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Lisa had to leave Thailand to achieve success. They never mention that. It's pathetic how the government tries to horn in on Lisa's popularity.

In other words, just because you're corrupt and a liar doesn't mean you're not qualified for the Senate. On the contrary!

This is the group that's supposed to ensure the integrity of the Parliament

The justification for the censorship was that in a pandemic malicious misinformation spewed over and over again from a variety of sources has a real-world effect on everyone. It endangers even the people who don't believe it. Whether that justification is valid can be debated but there never was any real global censorship. All of the anti-vaccines quacks -- Peter McCullough, Pierre Kory, Robert Malone, Jay Bhattacharya, etc. -- had numerous platforms through which they could disseminate their views. And many of them got rich doing so. All during the pandemic I never had any trouble accessing what these people were saying and I'm sure you didn't either which is why you're making these claims. If there was real censorship you wouldn't even know what their views were. The truth is that the most malign anti-vaxxers don't care about the science. They quote spurious studies or offer unverifiable anedotes. They have no real evidence. I've seen the most outlandish claims -- vaccine "shedding", that the vaccines caused 17 million deaths, that they were responsible for an ungodly number of side effects ranging from infertility to turbo cancer. This in turn has led to large numbers believing that the vaccines were a bioweapon, that they were engineered under the direction of Bill Gates to depopulate the world, that they contain nanochips to control human behavior, or even that viruses don't exist and the entire pandemic was a scam (just like the moon landing) It should be obvious the dangers inherent in such thinking.

Check out Marion's Kitchen or Palin's Kitchen on YouTube. Lots of great receipes, Thai and foreign.

Maybe it's time to invest in Thai shares. The only problem is whether Srettha is even going to last until the end of the year.

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What she actually said was that their hotel does not list on Agoda because of problems in the past. She said they only use booking.com. She showed me the reservation and, indeed, it did come from booking.com although I had made it through Agoda. And when I checked the listing on booking.com later, breakfast was not included. So i can only assume that the hotel made the listing on booking.com, which then listed it on Agoda. Agoda is strange in many respects though. For example, prices will differ depending on how you access the site. For example, in the past, I've seen different prices listed if I go directly to the site or access it through a third party like google maps. And of course it's well known that prices change depending on your location. I have also seen hotels that are listed as sold out but I could find a booking if I went through a third party site. Given the various permutations, I wouldn't be surprised if they're making mistakes.

I booked a hotel on Agoda that clearly stated that breakfast was included. When I got to the hotel, they told me no breakfast . I showed them the Agoda confirmation and they told me that they never use Agoda due to problems in the past and always use Booking.com. In fact, I had made the booking over Agoda but the hotel had received the booking from Booking.com. I told them it was basically the same company but they insisted that Agoda always makes mistakes. As it turned out, the breakfast was terrible so I didn't really care but I still had to wonder who was at fault.

Acolyte is now the lowest rated Star Wars show of all time. Apparently, viewers didn't like that coven of lesbian witches. https://m.imdb.com/news/ni64650844/?ref_=tt_nwr_1

I took a look at Trigger Warning but couldn't finish it. I'm a fan of Jessica Alba but I don't get this new trend of middle-aged actresses pretending to be action stars. The movie was just boring.

Not at all. It will just create more speculation at inflated prices.

It's always a bad idea to position your housing market Have they? I see units for rent at these places all the time for ridiculous prices, a 35 sq meter unit at the Riveria, for example, going for 20,000. Other places are even more. I wonder what percentage of units are actually rented out. In Bangkok, I live next to Life One Wireless, where 35 sq meter units go for for 25,000 and up. According to Hipflat, out of the total of 501 units, 410 are for rent. I believe it too looking at the windows at night.

He's the founder of Sansiri one of biggest real estate developers in Thailand and he was one of the biggest shareholders before transferring the shares to his daughter when he ran for PM. I guess they must have a lot of excess condos on their hands.

2000 baht fine no matter how many you miss. 200 baht if you didn't extend your visa with them. They will file a TM 30 for you for an extra 500 baht.

Plaid connects Wise to your bank account via the ACH network. I don't know if it was the bank or Wise that disconnected it but there weren't any network problems. I was able to reconnect fairly quickly but it was still disconcerting because I'm paranoid about phishing attempts and fake websites and you have to put in your bank's password and user name. Then when I went to the bank's website I got an error while logging in. But everything seems to have worked out okay.

Wise identified my laptop as "suspicious" even though it's the same one I always use. They also misidentified the operating system as Windows 10. I did get the email they sent to verify the account. Then I found my bank's connection to Plaid had been cut. I managed to reconnect but the process was a hassle. The transfer did come through in seconds however.

Now could how many traffic crimes you see being committed in that short video

Not in Thailand. In Thailand respect is given on the basisi of status. If you only respected people who were competent, the country would be in chaos.

No, if a person is convicted of a crime in a foreign country, that doesn't disqualify him from becoming an MP or joining the Cabinet. But crimes commited overseas can be prosecuted in Thailand. There was the famous case of Joe Gordon, an american citizen who had a blog that translated part of "The King Never Smiles" into Thai. When he visited Thailand, he was arrested and convicted of lese majesty even though that's obviously not a crime in America.

I've been here quite some time and tend to take Bangkok traffic with equanimity while at the same time recognizing that I should be terrified. Every day, I see countless incidents of people breaking the law, running red lights, making illegal U-turns, motorcycles and going the wrong way down one-way streets (and even cars sometimes), driving on the sidewalks. When I have to cross the street at a pedestrian crosswalk, it often turns into a sprint because some motorcycle will come barrelling down the street with no intention of stopping. It's a miracle that there aren't many more accidents than there are.

Saunas actually reduce the incidence of coronary events and strokes. They can also lower blood pressure, reduce stress, and strengthen the immune system. As long as you don't over do it.

They U.S. has exchange of tax information agreements with some foreign governments. I doubt this currently applies in Thailand. When I worked in Japan, I had to file a U.S. return on the income I earned there. My tax adviser told me that the IRS did not have access to Japanese tax records and so had no way of knowing how much I actually earned. In other words, I could put whatever amount I wanted on the tax return and short of a full-fledged audit (which almost never happens) they would have no way of knowing if it was accurate.

True, but tax is only charged on income in the year that it is earned and I've never heard of remittances being taxed.

An analysis of the paper and the excess death question: