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  1. I read the headline like there's a new party called No Move Forward that we need to get to know. Then I remembered there already is, it's the deep state power elite.
  2. Wouldn't he be smart to just ignore the whole thing, rather than getting people talking about it?
  3. Southern Spain is only green if they irrigate, I'm in southern Spain, Andalusia, right now. The arabs in control stepped up irrigation on a massive large scale 800 years ago. Nothing new.
  4. I agree and my favorite is that yellow building on the corner of Sukhumvit soi 4 across from the gas station. Does anyone bother to look at the upper floors of that eyesore? (A coat of paint would not help, the relative humidity would ruin the paint in a couple of years.) But I suggest hat the mentality behind that ugly thing is part of what makes Nana Plaza possible, so no one cares.
  5. But the peoples of which other religions are currently holding Thai nationals hostage?
  6. Just going out on the roads on a motorbike should qualify as "risky behaviour." Who decides?
  7. Has the BoT Governor anywhere laid out a list of the "underlying structural problems" he's referring to? That's what would be really interesting, as well as why Srettha presumably doesn't want to talk about those problems or discuss ways to address them. Reform doesn't seem to be his strong point; the status quo is. And honestly I don't see the country in economic crisis. It's not doing well, but it's not falling apart. All too often populist politicians claim "crisis" as a motive for action, when what they want are actions that result in them having more control, not in improving the lives of everyone involved.
  8. They had opportunities for a separate state and turned them down. And they have never offered to give up the official policy of calling for the eventual destruction of Israel and the death of all the Jews.
  9. If Hamas would admit defeat and surrender, the hostages would be free tomorrow, all of them.
  10. I've read all 200+ pages, and all things considered, I'd rather be in Philadelphia.
  11. My son put in an order for a medium sized transfer from Chase US either late 26 or early 27 west coast time, and Chase emailed me that it had been sent at 6:11 PM Bangkok time on Wed. 27. My Thai bank informed me at 5:21 PM the next day, 23 hours later, that they had it. I will not need to make another wire transfer until 8 to 10 months from now, and I will have records to show the money came from the US Social Security Administration. Best I can do, maybe we will know more by then. Edit: Looking at the post directly above, I understand this has been the case, but obviously a lot of people like me are assuming '23 earnings will be grandfathered in effect, or the practice of non-enforcement will continue. Luckily in my case I'm not married, no kids here, on a month to month lease, and have a lot of other reasons that a relocation to California would make sense at this point. Happy New Year everyone.
  12. If he has to say out loud that he is confident about his tenure, that means he isn't. And in this situation, for good reason.
  13. The description you outline is close to what I've decided. I've bulked up my Thai account here to just over 1 mil. I use the 800K in the bank method. Conveniently my Non-O rolls over at the end of each December. Iirc after 3 months the figure can fall below 800K (but not below 400K) until 2 months before renewal. I already have plans to be gone Feb-March-April. I'll spend down the Thai account and use CCs as normally. I have one account in the US that virtually the only activity is Social Security deposits; when I do refresh the Thai account towards renewal it will be from that account, and that may be the first and only transfer during the year, baring something crazy in exchange rates.
  14. I won't even be in Thailand in March 2024; I have a flight out 1st week February and do not intend to reenter for about three months, possibly more. I've never earned money in Thailand and never filed a tax return here, and have never anticipated or been told that I have to file in 2024 to account for the various remittances I made with current income during 2023. Is this stated somewhere? That it is something that applies to everyone? Can someone clarify?
  15. Wait. I've been intending to remit an almost token US 4 or 5 K collected lately from my tenants in the US this week, just before the new year, to bulk up my (one mil plus) Thai account a tad and then just spend the account down all during 2024 until just two months before my Non-O renewal, which conveniently, in my case, comes up in the 3rd week of December 2024. And by that time we might all know more. Or would it be better to remit that 4 or 5 K in the first week after New Years?
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