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Most Americans don't have a passport. In view of the fact that places like California have been issuing driving licenses to non-citizens, which can then be used as voter ID, maybe it is time to introduce federally authorised ID's, don't you think?

Shoppers at a grocery store in Dayton, Ohio, US, on October 21. Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg/Getty Images/File President Donald Trump has revived one of the most bizarre false claims from his first presidency and his 2024 campaign: an assertion that Americans are required to show identification to buy groceries. Trump was mocked when he made versions of this claim in 2018 and 2019 while pushing for stricter voter identification laws. But he said it again in 2023 as he ran for president, then said it once more on Wednesday morning while baselessly questioning the legitimacy of US elections in the wake of Republican defeats in various state and local elections the day prior. “All we want is voter ID. You go to a grocery store, you have to give ID. You go to a gas station, you give ID,” Trump said Wednesday at . Americans obviously do not need to provide identification to buy groceries or gas. Grocery stores generally require identification for purchases of alcohol or tobacco, purchases of certain medications and for the small percentage of purchases made by personal check.

Yeah, right, if you suffer from <removed> then that's the only possible reason. How about: (after Venezueal) controlling the export of oil and gas to China. That's a biggie. Stopping a regime that has been financing and encouraging terrorism - ISIS, Al Qaeda, Hamas, Hezbollah, Muslim Brotherhood, ETC, from getting hold of a nuclear bomb. Relieving Iran of an extremely authoritarian regime, that didn't hesitate to machine-gun tens of thousands last year... Agenda: It seems you missed it, maybe you should read some other news source that doesn't keep telling us how warm and cosy the Islamic conquest is. There will be difficulties, that is clear, but that doesn't mean Trump is stupid.

Oh, very clever.

Occasionally when filling up the car, someone will offer to clean the windscreen. That's ฿20.- for five minutes work. If I were working on a pump attendant's wages, I would be collecting ฿100.- a day I imagine. I've always been puzzled by the fact that I don't get offered the service every time. (+ check your oil? tyres while yo're in 7-11?...)

I can't understand why anyone would want to use any version of Windows. Dammit, I'm 78 and have no problems using Linux (Ubuntu).

If you have kidney disease, yes.

At age 78, I'm more interested in how I'm going to die than when. I won't be getting a kidney transplant and I have my doubts about three times weekly dialysis - too expensive so maybe I'll just let it go. I would like to see: successful moon landings, and something being done about what is happening to the UK at present.

I passed the tests while temporarily almost blind in one eye. A Thai guy in front of me got three tries on the colour test and failed.

Exception: people that tattoo their heads with rabbits, from a distance they look like hares. Sorry about that.

I believe that there exist stats that if you're diabetic and break a hip, you won't make it out of the hospital. I would claim that most falls are caused by lack of a sense of balance and/or dizziness, and that much of this can be prevented by daily exercise.

50 years ago in the UK, starting off at a green light at the correct speed would ensure that you would get a steady stream of green lights. Not everywhere, as it could get quite complicated, but it did work.

They respect strength. Incursions and provocations around Taiwan have drastically reduced since this started. Xi has other problems, like his personal survival, to worry about. The expensive radar system that they sold to Iran, not yet paid for, was easily jammed by the Americans.

Ah, that's a different story. Theoretically, the police are supposed to do this, it's the law. I haven't heard of this being done in a long time, but it's considered normal.

Varies from province to province. We had a police visit 7 and 9 years ago, likely because a jealous neighbour didn't like my building a wall. However, they did explain that there had been a wave of spouse visa scams, mostly organised from Nigeria, in the general area. They don't receive given instructions to investigate Nigerians, they are told to investigate everybody. + of course, Farang will be generous with tea money, just to get rid of them.