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Deport the jerk and ban him for 10 years.

Illegal in Thailand.

I don't have 100 million dollars in wealth, which seems to be the minimum amount for this tax to kick in according to the proposal. So, doesn't effect me and I doubt the proposal will gain any traction. I do support higher taxes on the wealthy and allowing the Trump tax cuts to expire.

Good!

One doesn't need to actually live there. It's super easy to have a stock brokerage account with, say, Charles Schwab and buy and sell US stocks at the click of a keystroke. How my Dad would have loved that--for most of his life he had to call his broker up on the phone and place his stock buys and sells and keep track of everything himself, including holding the stock certificates. Schwab tells me my stock portfolio is up $45,790 in the last two years as I take advantage of 'the best economy in the world'--from abroad.

Utter nonsense, especially the enormous sample of 2.

Agree. The only political parties and political figures punished are the ones the public overwhelming wants and supports.

As mentioned, the project is View Talay 6. View Talay 8 is in Jomtien. Advantage to VT6 is the location. Pool is smallish considering the number of condos in the project. I'm not sure if there is a gym as part of the condo project; there may be one in the building. There is covered parking. Studio units are mostly 48sqm. That 48 sqm includes the square meters of the large balconies. Units on the south side currently have an open view. Those on the north look at Central Festival Mall. Higher units facing north on the back end of the building get some noise from the large air con units of the mall. But, these north units at the back also can see the sea and coast line if they are high enough. The website Hipflat can give you some idea regarding rents or you could try Facebook Marketplace and some big realtors such as Coastal, Alan Bolton, Gecko, and Fazwaz. Good luck.

Nobody is demanding that construction be halted, as far as I know. What they want is for the builder to be a responsible neighbor. We had a new highrise building go up next door to our Bangkok condo. The builder shielded the construction as much as possible and I believe cleaned the balconies of the condos on the construction side of the building once a month while construction was going on. And, washed the windows. I think they also paid for the pool to be cleaned daily, even though the condo was already maintaining the pool, and some other things. Perhaps Bangkok has stricter construction rules regarding neighboring properties.

Good and correct ruling by Judge Patel, who was following established law.

Ha. That's rich--'acted on instantly'. If justice were swift, Trump would be wearing prison orange.

None of Harris's proposed programs require voter registration. Nor are they limited to people in the 7 swing states. Yes, Musk is 'using his own money'--to buy the election.

Not 'random people'. Only registered voters in the 7 swing states. That's paying for voter registrations, as it's a requirement to enter the prize drawing. Illegal. Even worse, in Pennsylvania he is paying $100 if you sign his gun petition. Again, you have to be a registered voter to be paid the $100. So, he's paying unregistered voters in PA $100 so they will register to vote and then be eligible to sign his petition. Also illegal. But, as I said before, even if it wasn't illegal, it would still be despicable that he is blatantly trying to buy the election for Trump by buying enough voters in the swing states for Trump to carry them. Republicans are always spouting election integrity--while always actually being the ones stomping all over it

It's illegal to pay someone to register to vote. Musk is paying voters who register to vote in Pennsylvania $100 to sign his gun petition. By requiring voter registration to participate, he is paying for voters to get registered. Illegal. Does he care? Not likely. Like Trump, he has no respect for the law. He's trying to illegally buy the election, simple as that, by concentrating only on the swing states--everyone else doesn't matter. Imagine the outcry from Republicans if Taylor Swift did the same thing; announced that she would give free tickets to her Eras Tour, plus $100, to everyone in the 7 swing states who registers to vote and then signs her petition to keep abortion legal. Neither of these, even if they weren't illegal, would pass the smell test. They both stink to high heaven.

The majority of Chinese tourists to Thailand are independent travelers, not in tour groups.

The one calling Trump Hitler is none other than his VP candidate, Vance. Correctly, too.

The truth hurts.

Great to see this.

