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I can't comment on the part I truncated out. I'm not familiar enough with UK politics. I liked your idea (other post) about requiring a place to stay and either money in the bank or a vetted sponsor. I can't imagine dumping a guy with no job, no money, and no place to stay out on the street, then being surprised that he stole some food or money.

That's easier if you live alone. If your family never orders anything COD, it's a no-brainer to decline a COD order. No risk of getting in trouble for declining your daughter's zit cream order before her big date. (Or your wife's, before her big date, but that's another issue) I did my first 2 or 3 Lazada orders COD when they were new and I had no history. Then I did hundreds of orders pre-paid by card. Never a payment issue.

So report it. BTW, the debate didn't include an audience to help either side. You're out of order.

Seeing how easily the three of them manipulated Trump during the debate and led him where they wanted, It's surely not about her that one needs to cringe.. Fixed it for you, kind of like a moderator fact checking you. How do you like it? You think it's fair? BTW, under the debate rules, your mic would be muted right now so you can't respond.

I don't know. I was kind of liking the Trump years, though not the mean tweets. The Biden/Harris years, not so much. It's going to take decades and cost $trillions to fix the damage from rampant unvetted immigration and the Green New Deal. And that's if the Biden term Russian military exercise and Iran shenanigans don't go nuclear. There's no fixing that damage.

You seemed to leave the voters out of the selection process. Just like the Dems did.

The beautiful thing is that, before the debate, nobody had even heard of Springfield Ohio, much less the problems they were having. Had Trump simply mentioned the 15-20,000 Haitians that had caused traffic problems, jammed the healthcare facilities, caused so much trouble in the schools because the kids don't speak English, and on, and on, it would have all been forgotten a few minutes after the debate. Mention eating cats, and Springfield and its migrant problem is all some people can talk about, days later. We know who the mayor is. We know who the gub'ner is. We've heard from the chief of police. Everyone in the country now knows about the 11 year old kid killed in a bus accident by a Haitian migrant. We've heard recordings of 911 calls of geese being snatched out of the park. All of them are calling out the problems that the Biden/Harris open border is causing. Even the never-Trumpers on the MSM can't stop talking about the migrant problem in Ohio. (Though they think it's about cats) And it's going to top the news for awhile. It may have been accidental, but it ended up being a genius move politically.

I'd hope they are letting water out in anticipation...

Doesn't make sense for the employer at time and a half, whether there's income tax or not. Exempting income taxes on overtime can't benefit fat cats, all of whom are exempt. It's a good political move.

You have a nice day, too.

Pre-Covid, I occasionally considered getting a rogue taxi on that floor just to avoid the long official queue. Gotta give props to Swampy management. They've organized the taxi area and eliminated the queues. Well done.

Someone catch me up here... So I can decide whether to hop on the "get a rope" train. Has any detail been released about the charges against him? Has he been tried and absconded, or is he just wanted for questioning? Someone posted that a Google search under his name turned up someone making "videos". Are the charges related to a porn enterprise? Or is he truly despicable? So much bile. So little information.

It won't be Beyonce. They shot that bolt at the DNC Convention to keep people from leaving.

Yeah. One is campaigning on love of country and the other is campaigning on locking up their opponent and re-education camps for his supporters. Reminds me of when I was a kid and the mantra was "Peace, love, and kill a commie for Christ"

Just curious, as a Yank looking in. Was there a plan in place for housing and employing the newly released? Or were they on their own?

How many buses did they have to use to get them all there?

Undo Citizens United, bring the top marginal tax rate for zillionaires back up to pre-Reagan levels, accelerate adjudicating asylum cases with a 6 month deadline, and avoid foreign entanglements. Bob's your uncle. In fact, I don't know what we'd do with all the extra money.

Interesting to see the variation in the English language. In the USA, we're nearsighted. Short sighted means something else, and it's usually a pejorative.

It would be interesting to see how many of them finish, and how many drop out for overheating, mechanical issues, etc. I'm not a fan of Top Gear, but I do find it amusing when they drive a $zillion supercar and it craps out in the middle of the show. Sadly, I'm going to be 2 days late to catch the Thailand leg. It would be fun to watch. Edit: BTW, kudos to webfact for publicizing the event before it happens. We usually hear about what we just missed.

You really think she was sleeping? Regarding the OP, I'm with Thomas Sowell. There are no solutions, there are only trade-offs. It could be bad. Or it could be catastrophic. I'd vote for Trump, and just bad.

They may just take the money and move to the UK or France or the USA via Mexico. $34K would pay the cartels to get them across the southern US border with $25K or $30K to spare.

Kind of off the topic, but I wonder how many expats would leave Thailand if they just waived the 20,000 baht fine for overstay, never mind a $34,000 incentive. Edit: Maybe sweeten the deal with a free $75 ticket to KL... The AN Mods have posted a concurrent thread on Sweden, so I'm taking the risk of derailing this (my own) thread.

The AN search function is working much better since the forum upgrade, so I did a search on "window tint" and came up with a dozen or so threads, with probably 100 posts. Several stories from guys who blamed their accidents on dark tinted windshields, and other guys whose GFs blamed their accidents on dark windows. I believe them, since I actually removed the film from my windshield because I didn't feel safe driving at night. I may have been able to replace it with a lighter tint, but no added tint didn't bother me at all. The windshield and windows themselves had some tint to them, even without a film. I didn't stick with the search diligently enough to find any posts about any popo crackdowns, but I recall some from the past. I got to Thailand in 2011 so my personal memory only goes back that far... And my brain leaks when I sleep so I may have forgotten even more.

But it's only the women who listen to what she says. The guys just fantasize about being #44 on the list of her exes. Aren't most of her songs about her poor judgment in men?

+1 on Decathlon. I'm looking at bikes in China and the lower priced Rockriders look to be an excellent value. I just can't get over the hurdle that I have a serviceable bike from years ago... Though I bought it when my biking needs were different, and I don't ride as much as I'd like because it's not so comfortable any more. But I'm a cheap bustard. Back in the states, I have a cheap Specialized of the same basic genre. I put a comfier seat on it and I love it.