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All these sources coordinating the story about Trump makes no more sense than the worldwide deep state conspiracy to undermine POTUS. The Atlantic has already admitted there is more to come.

Jim Clyburn's grandson Walter Clyburn Reed backed Pete's campaign and recently tweeted how Buttigieg would make a great chief of staff. And though it is off topic, I must say Walter Clyburn Reed is cute AF.

The advice to go to a Provider’s location instead of having him come to yours was incredibly wrong headed. If you do not know the garoto well, DO NOT do an “in call” (at their place) — especially if you are new to Brazil / the area, or are unfamiliar with the people and the language. There is a lot of really bad advice given at this forum — often by those who portray themselves as experts. But this — recommending visiting a garoto for a programa at his location or apartment — is absolutely one of the worst. If you (understandably) can’t or don’t want to do the programa at your apartment or hotel, then get a room at one of the many “love motels” in the area. It’s what almodt every brasileiro who has a quickie or an affair does with their tricks and mistresses. It’s why the love motels are so common and so popular. They are usually by the hour. And they are much safer.

Kessie, Lets start our own POLL.... How many from the GOP will be going to prison if Trump loses ?

Here is Poppy singing with the female singer (Aom?) from Moonlight in The Voice Thailand. TBH I’m not a fan of hers, she doesn’t sing particularly well and isn’t professional like Poppy. When she sings at Moonlight she behaves as though she’s a superstar, going badly off key, forgetting her lyrics because she obviously didn’t bother to rehearse or just stopping in the middle to chat. When I see her showing up, that’s when I quickly leave and go to Jupiter LOL.

Countless times, but not in Brazil. During years I worked in a gigantic federal building in Buenos Aires. Unusually, many of its public bathrooms for men would have fancy squatting porcelain toilets instead of the conventional sitting ones. Also many times in Argentinean country side and during my military service. So the last time I squatted to take a shit was probably in Buenos Aires in the early 90s.

From South China Morning Post Contestants lift piles of tiles to show their muscles Participants smear their bodies with baby oil in preparation for a bodybuilding contest in Majalengka, West Java, Indonesia. Photo: Agoes Rudianto The bodybuilder, muscles shiny with baby oil, hoists a stack of roof tiles over his head. He clenches his muscles, strikes a pose and revels in the applause. The audience roars with appreciation as multicoloured spotlights glint off his body. Dozens compete in the annual bodybuildingbcompetition at the Jatiwangi Art Factory (JAF) in Indonesia, a non-profit organisation focused on the arts and cultural activities. The factory is based in Majalengka, a district in West Java province, and all of the men taking part work for traditional roof-tiling factories known as jebor. At the Jatiwangi building, the competitors take off their clothes, put on dark blue shorts, and rub oil over their bodies. The master of ceremonies begins the contest at about 7pm, and the audience on the first and second floors of the auditorium shout out the names of their favourite participants. Each competitor strides onto the stage and strikes five poses. They begin with three free poses, and pose with roof tiles instead of barbells for the final two. The stage measures three metres by 10 metres, and the competitors lift the tiles over their heads or to their sides. Some of the contestants had originally been unsure about which poses to choose and turned to the internet to find out. “I found out on You Tube before performing,” says Budi Hartono, 30. In the end he chose a front double-bicep pose. To attract the judges’ attention, a number of contestants have bitten and broken the tiles and posed with the pieces. Most, though, simply try to present their bodies in the best possible way, so they look strong. Another contestant, Bubun Gunawan, 33, says his body is sturdy and muscled thanks to his work in the factory, estimating that he lifts as many as 20,000 tiles with his partner each day. This year was the first time he had taken part in the bodybuilding contest, which was launched in 2015. At the Jatiwangi building, the competitors take off their clothes, put on dark blue shorts, and rub oil over their bodies. The master of ceremonies begins the contest at about 7pm, and the audience on the first and second floors of the auditorium shout out the names of their favourite participants. Each competitor strides onto the stage and strikes five poses. They begin with three free poses, and pose with roof tiles instead of barbells for the final two. The stage measures three metres by 10 metres, and the competitors lift the tiles over their heads or to their sides. Continues with photos at https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3100036/bodybuilding-competition-difference-indonesia-contestants

