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Negligible. I guess there's a chance you'll get asked in SIN (at the departure gate) for the final sector (SIN-BKK). But I suspect SQ has refined their OLCI/kiosk self-check-in procedures, and that there was no need to refer you to an agent (check-in desk) at BNE, based on your passport/travel record-history.

I think it was ratified/codified several times including after state-hood. I wonder how people feel about travel bans, for those who would leave a state to obtain an abortion where it is legal. Or how they feel about the restrictive state prosecuting a woman who did get an abortion elsewhere? The right-wing fought long and hard to overturn Roe. They caught the car, and now seem intent on driving it off a cliff. This decision comes just one day after trump's rambling "statement" on abortion, where he changed his mind for the thirteenth time. This is going to be tough for Republicans to hide from for seven months.

Seventeen of the twenty are presidents of Christian-aligned schools. Props to Coach Staley, I thought she handled the question with poise, honesty and class. She's qualified to offer her opinion given her storied career as a player (three Olympic gold medals), and coach (38:0 this year, also one gold medal as a coach) I think there are ~ 520,000 NCAA student-athletes. Some ~ 40 identify as trans, with most competing in team sports. So 0.015% (assuming a 50/50 split). AFAIK, the NCAA is not planning a total ban, but like most sporting governing bodies, has rules that most find acceptable. Many individuals have remarkable physical assets that offer them a significant advantage. I see you Victor Wembanyama. Why not ban tall people? We have weight classes in many sports to offset these advantages. And even have girls wrestling boys in HS, sanctioned in Iowa for example.

Hmm. No. It was the Arizona State Supreme Court. Kari Lake disavows Arizona abortion ban ruling Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake on Tuesday came out against an Arizona state Supreme Court ruling that bans nearly all abortions, with exceptions only to save the mother's life. "I oppose today's ruling, and I am calling on [Democratic Gov.] Katie Hobbs and the state Legislature to come up with an immediate commonsense solution that Arizonans can support," Lake said in a statement. But Lake said in 2022 that the near-total ban the ruling upholds is a "great law" and said it sets an example for other states. https://www.axios.com/2024/04/09/kari-lake-arizona-abortion-ban

Not sure, the 1864 law makes no exceptions for rape or incest. But in the long run it's probably not good politically for republicans.

Arizona abortion rights amendment backers says they've gathered signatures needed for 2024 ballot PHOENIX — Groups working to put reproductive rights in Arizona’s state constitution say they have exceeded the signature threshold to put a constitutional amendment on abortion on the state’s ballot in November. Arizona for Abortion Access, a coalition of reproductive rights organizations including the ACLU of Arizona and Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona, says it had gathered 506,892 petition signatures as of this past weekend, with more than three months to go until the July 3 deadline to submit the signatures to Arizona’s secretary of state. The threshold to put a measure on the ballot is 383,923 signatures, and while some typically get invalidated in the verification process, the amendment appears on track to go before voters this fall. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/arizona-abortion-rights-amendment-backers-says-gathered-signatures-nee-rcna145922

Arizona steps up, and reverts to an 1864 law. Arizona's top court revives 19th century abortion ban April 9 (Reuters) - Arizona's top court on Tuesday revived a ban on nearly all abortions under a law from 1864, a half century before statehood and women's suffrage, further restricting reproductive rights in a state where terminating a pregnancy was already barred at 15 weeks of gestation. The Arizona Supreme Court ruled, opens new tab 4-2 in favor of an anti-abortion obstetrician and a county prosecutor who pressed to implement the Civil War-era statute after the Democratic attorney general of the key presidential battleground state declined to do so. States were given the go-ahead to adopt such bans after the conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court in June 2022 overturned its landmark 1973 ruling in Roe v. Wade that had made access to abortion a constitutional right nationwide. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/arizonas-top-court-revives-19th-century-abortion-ban-2024-04-09/

It is already the 10th of April, one would have thought that they had a schedule prepared after declaring this three-week "soft-power" event? I expect that since a committee must be formed, we'll see the schedule by June.

Nothing to apologize for, other than catching Dad without his hairpiece in place. Maybe it got stuck in the pool drain.

The OP asked the offender "to politely not smoke in public". Strangely he did not ask the offender his primary question... The OP was in the best position to ask the "foreign tourist" why they think they're allowed to smoke in public. Asking here seems, well, weird. Am I wrong in wondering why the OP posed a question?

My first thought was....is trump in blackface? They over-applied that makeup...like an Earl Scheib paint-job https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pfb_QAr5rms&t=67s The Biden-Harris campaign response... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wInNjr_9D28

Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin clarified the landing of a passenger plane from Myanmar at Mae Sod Airport. He stated that it was a special diplomatic flight for civilian passengers and goods, explicitly not for military or weaponry purposes. The approval followed strict regulations, focusing on humanitarian aid for the injured or refugees, without involving military personnel or armaments. https://thainews.prd.go.th/nbtworld/news/view/209978/?bid=1

Yuck. Tony Cartalucci. What a maroon. Is this sort of propaganda allowed here?

I wonder if the Revenue Department will be looking at the income tax on the funds remitted.

I smell a "committee" being conceived.

