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Your pattern recognition abilities seem lacking. It's time you reviewed Putin's past.

Even when normal people interview/speak to Trump they leave more confused than ever.

Oh no!.... Say it isn't so!.... The president is driven by anger and resentment that he hasn't got his own way.

The circumstances of your life are the biggest factor in your overall health. Most of those are out of your control especially in your youth. The factors you do control are mostly covered by the advice: "don't be stupid". You were born in a developed country with great sanitation infrastructure. There were governmental agencies dedicated to protecting the public's health. Public education of health knowledge exists/existed for most of your life so far. It was of course far from perfect, especially in previous decades, but in comparison to the average for the planet's population it was awesome. I had a most fortunate environment up until my middle teen years. My parents were educated, I lived on a farm, plenty of exercise from farm chores, we grew all our own vegetables, the air was pristine, the waters unpolluted. Living on a farm, my immune system got a good "education" from mild exposure to livestock.

Just because you're lacking planning and implementation skills doesn't mean everyone else is also.

only after I posted your quote in conjunction with @Red Phoenix's post did I realize that you would get flagged as being a subject of my reply. That is not what I intended.

The only conclusion from a sample size of one instance is: you've been fortunate.

You shouldn't put so much faith in content from The Three Stooges.

I agree but the effect seems limited to those with an unfortunate obsession.

As usual your reading comprehension is practically non-existent. You somehow translate the phrase "may not" to "never". You should re-enroll in grade school.

Don't worry... You're still leading the race for the dumbest poster ever.

Does it hurt when you think? Perhaps that's why you don't bother with it.

On what basis do you say "the constitution is suspended"? It is more likely that Ukraine's constitution states that national elections are suspended when martial law is in effect (under the rules contained in the constitution). I'm a betting man... I'll wager you have not read Ukraine's constitution... neither have I. My guess is a much more reasonable one than yours.

Trump wants to be seen as a king and be seen as making king-like proclamations. He cares naught about any consequences.

Perhaps the Thai TRD worker does not understand the difference between a government pension and Social Security. If you visit the TRD office again, take the SSA-1099 for your wife's benefits to prove that her payments come from US Social Security Administration.

The thread title refers to you wife's SS benefits but your post is referencing Article 21 which deals with pensions paid to government employees. If indeed her pension is NOT paid for past employment by a US government agency/department but for other work that is covered by Social Security, it would be covered by Article 20 paragraph 2... not by Article 21. There is no distinction in the US-Thai tax treaty Article 20 depending on citizenship of the SS recipients. If your wife is receiving both a government pension and Social Security, then the portion earned from work covered by a government pension would be taxable in Thailand, but the portion from SS would not. Note: recent US federal law was changed so that former governmental employees are no long penalized by SSA through benefit reduction due to Government Pension Offset (effective Jan. 1, 2024). US-Thai treaty Article 20 paragraph 2: 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1, social security benefits and other similar public pensions paid by a Contracting State to a resident of the other Contracting State or a citizen of the United States shall be taxable only in the first-mentioned State. Article 21 paragraph 2: 2. a) Any pension paid by, or out of funds created by, a Contracting State or political subdivision or a local authority thereof to an individual in respect of services rendered to that State or subdivision or authority shall be taxable only in that State. b) However, such pension shall be taxable only in the other Contracting State if the individual is a resident of, and a national of, that other State.

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Because our favorite Thai chat room has been inundated by half baked Russian loving chatbots, we are compelled to illuminate the misinformation, false narratives and distorted attitudes.

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I can understand that you have no concept of how an individual can protect their data. But, it is not difficult for those with technical skills. Most data breaches are due to social engineering such as phishing and spoofing.

Trump managed to become President without reading a book since the 60's. Does that count as winning?

A lost laptop is a much greater security exposure than a lost (up to date) phone. A phone can do a lot more than a laptop in many situations. Can your laptop automatically execute a procedure when you take it to a specific location? The hoop jumping required to accomplish that on a laptop becomes complicated.

I am still under presumption that participation is voluntary?

I doubt that a direct connections to the brain's optical processing areas will be developed in the near future. We will be stuck with carrying around some form of screen for decades. Conceivably almost all processing could be moved off your personal device to centralized servers. AI prediction and data caching could be used to reduce response time. The reduced hardware requirements would result in smaller and cheaper devices but a more expensive infrastructure. You would still call it a smartphone.

I think it was in this YouTube video by a former SSA manager that stated you are allowed to have two addresses on your SSA record. One for residence and one as a mailing address. That was news to me. I have no idea if that YouTuber is accurate. I don't really care for his content that much and his presentation is mediocre at best. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WemXdHIcSsA That is the wrong link....it's in this video by the same guy: https://www.youtube.com/live/9h6VptUea90?si=nvAXEiZcf6i7-8gS