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I would say the same thing. There should be a policy that prohibits funneling money to family of those who control the government. At least with Jared Kushner you have a person with documented experience in the real estate field. With Hunter you have a person with demonstrated experience with hookers and crack cocaine. If you had $2 billion who would you entrust it to. It smacks of Quid Pro Quo. In the case of Joe Biden however it is the "entire family" that has received renumeration which makes the behavior even more questionable Now tell me just exactly what qualifications Hallie Biden had that warranted a payment Hallie is unmasked as the mystery THIRD Biden family member to receive China cash: Top Republican reveals Beau's widow and Hunter's ex got $35,000 in 2017 from $3M deal made by Hunter's associate https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11868569/Hallie-Biden-new-family-member-shady-business-deals-probe.html

That is true but if his last name was something other than Biden he would not get a plug nickle from any other country. You have a man who by all accounts is a drug addict, no expertise in oil & gas, no discernable expertise in real estate investment. Are you really trying to peddle that the Chinese and Russians did not know exactly the character of the person they were giving millions to and you suggest they did so because "he was qualified" No he is the presidents son and that is the one and only distinquishing feature he has that gives him an edge in getting money versus the Chinese and Russians giving it to people who truly are professionals in their field.

I just returned from overseas and I live with my Thai GF in her home and have for over 4 years. No address change. I was under the impression that anytime you left the residence particularly if you left the country it was required for her to submit a new TM-30. My neighbor who is from Belgium has the exact same situation. He has not had her file a TM-30 in years. He said immigration does not require it for a Non-O retirement but requires it for all other visas including the marriage visa. Now mind you, I always try and verify what this man says because often he "thinks" he knows the answer but does not. What is the correct answer. We filed a new TM-30 and no one at immigration advised us any differently. Additionally, I required a new residence certificate to open a new bank account and the immigration personnel demanded an updated TM-30 as part of the paperwork.

https://nypost.com/2022/01/27/chinese-elite-have-paid-some-31m-to-hunter-and-the-bidens/ Chinese elite have paid some $31M to Hunter and the Bidens Jan 27, 2565 BE — The Biden family has done five deals in China totaling some $31 million arranged by individuals with direct ties to Chinese intelligence ...

Oh, and tell me, if it had been Donald Trump Jr. or Eric Trump and they were flying on Air Force One and there were payments coming from Russian Oligarchs or Chinese business interests I am sure you would of course give them the benefit of the doubt also.

As I said, like every liberal I have ever met, you are like the delivery company who says prove you didn't get the package rather than I will prove you got it. You make claims. Unsubstantiated yet provide zero to back them out. And your retort is they are all out there for you to see, just look them up. Tell a lie, make it a big, lie and keep repeating it and eventually people will come to believe it. That is the liberal mantra.

This is from the Houses Oversight Committee

You hit the key " appear " to exist. Obviously officials not you thousands of miles away saw it differently. As to the racial bias, I say Bull Pucky. This mentality that everything that someone feels is a negative is about the race is nothing more than convenient rationalization and in some cases a pretext for a lawsuit. It is far more mentally comforting to blame ones bad occurences and station in life on their race rather than their personal behavior. I didn't get the job because of my race - instead of no I was not qualified. I got stopped by the police only because of my race - instead of no I was doing 90 in a 60 zone. I was only arrested because of my race - instead of no I was arrested because I was breaking into a store and stealing things. Are there incidence of racial bias, probably. but not every negative thing in life is a result of it. It is far more comforting and easier to blame something you can't control such as your race than our own personal shortcomings. In this instance the only thing that seems to be evident is that these people were far from model people. 1. The driver "chose" to drive the vehicle while under the influence of marijuana endanging everyone in that car and other innocent people also on the road. 2. The driver and passenge "chose" to at some point take meth, ocycodene, and fentanyl still present in their system. To what extent that would impair their driving ability I will leave that to the experts. However it hardly suggests a stable, safe, and responsible enviornment for the children. 3. We have zero idea of any other aspects witnessed by the police or child protective services. Perhaps, the children appeared abused, perhaps malnourished. I have no idea but again, I am in no position to say my assessment from 7,000 miles away is superior to theirs. 4. Very simple answer to not ending up with problems with the law. DONT BREAK THEM. In this instance the driver chose to have darkly tinted windows and chose to drive while under the influence of marijuana. Guess what if he did neither of those, this is not a story at all. In Thailand there are numerous stories of people who encounter less than what they believe is appropriate treatment from the police. Guess what? I avoid at all costs doing anything that would put me in a position to have a situation where it puts me at odds with the police. Pretty Simple.

I have challenged liberals for decades to back up their words. They never can and you never have. They always spout some platitude made up of their preconceived bias. It is like the delivery company who says prove you didn't receive the package rather than I have proof it was delivered. Facts talk and B.S. walks.

