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19 minutes ago, Jeffr2 said:

There is no wave of incoming immigrants.

"The head of the Honduran border police, Julian Hernandez, said more than 800 security officials had tried to stop the caravan at the Guatemalan border, but migrants pushed through the barrier, some using children “as shields.”

“We weren’t there with our arms folded,” he told Reuters."

https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-immigration-caravan/update-4-guatemala-ups-pressure-on-u-s-bound-migrant-caravan-clears-road-idUSL1N2JT0VT

Not the answer I wanted to hear, but thank you. Wonder how many of us expats realize we may not have as dignified a time as expected?

An internet search does not give results beyond Hat Yai itself. Does anyone know whether such a service is commonly used in rural Thailand? Forcing the patient to travel to hospital multiple times daily for an injection is causing much stress and this morning was just too ill to make the trip at all. The patient wants to stay at home and enjoy time with family and with as much comfort and dignity as possible under the circumstances. Local hospital said such a service does not exist. This is in Songkla in a fairly remote area. Any extra info such as expected pricing would be helpful.

Great move by Trump. Bannon is a master strategist. He was one of the architects of the successful MAGA movement that got minorities back into work, got the economy back on track, all the historic peace deals in the ME etc. I envisage Trump and Bannon teaming up to create a new media platform. One that welcomes free speech and champions America and American people. This will be a wonderful new era, can't wait to see it all roll out and lead up to the 2022 midterms. 

I can't believe it, this is excellent news. Was so sure this would get dragged out forever and forgotten like the Alpine and RedBull sagas. Now let's see this judgement carried out asap, this afternoon suits.

Someone recently asked why I invested in crypto via listed miners and Grayscale trusts. This is why! Shady exchanges shutting on a whim - we lost our initial fun money on the other Thai exchange when it suddenly shut last year and we had no way to transfer coins out from the to be imminently closed account. 

Boxing day now and BTC hitting new all time highs a few times this morning, as I write it stands at $25,000. Well done all fellow long term holders. We took the risk and were amply rewarded. Onwards and upwards in 2021, good luck all.

 I was wondering how others are getting their exposure to the crypto world? I did it through miners and Grayscale trusts, both of which suitably outperformed the underlying asset although the premiums on the Grayscale products make me uncomfortable.

45 minutes ago, Sujo said:

He is a criminal. He is yet to be a convicted criminal, but still a criminal.

 

 

Both false and defamatory. I'm sure I was told that making false or misle....... oh why bother

1 hour ago, Walker88 said:

Ukraine is similar. All the evidence points to a quid pro quo

Correct, he was caught on video bragging about it. something like - I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money, Well, son of a <potty mouthed profanity removed>  he got fired.

But this time you are at least half correct. It was certainly quid pro quo-ing, but it was the wrong perpetrator. This is not a thread about the Bidens overseas escapades and adventures. There are no threads on that for some reason.

1 minute ago, placeholder said:

No. What you read is that the foreign policy portions of the bill came from the Trump administration. McCarthy is just gaslighting. Some people all too easily fall for it.

Thank you, so as per the forum rules, please provide proof in the form of a credible link to prove your statement that "the foreign policy portions of the bill came from the Trump administration". As I said yesterday(before I was corrected without links or sources) that it is extremely unlikely that Trump wanted for example $10 million sent to the likes of Pakistani gender programs. 

1 minute ago, Sujo said:

Did you forget it was trump who told them not to do it until after he won the election.

Forgetting a credible link to back that improbable theory of yours? Trump is on record, and as per the CNN interview I just posted, of wanting to get the covid bill passed asap and way before the election, while Pelosi played politics and dragged it out. Read the Blitzer/Pelosi interview for starters if you want to understand what was happening.

9 minutes ago, TheFishman1 said:

 During the whole negotiations from eight months ago when the Democrats already had it prepared and the Republicans were stalling for after the election Trump did absolutely nothing Trump knew exactly what the Republicans were going to do and he agreed now that the Democrats and Republicans have passed it he wants a veto it saying he wants Americans to have more money like he’s the big hero Trump is just one big liar another screwup like when he said the virus was no worse than the flu like when he says china Is a bigger threat than Russia or Russia is hacking into everything Trump says that one word and I was thinking Trump said he believes Putin more than his own intelligent people Trump is just in crazy Ville thank God he’s leaving soon it was his lies and conspiracy theories etc. etc. anybody with a brain knows Trump is just one liar and the worst president America ever had

You may have missed this interview, it sheds light on why the bill was not passed before. 

"Pelosi wasn't done. "Let me say this with all due respect, with all due respect, and you know we've known each other a long time, you really don't know what you're talking about," she said as Blitzer continued to ask why the $1.8 trillion deal proposed by the White House wasn't good enough."

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/14/politics/nancy-pelosi-wolf-blitzer-stimulus/index.html

8 minutes ago, simple1 said:

Beg to differ, why specifically select a program for ridicule which in fact is aimed at supporting women's rights in a Muslim country.

It is called the Covid relief bill. It is an emergency measure to ensure Americans whose lives and livelihoods have been decimated by the CoronaVirus and lockdown responses enforced by the govt can feed and shelter themselves. So, it is entirely fair that reading the small print and learning many millions of American tax payers $ will be sent for some gender project in Pakistan caused some raised eyebrows. Unless of course, a gender project in Pakistan turns out to be critical for American's lives to return to normality once the virus dies out or herd immunity kicks in? But I doubt it.

16 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

And yet Pfizer brought out their vaccine with zero input from Trump, and they beat the US companies to it.

16 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

The scientists and directors of Pfizer saw the need for a vaccine and without help from Trump or a single US Dollar they beat every US company to it.

 

So the evidence is you are completely wrong, your claims have zero basis in reality.

16 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

I, like Kelsall also find this fact hilarious.

 

Zero US Dollars, Zero input from Trump

and yet Pfizer beat every US company to produce a safe and effective vaccine.

 

 

It was hilarious. Hilarious because Pfizer IS an American company.

"Pfizer Inc. is a New York-based Big Pharma company."

https://www.drugwatch.com/manufacturers/pfizer/

"

Pfizer Inc. (/ˈfaɪzər/)[3] is an American multinational pharmaceutical corporation. One of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies, it is ranked 57 on the 2018 Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue.[4][5]

Headquartered in Manhattan, Pfizer develops and produces medicines and vaccines for a wide range of medical disciplines, including immunology, oncology, cardiology, endocrinology, and neurology."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfizer