Misty

Bless your heart.

American google translate not working? : )

How about a Hillary Clinton - Donald Trump rematch?

Tax evasion is a seriously common offense in Thailand. There, fixed it for you.

Did Trump also try to claim the hush money as a tax deduction? If so, that's leaning pretty far forward in the fox hole. "But Mr. Bragg also introduced yet another theory, accusing Mr. Trump of falsifying business records as a way to back up planned false claims to tax authorities. “The participants also took steps that mischaracterized, for tax purposes, the true nature of the payments made in furtherance of the scheme,” Mr. Bragg wrote in the statement of facts that accompanied the indictment." https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/04/us/politics/trump-bookkeeping-fraud-taxes.html

Indeed. And it sounds like the Secret Service is going to have a lot to say about another case too : "Secret Service agents tied to former President Donald Trump have been subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating Trump’s handling of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago resort after leaving office. The agents are scheduled to appear before a Washington, DC, grand jury on Friday, Fox News reported Monday. It’s unclear exactly how many agents will give testimony." https://nypost.com/2023/04/03/secret-service-agents-linked-to-trump-subpoenaed/

Quote Bill Barr: "Trump lacks all self-control" https://www.newsweek.com/trump-should-not-take-stand-lacks-all-self-control-bill-barr-1792061

Wow, what happened to Bangkok air quality today? It had been steadily improving recently, but today's a huge step backwards. Downtown Bangkok Sukhumvit area is registering well above 100 µg/m3

Hi, yes, for what it's worth that's how they had me do the applications back in September last year. I couldn't use the original account alone, I had to create a new separate dependent account for the second person. The two accounts (original and dependent) had to be linked together though.

From the OP article, pretty damning stuff: "In the classified documents case, federal investigators have gathered new and significant evidence that after the subpoena was delivered, Trump looked through the contents of some of the boxes of documents in his home, apparently out of a desire to keep certain things in his possession, the people familiar with the investigation said. Investigators now suspect, based on witness statements, security camera footage, and other documentary evidence, that boxes including classified material were moved from a Mar-a-Lago storage area after the subpoena was served, and that Trump personally examined at least some of those boxes, these people said. While Trump’s team returned some documents with classified markings in response to the subpoena, a later FBI search found more than 100 additional classified items that had not been turned over."

But really there is no United Nations with Russia

Is my "current residency" Thailand at that point? Or is my temporary visit to my home country my residency? I wouldn't have any address, bills, or anything at all specifying that I reside there, maybe a 2 days hotel stay at best. Even official documents from our government states I am NOT a resident (address in official documents states: DEREGISTERED). What should I do? Thank you! Hi, I think I was in a similar situation about a year ago. I had lived and worked in Thailand for many years on NonB extensions/work permits. Post pandemic, I had to return unexpectedly to my home country, and had to let my NonB extension lapse. I still had my work permit, still owned my Thai company, and had no address or residency in my home country. To get the new NonB e-visa from my US consulate I had to list my "current residency" as a US address. The e-visa system wanted to route me to the correct Thai consulate for my place of residency. Listing my actual Thailand address wasn't an option, at least at that time. I had just one document (liability insurance used for car rentals) that listed a US address on it - my parents' address. This was acceptable for the e-visa. I don't know if the system may have been changed to accept Thai addresses since then, but that was the case about a year ago. I communicated with the Thai consulate (US NY) by FB message during my application. I've had the impression that the NY consulate is pretty with it, and so they may have understood the situation looking at the documents.

One of my younger relatives voted for him, in 2016, and wrote a long post on FB explaining her decision. She was convinced that he was a genius business man (not based on any actual record, but due to watching The Apprentice and listening to her favorite radio talk show on long commutes), also that he was an "outsider" and therefore not "corrupt". I think other of my relatives had similar views. But this is the state that elected Peter Thiel's toy as Senator. So maybe not high information types.

Look, this guys was never just "one of us." There are multiple books and articles going back to the 90s written on the subject. The only strange thing is how poorly he was vetted when running for office. I guess no one thought he'd win, and the media found covering him entertaining and profitable. But if you read his history - books and articles published going back decades, you'll find: Some think there's ample evidence that his family property business was involved in money laundering for the Italian mob at least as far back as the 80s. Some think there's ample evidence that he became a confidential informant (CI) for the FBI against the Italian mob, in the 80s or 90s Some think there's ample evidence that he merely used CI status for protection from crimes he did with the Italian mob. But once the Italian mob was vanquished, he just switched to money laundering for the Russian mob Some think there's ample evidence that he continued money laundering for the Russian mob through his casinos, property developments, hotels and golf courses from the late 80s onwards This guys was never just "one of us." The mistake he made was running for office. Likely he did it for publicity and money. He never dreamed (nor did anyone else it seems) that he would actually get elected.

if you're looking for other indictments, I'm pretty sure they are on the way. There are a number of other much more serious cases in process in different jurisdictions. I'd agree it would be great if one of those had been ready first, but they aren't related and involve entirely different judicial systems. I don't think there was any way to coordinate or time them unfortunately. But I think you will get your wish.

It's a good point. Lethality rate maybe not particularly relevant. But maybe overall numbers of cases treated could be a useful number to know, if only as an indicator of overall experience level. Even there, however, I'm finding that doctors and even teams of doctors in this particular specialty seem to have migrated between some of the major hospitals. So maybe you need to know how many patients an individual doctor or his team has treated. Also, there seems to be real changes made in treatment in this specialty in recent years. There are many choices of treatment, some possibly not yet available in Thailand. The Thai doctors seem to be leaving it up to the patient to decide which form of treatment is better, broadly surgery vs. radiology. Potentially different types of radiology too. Varying side effects, efficacy, short term results, long term results. Nothing is simple it seems.

Thanks very much, will take a look

Does anyone know if a patient advocacy group or database in Thailand that provides hospital statistics for treatment success for a specific ailment - for example # of cases treated, outcomes, etc? I was asked if I knew of a good doctor or hospital in Bangkok to treat prostate cancer. I know the major Bangkok hospitals do offer various types of treatment. But it's not clear how they compare, or if seeking treatment in a home country would be better (patient has insurance that would cover either option). If there isn't a database like this available, how could someone research how good a hospital is at treating a specific illness? Is it only word of mouth? Any suggestions are welcome.

Also says something about the current speaker of the house...

Jordan, as usual, is not thinking

Hi, are there any updates on when the forum software will be fixed?

Hi, the phone screenshots above indicated that you've been notified that you can now make an appointment for a visa stamp. If that's correct, I'd contact the BoI to do that asap. There were a lot of IT glitches when I'd applied (Sep 2022) and often the website notifications were not accurate. The only way to get resolution was for phone calls (for the visa) and in person meetings (for the work permit). Sometimes things got stuck in never never land, and the only way to get resolution was in person contact. Hopefully things have improved since then, but if you have any doubt definitely contact the BoI directly. If you are in Thailand, consider going to their office in person. For me, that turned out to be the best way to complete the process.

Beg to differ.

But whatabout Saudis giving Jared US$2bn?

Now do FauxNews