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Donald is not going to visit, uh how did he say it .... "Thigh-land" . Sounds like a pretty cool joke except he was trying to sound out the word from a teleprompter. He has the functional education level of a 7th grader and BTW couldn't find Thailand on a map. More to the point the Thais in Los Angeles, that chose to protest the Thai PM's visit, are US citizens. They have a layer of protection that Thais in Thailand do not. Now back to FOX fantasy land.

Koh Chang White Sand beach, Koh Chang in general, gets more than its fair share of 'sea lice', more exactly baby jellyfish. Three trips, in different seasons, there were days we were swimming in the hotel pool, not the beach. Too many Stingers for an enjoyable salt water swim.

Republicans love to yak about that. They did during the Reagan administration. Loved to tout, 'running government like a business'. Reagan had massive government spending, while making tax cuts, that was capped by Black Monday, in 87. Followed by the largest financial disaster & monetary loss until the 2008 Wall Street implosion. Deregulating the Savings & Loans was indeed a "winner". Poor old Bush 1 was left with the mess, the financial recession caused by all this and out in 92.

Obama was elected to the Illinois senate in 1996. To the US senate in 04. Twelve years isn't a lot but it is a Heck of a lot more than ZERO.

NYPost never fails to give MAGA heads what they want to hear. Interesting, but not surprising, so many NY Post articles here. Give the posters what they want.

That's what happens when you have Republicans in charge. Fun to watch the right wingers doing the Trump dance now. Only to remember the same effers doing it with jr Bush, on his Iraqi adventure trip. The moral of the story. Never Trust a Republican.

Definitely fewer help wanted signs when I visited was back last September, than 21 or 22, but still there. Millennials seem to be lazy effers. Given his skill set, or lack of one, basic service industry or Walmart, but geeez, a lot better life than being down & out in Thailand. OTOH Video Vlogger screams feckless too, so. Thailand is a country I would not want to be penniless farang in.

garf speak .... they want Cambodians, Burmese & perhaps a few Laotians.

As Pharma, the medical industry & food processing companies give more money to republicans & right wing causes than Dems, or 'leftists', and always have. He wont do diddley except groom the antivaxxer crowd with a few headlines, all for the new guy in office. Like last time Trump regime. They talk about draining the swamp, but that swamp will get huge with two bit carnies & grifters. Give the people, what they want.

Those B52's in Qatar may be "nuclear capable" but that would be the last thing they would be carrying on country visits. Saying that however gets Newsweek clicks which is likely what they are aiming for. The US could indeed use navy vessels or submarines or b52'a on Diego for nukes, but all that is known and known for decades. BTW, while Newsweek's article may be three quarters BS for clicks, even they do not mention anything about ground troops. No idea why you are mentioning them either, unless you have some super secret information. OTOH, I would expect the new US President to invade the US west coast or Puerto Rico before Iran.

Another thin skinned right wing spud. At least team MAGA has someone new to put their crosshairs on. Obsessing & spewing hate about Alec Baldwin is getting old.

RFK jr, the ex heroin addict, will be a great influence on global health. Nothing wrong with a little bloodletting.

The US has nuclear capable planes, & likely real nukes, at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. B52's based there can deliver AGM - 101 LRSO, or AGM 86 ALCM cruise missiles from hundreds of miles offshore, which could strike targets anywhere in Iran. This has been the case for decades, as Iran certainly knows.

Really? This only comes up when the Yellows, ultra monarchists, AKA the Democratic party of Thailand try to stir up trouble. Like they did when they funded Sondhi & then later, Suthep. The last time this conspiracy theory made the news, was when Yingluck was PM, surprise, surprise.

Tough decision for the Dems. If she does fall ill just another chance for right wing to pack the Supreme Court with another judge. Get them on the Clarence Thomas, right wing, billionaire payroll.

They used to have groups stay at the hotel, likely they gave a reduced, or group rate. School groups used it, flooding KSG for food & fun, that back in the early aughts. They have lost that business now. A couple people still recommend its pool. Although with those facebook posts, your never sure if they currently use it or did once 15 years ago.

On second thought, in 4 or 5 months when I visit Europe, likely Donald Trump will have thrown the Ukraine under the bus to Vlad Putin, so likely ugly. The imminent destruction of NATO, leaving Europe to fend for themselves, all for personal game; the rights to build some Trump hotels in Moscow & St. Petersburg, and or, whatever Putin has on Trump. Putin definitely has something. Putin is ex KGB after all and would not miss an opportunity to ensnare an ignorant foolish man, who has the self restraint of a child, like Donald. It seems like a movie but it's real. Explaining Trump is the easy part. Explaining why Americans would elect such a dangerous despicable person another altogether. On the other hand, the fact that I live OS, since another Republican nutter invaded Iraq & effed up the region (& US reputation) makes it easier. I have experience explaining the idiot winds that sweep across North America.

Another Thai artifact, stolen by Thai thieves, sold by Thai middlemen, is returned free of charge. That is a great little racket they have going.

I'm not concerned about Thailand, or in CM. However imagine I will have to deal with it next year in Euroland. On the plus side, lots of non MAGA Americans will have been there before me, and with me. So that should ease things up a bit. Easily three quarters if not more, of US tourists to Europe are non MAGA. Dej Vu all over again. Traveling in Greece right after Trump betrayed the Kurds to Erdogan and Turkey in 2019. As expected the Greek's were hot about it. Person to person, it was not a problem. I have traveled to Greece a lot, so in ways easier to deal with there. No way to avoid it and never good to over compensate. If it comes up I tell them the truth, otherwise keep it to myself. I'm not on a trip to talk about ugly things. Now I did get blowback from border and security people. Not much you can do about that.

Amazing! Thanks for the post & links. I knew it was bad, just never knew how bad. I recall after the bombing the Thai police literally were clueless, no ideas, what was worse, that fact was apparent to a lot of Thai people. No real idea how to conduct a real crime scene investigation too. People saw that. Criticism mounted and then after 5 days or a week of silence. The Thai police flooded the media with information. One to three releases per day, per week, months. So much information, they confused everyone with what was real or just made up. Something claimed, then dropped, then another theory. Finally an arrest, again multiple theories, a confession, but a confession by torture. One of the biggest furballs in recent Thai police history and that is saying something. Still A gaslighting tour de force performance by the BIB. A new standard was set. With the final arrest and case put to bed. No real belief that was the guy or that he was even involved. Like the two Burmese workers on Koh Tao, patsies were needed.

Thank you - I do not exceed the assessable income threshold ..... even though I am a tax resident. So even that is up in the air. Thanks I personally think this is all a big nothing BUT ... Going by the rules that are already out there, I'm fine. Still, I'm keeping a folder with pertinent documents; investment fund yearly statements, money received in Thai accounts, etc. on computer. In case questions arise. It's all I can do. - ----And not filing unless the Thai government clarifies the tax guidelines & demands one.

This topic can go on forever. One Question. Going by a popular notion that the 'tax rules are already on/in the book'. If by those rules I do not owe any taxes, do I still have to file a tax return? Thanks

DeNiro said he was going to leave if Trump was elected? Any links on that or wishful posting? Only thing I could find was Robert De Niro saying 'Trump would never leave office if elected for a second term'. Sounds ominous.

And Donald has a proven record of being the most spitefully vindictive President post WWII, if not in US history. Nixon is his only challenger. That is why Bezos, Washington Post & LA Times made no endorsement for president. They were scared of what he might do to them, if he won, but it is what America wants; A vindictive nasty man with a seventh grade education level. These poor runts that elected him, have no idea how bad he is going to eff them, and the US, over. BTW, some days it is not bad thing, being old.