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Had some of my best capital gains during 1st Trump administration. Though nothing to do with his administration. People that expect the govt to enrich them, that don't have govt contracts, are doomed to fail. Relying on anyone, or any entity, and you are probably doomed to fail.

One does need to dry your butt 😎

To choose the foreign tax credit, you generally must complete Form 1116 and attach it to your Form 1040, Form 1040-SR or Form 1040-NR. You must choose either the foreign tax credit or itemized deduction for all foreign taxes paid or accrued during the year. This is an annual choice. https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/foreign-taxes-that-qualify-for-the-foreign-tax-credit

To the title ... No debate needed. If you want to enter the USA, do it legally, or get deported immediately, no court date, no need for due process. Show your entry papers or bye bye

I think that depends where that 'pension' is coming from, govt or private company, and what's stated in the DTA for the source country of that pension.

Don't need an Air Humidifier, as RH is 60-80% in cool/dry season. Dehumidifier would be more like it, though don't think it helps with smog. I'm a Xiaomi fan, and we have 2, and also gave another to my daughter for her condo. Xiaomi flagship store on LAZ ... https://www.lazada.co.th/xiaomi/?q=AIR PURIFIER&from=wangpu&langFlag=en&pageTypeId=2&spm=a2o4m.10453683.searchbar.0

That's apparently impossible ... MMGW & CC Haven't you heard. That's actually a good thing, as Trump may make it through the day without getting bumped off

Just downloaded Terminator 2, as I'll be out of current TV series soon. Probably watched it about 5 times, so I may FF pass a few spots.

Don't know about dark winters, but I do miss playing in the snow, and change of seasons.

Not at all. Same as now, and I fill my time in with things that interests me & wife. Out the door tomorrow, to explore Chumphon. PKK is a base to live, comfortably, having everything we need, and explore from. Same as would be if in USA, except out for much longer times if at USA, as so much more to explore there, USA. I don't need nightlife or hectic urban living, as can always travel to it, if wanting. In the middle on nowhere, simply means, no neighbors, no jobs, or decent schools. Equates to less population, congestion, and higher taxes, cost of living, based on surrounding economics, high incomes. Also ensure land & RE isn't overpriced. Retired, so don't need a job market or schools.

alcohol (Kinks)

Registered or not, is fairly irrelevant, as long as it works. The statin I use to take worked just fine, and as you pointed out, not registered. But also, not silly priced like the other statin mention, that is registered. 195 baht for a 30 day supply vs 888 for registered version (in OP) of exact same drug.

Live as far south as practical, for us, that's 1.5 hrs / 100 kms south of Hua Hin. Cuts the bad months of pollution, to about 2-3 months instead of 6, and AQI usually <100. PM2.5 is still an issue. Air purifiers, stand alone and build into ACs at the house, and car also has purifier. All work excellent, keeping PM2.5 to <5, and well within healthy range. Minimal if any effect on body. Unlike when living in Udon Thani, when a rough throat & cough was common for smog season, till investing in air purifiers. A rude awakening when realizing just how poor the air was before being enlightened, using PM2.5 meter. Not much news about AQI or PM2.5 numbers at the time, 20+ years ago. Control of, hiding that news is no longer done and the facts speak for themselves.

To the title ... don't know why, when they can simply create them, as they've always done in the past

Sadly, the way they, special interest groups try to force their agenda, actually undermines their points that due carry some validity.

Try to avoid labels myself, though hard, since so many use. In politics, IMHO, there is no left or right, as they are almost all corrupt, in it for themselves or sponsors of their voice/vote. Woke is more about special interest groups forcing their ideas on others, and want an advantage in the educational system, work force and even medical considerations for their perceived oppression.

Wee bit of deflection, don't you think ... ... Don't know what that has to do with 'woke culture', being forced on people.

BLM ... yes, rioting. Being woke to the imaginary repression of blacks. Throw in a little affirmative action, which they already have. That turns every one off, even the blacks they think they represent, for financial gain of course, as exposed. Woke isn't just about the alphabet folks. Have to consider all nationalities, colors of skin, and imaginary genders of the mentally ill ... IMHO of course

People like freedom of expression, well, the countries that allow it. Along with not being told what silliness to do, follow, or be ruled by. You can't asked to be treated equally, when you already are, but want special considerations and advantages for yourselves. Their biggest mistake, was telling parents how to raise their kids, and what, when & how they should be programed into the left's mentally ill thinking. Add their rioting & protesting, that distanced even the folks they proclaimed to represent, losing any support from within.

Sooner of later ... all of us

... wake up Mikey, or you'll miss the bus the school ...

Dudes with breast implants

45 for me, and if doing over, would probably just stay in the USA. Instead of liquidating RE holdings, buy more, and income would offset higher cost of living & inflation. Live the same lifestyle, probably have more money, as doubtful I would have married again, 2X at that, or raised a kid, 20+ years, through Uni. Based somewhere in moderate weather, small house in middle of nowhere, and play nomadic tourist. Same as now, here in TH.

Only ate at one C & C, and only once. I think the original, decades ago, and thought the food sucked, being very bland. This even before I started to like spicy. Nice concept, offering free vasectomies, back then, not sure if still do. As some people simply shouldn't be allowed to have children. Aussie bar, been to a couple, total waste of time, since not an Aussie. Jazz bars, a plenty, but probably too expensive for OP, and caters to locals, which he despises, so why bother.

Nah, not really. Humans are too insignificant to matter to climate change. If no humans on the planet, it would be changing as it had in the past, when humans weren't in existence, or even less significant. What to blame back then, dinosaur farts Climate change, like most dramas, are nothing more than money grabs.