jerrymahoney

Yes. Then it will go up in a B-I-I-I-G airplane.

No. Other than the 65K+ baht I transfer to Thailand every month -- most of which goes to her anyway -- all my funds remain in USofA in accounts to which she has zero access.

Maybe a different purpose: I know that my registered letter in a bar-coded envelope and a Wilkes-Barre 7162 PO Box and a Wilkes-Barre 7162 ZIP code suffix made it at least to and departed Scranton. And while there is no proof of delivery to SSA, the tracking is exactly the same as my no-problem 2022 mailing. I agree there is a 99+% chance that an international airmail unregistered 7162 mailing made it to Wilkes-Barre just fine. But the only way you will know that is if you do not get a 2nd request mailing in whatever elapsed time.

The form is mailed in a bar-coded envelope with the 7162 PO Box number and the 7162 ZIP Code suffix so I don't think anybody doesn't know just what is going down -- and the USPS delivers the form to SSA Wilkes Barre without a signature. ... just as I posted from 2022 last year's mailing and no 2nd notice.

BTW same as final notice last year:

Other than the 65K per month and petty cash, all my money stays in the USofA. And I like getting my annual extension of stay without paying a bribe.

Moving Through Network In Transit to Next Facility July 21, 2023 Arrived at USPS Regional Destination Facility SCRANTON PA DISTRIBUTION CENTER July 17, 2023, 1:51 am Arrived at USPS Regional Destination Facility LEHIGH VALLEY PA DISTRIBUTION CENTER July 15, 2023, 12:06 pm

Fine. I just do my best to see that my requisite glitches in life occur somewhere other than in my annual 65K baht per month method for extension of stay. And so far so good for the 4 years of the current extension rules.

Thank you. I am not interested in dealing with glitches.

Just a brief diversion: I grew up in USA 1950's on Fanning's (classic label here) and make them following a few knock-off recipes

I am just relaying MY experience not telling others what to do. I made one of the classic mistakes in 2005 when I had a multiple-entry B visa good through AUG 01 and my current stay was AUG 03. I crossed the border at the bridge Nong Khai AUG 02 thinking I had one more day and they voided my Multi entry visa and gave me 30 days instead of the 90 days I was expecting and on which I had made plans From that day on, I do nothing within my control regarding Immigration and extension of stay that can cause a problem and -- while some I guess have no problems -- using WISE to me is just waiting for a problem.

It is a viable option. And I never want to see " (I) went into my branch and explained the problem."

My SWIFT transfer in USD on 3 JULY 2023 including fees on both ends yielded a rate of 34.81 baht per USD

Ron DeSantis allies press for a campaign shake-up There’s particular scrutiny around campaign manager Generra Peck and whether she’ll hang on to her position. July 19, 2023, 7:40 AM +07 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The long knives are out for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ campaign manager amid a cash crunch and flagging poll numbers. Generra Peck, DeSantis’ top aide, is “hanging by a thread,” said a DeSantis donor who is close to the campaign. Some allies communicated themselves or through proxies that they want DeSantis to fire Peck or “layer” her — a less public demotion in which she would have to report to a new boss — according to two more DeSantis allies familiar with discussions around the campaign’s struggles. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/ron-desantis-allies-press-campaign-shake-rcna95028

Kavanaugh Gave Private Assurances. Collins Says He ‘Misled’ Her. “I am a don’t-rock-the-boat kind of judge,” the justice told the senator in a discussion on Roe, according to notes from a meeting before his confirmation. June 24, 2022 “I feel misled,” Ms. Collins said in an interview, adding that the decision was in stark contrast to the assurances she had received privately from Justice Kavanaugh, who had made similar, if less exhaustive, pronouncements at his public hearing. Mr. Manchin, the only Democrat to vote for Justice Kavanaugh, also expressed similar sentiments about Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, who made his own strong statements about adhering to precedent during his confirmation in 2017. “I trusted Justice Gorsuch and Justice Kavanaugh when they testified under oath that they also believed Roe v. Wade was settled legal precedent and I am alarmed they chose to reject the stability the ruling has provided for two generations of Americans,” said Mr. Manchin, who himself is anti-abortion. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/24/us/roe-kavanaugh-collins-notes.html https://archive.is/u0ztV

That is the bank side. I do not use WISE.