Well jingthing two things. From a practical standpoint Mexico is annexing the American Southwest. However as said, I am not in favor of Putin but I hardly think the behavior of the USA over the past 70 years puts in on a pedestal to be preaching righteous behavior to any other country.

Brian which part of thinking troubles you the most. You seem to indicate that it is of some significance that the tests were conducted later. What I said was that I find it amazing that people including you, seem to defend these people when testing shows they were on the road, under the influence of marijuana. A week later, a hair follicle test shows that both the mother and father had Meth, Oxycodene, and Fentanyl in their system. Now the fact the test was done later might have some bearing on its admissability in court. It has no bearing on the fact that obviously these were not model parents and were drug users. It has no bearing on the fact that the father chose to have his five children in the car endangering their lives while driving under the influence. It has no bearing on the fact he was driving impaired on the road endangering the lives of others. As said, normally I would say a person defending such behavior should have a cognitive function test but as previously stated there is no such need in your case.

Ah like most liberals always deflect when pressured to provide any substantiation for their undocumented assertions.

I am certainly no fan of Putin but as a U.S.A. citizen I would have to say this is the pot calling the kettle black. Since WWII the U.S.A. has engaged in wars all over the world. In my opinion, none of them warranted. They bombed, shot, napalmed, and sent cruise missles into various regions. Not because those countries posed a threat, attacked the USA or were of strategic interest. At least Putin is attempting to annex a region contiguous to Russia and as I understand it is home to mostly Russian speaking Ukrainians. That would not be true of Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, or Afghanistan. Did the USA make life better for those people. Save the world for democracy. No. Those countries were left worse for the blood and treasure expended by the USA. It is said, war is old men lying and young men dying. Biden should learn the phrase assuming he still can cognitively that people in glass houses should not throw stones.

Brian, no permit was needed and I concede that. What I did say is that normally if heard someone 'DEFEND" people who drive with their children while under the influence of marijuana, Meth, Oxycodene, and Fentanyl while carrying a gun in the car, I would say they should go in for a psych evaluation to test their brain function and cognitive ability In your case such a test is not required. Yours has already been established.

Two comments First and most importantly I doubt we have ALL THE FACTORS. I doubt seriously if all of the information is disclosed to the public. The very fact that the police ordered a follicle test in addition to the test that disclosed the marijuana use is to me indicative that they rightfully suspected the driver was on more than just marijuana. They were right. Second, you and others are Monday morning quarterbacking. Did they error. Perhaps, but if they did it was out of an abundance of caution. They rightfully feared also being Monday morning quarterbacked when one of the children in the car found the gun played with it and shot someone with it. Then all those who expect a perfect 20/20 hindsight decision would have blamed the police and child protective services saying, they knew this person was driving DUI and had a gun in the car yet they did nothing. I say,first off IT HAD NOTHING TO DO AS THE OP SUGGEST TO DO WITH RACE. They had a car with windows so tinted that it obscured the people inside the car. We also don't know the ethnicity of the police officer Recently there was outrage in about a beating in Memphis that led to a teens death suggesting it too was racial. Here is a picture of the 5 officers charged in that beating. The OP and articles like it are strictly inflaming passions and race baiting for the sake of an inflamatory headline. If the exact same thing had happened and the parents were Asians or Caucasians the media would treat it totally different.

So let me see, not the police officer but CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES who deemed the circumstances surrounding the children warranted taking the children. As said, the OP seem to infer the reason they were stopped was that they were black. The fact is the reason they were stopped was that the tint on the window of their car was too dark making ascertaining the occupants in the vehicle impossible. Now you can challenge the Child Protective Services for their actions saying that they should not have taken the children, or that they should not have issued the order until after the follicle test. However, we ask those agencies to excercise the utmost caution with dealing with minor children. Being devil's advocate if the children were not taken and following that one of the children accidentally ingested and died from the fentanyl, or alternatively the driver was released and killed the family and others while driving under the influence. I suggest you and others would be blaming Child Protective Services for knowing the children were in a dangerous setting and failing to protect them. They are d**ned if they do or d**med if they dont' One way or another this has zero to do with race. They were not stopped because they were black. They were stopped because they drove a vehicle with windows tinted so much it obscured the occupants. They were driving in the passing lane but traveling at a speed insufficient to pass slower vehicles. Such driving is totally consistent with driving impaired where the driver slows down to compensate for their impaired condition. Again, to me, how someone can defend these people who obviosly have problems as parents and are a danger to other people on the road is beyond me, but then again, I recognize who I am speaking to.

