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Trump's "threat" is indeed a multi-win. Illegals win, Trump supporters win, and Trump haters win. And of course the Sanctuary cities win as they get more of the people they truly love, illegal aliens. Everyone should be happy if he carries this out.
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Yet again.
Hard to believe the guy weighed 180 kg (400 lbs) as the article states. TIT.
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7 hours ago, kevvy said:
The cool season lasts longer than 2 weeks here in Chiang Rai, more like 2 months.
Yes, but how about the pollution season?
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The fee information for credit cards is in Thai on the website. Does anyone know what charges apply when using the credit card overseas?
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12 hours ago, Pilotman said:
Is the old lady on the right actually alive?
No.
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3 hours ago, Jingthing said:
He thinks he's above the law. Time to call his bluff.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/04/12/another-act-abject-lawlessness/
Tell it to the judge.
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It's all over but the crying, and there's going to be plenty of that. They indicted Obama's former attorney yesterday as a result of the Mueller probe. Who do you think he's going to cough up when they squeeze him? Comey and Ted Lieu admit the spying was "authorized surveillance" which means they admit it was a coup, not a counter intel operation. They never told Trump he was under surveillance and was a target of Russia which is what they would have done if it had been a counter intel operation. All this is on the public record now and there is no escaping it. The haters need to get ready to deal with it as elmerfudd says. There's a new sheriff in town, William Barr, and he says, "If you cross the line, your nuts are mine." (Apologies to the movie Starsky and Hutch)
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Water throwing around the moat.
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32 minutes ago, riclag said:Mr. Graham asked Mr. Barr to look into Foreign Espionage .
To think of what some powerful people can do when they hate
Great video that reminds us of how we got here. I like it when he mentions Feinstein and the camera cuts to her and she looks like she doesn't know where she is.
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1 hour ago, heybruce said:Trump makes a lot of wild claims and his lackeys support him. As already noted, Barr has admitted he has no evidence of spying. But go ahead and dream; maybe evidence of spying will appear after the millions of illegal voters are caught.
Trump: Obama spied on me
Barr: Obama spied on him
Comey: We spied on him
Rosenstein: I signed the paperwork to spy on him
Clapper: We spied on him
Obama: We spied on him to protect him
MSM: No, Obama didn't spy on Trump, CONSPIRACY THEORY! BTW he's a Russian agent.
Mueller: Nope.
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Moving from CM has crossed my mind, but I don't know where to go. I really don't like having to leave or stay inside for 2-3 months every year.
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1 hour ago, roobaa01 said:5555 now the tide is turning after a waste of time and dem retarded nonsense, claims etc we see the "deep state's" legal wrongdoings emerging, which are politically partisian motivated. see which dems are involved in the spying upon president trump campaign comney, bannon etc ???. imo this is goin to be dem reckoning for hillary, schiff, nadler etc....
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Yes, Sir. You got that right!. Now CNN is reporting Greg Craig, Obama's former WH lawyer will be indicted, perhaps today. Can you imagine the information he might cough up about Obama when he gets squeezed? Bill Barr is now running the DOJ and wants the truth out before the 2020 election. Should be fun to watch. Here is the CNN article about Obama's lawyer's upcoming indictment by the US Attorney's office in DC. https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/10/politics/greg-craig-mueller-investigation/index.html
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Re the OP, Sounds like a great marriage.
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Barr now: "I think spying did occur"
Watch the Trump haters scramble to hide from this one. Barr knows what happened. The haters wanted an investigation and they got one, it just didn't lead to the results they wanted.
Barr is just getting started.
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Come to think of it, I haven't read about any fistfights on China/Thailand flights recently...
"Tourism blacklist
The Ministry of Culture and Tourism names and shames citizens who behave in an “uncivilized” manner overseas, and bans them from traveling. Offenses include fighting, stealing — even climbing on public statues."
