LomSak27

US to Thailand, that is too long. Received a letter/card last Tuesday (November 25), mailed November 10th from Olympia WA.

Not a surprise as the Trump administration has went out of its way to help many criminals. Just Crims taking care of crims. Trump also pardoned, to the collective silence of our resident Trumpers, Ross Ulbricht, owner and operator of Silk Road drug marketplace, on the dark net. He had served 12 years in prison before getting a full and unconditional pardon from US President Donald Trump in January 2025. It is said he has apologized to a couple families, who lost members due to the drugs sold on his market place. A fricking humanitarian!

She is sweet sensitive little gal. However, sometimes, she can get agitated.

Development brings erosion of old social structures, no matter the society, although, we do like to ring our hands and pretend its a western, not an eastern problem. Japan, China & Korea have versions of it too. Nearly 25 years ago now, in 01. Hi So wedding in Bangkok, of the P-Maems daughter. In preparation for the wedding, did the normal monk thing to make merit. As from CM, she also took her friends to feed the elderly in a poor peoples home in Chiang Mai (bless her). This is the government run poor people place. Absolutely horrific, and blew the minds of her private school Chula types friends who had no idea poverty and abandonment like this, existed in Thailand. This problem has only grown larger since.

Points taken. If you make lots of transactions. If you don’t have a US address, Vanguard is not one you should consider. However, many expats do have Vanguard and it is indeed popular. Vanguard’s response to No Transactions from Thailand, (and a number of other countries) was ‘security issues with transactions originating from these countries'. Nothing else said.. Both Schwab and Vanguard know I live & worked, OS, but as i have a US address, (as do friends) never a problem. Yes it seem like they have been tightening up, that for some time, and it will continue.

I was under the assumption that was Thailand specific, due to online security issues regarding this country. Although, yes, they might tag other countries too. Unfriendly yes, but understandable.

First of the higher level administration positions. Like Trump vers. 1.0, tossing people under the bus is integral to his reign Drew Snyder CMCS director and deputy administrator Resigned Jared Isaacman NASA administrator (nominee) Withdrawn Elon Musk Special government employee Term Expired Shira Perlmutter Head of the U.S. Copyright Office Fired Cameron Hamilton Acting FEMA director Fired Carla Hayden Head of the Library of Congress Fired Janette Nesheiwat Surgeon general (nominee) Withdrawn When MAGA heads here, openly rooted for economic disaster, war & worse, for the Biden administration. I did not see you rallying around the Grand Old Flag. So give it a rest.

Lebensunwertes Leben - 'Life not worthy of life' Brian is just stating his true beliefs. Why the outrage?!

Trump also claimed he would end the Gaza war on day one. Instead the Netanyahu talked Trump into attacking Iran. Technically the US is still at war with Iran. Then the negotiations for hostages in Qatar, which Trump sponsored, was literally blown up by Israel. Attempts by the US to broker some kind of deal are now officially over, as no Muslim country will trust the US, or Trump. One wonders if Qatar might pull the US bases, as part of the blowback. Lastly the US of still has troops in Iraq. The left overs, that never could find any WMD in the desert. That from the previous republican administrations 2 trillion dollar disaster that still hemorrhages money. The people who elected Trump know he lies, comfortable with his lies. What comes next is anyone's guess. Only Xi benefits from this epic sht show. This will not end well.

Happening around the world. Early retirement, ok, but wonder what type of compensation they receive. More job losses that are permanent. What do you do with people when you don't need them? Bad enough in western nations, in the 2nd & 3rd world it could create a very ugly future, as not enough jobs becomes a structural fact of their economies.

No idea what you are on about. However these might help, enjoy. Welcome to Cambodia where real problems and issues lurk sinisterly behind those happy-go-lucky smiles. A darkness that seems to lie in the heart of Cambodians masked by their charm.

Perhaps those smiles are just to lull foolish naive westerners. Make you forget they killed 1.5 to 2 million of their own people, nearly a quarter of Cambodia's population fifty years ago.

The Army has known where this rice is for ten years. They had their coup then decided, to let the rice rot. Perhaps the famers had already been paid, perhaps PThai or Yingluck could then claim a victory after the fact. Who knows?! It must be the climate & smiles, as I always underestimate the sheer nasty vindictiveness, so central to Thai culture. It still amazes me after all these years.