme-end-support-palestinians-gaza
https://www.wfp.org/support-us/stories/donate-now?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=14484934461&utm_content=128338538564&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=14484934461&gbraid=0AAAAACOf4Hof07F_WbC__6x7jXlfLTCod&gclid=CjwKCAjwotzWBhBFEiwA1JhPoFC8HHh62cbHq79A7UWgm0fgHqyPwdc9YqaktHtWGRU86sEbC5aYvhoCzYQQAvD_BwE

In 2004, I made a promise to a Palestinian lawyer; what I write now is part of my attempt to keep it.
I met him in his office in Bethlehem. He wanted me to meet six boys, aged between twelve and fifteen, who had just been released from Israeli custody. They had a story to tell. They had been sexually abused by their captors whom I took to be Shin Bet' operatives. One had also been water-boarded.
"I want you to meet them," he said, "so that they can tell their stories themselves." I said no. What could I say to them? what could I do to help them? and anyway, I wasn't qualified to talk to survivors of sexual abuse. These were my words but , in reality I was too frightened of what my reactions would be were I to meet them.
"Ok," the solicitor said, "but I want you to promise me that when you arrive home you will everyone what is being done to our children."
At that time I knew from my professional work, a member of Tony Blair's Government. I wrote to her . She raised the issue of Israeli sexual abuse at Cabinet and soon I received a letter from the Foreign Office.
Yes. They knew all about it, in particular the torture and rape of a fifteen year -old boy in the Occupied Jerusalem Police HQ. HM Government, the letter said, "had made representations " to the Israel Government.
Nothing has changed. The abuse has continued. No; it has become more prevalent under the present government. And the up-coming elections will change nothing.

It's been a while since I visited this site. The topics are somehow more interesting when I am not in Thailand.

US sanctions and embargoes, past and present

Country
Period
Main restrictions
Cuba
1960 onward
Extensive trade, financial and investment embargo
Iran
1979 onward
Banking, oil, trade, investment and financial sanctions
North Korea
1950 onward
Extensive trade, financial and technology restrictions
Vietnam
1964–1994
Broad US trade embargo
Iraq
1990–2003
Comprehensive economic sanctions, alongside UN measures
Libya
1980s–2004, renewed 2011
Oil, trade, aviation and financial restrictions
Syria
1979 onward, substantially changed in 2025
Trade, financial and sectoral sanctions
Sudan
1997–2017, plus targeted measures
Broad trade embargo, banking and asset restrictions
Russia
2014 onward, expanded 2022
Banking, energy, technology, investment and asset restrictions
Belarus
2006 onward
Financial, trade and government-linked sanctions
Venezuela
2005 onward, greatly expanded 2017–2019
Financial, petroleum and government-related sanctions
Myanmar (Burma)
1990s onward, varying
Trade, investment, military and financial restrictions
Nicaragua
1980s, renewed targeted measures from 2018
Trade embargo historically; later targeted financial sanctions
South Africa
1986–1994
Anti-apartheid trade, investment and financial restrictions
Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
1960s–1979
Economic sanctions against minority-rule government
Zimbabwe
2003 onward, restructured 2024
Targeted sanctions against officials and associated entities
Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro
1990s
Trade, financial and investment sanctions
Haiti
1991–1994, later targeted measures
Trade embargoes, asset freezes and other restrictions
Afghanistan
1999–2002, renewed targeted measures after 2021
Taliban-related financial and asset restrictions
Lebanon
Various periods, especially since 2007
Targeted sanctions against individuals and organizations
Somalia
1990s onward
Arms restrictions and targeted financial sanctions
Yemen
2012 onward
Targeted financial and organizational sanctions
South Sudan
2014 onward
Asset freezes, arms restrictions and targeted measures
Democratic Republic of Congo
2000s onward
Arms-related and targeted sanctions
Central African Republic
2014 onward
Arms restrictions, asset freezes and travel restrictions
Mali
2017 onward
Targeted sanctions related to political instability and conflict
Liberia
1990s–2010s
Arms embargoes and targeted sanctions
Sierra Leone
1990s–2000s
Arms, diamond trade and other restrictions
Angola
1990s–2000s
Sanctions targeting UNITA, including diamonds and arms
Rwanda
1994 onward, subsequently relaxed
Arms restrictions
Côte d'Ivoire
2004–2016
Arms, financial and diamond-related sanctions
Eritrea
2009–2018
Arms and targeted financial restrictions
Ethiopia
2021 onward, varying
Targeted sanctions and trade-preference restrictions
China
1989 onward, expanded in later decades
Arms embargo, technology, investment and entity-specific restrictions
Pakistan
1979 onward, intermittently
Nuclear-related aid, military and economic restrictions
India
1998–2001
Nuclear-test-related financial and technology sanctions
Indonesia
1990s–2000s
Military assistance and arms restrictions
Cambodia
1990s onward, varying
Targeted sanctions and trade restrictions
Turkey
2019 and 2020 onward, targeted
Sanctions related to military operations and Russian defence purchases
Guinea-Bissau
2010s
Targeted sanctions associated with political instability
Just a list of your country's activities when it comes to targeting countries that also have innocent people. Sure, some things might only hit governments but the rest does a lot more. So we don't have to treat this as something new.
Russia: Visa restrictions, banking sanctions and exclusion from international sporting and cultural events have affected ordinary Russians, including those who oppose Putin. Why is this not imposed on Israel and do you think it should?
Then you referring to a classroom experiment from decades ago...Palestinian children are dealing with actual discrimination, intimidation, displacement and physical violence this year...today.
Palestine
Children shot, stabbed and pepper-sprayed in occupied Wes...
while in Gaza tens of thousands with life-changing injuries lack access to treatment and rehabilitation, UN agencies warned on Tuesday. “We're seeing attacks become increasingly coordinated,” UN ChildPalestine
Child and man killed near school in Al Mughayyir as settl...
In Deir Dibwan, settlers entered the village and clashed with residents with an armed settler shooting and killing 25-year-old Odeh Awawdeh. Israeli security forces raided the town and closed its entrhttps://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/settlers-block-palestinian-pupils-path-west-bank-school-with-barbed-wire-2026-04-16
UNICEF UK
Childhood defined by struggle for survival in the Gaza Strip
Your explanation of "Never Again" misses the weight of what it actually means.
I have not heard you acknowledge that it is a genocide btw, only that Netanyahu is responsible for what is going on. Like he is doing that in a vacuum and doesn't need support of voters. Israel is having elections in 8 days so we will see where they stand. Until now it is, never again unless we do it.
And yes, I see hope when Israel gets boycotted and it is not as black and white because their government is a murderers bunch. Apparently the behavior of Israelis has been so bad in Thailand that the Thais felt that they had to organize a protest in front of the embassy.
You used a quote in your post:
For me, it doesn't matter who wrote this. I 100% agree with that statement about a disgusting political and national ideology. I understand that your issue with OP runs deeper than this, but quoting that and then talking about hatred...how can you not hate what they stand for?
I am sure that anyone can pick apart everything I have been saying but I hope I am not the only one tired of the semantics and the gaslighting.