In related news... Thai Senator Indicted On Drug, Money Laundering Charges Senator Upakit Pachariyangkun is accused of having ties with Myanmar businessman Tun Min Latt, who has close links to junta chief Min Aung Hlaing. Thai prosecutors have indicted a sitting Thai senator on drug and money laundering charges, according to Thai media reports. Appearing yesterday in the Criminal Court in Bangkok, Senator Upakit Pachariyangkun was formally slapped with six charges including drug trafficking, money laundering, and suspected involvement in a transnational crime organization. https://thediplomat.com/2023/12/thai-senator-charged-with-drug-money-laundering-charges/ https://www.nationthailand.com/thailand/general/40033815

And this is the way it should be. Sports governing bodies making the rules. The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics announced a policy Monday that all but bans transgender athletes from competing in women's sports at its 241 mostly small colleges across the country. The NAIA Council of Presidents approved the policy in a 20-0 vote at its annual convention in Kansas City, Missouri. The NAIA, which oversees some 83,000 athletes competing in more than 25 sports, is believed to be the first college sports organization to take such a step. https://www.npr.org/2024/04/08/1243548261/naia-transgender-athlete-sports-ban

For a sizeable (30%) commission. Senior military junta leaders and their supporters have probably already moved the bulk of their assets by now. Interesting that PM Srettha prevaricated yesterday on the "cargo" of this flight. He said there were refugees and no arms. Srettha was already facing several insurmountable challenges. Based on his responses yesterday it looks like he will fail on this one.

Are you really? Wondering? If so, you could have simply asked the "offender" directly. But no, that would have been too easy. You had to come here and post your query.

Sporting bodies (high school, college, Olympics) have existing rules regarding gender participation. I'm surprised that so many here seem to think we can't manage athletics or restrooms. https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/wisconsin-governor-vetoes-transgender-high-school-athletics-ban-rcna146060 WIAAtransgenderpolicy.pdf https://www.ncaa.org/sports/2022/1/27/transgender-participation-policy.aspx

Manhunt Apple TV+ limited series - seven eps in total I think. I've watched five released as of today. 9.5/10 A thrilling (essentially a) police procedural covering the ~ ten days after Lincoln's assassination and the search for John Wilkes Booth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFT-b8eKdSo

Myanmar military faces humiliating rout on Thai border BANGKOK -- Myanmar civil servants and officials of the military regime began evacuating the eastern town of Myawaddy on the Thai-Myanmar border on Sunday night in one of the most significant setbacks for the regime since its takeover on Feb. 1, 2021. More than 600 military personnel including about 140 family members have surrendered to forces led by the Karen National Union since the KNU's armed wing and People's Defense Forces in recent weeks increased its attacks on military bases near Myawaddy. Photos posted on social media over the weekend showed KNU and PDF fighters accessing vast stores of light weapons and ammunition in the abandoned bases. The PDF is the armed wing of the National Unity Government -- the parallel government led by ousted political leaders elected democratically before the military takeover. Other images posted on Sunday evening showed cars loaded with passengers and baggage moving across a key bridge leading from Myawaddy to the adjacent Thai border town of Mae Sot. Later on Sunday night, a charter plane belonging to state-owned Myanmar National Airlines was pictured on the runway at Mae Sot's airport. https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Myanmar-Crisis/Myanmar-military-faces-humiliating-rout-on-Thai-border Thai condo market dominated by Chinese and Russian investors Chinese investors led the way, acquiring 6,614 units, approximately 46% of the total sales, amounting to 34.1 billion baht. Russian buyers followed, purchasing 1,260 units. Myanmar and the United States buyers trailed in the third and fourth positions, respectively. Interestingly, the highest average price per unit, at 6.6 million baht, was paid by buyers from Myanmar. The majority of these sales, about 41%, were recorded in Chon Buri, known for the resort city of Pattaya and numerous industrial estates. https://aseannow.com/topic/1324198-thai-condo-market-dominated-by-chinese-and-russian-investors/

The User's Guide is pretty good IMO. https://tm30.immigration.go.th/TM30/Foreigner/TM30EN/index.html Once the property is registered filing is really easy. 60 seconds at most, then search for the record, export and download the PDF and print it. Any enforcement occurs when the property is registered and approved, or when Immigration requests a copy for other purposes.

Is "PT" Pheu Thai Party? If so I don't think this is correct. Thailand’s Persevering Police Problem However, Joke (pre-cadet class 31; Police Academy class, or PAC, 47) is no common cop. His police officer father was the chauffeur for Thaksin Shinawatra’s wife Pojaman’s Police Lieutenant-General father. Perhaps this chumminess with Pojaman’s family had contributed to Joke leading police security for Thaksin when the latter visited Chiang Mai in March 2024. Joke’s father was also said to be close to ex-deputy premier General Prawit Wongsuwan and politico Sanoh Thienthong. Joke, who is married to a billionaire tycoon’s daughter, has admitted to paying journalists to write favorable stories about him. He is perhaps the fastest-rising police officer in recent Thai history, already a major-general at 42 but retiring only in 2031. (The police retirement age is 60 while officers usually reach major-general rank at about 50 years of age.) Joke retains close ties with Prawit and has been described as “Prawit’s bagman” by a security sector source who spoke to the present author. Perhaps it is no surprise that Joke continued to win promotions each year that his patron Prawit dominated Thailand’s Police Commission (2014-2019) or that Prawit’s brother Police General Pacharawat exerted influence on police reshuffles (2019-2023). Joke was demoted twice, first in 2019 because he alleged that orders “to keep a Bahraini footballer detained came from ‘above’” and then in 2020 after he opposed a police-supported 2.1 billion baht (about US$57 million) biometric identification system, perceiving it as being laden with financial irregularities. https://fulcrum.sg/thailands-persevering-police-problem/

I watched the first two episodes and must say I am intrigued. It feels like more than just a neo-noir take on the PI story. The opening scene in black and white in Japan is inspired by Kurosawa's "High and Low" (which Spike Lee and Denzel Washington are rumored to be doing a remake). This makes sense as the protagonist is a film buff.