It's not 'feigned outrage'. There is genuine outrage and disgust but there's much more sadness for me, as an American, at what Trump has done to my country. Sorry if I find no humor in it.

The fact that there is even a discussion of the amount of time Trump spent in an important presidential campaign spouting penis envy of Palmer's 'driver' size shows the depth Trump has sunk American politics. I mean, seriously, talking for any length of time about someone's penis size to a crowd that I assume included women and children in such an important election? Am I the only one feeling I am getting deeper and deeper into the Twilight Zone? American voters should be outrageously offended by his crude, grossly inappropriate, and totally unpresidential remarks and behavior. Instead, we've all become numb to this disgusting creature and his supporters end up, not outraged, as they should be, but focused on the length (small pun) of Trump's bizarre comments. Well, it wasn't the whole speech, so what's the big deal? I'll focus, instead, on all his big, beautiful lies that make me feel better. Go away and let me stick my head deeper in the sand. Sad.

High floors can have louder road noise than lower floors since, in many cases, there are no buildings to help block the noise. I've been 30 stories or more up in Bangkok and still heard road noise from loud motorcycles, ambulances, and trucks.

Room with a view--sea view preferred--would be my first choice. Fortunately we were able to have both view and relative quiet a number of times.

Musk is literally trying to buy the election. In the swing states, but only the swing states, he is giving away a million dollars a day to a lucky winner. The catch? You have to be a registered voter. Never mind if you live in a non-swing state--he could give a rat's ass if you register to vote. His focus is buying the election for Trump by insuring Trump wins the swing states. He is also paying $100 to registered Pennsylvania voters who sign a Mickey Mouse petition he's ponied up. Again, no voter registration, no $100. With both schemes, he hopes to attract voters who like him and like his conservative agenda, and his support of Trump . Sad--and disgusting--for America that a billionaire in a close election could buy himself a president. Yet another reason to ditch the Electoral College--which has become a nasty farce that completely ignores the majority will of the voters and can be manipulated in a sick, perverted way such as this. Is the million dollar giveaway legal? One legal expert consulted in the article I read said the voter registration requirement makes it illegal. Does Musk care? Absolutely not. By the time he might get his hands slapped by the courts the election will be long over and the damage done. With the election so close and likely a few thousand votes making the difference in some swing states, he could succeed. I find it telling that, once again, it's a Republican presidential supporter, closely linked to Trump, trying to subvert election integrity--as Trump illegally tried to do in Georgia. At the same time, its Republicans always loudly complaining about election integrity, as they stomp all over it.

In an election this close, likely nothing will be decided 'about 10pm Nov 5th'. That was Trump's problem on Election Night in 2020--he was too dumb to realize that tons of mail-in ballots still had to be counted. If I remember correctly, Pennsylvania, a key swing state, could not even start counting the mail-in ballots until Election Day. Trump stupidly thought he was winning because he was getting more election day votes in some places, since he had even more stupidly told his supporters to not vote by mail.

Ah, yes . . . 'the new tap from Thaiwatsadu was faulty.' Dollars to donuts, it was not faulty, the installation was. We just finished building a new house. When the plumbers installed the outdoor shower, it did not work. Water came out of the shower and then didn't. Brand new shower, supposedly 'faulty'. No, it wasn't, but bought a new one anyway. Likely problem, the initial water was full of debris and clogged up the shower when the water was first turned on and ran through it. 5 identical bum guns installed in the 5 bathrooms, 3 or 4 leaked. 'Faulty'. (If I had ten cents for every bum gun I've had to replace in the 20some properties we've had I'd be rich but still cursing the damn things.) Back to Boonthavorn to have them checked. Nothing wrong with them. Reinstalled, not leaking--so far. 5 toilets installed, 3 leaked and various parts of them had to be reinstalled. 2 of the 4 identical indoor showers leaked and needed to be fixed. At that point the 'plumber' had stopped calling all the hardware faulty.