Presnock

57 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

Trump said 12 months ago he would use tariffs.

But he also made many ridiculous promises which the Magaites and others bought too and many voted for Trump because of his opponent - fair since that was how Trump won the first time around.  The Dems were so $#%#$%ing stupid as to put Harris on the ballot.  Now, there will not be a seeable solution until 2028 IMO.  

1 hour ago, hotsun said:

Thailand will probably drop their tariffs once they feel the pain. Everything they do is a kneejerk reaction. They probably dont even understand why they have 90% tarriffs on the US

With China IMHO, any trade deal they make with Thailand will result in the same manner, Thailand will be inundated with cheap, poor quality merchandise and will in turn send no extra merchandise to China at competitive costs.  We that have been here for any length of time have seen exactly that many times yet the Thai leaders with Chinese ancestors always seem to be willing to sign up to poor trade agreements for the Thais and usually within a short period of time there are complaints from the competing local merchants and arrests of Chinese owned businesses doing unfair pratices.  This whole scheme of Trump has already affected the value of the dollar and unless the Thai baht is weakened, anyone getting dollars for baht will lose out IMHO.

1 hour ago, CallumWK said:

I'm here for more than 30 years and have no intention to return home.

Unfortunately I don't have a tiktok or youtube channel, but can I have my frontpage story anyway?

only if you have a female body like hers IMHO or do like many others who are a lot less attractive.  You would just have to cater to a different group or work harder.

28 minutes ago, Scott Tracy said:

What the hell is co-pay....?

when you go to a hospital./doctor's office for any treatment, as well as having a set rate for whatever treatment agreed originally with the doctor and insurance company, you the patient will be required to pay a part of the cost of the treatment.  Some people noted above that if you had their policy with co-pay possibly, and the treatment was a serious illness requiring hospital stays, then you might not have a co-payment, it would all depend on you insurance coverage and like I said, an insurance company sets those amounts inconjunction with the hospital/doctors' office.  My particular insurance company sends me a brochure on line (15-20 pages long stating what coverage for whatever type of illness/injury and the co-pay for certain treatments.  Just another way to get a little more of your money. IMHO  A least in the US the costs have sky rocketed so to speak so that in the near future for sure, no one will be able to afford a house (already affecting millions), a car after the tariffs, normal folk won't be able to afford a down payment so will take 10 years or more to pay it off, and then medical and pharmaceutical costs will only be done with the really rich folks!

On 3/30/2025 at 9:22 PM, advancebooking said:

Thanks to god Im not American....

Yeah I agree with your last statement we have enough %$#@s already IMHO

17 hours ago, Thingamabob said:

Agreed. 

especially this government IMHO.  Those "friendly" nations to the north and south are ceasing to feel secure about the US and can't blame them!

1 hour ago, Yagoda said:

Oh yeah thats obvious here

Please show me how I dont. Please show us how any of the info on this chat was classified.

Please cite the law. Please show us how the information was classified.

And when did targeted individual die in realtion to that

Wonderful. Let them torture each other! Its like Kim Phibly and James Angleton all over again. Do you remember what the Mafia did to folks they THOUGHT were informants. Looks like something maybe the Israelis would pull off. They would be pulling each others toenails out with vise grips. You Abdul, you talking to Pete? Arggggggggggggggg

 

Let me help you dude, Mr. Proud Veteran. If you saw General Rockhard leave his briefcase in a cab, would you open it up and give the contents to your buddy that works in the Village Voice.

 

Maybe Goldberg should be prosecuted for disclosing classified information?

target was in bldg destroyed by BOMBS from f18

first you say there wa sno classdified thenyou say arrest Goldberg for publishing the classified typical know-nothing, so terminate your notes on this a I will ignore from now on.

33 minutes ago, jerrymahoney said:

The most tangible thing to come out of this so far may be that the Israelis have now found out up-close-&-personal what a bunch of intelligence amateurs that they will have to deal with for the next few years.

Yeah it was bad enough when Trump exposed some Israeli intel when he was chatting with the Russian Lavrov!  So secty of Defense fits right in there with his boss! IMHO

On 3/30/2025 at 7:19 AM, Yagoda said:

I'd vote for him for president down the line. He's an honorable man, served his country, well-educated, patriotic, well spoken, in great physical shape, lovely family and children, and example of the type of American man that has done such fabulous Deeds for the world.

