Danderman123

Trump will do anything to be able to appeal his verdict. If he can't get a bond, he would certainly tell his lawyers to try again with the appeals court to lower his financial requirements.

Trump's wealth depends on Truth Social maintaining its share value during his lockout period. I would not be surprised if the stock were to open at a high price and slowly dwindle over the next 6 months. It happens that I am doing the same as Trump (at a much lower scale), and I don't have any control over share value, or much insight into the process. It is entirely possible that my share value might go to zero after 6 months, as might happen to Trump.

Not so many Trump fans are posting about polls lately. Why is that?

I suspect that UTapao growth will happen in 2047. Before then, not much. I checked the Google for Aerothai progress at UTapao. Nothing since the announcement in 2023.

Oh, I think Trump will lose, because he is an incompetent lunatic, and most people understand that.

Putin's watch. The buck stops with him. Despite a specific warning, Putin allowed 166 Russian citizens to be butchered. You never stop talking about the 16 Americans killed by ISIS, but you give Putin a pass. Why is that?

UTapao could certainly use more flights. The airport is underused, and has a lot of excess capacity. Back in the day, there were flights from UTP to Isaan, very handy for bargirls.

Note that, despite his pronises, Trump has never invested in his presidential campaigns. So, the judgment doesn't impact his campaign.

Fitzmas! A reference to similar predictions of imminent justice 20 years ago.

I doubt that the trial will change anyone's mind. Trump fans are unable to change their minds, those who are not fans aren't going to vote for him anyway.

Okay, convictions, probation and appeal.

convictions and probation are coming.

Actually, the Appeals court ruling makes sense, if you believe they will ultimately reduce the verdict. The ones having a bad day are the "experts" and former prosecutors who never considered that the Appeals court had a calendar.

Hunter Biden didn't plead the Fifth. It turns out that virtually all of Comer's allegations were based on Russian disinformation. Comer bailed on the hearing with Hunter Biden. This whole investigation is a joke.

The Appeals court probably assumes that $175 million will be the verdict amount after the appeal. Moreover, NY State has control over Trump's assets, he cannot sell or transfer anything with their approval. So, the State is protected, even if there is no bond, when the verdict is reduced to $175 million.

The haze is bad here in Krabi, which is far from Isaan. I notice that solar panels are rare in Thailand, you would think the government would encourage their use.

It is still early, and the polls are still not predictive. The only impact of the Biden lead is that the Trump fans have stopped posting about polls.

It may be beneficial to try some of the small fry in advance, get convictions, and then leverage the convictions into cooperation deals.

That is my plan for 2024, but I will re-evaluate in 2025, based on the experience of the 100s of 1000s of ex-pats who won't file a tax return. In the meantime, I am only remitting Social Security payments from the US to my Thai bank. This should allow me to be a tax resident in 2025, but owing zero in taxes. I will re-evaluate that strategy, as well, next year, depending on whether old ex-pats are hauled out of the villages in Isaan, and sent to the monkeyhouse by the Revenue Department.

I am guessing an October date for the Georgia trial. Ending in December.

I would be very surprised if Trump doesn't post a bond today. It would be worth it to him to sign over everything available to get a crack at the appeal.

On the other hand, the burden is on the individual paying Thai taxes to honestly and completely declare all remitted income. I still have not seen a Thai ruling on credit card use being considered a remittance into Thailand.

I saw Vietnamese photos of the attack on the US destroyer, in a Vietnamese military museum recently.

The real question is whether Herman Cain is better off now than he was 4 years ago.

Oops, you lost the plot. Let's say I pay for something in Thailand with a US credit card. In reality, I'm not paying anything, the foreign credit card company is paying, and is in effect loaning me the money. When I pay my foreign credit card company back with funds from my foreign bank, I am not remiting money into Thailand.