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3 hours ago, mudcat said:

Per Politico the rate has been lowered but the exemption for U.S. citizens has been removed

Sure, but was the all-important provision that the tax only applies to "physical cash", like cash money orders cashiers checks, being sent?

Are banks and "financial institutions" still exempt?

18 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

Without private insurance

The downside to self-insuring, when 300K baht expenses (~US$10K) depletes the fund.

2 minutes ago, gargamon said:

So Wise transfers too then?

Wise uses electronic transfers not physical cash or cashiers checks, and would be considered a financial institution, so appears to fit the definition to be exempt.

2 hours ago, RayC said:

 

Which has absolutely nothing to do with the current conflict in Eastern Europe.

"Not an inch to the East."

Trust us.

My wife has Aetna insurance (formerly BUPA) in addition to her standard Thai social insurance.

This is in-patient only coverage for 1400 baht per month.

On the another hand, I have a western policy with repatriation and higher coverage which is in-patient only with a large deductible.  I figure health services are cheap enough to pay for most things out of pocket.

4 hours ago, GroveHillWanderer said:

(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted a report on Tuesday that said evidence does not support a link between thimerosal-containing vaccines and autism or other neurodevelopmental disorders, ahead of a two-day meeting of an advisory panel later this week.

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/us-cdc-report-shows-no-link-between-thimerosal-containing-vaccines-and-autism/ar-AA1HljK0

Was it published in an accredited peer-reviewed journal, or RFK Jr.'s new governmental in-house medicinal tabloid?

Typical propaganda from the Daily Mail tabloid.

4 hours ago, CatCage said:

...insiders claim.

....security sources have claimed

...is believed to be....

Now the "report" it gets liked and shared and cited throughout the echo chamber, and suddenly it's truth social.

Next will be a "report" from anonymous senior officials familiar with studies showing Putin may be responsible for the possible theft of right-handed socks throughout Dublin.

Google DIY will.

Download and edit to your situation, translate to Thai.

Print off, get two witnesses to sign.

Technically that should be enough.

Your amphur might record it for you.

Ours (Korat) will not record a will with a foreigner.

Could be thought he was MS-13.

6 minutes ago, bamnutsak said:

 

Can people call you back if disconnected?

 

My Google Voice number is in my Fidelity record, so approved using myVoice. And yes, I get called back if disconnected. And can call non toll free numbers as well, for free.

Dunno.  Have only used it half a dozen times, and no calls dropped.

1 minute ago, bamnutsak said:

Google Voice is a free call.

I downloaded VIBER when SKYPE went away.

No problem calling toll-free 800 numbers in the US.

12 hours ago, Quentin Zen said:

If you are going to mock the VP (JD Vance with a bald head) on your phone and you are NOT an American, well, don't be surprised if people working under this person reject you.

Your title "Norwegian tourist, 21, is barred from entering the US after ICE guards find JD Vance Meme" left out the words "allegedly" and "claimed the tourist" on his Instagram and Facebook accounts.

The other side of the story:

CBP said in a post on X that “Mads Mikkelsen was not denied entry for any memes or political reasons, it was for his admitted drug use.”

https://time.com/7297472/jd-vance-meme-mads-mikkelsen-tourist-denied-entry-cbp-ice/

It's technically true he was denied entry after border agents found the meme, but it's equally true that the agents denied entry after they ate breakfast prior to their daily shift.

3 minutes ago, coolcarer said:

Why are you ignoring Irans obligations under the treaties it signed.

 

Under the terms of a 2015 nuclear deal with the international community, Iran is permitted to enrich the naturally occurring radioactive material to less than four per cent.

https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/06/1164766

 

It is still in and signatory to JCPOA

 

 

Not a treaty, and not an international legal obligation, according to..................the US government.  

See above.

Can't have it both ways.  A political "deal" isn't binding on the Iranians if it's not binding on the other parties to the "deal."

I'll let you google it if'n ya like, but I recall one of the provisions of the "deal" was that restrictions on Iran would be nullified if one of the other parties exited the "deal" or if the promised sanctions relief was not accomplished.

9 minutes ago, coolcarer said:

How is that relevant to the post I replied to disproving his claim?

On November 19, 2015, the State Department sent a letter to then-Representative Mike Pompeo that severely undercuts the notion that the Iran deal represents any form of binding American commitment. It turns out that the Obama administration not only acknowledged that the deal wasn’t a treaty (obvious enough), but it also admitted that it wasn’t “an executive agreement” or even a “signed document.”

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/iran-nuclear-deal-not-signed-document-not-binding/

In a letter recently released by Representative Mike Pompeo (R-KS), the State Department emphasized that the Iran deal – the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) – is not binding under international law. The letter was in response to Pompeo’s inquiry about why the JCPOA transmitted to Congress lacked signatures.

https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/state-department-affirms-iran-deal-only-political-commitment

Sorry.

2 minutes ago, coolcarer said:

Man you can’t even name the IAEA correctly let alone know it’s function to monitor And inspect 

 

Iran is a party to the NPT and thus subject to IAEA oversight including inspections meant to ensure that no nuclear material such as uranium is "diverted" for use in atomic bombs.

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/limits-un-nuclear-watchdogs-oversight-iran-2025-06-23/#:~:text=The IAEA's oversight is limited,for use in atomic bombs.

Nowhere in there does it limit enrichment.

3 minutes ago, coolcarer said:

I know you hate Trump but it’s also not allowed by IAEA. Sorry

The IEAE is not a treaty, it is a UN organization that monitors individual nations' nuclear programs based on provisions of the NPT.

The NPT does not set limits on enrichment.

Sorry.

3 minutes ago, coolcarer said:

Obviously not true, its proof they would be looking to make weapons and were very near it

 

 

Under the terms of a 2015 nuclear deal with the international community, Iran is permitted to enrich the naturally occurring radioactive material to less than four per cent.

https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/06/1164766

Trump exited the treaty, Europe never fulfilled.

JCPOA no longer applies.

NPT does not set limits on enrichment.

3 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Ok I'll go with the 20% but 60% is not far off nukes. Iran has stated over and over it wants to destroy the "little devil and the "big devil". There has been majority support for the strikes from nations globally. No one wants the worst fundamentalist, Islamist, murderous, terrorist sponsoring regime on the planet to have nukes. We should all be hoping their capability to produce nukes has been destroyed not hoping it hasn't just to say orange man bad, orange man lies. It's pitiful and totally deranged.

60% is permitted under the NPT.

Iran voluntarily committed to a 3.5% ceiling under the JCPOA.

Trump unilaterally exited, applied sanctions.  Europe did not fulfill their part of the deal.

JCPOA is dead, NPT applies.............for now.

I was not correct in 6 months notice to exit the treaty.

The requirement is 3 months.

1 minute ago, coolcarer said:

What about 83% enriched uranium that was found?

Not prohibited under NPT.

14 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Uranium enriched to 3.67% is enough for civil nuclear energy. 60% is not far off of the 90% needed for weapons grade uranium.

20% needed to fuel the Tehran reactor for medical isotopes.

60% enrichment is not prohibited under the NPT.

Exit the NPT and they, too, can make nukes for defense.

Winning!©