$10 fee per SWIFT transer. Maybe not as good a rate. But I sure do like to see that FTT in the BKK passbook every month.

At risk of (again) of being called profligate, I don't see how anyone would bother with WISE for their 65K monthly deposit when one can without fail get the FTT on their monthly transfer by not using WISE.

From the Guardian link above: The specific evidence was not clear, though the charge regarding influencing witnesses could include Trump’s conversations with Georgia’s secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, in which he asked Raffensperger to “find” 11,780 votes, the people said – and thereby implicate Trump. *** However maybe the more incriminating part of the coversation just precedes the 11,780 vote request: And you are going to find that they are — which is totally illegal, it is more illegal for you than it is for them because, you know what they did and you’re not reporting it. That’s a criminal, that’s a criminal offense. And you can’t let that happen. That’s a big risk to you and to Ryan, your lawyer. ... You know, I mean, I’m notifying you that you’re letting it happen. So look. All I want to do is this. I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have because we won the state. https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/03/politics/trump-brad-raffensperger-phone-call-transcript/index.html

Jared Kushner and Ivanka Flipping on Donald Trump: Michael Cohen BY NICK MORDOWANEC ON 7/14/23 AT 4:55 PM EDT Michael Cohen, former attorney and so-called "fixer" for Donald Trump, believes Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump are turning against the former president as more witnesses offer insight into his role during the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. (Cohen) also referred to them as "inside moles," adding that he has no information to prove it. "Jared does not want to see the inside of a prison cell," Cohen said. "He knows what it's like through his father's eyes, he knows how difficult it was for him and his siblings. He doesn't want to do the same thing to his children." https://www.newsweek.com/jared-kushner-ivanka-flipping-donald-trump-michael-cohen-1813107

Prosecutors Ask Witnesses Whether Trump Acknowledged He Lost 2020 Race Jared Kushner was questioned before a federal grand jury as prosecutors appeared to be trying to establish if the former president knew his efforts to stay in power were built on a lie. By Michael S. Schmidt and Maggie Haberman July 13, 2023, 4:33 p.m. ET Federal prosecutors investigating former President Donald J. Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election have questioned multiple witnesses in recent weeks — including Mr. Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner — about whether Mr. Trump had privately acknowledged in the days after the 2020 election that he had lost, according to four people briefed on the matter. The line of questioning suggests prosecutors are trying to establish whether Mr. Trump was acting with corrupt intent as he sought to remain in power — essentially that his efforts were knowingly based on a lie — evidence that could substantially bolster any case they might decide to bring against him. Mr. Kushner testified before a grand jury at the federal courthouse in Washington last month, where he is said to have maintained that it was his impression that Mr. Trump truly believed the election was stolen, according to a person briefed on the matter. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/13/us/politics/kushner-grand-jury-trump.html https://archive.is/PMIXQ#selection-351.0-545.256

Yes. As with the Charlie Sheen line: I don't pay them for sex. I pay them to leave after sex.

Opinion Trying Trump under the Espionage Act will be trickier than you think By Baruch Weiss June 21, 2023 at 7:15 a.m. EDT Baruch Weiss, a former federal prosecutor in the U.S. attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York, is a partner at Arnold & Porter and a criminal defense lawyer who handles Espionage Act cases. The charges in the indictment against Donald Trump might seem simple: Trump finished his term as president, became an ordinary citizen, yet retained 31 classified documents that, under the Espionage Act, he should have returned to the government upon demand. He compounded his wrongdoing by lying and obstructing. But as a former federal prosecutor and a defense attorney who has handled Espionage Act cases, I can tell you that prosecutions under that law are tricky. And Trump’s will be extraordinarily so. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/21/trump-prosecution-espionage-act-tricky/ https://archive.is/UJhXJ#selection-409.0-585.194

Beginning to sound like you agree.

Sure but that retrial motion had nothing to do with the appeal which will be before a panel of judges and not Judge Kaplan.