Have you seen this anywhere? A right-wing form of government that opposes liberal democracy, Marxism, socialism, and anarchism, and attempts to forge national unity under an autocratic leader with a totalitarian program advocating stability, law and order, and more and more centralized power, claiming all of this is necessary in order to defend the homeland from internal as well as external enemies, and to respond effectively to economic instability. The mobilization of a mass base through deliberately constructed fear and hatred as preparation for armed conflict and permanent war. An appeal to patriotic nationalism. The supremacy of military and police power, and the militarizing of all aspects of society. The agitation of “popular” movements in the streets, apparently spontaneous (but in reality well-funded and highly organized) based on bigotry, intolerance, and the threat of violence, all of it fueled by the demonization of targeted, distinct racial, religious, or gendered vulnerable populations and the creation of convenient sacrificial scapegoats who are repeatedly blamed for every social or economic problem people experience. Disdain for the arts, for intellectual life, for science, for reason and evidence, as well as deep contempt for the necessary back and forth of serious argument or discussion. The suppression of labor and the protection of corporate power. Rampant cronyism and corruption. Protectionist and interventionist economic policies as corporations are entangled with the state. You have? It's the textbook definition of fascism.

Things are looking better for sure in the gogo boy arena in gay Bangkok! I thought some things might be closed this weekend but they were not. All were open. Jupiter had about 15 or so guys. They had a beautiful singer who was talented and sang like an angel. I loved listening to him. I think they got him singing early just so I would drink. I almost left as I hate shows. But, holy cow, he was good. I sat and listened and had a drink with him later. Dreamboys is still overly expensive and overrated. Some good looking guys but nothing the likes of other bars. Screwboys had over 13 boys. That was the most I have seen since they reopened. I gave them each 100 baht as I was the only customer. Freshboys was filled with cute boys but few customers. Hotmale was packed with boys and with customers. Perhaps the only place with more customers than boys. Well, not perhaps. 100% certain. They were filled and selling drink after drink.

I'm from Germany, but spent the last years in and around Thailand. From reading this forum, e.g. it seem boys are paid by time, with 30 min or 1 hour common? Not my style, but if it works that way in Brazil I have to prepare mentally. All my encounters in SEAsia are open ended. If a boy tells me has only one hour time, I will tell "see you another day, when you have more time". With some boys I spend only 30 minutes in bed, but that's because activities are not what I'm looking and if it's not working out, there is no point to stretch it. Records (all with free boys) were 6 hours in bed (daytime, awake), one in Myanmar, one in Taiwan, one in Thailand, and after 6 hours I or he had other business to attend to.

I think many of us want to project expertise and that is much the MO of a message board, but that @SolaceSoul is as interested in inoculating the naïve with respect to exposure to dodgy situations. A few of us are getting a bit frustrated with the failure to integrate the range of personal anecdotal experiential accounts with common sense risk prevention. Sometimes I want to yell and bitchslap individual takes on the question. If you do not take the time to read thoroughly here on the topic, your shortcutting approach may leave you making choices in a way similar to the manner in which rampant pseudoscience is misinforming some folks and widespread collateral damage results in other domains. Forensics principles suggest a bad trade provider won’t kill you in his home because it is easier to deal with leaving your corpse where you live. However, his home may not be his place, and a volatile situation often overrides strategies of evidence attenuation. Getting threatened, harmed, spooked does not favour either domicile so much. If you are asking about security guards, Airbnb, etc, read all the posts here. There is no single correct answer ... it depends depends depends depends depends depends depends ... You may as well watch paint dry as pay attention to one of my personal examples: I tend to make social connections with people in general a few metres from where I stay in any given place. They may be open-minded but should they not raise their eyebrows and be a bit judge-y about the dynamics of sexual tourism, its implicit exploitive potential underscored if parading a cadre of hot young locals to one’s bed? lol Over 5 years I have used the love hotel playbook option. I have had about 5% of my total encounters hosting where I stay but these have been exclusively fellows I know extremely well from 2 Rio clubs and 1 Sampa venue where providers roam on the homo range. Caveat emptor. The prices are so low it is worth the effort to invest financially in some degree of environmental risk mitigation. ———- Not to mention that, in the first place currently wrt Brazil, pandemic pseudoscience may be partly instrumental in influencing judgement about the risks/benefits of visiting and hiring intimacy trade in the near future.

