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  1. TB12 said (a while ago) he'd play until age 45, while Tompa Bay GM Licht says he can stay until age 50. There are always rumblings that Giselle is not all that pleased. The experience that comes with reading the defense, setting the protection and getting rid of the ball quickly seems to overcome any of his declining physical capabilities. I watched all of the kick-off game and have to say he looked pretty good. He dropped a few long dimes. One pick was a fluke, and he did throw a few passes he shouldn't have, but when the #3 receiver (AB) goes 5 for 121 and a TD, you've got a good team. What he did last year while playing on a bum knee (MCL) was simply amazing. This year I think they'll need home-field advantage for the NFC Championship game, in order to make it to Superbowl LVI in SoFi. Were the Bucs to repeat, I can see TB12 retiring. But the competitive spirit runs hot with him, people say.
  2. It seems like this ivermectin craziness is part scam, part snake oil and part disinformation. Add in a confused, frightened segment of the public to whom conspiracy theories appeal and voila: ivermectineers are born as a cult. In this case there's a sucker born more often. I fully support people's ability to self-prescribe medicines as they see fit. I'm not crazy that they then create a shortage of medicine needed to fight off parasites. Ya know, the Nobel Prize thing. Just keep your Kool Aid to yourself and stop trying to convert others to your crazy cult. How 'America's Frontline Doctors' Sold Access to Bogus COVID-19 Treatments—and Left Patients in the Lurch https://time.com/6092368/americas-frontline-doctors-covid-19-misinformation/ Fact check: Ivermectin is not a proven treatment for COVID-19 "Less than a hour after taking Ivermectin paste per my body weight I was mostly symptom free," reads an Aug. 8 testimonial on Facebook. "Was in bad shape until then!" The post, which includes a photo of an apple-flavored paste for treating parasites in horses, only accumulated about 200 shares within three days. But similar posts touting ivermectin have been widely shared across platforms, and farm supply stores across the country are running low on anti-parasitics for horses, cows and pigs. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/08/13/fact-check-ivermectin-not-proven-covid-19-treatment/5566216001/ The shaky science behind ivermectin as a COVID-19 cure Among the earliest research included a study published online in April last year that showed how high ivermectin doses prevented the replication of SARS-COV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, in test tubes. While the researchers didn’t test the drug for treating or preventing COVID-19 in humans or animals, the study made headlines and piqued the general public’s interest in ivermectin. The FDA quickly issued a warning against its use to cure COVID-19. Two letters sent to the journal’s editor expressed concerns about the high ivermectin dose used in the experiments. Around the same time, a controversial paper which had not yet been peer reviewed and was later retracted entirely, claimed large reduction in mortality among COVID-19 patients given ivermectin. Although the study didn’t make the cut for publication in a scientific journal, it helped popularize ivermectin in Latin America. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/the-shaky-science-behind-ivermectin-as-a-covid-19-cure Ivermectin: Australian regulator bans drug as Covid treatment after sharp rise in prescriptions https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/sep/10/australian-drug-regulator-bans-ivermectin-as-covid-treatment-after-sharp-rise-in-prescriptions Ivermectin poison control calls triple in Washington, despite multiple warnings against use for COVID treatment https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/ivermectin-poison-control-calls-triple-in-washington-despite-multiple-warnings-against-use-for-covid-19-treatment/
  3. Vaccines required (some/all, in many locales) for children: Diphtheria, Tetanus, & Pertussis Haemophilus Influenzae Type B Measles, Mumps, & Rubella Meningococcal Conjugate Human Papillomavirus Hepatitis A & B Pneumococcal Chickenpox Rotavirus Polio https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/hcp/imz/child-adolescent.html Someone's a few colors short of a rainbow I think?
  4. She's going to be on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon Friday evening, performing LA LISA. LISA did a dance cover of American singer Destiny Rogers "Tomboy", creating a renewed interest in Rogers, and that song, and providing global exposure for the Lodi CA native.
  5. Same as 2020. I have not received a 7162 this year. The general consensus here and on other ex-pat forums was that it was not necessary this year. However, if you are at all concerned, you are free to mail in a 7162 to Wilkes-Barre, or do the email thing to Manila. I chose to do nothing this year.
  6. Which method will you be using? 800K? Monthly income/transfers? Impressive. I went this week and had to wait ~ 50 minutes from payment to passport return. But there may have been some issues with personnel that day? Many staff/IOs coming and going, all with fresh bandaids on their arms, so maybe a blood drive or mandatory testing (antibody?) of some type? There were fewer than 15 people in the "L" desk area, and I had number L1-03.
  7. Actually he made three separate challenges..."due process" was but one of these challenges. Appellant Jeffrey T. Maehr is one of the Americans caught in the snares of this scheme. He challenged the lawfulness of the United States Department of State’s revocation of his passport, arguing that it violates substantive due process, runs afoul of principles announced in the Privileges and Immunities clauses,1 and contradicts caselaw concerning the common law principle of ne exeat republica. The district court rejected all three of his challenges. We affirm the district court on each of these arguments. https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca10/20-1124/20-1124-2021-07-20.html While we do pay a fee for a passport, possessing one is a benefit of being a citizen in good standing (aka commonwealth). While the Constitution does convey the freedom of travel (the "fundamental liberty" the OP references), that is conventionally understood to only cover travel within the U.S. (and territories). Encouraging people to pay their back taxes, while preventing them from doing a runner, has my FULL support.
