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For MaxTul fans: Max and Tul will reprise their roles of Tan and Dr. Bun of “Manner of Death” in the continuation of the plot from “Triage”. The new series will be called “ Transplant”. Unfortunately, the link below is not an official teaser:

1,900 baht or five pounds?! 🤔

Exactly: “Freedom isn’t free” - and the cost of freedom should be giving up assault rifles, automatic and semi-automatic machine guns rather than sacrificing the lives of innocents to make small-dicked toothless dumb bastards feel more manly because they’re packing an arsenal. Limit private ownership to single-barrel hunting rifles for avid hunters (whom I do not understand at all) and pistols for personal Safety. Blaming Mr. Rushdie is almost like blaming a rape victim for dressing too provocatively, or a patient for undergoing a surgery despite knowing about possible complications. We all take risks in our everyday lives: working, driving, flying, even eating - but we still hold others responsible when they do not keep their ends of bargains - whether it’s our employers, car manufacturer, airlines, or restaurants and grocers. Chautauqua Institution has been around for May decades, hosting celebrities and international events. They should have taken precautions and should bear the responsibility.

I don’t know what Boom cabin looks like, but I would not call that of Concorde a cattle class

Misaligned spendings on social programs by democrats and attempts to drop most of them by republicans, coupled with the ignorance of the brainwashed mob who votes against their own interests is only a small part of the problem the US is facing.

Yet most of the mass shootings take place in the states with the least restrictive gun laws. As for the “much of the US”, here’s a list of gun laws by state: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_in_the_United_States_by_state

Gentile 😀

A Swedish teenage environmental activist: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greta_Thunberg

Trains run either on diesel, or electricity, generated, mainly by burning fossil fuels. Until we are able to generate electricity using renewable resources we’ll be stuck in this rut, forced to choose the lesser of the evils. Otherwise, for air travel she can take a hot air ballon or zeppelin, and for ocean crossings - a sail boat, nuclear submarine, or galley (good luck getting rowers, though - unless you are able to recruit some diehard gym bunnies)

Although Overture claims to use sustainable aviation fuel and be net-zero carbon 🤔

Putin does speak both, German and English - the former much better than the latter - but he always uses interpreters in official meetings where English is needed. Trump’s literacy, in any language (including English), is questionable at best.

They did not allow US interpreter - just Putin’s one

Thai walking distance or farang walking distance? 😆

It’s not unique for Thailand. It would be harder to get away with crimes in the “beacons of democracy”, however, there are plenty of examples for that, too. The mechanism could be different, it may involve “dream teams” of lawyers, close relations to the royal family, or fanatic political base. It could be easier (and less expensive) in Thailand, but there’s corruption in G7, or G20, or anywhere else in the World.

I wouldn’t want to be on a plane that lands nose first

Unfortunately, Montreal did not make the Economist’s Top 10.

I don’t believe Vienna, Zurich, or Geneva are known for their affordability either

Same here

And thoroughly inspect the masseur for any rashes, lesions or swollen lymph nodes 😱

The lists we should be looking at are those for LGBTQ+ tourists and expats

They must be from one of the autocracies and must not know any better

Not it the coach

It’s not as simple as that

It seems to me that this list is based on the quality of life for locals - and not necessarily for foreigners.