So the fact the test would be inadmissable in court is somehow germaine to you. Lets see, I stopped the car illegally found that the driver was legally intoxicated and carrying a loaded 45. However I was not sure the search was admissable so I released the person. Sorry that he was carrying that illegal firearm when he killed your family. First off the windows on the car were so heavily tinted that the officers could not ascertain the occupants and that caused them to stop the car. They found in addition to the drugs a gun. Later it was determined that hey were on Meth, Oxycodone, and Fentanyl But according to your logic because the 'TEST WOULD BE INADMISSABLE that would be grounds to release the children back into their custody. Now when one of the children shows up dead from an accidental overdose of fenanyl, or the driver kills all by driving under the influence, I am sure you will be soliced by the fact that he got those children back because not that he was not under the influence of a drug, but rather that evidence could not be used against him. These people obviously were not upstanding parents. I have zero idea why some out there seems to be advocates of people who would have children in a car, be driving it while on drugs and also have a gun in the car.

Ah now the fact that the people were carrying a gun and had instant follicle testing being inadmissable is the germaine point to you. Did you ever think that irrespective of its admissability that it might be a very real and important fact. What would you say to the Tennessee authorities if they released these people who based on the tests were on meth, fentanyl, and oxycodone in their system. They crashed the car into another family killing all occupants in both vehicles but a spokesman for Tennessee said OH WE WERE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THE METH, FENTANYL, AND OXYCODONE because it was inadmissable in court. Who ties your shoes for you?

The follicle test showed both the father and the mother had methamphetamines, fentanyl and oxycodone in their system. Officers searched the couples car and found a gun and 5 grams of marijuana Tell the complete story. Not just isolated facts that are a misrepresentation by ommision.

Police stopped a Black couple in Tennessee – and took their children This headline is just race baiting. If the race of the people was caucasian or asian be worth noting. NO. The purpose of inserting it is to create the impression that they were treated differently becuase of their race. Now you had a police officer I suspect traveling from behind the vehicle to be stopped. With headrests today it is a challenge to see the skin color of the person driving or passengers. Now have the same incident with the headline Police stopped a couple in possession of drugs and a gun in Tennessee – and took their children Kind of gives a different inference to the reader doesn't it. You wonder why you have so much crime, because police officers are reluctant to do their jobs for fear of being labeled as racist. Let the system work, I suspect there is more to this story than the OP and as said, such headlines are meant to inflame and create division among people. If the police officer was wrong, they should be punished. If the people in the vehicle are proven guilty of something that warranted their children being removed then they too should suffer the consequences of their actions RACE BEING IRRELEVANT PS. I did a bit of searching on this headline. Now some of these "facts" may shed a different perspective. A Tennessee Highway Patrol officer pulled them over for "dark tinted windows" and traveling in the left lane while not actively passing," according to Feb. 17 citations issued to the couple. ( now in many states having too dark a tinted window is not allowed and if they were darkened it is more than likely the police officer could not have ascertained the race of the people in the car) Williams and Clayborne then submitted to hair follicle tests, though it's unclear from court records why they were asked to take a second drug test and who asked them to do so. Within minutes, a rapid "stat" hair follicle test came back positive for methamphetamines, fentanyl and oxycodone in both parents. Clayborne and Williams both deny using the substances. ( now mind you the driver had already taken one drug test and was found to have marijuana in his system) The follicle test showed both the father and the mother had methamphetamines, fentanyl and oxycodone in their system. Yep, sure want these people to be on the road with 5 children, nothing to see here.

Well Harry Truman said: The Buck Stops Here If it had gone well, he would have been lauded as commander in chief. As said, he probably was one of if not the smartest presidents but despite that one of the most innefective. The rescue was just like the remainder of his presidency. Good intentions with poor execution.

I think probably the man witn the highest personal moral standards but unquestionably one of the poorest performing presidents. It has been conjectured that Carter had one of if not the highest IQ's but lacked insight and common sense. Carter was a person who has high idealistic objectives and failed miserably in executing a policy to make them a reality. His presidency can be best captured by his attempted rescue of hostages in Iran. It was a noble mission not well thought out and executed poorly.

I have a small area on the bridge if my nose that I am guessing is the very early skin cancer formation. Need to have it examined and if necessary have it surgically removed. Yes I know Bangkok Hospital I'm Pattaya. I just don't like their practice of having you repeatedly come back following procedures for meaningless appointments

Whoa hold on. I know this can't be true. The news media and several posts on this forum said that Biden had consulted with his military adviser on the first Chinese balloon and determined it was TOO RISKY to shoot it down over areas like Alaska, Canada, or Montana. Also they had to let it travel 3,700 kilometers to dunk in in the ocean rather than perforating the balloon with small holes to let it make a gentle descent on to land because retrieving that balloon on the open ocean hoping it doesn't sink gave a better chance of recovery. So this obviously can't be true.