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I assume the writer is insane.

No, I will re read it am not familiar with the poster!

I understand how the over the top hyperbole could be mistaken for a post by one of the MAGA sheeple true believers of The Great Incompetent. It is just over the top mocking of MAGA talking points however - as far as I can tell from his other posts. It is insane as you say though, just intentionally so.

This sauna has all the usual facilities, including a video room with comfy seating and a dark room. Their cabins are notable for being almost hotel-like. But it also has a full-fledged cabaret-style nightclub in it, as well as a more chill bar and an outdoor bar area as well. A lot of tops come here; the escorts are in special towels for efficient cruising.
R. Cândido Mendes, 117 | 21 2252-0160 | http://www.netgay.com.br/saunas/club117.htm
https://www.gayguides.com/listing/club-117/

Gays prefer peaches!

This is a short report on my current visit to Bangkok. Not much to report on the sex front, as I already had some stamps lined up before arrival. A brief comment about Suvarnabhumi. I arrived mid afternoon at the satellite terminal, train quick to Main terminal. Quite a lot of people, surprisingly, but Priority Lane available for old people such as myself! The whole thing took about 10 minutes. No luggage, so picked up local sim, and straight to Hotel car and to hotel. As it is rainy season quite a lot of traffic.
Started stamp collecting that evening, with pre ordered stamp, and afterwards wandered about trying to get rid of my jet lag. First thing to notice was that the centre was pretty empty. Occasional bursts of very heavy rain followed by intervals of quite nice weather, not too hot about 31°. Went down Soi 4 Again, not that busy, I was the only person sitting outside banana bar. Guido was thete his place perhaps half full. He left with rucksack, early. Got a little busier towards 10:00, but a long way short of peak season. Wander back down Pat Pong 2, popped into Good boys and Fresh boys, not many customers, I prefer twinks, and the boys on offer were good looking but I was already spent, having licked my stamp.
Following day, not doing a great deal went, down to the river to have a meal overlooking the scenery. Met an old friend, who has a live in partner from Myanmar for supper. He has lived in Bangkok for 10 or 11 years and confirmed that it was very much off season at present. I again walked down Pat pong but without seeing anything that attracted my interest. Decided on boring foot massage, instead of the more exciting sort.

Today met up with gay guide from Siam Roads, Mac, whom I have known for a long time. He has moved out of Bangkok, as there is no work, but came in so that I could take him out to lunch down by the river to place called The RiverTree restaurant In
Nonthaburi. Lovely view, I was the only foreigner, shrimp balls, mixed vegetables, other interesting looking things that I did not know what they were, steamed rice with chicken for both of us, coke and steamed sea bass. No alcohol as it was election day. The whole thing was 1,200 baht, absolute bargain.
Now back in hotel considering whether to look for another stamp. There have been a number on offer, two of whom I have licked on previous visits. Grindr has also been pretty busy. I had a choice of half a dozen or so attractive guys. It's just a question of stamina!

Off to Siem Reap on Tuesday. Stamps available there! Will consider gay massage, though choice rather limited.

The one thing I remember about Behind the Candelabra was how good I thought Matt Damon was.

Today's Guardian newspaper ranks this actor's top 20 movies in order - although who does the ranking is not stated.
I had not realised his career and that of his pal Ben Affleck were basically on the skids until they turned to screenwriting and won the Oscar for Best Screenplay with Good Will Hunting in 1997. It achieves #11 on the list. The last two are 1990s movies which I have not seen. #18 is Syriana which I did enjoy. #13, #14 and #15 are three of probably his best-known movies - The Martian, Saving Private Ryan and Oppenheimer in that order.
Perhaps inevitably the first three in his Bourne series come in at #10, #5 and #3. Thankfully his last one titled simply Bourne, in my view the worst, is not on the list.
But two of my favourites are there. Behind the Candelabra comes in at #6. And for me the most fascinating and the one i enjoyed almost the most is The Talented Mr. Ripley which is there at #1. The Ripley movie is out on Netflix in mid-January. Perhaps of interest is that Leonardo DiCaprio turned down the role given to Damon. And Jude Law took a lot of persuaion to sign for the Dickie Greenleaf role. He did not want to be playing what he thought would be a "pretty boy" role - something he stated later was "insane arrogance" on his part.
A econd Ripley movie was made with Ripley now living in a mansion in Italy as an assassin with John Malkovich in the lead. The novelist Patricia Highsmith wrote four Ripley sequels and all were made into much less good early movies or later TV series. The Malkovich movie Ripley's Game was in fact based on the third in that series. I wish the director Antony Minghella could have been persuaded to make a second with the adventures of Matt Damon as he develops his role as a serial killer.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/08/matt-damons-best-films-ranked

Macau Business
Turkish police raid LGBTQ bars, activists' homes | Macau...
International, MNA | Turkish police on Sunday made a slew of arrests in raids on gay bars and the homes of LGBTQ activists, authorities and one organisation targeted said.

Has.anybody heard if this was the Aquarius in the raids in Istanbul and around the country.
"Also targeted was a men’s hammam reputed to be a venue for prostitution."

It’s going to get a bit more difficult to book an Airbnb in Brazil (especially in high-traffic / tourism areas like Rio), and even harder if you want to use the Airbnb as place to bring guests not on the reservation.
Earlier this month, in a pivotal case, the Superior Tribunal de Justiça (STJ) decided that rental of residential property in condominium buildings by Airbnb and other short-term / seasonal rentals now must require the authorization of 2/3 of the building’s condominium owners.
https://g1.globo.com/google/amp/politica/noticia/2026/05/09/stj-decide-que-aluguel-de-imovel-residencial-em-condominio-por-airbnb-depende-de-autorizacao-de-dois-tercos-dos-condominos.ghtml