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7 hours ago, saintdomingo said:
I thought rice and veg were part of the Thai ancestral diet.?
He /she is probably referring to prehistoric humans. We call them hunter gatherers. They did not practice agriculture, but, by analogy to recent primitive populations, subsisted on plant products such as fruits in addition to hunting. It's possible that they consumed wild greens, but only a few really old stomach contents have been discovered so far. Various cooking methods predate the appearance of pottery.
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On 3/24/2024 at 9:31 PM, josephbloggs said:
Never understood the Trink worship. His column was an abomination, just cut and pasted rubbish from emails, lame jokes, and silly cliches. Even his book reviews were poor. He was a talentless man who somehow made a living from it (kudos to him for that), and I never understood why the Bangkok Post kept him for so long.
But no, never met him.I believe that his column replaced one by "Maew Mong", a foreigner perhaps named Halliday, who did great Bangkok restaurant reviews. I tried some of these relatively obscure spots - quite impressed. I didn't like Trink's column, either.
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On 3/24/2024 at 9:31 PM, josephbloggs said:
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18 hours ago, Mike Lister said:
Strange behaviour from the TRD, what if the taxpayer has no assessable income that year and is instead living off savings from inside Thailand or exempt income from overseas. A rhetorical question of course.
Maybe it all comes down to having filed a return. If you don't have to pay anything because your country's tax treaty with Thailand requires Thailand to give a tax credit, e.g. US, then you might not have any tax liability in Thailand, but have to file a return anyway.
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Here's a compendium of SMR projects - see attached.
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17 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:
Negative things happen to you Bob, that do no happen to other long timers here...
Its intriguing to the point you should get a film crew following you around.... then we'd see what really happens outside of your delusions.
He could wear a bodycam.
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On 3/3/2024 at 10:12 AM, hjst45 said:
Tried to do my online report for Chaengwattana. Got rejected first time, tried another two times and still rejected.
“Your application for "STAYING LONGER THAN 90 DAYS" has been rejected.
Incorrect entry date upon entry into the kingdom/ Incorrect visa expiration date.”
All information is correctly entered.Someone mentioned this would be the case if you left the country since the last report, which is true in my case. They seem to have no record of re-entry into the country and hence the constant rejection.
Guess I need to take a day off work to sort it out. Sigh.
Why don't you do the first 90-day by post after traveling abroad? I use EMS for sending and for the return envelope as well.
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56 minutes ago, Mike Lister said:
Paging @JimGant, US cpa, retired and all round thoroughly expert US tax person.
(I'm sure he'll be along shortly to answer your US tax questions)
Thanks. I have looked again at the Thai-US treaty and saw the tax credit provision, but if some specific elucidation is possible regarding calculation methodology it would be a great help.
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On 2/16/2024 at 5:29 PM, Mike Lister said:
If you would have taken the time to read the tax guide or pay attention to what has been said in the many many threads on this subject, you would already understand that not all funds transferred from abroad is regarded as (taxable) income and that most people already understand that. That fact notwithstanding, if you have any questions on this subject that you wish to raise, calmly, politely unemotionally and without vulgarity, I will do my best to answer them.
So I would like to know whether a retired US citizen (paying US taxes) can get a credit on Thai taxes on money brought into Thailand under terms of the tax treaty. If so, what kind of income is eligible for credit on the Thai tax return? In my case all income is taxable dividends and interest, not pensions, IRAs, or 401Ks. Thanks.
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On 1/20/2024 at 5:53 PM, Jingthing said:
It's delusional to think for one second that Israel would ever accept a one state solution voluntarily. That would mean the end of Israel and anyone who is half way honest fully realizes that. It's funny how many people expect Israel to commit national suicide when they would never ask the same thing of any other country, especially their own.
You are quite right that Israel would not voluntarily agree to any solution - one-state or two-state. It's becoming quite evident to many countries that ethnic cleansing did not stop in 1948, but is an ongoing project of succeeding Israeli governments, only now it is blatant. "National suicide" is one of those dog whistle terms drummed into the national psyche, promoting the siege mentality rendering fair treatment of the Palestinian issue impossible. That's why international opprobrium of Israel and what goes with it may eventually lead to justice for the Palestinians, in spite of the gloomy predictions of Israeli media and politicians.
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On 1/20/2024 at 3:20 PM, Brian Hull said:
Israel has no propriety rights to Gaza or the West Bank and so Netanyahu's objection to a Palestinian State should carry no weight. The world at large should endorse a Palestinian State with or without the cooperation of Israel (just as it endorsed the creation of Israel in 1948). Israel will have to learn to accept it or lose the financial and military backing of the US, and risk an international boycott. The land grabbing Jewish settlers who have set up home in the West Bank and might choose to remain will come under the authority of Palestine.
The settlers have no right to be there (under international law), and Israel should repatriate them (and put the murderers in jail). It's likely that it will require sustained sanctions for Israel to get out of the West Bank.
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On 1/20/2024 at 2:27 PM, Morch said:
You're trying to paint the Palestinians as some pro-equality, pro-democracy crowd, with Israel painted into the opposing corner. You have no clue. Hamas gets a whole lot of support - does it represent any of the required values? Does the PA embodies them? Do Palestinian sentiment align with what you tout?
Have a look at the Middle East. Find a country managing harmonic co-existence between groups, plus all the democracy stuff. Then get back to reality.
It's obvious that many Israelis are pro-democracy for themselves, but not for Palestinians. Look at the demonstrations against Netanyahu's plan for amending the basic law concerning their Supreme Court, but the media in Israel brainwashes people to have a negative attitude demonizing Palestinians. So when 7 October happened, it was very easy for politicians and the military to incite genocidal thoughts.
