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The problem is that the left knows the right is evil. They're wrong, of course. But there's little more dangerous because that justifies in their world whatever it takes to get their way. No matter how much damage they leave in their wake.

That was an FAFO threat. Fool around n' find out. Doesn't look good on her. Her lawyers are basically saying "we can ruin your life if you don't comply and we won't even break a sweat." And 99% of us wouldn't have the resources to argue with them. Even the pre-trial paperwork would bankrupt us. Fortunately, he has some backing. So she's not intimidating Joe Lunchpail. I wonder how closely related her recent sale of her jet is to the publicity this guy gave to her carbon footprint.

He won't invite her to Mar a Lago.

I get a kick out of the posters that don't understand that the Thai objective in a fight is to win.

£1,500? For that money, they could probably hop a flight and spend a week on Khao San Road and get a holiday, and a rub and a tug with their fake DL. Of course, I doubt anyone needing a fake £1,500 license has a passport that would make it through airport security and immigration. Edit: Do the Khao San Rd vendors do online sales? Something for an entrepreneurial type to think about...

While I agree, the idea of backing down when out with a new squeeze is just not palatable in the West.

Dollars to donuts the OP will see his old car tooling down the road in a month or so. Sorry I have no constructive advice. I always though the Nissan NV's were cute. Too cute and practical to scrap on account of an engine.

SS isn't generally an entitlement. It's money we paid into the system and now we're getting some of it back. That's not the kind of program that conservatives are likely to cut. That's very different from paying people not to work, especially those who have no right to even be in the USA.

Gotta say. They've changed the goalposts so often that I didn't even know how long I was supposed to isolate. Which was okay, because I never got Covid in the USA. And with 4% of the world's population and 16% of the world's Covid deaths, I don't know why anyone would listed to the CDC or the FDA anyway. Especially since the USA is the most expensive healthcare system in the world and mediocre results at best. But I envision a bunch of knobs in meetings for weeks on end, sweating to hash out each word.

Yup. If I believed the author of that link, I'd be scared poopless, too. But to me it looks more like confession by projection. Perfect example: Douglass Mackey. And he's just one of dozens (maybe hundreds).

I left a wad of money in a K-Bank account the whole time I was a Covid refugee in the USA. No problem. Also occasionally used the K-Bank debit card in the USA to get cash and to buy stuff at retail. No problems, until the date on the card expired. After about 3 years' absence, came back to Thailand with my new passport and had the account info updated to reflect the new PP number and some KYC stuff for Uncle Sam. No problems. Then I got a new K-Bank debit card. No problems. Just to be clear, it was only a few thousand USD worth. I would suggest moving a few bucks every couple of months. Also, get a fresh debit card in case you don't make it back and/or need some activity. And the newer it is, the longer it'll be valid. You never know when Disease X will cripple international movement, like Covid did.

Which are the cute ones with the long legs in Thai shops? So hard to say no to them...

I've been extremely happy with mine. One pair of polarized sunglasses and one pair of progressive reading glasses. Less than 1/2 the price of the Walmart optical shop (Texas), and about 1/4 of what I paid for a pair in Thailand.

I'd really like to know why they think electing Trump will end democracy. Because here's the best explanation I've seen from them:

If Zenni is available in Thailand, that's what I'd recommend. Make sure your prescription is correct. Tell them you need the script to order a dive mask if they don't want to give it to you. Then get on the Zenni website and have at it.

I'd suggest you get a 2nd opinion from another shop. Preferably, one that's not buddies with the first one. My car tech knowledge is quite dated and not up to snuff on the latest and greatest, and especially with translation issues. Back in the day, a radiator seal was outside the radiator, between the radiator and the chassis components. More to keep it from rattling and for airflow. Nowadays, it seems to describe seals on the oil cooler, which would make sense... If your car has an oil cooler that uses coolant (and the radiator) to cool the oil. May not even be a head gasket. Just out of curiosity, is it a turbo or a tiny engine? In any case, I would get a 2nd opinion. And 60,000 doesn't seem like a lot, as long as it fixes the problem. You're going to have to get over the fact that they mark up the price of the parts. That's the way the shops make money. Sucks, for sure. But it's a business and they either need to mark up the parts or charge more for the labor.

Biden had been dealing with classified documents for decades. He knew the laws. He also knew in 2017 he had classified documents downstairs. At home. He gave them back 5 years later. The only reason he isn't in the dock is because he isn't Trump and he's elderly with a poor memory and that resonates with jurors. But he wasn't as senile back in 2017 when the crime was committed.

I'll have mine with extra butter and light on the salt.

The problem with that non-denial denial is that he recognized that he had classified documents. At home. In 2017. Documents he had no right to possess. Five years before he turned them in. That was criminal, in 2017. Long before he could claim dementia.

The only way Hillary gets on the ticket is if Kamala and Newsom commit suicide. So, maybe... (Americans will get that)

I guess you didn't read the part in the report where Biden told his ghostwriter in 2017 that he had found some more classified stuff downstairs at his home. Then waited 5 years to turn the classified stuff in, when the heat was on from the Trump case. You should really read the report. That part is on Page 4 of the summary, well annotated later in the report.

There was a recent answer, properly attributed, that she'd be limited to 2 full terms plus half a term. I don't recall whether it specified 2 years or half a term. Which wouldn't cause a dilemma in this case, because we're closer than 2 years to the election. But it would be an interesting conundrum in the hypothetical I was positing... Michelle and Newsom in 2024, with Michelle bowing out after a few months because she'd doesn't really want the job, but she may be goat roped into it for the party's sake. In that case, Newsom could get 2.49 terms but the dilemma would be when he hits 2 terms, 2 years and one day... He'd have to step down.

You'll be fine as long as you don't drive any further than you can walk home when it finally seizes up.

If you believe the recent Heartland Institute study, it probably wasn't the American people who gave him the boot.

Regardless of the study results, you can bet they'll be recommending we take money from a lot of people and give it to a few, to fix the problem. The problem that may and may not be a natural cycle. Wasn't there a small ice age in Europe when it happened last? Long before today's industrial output, which has prevented millions from starving or freezing to death, BTW.