Lacessit

If your wife is Thai, it's possible you will be below the taxable thresholds. IIRC it's about 550,000 baht in various allowances.

There is no evidence any ethnic or religious groups are more prone to pedophilia than others. There is evidence people in authority over children increases the risk of pedophilia, with celibacy vows adding to the risk factor.

IMO there are certain groups who will be more prone to pedophilia. When natural sexual instincts are thwarted by conventions of celibacy or chastity, it is statistically inevitable some in said groups will deviate to pedophilia.

There will be intensifying hurricanes, tornadoes, forest fires, heat cells, droughts and floods. Helene and Milton are just the opening stanzas. Watch your property insurance premiums go through the roof. Watch Trump say his thoughts and prayers are with the victims of natural disasters. If they are lucky, he may even send them toilet rolls. I am wondering how many thermodynamic ignoramuses will be on this thread.

IMO Trump will die in office, either from senility or his unhealthy diet. He's a heart attack or stroke victim waiting to happen. He's obese. His only positive is being a teetotaller. I very much doubt he would resign due to health issues, his ego would not let him. I mean, look at Biden. He hated stepping aside.

Have I gone quiet? I'll have to get my keyboard checked. I am not a loser. I had no vote. Nothing Trump does will affect me. OTOH, I regard most Americans as losers. They a going to find that out over the next four years, and it's sad.

IMO Trump was effective in tying Harris to Biden, pointing to immigration and living costs under Biden. I understand America originated the aphorism "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me". That will be put to the test in the next 4 years.

Strange. IIRC you have been quite vocal in your support of him.

Enighted is not in any English dictionary. I have no doubt you will be enlightened, when Trump's policies result in cuts to your Social Security and Medicare. Then there's the reduction in purchasing power which will come with tax cuts and a tariff war, as sure as night follows day. You voted for this, now you have it. Som nam na.

I guess competence at cheating people is more important to Americans nowadays.

Some babies toss their toys out of the pram irrespective of what mood they are in.

So much hatred of a fundamentally decent woman. So much love for a felon, fraudster, and sexual predator. A bully and a coward. IMO America has lost its mind.

Guess again, my ancestry has no taint of Sassenach blood. It's said the British did not rule the world by being nice. It's good to see you are carrying on the tradition.

Maybe. My policy has always been to fly under the radar, and give bureaucrats as little information as possible. It's also why I stay off Facebook and X.

It's probably why I have never joined an expat club.

What does a genocide on the other side of the world matter, when weighed against the need for Americans to achieve new levels of obesity?

Permit me to doubt we are as dumb as the British.

Just making the point species adapt or die. There are 4 known species of humans that became extinct on the journey to homo sapiens. Maybe more science has not found yet, 10, 000 years ago was the last Ice Age. Humans were living with mild warming up until the Industrial Revolution, when for the first time in the Earth's history a species commenced altering the climate of the planet. We only got to a scientific consensus in the seventies. Since then, we have been kicking the can down the road, as the fossil fuel industry fights a rearguard action. There's no doubt fossil fuels have been enormously beneficial for mankind. However, we have reached the point where we cannot afford to continue with them wholesale.

How many humans would become extinct if the sea level rises by 65 meters?

How many of the birds you saw were an endangered species? Darwin would possibly say they were the stupid ones. I guess cooking ourselves with carbon dioxide emissions is a preferred option.

Average American debt is $22,000. Yes, there will be a BOOM. Inflation. Tax cuts and tariffs guarantee it. Buy precious metals. The US dollar is going down. Countries are lining up to join BRICS. When it reaches critical mass, USD will lose reserve currency status. The turkeys voted for Christmas.

Any savings prior to 2024 are non-taxable. You would need statements to show the balances on 31/12/2023. It's 180 days. You would need to stay in other countries for 185 days in the calendar year.

I have enough in pre-2024 savings to last for the next 5-6 years of expenses. My pension can accumulate in an Australian bank. As for a TIN here, I will get one when Immigration tells me I need one.

I suggest you ask Michael Cohen and Rudy Giuliani. You know, the guys Trump threw under a bus.

Not as far as I know. It takes a drive through places such as Wilcannia, Murrum Bridge, Fitzroy Crossing and Halls Creek to realize how much is spent on free housing and vehicles, and how much gets wasted.