Germany I believe....just he's mostly been in Thailand & SE Asia....... Ever used squatting toilets?

On reflection this makes me fell better. At least they were all men. I hope this doesn't sound terribly sexist. But regarding Elizabethan English, I'm with the character Melissa Leo played in that scene from The Fighter. I just don't like the idea of uppity women showing me disrespect. And telling me how to talk proper.

On reflection & some re-reading, oddnesses like this in English come a lot from its having been compiled from Anglo, Saxon & Norman.

First, kudos to President Toxic for getting that moment right. You didn't cite the quotation. While I can't confirm it, either, it sounds very believable to me that Trump said this to a grieving husband: "“I’m so sorry for your loss. Shannon was an amazing woman and warrior.” I personally find it just as easy to believe this other story from 2017 that has now been resurrected: Myeshia Johnson: Soldier's widow says Trump made me cry Let's add a few caveats. First, this confirms President Toxic at least called and tried. Second, all this has to be filtered through loved ones that are in the middle of an ocean of sadness. I won't dredge them up, but if my memory is correct I recall reading some really sharp things the families of one of the Benghazi dead said about Hillary. I can't even remember what they said. But I do remember thinking that while I can understand why they felt that way, it just seemed really unfair to Hillary. Third, this is not really about President Toxic's empathy. His lack of empathy is a given. Those polls I cited to death from YouGov make it clear that even Republicans see Trump's lack of empathy as one of his biggest weaknesses. What it's really about is President Toxic's shitty leadership. And his basic views of the military, and the broader idea of serving your country. The Atlantic is arguing he is simply unfit to lead. He is certainly not fit to be Commander In Chief. The interesting thing about your rebuttal is that it had almost nothing to do with anything The Atlantic said. Or, if it did, it was all by implication. The Atlantic is part of the "vicious crowd". The Atlantic is practicing McCarthyism. Sorry, but I don't buy it. You can change the subject and say the Taliban skinned Russian soldiers alive. That's a horrible thing. But it has nothing to do with The Atlantic story. Back to the facts: Here's Trump, verbatim, in one of his many statements lately saying that it is a "hoax" and "fake news" that he made "negative statements" about "fallen heroes", or that he called them "losers" or "suckers". And here's President Toxic, verbatim, making "negative statements" about "fallen hero" John McCain. Including calling him "a loser". President Toxic called McCain a "loser". That's just a fact. So this isn't McCarthyism. This is listening, and believing what I hear with my own ears. You can cut President Toxic some slack, and argue that in context the word "loser" was a specific reference to McCain losing the 2008 Presidential election. The more damning statement is this: "John McCain is not a war hero. He's a war hero, but that's because he got captured. I like people who don't get captured." That's entirely consistent with the core of The Atlantic's article. He did call McCain a loser. He did say McCain being captured and tortured is not heroism, and in fact is something he doesn't like about McCain. If those are not "negative statements" about any member of the military that was captured in the line of duty, then I guess I need Baby Glenn to define what "negative statement" means. Back to your Russian soldiers being skinned alive by The Taliban. You may think it's horrible. And I may agree. But President Toxic sees it differently. At the very least, he does not view them as heroes. He does not like that they got captured. That's different than saying they deserved to be skinned alive, because they let themselves be captured. But that's how some of these military sources are describing how President Toxic really thinks. They deserved what they got. It's quite easy for me to believe they are telling the truth. I simply have to listen to what Trump said. And how he is now lying about what he said on camera. There is one other way to give President Toxic the benefit of the doubt, and argue he is NOT a liar. And that road follows the path that he was actually telling the truth when he said, "I know a lot about crazies." Because he is crazy. Meaning, he actually does have dementia. Dementia runs in his family. And some forensic psychologists say he displays many very concerning signs of dementia. His inability to remember what he actually said would be one concerning sign. So would the lack of critical thinking skills involved in not realizing that it's easy enough to just roll the tape and see what he said, on camera. I'd add the patently false portrayal of Gen. Kelly's last months in office. You can argue that Trump is lying. Or you can argue Trump actually believes what he said about Gen. Kelly: that he was "totally exhausted" and "unable to function". That is, in itself, a "negative statement" about a military leader, made in the context of Trump saying he doesn't make "negative statements" about military leaders. Like the mysterious people on airplanes and the "darker forces" and various other whacko conspiracies, it does have lots of glimmers of the dementia I watched my Mom live through for a decade. It's anyone's guess whether President Toxic is a pathological liar, or is suffering from dementia. Neither are very good for the military or the nation.