Actually reading your notes, I think that you must be IN LOVE with him!  Probably would make El Presidente jealous if he read your notes IMHO!

21 hours ago, candide said:

So most people who voted no, also voted that they would have voted no if Hillary had done the same thing!

What a joke! 🤣

 

"Lock her up"...🙂

totally agree with this writer - lock them up together even to save some space for all the others on that chat!

On 3/30/2025 at 8:36 AM, Yagoda said:

What is that track record? DWIs, arrests, drunk on duty, how about over at Fox News, drunk all the time?

 

How about this. You are shouting a lie.

 

Show us what was classified. Show us anyhting that shows using Signal was unusual in prior admins.

 

As to the rest, you seem pretty defensive. about your constant spew of propaganda.

you are obviously a communist supporter IMHO or you would clearly understand what classified material is to an American and especially an American veteran.  As for SIGNAL, Bidem's people said that they used it for just communicating mundane like using the phone as they were always warned by the FBI and intel people that it was almost like using a regular phone and Russia and China were no doubt monitoring the SIGNAL on the airwaves .  It has always been forbidden by LAW to use this SIGNAL for any classified information.  Just because you obviously haven't seen much of the news about this or you like I said have no clue what could possibly be classified.  If you haven't heard, suggest you try to find it as one portion actually says "target individual just entered his girlfriends house" which if anyone has any smarts they would realize that by now even the dumbest Houti would know that obviously the US intel has some source right near the target area and would be sending their worse interogators to try to find out who was a spy for the US or a US ally.  Sorry I ran on about you lack of any intelligence and please don't think I denigrate anyone ever so you don't have to take this personally.

On 3/29/2025 at 8:20 PM, Jingthing said:

The poll questions speak for themselves.

personally for my own satisfaction totally, I would like to have known if folks voting were Americans or not.  I a former worker in classified spaces, having taking the oaths many times, and under oath to FBI and IG's too, think that he should be in jail along with the other millionaire/billionaires who think that they are above common folk rules/laws of the nation.  I on the other hand think all of them should spend a little time in jail at least plus a significant fine and removal of any position within the US government.  This is my HONEST OPINION FOR SURE!

1 hour ago, goldenbrwn1 said:

Hamas sound exactly like those Boss uniform wearing guys from the 30/40’s , you know the name you get called if you don’t  bow down and roll over for the idiot, deluded protesters in the west 

well don't really know a lot about the Boss guys only the mention in history studies but it does sound EXACTLY like el presidente as that is his trademark too! IMHO

4 minutes ago, cdemundo said:

 

 

Hope that Gaza finds some leadership that allows them to look to the future and try to find a path to prosperity.

 

Yeah, now we have even more in common with them as I too hope that in the future our country will return as the symbol of freedom with some VALID/CAPABLE leadership!

15 hours ago, Etaoin Shrdlu said:

 

I think most juristic entities take out property insurance for the building and any other common property of a condominium development. Thai insurers do offer property "all-risks" insurance policies that include the peril of earthquake. Any juristic entity that did not take out such a policy would be negligent.

 

Individual unit owners can take out homeowners' insurance that includes earthquake coverage. Some do, some don't.

 

Insurers in Thailand rely heavily on offshore reinsurance for catastrophic perils like earthquake, flood and windstorm. How well and how quickly some of the claims get paid may depend upon the adequacy of each insurer's loss reserves and the nature of their reinsurance agreements.

 

I'm wondering what the OIC may say about this event as I expect there will be questions.

Yeah news this AM says some 6000 bldgs in BKK show some damage, Also read that the juristic whatevers are responsible for inspection of anything over a certain number of floors (8 I think) but then yesteday's in CM area/province seemed to damage a lot of OLD wats!  Thailand lucky so far I guess, just the chaos in the streets just after the quake.

1 hour ago, Presnock said:

Probably would be easier to find on Youtube, just search for this quake and local damage.  Heard a high rise on Sala Daeng BKK had to evacuated too due to damage.  If there was any damage then the govt wants experts????? to check them out for safety.

also, in CM yesterday, at 4 PM a 5.5 aftershock fm MYANMAR also hit CM attt 5,5 and reportedly, one can see that the high rise condo across from Central Festival mall has structural damage  from the ground all the way to the top so needs to have expert check it out.  ots of condos there!

