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I wonder if this could somehow be related to the civil war going on across the border in Myanmar. How'za bout a little compassion for people who are getting shot at? I used to spend weekends at a temple near 3 Pagodas and was amazed at how easy it was to walk across the border along that highway. And how hard it was to tell who was Burmese and who was Thai. Of course, I stuck out like a sore thumb...

I can't help but recall that line from a movie: Show me a gorgeous woman and I'll show you a guy who's tired of screwing her. (I'm paraphrasing) Does that make me a bad person?

I think the salient condition is the 10 years. I don't know why he'd discriminate against single people like that.

No sweat. I enjoy back and forth with you because you argue facts and don't just attack the person.

Put on your cheaters and read it again. I said he'd stall the ACTION until after November. Not the ELECTION.

Nonsense? Biden's gonna announce an amnesty and a timetable (because surely they can't adjudicate half a million cases before November.) Then, he'll create fear that it won't happen unless he wins. Not nonsense. Guaranteed. Anyone who believes otherwise is smoking fairy dust. No way they can adjudicate 500K before the election.

You can tell it's an impartial review of the facts, just by the title.

Ahhh they have to be citizens first……. So you don't figure the Americans they're married to, or their (now adult) anchor babies may be swayed to vote for Joe? The amnestied may not make it in time for the November election, but there's well over a million votes there. Even more if he can stall the action until after November and convince them that Trump would foil his magnanimous gesture if elected. Blatant, desperate pandering for votes. I'd call it a cheap trick, but somehow everything the Dems do around election time ends up costing $$Billions in the end.

If they've been in the USA for 10 years (married or not), haven't been a financial burden (paid taxes, not on welfare, etc), and don't have a significant criminal record, I'd favor an amnesty for them. Just not at the whim of a president and not in the leadup to an election. First, Congress should be granting the amnesty (and tested by the Supreme Court). Second, if he did have the power, why didn't he do it 3-1/2 years ago? Why wait until he's getting excoriated in the polls?

You can have 72. But you're probably not going to like the entry fee.

I'm encouraged by the lawsuit (first of many, I hope). Largely because it could force Big Pharma and the gub'ment to open the books on the secret agreements they signed leading up to the EUA for mRNA's. And force Big Pharma to cough up the research and reveal what they did know, and when.

That's true. And a despicable part of US history. But what's the difference between violating treaties and downright genocide? If the US gub'ment pays reparations to the Sioux for violating treaties, doesn't that open the door for the Apache to seek reparations from the Sioux for first stealing the land from them? (By way of murderous ethnic cleansing, which I contend is worse than violating agreements) Where does it end? How far back do you want to go? And why should my family of immigrant Belarussian turnip farmers pay taxes for reparations for stuff that happened 50 years before we came to the Promised Land? I would add, with nothing and not able to speak English. Yet 2 generations later, most of the fam are in the millionaire class. Not mega rich, but doing quite well. Precisely because my ancestors didn't play the victim card. My grandparents insisted that my parents spoke English, and got educated to thrive in the country (and the world) as it existed. Not as they remembered it so fondly from back home on the turnip patch. I guess we were lucky that they didn't have the option of suing Stalin for reparations. And we had no race baiters to convince us that's what we needed to do.

Piss testing all customers in a nightclub. Remember that, TAT, when your tourist numbers fall short.

I'm still betting on a Michelle/ Gavin ticket. Because they can't win with Kamala, and they need a box ticker to throw her under the bus. Or the Dem Elite will wet themselves with anger. Then, Michelle can step aside after a few months and Gavin gets his creamy dream. Bonus: He can actually serve for 2-1/2 terms if he ascends from VP. If he's on top of the ticket, he's limited to 2.0 terms. Edit: In the meantime they need to keep both of them out of the early election cycle fray when even Dems have to bash each other in the primaries. They'll enter with a just a few months to election day, clean and smelling as good as a baby's behind.

