John Drake

Trump is such a lunkhead. You would think that even his voters would begin to see it by now. It's funny to go onto Twitter/X and see who is taking sides with whom. Catturd and Laura Loomer are threatening everyone who says anything negative about Trump. Ian Miles Cheong is protecting his blue checkmark by backing Elon. So is Alex Jones. Cernovich is on both sides. And FWIW it seems AOC has gained another 15 pounds.

Agree. I've always thought that was a possibility. Don't need to move the company. Just the people.

Elon has worked wonders with SpaceX. He saved the American space program. The rest of the stuff he does, including Tesla, is marginal. And his involvement with Trump and DOGE was a disaster, absolute stupidity. But he is incredibly stupid about politics himself. The only question is: Would Trump be idiotic and selfish enough to destroy the US space program for the sake of personal petty revenge? Answer: Of course he would.

Just more chaos. Nothing new in Trumpworld.

How smart was Vivek to get out of DOGE less than two weeks after he was named to lead it with Musk?

So they take away online banking, close branches, reduce the ATMs. The next thing you know SCB will require you to go to North Korea to get your money. At least Bangkok Bank still has online banking.

Thanks for solving the mystery for me. Also explains why I'm getting my transfer so much more quickly. By the morning of the 3rd again this month. Used to be the 4th or even later.

Just updated the book from the 3 June deposit. It says TPP. Used to say FTT. I have a SSA account that has no ATM card. I have to go to the bank and show my passport to do a transaction.

Just noticed a relatively recent change. I get my ssa through bangkok bank direct deposit. The last few times on my sms notification it said it was paid using Promptpay. Never saw that before.

TACO time

The "low class" and criminal class foreigners coming in now are a result of opening up the floodgates to the Chinese and Russians. The longer visa free entry was the key. Organized crime needs time in a country in order to get, well, organized. Once that happens, the infrastructure is in place to flood in more of their type and it gets harder and harder to root them out. Srettha did this because of his desperation to fill up unsold condos. Chuwit was the only person giving a warning this was going to be the result.

The government is now a family owned business. In perpetuity.

Only if they wish it so three times while clicking their heels together.

Fetterman is a good senator. I would like to see him as president. Only one difference I have with him. Instead of LGBTQ, I support LGB. Imagine what I nightmare had that kook, Dr. Oz, won.

HoL is stuffed full of pop singers and TV and film stars, isn't it? They're voting to clog things up out of their own self interest. Should all recuse themselves.

Shins continue to get everything they want. They've now completely outmaneuvered everyone. Say what you will, but Prayuth was better.

So you think that, effectively, this is a way to cut off retirement extensions using non-O in Thailand, because of health insurance? I hadn't thought of that. If so, then this policy certainly will spread to other banks.

A question: if you do have your account blocked and it turns out to be a bank mistake, how does this effect your requirement to maintain 400k/800k year round for the retirement extension? Would a block be seen by immigration as an interruption in your year round holding requirement?

How much is this? I didn't think LNG was measured in tons but in volume.

Somehow I don't see an Obama affiliated influence peddler helping Thailand convince Trump of anything.

There is also the matter that Trump is simply a trashy person. Someone who oozes sleaze, corruption, degeneracy, and greed is not going to be thought well of. Pile on the chaos he has instituted and you have one of the most distasteful public figures in modern history.

Musk isn't all that bright when it comes to understanding and working with people in politics. Remember, there were two people originally named for DOGE, Musk and Vivek. Vivek was at least smart enough to see what was coming and got out after only a few weeks. Musk thought he was going to be the straw that stirred the drink. But he ended up looking like a fool.

He's destroying the dollar as the reserve currency. And everything else is chaos.

It's always something, isn't it? I need to learn to avoid these topics that will now probably run 40+ pages and end up having no effect on me. Back to the Bangkok River Flood Level thread.

IMDb says they shot in Cairo as well. I'll bet it was hotter there than Thailand.