Trump continues counterattack on military comments That headline made me wonder. Where is Ronald Reagan when you need him? And I have to wonder if this was a Freudian slip on Mnuchin's part. I can believe that either way. If I believe Gen. Kelly's military pals who are obviously leaking this, what our Commander In KFC said is unbelievable. And what President Toxic is now saying about his support for the military does sound unbelievable. Journalism’s New Propaganda Tool: Using “Confirmed” to Mean Its Opposite And, sorry, I can't resist the temptation to get a dig in at supposedly progressive journalist and champion whiner Baby Glenn Greenwald. He needs to go away. I continue to believe someone should give Baby Glenn a coloring book and a few crayons, which seems to be the level of complexity his mind can handle. Now that he's doing it again, I also wonder whether he needs to just take his coloring book and go sit on the lap of his Daddy, Vladimir Putin. That's probably the least likely explanation for his behavior. It's probably just a combination of ego, bad judgment, and wanting to be in the spotlight. my contempt for him is mostly about Russiagate. If Baby Glenn had argued the Democrats are taking this way too far relative to other critical national priorities, I would have at least respectfully disagreed. Instead, his language was as good as right wing hogwash. He said this was a big nothingburger. Any Trumpian could just listen to Baby Glenn whine and pout and conclude that The Deep State was real. And Russiagate was 1000 % bullshit. On a level of journalism and fact checking, which is what Baby Gleen likes to claim he is good at, his statements about the clear facts of Russiagate were wrong, wrong, and wrong. The Democrats who voted to impeach clearly see it that way. But so do the Republicans on the Senate Intelligence Committee who put out the bipartisan report documenting some of those facts. Decades from now, most Americans will probably see President Toxic as a crook, and probably agree with Alan Lichtman that impeaching President Toxic was a big nail in his political coffin. So who, and what, is Baby Glenn fighting for? So now Baby Glenn is whining and pouting some more. Baby Glenn has a kernel of a good argument. It is logical to argue that sources like Deep Throat should attach their name to anonymous allegations. I'm sure Richard Nixon felt that way. To hold Baby Glenn to his own standard, who does he name? You can read the article. But on a factual level, he is saying The Atlantic is "supremely dumb" because Sarah Huckabee Sanders and John Bolton "deny" that the report is accurate. Sorry, Baby Glenn. But even Kellyanne is having a hard time with that logic. Here's a compare and contrast between two takes on this story: Fox News and Bloomberg Bolton defends Trump against allegations he disparaged war dead | Fox Exclusive Bolton Calls Trump Comments on Military 'Despicable' If Accurate I included the headlines because they are so dramatically different. And I don't even think the first one is accurate. I'm okay with the word "defended". But only if what follows is that Bolton "defended" President Toxic's statement that his decision not to go to the cemetery was a weather call. He even qualified that by saying he could only comment on what he heard while he was in the room. Mostly, Bolton threw lots more fuel on the fire. The word he chose - "despicable" - is consistent with Biden's comments and speaks for itself. If you watch the whole Fox story, this is stating the obvious. It's classic Fox propaganda parading as news. And this is the Brett Baier version, who I mostly see as a decent journalist. There's no mention of the tweets from their own Jennifer Griffin posted above. The Atlantic article, which is based on at least four years of statements an incidents regarding President Toxic's contempt for the military and the concept of serving your country, is reduced to one minor incident from a few years ago in France. It is the most easily denial part of the story. And Bolton's statement, which is not a denial, is portrayed as a denial. If that Fox News clip above is all I knew, I actually wouldn't know what to make of it. I posted Fox for one other reason. Bolton is cunning. So you could take his "denial" as a bit of a poison pill. The new thing I heard is that President Toxic did not go to the cemetery in France based on the "because of John Kelly's recommendation ... It was an entirely weather-related decision." In the context of Bolton's statement, that mostly sounds like Bolton just letting the facts as he knows them be the facts. But it puts Kelly in the center of at least two critical incidents: the cemetery in France, and the cemetery his own son is buried in. That's another lead for a good journalist to follow that leads right back to Gen. Kelly. It makes his silence even more deafening. Implicit in this story is that what President Toxic says in public does not reflect what he really thinks about the military. And that, for whatever reason, Kelly is one of the people he expressed his real views to. I can only speculate about why Baby Glenn is again backing up and illogically trying to rationalize their comic book view of reality. In a story in which he argues that The Atlantic, WaPo, AP, and even some part of Fox are using the word "confirmed" to mean it's opposite, Baby Glenn managed to use the word "deny" to mean the opposite. In fact, John Bolton confirmed some key elements of the story: that President Toxic is a bad leader, who holds the military heroes like John McCain in contempt. Bolton says he thinks our Commander In KFC doesn't understand what military service means to the people who serve. He said if the parts of the story he can't personally confirm are true, Trump is "despicable." I'll end with Bolton verbatim from the Bloomberg clip: "There's no surprise that President Trump went out of his way last night here in the US to deny that he had said it. But, you know, his credibility is pretty thin in my view." My translation: Bolton is saying he think President Toxic's denial is bullshit. Whoever gives Baby Glenn his coloring book should make sure one page includes the word "D.E.N.I.A.L." in big letters. Baby Glenn doesn't seem to know what the word means. Whatever value he added to progressive causes or journalistic truth and integrity in his Snowden glory days is now just history.