Until the bubble of existential paranoia is popped, it will be impossible to have peace in the Middle East.
Lebanon used to be a country with many religious groups living in harmony despite foreign interference, such as US in 1958, Israeli overflights in the late 60s which I saw, then the 1975-90 Civil War when power sharing broke down, and IDF invasions in 1982 and 2006. Some people there really want a non-sectarian democracy, but the French set up a system that perpetuates sectarian divisions which has finally led to a kleptocracy that has bled the country to death.
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On 1/20/2024 at 7:34 AM, Galong said:
Signing up for the TM30 online is something our landlord has to do using his email address from what I understand. We were actually going to do the sign-up FOR HIM, but he didn't want to give us his precious email address. Or, are you saying we can sign up as tenants of his property?
To sign up on your own as tenant, you may need some help from the landlord, but only the first time in setting up the account. It may be necessary to upload a copy of his/her ID card, etc. This process is fully described on another thread. Maybe this one:
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On 1/15/2024 at 6:56 PM, Morch said:You keep making these nonsense posts, over and over again - maybe you really don't get it, maybe you're too immersed in the Hamas narrative, maybe you hope repetition will make it stick. I don't know, I don't really care.
You do not get to call what are war crimes, and as there is/was no official investigation regarding such, all you have to offer are opinions and hot air. That you try to present these as decided facts is dishonest. That you do so despite being shown that this is incorrect, is despicable.
You have not provided any support. Complaints, including by South Africa, are not 'it', and even South Africa's complain was not decided yet. Moreover, it will not be decided for years to come, even if the court does issue some injunction. You know all this, and still spew the propaganda. Chomsky does not decide what's a war crime and what's not. I challenge to to prove he is.
Now that the ICJ has issued a preliminary ruling, the government of Israel is on trial for genocide.
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4 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:
There will be official read outs of this published later or over the weekend so details should be forthcoming
After phone call, Biden says two-state solution not impossible while Netanyahu in office
WASHINGTON — US President Joe Biden says the creation of an independent state for Palestinians is not impossible while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is still in office, and that the two leaders discussed the issue during their phone call earlier today.
Speaking to reporters after a meeting with US mayors, Biden is asked directly whether a two-state solution is impossible with Netanyahu still in office.
“No it’s not,” the president replies.
Biden seems more and more delusional. He also thinks that he can defeat Trump, while Netanyahu probably thinks that Trump will get him out of jail.
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9 hours ago, Hawaiian said:
Palestinian support for a two-state solution has dropped dramatically and Hamas itself calls for the complete destruction of Israel. In other words, a one state solution, Palestine. I am not agreeing with Netanyahu, but agreeing with Bkk Brian that Hamas is the problem and not the solution.
Palestinian support for Oslo is dead. Recently the two-state solution is getting attention again, but that is not the Oslo solution for a Palestinian state lacking sovereignty. A one-state solution envisions an end to apartheid. That would be very difficult to achieve any time soon, unless the Israeli people realize that the "basic law" approach is unstable, and that a constitution is warranted.
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5 hours ago, Burma Bill said:
Not quite sure why these refugees are fleeing such townships, which are homes for the ethnic rebels. They are fighting the Terrorist Burmese Military (Tatmadaw) for freedom and democracy for their people. Are these Burmese refugees pro Junta supporters seeking the protection of the Thai Military?
Maybe they are afraid of getting bombed. Where are the Stingers when they need them?
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1 hour ago, Galong said:
I wonder what happens when your landlord (my landlord) refuses to do the new online version and instead makes my wife do his job? Phuket Immigration lets her do it. My landlord is a lawyer for Phuket Town. I assume he thinks he's too important to do such trivial stuff. 🤔
If you have a lease, you can do the TM30 online after registering. Then you do a search within 7 days after doing the report which was approved and do a screenprint of the result. This is the equivalent of the receipt that you would get by reporting in person.
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18 hours ago, hotandsticky said:
@worrab is correct.
I am not sure that it was always the case but recently, the 90 day report date has been limited to the extension date (where this is less than 90 days away).
Maybe this depends on where you are filing your report.
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19 hours ago, ningnong said:
I got my first 90 day online rejection last month. I always take screenshots of the info I input and nothing was different from previous reports. I applied again the same day of the rejection email but this time filled in all the fields even if not required. The second submission was accepted. Try again tonight if you can and maybe you'll get lucky too.
I had some rejections before, but this time in CM I filled in the "stay until" information, which is not marked with an asterisk as obligatory. The report was approved.
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9 hours ago, Scott Tracy said:
Since when has there been such an entity?
Since 2012
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21 hours ago, Dave250264 said:
HI all,
I want to move amongst other things my large record collection and HiFi to Thailand from the UK. Has anyone done this and if so can they give me advice on the cheapest and most secure way to do this. All help appreciated.
Dave
It depends on the volume. Would your stuff fill a 20 foot container, or is this just a crate? In the past I used Boonma to clear an old piano outside the 6-month window for a single duty-free shipment when I moved here. If you are sending used goods for personal use, it shouldn't be a problem. Using a moving company with door-to-door service is generally more expensive than having it crated by a freight forwarder and having a agent on this end handle the clearance. If you have questions, ask the agent here before sending.
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Steven Spielberg Rails Against Anti-Semitism & “History Repeating Itself”
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What they have done is genocide, but will Netahyahu, Ben Gvir, Smotrich, Gallant, et al ever face justice? It would take severe sanctions for the bubble around the Israeli public to pop, so that they wake up the horrid crimes that many among them have been committing for the last 6 months, not to mention their forbears in the last 100 years.