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Interesting... Jobs keep coming, and they haven't had to come back and revise the last few months downwards like they did during the election. Did they mention that one place jobs were declining is the federal gub'ment?

Then I'd put it down to beer goggles. Still no cause for alarm.

Shouldn't it be the other way around? The guy was just doing what guys do. He's fine.

It may have to do with the holidays. This is from the visaforchina website. You may be SOL until the 6th of May. If you're in Bangkok, I'd suggest going by their office when they open, near Makkasan, and ask at their reception desk. I stopped by a few weeks ago and they were very helpful in person. I was trying to upgrade my visa (technically, to cancel the existing one and get a new one). I couldn't wait their claimed 3 working day expedited turnaround (for extra money), but they were helpful nonetheless. 5th Floor, Thanapoom tower. There's no sign on the building that I saw. Post back when you do figure it out.

So does Zelensky get to keep Crimea and Donbass? I don't think so. Edit: More accurately, will he be getting them back? Because you can't "keep" something you don't have.

I'm sure they said similar about the CEOs of TWA, Pan Am, Eastern and a bunch of other defunct airlines. They were all cracker jack businessmen. Then they screwed up. Like O'Leary's doing.

Trump didn't get a setback. The people in that district of Texas did. Except, of course, the TdA members. They're pleased.

I'm pretty sure that someone else in that 6,236+ backlog queue will be pleased that they may be moving up the list. I'll bet Ryanair will be begging for their place back in the queue, since Airbus has a 28 year backlog, based on their January 2025 deliveries and backlog. The tariff kerfuffle will soon be in the rearview mirror, and Ryanair will be waiting another decade or two to get their planes.

I worked with a couple of them offshore in Thailand. Their answer to your question would be "yes". But that was 5 or 6 years back. And I'd propose that the reason to put them in front of the line is that they're generally educated, they speak English and they will hit the ground running instead of slurping up gub'ment benefits.

I'll betcha there's still a huge import duty on Euro cars. I wonder what the F in FTA really stands for? I'd guess, but I think that word is censored here.

Fact checked? You mean by the same knobs that had to be shamed into admitting that Biden did, in fact, have his hardhat on backwards? I trust the White House more than I trust the fact checkers. But that's not a very high bar.

Puts a whole 'nother spin on "Google it", eh?

Not mine. They got run off their turnip patches in Belarus and Ukraine (though they weren't denoted that way on the maps of the day). They came to the USA quite legally around 1900. Today, the family has nobody on the dole, several multi-millionaires, 100% college educated, and doing quite well, thank you very much. (Edit: I'd add that they didn't get a dime, a free room, free healthcare, or anything else from the gub'ment when they arrived) Regarding skilled workers from other countries, there are legal immigration paths for them. Trump's never been anti-immigration. They just need to be vetted and selected such that they contribute to the USA more than they cost.

Good info. Thanks.

Bob's got a channel now?

For Thailand motorsports, CB Media. I need to meet that guy so I can know about the events before they happen. Scooter drag racing, drift racing, hot models, longtail boat races, rice tractor drag racing... If it has an engine and they race them in Thailand, he goes and films it. And, spoiler alert. Thais race everything with an engine. Shameless plug, I know. But anyone that doubts the mechanical aptitude available in Thailand should watch a few to see what kind of genius is around. I was floored. And got a bad case of "the wants".

I wonder who he really pissed off? I doubt it was Nestle. And it's not about 30 hectares...

Who wants to jump out of a plane with a guy humping them all the way down? But, I digress.

They clearly disclose that they're a 3rd party, and the official TDAC website says that travel agents are allowed to offer the service and charge for it. It appears to me that their only "crime" may be in the way they handle the payments. I won't be clicking on their link to find out for sure. But if so, that's an easy fix. I'd bet dollars to donut holes there will be a bunch of sites just like it. Just as there are a ton of sites from agencies helping with visa issues. All perfectly legal. To be clear, I have absolutely nothing to do with any of the sites. I'm just sorry I didn't think of it. Cha Ching!

I don't know... What's 40 million arrivals time $10? Even if only 1% of the tourists goes that way, it's $4 million dollars a year. And if they really wanted to be nefarious, they could implement a DDOS attack on the official website for a few hours a day to push traffic to their site.

Does this not meet that disclosure requirement? Clearly states that they are a 3rd party. My objection isn't to 3rd party sites. It's to the 3rd party sites that would have you believe that they are the only one that's authorized. Which this one doesn't seem to do..

He'd be home with his loved ones had he been in a Faraday cage with seat belts instead of on a scooter.

Run her again in 2028. I dare you.

Yeah, I’d agree that there’s a 'distribution' of funds issue and, of course, practical challenges... My big concern going forward is the tourists who decline travel insurance thinking they're covered for the 300 baht. Personally, an $8 USD tax increase won't break my piggy bank or have me looking for other destinations. As long as it's easy to pay. Edit: Getting back on topic, neither does dual pricing. It's less than $12. And if they use it to buy porcelain toilets so I don't have to squat over a hole in the floor, it's well worth it.

Correction noted. But it doesn't change the facts. 67,000 skilled SA workers have expressed interest in emigrating to the USA. You may want to ask yourself why. And why shouldn't the USA welcome skilled workers who want to flee their gub'ment? Over 67,000 skilled South Africans looking for the exit Over 67,000 skilled South Africans looking for the exit – BusinessTech