600 In quarantine for one case. At that rate how many cases would you need before the whole country is in quarantine? and where are you going to quarantine all these people? As someone else said Thailand has lost the plot.

We are starting to see demonstrations around the world against all these Covid restrictions and they will only get more vocal. Thailand included. In years to come it will be seen as the worlds worst own goal. The Media is the Virus.

Speaking of which, Mayor Pete is on the transition team, and he'll very likely be a Cabinet Secretary. Pete and Chasten are among the stars of 2020. That makes me proud to be an American, too. Yeah, yeah, yeah. There goes Joe being all touchy again. If you don't ask about it, I won't tell.

All I can say is: Past performance is not indicative of future results, which is the classic investment adage that can be applied to going to the saunas here in Brazil. WIth the frequency in which I visit the saunas, I rarely get surprised anymore. But when I do, its because my assumptions were challenged. Just when I thought I've seen and heard everything, hear comes a boy that knocks my socks off, which makes the trip worth it. And its not all about sex either, its everything. I am in Recife now, and I met a boy that has gave me the biggest surprise of my Brazil life. I've always thought Termas Boa Vista, the main boy sauna here in Recife, as mediocre with boys but superior in sauna facilities. But the boy I met last night, oh boy, I was genuinely surprised in the encounter. DIDN't SEE IT COMING. Maybe I will share in a future post on here. Last night's encounter alone made the whole trip worth it. And I am not easily impressed. I simply prefer Club 117 simply because they have "quality control" i.e. they are not araid to ban boys that have behaved badly in the past. Point 202 seems to be have less scruples, and welcome all-comers, which sometimes is problemactic. Even Lions Club bans boys if a customer complains about them. As for the quality of boys, maybe Club 117 "gets" my taste in men, but when Point 202 delivers the goods as well, it delivers well. All I can say is, I don't discount something because of past performance. I try and try, until I find that one encounter that takes my breath away. Last night was that night. Hopefully more to come. And it will only come if I try. LOL, i know right. You have seen me in action. That other guy has ninja like reflexes and got to the boy before I did. sad This was two weeks ago. Yup Copa beach can get deserted. We took some beers to the beach that one night and just drank and talked till early morning. Copa can be a nice and tranquil place at night. Thanks for the reminder. I have been told by other boys about the impending opening, which is tomorrow. I am Recife at the moment so I will have to catch them when I get back to the SE of Brazil. Indeed, I am loving my times in Latin America. On Grindr I sometimes get a line like "I've never been with an Asian guy before" etc. I guess its nice to be fetishized once in a while? Indeed, Brazil has a fairly big Japanese settlement, especially in Sao Paulo (and thus you get gorgeous half asian boys that have the best of everything - the asian smooth skin, the Brazilian heat, the asian face, the Brazilian cock etc etc). I've probably had the craziest reaction in Colombia, where