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Kyle Rittenhouse ring any bells with you? Perhaps you prefer the Ku Klux Klan, Proud Boys and Oath Keepers.

A bank fails, depositors lose their savings. 571 banks have failed in America in the last 25 years. In Australia, HIH Insurance collapsed in 2001. Should the depositors blame themselves for not being clairvoyant?

Ukraine was trying to join the EU, not NATO. Your memory is faulty. The Ukrainian popular revolution of 2013 came about because Putin's puppet leader, Yanukovych, stalled an agreement for closer economic ties with the EU. Putin wanted to keep Ukraine in the Russian economic bloc. Every former Soviet bloc country knows being in the Russian economic system is a recipe for stagnation or worse. Putin invaded Crimea in 2014. He thought he could get away with it again in 2022. What were the Ukrainians supposed to do, sit on their hands? Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons in 1996, in return for guarantees of national sovereignty. Frankly, people who try to dress up Russia as a victim are the lowest form of pond scum.

I would like the Australian government to hit the USA with reciprocal tariffs. The USA has a positive trade balance with Australia. That means America suffers more. IMO there is not anything America can supply which we can't get elsewhere without tariffs.

I'm sorry statistics and their import are beyond your comprehension. It kills the chance of having an intelligent conversation with you.

Trump added $7.8 trillion to American debt in his first term. Fact is, every President since Calvin Coolidge has been kicking the can of American debt down the road, with F D Roosevelt as the biggest contributor. https://www.investopedia.com/us-debt-by-president-dollar-and-percentage-7371225 You talk about blaming Trump. Did I mention him in my first post?

Of course we are all going to die. How long our lives are extended by medical help is a different question. The average life span of an American is 77.4 years. In Australia, it is 83.2 years. Draw your own conclusions.

I look forward to the end of the month. I keep track of all my expenses, put them into a spreadsheet on the final day. When my cash kitty drops below 40K baht, I visit the bank for more, usually once every two months. It's also the time I get paid interest on savings. Every six months, I get share dividends, also the occasional opportunistic trading gain. In Australia, I spend more than I get in income. In Thailand, it's the reverse.

US weapons did not go into Ukraine until after Russia invaded. You are a liar. The proposition Putin did not want to invade Ukraine is contradicted by his invasion of Crimea in 2014, and the fact he thought the West was weak and divided. He thought he could get away with it again. Another lie. But then, lying is as easy as breathing to a Moscow shill.

Let's see: Debt $ 36 trillion, another $2.6 trillion over 10 years with the Big Beautiful Bill. Then add $1.8 trillion a year, just in interest rates. 750 military bases across the world, being augmented at taxpayer expense. Tariffs that increase costs for all Americans. A health system that resembles dog vomit, being cut. A repeat of Star Wars. Against an economy which is not sclerotic, as the Soviet Union was. What's your version of reality?

On January 6, 2021, about 2000 Americans rioted at the Capitol. On December 8, 2013, about 1 million Ukrainians marched in Kyiv. That followed a protest of between 400,000 to 800,000 on December 1. Smaller crowds of 10,000 - 50,000 protested at Ternopil, Cherkasy and Lviv. False equivalence.

Trump is trying to make a silk purse from a sow's ear. American steel is 70% recycled, in electric arc furnaces. The 19 blast furnaces that remain are decrepit. EAF's are expensive to run, in terms of electricity costs. China has over 200 steel mills. 19 of its blast furnaces are less than 12 months old. It makes steel from iron ore which is over 60% iron content. Unless it imports iron ore from other countries, America has to use Mesabi iron ore, which is only 30% Fe content. Quite simply, US steel mills are uncompetitive, and a 50% tariff is only going to hike prices of a wide range of goods that need steel, for all American consumers.

You have to admit it is very convincing. Question - for what purpose?

You seem to forget the British at Bletchley Park decrypted the German Enigma machine when everyone else failed. They can look after themselves in cyberspace. But then, forgetfulness is becoming your trademark, when you accused me of being a conspiracy theorist, and failed to post any proof of your allegation.

I have checked the Notification and messages pages of my Centrelink account, and there is no mention of any new requirements. I will be phoning Centrelink International on Monday.

No, I give up arguing with idiots quite quickly.

IIRC he is a JP. Not Ronald Elliott, some one else.

I would have thought Centrelink would be sending notifications by email, post, and on the Notifications section of their website. We all make mistakes, no need to beat yourself up.

Simon's meme reminds of the Seven Dwarfs who went to bed with Persil. Six got up snow white, and the other one got up grumpy.

I think the OP was being sarcastic. Respect me, I give respect back. Don't. and I don't. It's not rocket science. I can't say I have seen anything in the forum rules that states I have to suffer fools gladly.

Problem is, if it is not legit then clicking on the link may be a virus invitation. I would have thought the link would be mygov.

Presumably I would get a letter at my Australian address. For those living overseas without any address at Centrelink, I suppose they should follow your link. The Honorary Consulate in Chiang Mai closed in 2023. I guess the only route is mail to the Bangkok embassy.

According to the link provided by Giddyup,if you are living in Oz, you can submit documents online via the MyGov portal. If overseas, by mail only. By June 30. Or through an embassy. Another example of screwed-up bureaucracy.

I get tired of people who deny Trump is a criminal, sexual predator, grifter and blowhard who dodged military service with a fake medical condition. To give him his due, he is highly skilled at manipulating people of low intelligence into believing in promises he will never keep.

My assets, including Thai bank balances, are with Centrelink already.