I came across this video that I had never seen before. It was record just before my arrival in Thailand/Pattaya. I had heard Kevin's Story and the Crazy Pub was of course still open. Was interesting to see these figures on video so many years later.

I never claimed you supported American sanctions. I gave examples to show that sanctions and restrictions affecting innocent people are nothing new. That was the point, not an attempt to say something about your political beliefs. In fact, I asked whether you support similar restrictions against Israel.
But let's not forget where this discussion started. Your original objection was to a quote about Zionists, not Israeli tourists. You presented it as an example of hatred. Zionism is a political ideology, (that's is not something I made up) and being against it is not automatically hatred of Jews or Israelis. You said that I'm moving from Zionists to Israelis, yet those were two separate issues until you brought them together. I clearly said what I thought should happen to Zionists and that was very different with what I said about Israelis.
And this is exactly what I mean about getting lost in semantics. I want political pressure on the Israeli government and on Zionism, and that starts with restrictions like on Russia. That doesn't mean I believe every Israeli is a Zionist or supports Netanyahu. My point is that we are standing by and do nothing, or not enough. Russia was banned from Eurovision, but Israel continues to participate. Five countries boycotted in 2026, and so far only two of those have confirmed they will continue their boycott in 2027. So yes, when I see people taking a stand, even on a small scale, I see hope. Nothing makes me angrier than this total lack of action.
Lastly, I am not dismissing your criticism of Department_of_Agriculture, I am ignoring it. He could have said that all gays (including me) should be jailed, or worse than that, I would still judge the quoted statement on its own merits.

I'm not sure what's unclear about the “who” when the sentence explicitly says “Zionists.”
Instead of moving the thread to the politics forum, perhaps we should just stop hijacking it and get back to the OP's original topic.

I never claimed you supported American sanctions. I gave examples to show that sanctions and restrictions affecting innocent people are nothing new. That was the point, not an attempt to say something about your political beliefs. In fact, I asked whether you support similar restrictions against Israel.
But let's not forget where this discussion started. Your original objection was to a quote about Zionists, not Israeli tourists. You presented it as an example of hatred. Zionism is a political ideology, (that's is not something I made up) and being against it is not automatically hatred of Jews or Israelis. You said that I'm moving from Zionists to Israelis, yet those were two separate issues until you brought them together. I clearly said what I thought should happen to Zionists and that was very different with what I said about Israelis.
And this is exactly what I mean about getting lost in semantics. I want political pressure on the Israeli government and on Zionism, and that starts with restrictions like on Russia. That doesn't mean I believe every Israeli is a Zionist or supports Netanyahu. My point is that we are standing by and do nothing, or not enough. Russia was banned from Eurovision, but Israel continues to participate. Five countries boycotted in 2026, and so far only two of those have confirmed they will continue their boycott in 2027. So yes, when I see people taking a stand, even on a small scale, I see hope. Nothing makes me angrier than this total lack of action.
Lastly, I am not dismissing your criticism of Department_of_Agriculture, I am ignoring it. He could have said that all gays (including me) should be jailed, or worse than that, I would still judge the quoted statement on its own merits.