there are even less asians. I love Grindr there. Mexico city too is another city that I like too. San Juan, CR as well. I guess what I am saying is, its nice to be asian and in Latin America LOL. I appreciate it as well when a long read is at least readable with the white space to separate paragraphs and moments. I write like how I like reading something. Makes sense. When is Fragata opening? Thanks for the kind words. New and unexpected is the key. Why do something if you already know the results? Its better if you are surprised, and you get to push yourself further. More, next. I wish I had more time to write. The balance of experiencing things and wanting to write about it is always a struggle.

an additional observation from this evening in Patpong: Bangkok Massage was open, too. Hadn't seen them open at all yet whenever I passed.

ONE SINGLE case and major panic breaks out. Even the Phuket project gets delayed because of it: https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/1980435/phuket-reopening-delayed What does the one case have to do with the Phuket tourist model? Nothing I'd say. What would they have done had that one local case occurred in October when the Phuket was already running? Have all the tourists (assuming there are any) pack up and send them home? Goes to show how scared shitless they still are.

They have line and pictures of boys available with their height and weight. And almost all are shirtless. The menu named hot item, and its a google drive folder with a title model. And i also recognized two of the guys listed. One has been invited in moonlight before as one of their special model, and another i just happened to follow his ig coz, well i dont need a reason to follow a hot thai guy now do i? Lol

Yes. I did. And, would have gone up if he were willing. I liked his voice. Sex would most likely have been bad! And, worth every penny!

thank you for report and all those customers keeping scene alive while we are waiting to be admitted to Thailand , hopefully before Songkran of 2023

this comment from an article drew my attention : "As Mr. Ud told Associated Reporters “What good is it that I am safe from this virus that about 99% of people survive if I cannot eat and have no home and no way to take care of my family?”

As far as I know it records the number of 'likes' your posts have attracted. As to the topic, I have a number of boys that I keep in touch with through Facebook and Messenger. Many left Pattaya during the first phase of the virus and went back home, although a few hung-on. Of those that left all tried to return from home when it became possible for the bars to re-open, but they found few if any customers. Some of the bars in BoyzTown for example soon closed again, or only re-opened at weekends etc. Those on the ground will know far better than me, but the impression I have from my boys is that Jomtien Complex has fared best, one or two bars in Sunee, such as Nice Boys or Winner Boys, are just about doing ok, but those of Boyztown have fared worst. Consequently a number of my friends having tried to return to work in Pattaya have given up again and either gone back home again or decided to try their luck in Bangkok instead. I am using Western Union to help three, or occasionally four, but cannot afford to do more than that despite their pleas.