John Drake

Wait until they see what is on the menu after the swearing in ceremony. Pork knuckle.

Should have RFKjr at the September debate. There should be a choice to vote for at least one sentient lifeform.

A couple of things about the debate. The CNN innovations look like a good idea to me. I like the mic cut and love the no audience format.

Suburban white women will vote for Biden over Trump no matter what. At this stage, I think Biden is making a play for the sympathy vote.

China is going to reduce Thailand to an industrial wasteland, a country of peasants tending rice, sugar cane, and rubber. Yes, China is going to return Thailand to the 1900s.

NBC tried to relaunch it as a primetime series back in 1991. I thought it was pretty good.

It ended yesterday. What a disappointment. The first two episodes were slow but then from ep 3 on to about ep 6 it gained momentum before just dying. The last episode was simply a guy standing around and talking to himself. A disaster.

I prefer the old senate.

If that is all that was done by BJ and Prayuth, then be thankful. What's coming up in September could shatter you completely. Fact us, we went through an era of unprecedented stability at immigration under first BJ then Prayuth.

I wonder just who will own those companies getting the stock pump.

Forget the knives. Get rid of the knifers.

Can't blame this one on retirement extension either. Another Swissie with attitude.

She's only got one place to turn, now. Nigel.

light rain continuously since last night in western suburbs of Bangkok

All of which amounts to closing branches, taking away ATM machines and parasitically using other banks' machines, deleting online banking, and frog marching everyone to their phone app.

FWIW, either last year or the year before SSA held an online Q&A for expatriates. I did manage to get the representative to answer my question, which was why not use MYSocialSecurity, instead of the unreliable letter system. He said then that that was what they were wanting to do. There have been some additional functions added to the site, but of course the Form 7162 is not yet one of them. But at least some change is taking place. Maybe before I'm dead, I'll be able to verify online instead of using mail.

Didn't you say last year that you have trouble with mail delivery at your place? Hope it goes more smoothly this year. These social security forms are the second most aggravating task I have every year, worrying first about getting them and then worrying if they'll get back to the US.

Big Joke! And he's back. Toldyaso.

I receive all my mail at a PO Box. It's just more reliable. The guy on the scooter may not read English all that well, but the people in the Taling Chan post office are quite efficient. Last year or the year before, I received an official looking document from the UK at my house meant for some Englishman over in Pinklao. I didn't give it back to the village post man but returned it to the post office to make sure he got it. I think, btw, I was able to change my address online.

They'll get government subsidized Netflix to go home and be happy. Government subsidized DoorDash to fatten up on. A government subsidized 10 square meter living cubicle. Nothing else needed. Utopia.

Every time you think he's out . . . . This is why I keep posting he'll be back.

If he owns a home and a car in Texas, those are exempt from bankruptcy liquidation. He gets to keep them. Here is a pdf: https://tiagotx.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/The-Texas-Homestead.pdf

Members of the Biden coalition fighting each other in the streets.

I probably should have replied to lordgrinz directly, as he is the one who brought up the subject. But I had already scrolled past him and got lazy.

The very first sentence of your reply to lordgrinz was "That is my fear also." And what lordgrinz had said was "Inching closer to a Civil War, to tell you the truth, I think it's inevitable......but needed."