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34 minutes ago, armadillo215 said:
I also had used BKK NY and read they were going to discontinue the service. I then saw a post about TransferWise and checked it out. Far better and cheaper than BKK NY which even charges to make a deposit for God's sake. TransferWise opens an account in your name in NY, gives you routing # acct. # etc. I set that acct up in my USAA acct. and now transfer directly from my USAA acct. to my T/W acct. and the only fee is a % of the amount you send. For instance if I send $1600 I think I paid $13. The money goes to your T/W acct. where it sits until you forward it to the recipient you enter. I my case my BKKB here. You are also able to wait until exchange rates are where you want them. The rates remain the same as they are when you make your transfer until the deposit is made unlike using the BKKB service not knowing the exchange rate until deposit is completed. You can give them your acct. info including your password and they can do an ACH tranfer for you but there is a charge. You can also do swift trans. Doing it the way I do is the same as before with BKK NY accept rather than paying apptox $24-5 I now only pay less for the same type transaction. I recommend everyone check it out. You can transfer funds from many countries. The company is based in the UK.
I hear you and the others, armadillo, and in fact have done the same. In my case I need to start monthly transfers in January and looked into the BKK Bank direct deposit account. Comparing fees, FX rates, and overall convenience, TW is the hands down winner. I've done some test transfers from the US to my current BKK Bank account in Chiang Mai. TW tells me they will take a few days to complete. Yep, Transferwise is definitely worth checking out.
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On 4/6/2019 at 9:05 PM, from the home of CC said:Sorry, don't see it that way at all. There's been lots of threads about western importance monetarily to Thailand over the years and the evidence I saw just doesn't support that view. Especially when you consider how diluted so many currencies have become, I think many people here are just scrambling to make ends meet rather than contributing to Thailand's economy (re investment). As far as employment in the tourism sector, Chinese two weekers and a host of other Asian nations will keep that industry alive forever. I also feel that just because we don't read a lot about significant criminality here perpetrated by westerners, doesn't mean it isn't occurring. Due to poor wages corruptibility is easily accomplished enabling a lot of scumbags to act with impunity and invisibility. I do believe, after spending the best part of 16yrs here, that there is some progress being made regards to that.
Agree. When I first came here 20 years ago we were God's gift to the economy and to Thai women. No longer. Younger men from Korea, China, the middle east have taken over those roles and they bring lots of money to the country. Then there are the standard Chinese tourists who bring in loads of money. The Thais appear to be tired of a bunch of cheap old retired men bellyaching about the cost of everything. And yes, there is criminal activity by westerners here in Thailand.
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14 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:
The new rules that went into effect on March 1st requires those that applied on or after that day must keep the 800k baht in the bank for 3 months after the application is done and then 400k baht must be kept in the bank until you top up your account 2 months before your next application.
Yes, but do those same rules require people to physically go to immigration every three months and show them they have not drawn the account down? Some posters in other threads have reported that Immigration has required them to do so. This is an additional requirement that makes the 800k method less desirable.
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49 minutes ago, Lacessit said:
Because it's simpler?
The 65K path has a couple of minefields, such as transfer costs, exchange rate fluctuations, and the varying attitudes of Immigration offices and individual officers.
800,000 baht, provided it meets the seasoning rules, is something no IO can quibble with.
That is what I thought about the 800k method and did that in January. However, on other threads some members are now reporting that Imm. is requiring them to go in every 3 months and show that they have not drawn that balance down below 800k (or 400k).
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10 minutes ago, wgdanson said:
I get UK Pension, but paid into my personal account so I can take charge of when transfers to Thailand are done each month on 3rd via Transferwise.
They haven't messed up in 7 years, but I do have a buffer.
So can you set up automatic transfers with Transferwise?
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Trump not releasing his tax returns was the ultimate "cheese in the maze" troll. The haters keep going after his tax returns and he keeps spinning them up. In the meantime he continues to do things like appoint conservative justices at a record pace and the liberals are powerless, in part because they waste their energy looking for the cheese in the maze.
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On 4/3/2019 at 6:25 PM, kevin612 said:
I will go to Singapore soon, but only once. Because I never been there and I heard it is an expensive country.
I have been there several times. You heard right. https://www.businessinsider.com/most-expensive-cities-in-the-world-singapore-paris-hong-kong-2019-3
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Transfer money out from Thailand.
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What is the maximum amount you can send to the US using dee money?