  8. The American Embassy sends out alerts re: demonstrations and areas to avoid. Back in the 70's, during one of the bouts of national insanity (1973 or 1976), I think an American was killed by Thai national security forces (Border Partrol?). To the best of my recollection he was NOT participating, but rather was in the wrong place while the Thai security forces let loose with a barrage of automatic weapons. I think he may have been a teacher, maybe at Chitlada? I remember the King and Queen expressing concern and remorse at the time.
  9. Yes. My passport number shows up in all the other paper, app and web "certificates", including the Mor Prom + app. I assume the passport field will populate with my passport number on the Digital Health Pass at some point?
  10. Seems weird that an institution which is above politics chooses to endorse/ratify political party personnel changes? I assume this is "normal"?
  11. He wants to spend more time with his wives. The bigger question is: Did prawit send thmamanat on this mission? And was it real, or just an attempt to find out who might be disloyal? Things look to be in disarray, but here there is still always a reason for the apparent madness. Can't see any way out other than a self-coup. Or maybe a RTA factional coup, which would then allow for a more liberal society, but leave the monarchy unreformed?
  12. Demographics are foreboding. This is how the dinosaurs probably felt?
  13. from the article... Pardon me for me for not losing sleep over this one. Thread title might be better as "Possessing a passport is not a right." And more shockingly, neither is voting. Pay your darn taxes, or renounce citizenship. Peasey. Same-same for child support. The case, Maehr v. U.S. Department of State, involved a challenge to the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act. Among other things, the FAST Act gives the IRS the power to notify the State Department if a taxpayer owes more than $50,000 in federal taxes — a sum against which the IRS has a tax lien. Once the IRS has certified that the taxpayer has such delinquent tax debt, the State Department is prohibited from issuing the taxpayer a new passport and has the authority to revoke a current one (subject to certain emergency or humanitarian exceptions). The appellant, Jeffrey T. Maehr, owed $250,000 in federal taxes and subsequently had his passport revoked under the State Department’s FAST Act authority. Maehr then filed suit, challenging the Act’s tax provisions under the privileges-and-immunities clause of the 14th Amendment and the due-process clause of the Fifth Amendment.
  14. This selection has always been part of the Mor Prom + app. Up until today mine just displayed a message like "coming soon", but today it does have some information: My name , passport field is blank. Vaccination Status: Vaccinated, Covid test result: Data not found (I've never had a Covid test). And a QR code which when scanned provides a link to my vaccination details on the MoPH site. It (the Digital Health Pass screen) looks just like the rendering in the OP.
  15. Yeah, because the last thing people need in this time of unprecedented hardship is too much humor. Might as well just ban every development from after the late 1800's?
  16. I would source MB, RAM, video card, M.2 in the U.S. and bring those with you. Everything else you can get here. Some of this stuff is cheaper here, due to the exchange rate, but availability, of a specific make/model may be an issue.
  17. Yes. Changed. The 3-day rule has been rescinded. You can go "not more than 45 days before" now. I went (this week) ~ 28 days before my extension expired. No problem.
  18. Yes, of course. Passport, TM47, old slip, PoA, plus a bunch of extra stuff (TM6, TM30, google maps with lon and lat, passport copies, current ext stay, most recent entry stamp) which may or may not be required. But better to send him with extra stuff. We did this for an elderly neighbor, was done in a pinch. We've now got him on the mail-in program, although I still try to do it online for him (and fail). I would be hesitant to hand my passport over to someone whom I did not know well. And even it's risky - say he has an accident, poof your passport is lost (probably). We looked into other messenger services - there are a lot that would do this.
  19. I don't know; that's why I asked, and gave my example (income method). Balance Forward, displays as B/F in passbook. No clue what 800K folks use for documentation? If I were doing the 800K method, and until I got confirmation, I would lean towards getting the documents/letters in the morning and going to CW for arrival at 12:45. Or see if you can get these at CW in the late morning, have lunch, the go in at 13:00. Not busy at all (in the "L" desk area) these days. at 13:00 probably just a few stragglers from the AM shift? Parking is obviously not an issue. Giant puddles are though.
  20. Previously, for me, filing in person at MTT did NOT resolve my inability to file online (web or app). Hopefully this new filing (an out-of-cycle TM47) at CW when doing my annual extension resolves the issue; that's what we were told when the staff were handing out TM47's in the "L" desk waiting area this week. Completed it in a minute or two, and then gave to the IO during the application process. A few minutes later staff walked out and handed me my new 90 day next report date slip, due again in 90 days. (My passport and bank books came ~ 45 minutes later.) I'll tell you if it works for me in ~ 75 days.
  21. Yes. No. Sent trusted motorcy driver to MTT, armed with PoA. PoA not asked for, report accepted. Paid driver 500 baht.
  22. Look up. Easier to string fiber - lighter, cheaper, faster, less prone to theft, future-proof. Internet service on the installed fiber line should be fine. Everyone who has FTTH has the same thing.
  23. The skim on this is HUGE, and with the authorities providing protection, the ramp up in trans-shipment is understandable. thailand provides safe shipment of drugs. Yes, they confiscate some but that's down to some not paying enough for protection. 72 hours: https://twitter.com/jdouglasSEA/status/1435185607207055361?s=20
  24. Surely I'll "own" a 5G phone? And an endless supply of aluminum foil.
  25. The situation, sourcing vaccines, must be much, much worse than has been presented to the public to date. Just last week the regime published a vaccination plan showing zero sinovac usage as of 1 Nov. Now they order 12 mm more doses. The lucre gained on the sinovac "deals" is only surpassed by the uselessness of the vaccine itself. Oh well, seems like sinovac is better than the alternative, a pointy stick in the eye. And as long as they order 6 mm boosters what could go wrong.
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