On 3/28/2025 at 10:09 AM, motdaeng said:

 

thanks for your post ... that's good news for you.

 

my home banks seem to be much stricter in their interpretations... over the past 20 years, i've already been forced by 3 banks (even as a long-time customer)

to close my accounts because my tax residence is in thailand ...!!!

 

everyone's situation is a bit different, and each person has to find the right solution for themselves ...

are you American? or European?

my BOA closed my account as I had no US address in reality and yeah I have relatives that would cover me but that is basically illegal.  On the FORM7 that goes with the FATCA reporf there is a block to explain why one has no Thai tax ID number and mine too was accepted.  If American one can get a bank acct at SDFCU.org with a Thai address.  No problems in 5+ years!

On 3/29/2025 at 6:35 AM, Tug said:

It was funney watching that dweebe wander around it’s so obvious no one wants to talk to him lol.his old lady was going around knocking on doors try to get Greenlanders to talk to her they refused in mass 100% rejection.good for them!!wonder if the very stable genius economy killer wants to start a war with a nato ally??Im sure his bestie putin would be delighted!

Strange, Trump mr heel spurs himself, should look at the number of Denmarks soldiers that have been sent by that govt to support the US troops in Syria, again in Afghansitan and they lost more soldiers in relations to the population of Denmark than any other country except the US.  Whenever the US called and asked for support, Denmark stepped up immediately, no questions asked, this was mentioned by the former US ambassador to Denmark.   Now Trump and Co. want to expand his kingdom to Include Greenland, Panama, and Canada.  Guess he thinks they will present him with a throne and crown!  IMHO he continues in these senile streaks every day and those RICH idiots surrounding him love it.  IMHO a really scary situation, as who knows to what extreme measures to force them to join he "United States of Idiots" IMHO

13 minutes ago, thaiman said:

Please explain.

 

I usually hear it from vendors after I've purchased something.  I'll say "Kop khun krap" and she will respond with "krap" instead of 'Ka"  What is she trying to teach in this situation?

I have seen many videos of farangs speaking some Thai but instead of saying khrap they let it die halfway so that th listener hears "ka" only and then the listener will eiher ignore it or try to correct the male farang speaker.   Or maybe they really are only saying "ka".

2 hours ago, josephbloggs said:

Thaier than Thai (whatever that means) for calling out lies. He said there are videos showing structurally weakened buildings with compromised superstructures. I just asked to see them. If he has seen them it shouldn't be difficult to share the links as that is all I was asking.

Then the backtracking and the personal attacks....

Probably would be easier to find on Youtube, just search for this quake and local damage.  Heard a high rise on Sala Daeng BKK had to evacuated too due to damage.  If there was any damage then the govt wants experts????? to check them out for safety.

20 minutes ago, CallumWK said:

 

Only that there wasn't a 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Thailand, it was 1200 km away in Myanmar

and yesterday a 5.5 wiped out the tall condo opposite central Festival in Chiang Mai!

13 hours ago, StandardIssue said:

Now that this earthquake has hit it appears that many of the Bangkok high rise buildings have been structurally compromised and no longer sound. 

 

The superstructure of the buildings has been weakened as evidenced by the many videos showing foundation cracks and structure damage throughout the buildings. As per the usual Thai response to such things, it is more than likely the structures will not be reinforced to original tolerances but the cracks and damage simply smoothed over and hidden. In the event of another earthquake, high wind event or other phenomenon some buildings may not survive and suffer the fate of the Chatuchak Park construction site.

 

Are you still considering a condo purchase after the earthquake and why, now that the structures are compromised.

 

Me? No!!

Even Chiang Mai, the tall condo building opposite central festival shows crack up every side and has been evacuated.  Do folks that buy those highrise condos get earthquake insurance? If so has nay company paid off on a claim/claims?  Just wondering seeing the cost and then the government condemns the bldg!

1 hour ago, Presnock said:

I seriously thought that when I replied but had a keyboard problem so didn't include that in my comment.  Never sure on sarcasm except on those that respond with some a lot!

maybe that is nature's way of preventing over population but then again birthrates of many countries continue to sink!  Once man develops the ultimate weapon so that every country can have a doomsday machine, then maybe we will stop killing each other, but get along with other - no way too many different opinions on what is good for ME is the only thought.