It is unbelievable that this can be seen as a controversial statement. I think you're supposed to call it a "front hole", or you'll be cancelled. Or at least shadowbanned. https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2024/06/fact-check-canadian-cancer-society-did-not-apologize-for-using-cervix-instead-of-front-hole.html BTW, no surprises that Trudeau is front and almost center in the photo. As if "front hole" makes it clear which body part you're talking about. Or which gender. We all have them. Some have more than one, which is why hoohoos are now called "bonus holes", I guess. And there's some confusion about which is the "front hole", too. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bonus-hole-health-professionals/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/vagina-called-front-hole/

The way I describe it is to put down their plows and their books, serve for a limited time, then go back home and make a living in the country they created. That's what the framers intended. Not to latch onto the gub'ment tit and hold on for life. The only downside would be having unelected bureaucrats that stay for decades longer than elected officials. Giving them even more power, with absolutely no checks and balances. Civil Service and all. Edit: But that's a simple problem to solve with term limits for unelected officials. Not easy, but simple.

Anyone wanna bet that CNN calls the breaks right when Biden brainlocks?

I wonder if there was a guy with a stopwatch and clipboard at U-Tapoa for the "event" with the A319 VIP jet a few days ago. You know, to figure out the exact timing...

I'm wondering if some of the posters (and OP's) could possibly insert any more trigger words...

They're not making a 2.5 baht profit. They're making 2.5 baht more than they would had they bought the rice at market price.

I wonder if all that glass area on the samples and drawings can be substituted with solid walls? Even more than the security aspect, I don't like the idea of all that glass in the Thai sun, for cooling purposes. And not being able to walk around in my skivvies without the neighbors laughing at my tiny package. Window tint can only hide so much, especially at night with the lights on inside. I suspect all that glass is to make them look moderner and zoomier for the brochures. But I have been wrong before.

While I agree, good luck with that. You'd be asking a bunch of old geezers to vote themselves out of a job. For a lot of them, the only job they know how to do. As a sweetener, they could offer a salary of $5 million a year for Congress and $10 million for the president. But ban any outside income that may present a conflict, and have a cooling off period before they're allowed to lobby upon their term limit. Maybe with a nice severance in return. It would still be cheaper for the taxpayers than all the giveaways they vote for in their quest for donations and votes.

I appreciate that there are options available that weren't available back in the day. But I'm still a little butthurt by 2 of my banks who froze my accounts while I was abroad simply because I no longer had a US address. There was no coming back from that without going back home, and in person. My cash stash was sure handy. (On an aside, I thought it was stupidity on my part, but then I talked to several co-workers and family members who had the same thing happen to them, on expat assignments with Fortune 100 companies.) And US banks aren't getting any friendlier to non-residents. TBH, I haven't looked into the new and zoomy VOIP 2FA. Partly because Google is blocked where I'm staying so Google services (other than Fi for voice and text) is a non-starter. And even with Fi, it's extremely spotty. I'd also add that I'm pretty cheap, so it's not like I wouldn't miss the $4900. That's why I rarely dig into it. But I have used it several times to flash cash at the check-in counter, to meet visa exempt requirements. I also recall an assignment where we were required by company policy to always carry $10K USD and a pre-paid, 100% refundable first class ticket out of the country. But that wasn't Thailand... It came in handy for one guy who hit a camel and the cops came looking for him to extort a million $$$. Being out of the country kept him from arrest and gave the company leverage over the settlement. Again, not in Thailand. But a cautionary tale I take to heart.

I'm curious about the American's travel history. It took me several months of riding in taxis to get the confidence to drive in Thailand, and another month of actual driving on the wrong side of the road to feel safe. Not to mention the huge difference in driving styles between LOS and the nanny state. Back home, simply having to take evasive action to avoid a traffic violator would be significant. I could go months when I didn't have to swerve or brake. In LOS, defensive driving is just the way it is. All the time. IMO, neither one is better. But very different, for sure. Requiring some adjustments to local habits. (And looking at the wrong rearview mirror)

He blames it on his dog. Why? Did they find any Secret Service cufflinks in the poop?