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Looks like the Dems have lost another one. This time, Eric Johnson, the mayor of Dallas, who can no longer support Dem policy. Black guy, who won re-election with 98% of the vote. That's gotta sting. https://edition.cnn.com/2023/09/22/politics/dallas-mayor-eric-johnson-republican/index.html

Years ago, a nice lady at United told me the airlines are also subject to fines, typically $5,000 USD but can be up to $50K. She told me that after denying me boarding to China. Fortunately, it was the 2nd leg of my trip and United shouldn't have even let me on the first leg. So off I went to the local (Chicago) consulate to get a visa and they put me on a flight the next day. Before then, China was visa-on-arrival for Americans if you had a letter of invitation from an approved company.

Don't you just know his handlers are having a cow when he goes off script like that? The sad things are that he doesn't even know how creepy it sounds, and people are still overlooking, even defending the creepiness.

But... But... Commies is bad.

As I recall, several SS agents were called back from South America in disgrace, for that very type of behavior. I don't recall which country, but Nicaragua is as likely as any. Here's the link: https://edition.cnn.com/2012/04/14/world/americas/colombia-summit-secret-service/index.html

I'm finding the same, flying to BKK from China post Covid. The (mostly) Chinese airlines are asking for an onward ticket on the inbound and outbound flights. To BKK, I've been asked to show funds. But neither country's immigration offices have ever asked to see an onward ticket or to flash cash. Just the airlines.

2 questions. 1) How many acres did the Jews buy? 2) When does land title come with a covenant for self government? If I buy up a farm in Texas, does that give me the right to form my own gub'ment and kick my neighbors off their farms?

There's a program for that, with an application process and a waiting list. The folks on that list must be beside themselves pissed off.

That was sweet of them to offer back a little less than half of what they stole. Who could pass up that deal?

Maybe. What if you can't pay? What if you don't have permission to re-enter, like a single entry visa?

Illegitimati non carborundum. It's a good question and worth discussing.

He's got it bass ackwards. Like most lefties running academia today. Anarchy, maybe. But how can freedom to discuss even the fringe wingnut ideas lead to authoritarianism?

That entire discussion is moot when it comes to economic migrants, simply seeking a higher standard of living. Edit: Of course, I'd make allowances if they're likely to vote for my guy...

You don't guess that may be because everything that's pro-Russia is being swept from the interweb as fast as it goes up? It's always easier to find links that go along with the narrative from those who pay $$ billions to monitor and censor and seed the net. They're so in-your-face that it's hard to look past them for real information.

We'll see. Other than Biden, Dems can't put a white guy at the top of the ticket without losing huge swathes of the black vote, which is already at risk because they're snapping to the fact that they're getting the shortest end of the immigration fiasco. Michelle could be a decoy, get elected, then step down and hand it over to Newsom. Edit: I'd point out that the benefit to Newsom is that he could serve more than 2 terms. That would appeal to him...

Putting Michelle on the slate would be a slap in the face for Kamala. But that's a good possibility. Obama/ Newsom is a likely ticket.

If you're up for a slog, I like going to BoBae Market, nearby Hua Lampong MRT/ Train station in BKK. It's a huge wholesale market for all kinds of clothes. Don't just stay on the street market. There's a couple of buildings that also have many floors of all kinds of clothes. I especially like going there for flowered Songkran shirts. I wear them a lot because they don't show dripping sweat as much as a solid colored shirt. And the chicks back home are always complimenting me on them (though I think they just want my attention). This website says it's close to National Stadium, but I always walk there from Hua Lampong, just go to the right out of the station and follow the stanky river for about a km. Takes me about 10 minutes, but a local with his head in his phone would take more like 15-20. https://www.thethailandlife.com/best-bangkok-markets Edit: If you're into low effort, go to MBK (BTS National Stadium stop) and find the far end of the building and the floors that have hundreds of clothing kiosks and shops. Pretty amazing selection and air conditioned.

Listen to author Ronald Kessler on why the Secret Service agents weren't happy with Biden, especially the female agents: Biden's a creep. https://www.foxnews.com/video/6338481818112

After yet another campaign lie... There won't be a foot of wall built under my administration.

Waived 26 Federal Laws to comply with the law... https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/05/politics/biden-administration-border-wall/index.html Yeah, right. Tell me another...

I was referring to the ones that behave like they just snorted a line, dressed in a stained wife beater and shorts that you can see their butt through the holes.

That's the way the interweb is leaning, and I tend to agree because I don't know any better. But it'll be interesting to see...

Witnessing the dress of some of the characters walking through int'l arrivals, I suspect it's not accidental that they want some discretion on who they let in and who they don't.

I don't advocate a limit on arrivals by air simply because I'm planning on monthly air arrivals for the foreseeable future, but I only spend a week at a time (on visa exempt). IMO, the more appropriate limit would be total days in country by visa type, but I don't really advocate that, either. Just saying that would be more appropriate than to limit the number of air arrivals.

To be clear, what the OP does, and what happens to him has no affect on me at all. And I wish him well. But he needs to be ready for the possibility that the IO he encountered wasn't a rogue, but simply doing his job. The OP probably won't be barred on his next entry, but maybe he will, and he needs to be prepared for that possibility. I also wonder how any new tax rules will affect him... (Edit: I'm waiting for the new tax rules to roll in and the first time someone gets stopped on the way in or out and asked "I see you spent 240 days in Thailand last year... Where is your tax document?" Not wishing it will happen, but stranger things have)