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Good point.

But how old is Bernie?

Apart from Buttigeig what other very credible POTUS candidates do the dems have? Is anybody being groomed currently as a potential dem candidate? On the side of this what are the dems doing to sort of the 'how to vote' mess so that the current criticizms re mail in ballots etc., is all finished? Also sort out the mess created by trumps goons re voting machines? Surely there must be online machines which are foolproof? And it seems to me this needs urgent attention so that there's plenty of time for testing current machines, developing better machines and all with GOP folks highly involved to get an 'all OK' sign off to use voting machines. If all of this is not sorted before the next election it leaves it wide open for the GOP to claim all sorts of irregularities, collusion etc. This would be very undesireable.

Please check your Private Messages.

I'm trying to gather some information on probate in Thailand for a farang friend, basic details are: - The farang the executor of the will of his close long-term farang buddy, all stated in the will. The close friend (owner of the will) has advanced dementia, incapable of any logical, sensibe focused discussion and now near death (78 yo). - The executor has the sealed original will and also has a never sealed copy, given to him when he agreed to be the executor by the document owner. - The beneficiaries are 2 Thai men and their families who the near death man has been supporting for decades, they all have open copies of the will. They both share equally in the distribution of his cash (his only asset), all in one bank account, around 5MBaht. There are no other beneficiaries. - The executor has full access to withdrawal of the funds from this account. The executor is well trusted by the 2 beneficiaries. - The near death man now has no land or buildings or vehicles, all liquidated many years ago. - He has no liabilities whatever (no credit card or similar debt). - My understanding is that there is a probate process in Thailand. However given the details above would it be necessary to actually get the court to grant probate and issue a court order for the distribution of the funds. - I will ask this question to my lawyer in Chiang Mai later today. - My question: Is any member here aware of Thai probate laws and/or real examples, perhaps as above where it's already very clear cut who the benficiaries are and their share, and the executor has access to the funds? Thanks.

Sure, the reality is that I was doing a favor for my client (the company owner) but I did in fact very quickly inform the client of the quick unintelligent conversation with the 'applicant', and the owner quickly called the police.

and ready to proclaim brake failure.

And very likely will need the entire police force dismissed and taken over by a selected military force whilst a new clean RTP is recruited and installed plus total rewrite of numerous regulations including very severe punishments, instant dismissal and banned from any further employment with any gov't agency plus a forever secret monitoting/auditing force to check for brown envelope stuff. This appraoch has been done before. A county just Sth of Thailand had a customs dept which was totally totally corrupt and was intimidating other gov't agencies. The gov't suddenly/totally disbanded the entire customs staff and same day installed an employed force from Europe. It worked.

Think of his long-term future and get both passports now. Fom the details you have shared seems to me getting both right now will be just mechanical. But who knows what changes could happen in the various regulations and processes in the future. e.g. decades back it was close to automatic to get an Australian passport for Thai wife of Ozzie citizen. Not the same today, totally different regulations/process with multiple steps which take many years.